Is Zhong Kui good?

[Nolando Ruins]

Hi, I'm sorry if this is a bit of a noob question but I was wondering if Zhong Kui was any good versus other players. Because I played him against Bots and he was really fun! But I don't want to pick a character that isn't great so I don't drag my team down on accident.

I mastered Tyr and Ymir once and I am a Beta tester but that was a long time ago before my computer fried itself and I recently got a computer strong enough to run the game again.

So the question stands, is he any good?

[BloodravenD]

If you do play him, most people will assume you will be playing solo in conquest with him. The problem with him is the same as Xbalanque, their clear puts them out of position so their enemy has an easier target to poke. He can be fun, just more challenging than some other mages. You could go mid with him as well, but you'd almost always want someone with better clear or clear that doesn't leave them a littel vulnerable.

As for arena, he doesn't do too bad, just hard to fill your stacks because other people tend to build them as well. Also with arena being more open, oppoents have an easier time fleeing out of your ult, reducing the damage you can do.

I haven't really tried him in any other gametype, I assume he'd do well in Siege because of the laning, so you will have to try those for yourself.

[Rexar]

He is like the most OP god for mid lane in the game right now. His 1 and 2 combo does ridiculous amount of damage and his ult is great for kill securing, as well as initiating a fight.

[Nolando Ruins]

Cool! Thanks! What would be a good build for him? The only build I tried in that game was the damage one. Sorry, I am just trying to learn so I don't drag the team down. Lol.

[Papa Jacque]

Originally posted by A Festively Crazed Engineer:

Cool! Thanks! What would be a good build for him? The only build I tried in that game was the damage one. Sorry, I am just trying to learn so I don't drag the team down. Lol.

Build him damage is fine, like any mage is strength is from damage. Try to fit in a Warlocks Sash early in the match, he is naturally a bit beefier that other mages so Warlocks helps capitilize on that and mitigates how scary incomming poke will seem.

[Nolando Ruins]

Ok! I remember the game recommending me that actually and it really did seem to help. I remember at the beginning I was taking a bit more damage than I was comfortable with so it really does help. So try to get that as soon as possible then?

[EmethSAS]

Originally posted by A Festively Crazed Engineer:

Ok! I remember the game recommending me that actually and it really did seem to help. I remember at the beginning I was taking a bit more damage than I was comfortable with so it really does help. So try to get that as soon as possible then?

Yeah, building your stacking item as soon as possible is best (possibly after Shoes, but some people do it before) so you can get those stacks online earlier.

[Nolando Ruins]

Originally posted by EmethSAS -TPF-:

Originally posted by A Festively Crazed Engineer:

Ok! I remember the game recommending me that actually and it really did seem to help. I remember at the beginning I was taking a bit more damage than I was comfortable with so it really does help. So try to get that as soon as possible then?

Yeah, building your stacking item as soon as possible is best (possibly after Shoes, but some people do it before) so you can get those stacks online earlier.

Ok! Thank you so much!

[Kyuss]

Buidling him a bit def isnt a bad choice coz he's squishy as f*ck(its over quick if you cant land yr 3 and get away)....but i only play assault and arena so it might differ in conq wich is way more pve crap

[Spira]

Also question if anyone knows? Does his Ult dmg rely on how many spirits are in his bag? The wording of his skills confuse me

[Nolando Ruins]

Originally posted by Spira:

Also question if anyone knows? Does his Ult dmg rely on how many spirits are in his bag? The wording of his skills confuse me

From what I have read, no. The demons in the bag are kinda there for stacks I guess? http://smite.gamepedia.com/Zhong_Kui His Ult is down the page a bit and has some helpful notes.

[Hex : NootNoot]

Originally posted by A Festively Crazed Engineer:

Cool! Thanks! What would be a good build for him? The only build I tried in that game was the damage one. Sorry, I am just trying to learn so I don't drag the team down. Lol.

You can go to "smite junkies" it's a god build website recently created by the members of Team Envyus so it's all up to date

[Hex : NootNoot]

Originally posted by Spira:

Also question if anyone knows? Does his Ult dmg rely on how many spirits are in his bag? The wording of his skills confuse me

Yes it does more damage and add protections with his bag full

[Nolando Ruins]

Originally posted by Locet:

Originally posted by Spira:

Also question if anyone knows? Does his Ult dmg rely on how many spirits are in his bag? The wording of his skills confuse me

Yes it does more damage and add protections with his bag full

Oh, I was wrong. Sorry. Lol.

[Nolando Ruins]

Originally posted by Locet:

Originally posted by A Festively Crazed Engineer:

Cool! Thanks! What would be a good build for him? The only build I tried in that game was the damage one. Sorry, I am just trying to learn so I don't drag the team down. Lol.

You can go to "smite junkies" it's a god build website recently created by the members of Team Envyus so it's all up to date

Also, thank you! I will check this out!

[Spira]

Originally posted by A Festively Crazed Engineer:

Originally posted by Locet:

Yes it does more damage and add protections with his bag full

Oh, I was wrong. Sorry. Lol.

According to the link you were right and locet is wrong. The notes on his ult state that his bag demons do not affect his ult in any way. Its a set dmg.

Either way he is a fun mage to play and he can be quite hard to kill compared to other squishy ones!