Loki Joust Build s5 Apply Pressure to Bleeding Wound

Loki plays like a true assassin, in quickly to kill your target and out to kill another day. He has the tools to be an annoying menace that always squirms his way out of danger and pressure the enemy under tower all game. Loki can easily carry a game as long as you are equal or ahead of the enemy in gold and levels.

Passive
Behind You!
Key Bind: Passive

Loki deals more damage from his basic attacks when hitting enemies from behind. His basic attacks also utilize a five swing progressive chain.(1, .5, .5, .5, 1.5)

Ability Type: Buff
Bonus Damage: 20%
Try to land attacks on the enemies' backs as much as possible for bonus damage

1
Vanish
Key Bind: 1

Loki disappears in a puff of smoke. While invisible, he moves faster, removes and gains immunity to slow effects and takes 25% less damage. His next basic attack from stealth (or for 2s after) applies a bleed to his target, dealing damage every .5s and reveals Loki.

Ability Type: Melee Target
Damage per Tick: 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 (+25% of your Physical Power)
Maximum Damage: 120 / 180 / 240 / 300 / 360 (+100% of your Physical Power)
Damage Duration: 2s
Stealth Duration: 4s
Stealth Movement Speed: 35%
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 15s(8s at max CD)
Can be used to get out of bad situations but mainly used as an entry tool to sneak up and close space. The bleed damage will secure kills on slippy foes so it good to apply before engaging.

2
Decoy
Key Bind: 2

Loki spawns a decoy version of himself that taunts all nearby enemy minions. After a short time, the decoy explodes dealing damage to all enemies in the radius.

Ability Type: Pet
Damage: 90 / 140 / 190 / 240 / 290 (+100% of your Physical Power)
Decoy Lifetime: 3s
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 12s(7.2s Max CD)
Used for lane clear and backstabbing Jungle Mobs. Can also be used to distract tower and body block enemies and some abilities.
3
Aimed Strike
Key Bind: 3

Upon activation, Loki's next basic attack does additional damage within a short time. The enemy hit is also slowed.

Ability Type: Buff
Damage: 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 (+100% of your Physical Power)
Buff Lifetime: 5s
Slow: 25%
Slow Duration: 3s
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8s(4.8 Max CD)
Damage buff for your next basic attack and also resets attack chain upon activation. The attack chain reset allows you to animation cancel your first basic so you can burst more effectively. Before level 5 you should use hit n run tactics with 1 and 3 for poke damage and only keep attacking if your team has the team fight advantage.
4
Assassinate
Key Bind: 4

Upon activation, Loki teleports to his ground target location. If an enemy god is within the radius, Loki will backstab that target doing damage and stunning them.

Ability Type: Teleport
Damage: 150 / 225 / 300 / 375 / 450 (+120% of your Physical Power)
Stun: 1s
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s(54s Max CD)
Loki ultimate ability. It puts you in the perfect position to strike fear in your opponent.

Bread and Butter Combo
Use 1 into 4 into normal basic attack then after the basic attack lands immediately use 3 and basic attack until the target is dead. Usually the second basic will kill once you have Hydra's Lament and don't forget that your 1 applies a bleed.

Standard Build

Loki can easily make do with a cheap build. Transcendence gives good power early and builds stacks for the late game. Stacking quickly is nice but if you have a mage or hunter building stacks on your team you can build yours from God kills fast enough. Warrior Tabi is standard power and move speed boots. I usually build boot after Trans. to start stacking but can be built before for more evasion and chasing ability. Hydra's is a must on Loki. The burst damage from Hydra's passive and Loki's 3 is very high and allows you start killing squishy targets with Loki Bread and Butter Combo. After Hydra's you should be killing any god that doesn't build defense or health in one rotation of the Bread and Butter Combo. Since you are now destroying squishies they usually start camping out in tower. Bloodforge allows you to start ulting under tower for kills and survive attacks from the other enemies. Jotunn's gives Loki ~45 power with the the mana added, maxes your cooldown percentage and gives you some pen. Can be built before Bloodforge if the enemy is tanky. Titan's Bane is usually the goto last item to help kill tanks when the damage dealers are dead. Can be built right after hydra's if the enemy is loading up on protections.

Situational Items

Breastplate of Valor can be swapped in for Jotunn's if going against heavy Physical damage comps and Gengi's for heavy Magical damage comps. If you're feeling luck you can change Titan's for Deathbringer. Brawler's Beatstick is used for anti heal. HeartSeeker is great for extra move speed and passive damage.

Pros

Very High Single Target Damage

Stealthy Escapes

Cheap Build

Good Wave Clear and Tower Pushing Ability

Great Initiator


Cons

Struggles Badly From Behind

Squishy and Easily CC'd

Relies On Abilities and CD

No Sustain

Has Less Impact Against Tanky Teams