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I'll use your powers against you! - 8.3 Nemesis Jungle Build

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Smite God: Nemesis

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Nemesis Build

Starter - Both Builds

Notes When you back, get , then finish Stone-Cutting Sword

doesn't have any sustain, that's why you go 2 and 2

Eye Of The Jungle

Katana

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Blink Rune

Full Build - Hybrid

Notes Get and sell boots for .

You can get first and then
sell boots for if you want more damage.

Protector Of The Jungle

Ninja Tabi

Stone Cutting Sword

Shifter's Shield

Arondight

Qin's Sais

Elixir of Speed

The Executioner

Full Build - Attack Speed

Notes Get and sell boots for or .

I don't reccomend this build for begginners

You don't have any defense in this build, so if you are getting one-shotted get instead of
(you can get at any point in the build, but is a better item)

Protector Of The Jungle

Golden Blade

Ninja Tabi

Stone Cutting Sword

The Executioner

Qin's Sais

Elixir of Speed

Shifter's Shield

Alternative Starter

Notes Upgrade to .

This starter relies on for sustain, as you don't have enough money to buy pots.

The early will make sure no one escapes you,
and since you move faster you can gank lanes more often.

Bumba's Dagger

Combat Boots

Blink Rune

Other Boot Replacements (Both Builds)

Notes to counter .
to counter healing.
if the enemy has too much CC.

Ichaival

Mantle of Discord

Hastened Katana

Magi's Cloak

Toxic Blade

Void Shield

Berserker's Shield

Relics

Notes Better early ganking potential.

More farming oriented, or if the enemy team has a powerful CC gods like , or .

A 2nd relic option if you got and feel like you don't need

Blink Rune

Purification Beads

Aegis Amulet

Nemesis's Skill Order Notes Always put a point in Divine Judgement if possible, this awesome ult can make you super tanky if you use it on the support
and has an incredible chase potential.

Slice and Dice is maxed first, it is your main camp clear and engage tool, since the build doesn't have Hastened Katana as a core item.

Then you level Retribution for survivavility, sustain while clearing camps and easy Auto Attack-Cancelling (wich I'll be discussing later) it goes away after you receive a hard CC so be careful when using it on teamfights.

Swift Vengeance is maxed last because the cooldown remains the same through all ranks and you usually won't be using it for damage. (you put a point on it at level 2 for camp clear)

Notes

Always put a point in Divine Judgement if possible, this awesome ult can make you super tanky if you use it on the support
and has an incredible chase potential.

Slice and Dice is maxed first, it is your main camp clear and engage tool, since the build doesn't have Hastened Katana as a core item.

Then you level Retribution for survivavility, sustain while clearing camps and easy Auto Attack-Cancelling (wich I'll be discussing later) it goes away after you receive a hard CC so be careful when using it on teamfights.

Swift Vengeance is maxed last because the cooldown remains the same through all ranks and you usually won't be using it for damage. (you put a point on it at level 2 for camp clear)

Swift Vengeance

1 X

2 15 16 18 19

Slice and Dice

2 A

1 4 6 7 9

Retribution

3 B

3 8 11 12 13

Divine Judgement

4 Y

5 10 14 17 20

2 15 16 18 19

Swift Vengeance

1 X

Nemesis dashes in a line, dealing damage to enemies in her path and may dash again within 2s. She may use Basic Attacks and Abilities between the dashes.

Ability Type: Dash, Damage
Damage: 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+35% of your Physical Power)
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11s

1 4 6 7 9

Slice and Dice

2 A

Nemesis swings her blade, dealing damage in an area in front of her. Enemies in the center of her swing are struck for 2x damage and Slowed for 2s.

Ability Type: Cone, Slow, Damage
Damage: 55 / 85 / 115 / 145 / 175 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Damage (Center): 110 / 170 / 230 / 290 / 350 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 30%
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 11s

3 8 11 12 13

Retribution

3 B

Nemesis activates a temporary Shield around herself that protects her from a set amount of damage, or until time expires. A percentage of incoming damage from gods is healed and reflected back to the source. Hard Crowd Control effects remove the Shield.

