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That one guy carried his team with this build

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by exterminate68 updated June 5, 2019

Smite God: Raijin

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Raijin Build

Build Item Mage's Blessing Mage's Blessing
Build Item Chronos' Pendant Chronos' Pendant
Build Item Shoes of the Magi Shoes of the Magi
Build Item Spear of Desolation Spear of Desolation
Build Item Bancroft's Talon Bancroft's Talon
Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti

Raijin's Skill Order

Percussive Storm

1 X Y
Percussive Storm
1 3 6 7 10

Raiju

2 A B
Raiju
2 8 11 12 14

Thunder Crash

3 B A
Thunder Crash
4 15 16 18 19

Taiko Drums

4 Y X
Taiko Drums
5 9 13 17 20
Percussive Storm
1 3 6 7 10

Percussive Storm

1 X
Raijin pounds his drums sending forth a peal of thunder in a line, then another, then two at once, each growing wider as it travels. The thunder deals Magical Damage to Enemies it hits.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage Per Shot: 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Range: 65
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s
Raiju
2 8 11 12 14

Raiju

2 A
Raijin marks a target enemy by dismissing his ally Raiju, who deals damage as he hides in the enemy's navel. While asleep, Raiju slows and reveals the target to Raijin's team on the minimap. The next time Raijin hits the target, Raiju awakens and claws his way out, doubling the slow and damaging the target and 5 nearby enemies every .5s for 2.5s in his attempt to flee. Subsequent enemies hit take decreased damage.

Ability Type: Target, Slow, Damage
Initial Damage: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Damage Per Tick: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Bounce Damage Per Tick: 14 / 21 / 28 / 35 / 42 (+10% of your Magical Power)
Mark Duration: 4s
Slow: 15%
Radius: 12.5
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11s
Thunder Crash
4 15 16 18 19

Thunder Crash

3 B
Raijin sends a bolt of lightning crashing down at his ground target location mesmerizing enemies, while Raijin himself ascends into the sky. Shortly thereafter he crashes down at that location, doing a burst of damage to all enemies in the area.

Ability Type: Circle, Mesmerize, Damage
Thunder Damage: 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Mesmerize Duration: .3s
Range/Radius: 60/25
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 17 / 16.5 / 16 / 15.5 / 15s
Taiko Drums
5 9 13 17 20

Taiko Drums

4 Y
Passive: Raijin gains increased Attack Speed.
Active: Raijin flies above the battlefield, beating his drum 4 times to summon peals of thunder. With each hit, he has a choice of three beats:

Beat one: 100% damage
Beat two: Taunt and 30% Damage
Beat three: Fear and 30% Damage

While in the air, Raijin suffers a 20% Movement Speed Slow.

Ability Type: Line, Crowd Control, Damage
Damage Per Hit: 100 / 135 / 170 / 205 / 240 (+40% of your Magical Power)
Taunt Duration Per Hit: .5s
Fear Duration Per Hit: .5s
Attack Speed: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25%
Range: 100
Cost: 90
Cooldown: 100s

Chapter Title

So I was playing a nice conquest jungle with Set and that enemy Raijin mid laner ruined this match with his build and existance (we won btw). That is his build.

I'm posting this hoping some Smitefire pros (example: Kriega or Branmuffin) will give me a decent Raijin build since I don't know how to build him ever sice Hi rez killed my precious Soul Reaver.


Have a nice day

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Kriega1 (143) | June 5, 2019 1:08pm
To be honest the build you listed isn’t awful either, but it’s not the best and I don’t think Bancrofts is necessary, along with the fact that Raijin procs Magus well
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Kriega1 (143) | June 5, 2019 12:48pm
Mage’s blessing, tier 1 spear, 1 health pot and 2 mana pots for start. Build: Cdr Boots, Magus, Divine, Soul Reaver, Shaman’s Ring, Rod of Tahuti. Lategame sell boots for either Obsidian Shard, Soul Gem or Chronos’ Pendant.
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exterminate68 | June 5, 2019 1:36pm
Thx. Gonna try both yours and Bran’s build.
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Branmuffin17 (394) | June 5, 2019 1:00pm
@exterminate: this build direction is a good one too. High priority to early pen via Magus as 2nd item, and later he's picking up Shaman's for extra MS since he has no escape (oops, and yes Kriega I know it's also for the damage).

Definitely try that one out too.
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Kriega1 (143) | June 5, 2019 1:02pm
Shaman’s is for the damage it brings not the movement speed. Also Raijin does have an escape.
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Branmuffin17 (394) | June 5, 2019 11:59am
Hi exterminate,

Kriega will be the better resource since he plays mages a lot. That said, I can identify some build directions you should take.

One other quick reference you can use is Smite Pro Builds: https://smiteprobuilds.com/Builds?p_filters_page=1&p_filters_search=&p_filters_god=2113&p_filters_pro=~&p_filters_opponent=~&p_filters_role=~&p_filters_league=SPL&p_filters_sort=~
  • If I were playing him, I'd always personally prioritize Spear of the Magus, where the protection reduction passive is easily stacked due to Raiju. You can see most pros build that on him (though not in every case). The other pen item that would be considered in the mid-game would be Divine Ruin, if you need to counter enemy healing.

  • In almost all cases, you're seeing Book of Thoth being built, and rushed rather than going with Mage's Blessing as a starter. This is because Percussive Storm has great scaling (120% if you connect on every hit), as does Taiko Drums (200% if you connect on all 4 hits).

  • You can always consider Book of the Dead if you pick up Thoth, for extra protection purposes.

  • Soul Reaver isn't a bad item. Yes, it got nerfed, but Raijin can still make very good use out of the item.

  • I personally wouldn't consider Bancroft's Talon on him. I've always considered Bancroft's to be a boxing item...to get the best use, you're expecting to take damage, which gives you more power and lifesteal as you get hurt. Raijin, though, can deal a lot of damage from fair distance, and so you're not really looking to mix it up as much as, say, Freya/ Chronos/ Sol/ Ao Kuang/ Hades. If you DO want lifesteal, I'd probably suggest Soul Gem.
Taking a hint from the Pros, I'd probably suggest the following basic build structure:

Book of Thoth (rush)
Shoes of Focus (Focus for the CDR because you'll get plenty of pen in the next item)
Spear of the Magus
Divine Ruin (if anti-heal needed) or Soul Reaver
Rod of Tahuti
Situationals (e.g. Magi's Cloak, Mantle of Discord, Book of the Dead, Divine/Reaver if not picked up before)

You can throw in Obsidian Shard if facing heavy tanks, probably before Tahuti. Use the situational options to replace Shoes late.

Thoughts?
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exterminate68 | June 5, 2019 12:42pm
This build seems cool. I’ll try it tommorow and tell was it good. Thx btw
1
boogiebass (46) | June 5, 2019 10:48am
Just PM Branmuffin, he's an approachable guy.
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