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Agni excels with cooldown and items that take advantage of his combo potential. Setting up your team and yourself with stuns is the key to his success.
Starting builds vary on mode choice. Choose as you see fit
Shoes of the Magi
Chronos' Pendant
PASSIVE - Every 10s the Pendant activates, subtracting 1s from all of your abilities currently on Cooldown. The initial countdown will not start until you leave the fountain.
Spear of Desolation
PASSIVE - If you receive a kill or assist on an Enemy God all of your non-ultimate cooldowns are reduced by 2 seconds and your ultimate cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds.
Soul Reaver
PASSIVE - Your abilities deal an additional 1% of the target's maximum Health as Magical Damage. If the target has over 2000 Health, your ability bonus damage scales up. This effect reaches a maximum of 9% Maximum Health damage at 2750 Health. Subsequent hits on the same target do half the bonus damage for the next 3s.
Rod of Tahuti
PASSIVE - Basic Attacks and Abilities gain 15% additional Magical Power against targets below 60% Health.
This build is designed for killing squishy targets
Shoes of the Magi
Chronos' Pendant
PASSIVE - Every 10s the Pendant activates, subtracting 1s from all of your abilities currently on Cooldown. The initial countdown will not start until you leave the fountain.
S9 Divine Ruin
PASSIVE - Enemies hit by your abilities have 40% reduced healing for 5 seconds.
Soul Reaver
PASSIVE - Your abilities deal an additional 1% of the target's maximum Health as Magical Damage. If the target has over 2000 Health, your ability bonus damage scales up. This effect reaches a maximum of 9% Maximum Health damage at 2750 Health. Subsequent hits on the same target do half the bonus damage for the next 3s.
Rod of Tahuti
PASSIVE - Basic Attacks and Abilities gain 15% additional Magical Power against targets below 60% Health.
Counter healing
Shoes of the Magi
Chronos' Pendant
PASSIVE - Every 10s the Pendant activates, subtracting 1s from all of your abilities currently on Cooldown. The initial countdown will not start until you leave the fountain.
Soul Reaver
PASSIVE - Your abilities deal an additional 1% of the target's maximum Health as Magical Damage. If the target has over 2000 Health, your ability bonus damage scales up. This effect reaches a maximum of 9% Maximum Health damage at 2750 Health. Subsequent hits on the same target do half the bonus damage for the next 3s.
Rod of Tahuti
PASSIVE - Basic Attacks and Abilities gain 15% additional Magical Power against targets below 60% Health.
Swap to Obsidian Shard when tanks are 200+ protections
For maximum damage, hold your ability point at level 8 to max out flame wave and add an additional point into your ultimate.
Agni does well against low mobility / channeled ability gods. Here are a few
Cripples and displacement disrupt Agni's combos greatly
1) Stack your passive "combustion" as much as possible before clearing waves or team fights to significantly increase your damage output. Combustion can deal upwards of 400+ damage alone late game to all targets affected by it.
2) Noxious fumes stuns targets with any of your abilities. Get creative with your stuns / escapes
3)Rain of fire / Noxious fumes is a staple combo for Agni. Weave noxious fumes in different combinations with your ultimate to be more unpredictable. Players will recognize patterns to your setups.