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two jumps and a final smash: A two-leap Timmy guide

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by the big bruh updated March 10, 2021

Smite God: Xing Tian

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Xing Tian Build

starter + explanation

Notes I prefer not to buy a starter in the early game and you will see why later, however you could possibly buy either potions of your choice or buy Warrior's Axe however you will not be able to finish the build how I usually do. If you go with the axe, you should upgrade it into Hero's Axe if the enemy uses heavy CC and in every other case go to Sundering Axe.

Notes

I prefer not to buy a starter in the early game and you will see why later, however you could possibly buy either potions of your choice or buy Warrior's Axe however you will not be able to finish the build how I usually do. If you go with the axe, you should upgrade it into Hero's Axe if the enemy uses heavy CC and in every other case go to Sundering Axe.

Build Item Magic Shoes Magic Shoes
Build Item Multi Potion Multi Potion
3

shoes

Notes You are a guardian who wants some defense early game due to your already good offense, so you should build some early defense. could be swapped for shoes of focus for early CDR and damage.

Notes

You are a guardian who wants some defense early game due to your already good offense, so you should build some early defense. could be swapped for shoes of focus for early CDR and damage.

Build Item Reinforced Shoes Reinforced Shoes

More defense

Notes Gauntlet is always solid for guardians due to its easy to stack defense that gives a huge advantage. Not very interchangeable.

Notes

Gauntlet is always solid for guardians due to its easy to stack defense that gives a huge advantage. Not very interchangeable.

Build Item Reinforced Shoes Reinforced Shoes
Build Item Gauntlet of Thebes Gauntlet of Thebes

Defense but offense???

Notes You get attack, make the enemy weaker, AND get defense? Yes please. You can change the order of this item and the next one If the physical opponents are more dangerous.

Notes

You get attack, make the enemy weaker, AND get defense? Yes please. You can change the order of this item and the next one If the physical opponents are more dangerous.

Build Item Reinforced Shoes Reinforced Shoes
Build Item Gauntlet of Thebes Gauntlet of Thebes
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone

Defense but CDR

Notes Your abilities have long cooldowns, so you buy this to make then]m shorter. Having two leaps on such a short cooldown can really help chase or set up your ult. You can buy this before void stone if you need physical protections more than magical protections.

Notes

Your abilities have long cooldowns, so you buy this to make then]m shorter. Having two leaps on such a short cooldown can really help chase or set up your ult. You can buy this before void stone if you need physical protections more than magical protections.

Build Item Reinforced Shoes Reinforced Shoes
Build Item Gauntlet of Thebes Gauntlet of Thebes
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor

Utility :)

Notes This item is a great utility item that allows you to use blink more frequently to chase and set up your ult kills when the enemy team camp objectives like it's their ventilator. Still, this item can be replaced by any item on the list called "items to consider".

Notes

This item is a great utility item that allows you to use blink more frequently to chase and set up your ult kills when the enemy team camp objectives like it's their ventilator. Still, this item can be replaced by any item on the list called "items to consider".

Build Item Reinforced Shoes Reinforced Shoes
Build Item Gauntlet of Thebes Gauntlet of Thebes
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Relic Dagger Relic Dagger

offense but offense!

Notes You may have noticed by now that you didn't have a starter item, and this is why. As soon as you hit level 17 and have complete the build up to this point, buy animosity immediately instead of getting benevolence and then buying animosity later. Benevolence is kinda bad on Xing, but animosity has a great ability for him, and this is why you skip the first form. Xing Tian burns his abilities fast, and sometimes has to rely on basic attacks. If you went the Warrior's Axe route, you won't have this slot so this doesn't apply to you.

Notes

You may have noticed by now that you didn't have a starter item, and this is why. As soon as you hit level 17 and have complete the build up to this point, buy animosity immediately instead of getting benevolence and then buying animosity later. Benevolence is kinda bad on Xing, but animosity has a great ability for him, and this is why you skip the first form. Xing Tian burns his abilities fast, and sometimes has to rely on basic attacks. If you went the Warrior's Axe route, you won't have this slot so this doesn't apply to you.

Build Item Reinforced Shoes Reinforced Shoes
Build Item Gauntlet of Thebes Gauntlet of Thebes
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Relic Dagger Relic Dagger
Build Item Heroism Heroism

Sell them shoes

Notes You pick pridwen for defense, however if you want to get that BIG damage you can opt for Gem of Isolation / Staff of Myrddin to chase or Rod of Tahuti / Rangda's Mask for straight up offense.

