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Smite God: Ao Kuang

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Build Summary

Starter

Notes Only cowards buy as first relic, let the imagination fly with and be creative on your ganks!

Manikin Scepter

Emerald Ring

Hand of the Gods

Healing Potion

Blink Rune

Auto Attack Build

Notes must be replaced. Don't try to upgrade it, anything is better on hands.

If prefered, you can replace the for but the itens will be situational.

Typhon's Fang

Ring of Hecate

Telkhines Ring

Bancroft's Talon

Demonic Grip

Toxic Blade

Ao Kuang's Skill Order

Water Illusion

1 X

3 13 14 15 16

Dragon Call

2 A

2 8 10 11 12

Wild Storm

3 B

1 4 6 7 9

King of the Eastern Seas

4 Y

5 17 18 19 20

Ao Kuang Threats

Tap each threat level to view Ao Kuang’s threats

Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

Extended Build

Skill Based Build

Bumba's Spear

Bancroft's Talon

Spear of the Magus

Typhon's Fang

Chronos' Pendant

Divine Ruin

Situational Itens

Divine Ruin

Spear of the Magus

Doom Orb

Void Stone

Soul Reaver

Hastened Ring

Soul Gem

Hide of the Urchin

Spirit Robe

Mantle of Discord

Toxic Blade

Chronos' Pendant

Charon's Coin

Sacrificial Shroud

Solo Lane Starter

Notes After building this starting items you should aim to build the standard jungler build and upgrade your starter to .

Another way to build your starter is over the but it gives you less mana since you need to cast a skill that costs mana LMAO.

Death's Toll

Emerald Ring

Hand of the Gods

Healing Potion

Introduction

My name is Matheusfirmi and i play smite on PC. I'm a Brazilian guy who likes to play Moba, FPS and RPG games. This is my most (and probably only one) rated in-depth guide here on SMITEFire. My Smite IGN is "ManoSabao", feel free to add me there.

In this guide I will show you how amazing it is to play with Ao Kuang.

First of all, A MIGHTY SWORD! In second, let me introduce you one of the best junglers in the game. As you know, Kuang is a mage type character with an assassin gameplay, he works well with any crowd control god and can burst your foes in a blink of their eyes.

The gameplay is not that complicated as you thought, his 2nd ability can easily take down an enemy god in 3 or 4 dragons and combined with the effect of you can do even damage in a few seconds.
If your foes are trying to run, chase and annihilate then with your 3rd ability or with your 4th ability .*
If you got in a trouble and need to quit quickly, you can use your 1st ability to run in the opposite way that you might go and recall.**

The earlier season was crucial to impact in early game and due to this wasn't the best choice in the jungle but in this new season the meta has changed to the jungle and since xp camps respawn more often you'll need to farm even more to stay ahead of the enemy jungler and still gank to cause impact in the game.

* Use this ability wisely, if your target as Meditation Cloak, or , make sure to force then use in their dispair before eliminate them.
** The enemy gods will think you may go straight but you want to go behind them to recall or heal yourself in a camp.

Pros / Cons

Strenghts / Pros

→ Great Mid/Late game.
→ High burst damage.
→ Good Stealth.
→ Passive gives some self heal.
→ Good pick off potential.
→ Playmaker setup.
→ Agressive.
→ A Mighty Sword.

Weakness / Cons

→ Poor early game.
→ Eats a lot of mana in early's.
→ Easily stoped by crowd control.
→ Needs strategy and positioning to be relevant.
→ Reliant of .
→ A Mighty Storm.

Farm Meta? Okay, i'll take it! Let me show you the way, my brother.

Hey lads, here I'm to explain how Ao Kuang works in this new season, so prepare your popcorn, take a confortable seat and ease your mind i will, 'cause now is time to learn "how to play with The Dragon King of the Eastern Seas".

Season 6 came with a lot of changes in Ao Kuang due to his new passive, which is like the oldest one with the last one plus a new one. Confusing, isn't? Ok, lemme explain.

Season 7 came with a lot of changes in the Conquest scenario. Due to Ao's changes in the previous season, you cannot execute and stack your passive as well so, need to farm more to get a great late game but he needs a composition that completes is lack of early game damage. Now, lemme explain how the Ao's Passive has changed over the time, will I?

