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at his mercy. Like a day in the
an Energy Charge which can be
open deserts of Egypt, Ao Kuang
stored. These charges regenerate
burned further with rage as he
automatically over 5 seconds while
was forced to flee. Maybe one day,
Ao Kuang is out of combat. There
Ao Kuang will get his revenge on
are 2 purposes to these energy
that boy. Maybe one day, Ao Kuang
charges. First, the damage of any
will once again be feared by the
ability that Ao Kuang casts will
people during his tenacious reign.
be increased by 5%. Second, the
And that day may have finally
energy charges will be used to
arrived as Ao Kuang returns to
cast abilities when Ao Kuang is out
the battlegrounds of SMITE as a
of mana. This passive is useful in
melee, sword-wielding mage.
which Ao Kuang can further dish
out more damage per ability and
ABILITIES
it also provides a decent amount
of sustain making him able to stay
Before we go on with Ao
Kuang’s kit, it should be known
out on the fields a little longer.
Staying true to his main
as to why the word ‘re-enter’
element, Ao Kuang’s 1st ability,
was used in the previous section.
Water Illusion, allows him to place
The Dragon King of the Eastern
a watery form of himself while
Seas has already been very fondly
teleporting forward and going into
recognized by the community
stealth a short distance away. He
before this release. For the newer
can stay in this stealth form for 5
players out there, Ao Kuang was
seconds unless he attacks or gets
previously portrayed as a dragon
attacked. Activating this ability
with his moves being the current
again will detonate the watery
kit of the Mayan ‘Serpent of the
form of himself much like Scylla’s
Nine Winds’, Kukulkan. Therefore,
Crush ability. The detonation
this newly introduced Ao Kuang
will then deal damage of
can be seen as a complete
90/140/190/240/290 +70% of your
remodel of the god both visually
magical power. The teleportation
and kit-wise. And now, let’s move
works very much like the Blink
on to Ao Kuang’s new skills.
active, instantly transporting you a
His passive is known as
short distance forwards. With good
King’s Sword. When playing Ao
positioning, the cooldown of 15
Kuang, a sword with 3 tiers can
seconds should not be a problem
be seen on the bottom left of
when escape is necessary. I find
the screen. Each tier