Shopping for Items as Chang’e
Essential Items
The only thing stopping Chang’e from being a beast of healing and destruction in Smite is that of her cooldowns. They aren’t incredibly long by any stretch of the imagination. The lower they are, the sooner your enemies will fall. For this reason, it’s often a good idea to start out a match by aiming for as much cool down reduction as possible, while augmenting the unique ability Chang’e has in Smite to negate any need to go back to the base. That is, unless she’s killed.
It’s extremely worthwhile to make Chronos’ Pendant your first choice when building Chang’e in Smite. Taking the path toward this item may prove risky at times, but when you consider the relatively MP5 given at its second stage, the decision becomes almost a moot point. Chang’e has an incredibly high capacity for hanging around in a lane indefinitely so using this will go further in guaranteeing this than anything else in the early stages. When you’ve amassed enough gold for the final stage of Chronos’ pendant you’re done. That decrease in ability cooldown time will lead you to victory much more easily than others.
Taking other items like Boots of Focus and Polynomicon are also important early on for their ever-desirable cooldown reductions. To spend a long time in the lane in Smite, Chang’e has to be able to frequently have access to her heal and ability-avoidance skill in order to stick around when enemies falter. Polynomicon is also incredibly important for the amount of Magical Power it bestows upon this magic user. She may not have many attacks, but those she has can be devastating with the correct itemization.
On a personal note, purchasing Meditation is never a bad move. Chang’e can slowly but surely regenerate health with ease in Smite, so the ability to get a healthy portion of her mana back every 2 minutes is enough to tip the balance in the favor of Meditation. It’s far from essential, but definitely one to consider if you plan on never returning to base.
Advised Items
Soul Reaver might look at times like something of a gimmick. Take a closer look though, and you find an item that’s almost been built for Chang’e and her late game escapades in Smite. All but one of her in-hand abilities is capable of damaging gods over a wider area than just single target. With the proper movement and involvement in team-fights as they crop up, Soul Reaver’s 15% maximum health damage on hit in addition to her damage itself sounds the deathbell for any enemy team with a high-health guardian in their ranks. That and the bonus 300 mana along with 100 magical power aren’t exactly anything to be sniffed at.
Chang’e doesn’t have as much in the way of basic magical damage as some of her other mage compatriots in Smite (here’s looking at you Ra). As such, beefing up her magical power stat becomes almost mandatory. That isn’t the only thing you’ll be wanting to look at for damage output though. Magical Penetration is a force to be reckoned with when properly used as part of a Mage’s build, and Chang’e is no different. Picking up the Obsidian Shard for a delightful 70 magical power along with a passive 33% bonus to magical penetration will make sure the hurt gets laid down onto those irritating warriors and guardians.
We’re going back to the item tree that gave us Chronos’ Pendant this time for the Rod of Tahuti. Why? An additional 15 MP5 along with a whopping 125 Magical Power AND a passive boost of 25% to all Magical Power. You need to know more? 25% extra Magical damage on top of the reservoir you’ve already amassed and you’re still asking questions?
Ok fair point that these might not always be the perfect items for every battle or situations, but they form a good build basis. If you’re indulging in loads of Arena or Assault then Pythagorem’s Piece and Spear of the Magus will grant yourself and your teammates a healthy does of stats you’re likely to need.
These aren’t by any stretch of the imagination set in stone. You may have your own preferred build or Hi-Rez Studios may patch more or less power into each item as time goes on. Let us know your Chang’e builds in the comments down below.
