The fox hunts YOU! - Da Ji Arena

I started playing Da Ji in August 2021. she is CRAZY fun and honestly might be my new favorite god. I've been using this setup since I started and had some of the best matches I've had in this game. This build makes her feel powerful, fast, and honestly, kinda scary (most of the time mid-late game, players literally run away when they hear the claws. its great)

This build is not what you'd usually see for Da Ji as it primarily focuses auto attacks over abilities. Some people try to tell me that this build wouldn't work, but scoreboard says otherwise.

If you don’t even want to use this build, at least give Da Ji a try! HANDS. DOWN. the most fun I've had playing smite in a while.

If you think I can make the build better, please give me whatever tips you got! :)

Hydra's Lament
- This item is a no brainer. Da Ji has some GREAT abilities and her bleeding effect makes her extra deadly. A damaging dash, burning and bleeding, even a teleport. Hydra's increases your next basic attack after using an ability by 40%. This is never not a good thing. Early game it helps secure kills on those pesky early runners. Late game, it is the core gimmick of the build itself. As someone who started playing exclusive mage, this item reminded me of polynomicon without the cooldown. In addition, it provides MP5 and 10% CDR which just lets you use this more. This item DOES trigger when activating horrible burns. Because there is no cooldown on this bonus damage effect (but there is an 8 second timer to actually use it), you can combo Trickster Spirit->BA->Horrible Burns->BA for some very reliable and very deadly burst damage. Late game, it's a death sentence to mages, assassins, and hunters, and even some warriors and guardians.

Serrated Edge
The biggest attraction with this item is the 20% physical Penetration and the 7% movement speed. With the removal of boots, a speedy assassin is a successful assassin. Combined with the slow from horrible burns, you WILL be faster than them. and can put the pressure on. Getting this as item number 2 not only gives you a speed advantage for eliminating runners, but the 20% early penetration helps to keep harassing warriors on their toes. It's passive, directly compliments this build play style. Because it relies on basics following abilities, the passive triggers almost at max immediately upon closing the gap. By doing the ccombo above, you already trigger 2 cooldowns, granting 20 extra physical power and 6% additional lifesteal. Stacked with the lifesteal provided by the item itself, it helps with sustain and escape once the enemy team realizes you've pounced their backline. Additionally, because there is NO CDR help on this build at all, once you've begun your combo, by the time an opponent reacts, you will be at full proc for the item.

Rage
Rage is decently cheap for the crit chance it gives. At third item, it's a LITTLE bit late in the match (serrated is pretty expensive) but the crit chance it gets when it evolves makes you an immediate danger to mages and assassins.

Wind Demon
More Crit. Cant go wrong. Plus the attack speed increase lets you put on more pressure. The effect procs make you dangerous each kill. Sneak around that back line, pick off their hunter and work your way up.

Deathbringer
at this point, your crit chance is going to be crazy high. Once you have deathbringer maxed, you WILL be a death sentence to any mage, hunter, or assassin. In my experience, once you have death bringer, the combo above utilizing hydras will 2 shot most mages and assassins. 3 tap on hunters, and will let you hold your own against warriors.

Dominance
Heartseeker used to be here but I have since switched to Dominance. Heartseeker is still a VERY good final item and if you choose to use it, by all means use it. My play style focuses around basics over abilities and lately I have found more players building defensively. Since this build focuses on BA over abilities, this helps you punch through defenses and scare the warriors and guardians. Now i don’t know all the exact math that goes into damage concerning crit damage and damage overall, but once you've built dominance, your crits on assassins, mages, and hunters reach between 999-1200 with the hydras bump. It is actual insanity. I one tapped a scylla once and jumped out of my freaking chair.

Jotuun's Wrath
penetration and 20% CDR. This should really speak for itself. BUT the reason this is on the beefy enemy team build is because of the CDR and the 150 Mana. If the enemy team is tanky, you will need that damage bump from Hydras more often. The 20% early CDR helps achieve this and the mana compensates for the extra ability use.

I WANT TO NOTE
it is VERY easy to get caught up in how fast you can kill with this. YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE STILL AN ASSASSIN AND AS SUCH ARE VERY EASY TO KILL. DO NOT get reckless. You can be a little cocky though