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Bumba's Mask
Bluestone Pendant
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Bluestone Pendant
Boots
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Charged Morningstar
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Warrior Tabi
Transcendence
Asi
Qin's Sais
Titan's Bane
Warrior Tabi
Transcendence
Asi
Brawler's Beat Stick
Jotunn's Wrath
Qin's Sais
Jotunn's Wrath
Winged Blade
The Crusher
Titan's Bane
The Crusher
Brawler's Beat Stick
Bloodforge
Magi's Cloak
Spirit Robe
Winged Blade
Brawler's Beat Stick
Shifter's Shield
The Crusher
Purification Beads
Aegis Amulet
Heavenly Wings
Bracer of Radiance
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Skadi build for S4, conquest. I've been playing Skadi since her release and I think it was actually love at first sight. The concept of the character and her unique kit makes her really special to me. Im an actual rank X Skadi 3k worshippers, I know it's not much, but I can kinda help if you're struggling with this character. In this guide I'll talk about the build, relics, playstile, matchups, abilites, etc...
To build Skadi you dont wanna go crit builds like some other people do, as crit is literally useless for Kaldr. you want to go an ability based build with high damage and pen, and I'll explain it now:
For starting, you can decide between a variety of starts, that just adjusts to your playstyle, just pick whatever you feel better with.
Warrior Tabi: Warrior Tabi is obviously a must have. It is a better pick over 
Ninja Tabi as Rune Of The Hunt is less relevant now since her ult Winter's Grasp got changed so Kaldr doesn't get the inmunity anymore. Transcendence: This is a must have in Skadi, however your build is going to be you must have Transcendence, she is an ability-based hunter, and every ability-based hunter needs Transcendence for the mana sustain and ability power it provides. Really good item overall. Asi: No, Kaldr does not benefit from lifesteal, but he does benefit from the rest attributes of Asi. Asi is a really good item pick on Skadi as it gives Kaldr more damage through attack speed and some pen to increase the damage input for both him and your abilities. Qin's Sais: And no, Kaldr also does not benefit from the Qin's Sais passive. Not long ago Skadi got some nerfs to her buddy, so this item is really one of your most sources of damage, gives you some good power for your abilities and some attack speed for both you and doggo, also althought Kaldr does not benefit from the passive you still get a lot out of it. Overall a high damage item. Titan's Bane: This item is just to finish up the build by adding the last bit of penetration you needed to shred those tanky targets and towers down. Keep in mind that pen affects both you and Kaldr, so Skadi as an ability-based hunter benefits a lot from this. Brawler's Beat Stick: Get this item if they have any healers for example like 
Hel or 
Chang'e. You can take it either last item or sooner if you feel you need the antihealing ASAP.
The Executioner: Be really careful about this item, as its not a really good option with Titan's Bane as the passives together dont work really well. A good variation from Titan's Bane and if you have more than one physical damage dealers in your team. Jotunn's Wrath: Good item overall, gives the pen you need for Skadi and provides a good amount of physical power and CDR to have your abilities up more often. Winged Blade: A good defensive item if you're looking for one. Provides good defensive stats and its passive, the ability to run over slows, helps Skadi by giving her more survivability. Bloodforge: Good damage item. Usually take this if you feel you're really ahead. Do not go for this item really early as it is relatively expensive. You could change it for Asi later in the build if the match exceeds for too long. Skadi that helps her get out of tricky situations. If you feel you need this early to survive ganks, go ahead. Spirit Robe: Standard defensive item, should get it if you feel you need a lot more protections. Shifter's Shield: Really good item, one of my favourites to go indeed. Offers good defense and great damage depending on your health.
Runeforged Hammer: Not one of the best options, but offers some good team damage if your team has a lot of Crowd Control. Kinda a really situational item as it relies a lot on Crowd Control, but you can still get a lot out of it as Piercing Cold, Permafrost and Winter's Grasp benefits from it. The Crusher: Power, pen and attack speed, all good stats, a good item if the enemy team still has tanky targets and you still feel you don't have all the pen you need.
So Skadi benefits from a lot of Relics in general, the decision you make upon taking these Relics depends really on the enemy team (Or even on yours.)
Purification Beads Skadi as she is a non-escape hunter, you can have Purification Beads so you can get out of those scary situations you get yourself in. Heavenly Wings Skadi, it will get you out of most situations, also Heavenly Wings could be used offensive rather than defensive as Kaldr benefits from it too, so you can use it to chase someone down. Aegis Amulet Purification Beads, or that you're going to get shut down a lot, just get Aegis Amulet.
Kaldr, the Winter Wolf(Passive)
Piercing Cold Skadi's most useful clear ability. A straight up line skill shot that deals a moderate amount of damage and slows enemies.