His first passive holded up charges and every time he casted abilities it increases the damage and when he was out of mana, he used the charges of his passive to cast abilities but to charge the passive, he needed to stay out of fight.
After a rework on his passive, each time Ao Kuang successfully used his dragon form to execute an enemy god he gained a stack of +15 of Magical Power and 5% of Lifesteal. it stacks up to 3 times and stacks were permanent.
Now, in this new one, the passive merges the first and the second in a new way, 'cause now he gains a stack and every 20 seconds in a max of 3 stacks and with a stack available, his next non-ultimate ability that deals damage to an Enemy god has a reduced cooldown and heals himself. Successfully executing an enemy god with his ultimate fully charges his passive. Each cooldown reduction of 2s, 5% of heal based on max health.

This new Ao Kuang is based on doing the higher amount of damage in a short time and dont be exposed for a long time. There's no need to spending to much time on fights, try to pick off and gank. Before he was a tanky monster due to his lifesteal, but now that is changed and Global Anti-Healing Aura was introduced in-game, you'll need to act as burst damage assassin. To be honest suits well with Season 8 meta, in the earlier season he wasn't good enough but after reversing all nerfs on and the Dragon King is ready to cause darkness and terror over the arena of gods once again.

Now that Season 8 has finnaly come, the issues with are finally solved. The xp camps respawn more often, so you can take advantage to farm up more to be relevant in late game. Just farm the more you can, try to gank frequently every one that has no beads and after building and you'll be powerful enough to face every threat in front of you.

I do still love so much! So enjoy the new build i made for ya.

Items

THE CHOOSING OF MY ITEMS

Season 8 came to solve all the issues of Season 7, was weak and hi-rez saw what they've done to our beloved dragon king. His damage is now good for early short trades and he can also farm a lot for lategame. The past season was Team Fight based and the early ganks were essential but now farming is the priority, dont be negligent with ganks but value your xp and yourself.

Start the game with the , , x1 and the .

After returning fountain, finish your first Attack Speed item for the passive of steal of power on each successful AA which is good for early trades, take it with no questions.

As second item, make sure to have another Attack Speed and build it has Attack Speed, addictional damage at each AA which is good for keeping the early pressure.

As third item, will be your saving throw. It gives you lifesteal to survivability in addition to massive power based on missing health.

As fourth item, keep the old and good to toast your targets with 10% magical penetration at each AA with 3s and stacking upon 3 times. This helps a lot.

For the fifth item, a situational item may fit well. Anti-healing such as or might fit well, otherwise ought be bought for damage, lifesteal, 10% magical pen and its synergic passive.

To finish our composition of itens, replace and look the situation of the game to choose the best direction to go. If you need even more power and one of the strongest items in the Patch is the answer but if you need to cut heal of course is viable. is also a good option if you feel that enemy tank gods are driving you nuts. Are you looking for destroy structures with efficiency? is the wae. This is really your choice, take whatever suits you.

Tutorial

Early Game

Solo Lane, Laning Phase

Mid Game

Late Game

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Given that boots are out of the game now, what would you suggest building in boots' place? I've had some luck with polynomicon, but was wondering what you think would work better, if anything.

(143) |

Could try Eye, Tahuti, Magus, Telkhines, Demonic, Typhon's, Protector, or Eye, Coin, Hecate, Telkhines, Typhon's, Tahuti, Protector.

If you want Poly on Ao you'd get it mid to late, not rush it.

Thanks for the reply. I'm kinda new to magical damage gods in general, so I was a bit lost.

Great content for Ao Kuang, a lot of thanks for sharing and the frequently updates!

(3) |

Thanks for replying, hope you enjoy the other builds

In your AA build you advocate building as a boots replacement, but in most cases is better as it gives you more power, additional 10% penetration, almost double the effective lifesteal and costs 200 less while losing only "25% more power against targets with less than 50% health".
Here is the math behind it - first of all actually gives 80 power instead of the 70 it says (probably a bug), then when you build and you have 27% lifesteal already + 15% from it adds up to 42% which means 84 power from 's passive for a total of 80 + 84 = 164 power, when you add the passives from and you cap the lifesteal at 65 recieving 130 power from 's passive for a total of 80 + 130 = 210 power that's 50 more than .
You are sitting at 42% lifesteal without passives, effectively 42*1.4 = 59% (40% more healing from lifesteal because of 's passive) compared to 27% lifesteal without passives when building
And reaching the cap of 65 at 5 stacks and only 3 stacks (64 with only 2 stacks) 65*1.4 means effectively 91% lifesteal and let's not forget the difference 10% penetration makes.