Notes

You pick pridwen for defense, however if you want to get that BIG damage you can opt for Gem of Isolation / Staff of Myrddin to chase or Rod of Tahuti / Rangda's Mask for straight up offense.

Build Item Pridwen Pridwen
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Staff of Myrddin Staff of Myrddin
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Rangda's Mask Rangda's Mask

Items to consider

Notes I am going to shorten this since I don't want to make this section impossible to read by going into too much detail, with 1 standing for void replacement, 2 standing for breastplate replacement, and three being dagger replacement.

Anti-heal- contagion (2,3) and pestilence (1,3)
Attack- Doom Orb (3) and Chronos Pendant (3)
Defense- Hide of the urchin (3) and Stone of Binding (3) and Oni Hunter's Garb (1,3) and Midgardian Mail (2,3) and Spectral Armor (2,3)
Health- Stone of Gaia (3) and Mail of Renewal (3) and Ethereal Staff (3) and Sovereignty (3)
CCR- Spirit Robe (3) and Mantle of Discord (3) and Mystical Mail (3)
Utility- Witchblade (3) and Winged Blade (3) and Emperor's Armor (3)

Notes

I am going to shorten this since I don't want to make this section impossible to read by going into too much detail, with 1 standing for void replacement, 2 standing for breastplate replacement, and three being dagger replacement.

Anti-heal- contagion (2,3) and pestilence (1,3)
Attack- Doom Orb (3) and Chronos Pendant (3)
Defense- Hide of the urchin (3) and Stone of Binding (3) and Oni Hunter's Garb (1,3) and Midgardian Mail (2,3) and Spectral Armor (2,3)
Health- Stone of Gaia (3) and Mail of Renewal (3) and Ethereal Staff (3) and Sovereignty (3)
CCR- Spirit Robe (3) and Mantle of Discord (3) and Mystical Mail (3)
Utility- Witchblade (3) and Winged Blade (3) and Emperor's Armor (3)

Build Item Contagion Contagion
Build Item Pestilence Pestilence
Build Item Doom Orb Doom Orb
Build Item Chronos' Pendant Chronos' Pendant
Build Item Hide of the Urchin Hide of the Urchin
Build Item Stone of Binding Stone of Binding
Build Item Oni Hunter's Garb Oni Hunter's Garb
Build Item Midgardian Mail Midgardian Mail
Build Item Spectral Armor Spectral Armor
Build Item Stone of Gaia Stone of Gaia
Build Item Mail of Renewal Mail of Renewal
Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff
Build Item Sovereignty Sovereignty
Build Item Spirit Robe Spirit Robe
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Mystical Mail Mystical Mail
Build Item Witchblade Witchblade
Build Item Emperor's Armor Emperor's Armor

Relics

Notes Always buy Blink Rune 2nd, and choose between Aegis or Meditation Cloak first. Upgrade Blink Rune when possible.

Notes

Always buy Blink Rune 2nd, and choose between Aegis or Meditation Cloak first. Upgrade Blink Rune when possible.

Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation
Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet
Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune

Xing Tian's Skill Order

Furious Roar

1 X Y
Furious Roar
1 4 6 7 9

Hook Slam

2 A B
Hook Slam
3 8 11 12 13

Sky-Cutting Axe

3 B A
Sky-Cutting Axe
2 15 16 18 19

Whirlwind of Rage and Steel

4 Y X
Whirlwind of Rage and Steel
5 10 14 17 20
Furious Roar
1 4 6 7 9

Furious Roar

1 X
Xing Tian shouts from his chest with great force, damaging enemies and reducing their Basic Attack damage. Enemies also take damage over time based on their max health.

Ability Type: Line
Damage: 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 210 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Damage (DoT): 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5% per second
Damage Reduction: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%
Duration: 4s
Range: 45
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 14s
Hook Slam
3 8 11 12 13

Hook Slam

2 A
Xing Tian first launches an attack with his axe, knocking the opponents into the air before slamming them into the ground and rooting them.

Ability Type: Cone, AOE
Axe Damage: 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Slam Damage: 55 / 85 / 115 / 145 / 175 (+45% of your Magical Power)
Root Duration: 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2s
Radius: 25, 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s
Sky-Cutting Axe
2 15 16 18 19

Sky-Cutting Axe

3 B
Xing Tian leaps forward, dealing damage to enemies when he lands, and he may leap again within 4s. While in the air, Xing Tian has increased protections, which are refreshed if he connects with a target.

