Ra Guide

Egyptian God of the Sun

Overview: A really good beginner god is Ra. He has a heal, safe clear, a simple ult and a useful passive. He is a free safe and fun mid laner.

Ra's Passive gives increase your movement speed as you use your abilities. It can stack up to 3 times and last for 6 seconds.

Ra's 1 is a line attack that does damage.

Ra's 2 is an AOE around him that slows enemies every.5s and after 2s it does damage,doubles the slow, and blinds enemies if they are looking directly at him.

Ra's 3 is an AOE that last for 6s and hurts enemies and heals allies in it

Ra's Ult is a line attack that can go through walls, has super long range and hurts if enemies get by it.

Abilities: 

1.Speed of Light (Passive)

Ra's passive Speed of Light simply increases his movement speed every time he uses an ability. Stacks up to 3 times.

• Ability: Buff
• Movement Speed: 6% 
• Max Stacks: 3
• Lifetime: 10s 

2.Celestial Beam

For Ra's first ability, he summons a beam of light that does damage in a straight line. This is your main wave clear and main way to deal damage. 

• Ability: Line 
• Cost: 70/80/90/100/110
• Cooldown: 10s 
• Damage: 95/155/215/275/335 (+70% of your magical power)

3.Divine Light

Light start glowing out of Ra, stacking a slow every .5s near him and twice as fast if they are facing him. After 2s the light detonates,damaging enemies and increasing the slow. If an enemy is facing Ra during the explosion are blinded.

• Ability: Area
• Radius: 30
• Cost: 60/70/80/90/100
• Cooldown: 12s
• Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 (+30% of your magical power)
• Slow per Stack: 5%
• Detonate Lifetime: 3s

4.Solar Blessing

Ra summons a pillar of light that can heal allies or hurt enemies every second for 6s. This can be used to help wave clear by placing it on the wave before you use your 1 especially during early game.

• Ability: Ground Target 
• Radius: 20
• Cost: 65/75/85/95/105 
• Cooldown: 18s
• Damage per Tick: 20/32/44/56/68 (+20% of your magical power) 
• Heal per Tick: 20/30/40/50/60 (+15% of your magical power)
• Lifetime: 6s

5. Searing Pain

Ra summons the power if the sun to unleash a devastating blast of heat in front of him. This has a really long range and can be used through walls.

• Ability: Line 
• Cost: 90
• Cooldown: 70/65/60/55/50s 
• Damage: 400/475/550/625/700 (+100% of your magical power)

How I Build Ra: 

Credit to ELITE OWNAGE for the App Used in the Image

   When I play Ra I like to have a build that lets me cast a lot and do a lot of damage while still being able to sustain myself. To do this I start by following the basic mage start of buying Vampiric Shroud and Lost Artifact plus 1 health and 1 mana potion. This give me some sustain with Vampiric Shrouds passive plus some power and MP5. After that I work my way to getting Shoes of Focus. I choose Shoes of Focus over Shoes of the Magi because I rather have early cooldown than early pen because I will be getting pen later in the build. Then I start building Warlock's Sash so I can start stacking as early as possible and get the power, health, and mana.  After that I finish off Chronos Pendant, from the Lost Artifact I bought at the start to get to get more power, MP5 and full cool down. Then I buy Obsidian Shard to get some penetration. I get Obsidian Shard over Spear of the Magus because Obsidian Shard gives you more penetration to objectives which allows you to take objectives faster and I like to always be the obj player. For my 5th item I get Lotus Crown mainly for the passive which gives you 20 physical and magical protection for 5 second if you heal a teammate and it gives you physical protection, power and MP5. 

Credit to ELITE OWNAGE for the App Used in the Image

   For my final item I sell off Vampiric Shroud and build toward Rod of Tahuti for a even more damage to end the game. For active I get Combat Blink for bad situations and a second item depending on the situation like Beads, Sprint, etc. 

How to Play Ra

• In general you want to play Ra like any other mage. 

• When you are trying to clear using you 1 and a few basics gets it done really quick, or you can drop your 3 between the archers and melee minions and then use your 1 to clear a wave really fast. 

• If you get put into a bad position use for 2 as your run away place your 3 then run through it, use your 1 if minions get your way and just keep your passive up. 

• If the person chasing you has low health and you know you are going to die Ult them and try to get the kill.  This is more for fun than good advice but if it work, it's really funny.

• If your team need to escape placing your 3 in front of you guys can let your team heal as you run through it. Or place it behind you to slow the enemies down.(The ability doesn't slow but they will not want to take unnecessary damage so they would try to walk around it)

• Ra's Ult is great for stealing Fire Giants and Gold Furys or Sniping enemies that try to get away.

Summary:
Ra is a really good God for Beginners because of how safe his wave clear and heal make him kinda safe but he is still gankable if you don't play smart. Try to follow these tips and try my build until you get used to it and then see what works for you and what doesn't and then adjust my build and advice to your own playstyle.