(3) |

I'll refute your argument with one Kriega gave me once. The main problem with too much lifesteal is that antiheal can broke you as f**k.

I used to build with so Kriega told me that Ao can be countered with 2 antiheal items.

gives +160 to power spike and +30MP5, it's passive just complements the additional damage of you already have. If u'r looking for % pen, you should look for for power or even for defense + damage + life.

From your response it looks like you didn't even bother to read my comment. Even if they build antiheal you still get a lot more power than you would if you get 160 from Rod vs [164-210] from . Just forget the lifesteal, you get more power and more pen for less gold, and you trade MP5 for raw Mana. The 25% additional Power againsts targets with less than 50% health is pretty much counterbalanced by the 10% pen. Just test this build and compare the numbers then you will see that it's obviously better to build if you have already built two other lifesteal items.
If you haven't got the two other lifesteal items then is much better. Or if you are planning to replace your lifesteal items with sth else.

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(3) |

i read your commentary twice before responding and i understand your point, truly the has potential to deal more damage based in statistics but when in fight, targets with less than 50% is usual to be seen. You have made a serie of math beads but triple lifesteal is only viable in . If was for the power spike i would build tho.

Isn't it redundant to raise Attack speed that much using three rings?

(3) |

As Kriega said, it depends, Demonic and Telkhines are core Attack Speed for Ao. But i'm having a good experience with Hecate as well, even if the enemy team build antiheal. I just need to update the order of the itens and the description of all the guide, but i'll do it soon, just wait ;)

(143) |

Depends on the AA mage. On Chronos/Sol/Olorun, yes. On Ao / Freya, no (of those 2 being the only ones that may use Hecate Ring well).

Any tips for Joust?

(3) |

I'm not a experienced dude with the Dragon King on Joust mode, even in this new map. I don't recommend to play with him on Joust, but i figure that you need to farm and gank for the sides as much as possible. Maybe Kriega have any tips?

(143) |

This tierlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqXw9IpEI94 from a GM Joust player puts Ao in B.

Really good guide, I like it, thanks for sharing! I've played our beloved Kuang for a long time before quitting SMITE for good two years ago. I just came back and I wanted to try my edgy boy again, hoping for some quality time using my old AA builds everyone hated back in s2 and s3. Well, this is a dream come true for me, as I always disliked the skill builds and now AA looks like the go-to choice for the Dragon King. Messing around with new items I found Pen Boots + Demonic Grip + Telkhines + Polynomicon + Bancroft + Typhon's Fang to work impressively good, I'm just curious as why Typhon's Fang is never mentioned throughout each s6 guide. Is it useless compared to other items like Chronos/Tahuti?

(143) |

>"Polynomicon + Bancroft + Typhon's Fang "

Triple lifesteal? I guess no one in your games builds antiheal.

>"Typhon's Fang is never mentioned throughout each s6 guide."

It's expensive. Mainly only Anubis and Freya justify picking it up.

>"Is it useless compared to other items like Chronos/Tahuti?"

Chronos' isn't even a worthwhile pickup on Ao. If you want a little cdr get spear of deso which also has pen.

(46) |

@kriega
Defending you from our lovely brazilians talking about you in Portuguese. If They're gonna talk about you, they should do it in english so you dont have to go through google translator.

(71) |

"

"AIN NUM PODI FALAR MAU DUS OUTROS IN OUTRA LINGUA"

(Não levem a sério hein :v )

(143) |

Well im not going to melt from using google translate.

(46) |

"Thanks for being a true friend and looking out for me boogiebass".

I hear you loud and clear brother.

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(143) |

You're a funny guy, you know that?

(81) |

He's funny looking at least.

(46) |

Not everyone can be as handsome as you (your words not mine)

(81) |

Damn straight. And don't you forget it.

