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Let's Go Pal! Oh Wait, Wrong Pet. (In Depth Skadi Guide) (W.I.P)

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by DucksRock updated May 30, 2016

Smite God: Skadi

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Skadi Build

Start!

Build Item Charged Morningstar Charged Morningstar
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
3
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
3

Core!

Build Item Transcendence Transcendence
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais

Lifesteal! (Pick One)

Build Item Asi Asi
Build Item Bloodforge Bloodforge

Now Pick Whatever! (Pick Two)

Build Item Hastened Fatalis Hastened Fatalis
Build Item Ichaival Ichaival
Build Item Odysseus' Bow Odysseus' Bow
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item Brawler's Beat Stick Brawler's Beat Stick
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Frostbound Hammer Frostbound Hammer
Build Item The Crusher The Crusher

Relics!

Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings

General Build Tab (Replace Ichi With O-Bow Late)

Build Item Transcendence Transcendence
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Asi Asi
Build Item Ichaival Ichaival
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item The Crusher The Crusher
Build Item Odysseus' Bow Odysseus' Bow

Jungle Build

Build Item Bumba's Mask Bumba's Mask
Build Item Transcendence Transcendence
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item The Crusher The Crusher
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane

Mid Build

Build Item Bluestone Pendant Bluestone Pendant
Build Item Transcendence Transcendence
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item The Crusher The Crusher
Build Item Bloodforge Bloodforge
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane

Chillin In Le Solo (Sell Throwing Dagger Late)

Build Item Throwing Dagger Throwing Dagger
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item The Crusher The Crusher
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade

Skadi's Skill Order

Piercing Cold

1 X Y
Piercing Cold
1 4 6 7 10

Rune Of The Hunt

2 A B
Rune Of The Hunt
2 8 11 12 19

Permafrost

3 B A
Permafrost
3 13 15 16 18

Winter's Grasp

4 Y X
Winter's Grasp
5 9 14 17 20
Piercing Cold
1 4 6 7 10

Piercing Cold

1 X
Skadi throws an icy spear forward, dealing damage to enemies and Slowing them for 3s. Kaldr's basic attacks deal double damage to targets afflicted by Piercing Cold.

Ability Type: Projectile
Damage: 90 / 140 / 190 / 240 / 290 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 12s
Rune Of The Hunt
2 8 11 12 19

Rune Of The Hunt

2 A
Toggle: Skadi marks a target for Kaldr to hunt. While toggled on, Kaldr assumes Beast form, chasing and attacking the marked enemy. If a marked enemy dies Kaldr attacks other enemies nearby. When toggled off, Kaldr stops attacking and returns to Skadi, reverting to his Elemental form on the way. This ability can be activated at rank 0 and Kaldr gains new skills as it ranks up.

Ability Type: Pet Command
Basic Attack Damage: 50 / 50 / 57.5 / 65 / 72.5 / 80% of Skadi's
Rank 1: Kaldr gains a dash attack dealing 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130% Basic Attack Damage
Rank 3: Kaldr's kills heal him
Rank 5: Kaldr's attacks give Skadi 10% increased movement speed
Cost: None
Cooldown: 0.5s
Permafrost
3 13 15 16 18

Permafrost

3 B
Skadi freezes the ground for 5s at a target location. The icy area deals damage to enemies that touch it and continues to deal additional damage every .5s they stay on it. Gods who step on the ice are slowed and lose control of their movement while sliding across. Also, Skadi gains movement speed and Slow immunity while standing on the area and persists for 3s after it fades or she leaves.

Ability Type: Circle, Crowd Control, Damage
Initial Damage: 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Damage Per Tick: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Movement Speed: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow: 15%
Radius: 16 / 16 / 18 / 18 / 20
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 16s
Winter's Grasp
5 9 14 17 20

Winter's Grasp

4 Y
A snowstorm surrounds Skadi as she chooses a location for Kaldr to attack. If Kaldr is too far he will leap there.

Upon reaching the location a snowstorm also surrounds Kaldr. The initial hit of either snowstorm Roots enemies in the area and Kaldr is restored to full health. The storms persist for 4s while dealing damage to enemies every .5s.