Ability Type: Leap
Damage: 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Protections: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40
Duration: 6s
Radius: 12
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 15s
Whirlwind of Rage and Steel
5 10 14 17 20

Whirlwind of Rage and Steel

4 Y
Xing Tian spins and hits enemies with his axe, hooking them and spinning them on it up to three times in succession, before throwing them. Deals damage on the hook, on each spin, and on the throw. Targets who fail to be hooked will still take damage while in the area.

This ability has a casting time of 1s.

Ability Type: Radius
Damage: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 (+35% of your Magical Power)
Max Damage: 125 / 225 / 325 / 425 / 525 (+175% of your Magical Power)
Radius: 20
Cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Xing Tian Threats

Tap each threat level to view Xing Tian’s threats

Max
2
Major
0
Even
0
Minor
0
Tiny
0

Xing Tian Synergies

Tap each synergy level to view Xing Tian’s synergies

Ideal
4
Strong
2
OK
1
Low
0
None
0

How to Play/ summary

You've decided to play Xing Tian, the Smite god whose moveset makes him play like a bootleg smash character. Don't be fooled by his guardian status, as he can dish out some major damage later in the game. At the start, play as an aggressive meat shield and try to pole with your one. You have practically no mana, so use abilities sparingly. Speaking of his one, it has incredible tick damage with percentage tick damage, which surprisingly gets a lot of kills. Try to hit multiple people with it in one use and due to it's long range also try to disrupt recalls/ catch the enemy off guard. Your two is not for the damage, but rather for the double CC. First you knock up, then you root. Look out for if the enemies buy beads, and burn them with this ability so they can't evade your ult. Next is your three, which is a leap that has good range and applies defense. In joust, you can use this to juke by going straight through mana/speed/middle xp camp and then using your second jump to juke if the enemy follows. Oh, did I not mention that after the first leap, you get a second leap that you can use for three seconds afterwards that has no mana use? Well you do, and it means that you can juke easily or can cover double the distance. The damage is decent. The reason you're probably playing him is for his four, the washing machine ult. Any enemies within the circle gets stuck in a spin that does extreme damage and throws them in the direction you're facing. This sets up so many team dives and can change a fight so quickly that I would say it's one of the best teamfight ults in the game (Not the best though). Back to mid game now that you know how he works, you will want to chase enemies away from your team when they are retreating and try to finish stragglers off. Go for the weakest link when big fights are happening if your team is fairing well, and if they are losing stay by their side and annoy enemies. In late game, you should be able to straight up murder people and will prioritize killing when your team is gone or setting up kills when they are around.

Combos

This is just going to be combos so don't expect chit-chat.

Standard combo- 2,1

Catching up-3,2,1

full kit combo- 3,4,2,1

Big chase-3,3(2nd proc),1,2

Myrddin chase- 3,3(2nd proc),4(try to hit them and if you do then stop this combo and yeet them backwards into the standard),3,3(2nd proc),1,2

Myrddin big damage- 4,1,1,2,3(hit them for damage with both procs)

Initiations and tips

I feel like here is appropriate to tell you about your passive. Basically, when you do ability damage, you gain a stack of HP5 that can stack up to twelve times and lasts for 18 seconds. It's a pretty fair passive for an upfront guardian, and I recommend always keeping it full by burning abilities on minions when the enemy team is dead or it's running low and nobody is near. Now, let me explain why you buy Blink Rune. When most people see Xing, their first instinct is to camp in towers and poke when he reaches level five. It's really annoying, but that's just how it is. When you see somebody doing this, wait until they think they are safe and then blink into immediately using your ult. Now, start moving towards your tower/ your team and face in that direction. If it doesn't kill them, use your combo or chase them down a side path until somebody kills them. When already chasing with both blink and your for ready, do the exact same thing when you think the time is right. If you don't catch up for any reason, then follow up with your three instead of your ult and then if you still cant hit them with the washing machine then slap them with your one. An easy way to build gauntlet stacks while refreshing your passive stacks is to one the entire lane and then not hit them. Just forget that that lane exists. When your team or the tower eventually kills them, you just kept your HP5 and got 6(+) protections. Rinse and repeat about eight or nine times and you have your gauntlet upgraded in no time. Finally, wash your hands for about thirty seconds on both sides with soap and warm to hot water. This last tip doesn't necessarily have to do with the game, but it is a tip nevertheless and it is important to have good hygiene.