(143) |

Could add Soul Gem as an option, saw Adapting and maybe some other pros using it over bancrofts.

(3) |

is an excellent option to change on but is all situational, when i need a little bit CDR i build it, but when i need the burst of Poly's (almost every match) i build Poly. There's only one situation i do not build it in any cost. When the enemy team build antiheal itens like second or third item. In my sincerity, if you want to change Soul Gem to Bancroft, is better to not build even lifesteal, bancroft is like an core item in the jungle for mages.

(143) |

"updated March 1, 2019"

"[Patch 5.14 Updated]"

Something doesen't add up...

(3) |

i'm doing changes to set up on this new season, but i'm doing small changes due my free time. Keep following to see the changes.

(46) |

Polynomicon is good on ao again?

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(3) |

Poly was never a bad item on Ao, it just dont autoproc no more. Lemme list the Pros and Cons of on .

Pros

Burst Damage
It works on structures
An excellent lifesteal
It's design is beautiful
Is a good item on every mage that uses Skill + Auto

Cons

it doesn't have the lifestal on stage 1 and 2 of the item
It's a SCALING item
You need a minion or enemy god to activate the passive
Doesn't autoproc with skills
Doesn't proc on structures

Now i will ask again. Why don't build if it's an excellent item for 4th item? Because u prefer building which is one hundred times better on gods which has skills with tic?

(143) |

"An excellent lifesteal" - I mean 12% isn't exactly anything special.

"It's design is beautiful" - Thats not a pro.

"Is a good item on every mage that uses Skill + Auto" - You mean Auto-attack cancelling? because thats not exactly the case. It usually is best on gods that can actually CC the target in some way to setup the poly proc, like Chronos, Kukulkan, Scylla etc... It also depends on how long the post-fire time of the ability animation is, if it's long then it's not usually worth it on that particular mage.

"It's a SCALING item" - thats both a pro and a con, gets more effective the more power you have.

"Doesn't proc on structures" - Obviously, no ability works on structures, all you have to do is randomly use an ability (doesen't need to hit a target) and you can get the bonus damage to proc on stuctures on your next basic attack.

(3) |

Is an excellent lifesteal due to his passive and the benefits like +75 power and +300 Mana.

And no, i'm not talking about AA cancel, i'm talking about use an skill after the AA, i usually take close range, use my 2, AA, my 3, AA, it means Skill + AA.

Let's think, if i'm playing Ao Kuang, it means i have to stay on close range to AA him, it means it's a good item to build, i'll use one of my skills and AA the target.

Yeah, scaling is both pro and con, but i was lazy to tape "It's a SCALING item, it gives more damage as longer you build more itens but it might be slower than quick" now i tapped LOL

(143) |

"Is an excellent lifesteal due to his passive" - you remember they changed his passive right?

"Every 20 seconds, Ao Kuang gets a stack of Dragon's King Sword. As long as he has a stack, his next non-ultimate ability that deals damage to an enemy god will consume a stack to have its cooldown reduced by 2s and heals Ao Kuang for 5% of his Maximum Health. Successfully executing an Enemy god with King of the Eastern Seas fully charges Dragon's King Sword."

(3) |

The passive of the item

(143) |

So you mean the extra damage, which in turn gives more healing from damage? (aka lifesteal)

(46) |

What does author mean in the pros when he says, "It works on structures" and in the cons when he says, "Doesn't proc on structures"? Am i missing something in the terminology?

(3) |

I mean the damage proc works on Structures, but the skill itself doesn't sorry for the hard understanding

(143) |

Thats not a con though. All you have to do is activate the ability unless it's one like Da Ji's teleport but im pretty sure no mage has one that functions like that, that won't cast without an enemy god in the targeter, even raijins one can be cast randomly. Once you cast the ability, even if it isn't a hit, you get the poly proc to use on a structure. e.g. say im Chronos, I can just use my 1 on the ground for a free poly proc.

(3) |

And thats the point. All u have to do is active the polys passive to work on structures

(143) |

Right, but you originally listed a pro and a con for the same thing which didn't make sense.

