Skadi God Guide

Goddess of Winter

Overview: Skadi is a Norse Huntress and is the first goddess in SMITE to have a controllable pet, and introduces a new form of CC. She is a lot of fun to use and can be very strong once you learn how to position her and use Kaldr effectively. Skadi's Passive: Her wolf, Kaldr fights by her side and can be sent to attack enemies or stay by her side to heal up.
Skadi's 1:A line attack that does damage and slows enemies.Kaldr does 2x damage to enemies hit by this.
Skadi's 2: Switches Kaldr between Beast(Attack) and Elemental (regen) form.
Skadi's 3: AOE attack that does damage,tick damage and causes enemy gods to slide uncontrollably
Skadi's Ult: An AOE tick damage around Skadi and Kaldr that roots upon activation, restores Kaldr to full health, and makes him invincible for 5s and does damage ever 0.5s.

Abilities:

1. Kalr,The Winter Wolf (Passive)

 
Kaldr fights by Skadi's side in either 1 of 2 forms. In beast form he can attack and be attacked. In elemental form he can't take damage and can regen health. You can switch his form with Skadi's Rune of the Hunt but if he loses all of his HP he is forced back into elemental form. 

• Ability Type: Summon Pet
• Hit Points: 5
• Time to Regen 1 HP: 10s
• Attack Speed: 50% of Skadi’s
• Movement Speed: 110% of Skadi’s
• Lane Minion Damage: 1 HP lost per 5 hits.
• Other Source Damage: 1 HP lost from any attack or ability     

2. Piercing Cold

Skadi throws an icy spear dealing damage and slowing enemies for 3s. Kaldr's basic attacks    
deal double damage to enemies hit by Piercing Cold. This is your main wave clear and can slow enemies that try to escape a fight.

• Ability: Line 
• Damage: 90/140/190/240/290 (+80% of you physical power) 
• Slow: 20/25/30/35/40%
• Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 
• Cooldown: 15s

3. Rune of the Hunt

A toggle ability that lets Skadi mark an enemy for Kaldr to hunt. When it is on Kadlr turns switches to beast mode attacking the marked enemy, if the enemy dies Kaldr attack will then attack a nearby enemy. When toggled off Kaldr stops attacking returning to Skadi's side changing to elemental form on the way. This ability is usable at rank 0 and gives Kaldr extra bonuses as it ranks up.
Good ability to initiate when an enemy is low or to finish off a kill if they run under tower.

• Ability: Pet Command
• Damage: 60/80/80/100/100% of Skadi's Basic Attack Damage
• Rank 1: Kaldr gains a dash attack.
• Rank 3: Kaldr’s kills heal him.
• Rank 5: Kaldr’s attacks give Skadi 10% increased movement speed.
• Cooldown: 5s

4. Permafrost
Skadi freezes the ground for 5s. The area deals damage to any god that touch it and as they     stay on it every 0.5s. It causes the enemy gods to lose control of their god and slide across the ice. Skadi's movement is increased by 25% while standing on the area. This is the closest thing you have to an escape and should be used as such but it can also be used to disrupt the enemy team or just throw them off balance for a kill plus it does a lot of damage.

• Ability: Ground Target
• Damage: 70/100/130/160/190 (+60% of your physical power)
• Damage per Tick: 5/10/15/20/25 (+5% of your physical power)
• Radius: 16/18/20/22/24 
• Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 
• Cooldown: 18s

5.Winter's Grasp
Snowstorms surround Skadi and Kaldr. When activated enemies in range get rooted and Kaldr becomes full health. The storm last for 5s and deals damage to enemies every 0.5s and makes Kadlr immune to damage. This is amazing to use if you want to send Kaldr for kills. 

