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Vampiric Shroud
Potion of Magical Might
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Chronos' Pendant
Shoes of Focus
Book of Thoth
Obsidian Shard
Gem of Isolation
Rod of Tahuti
Chronos' Pendant
Shoes of the Magi
Breastplate of Valor
Book of Thoth
Obsidian Shard
Rod of Tahuti
Warlock's Staff
Spear of Desolation
Void Stone
Heavenly Wings
Cursed Ankh
Bulwark of Hope
Pestilence
Hide of the Nemean Lion
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This is a 
Chang'e duel/solo build. Although viable as a support build because "She's a healer," build her like a tank ONLY if your team is comfortable and you are comfortable with the god. I will admit that I did not feel comfortable with her support until Diamond rank. This is because the lack of a tank may cause your team to suffer late game when trying to dive enemy towers or enemies hiding out in a phoenix. Try to take a mid/solo role with this build if playing Conquest. PLEASE DO NOT BUILD THIS IF GOING SUPPORT.
As always, leave suggestions, tell me my build is horrid, and other normal things. Tell me if you would like a Conquest guide for Chang'e solo. Also, if you have time I would love to hear your stories with Chang'e, she is my favorite character in SMITE by far.
Pros:
+Amazing mobility
+An immunity to all CC and damage
+An anti-healer heal
+A 'stunning' ultimate: It even chains!
+A decent poke
+A decent team heal
+Can stay in lane forever due to 
Jade Rabbit
+Great chasing potential
+Cute little bunny to keep you company when alone ( You even get to name him! )
+Great tower diver (in Duel)
Cons:
-VERY VERY Squishy
-Useless if abilities are on cooldown
-Incredibly mana hungry
-Cannot easily escape a jungler's gank at level 5
-Horrible to play against
-Bunny gets addicted to so many drugs ( Chang'e Moonlight Love Skin )
Chang'e should start out with buying Vampiric Shroud for the health, MP5, and Magical Power. Get Power pot, otherwise known as Potion of Magical Might, and three Mana Potion. At the 15 second mark before the minion wave spawns, use the Potion of Magical Might, then buy two Healing Potion. Go to Mana Camp, wait until 7 seconds after the minion wave spawns, then buy a Healing Potion from your Jade Rabbit. Use a Healing Potion as soon as you start the Mana Camp, and clear it. Get to lane as fast as possible. As soon as your bunny gets back, send him to go get another Healing Potion, and repeat sending him back for potions all game unless you can buy a tier 2 or 3 item. If you want to be safe, just buy Vampiric Shroud, 
Shoes, and 4 of both Healing Potion and Mana Potion, and follow the same steps to clearing Mana Camp and the wave.
In lane, poke your enemy with your Crescent Moon Dance and heal up any minion damage you take with your Moonflower Dance. Try to hit the enemy with that as well, especially if they bought lifesteal of if they have a heal. As soon as you are level five, make sure your abilities are always hitting the enemy, and as soon as you know you can secure a kill, use Waxing Moon and Crescent Moon Dance to kill your enemy. Don't be afraid to use Sprint and tower dive them: That is the beauty of her Moonlit Waltz. Kill them, and waltz out with first blood.
Chang'e is very powerful mid game, after she obtains Book of Thoth. She easily has 300 damage on her Crescent Moon Dance and a 200 heal on her Moonflower Dance. Just keep pressure on your opponent until you feel that they will die from your ult+1 combo. Make sure they don't get Fire Giant, or take one of your towers. It is very hard to recover if you lose your objectives first. Secure your kills, keep them away from towers, and stop any Fire Giant attempts to help secure an easy win. Make sure to take at least one of their objectives by now to keep pressure on their phoenix, or if you steal Fire Giant and kill them, it will allow for you to take their phoenix.