(3) |

I'm sorry for lacking of few words, i'm not american and english isn't my mother language, i start the guide to practice my writing and help people, but i'm always open to new opinions about it

(46) |

No problem. Which is your primary language, if you dont mind me asking?

(3) |

Russian

(3) |

Just kidding, is Portuguese LMFAO

(394) |

These Brazilians are trying to take over SF!!!

(Prism, Bernardo, Myst, Matheus, Vini)

(81) |

Send them all back to Spain!

Relax. It's a joke. :P

(46) |

Portugal, not Spain. You dummy.

(81) |

Shut up, Boogie, or I'll throw you back over the wall.

(46) |

Jokes on you. I'm American

(81) |

I didn't say which wall, now did I?

(46) |

Why is that relevant? I'm just saying I'm proud to be American. Something wrong with that?

(81) |

Yes. You're a racist, homophobic, misogynist that believes women should be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. You also kick cats and shoot guns while drinking beer. Or so I've heard.

(46) |

Gulf... you should realize about women by now.
They deserve equal rights...
...
...
...
And equal lefts.

(71) |

Mds, I need find a new site to see

(13) |

~cries in being forgotten~

(394) |

**** I hadn't realized you were Brazilian too. Editing to put you in the list of names of the Brazilian horde.

(81) |

Who are you again?

(71) |

LOL

We are not trying, we are taking over SF!!!!

(46) |

Ahh. Vini-sds and mysterionz speak portuguese. They're both knowledgeable. I'll redirect them to this guide. I'm not sure how good they were with ao kuang, but maybe you can discuss with them about poly. Because I'm in agreement with kriega about poly... i wouldn't build it, but you seem to have way more experience with ao than I do.

(71) |

wrote:

I'm not sure how good they were with ao kuang

I've never got interested to play with him buutt, I'd build poly only in a full burst build (without any attack speed) and I usually build attack speed so I never build poly.

And plus, you can call me only "myst" to make things easier

(143) |

If you don't build attack speed (telk/demonic) on Kuang you're literally putting yourself at a disadvantage.

(71) |

wrote:

I usually build attack speed so I never build poly.

(143) |

Difference between usually and always

(71) |

I built only once or twice an Ao Kuang without AS, so I can't say always :v

(71) |

Tinha que ser Português/BR kkkkk

(13) |

Eu ia falar isso, mas não quis parecer rude.

A propósito: Não builda dois lifesteal no pelo amor de deus. Bancroft OU Soul Gem é suficiente, especialmente com a nova passiva dele. E Polynomicon não é mais um item bom nele.

(3) |

Então, sobre a treta do lifesteal é o seguinte, pode sim buildar dois life steal nele, mas é bem situacional, eu buildo bancroft como item core e vem o poly como acrescimo, a nova passiva dele só funfa em deuses, por isso o uso de dois, as vezes quando eu to enfrentando aracne, bakasura e kali é a melhor coisa que eu fiz alem do attack speed obviamente, o poly é bom por ser barato e dar um burst a mais nele, eu n vejo bom uso do nele por exemplo e o Kriega já acha

(13) |

dá proc em todos os hits do , permitindo que tu reduza muito as proteções dos tanques e dando praticamente true damage nos squishies. Então é um item excelente nele, infinitamente melhor que .

Buildar dois lifesteal é ruim por duas razões:
1. Vai forçar o time inimigo a buildar anti-heal, o que vai anular teu roubo de vida, fazendo o segundo item ser inútil.
2. Existem itens muito mais interessantes no .

Pra tu ter uma referência, minha build normalmente é:

> > > > > .

(71) |

Esse era o ponto que eu ia chegar.

Você pode até fazer uma build e tals com o poly se quiser mas não dá pra dizer que isso é "core item" ou algo assim que pode ser posto em qualquer build.

Seria como eu dizer que o é core no só porque pode até funcionar bem nele em certas situações especificas.

(3) |

Mas aí que tá, BR é burro, então raramente buildam antiheal, mas concordo com forçar a buildar anticura contra, mas é uma opção nao tão agradavel no lategame, ele exige procs do e no final você vai estar em um 5x5, é mais viavel optar por Obsidian Shard neste momento e Rod of Tahuti acaba sendo 8 ou 80, pode dar muito bom ou pode dar muito ruim dependendo da build, especialmente quando CDR é bom nele

(71) |

Mas late game a sugestão geralmente é realizar a troca por obsidiana.