Thanks

Thanks for viewing my build, and have fun playing the headless hash-slinging slasher. I would love to get feedback via the comments and will make sure to update my guide accordingly.

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the big bruh | March 11, 2021 10:05am
I would love to receive criticism, so whether you like or dislike the guide, please explain why so I can improve.
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Branmuffin17 (399) | March 11, 2021 10:50am
Hey bruh,

No prob.
  • Firstly, you're 100% missing a starter item. The starters at this point are all very strong, and are 100% recommended for Conquest. Even in the other modes, they can still be very good items, especially for the tanks. War Flag or Sentinel's Gift should be picked up in almost every match IMO.

    You DO mention in your starters that you prefer NOT to go for a starter, so I recognize that. I also note that in your "Offense but offense" you give the reasoning here. That said, I don't support the idea that Animosity is a good item for him at all. He's got no basic attack function in his kit. And while, sure, you can basic attack in between abilities or when abilities are down, he's not one of those gods that really needs to be attack canceling. Just not a good item for him. Again, WF or SG are great starters, and have functional upgrades that I feel are WAAAAY better than Animosity.

  • You should identify which mode this build is for. Maybe it's for all modes, which is fine, but right now can't tell if it's supposed to be for Conquest or others. If Conquest, I also can't tell if you're going Solo or Support. He's fine for both, but your build is very, very confusing. It mostly looks supporty ( Gauntlet of Thebes built early makes it pretty obvious that it should be for Support), but getting the Rod in there, or Rangda's, or Animosity, or Doom Orb, or other items like that...makes it feel very ADD.

    In the end, I'm going to guess this is for Arena or other non-Conquest teamfight modes. Am I correct here?

  • In terms of build order, for a teamfight mode (which is what I'm going to assume from this point forward), I'm fine with Reinforced (Focus alt optional), going into Thebes, going into Void. That said, if I'm facing 3 phys / 2 mag, Void Stone isn't what I'd probably get 3rd. I'd consider rushing Pridwen (not Breastplate of Valor), because you have enough prots from Reinforced and Thebes that Prid should work well, and it's going to be much more synergistic CDR item than BoV...perfect as a setup for his ult, giving him tankiness after he's gathered and thrown enemies.

  • I also think Relic Dagger is a great option on him, esp in teamfight modes. I feel that you could even rush it sooner if you feel like it. BUT... Blink Rune should be your 1st relic in that situation where you rush Relic Dagger.

  • Speaking of relics, I'd only suggest Meditation Cloak in Assault...but for Xing, perhaps not even then. If you get a starter (either WF or SG) in Assault, that should give you nice sustain, so that you could go Blink 1st and either burn a lot of beads or get some really nice early kill setup. For any other mode, I would never consider Med. It's a beginner crutch relic and not very good overall. Aegis Amulet is also not a great item for a tanky god. You can absorb more damage than squishy gods, and so you don't need the invulnerability. As a tank, you should be getting team utility. Magic Shell, Heavenly Wings, or other AOE relics have WAY more priority.

  • Some items here are just really weird and don't fit well. Rangda's Mask, for example, is just not a good item here. Maybe if you were going for a bursty build, it might give you even more damage potential, but you don't have enough pen to make that base damage count much.

    Hide of the Urchin isn't a very strong tank item at this point. Doom Orb is not an item he should pick up. Same with Chronos' Pendant unless you're going a troll Xing Mage build, in which case maybe Doom Orb, Chronos, Myrddin, and some other offensive items might all fit together (though of course you'll be squishy).

  • The writeups you have, especially the longer paragraphs, should be split up. Right now they're just not nice to read. New subject, start a new paragraph. If you're in Jr. High and you got graded, you'd get marked down for that big block.
All in all, you have mostly solid item choices for him, but the item order, some of the optional items, lack of starter...these are all things I feel make this build list weaker.
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the big bruh | March 11, 2021 7:33pm
Thanks for going through the trouble of writing my wrongs, I'll make sure to edit my guide soon but I kinda want to sleep. Thanks for the suggestions. Yeah I thought i mentioned I mostly use him in joust and this isn't really for conq but that didn't save I guess. I don't think I've ever played assault with Xing so I'm sorry that the build not might work there, as well as clash and siege as I have never even played him there.
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