This is where Chang'e shines bright and becomes unstoppable. You can dive towers, do damage to the phoenix, and waltz out. After a few waves, the phoenix will be dead and the immense amount of damage that Chang'e has will appear. Any slightly squishy enemy that has not bought magical protections will INSTANTLY die from a ult+1+3 combo with full items. Even if they somehow survived via Sanctuary, just use Sprint to catch up and use Crescent Moon Dance to clean up the kill and secure your victory by killing the titan. If you bought Gem of Isolation, late game will be much easier. Bait an enemy by appearing to have low health, and once the get close enough, use Moonflower Dance to heal 400 and then use Waxing Moon and Crescent Moon Dance to kill them. If this backfires, run to either your tower or Fire Giant. If you chose Fire Giant, wait for them to hit it, then heal and Sprint away, using Moonlit Waltz if something is headed your way. Lead them on a chase around the map. In 30 seconds, you will have full health and can turn around and kill them.
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Jade Rabbit is one of the best passives in the game. It allows her to use the store from anywhere on the map ( except in Assault ), allowing her to stay in lane indefinitely and have a constant stream of wards to know exactly where the enemy is at all times. As amazing as it is, there is more. She gains a 25% movement speed on ALL of her abilities when in use!
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Crescent Moon Dance is her wave clear. It does a decent amount of damage, but it has an insanely short cooldown. It gives her a decent poke to whittle their health down to get them to where your jungler (Conquest) can gank them for a secured kill. If you win your lane, level this first to have better damage and poke. If losing lane BADLY, level this second to survive until endgame ( Level Moonflower Dance first if that is the case).
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Moonlit Waltz is one of the greatest escapes in the game. A 25% movement speed buff for the 1.2 second duration of the dance. That's it? No. It gives her an immunity to all damage sources, including CC and basic attacks. But wait, there is more! She gains mana back for each tick of damage from an ability and every basic attack that should have hit her. I get the first level of this and then level this last, as it does not increase the duration, but the amount of mana restored.
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Moonflower Dance is her sustain. It gives a little amount of healing early game, with long cooldowns. However, by late game on a short cooldown of 6 seconds, it can heal 400+ health (end game) much faster than  Hel. I level this up second for the sustain needed to survive the jungler's gank at level five. Waxing Moon/ Moonlit Waltz alone will not save you in an attack, especially if they are on cooldown. If you are losing lane horribly, I strongly advise leveling this up first, as it increases the chance that you will be able to stay in lane all game, farming.
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Waxing Moon is her wonderful ultimate. It has an amazing amount of damage on it, a chain stun for up to 5 seconds, and a 25% movement speed buff ( useful for hitting people who are on the rim of your ultimate ). A nice escape if no others exist as well. This ability can turn the tide of a battle in a moment.
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Chronos' Pendant is a NECESSARY item on Chang'e for the power and 30% cooldown it gives when combined with Shoes of Focus. It allows her abilities to be spammed for days. However, if playing against a powerful melee god, such as  Bellona, you should switch it out for the Breastplate of Valor to have protections against her relentless attacks.
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Shoes of Focus is always a great, reliant way for a mage to get mana and good CDR. This is better than Shoes of the Magi for Chang'e as she needs the mana and cooldown that Shoes of Focus gives, and allows her to spam her abilities more often.
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Book of Thoth is a great stacking item that gives an immense boost in power and gives her the mana she needs to stay in the battle. I find that when I do not build this item, I run out of mana right before I get a kill. The power rivals that of Rod of Tahuti and Spear of Desolation and gives 15 MP5. Switch it out with Warlock's Sash if you like being healthy, with the loss of mana sustain and about 100 Magical Power.
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Obsidian Shard is a good amount of power and great penetration. It gives you the penetrations needed to take objectives easily, due to its passive that gets rid of a third of the objective's protections. Replace this with Spear of Desolation if the opponent buys no Magical Protection items.(It does happen)
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Gem of Isolation is a great item on Change because of the great amount of chase potential it gives. All abilities chained together can make the slow last about 10 seconds in a row, which is amazing for catching up or keeping an opponent in place. The health, mana, and decent magical power make this an item to notice. However, if there is a magical opponent, replace this with magical protections as the protections will serve you better than the health and slow.
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Rod of Tahuti is an amazing addition to any mage and gives that immense boost of power that she needs to have considerable amounts of damage and heal. It makes her do approximately 25% more damage just with the passive.
