Loki: Because you hate yourself that much

I pretty much only play Loki and select few gods. Used to play Shaco in League a lot until switching over to Smite. At first I was just trolling but now I only know how to play Loki. Loki is apparently the most hated god for some reason. Now you too can join the oppression of us Loki Gamers. It doesn't matter if the champ is trash with nerfs to either his kit, items, relics, reworks, or general meta-shift changes. We just want to one shot people, split push, and turn invisible. This is probably why my wife left me. Anyways he's fun. It doesn't matter what your teammates think about you. Why? Because you're Loki they already assume you're going to int but that's half of the joke.

Another thing to add, I only really play Slash/Clash and Arena. These builds should work for Conquest but I honestly have not tried them.
I plan to make a video if I get time from work/ college (the videos keep looking a bit laggy)

Patch 9.5

Nothing major for Loki luckily. Well not really. His audio changed for his 1 which makes it louder. Slight nerf in terms of awareness.
Everybody got a little tankier with the big health change stuff so it will take a little bit longer to kill people.
Towers got buffed so it is harder to backdoor as well. The Pen build should still be fine but again, takes longer. You will need 1 wave to take down a tower/ Phoenix with the pen build.

Patch 9.7

They took out Jotunn's Ferocity and switched it to the glyph for Executioners. Jotunn's Cunning looks like an alright replacement for now. I guess it will still help with AA canceling a bit. I did not get a chance to play yet as of 07-12-22. I'll update the builds as I play a bit more.

Not too sure how I feel about the Sphinx's Baubles just yet. Looks fun and memey to do stuff especially with Bumba's Hammer but it reduces damage by 20%.

Pros

No expectations
Can take objectives/enemies really fast
Hard to kill
It's funny
Ninja Turtle Skin

Cons

Your team mates will hate you
Like really, lots of verbal abuse from everywhere
Hard to lane with if not careful
Constantly gets nerfed
Scratch the team mate thing, its the entire community
Squishy
If you don't spam laugh when you win, you lose
Hard to carry with

AA canceling helps with most of Loki's kit and is why his burst damage is high.

Combo

Usually it goes AA - 1 - AA - 2 - AA - 3 - cancel early - AA

ULT

Be careful when ULTing as that is your only escape. Other than your 1 but your ULT is a much better, safer escape. 1 requires a lot of guessing where the enemy will be or will attack. It can only work for so long until the enemy knows what you are going to do.

Using 1

If you are using 1 to escape or chase. Try and be unpredictable. Straight lines work sometimes but watch out for CC

Wave Clearing

His 2 does not taunt minions anymore. Try dragging the melee to the ranged then 2 - 3. Friendly minions or objectives will make them lose aggro to you. If that happens just 2 the wave to get both the melee and the ranged.

Please check the notes to see when I recommend a certain build. Do whatever you want though it's a free country.

If they have a strong healing team get beatstick or ankh

Pen

- All around a good build that can kill enemies and objectives. The Tower-B-Gon build Still not too bad with the 9.5 tower changes. It is harder but still good overall. I will say it is better to use the crit build. You will need 1 or 2 waves to kill a tower/ phoenix. Full build you can do 50% a phoenix without a wave. With the new Baubles, you still need 1 wave to kill a tower/ phoenix.

%Health

- Decent build as long as you proc hidden blade. Usually I only use if they have a tanky team. Honestly if they are tanky, I would prefer to go the DoT build instead. This one is just memey

Tank

- Haven't used in a while. 100% you will get flamed even if you outdamage your team. No one suspects it but just max prots and cd. You can also go a more support with gauntlet and sentinel. As long as you have glad shield you should be fine. Honestly bruiser Loki might be the best way to play him but I find it boring.
9.5 they changed the shield tree so it is harder to use.

Crit

- Costs too much but is fun to use. If you are against a team that is squishy, it can be really fun. Most likely you won't get to full build before the game ends. More consistent in killing people.

DoT

- Decent build I used to go a lot. No one suspects how much damage it can really do until they stand in the 2 long enough. Sometimes can outdamage carries. Good against tanky teams.

Relics

- I like to go Frenzy Belt for damage and Flash for since its generally good but go with what you need during the game

Somewhere in your build buy wards please I beg of you

Most of the time just max what you use the most of. I find myself maxing 2 > 1 > 3 > Then ULT whenever I can. Honestly once you play Loki enough you will find out if a different max order suits you better. 3 is hard to use just because it takes too long to cast so I tend to not use it in most situations but it is good for AA cancels and slows.

Max 2 if you are farming
Max 1 if you are fighting
Max 3 if you are boxing or going tank
Get ULT if you are fighting
Still get a point in ULT if you're just going to use it as an escape

With that being said figure out how to AA cancel because that is a big part of the kit

Combo

Usually it goes AA - 1 - AA - 2 - AA - 3 - cancel early - AA

ULT

Be careful when ULTing as that is your best escape. Other than your 1 but your ULT is a much better, safer escape. 1 requires a lot of guessing where the enemy will be or will attack. It can only work for so long until the enemy knows what you are going to do.

If you are having trouble hitting people with the second part of your ULT, just move back a little as the area will increase.

As much as I hate people, I have to deal with them. Try your best to help your team secure kills. You're most likely going to lose early game and most likely get flamed for it. It's fine. You're doing great. Just keep a level head and keep going. As long as you don't fall for the same trap twice, it's funny. Loki does better late game where he can almost one-shot people so until then, just farm up and try to help with fights. Unless you can backdoor. Just make sure you actually can. Because you will get flamed for not 1 v 5ing when if you don't make it. There is going to be a lot of hitting and running. Just remember to ULT out unless you can secure the kill or help CC for your team mates to clean up.

For the love of god,

PLEASE WARD

Because for some reason, no one knows how to.
Buy wards because they are cheaper
Only buy Oracles late game or if you're way ahead

I gotta take a break from Smite.

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Heill ver þú nú, Loki