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Roaming Ymir. Updated 20/09/2013

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by Eyeplod updated September 27, 2013

Smite God: Ymir

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Ymir Build

Full build

Build Item Boots of Celerity Boots of Celerity
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Magi's Cloak Magi's Cloak
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Bulwark of Hope Bulwark of Hope
Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff

Good actives

Build Item Enfeebling Curse Enfeebling Curse
Build Item Creeping Curse Creeping Curse
Build Item Fist of the Gods Fist of the Gods
Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune

Alternate assault/arena build

Build Item Stone of Gaia Stone of Gaia
Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Wall of Absolution Wall of Absolution
Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard
Build Item Focused Void Stone Focused Void Stone
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti

Ymir's Skill Order

Ice Wall

1 X Y
Ice Wall
3 7 10 12 14

Glacial Strike

2 A B
Glacial Strike
2 15 16 18 19

Frost Breath

3 B A
Frost Breath
1 4 6 8 11

Shards of Ice

4 Y X
Shards of Ice
5 9 13 17 20
Ice Wall
3 7 10 12 14

Ice Wall

1 X
Ymir summons a wall of ice out of the ground that blocks player movement.

Ability Type: Line, Wall
Lifetime: 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11s
Glacial Strike
2 15 16 18 19

Glacial Strike

2 A
Ymir smashes his club, doing damage to all enemies in front of him and slowing them. Applies Frostbite.

Ability Type: Line, Slow, Damage
Damage: 90 / 160 / 230 / 300 / 370 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 35%
Slow Duration: 4s
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 8s
Frost Breath
1 4 6 8 11

Frost Breath

3 B
Ymir uses his breath to freeze enemies in blocks of ice, doing damage and stunning them. Applies Frostbite.

Ability Type: Cone, Stun, Damage
Damage: 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Stun: 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25s
Range: 35
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s
Shards of Ice
5 9 13 17 20

Shards of Ice

4 Y
Ymir begins to freeze the air around him, causing shards of ice to grow on his back and Slowing enemies. After a 3s channel, Ymir erupts out of his frozen state, causing shards of ice to do damage to all enemies in his range. Applies Frostbite. Cancelling the ability decreases the damage.

Ability Type: Circle, Slow, Damage
Damage: 500 / 650 / 800 / 950 / 1100 (+150% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 40%
Radius: 35
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

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Pros / Cons


+ Amazing Crowd Control
+ Gap closing abilities
+ Great at zoning
+ Statistically tanky

- Low mobility
- Without frost breath, you're useless

Item explanations and uses


Decent early game movement speed item for tanks, supports and to an extent mages. The reason why you buy boots of celerity is because you can get to your target a lot faster instead of being really slow with mark of vanguard and Reinforced Greaves


winged wand With its stat buff, it's now viable for tanks, supports and mages. Cool-down reduction is good with Ymir because it means more freezes and walls. The passive is great for someone who has no escape. (hover over item to see passive)


Magi's blessing Really good now. Health and Crowd control reduction replaces Reinforced Greaves and is better then Hide of Leviathan. The passive is great against a team with high crowd control and combined with Winged wand, You've got a ticket out of jail.


Cool-down reduction passive is great on any support because it means more abilities in a less amount of time. Stats also benefit Ymir's survivability, and mana.


Combined with the 'free ticket out of jail' thing. The passive is a lifesaver, even when it was nerfed. I believe this item is better then Stone of Gaia because you don't need sustainability for ymir because you don't soak up damage, That's not your job.


Just for the health and mana. The magic power is optional. You don't have to buy this item but if you're versing a team full of burst mage and physical then buy it.





NOTE: You can buy any other items after Boots of Celerity, Winged wand and Magi's blessing. These 3 items are a core for this build, the rest is entirely up to you.

What is your job?

Ymir's job is simple.

- Roam around and secure kills/assist team-mates in lanes. This involves:


- You are NOT there to soak up damage like Hercules HOWEVER you are subject to tank a tower for pushing.

- Buy wards and sentry wards for map vision

PLEASE READ: This is a simple guide telling you what to build and what to do. This can be hard to do sometimes and will not always work, nobody is perfect. I am not responsible for your losses, kdr or elo loss because that stuff is entirely up to you.

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1
Subzero008 (112) | December 9, 2013 1:51pm
Amazing. Just amazing. The build works so I'll upvote, but I wish you could make it a full guide.
1
Eyeplod (2) | September 27, 2013 8:21pm
IMBAPUCK wrote:

Great guide! but i was thinking...instead of bulwark of hope u buy stone of gaia? what do u think about that?


You I would rather have Bulwark of Hope in situations where there is a large amount of damage going on, the passive has more of a chance to save you then Stone of Gaia.
1
IMBAPUCK | September 22, 2013 2:04pm
Great guide! but i was thinking...instead of bulwark of hope u buy stone of gaia? what do u think about that?
1
Eyeplod (2) | September 20, 2013 10:05pm
Guide is now updated for the Thanatos patch.
1
Timoshi (7) | December 7, 2012 7:39pm
Great guide won a lot of games using this build.
The thing i like about the build is their is a lot of variety from other ymir builds which makes this one such an excellent one.
Good job!
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