Rune of the hunt
Permafrost
Winter's Grasp Piercing Cold first, and then proceed to get your Permafrost over Rune Of The Hunt. The reason being is that since Skadi's ultimate does no longer make Kaldr inmune to damage, now it is not as relevant as before. Then get Rune Of The Hunt even before Winter's Grasp, it is not really worh leveling up the ultimate until last levels. Piercing Cold and your Winter's Grasp last. But in this case you can level up Rune Of The Hunt before Permafrost. This is if you want to use Permafrost more of an escape tool rather than a hard poking/damage ability. If you stil want to level up Permafrost you can put 3 points first in Rune Of The Hunt so Kaldr gets the ability to heal after killing minions or so.
Piercing Cold at level 1. Skadi is really vulnerable to ganks. Permafrost to poke enemies too so you move them away from their wave to screw their push. Piercing Cold to slow down the enemy, and after that send Kaldr to attack. Permafrost unless you're sure you'll be safe after getting the kill or else it will result in you getting killed. Permafrost play with the enemy, if they fall for it, they are on your territory, try and make them go to one direction as you escape in the other. Permafrost as an initator for the fights, but be aware not to use it if you don't know enemies actual positioning, it could result in you getting killed! Winter's Grasp wait til Kaldr is at 1 hit point, but be careful not to wait too long or else he will return to you resulting less effectiveness. Winter's Grasp to chase an enemy instead of healing Kaldr if the enemy has an escape. Keep in mind that Winter's Grasp is a root, not a cripple. Winter's Grasp can also be a way of burning the beads of the adversary. Rune Of The Hunt grants you movement speed when Kaldr hits enemies, its just a 10% buff but can really help run away from death. Permafrost to get out of that situation, use the movement speed in your favor, as soon as the start sliding in your Permafrost, they are on your territory, you have control over the situation , play around that.
Skadi has easy matchups against most hunters as she has Kaldr with her so that gives her the huge advantage of attacking and using abilities while blocking basic attacks. Although she has kind of a bad time against high attack speed characters, because her doggo dies faster, and without Rune Of The Hunt feels really vulnerable.
Skadi's hard matchups!
- 
Cernunnos ***
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Kali
- 
Mercury
- 
Artemis
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Rama ***
- 
Erlang Shen ***
Mostly any good with a high attack speed build, keep in mind not all of them are in this list.
Skadi's real counters!
- Rama
- Erlang Shen
- Cernunnos
For the way their abilites work, Erlang Shen, Rama and Cernunnos have a really great advantage on Skadi as one hit from their basic attacks count for 2 Kaldr's health points, be really careful!.
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Overall, I think this is a really good start to your guide. I like the way it's looking now after you made some of your changes! I don't have many complaints, but I do have a few suggestions.
Again, I really like the the way this guide has started, but I think with a bit more descriptions and depth, it could really shine! Keep up the good work!
I don't really have much time right now so I'll try and fix everything you've told me as soon as possible :P
Please have some mercy keep in mind this is actually the first guide I ever make on this page, so I still have a lot to learn, anyhow, thanks for all the suggestions, they are always welcome! <3
It's actually my first guide so I hope it can keep up with the good ones :P
I really want to expand the match-ups with every ADC, (and even gods o_O) but that would take a lot of time, if I had someone who actually offered to help me, but like this I'd have to play A LOT to actually have every matchup in the game, anyways I'll try and keep expanding it as I can! Thank you <3
If it can help, I also noticed a few typos or errors in the guide:
- Starting from the Generic Build section, you often write "bennefit" or "bennefits", but according to my loyal Google Translate, the correct verb is "benefit", with only one "n".
- In the Kaldr the Winter Wolf ability section, you only write that 5 Minions hits remove one point, but you may want to specify even damage from other sources, to be clear.
- In the Rune of the hunt ability section, the amount of "Attack Damage:" isn't showed.
Bye :)Already fixed all of them, thanks <3
Figure the others have you covered with their extensive comments. Will just add some of my own and keep it simple.
- Your generic build (items 1-5) are spot on with meta, both with items and order. I like that you also give interesting variation for items 3 and on, as options...and where I normally don't suggest
Jotunn's Wrath on ADCs, in this case, I can see it working for 
Skadi in particular, at least situationally. Her cooldowns are horrid.
- Your explanations and content seem solid.
- Eventually you may want to go and do a hard edit/review on your guide...you've entered the realm of the Grammar Police, and there are errors everywhere. Not dissing the guide, mind, just mentioning.
Anyway, I think this is a great first start. +1I don't usually build
Also I've corrected loads of stupid errors already but I'm just not a native english speaker so I might pass something out or even think some misspelling/grammar error is fine, so sorry about that </3
Anyways thanks for the +1! Any critiques are always welcome! <3
I before E, except after C.
