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First things first, let's talk a bit about Bakasura, The Great Devourer himself.
Bakasura falls under the Assassin class, which, for our purposes here, means his autos hurt like a *****, and he's all about catching the enemy team with their pants down for easy double (or triple...or quadra....or even penta) kills. And when your teammates are unable to pick up a kill because they got caught by some sort of crowd control, slow, or just simply were unable to keep up with a faster opponent, it's your job to go on clean-up duty, provided you don't overextend and get yourself killed in a 1-for-1 trade. Trades like that may seem like a wash on paper, but if you die as a Bakasura, you're put at a surprisingly large gold and xp disadvantage which really hurts your mid- and late-game potential. I've found that with Bakasura kind of falling down in popularity in the current meta, a ton of people underestimate him, which puts you at an immediate advantage.
Anyway, enough of that. Let's get into the guide. That's what you came here for anyway, right?
P.S., this is my first guide. But I'm not saying any of that "please be gentle" ********. I'm a native English speaker, so give it to me straight. Any feedback at all is good feedback. "Nah mate, your guide is ****." isn't too good but "Nah mate, your guide is **** because x, y, and z." is much better. I'm still working on formatting too, so there's that.
PROS
Before we go into the leveling order, let's go over what his kit does.
Passive: Insatiable HungerNow, before you discredit this guide and say "what the ****? This ******* is building two boots?? I'm out." I'm not actually building two boots. Looks like it, but I promise I'm not. The general idea of this build is simply to attack as fast as possible without overcapping (which is a very real concern with Bakasura's passive) to proc his true damage as much as possible. Physical power comes with his 3 and the attack speed items. But let's go over the build in order.
1st item: Ninja Tabi
I love Ninja Tabi for the early attack speed. You won't be holding on to these the entire game, but it helps to get the build up and running and gives you at least some early game viability.
Here's where things can become even more situational. You have 2 active slots...what do you do with them?
First things first: you gotta get Greater Purification. This is a MUST HAVE on Bakasura. Crowd Control of any kind is his demise, and for you to escape really bad slows/pulls (like Hades's Pillar of Agony or Poseidon's Whirlpool) or stuns like Ymir's Frost Breath or, God help you, Ares's No Escape. I always build at least tier 2 beads after my second item, and get rank 3 after my third item.
I've found that Greater Aegis is actually really damn useful. Especially when there's a Nu Wa on the enemy team. I have a knack for escaping from teamfights with a scratch left in me, only to be killed by Nu Wa across the map thanks to Fire Shards. "Oh lookit that! I escaped! Juuuuuuust kidding." But really though. Aegis can help keep you alive just long enough so Take Down can come off cooldown and you can make a clean getaway. Would recommend.
Heavenly Agility is also never a bad option. It's easy to make escapes with coupled with Bakasura's movement speed since pretty much no god in the game can catch you. You'll be way too fast. Also handy for chasing down fleeing gods that blinked away or something, and as a nice little bonus, you'll receive extra healing from eating minions while this is active, and you'll give all those tasty bonus to your teammates too!
So that's my Bakasura guide. A super-fast Assassin capable of 100-0-ing any god in the came with proper setup. Remember to stack your passives, kids.
But for real. Lemme know how you build your Baka. Any input is appreciated.
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Actually I prefer using the Deathbringer because i think you can make a lot more damage with the crits than the extra dmg that you gain with the Qin's Sais, plus with Deathbringer you get 50 physical power, that equals the 30 physical power from the Qin's Sais and the other 20 that you gain with the Warrior Tabi, the attack speed bonus from the Qin's Sais is the same that you gain with the Ninja Tabi. At least it was working good for me :)
Hey, if it works for you, I can't knock it :) this certainly isn't an end-all-be-all guide hahah
Honestly, I kinda need to rework the guide with some itemization tweaks. But as for keeping the Ninja Tabi, I don't think those boots are ever worth it. The extra 20 damage from Warrior Tabi is just too good to pass up, especially if you're playing Bakasura in the solo lane where you're always trading poke damage.
Actually I prefer using the Deathbringer because i think you can make a lot more damage with the crits than the extra dmg that you gain with the Qin's Sais, plus with Deathbringer you get 50 physical power, that equals the 30 physical power from the Qin's Sais and the other 20 that you gain with the Warrior Tabi, the attack speed bonus from the Qin's Sais is the same that you gain with the Ninja Tabi. At least it was working good for me :)
And what do you think about keeping the ninja boots, and changing the qin's sais for the deathbringer (buying it as 6th item and rage as 5th)? Nice guide :)
Honestly, I kinda need to rework the guide with some itemization tweaks. But as for keeping the Ninja Tabi, I don't think those boots are ever worth it. The extra 20 damage from Warrior Tabi is just too good to pass up, especially if you're playing Bakasura in the solo lane where you're always trading poke damage.
qin sais and crit dont work well together, either go double crit or go a tanky/as qin sais build
True. I was thinking of switching out Qin's Sais for Asi instead, yeah?
What I can say :
BBCoding. The **** is hard but it's damn rewarding. I can send you a PM with some simple, but helpful, examples of BBcoding.
Now, to go over the guide itself :
Item explanation : 8/10. I got confused when I saw both Ninja and Warrior on your "To-buy" list, the main reason I checked the guide itself. Could've separated the starting builds with " Starting " for when the match starts, "Core" , "Damage", "Survivability", etc. Overall, pretty amazing.
~Opinion : Make a separate text box for your Active selection.~
Pros / Cons : 10/10. Perfect description of Bakasura. However, isn't Mercury's boxing with he's 2 better than Baka's late game ?
General Strategiess : 11/10. This is WAY more than I would expect for a first timer. AMAZING job with the General Strategies section
Overall guide note : 9.3/10. Keep doing these :3