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Chronos' Pendant is a NECESSARY item on Chang'e for the power and full cooldown it gives when combined with Breastplate of Valor. It allows her abilities to be spammed for days.
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Shoes of the Magi is a good item for the power, penetration, and movement speed it provides. You need this item to make up for the lost power from buying protections instead of Gem of Isolation.
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Breastplate of Valor is an amazing phsical protection item and allows full CDR with this build. It makes it so the enemy must buy penetration to do anything against you if they are physical.
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Book of Thoth is a great stacking item that gives an immense boost in power and gives her the mana she needs to stay in the battle. I find that when I do not build this item, I run out of mana right before I get a kill. The power rivals that of Rod of Tahuti and Spear of Desolation and gives 15 MP5. Switch it out with Warlock's Sash if you like being healthy, with the loss of mana sustain and about 100 Magical Power.
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Obsidian Shard is a good amount of power and great penetration. It gives you the penetrations needed to take objectives easily, due to its passive that gets rid of a third of the objective's protections. Replace this with Spear of Desolation if the opponent buys no Magical Protection items.(It does happen)
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Rod of Tahuti is an amazing addition to any mage and gives that immense boost of power that she needs to have considerable amounts of damage and heal. It makes her do approximately 25% more damage just with the passive.
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Warlock's Sash is a very safe, healthy version of Book of Thoth. It gives significantly less Magical Power, Mana, and MP5 for much more health (+600). Buy this if you are against a high burst character such as  He Bo or  Loki.
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Spear of Desolation is a high damage, luxury penetration item that has a passive that if you kill a god, all your cooldowns are reduced by 8 seconds. It gives 5 less Magical Power than Rod of Tahuti, so it is a very powerful item. Buy this only if the enemy is physical and has bought no Magical Protections to maximize its damage.
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Void Stone is a low cost penetration/protection item that is cheap and good for shredding magical characters protections if they have bought no Magical protections. Buy this only if the enemy is Magical and has bought absolutely no protection items.
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Pestilence is a great anti-healer item to pick up if against a Hel,  Aphrodite, or any other magical healer. It gives a great amount of Magical Protections as well.
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Bulwark of Hope is an all around great item that gives a shield after dropping below a certain health threshold. It gives an amazing amount of Magical Protections, Health, and Crowd Control Reduction. Buy this against all other Magical gods besides the healers.
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Hide of the Nemean Lion is an amazing item against any auto attack god (maybe not the best against  Chronos, but what is really good against him?) Hunters really struggle against this item due to its counter to the effects of lifesteal. Pick it up against all Assassins or Hunters.
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Good Matchups- Opponents you forgot to ban:
Chang'e can very easily dodge her high burst from 
Polynomicon and burst her just as hard. As soon as her abilities are down, no matter what stage of the game, hunt her down and slaughter her like a pig with your short cooldowns. She cannot escape you. EVER. Feel your victory, take it in. Or just get slaughtered by 
Freya because you time Moonlit Waltz wrong. Loki seems like a worthy ban. However, he is all based on a SINGLE basic attack (
Vanish and Aimed Strike combo), so he is easy to avoid, and once he hits you once during Moonlit Waltz, he is open to a barrage of attacks, and will have to hide in tower, giving you a lead and a push that will give you a victory. All game should be a breeze unless you cannot time your Moonlit Waltz correctly. Keeped him poked and you should do fine. He Bo on the good matchups? That is because you have cooldowns as short as he does. His 2000 damage ult is easily avoidable by your Moonlit Waltz, and then he is vulnerable. Do not buy Gem of Isolation against him, as his scroll makes him immune to slows. Instead, buy your good friend, Bulwark of Hope, and make his damage drop immensly. Early game, poke him until level 5, then ult and kill him if he is under half health. His escape is horrid until late game, so take advantage. Late game, poke him until he has to leave his phoenix to go heal, and then attack and take the phoenix. As soon as you take phoenix, you have almost always secured a win.