Veja por exemplo no meu guia do cuspido "Love, find your mark!" que nas notas da build tem uma menção para trocas de itens como da bota após o . Você poderia fazer o mesmo com a spear e a obsidiana.

(71) |

Kriega é difícil, tenha paciência com ele. Parece que ele precisa ser sempre do contra :v

(143) |

Excuse me?!

(46) |

Holy ****. *insert Homer Simpson retreating into bushes meme*

(3) |

LMFAO

(3) |

Por incrivel que pareça, eu começei a respeitar o Kriega, desde a treta em Dezembro, obviamente eu não sou novato e tambem tenho boas mecanicas com o Ao, então eu tinha que ter noção que nem todo mundo é um Deus, mecanicamente falando, e por isso comecei a ser mais paciente, até para não sair fora dos termos de compromisso do site

(143) |

You don't have to be mechanically skilled to know how to build a god.

(46) |

Alright. If we're going to talk about someone, it needs to be in English. Otherwise, don't use his name in the discussions.

(71) |

ok, sorry :p, but don't worry, I'm was just saying to the author to have some patience 'cause sometimes kriega is rude but he "was born this way".

(71) |

I just tried to say that sometimes you just randomly rage post that what people did is garbage or something like this when sometimes they just are new players and they could be trying to show their builds and we could help them with feedback.

(71) |

If you wanna see this way :p

(143) |

You mean I don't kiss ***. Yes I know I don't.

(71) |

No I don't, I just think you are rude with some guys sometimes, including me :p

(143) |

wrote:

but he "was born this way".

You really think im some kind of degenerate specimen huh?

(143) |

Your the only one complaining when it's me thats involved.

(143) |

Defending me from what?

(46) |

Wth, I'm defending you man!?

(3) |

Quando cola um maluco de antiheal de primeiro ou segundo item, eu ja nem faço mais o poly, eu desisto dele por saber que nao vou curar tanto e procuro a alternativa do cdr, ai vem até pingente de chronos com os dois mantos (espiritual e da discordia)

(71) |

De qualquer jeito, eu acho que poly é muito situacional e tu deveria deixar BEM claro o objetivo com esse item no guia. Tipo "Build pra levar estruturas"

(3) |

Sim, uma boa dica, eu vou adicicionar já! O poly é bem especifico a ideia é clara, burst e estruturas. Mas ainda sim eu prefiro buildar ele em vez de uma penetração, a não ser que tenham 3 tanks no time inimigo, aí eu não tenho escolha e tenho que fazer

(71) |

Se tá causando é BR, sempre ashasuahsuashu

(3) |

HAUSAHSUHA tinha q ser BR

(143) |

I have no idea. He contradicted himself. You don't even need to damage anyone to activate poly passive. But it does use the proc for extra damage when you auto attack a structure.

(143) |

Nah, this guy just likes building it. Attack Speed Ao Kuang is meta.

Hey man, it's nice to see another Ao Kuang main finally who actually gives solid advice. I've been playing Ao for the last 3 years now, and I have a ton of fun with him. With the new resurgence of Dragons Ao Kuang though, wouldn't it make alot of sense to add hastened ring to stick to the enemies more and get it off as well? I tend to run pen boots, hastened ring, then spear of the magi and Demonic grip, and end it off with either Chronos Pendant or Polynomicon. I think the huge attack and movement speed alongside penetration that gets your enemies close to taking true damage seems to do more for me than when I was focusing on ability damage now than before. It helps a lot especially when I'm facing more high defense enemies, and I've seen some fairly decent results at a high level group, albeit not ranked due to my lack of a group on ps4.

(143) |

Should be building on him.

yes telkhines ring and demonic ring are definitely core items on ao kuang

(3) |

Is like a situational build. I'm comfortable with demonic grip and maybe another ring, like telkhiness, althoght when i'm fighting a for exemple, when i need more atk speed than skills, then i would run for the 3 atk speed ring, pen boots and double lifesteal. When fighting a i run cooldown boots, bancrofts, demonic grip, poly, ant-heal item and another item of my preference for the match.

