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anymore. And his abilities, though they are all clay minions emerge again, and stack even more

somewhat area-of-effect, aren’t optimal for damage against it, both by attacking and soaking

hitting two people, much less three, so with only tower damage. This can be an effective support to

one escape available per use of Portal, it can be combo with any Hunter, but doubling up on strong

tough for Janus and his ally to handle ganks. push power can be overwhelming. Her minions also

NU WA make it safer and easier for her to take camps at
any point in the game, more than many other Gods.

Nu Wa isn’t without her weaknesses, however.

Last but not least, we come to everyone’s She lacks immense burst until she starts stacking

favorite Chinese sky snake, Nu Wa. She’s a very plenty of damage items, assuming she does. This

good choice for support, with a good blend of can make it hard for her to deal with tanky enemies,

pushing power and team-wide utility that can such as she’ll often find, making the indirect route

scale well into damage when she starts getting of pushing her only viable tactic. Her stun is strong,

her build. Her soldiers are an immense help in as well, both for setting up kills and avoidance, but

lane, her mist is a potent tool if nothing else, and it can be unpredictable, and relies on her minions.

her crowd control is limited but very strong when

it hits. And as we know from Nu Wa mid or solo, ---

her Ultimate can help fights nowhere near her, and

secure that valuable assist gold when timed right. As far as the meta goes, you can consider it the

Laning with Nu Wa is quite safe, even though she driver in matters of having the best chance to win,

has no escapes herself. She’s able to fight and farm or at least of countering your enemy’s standard met

from quite some distance away, when it’s necessary, picks. But picking something that you don’t usually

and brings a lot of indirect damage to fights with her see has the benefit of surprising you sometimes,

reckless minions and the slow but inevitable crawl with how well it can work. Both you and your enemy,

of her mist. With her pushing power, it’ll be hard for if you’re lucky. And when it comes to having fun,

most enemy combos to fight back her own wave, sometimes the meta just has to take the backseat. ■

early game, and this will usually keep the ball in Nu By Devon Boyette

Wa’s court, early. Once she gets to the tower, the The GameOn Magazine

44 The Official SMITE Magazine Issue #20