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The I don't know what to call this Loki guide

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by tff456 updated January 18, 2017

Smite God: Loki

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Loki Build

Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Hydra's Lament Hydra's Lament
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item Brawler's Beat Stick Brawler's Beat Stick
Build Item Spirit Robe Spirit Robe
Build Item Bloodforge Bloodforge

Loki's Skill Order

Vanish

1 X Y
Vanish
2 4 6 7 9

Agonizing Visions

2 A B
Agonizing Visions
1 15 16 17 18

Flurry Strike

3 B A
Flurry Strike
3 8 11 12 13

Assassinate

4 Y X
Assassinate
5 10 14 19 20
Vanish
2 4 6 7 9

Vanish

1 X
Loki disappears in a puff of smoke. While invisible, he moves faster, removes Slow effects, and gains immunity to Slow effects. His next Basic Attack from stealth (or for 2s after) applies a bleed to his target, dealing damage every .5s and reveals Loki. If Loki takes damage while in stealth he will be revealed for .33s.

Ability Type: Melee Target
Damage per Tick: 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 (+20% of your Physical Power)
Damage Duration: 2s
Stealth Duration: 4s
Stealth Movement Speed: 35%
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 15s
Agonizing Visions
1 15 16 17 18

Agonizing Visions

2 A
Loki summons a vision of his tortured past at a target location for 4s. Enemies in range of the vision feel the poison themselves, taking damage and having their Damage Dealt reduced. This effect stacks up to 4 times. If an enemy gets 4 stacks they become Blinded, allowing Loki to benefit from Behind You! from any direction for 3s.

Ability Type: Circle
Damage: 13 / 18 / 23 / 28 / 33 (+15% of your Physical Power)
Enemy Damage Dealt: -5% for 3s
Vision Lifetime: 4s
Radius: 25
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s
Flurry Strike
3 8 11 12 13

Flurry Strike

3 B
Loki unleashes a flurry of 5 dagger strikes quickly in front of him, damaging and slowing enemies hit by 15% for 3 seconds. After this flurry he winds up for a final heavy strike that deals higher damage and slowing enemies hit by 30% for 3s. Loki cannot be knocked up while firing this ability. This ability can benefit from Behind You!

Ability Type: Cone
Flurry Damage: 19 / 28 / 37 / 46 / 55 (+25% of your Physical Power)
Final Damage: 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 / 135 (+65% of your Physical Power)
Range: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s
Assassinate
5 10 14 19 20

Assassinate

4 Y
Upon activation, Loki teleports to his ground target location. If an enemy god is within the radius, Loki will slice that target doing damage and crippling them for 1s. After he teleports he will wind up a heavier strike, damaging all enemies in front of him and stunning them.

Ability Type: Teleport
Cripple Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+35% of your Physical Power)
Heavy Damage: 100 / 145 / 190 / 235 / 280 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Stun: 1s
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction - Items

I do not really know how to start this but I am going to say that I am not going to fully explain the item picks on Loki. All the items selected are the only items I would recommend if you are trying to do good. You do not build crit on Loki it is just a waste of gold and an item slot. Last but not lease do not go transcendence in conquest at all.

Skills

Each of Loki's abilities have their pros and cons to leveling them up first which is why I chose to make a skill tree for every game mode.

Vanish
Highest early damage, most dps
Heavy mana cost, slowest to clear camps and wave

Decoy
Great minion and camp clear, good zoning tool
Lowest burst, no early game, have to get to level 9 till instant clear

Aimed Strike
Highest burst, combos with most abilities, cooldown is lowered, highest damage in kit (because of Hydra's Lament)
Low early damage, can give away location, least useful early game

Assassinate
Combos with Vanish and Aimed Strike, good escape tool, great lockdown, can combo with other gods such as Nox and Athena very well.
Very easy to bait, easy to miss, against some gods is useless, sanctuary

Vanish

If you are maxing out Vanish first then this is what you want to do. Go in on any squishy or non tank unless they are under tower or grouped up with allies. You can use Vanish do one basic and leave. Vanish is not just a get away ability it is also a offensive ability.

Counters to Loki

There are many things that counter Loki. Some can be out countered and some can't be countered. I will leave the areas about counters in green.

Gods
Kumbhakarna - Basically every ability in his kit counters Loki, the only way to kinda counter this is to bait his abilities. He also has the ability to reveal Loki from his stealth and mesmerize him at the same time.
Ymir - Ymir's hard CC is very strong against any burst assassin, Ymir can only be countered by avoiding him, dodging his Frost Breath, and or baiting it.
Athena - Athena is able to reveal Loki from stealth with her ability Confound forcing Loki towards her and revealing stealth. The only counter is if the Athena is not that good at hitting the ability or predicting where Loki is.
Ares - Are's Shackle will stay on Loki whether he is invisible or not. No counter to this ability.
Hou Yi - His second ability Mark of the golden crow will mark a target, if used on Loki before he uses Vanish Hou yi will be able to see him however long his Mark last. Counters are to avoid the ability before stealth or stealth over the mark is gone.
Ullr - Ullr's Thrown Axe ability will reveal Loki from stealth and leave him stunned, counter is to just dodge to ability.
Camazotz - Screech will allow Camazotz to know his enemy's position for 15 seconds, no counter available.
Arachne - Arachne's spiders will follow Loki around even after he has used Vanish, no counter available.
Tyr - Pretty much everything Tyr does counters Loki, a good Tyr player will crush any Loki player if they play their cards right. Only counter to Tyr is beads or wrath.

Items
Mystical Mail - This item gives 300 health and 40 physical protections, its passive is that it deals 40 Magical Damage per second to enemies within 25 units. No counter.
Mantle of Discord - Will stun Loki once he has burst the target to a certain extent. No counter.

Ranked Play

I would not recommend playing Loki in ranked unless you are with people who are fine with it. Loki is considerably one of the worst gods in both joust and conquest. People will BM you for choosing Loki in any ranked game mode. In duel on the other hand Loki is pretty decent and a safe pick.

Team Work

Loki is generally not in team fights because he has no team fight abilities. If you are communicating with allies you can set up for a single or double target burst. Here are some Loki combos with other gods

Loki Ult into Ra Ult
Loki Ult into Athena Ult
Loki Ult into Scylla Ult
Loki Ult into Thoth Ult
Loki Ult into Kukulkan Ult
Loki Ult into Vulcan Ult
Loki Ult into Thanatos Ult
Loki Ult into Hercules Ult
Loki Ult into Odin jump combo
Loki Ult into Kumbhakarna Ult

Loki Solo

The best way to play Loki solo is to invade speed camp. What you do is get Wrath instead of teleport then after the enemy team has almost taken their speed you wrath it. Proceed to meet up with your jungler and speed and help him finish. If he has already finished speed meet his at mana camp.

Summary

This is pretty much all I have to say. I hope this helps and if you like to see more then read check out ProfessorLoki's channel.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCORnAyINAoez2J2M9nkVx7Q

Relics

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