Do not listen to Kriega1, he isn't thinking outside the box and is not like every time you just build the same things. Of course u have preferences like core itens, but every player have it's own way of playing and i know my skills. He sure does know his skills and of course u know yours too. Keep playing the way you feel better and you will always be happy playing like u do.

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Ok, state why you don't build poly sometimes and why sometimes you do?

Also your AA-build is lacking. Giving Hastened priority over Telkhines is very bad. Fine, you can build both, but choosing Telkhines over Hastened? No no no no. In it's current state Telkhines is a core item on . It's reasons like this why I make other builds so you don't mislead players into nonsensical item choices.

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There's always other choices! I agree to have Telkhiness sometimes and hastened ring other times. If u look at my profile on game "ManoSabao", u will see i have no lack of itens or gaming view. But i do not agree with telkhiness as core. Bancroft and Demonic grip are okay but telkhiness is not comfortable all the time. I've backed to Smite 2 weeks ago and i'm still learning how the game is working nowadays and i'm going to refresh my guide to help newer players.

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Well now that i've seen you're gold/silver. That explains everything.

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Kriega, there are other ways to respond that are not mean or insulting...they also don't take any greater effort from your fingertips.

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Well, I know you shouldn't fight fire with fire but the OP was pretty rude to some guy who was expressing his opinion. He started boasting that he was the number one duel player, and told the other guy to get out if you're not a pro. I feel it was a nice roast, but maybe Kriega didn't even see the comment lol

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The difference here is that I consider Kriega a guide, and having him setting a good example for others on how to educate and be non-toxic is what I'd prefer to see.

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I am toxic though. Mostly in game though when teammates mess up.

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Exactly. This peasant needs to be put into his place.

Also: http://smite.guru/match/ps/144363456 (Note that the built with top damage in the lobby, and yes it may be PS4 but it was a high level ranked game as you can see).

Another example of a proper build: http://smite.guru/match/ps/144455856

MORE EXAMPLES: https://smiteprobuilds.com/Builds?p_filters_page=1&p_filters_search=&p_filters_god=2034&p_filters_pro=~&p_filters_opponent=~&p_filters_role=Jungle&p_filters_league=SPL&p_filters_sort=~ (look at the recent ones)

To be honest though I think his duel builds are mostly fine but I would get rid of in that first build (maybe). 2nd build should be and then in my opinion. And his duel boast was for the god leaderboards only, which for all I know he's been farming scrubs in gold/silver ranked duel.

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Exactly. This peasant needs to be put into his place.

You are free to express your opinion on a guide, but it definitely is not part of your job description to put anyone in their place, even if they react negatively to your comments/feedback. You can use the report system in case anyone breaks the rules (e.g. personal attack), but behaviour such as pointing out someone's rank as a way of trying to exclude them from the conversation has no place on this website. Knock it off.

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Look at their previous comments and you will realise why I mentioned their rank.

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Is it even possible to farm low level players in that category and become #1 ao kuang?

I would assume you would have to be a pretty high tier duelist to get #1 spot.

Also, even if his builds aren't optimal, his mechanical skill could be through the roof.

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Yes? It's why they disabled Gem rewards for Duel god leaderboards.

And mechanical skill is not relevant to a Smitefire build.

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Yea you're right. I was just really surprised a #1 ao kung would be silver tier.

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Yep. I watched a gm get matched up against someone who was still qualifying. Plus Ao is considered a try-hard god, so his stats aren't really that impressive. An explanation as to why the OP preferred certain items and not others would have been preferable to boasting about being the #1 anything. That being said I do believe that everybody involve should take a step back and debate the builds without insults.

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Don’t build polynomicon on Ao Kuang. Hastened isn’t the best. Also not sure why you mention “Ranked” and “group” when Ranked Conquest is solo queue only.

polynomicon is definitely a wasted item on ao kuanareg, wild storm doesn't proc it and neither does dragon call I would definitely go bancrofts or typhoons instead of wasting an item slot on poly.

You shouldn't be needing shamans ring on ao kaung, and even more importantly wheres the idea behind going bancrofts first item? it simply makes no sense, its much stronger to go into telekhines from the start, once you finish it you can take any fight in the game. Its very important to go into demons ring after this and then you can get bancrofts, follow this by ob shard and end with eather soul reaver or magis cloak.