Ability Type: Buff, Damage
Damage Reflect: 50% of damage received
Healing: 70% of damage received
Shield Health: 150 / 225 / 300 / 375 / 450
Duration: 2.5s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14s

5 10 14 17 20

Divine Judgement

4 Y

Nemesis chooses a single enemy god, reducing their Health and movement speed and stealing a portion of their Protections for a time period. Her movement speed is also increased during this time.

Ability Type: Buff
Damage: 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25% of current HP
Protections: 25%
Movement Speed: 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20%
Target Debuff Duration: 5s
Nemesis Buff Duration: 5s
Cost: 90 / 95 / 100 / 105 / 110
Cooldown: 90s

Nemesis Threats

Tap each threat level to view Nemesis’s threats

Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

Introduction

Welcome to my guide for Nemesis, Goddess of Revenge!

This is my first guide on SmiteFire, I was looking at the "News" section, saw the
Season 8 Guide Contest and decided to make a Nemesis guide, because Nemesis
was my first jungler and I have some experience with her.

Now let's get straight to the point!

Pros & Cons

Pros:

Good damage
Good survivavility with her Retribution and Divine Judgement
Great camp clear
Awesome mobility and escapes
Excellent ult, shreds even tanks if your team focuses on them
Hard, but very rewarding AA cancels (Auto-Attack Cancel)

Cons:

Not much sustain
Vulnerable to slows,
Some meta junglers counters her
Can get bullied early game

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Skills

Passive - Scales of Fate

With this passive, Nemesis can win almost any 1v1 especially at lategame.
You don't need to think of using this passive, just basic attack enemies and you'll be fine.

You will want a build that has some attack speed and high power (like this one) to gain/reduce power ASAP
1 - Swift Vengeance

is an awesome mobility skill, the only major downside is that it doesn't go through walls, so chasing people with leaps will be hard.
On the damage side, this skill is really good for a combat dash, it has big damage with proper AA cancels and it has two uses so you can dash in, do damage, and dash out.

2 - Slice and Dice

is your main damage, engage or chase, clear and poke skill.
When clearing, make sure you hit the jungle monsters in the center of this skill, as it deals double damage there.
Use this skill when engaging, as it deals good damage and the slow will allow you to stick to your target, (since you don't have as a core item)
Items or skills that prevent slows like and 's
will be huge counters to you, so if you see the enemies picking
or if the other jungler has any way of cleansing slows, consider adding into your build.

3 - Retribution

is an interesting ability, it is your only sustain in the jungle (and a very poor one) and your main survivavility skill.
The usage of this ability is pretty hard, as it goes away after you take any hard CC so you have to be careful when using it, try to use it when you're about to get hit by a big damage ult like 's or 's , it is like a better because it heals you.

Ultimate - Divine Judgement

is an awesome ultimate, you steal movement speed and protection as well as reducing your target's HP by a pertentage.
If you are in a big teamfight, use this on the support to have the damage of an assassin and the protections of a warrior, if you are on a 1v1 using it will just simply make you win the fight, the enemy can't use because you still have an immense amount of movement speed, timing an is almost impossible as the ultimate comes out instantly, and they can't try to fight you because of the protections steal.

Combos

Gameplay

Early Game

Middle Game

Late Game

Conclusion

God's Difficulty: Medium-Hard

Nemesis is not an easy god to play, although not super difficult either.
This goddess is free so I reccomend you to try using her, at first it is weird, because you only have 1 damaging skill (and your dash), and you have a shield on a jungler!?
I thought "how am I even supposed to play this!?"
But when you learn how to use her you start crushing people.

The End

That's it for my Nemesis jungle guide, if you have any suggestions feel free to include them in the comments.

This guide has more than 12.000 characters (including coding) for anyone interested.

(Yeah i'm totally a pro player, not just a random win with good k/d/a between 4 losses)

I'll use your powers against you! - 8.3 Nemesis Jungle Build

Smite God: Nemesis