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Zhong ADC

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by JohnDiesAtTheEnd updated November 21, 2016

Smite God: Zhong Kui

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Zhong Kui Build

Full build

Build Item Shoes of the Magi Shoes of the Magi
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Demonic Grip Demonic Grip
Build Item Telkhines Ring Telkhines Ring
Build Item Polynomicon Polynomicon
Build Item Spear of Desolation Spear of Desolation

Recommend starter

Build Item Soul Stone Soul Stone

Defense if needed

Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Stone of Gaia Stone of Gaia
Build Item Magi's Cloak Magi's Cloak

Zhong Kui's Skill Order

Expose Evil

1 X Y
Expose Evil
1 10 11 12 14

Exorcism

2 A B
Exorcism
2 4 6 7 9

Book of Demons

3 B A
Book of Demons
3 15 16 18 19

Recall Demons

4 Y X
Recall Demons
5 8 13 17 20
Expose Evil
1 10 11 12 14

Expose Evil

1 X
Zhong Kui pastes a card on all enemies in front of him, marking them as a demon, Slowing and damaging them each second while they are marked. If the card is removed, 75% of the remaining damage is done instantly.

Ability Type: Line, Slow, Damage
Damage Per Tick: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+20% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 20%
Card Lifetime: 5s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 12s
Exorcism
2 4 6 7 9

Exorcism

2 A
Zhong Kui drives out the demons of his enemies, dealing damage as they leave the body. Demons exorcised from Enemies marked by Expose Evil will be absorbed by Zhong Kui, healing him per demon (up to 3), and will remove the card.

Ability Type: Cone
Damage: 75 / 125 / 175 / 225 / 275 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Heal: 15 / 40 / 65 / 90 / 115
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s
Book of Demons
3 15 16 18 19

Book of Demons

3 B
When fired, the Book of Demons deals damage and Stuns enemies, stunning marked enemies for 2x the duration and removing the card. Once this ability has been ranked, the Book of Demons flies nearby Zhong Kui, firing for 50% of Zhong Kui's basic damage.

Ability Type: Circle, Stun, Damage
Damage: 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Stun: 1s (2x for marked targets)
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13s
Recall Demons
5 8 13 17 20

Recall Demons

4 Y
Upon activation, demons pulse out from his bag at nearby players every second for 5s. They chase and accelerate over time, doing damage to enemies as they enter the body. Zhong Kui is immune to Knockback and Slows for the duration.

Ability Type: Circle, Buff, Damage
Damage: 80 / 95 / 110 / 125 / 140 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Radius: 40
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

After playing Zhong for awhile and building different items every game I finally settled on a build I use every game. It turns a simple tank like mage into a force to be reckoned with.

Why attack speed?

So your first question is probably why attack speed? That makes no sense. But actually it's how Zhong is most effective in my opinion. It makes Zhongs 3rd ability very useful with the extra projectile, essentially you fire 2 basic attacks at the same time which effects items like telkhines, Demonic grip, and soul stone.

Play style

Early game is rough, but with the sustain you get from his 2nd ability makes up for it. I suggest don't engage in a team fight until you have at least 3 items built until then just poke with your 1st ability followed by the 2nd and focus on clearing wave.

By Mid-Late game you should start to be able to burst just about any god down by tagging your foe with your 1st ability(which also causes a slow to make basics easier to hit), activating your ult, basic a few times and before the card disappears hit your 2nd ability after it's all said and done your target should be dead or to low to fight back

Pros / Cons

Pros
Ult is great for team fights
Late game monster
Not as squishy as other mages
Great at taking out towers

Cons
You need to stack to the max prections from your passive
Winged Blade can counter your ability rotation
Difficult to fight gods that move quickly with abilities
Early game damage isn't great

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