Bastet has terrible wave clear, so take advantage until Level 5. Then, stay close to your tower because her Cat Call will kill you otherwise. Mid Game, make sure you keep up with her, and make sure you stun her cats if she unleashes them. This should help with your escape and keep you alive. This sounds like a terrible matchup so far, so why did I put Bastet here? Well, Bastet has a mediocre late game fighting-potential compared to Chang'e. You can now kill her cats with ease and can turn the tide of the battle in your favor. She will try to backdoor your Tower and Phoenix with Cat Call, so make sure to buy some Wards. Kill her and take her Phoenix if she tries to 1v1 you. Then, push her to the Titan and kill her for the victory.
Kali will outshine you every time. Your best chance is to try to kill her before level 5. If you do, the first blood will spiral you to victory. Until late game. Hope they surrender before then. If not, buy Gem of Isolation so her movement speed items become useless, and she cannot catch you during her ult. Ult her to give you some space from her and run to the nearest tower for your life. If you can't, try to whittle her health down until she ults. Hit her with Moonflower Dance and she only heals 7.5% of her health, then chase her until Crescent Moon Dance comes up again and slaughter her. Make sure you take her phoenix for her death, and you may pull a victory. Chronos!!!
Regurgitate, and tower dive potential are astonishing. Don't believe me? Skip banning him a game, and you will see what I am saying. Your best chance is to poke him, but sit safely in the tower and farm until late game. If he was bad and didn't buy magical protections, then you can punish him and kill him with your 4,1, and 3 combo. Then you can take your loss and instead turn it into the most unlikely victory ever. You have a better chance beating a Chronos than 
Bakasura.
Ah Muzen Cab power after your first game against him. (In my opinion, Ah Muzen Cab is the absolute king of Duel due to his insane mobility, extreme damage, amazing wave clear, and ridiculously simple play style.) He will butcher you every stage of the game. No matter how hard you try, he will always be faster and more powerful. Early game will seem a breeze, until level 8 or so when he gains instant wave clear. Mid and Late game are tough, all you can hope for is he fails in getting Fire Giant and you steal and kill him. That is your only chance. Take phoenix, and hold out as long as possible until he makes a terrible mistake so you can win.
Hou Yi is an absolute menace in Duel, all the time, every time. Since the 
Throwing Dagger buff, hunters have been the supreme rulers in Duel. Hou Yi is one of the most dangerous. He can easily slaughter you at Level 5. But I have noticed that as long as you dodge the 
Ricochet, he cannot secure damage. If he builds 
Frostbound Hammer, just sell Book of Thoth and buy Gem of Isolation so he is just as fast as you. Whittle his health down early game, don't be afraid to take a little minion damage. Make sure he stays in lane to Level 5, and once he is below half health, use Waxing Moon, Crescent Moon Dance, and if he is still alive, finish him with Moonflower Dance. Make sure all abilities are up and you are secured with first blood if you land your ult. Late Game you just keep pressure, take the phoenix at any cost, even your life, and the win should be in your grasp.
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Your analysis that this season is more about mobility and control makes a lot of sense given that
I tested your ideas, Zilby, and found that against a
You both have good points, and it's good that you hold on some of your points with some reasoning.
Just thought I'd mention that you and others should always try to hold your points unless you truly know that what someone else is saying is correct. Occasionally I have no idea what I'm talking about, and honestly I sincerely love it when people bring up things that I hadn't thought of. Blindly accepting advice isn't nearly as helpful to you becoming a better player as discussing points of contention. Just thought I'd note that after reading Bran's comments, sorry that it doesn't really have anything to do with your guide :P
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Edit: oh one thing...you mention that
1. I realize that it is very risky to buy
2.Sorry, I found
3. I put you should only buy
4. I tried all of those against
I played a lot of ranked joust S2 with
In any case, great guide! +1 from me.
I personally also build
I put
I am making the change now.
Your build looks decent, and I have no doubts it wouldn’t work. Although for a damage build you’re picking penetration too late. If you’re only building 1 pen item,
Overall I really like your guide. You’ve explained everything well, you have all the necessary info and your coding looks great too ;)
I’m giving you +1 vote, but I hope you do some changes to your build :)