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Skadi Underrated GOAT

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Smite God: Skadi

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Skadi Build

Starter

Hunter's Blessing

Morningstar

Mana Potion

Healing Potion

First 3 Items 100%

Ninja Tabi

Transcendence

The Executioner

4th item

Notes Normally build Crushbar, unless you need antiheal

The Crusher

Brawler's Beat Stick

item 5 and 6

Notes fail not for crit and blood force for lifestyle

Fail-Not

Bloodforge

end game

Notes Sell boots and buy elixir of speed, plus an item that will help you win

Elixir of Speed

Odysseus' Bow

Asi

Jotunn's Wrath

Malice

Relics

Notes Go to is aegis and beads.
If ahead blink can help secure kills.
Tp when upgraded can help backdoor or get into fights.
Shell can help if you get targeted by front line.

Purification Beads

Aegis Amulet

Blink Rune

Teleport Fragment

Magic Shell

Skadi's Skill Order

Piercing Cold

1 X

3 5 6 7 10

Rune Of The Hunt

2 A

2 15 16 17 18

Permafrost

3 B

1 8 11 12 13

Winter's Grasp

4 Y

9 14 19

3 5 6 7 10

Piercing Cold

1 X

Skadi throws an icy spear forward, dealing damage to enemies and Slowing them for 3s. Kaldr's basic attacks deal double damage to targets afflicted by Piercing Cold.

Ability Type: Projectile
Damage: 90 / 140 / 190 / 240 / 290 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 12s

2 15 16 17 18

Rune Of The Hunt

2 A

Toggle: Skadi marks a target for Kaldr to hunt. While toggled on, Kaldr assumes Beast form, chasing and attacking the marked enemy. If a marked enemy dies Kaldr attacks other enemies nearby. When toggled off, Kaldr stops attacking and returns to Skadi, reverting to his Elemental form on the way. This ability can be activated at rank 0 and Kaldr gains new skills as it ranks up.

Ability Type: Pet Command
Basic Attack Damage: 50 / 50 / 57.5 / 65 / 72.5 / 80% of Skadi's
Rank 1: Kaldr gains a dash attack dealing 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110% Basic Attack Damage
Rank 3: Kaldr's kills heal him
Rank 5: Kaldr's attacks give Skadi 10% increased movement speed
Cost: None
Cooldown: 0.5s

1 8 11 12 13

Permafrost

3 B

Skadi freezes the ground for 5s at a target location. The icy area deals damage to enemies that touch it and continues to deal additional damage every .5s they stay on it. Gods who step on the ice are slowed and lose control of their movement while sliding across. Also, Skadi gains movement speed and Slow immunity while standing on the area and persists for 3s after it fades or she leaves.

Ability Type: Circle, Crowd Control, Damage
Initial Damage: 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Damage Per Tick: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Movement Speed: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow: 15%
Radius: 16 / 16 / 18 / 18 / 20
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 16s

9 14 19

Winter's Grasp

4 Y

A snowstorm surrounds Skadi as she chooses a location for Kaldr to attack. If Kaldr is too far he will leap there.

Upon reaching the location a snowstorm also surrounds Kaldr. The initial hit of either snowstorm Roots enemies in the area and Kaldr is restored to full health. The storms persist for 4s while dealing damage to enemies every .5s.

Ability Type: Stim
Damage (Initial Hit): 45 / 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 (+35% of your Physical Power)
Damage (Per Tick): 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+10% of your Physical Power)
Root Duration: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Radius: 20
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 90s

Skadi GOAT

This is my go to skadi build atm. Currently top 50. Can play lane both safe and aggressive depending on team comp.

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(46) |

Not sure about this one.
Fail not is good on her?
Jotunn's wrath with no Titan's bane option?

(401) |

Fail'not isn't too bad for her if you're going ability damage. The lack of Titan's though is egregious.

(143) |

Fail Not is really not a good item. Too expensive and it’s passive no longer applies to objectives.

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(401) |

C'mon, unless you're playing SPL, the item is fine. It's a bit more expensive but it's not going to break the bank, and the only other item to provide CDR and crit is Malice. Granted, I'd choose Malice before Fail, and I'm not saying this build is good (it's not, mainly due to build order), but Fail-Not has function that can be utilized quite well.

Saw Incon pick it up late game on a recent Medusa game. And even if he was having fun choosing it, it's not like he was trolling with the pick...never said it's the best option, just saying it has function that can be used well depending on build direction.

(143) |

I mean I wouldn’t build Malice either, so...

And no, got nothing to do with SPL. The item is straight up no good, just like Tyrannical Helm.

(46) |

So why did they stop pciking up fail not? It was popular when it was released?

(143) |

Passive stopped working on objectives

(401) |

One nerf, I believe. Changed crit chance from 25% to 20%. 5% apparently is enough to convince people it went from almost OP to a **** item.

(46) |

Hmmm, I can also see the passive not working on objectives as a reason to stop picking it up. But I thought that was more of a bug than a feature. Dev also made a good point about rage.

(401) |

This is true...the Rage buff really pushed it over the edge (though I already felt it was very strong even before the most recent buff). But in a different respect, they're completely different build paths to me. 20% CDR = ability-based hunter looking for good follow-up burst potential from basics...those that rely on abilities to CC / lock down enemies (thinking Skadi, Chern, Neith, Ullr, etc.)...that could be very beneficial for them.

Thing is, I'm trying to keep an open mind. We've seen some wildly different build paths built by even the pros (for different roles also, not just hunters), and having success. I mean my god, we've even seen BaRRa build freaking SOV. On HUNTERS. (Again yes, this is in ranked play, not SPL, but there is NO ONE HERE that is at that level so I don't think we need to worry about that)

To me, saying something isn't viable when it's clear the stats aren't necessarily bad is unimaginative, uninspired, and short-sighted. Fail-Not can work, Malice can work, Atalanta's can work. 0 power items in crit builds can work even if it's not optimal. I think we need to tailor our responses with that in mind.

(143) |

Atalanta's only works as a boots replacement, maybe on immobile hunters.

Malice and Fail-Not are just outclassed by better options, there's almost no reason to build them, and only in certain cases / gods can you get away with it.

(46) |

Good response bran. I was definitely against the option for no mention of titans bane.

But I was on the fence about fail not. Thanks for taking the time to explain. If authors would put more explanations into their off meta item choices, we could give better feedback rather than having to speculate.

However, I think overall this build could if he replaced shoes with something like Asi and got qins as last item. Still not fully optimizee, as I think it'd be better to go
Trans
Boots
Asi

But you get the point. He has flat pen from Asi, crusher, beat stick, and he has the AA from exe and qins

(105) |

and the buff as they were both competing for the same spot in most builds as both items provided ~35-40% crit before.

(46) |

Right. It should at least be considered in an ability damage build.
I get it, you'll always get that troll game where the enemies go full squishy and it won't be worth picking up TB, but for standard enemy comps, it should be listed

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(105) |

I think it can be seen as a decent jotunn's substitute if you are looking for a cdr option.

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Skadi Underrated GOAT

Smite God: Skadi

Skadi Build

Starter

First 3 Items 100%

4th item

item 5 and 6

end game

Relics

Skadi's Skill Order

Piercing Cold

Rune Of The Hunt

Permafrost

Winter's Grasp

Skadi GOAT

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