Or sounding as A as in neighbor or weigh.
Or in compound words as in albeit.
Or if you're scaling the heights of a glacier.
Or if you're an atheist having a seizure.
Or if you're queueing a siege to your leisure.
Or if you're the fanciest, but sounding conceited.
The rules of language are quite uniform.
Except with technical words from other languages
like cuneiform.
You'd think this to be a sure science, but English can be weird.
(Yes, I wrote this myself.)
I love playing
I like your generic build as I literally build the same things on her. My last item is usually
I am not the biggest fan of
The only big thing I don't necessarily like is your level order, granted it probably depends on how you use
My suggestion to you would be, if you still want to upgrade
If you put the total of 3 points in first, you can hit the minion wave with
Overall though, I like your build and your reasoning's behind the item selection. Your relics are good and ones I usually get as well. Your play style sections are fine as a general overview. With her not having an escape, she needs to be wary of ganks of course, but she should be somewhat aggressive still. Communication and wards are the key to helping with the impending ganks. You could also use
For the grammar and spelling, the only thing that is sticking out to me as a sore thumb is the misspelling of Phase in the play style section. You have it as fase when it should be phase. Otherwise, I am good with the little mistakes especially if you are a non native English speaker. I give you props for doing this well with our screwed up language.
Thanks for taking your time to post this comment really <3
After reading it I already tweaked some things here and there like the build, or the leveling order. I said upgrading
Thanks for the comment, really appreciate all critiques! <3
However, I think Cern should be considered a real counter because his summer stance procs twice, doesn't it? I'm not sure about his 2 tho. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Oh, and thank you very much for complimenting my guide, it's actually the first one I make so I hope it can keep up with the real good ones! <3
Nice Skadi guide so far. I know you said that this is your first guide, so I thought I would offer some tips that you may not know about, as well as my personal opinion on the guide.
First and foremost, your chapters are good subjects that should be in every guide. Build description, matchups, playstyles, etc.. That can result in a lot of writing, and it might help to give the guide a nicer look for the reader. You may or may not be aware of this Guide Template and this BB Coding Guide for newer members. They helped me a lot when I first joined.
I like the build that you provided, but I think that you could offer more variety. Your starting build variety is great, but then you have no more options until the last item. For example, if you're up against an enemy with strong healing, you might want
To give the build more variety, I feel that you could add other item options as well. Some of my personal favorites that you may want to consider are:
As a final critique, I noticed a few spelling and grammar errors, namely in the Playstyle section. It doesn't bother me, but some people around here like to grammar police :p
Overall, good job, good information. I think this guide could be good with a few improvements here and there, as your free time allows. Thanks for making this guide!
Critiques are always welcome, I said this was my first guide already so I have still a lot more to learn.
The guide template and bb coding guide really helped me improve the guide quite a lot! It almost looks like a totally different guide now, I really have to thank you cause you're the one who made it possible in some way <3
I'm sure it's still not the best guide by far, but I really like how it ended up, I did realise how "boring" it was before and I hope it's much better now. Plz give me some feedback on how you feel the guide is right now and if you think it needs some other changes here and there! Thank you! <3
Oh and btw... Sorry for my grammar errors, I'm not english at all but I try my best to stay away from those grammar polices, but well, I guess ten years of english studying are still not enough! xD
I will be happy to tell you what I think about your new guide, but first you have to make the update public (something else I didn't know for a while, lol).
After you publish a guide, every change you make and save won't show to others until you click the "Publish" button again.
A good way to check this is to log out of your profile, then click on your guide. This is how other members and visitors see your guide.
By the way, I think your English is great! :D
Keep up the good work!
I published it now, I guess you can really tell it's my first guide :P
Well, hope you like it now that the changes are visible!
(And thanks for the english <3)
That reminds me: "shutted" is not the proper spelling; the correct spelling is "shut". English is weird in that the same word can be used for both the present and past tenses. And people wonder why non-English speakers have issues with it...
I think most English speakers don't care.
@Skapeek: you're very welcome. I don't recall seeing any other errors, but I will notify you of them if I do. All-in-all, this is a nice guide; it reminded me that
I'm happy that the guide actually helped someone! <3 Thank you for all the support, it's awesome how nice people are over here!
(cough)
That reminds me: "shutted" is not the proper spelling; the correct spelling is "shut". English is weird in that the same word can be used for both the present and past tenses. And people wonder why non-English speakers have issues with it...
Oh yeah I know about that, it's just that I didn't realize that "shut" was that kind of verb... Anyways thanks! Already changed it, any more spelling/grammar/"anything" errors are always welcome, thank you!