Ability Type: Stim
Damage (Initial Hit): 45 / 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 (+35% of your Physical Power)
Damage (Per Tick): 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Root Duration: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Radius: 20
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 90s

W.I.P

this guide is a work in progress, the guide is about 35% complete, just wanted to share what i did so far and get some criticism before its archived again.

Another Note:

I know the changes could seem weird, but they basically allow Skadi to gain more viability in her best area right now which is splitpushing.

Introducktion




Hello! My name is DucksRock, And i'm a long time smite player.
When i saw Skadi for the first time, i fell in love with her kit. She's such a unique goddess.

Skadi has a weird Ah Muzen Cab vibe to her. She has lots of damage, however, she is incredibly risky, and can be ganked easily.
But, Skadi Is one of the few gods that you always have something to master in, She has a very high skill ceiling (Very hard to master) and you can be a god with her if you practice enough.

She has a lot of mechanics, Some of them you'll master naturally, and some of them are map
dependent
.

She is currently the best split pusher in the game, however she is easily gankable.
So, Let's Start! I hope you guys will enjoy it!

Items

Theorycrafting!

Theorycrafting!



Silly Skadi, It's A Wolf! Not A Unicorn!


Unicorn Build Path!


It's Super Effective!


Crit Build Path!


Sure It's A Wolf And Not A Tank?


Bruiser Build Path!

New Items Explanation!


New Items Explanation!

Skills

Piercing Cold


Tl;DR (**** You, I put a lot of work into this) clear, synergy with Kaldr, The Winter Wolf, and chase.
Kaldr!


TL;DR (Pls) Read the basics, m8!
Permafrost


TL;DR (Stahp) Zoning, Boxing, Slide 2 win!
Winter's Grasp

TL;DR (NOT THIS TIME!, well, when you look at me with those sexy eyes, FINE)
Setup, Use when kaldr low.

Ability Sequence
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Explanation

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xZeroStrike (46) | September 11, 2016 11:12am
Nice guide. Allthough I wouldn't say Skadi is the best split pusher in the game. I think that honor goes to Loki. Bastard can pretty much split push and you won't even know it with his invisibility and decoy.
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BucktoothChimp | June 4, 2016 10:45pm
So, I've been falling for Skadi in Arena for the past week or so, and well, I'm trying to make a good build for her. I'm currently experimenting with a build: Transcendence> Warrior Tabi> Ichaival> Frostbound Hammer> Jotunn's Wrath> Titan's Bane. I have a method to my madness, mostly following the observation that lifestrike isn't all that important in arena, and my wanting to cram more Kaldr strikes into the bonus damage time of Piercing Cold and the root-time of Winter's Grasp.

I was wondering what your thoughts were on it?
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DucksRock (41) | June 5, 2016 3:29am
So, I've been falling for Skadi in Arena for the past week or so, and well, I'm trying to make a good build for her. I'm currently experimenting with a build: Transcendence> Warrior Tabi> Ichaival> Frostbound Hammer> Jotunn's Wrath> Titan's Bane. I have a method to my madness, mostly following the observation that lifestrike isn't all that important in arena, and my wanting to cram more Kaldr strikes into the bonus damage time of Piercing Cold and the root-time of Winter's Grasp.

I was wondering what your thoughts were on it?

I like going crit on arena with most hunters, since the unicorn build is mainly focused around having objectives, and i feel like the cirt build is better for boxing, so i go:

Start:
Combat Boots, Short Bow.
Build: Warrior Tabi, Ichaival, Asi, Qin's Sais, wind demon, Deathbringer and sell Ichaival for Titan's Bane.

however, your build is also great, although lifesteal and Qin's Sais are pretty much core (for me, at least), i just don't like getting unicorn on arena Skadi because of the reasons mentioned above and the fact that Kaldr, The Winter Wolf will get focused a lot more in the arena.
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BucktoothChimp | June 22, 2016 8:11am
So I'm back and want to ask: "Why is Qin's Sais so important? Every time I look at it it seems unremarkable considering its passive doesn't transfer to Kaldr and is affected by armor.
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BucktoothChimp | May 21, 2016 8:02pm
I'm not so on board with your ability build, but your guide is great.

