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While Kuzenbo the King is mentioned rarely, by gifts of food and drink, with cucumbers
there’s no shortage of tales about the Kappa. Most standing head and shoulders above all others.
of these legends portray the Kappa as mischievous Not only would the Kappa offer friendship, but
little imps, though the severity ranges from looking up would help with tasks like irrigating lands for
women’s kimonos to drowning, kidnapping and eating farmers and sharing medical knowledge.
humans. Kappa were also known for their proficiency Kuzenbo’s kit in SMITE is clearly inspired by the
in wrestling, and used their skill to drag people into wrestling and human drowning variety though. As
rivers and ponds. Hence the drowning before. a Guardian his primary role is to set up for the rest
Beating a Kappa was possible though. The of his team, and few things do that job as well as
quickest and easiest approach would be to just sumo-ing someone into a wall and then smacking
bow deeply before it. You see, Kappa were real them around for a little bit with a deftly executed
sticklers for proper etiquette and seeing someone shell spin. But, I’m getting ahead of myself.
bow that deeply before them requires them to do First off, the passive: Water Bowl. What does an
the same. Which invariably resulted in the bowl on aggressive tank need? Tankiness, duh. And that’s
top of their head, which they need to have filled with exactly what Water Bowl gives. Whenever Kuzenbo
water to have their power, dumping its contents takes damage, he gains a stack of damage reduction
on the floor. The end result: a bent over Kappa that accumulates up to 10 times and last for 10
unable to do anything until its bowl was refilled. seconds. However, if he’s knocked about himself,
However, not all is pain and misery with he loses half of his stacks. And interpret ‘knocked
the Kappa. One could gain the favor of a Kappa about’ as literal and wide as you can: anything
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