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Why would i need shamans? I just need ATTACK SPEED for the procs and a little of cooldown. Have u never saw bancroft of first item? NONSENSE? Look, you are not talking to a noob, u are talking to one of the best Ao Kuang mains in the world and the Top 1 duel ao kuang! i have prints to prove it! i know exactly what i'm doing. In first place, bancroft's passive is OP and i've been won 2v1 fights in mid lane with one stack of my passive and bancroft built, but second to u that costs 600 at level 1 vs that costs 550 at level 1, further on give me a little sustain for start levels, is better to catch an higher cost item with no safety. Are u seeing what you are saying? THIS IS NONSENSE. It's better to build than bro. Have u studied? Have u tried to see what item is better early and late game? Well i suppose not. My guide is top Rated and Ao Kuang's first. I have two builds and situational itens in my guide, not only one. If u are a pro, get out here if not, just try my builds and take in consideration situational itens.

Don't bother me anymore. Kisses, be good.

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the Top 1 duel ao kuang!

I don't think he was criticising your duel build.... (Though I would like to see proof and which platform).

Anyway, Bancrofts or Telkhines is a viable choice first. Though Telkhines will improve your rotation time and improve your early autos, while Bancrofts is more for sustain and possible but risky power spikes during an early fight.

Also lategame attack speed will be a bit less necessary for as you will be using the ranged part of it at that point anyway.

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This photo is from PC of the second split of this year. I'm not playing Conquest and Duel due to FPS problems in my notebook, but i'll buy another machine capable of playing smite and will return to my glory.

About the build, Bancroft gives me survivability and this is the crucial point when playng with Ao Kuang. All the atk speed itens is just to buff the . This is not an experimental build, it's tested and proved. High quality gameplay ever. For the last item, u can choose between Pen or CD and i prefer CD to use more my third ability. I'm not saying u cannot put , but my preference is to choose

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A NEW MIGHTY SWORD - Ao Kuang In-Depth Guide for Junglers [ Patch 8.12 ]

Smite God: Ao Kuang

Build Summary

Starter

Auto Attack Build

Ao Kuang's Skill Order

Water Illusion

Dragon Call

Wild Storm

King of the Eastern Seas

Ao Kuang Threats

Awilix | Even

Set | Even

Thanatos | Even

Arachne | Major

Bakasura | Major

Ratatoskr | Major

Morgan Le Fay | Maximum

Extended Build

Skill Based Build

Situational Itens

Solo Lane Starter

Introduction

In this guide I will show you how amazing it is to play with Ao Kuang.

Pros / Cons

Strenghts / Pros

Weakness / Cons

Farm Meta? Okay, i'll take it! Let me show you the way, my brother.

Hey lads, here I'm to explain how Ao Kuang works in this new season, so prepare your popcorn, take a confortable seat and ease your mind i will, 'cause now is time to learn "how to play with The Dragon King of the Eastern Seas".

Items

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A NEW MIGHTY SWORD - Ao Kuang In-Depth Guide for Junglers [ Patch 8.12 ]

Smite God: Ao Kuang

Build Summary

Starter

Notes

Auto Attack Build

Notes

Ao Kuang's Skill Order

Water Illusion

Dragon Call

Wild Storm

King of the Eastern Seas

Water Illusion

Dragon Call

Wild Storm

King of the Eastern Seas

Ao Kuang Threats

Awilix | Even

Set | Even

Thanatos | Even

Arachne | Major

Bakasura | Major

Ratatoskr | Major

Morgan Le Fay | Maximum

Extended Build

Skill Based Build

Situational Itens

Solo Lane Starter

Notes

Introduction

In this guide I will show you how amazing it is to play with Ao Kuang.

Pros / Cons

Strenghts / Pros

Weakness / Cons

Farm Meta? Okay, i'll take it! Let me show you the way, my brother.

Hey lads, here I'm to explain how Ao Kuang works in this new season, so prepare your popcorn, take a confortable seat and ease your mind i will, 'cause now is time to learn "how to play with The Dragon King of the Eastern Seas".

Items

THE CHOOSING OF MY ITEMS

Tutorial

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