Anyways, I recently pulled an interesting thing using Permafrost. I pulled an ankle-breaker on an enemy that was chasing me. I threw a permafrost down, ran one way, and quickly changed directions. The enemy slide far enough away that they couldn't catch up. I figured this might be an interesting thing to add to your permafrost section, if you wanted.
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DucksRock (41) | May 21, 2016 8:06pm
I'm not so on board with your ability build, but your guide is great.

Anyways, I recently pulled an interesting thing using Permafrost. I pulled an ankle-breaker on an enemy that was chasing me. I threw a permafrost down, ran one way, and quickly changed directions. The enemy slide far enough away that they couldn't catch up. I figured this might be an interesting thing to add to your permafrost section, if you wanted.


That's situational tho. i don't want people to rely on that trick because it could be easy for an enemy to catch up, its better to just send Kaldr, The Winter Wolf and put one Permafrost down.
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BucktoothChimp | May 24, 2016 2:31pm
DucksRock wrote:


That's situational tho. i don't want people to rely on that trick because it could be easy for an enemy to catch up, its better to just send Kaldr, The Winter Wolf and put one Permafrost down.

True, having a bullet list of situational tricks that "it worked this one time" etc. wouldn't make for a good guide. Thinking back, it was a bit childish to post it. Regardless, I want to compliment you on your guide. I'm new to the game and was eyeing Skadi for a bit. Your guide has been helpful to say the least.
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DucksRock (41) | May 4, 2016 3:40am
Hey! I am now incredibly sick, however, i've managed to rework the builds. expect some more skill tips (Yes, MORE FOR THE KALDR SECTION) and an alpha gameplay section.
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Daelinn (25) | April 22, 2016 11:29am
Even if it's unfinished the guide looks great already- clear and easy to read. I do not have any experience with Skadi yet, so I won't give much feedback regarding the build but I can assume its well thought-out taking a look at the detailed item choices explanations.

I also second this request =)

Wolfman5665 wrote:

Kaldr needs a monocle.


Other than that, you might want to fix some brackets- even if it's still work in progress, will at least save some effort later.

-Silly Skadi, It's A Wolf! Not A Unicorn! section:
* [[kaldr, the winter wolf //unfinished bracket
* mandatory stat which is a must when boxing other hunters.[/color] //either some typo in [ color ] itself or didn't use any at all :P

-skills section --> Kaldr!
*when sending [[kaldr, the winter wolf] to attack towers //unfinished bracket

These are the ones I menaged to spot.

All in all, upvote from me, and I look forward to seeing it finished!
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DucksRock (41) | April 18, 2016 9:52am
ty fore the upvotes random people <3
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DucksRock (41) | April 5, 2016 9:40pm
guide updated.
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DucksRock (41) | April 5, 2016 2:41pm
And changes done, feel free to leave some feedback.
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DucksRock (41) | April 5, 2016 1:53pm
So State of the guide rn: working on some tweaks, will showcase the new build tommorow.
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DucksRock (41) | March 27, 2016 3:37am
nanoyam wrote:

What I meant, is that you could just explain why you chose the specific items in your build and why they work together? No need to explain how the actual item works, just how they fit in Skadi's playstyle. For me, In-depth guide can contain even some obvious explnations, since it's meant to cover everything. And it was just a suggestion to add more info about your relics choices ;) I know puri is great for her :)

But hey, your guide, you know what info is necessary.

You are correct, although i wrnt over my build tabs and what they generally offer.
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nanoyam (13) | March 27, 2016 3:36am
What I meant, is that you could just explain why you chose the specific items in your build and why they work together? No need to explain how the actual item works, just how they fit in Skadi's playstyle. For me, In-depth guide can contain even some obvious explnations, since it's meant to cover everything. And it was just a suggestion to add more info about your relics choices ;) I know puri is great for her :)

But hey, your guide, you know what info is necessary.
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