• Ability: Stim
• Damage Per Tick: 10/20/30/40/50 (+5% of your physical power)
• Root Duration: 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2s
• Radius: 20
• Cost: 80/90/00/110/120 mana
• Cooldown: 90s

How Do I Build Skadi?
   When I've played Skadi, I've wanted to take full advantage of Kaldr and his stats while also trying to make up for her lack of mobility. To do this To start off I build Tier 2 of transcendence, 3 health and 3 mana pots.

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   To start the build I buy Transcendence so that I don't have to worry about my mana as much, and it lets me start stacking early. Transcendence gives you mana as you stack it and its passive gives power for 3% of your maximum mana. AKA this gives 66 power just off the mana it gives you.  

   Then I get Warrior's Tabi to get more power so that I can hit harder and increased movement speed to move around the map faster and to be more mobile during a fight.

   Then I build Asi to get lifesteal online, be able to sustain in fights longer, to increase my attack speed, and to have penetration online. The reason that I get this item over other lifesteal like Devourer's Gauntlet is because Asi's passive gives you an additional 25%  lifesteal for 5s if you get under 35% health (can only happen once every 15s). This lets you recover and get back to team fights quicker because you can just clear a jungle camp and get back most of your health without wasting time to back and then running back with your team.

   I then build Qin Sai's to get more power, attack speed and penetration (kinda). Qin's doesn't give you direct penetrations instead Qin's passive lets you deal 4% of the gods maximum health with each basic attack you land. This lets you shred through tanks even if they have protections and if you fight a god that didn't build defensive or health...they die..really fast.

   This is the basis of my build with Skadi and I like where the build is at this point, but from there I don't know which build is the best for her. As of right now I have 2 builds that you can try, if they work then cool if they don't....use the other build.

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   This version of the final build allows her to be more mobile as she attacks and gives her lower cooldowns so that she use the slows and CC in her kit to help her escape.




   To make up for her lack of mobility and compliment this attack speed build, I buy Hastened Fatalis. When you are fighting this lets you out box enemies because passive lets you use basic attack while moving and reduces the movement penalty* as long as you hit your shots it will reduce the attacking and moving penalty .

   
   To finish this build off I bought Jotunn's Wrath to get the cooldown reduction so that I could take advantage of Permafrost and Winter Grasp more often. The power penetration and mana that this items just compliments and makes Skadi even more lethal.

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   For my alternative build this uses the mentality of Season 2 and uses Crits to hit enemies so fast and do so much damage that you kill them first and the lifesteal in your build keeps your health from getting to low. 

   Rage gives you a higher crit chance not only giving you base 20% chance to crit but it's passive that increase your chance by 10% if you don't land a crit. This can stack 6 times and resets when you get a crit.

   Death Bringer stays true to its name by giving you +50 power and  +20% crit chance and if you crit its passive increases critical damage by 40%. AKA Death Bringer is a Bringer of Death.



What Do I Do As Skadi?/Tips

• If you need to get out of a situation using Permafrost (your 3) either in front of you will give a +25% movement speed if you are on top of it and cause enemies to slide uncontrollably.
• Don't be afraid to use Kaldr. 
• It takes about a minute for Kaldr to get to full health after he dies if he stays in elemental form.
• Use Kaldr on towers, and objectives 
• Remember that your ult last for 5s does damage every 0.5s and during that time Kaldr is invincible so tell him Bite something.
• Kaldr gets 50% of your attack speed and 110% of your movement speed so how you build controls how he acts.

Summary:
   Skadi is an incredibly fun god to play, she can do a lot of damage and controlling Kaldr adds a new aspect to her that hasn't been done in SMITE before. She can be fun and easy to use, but she is very easy to gank. The main things you need to understand with her is that she and Kaldr can do a lot of damage but only if you use them correctly. Using your 1 makes Kaldr do 2x damage, your ult restores him to full health and makes him invincible for 5s. Remember that your 3 is the closest thing you have to an escape and increases your movement speed by 25%, use this when all hell breaks lose and I don't mean the mage. Alright guys that's all I have so for so good luck, and have fun playing as Skadi the Goddess of Winter.