CTHULHU GUIDE: MITIGATION'S ARE EVERYTHING! | Incon | Smite

[@InconSSG]

With this guide I also start to cover match ups, good and bad for the god, as it was recommended to me by the community! Starting after our cupid guide, I will also cover the end of builds if a build doesn't get to full by the end of the game, just in case!

[@cutelamp2733]

I don't wanna make a personal question but i'm curious why do You twitch around

[@reneva11]

Because he's the twitchiest streamer!

[@cutelamp2733]

@@reneva11 thats not what i meant i mean that why does he stwitches around in the vídeo?

[@uplar1414]

@@cutelamp2733 He's got tourettes

[@cutelamp2733]

@@uplar1414 oh ok good to know thx

[@IzanamisBurden]

Cthulhu, where you can build defensive and still end careers left and right

[@DestroAzureDx]

Maybe it's just me but that's still every warrior/guardian for me, spirit robe and as many hybrid items with health as possible

[@DjinnsĘnigma]

My wife and kids are now risking homeless because of how he's ended so many of my careers

[@girangoeroe7902]

Cthulhu, where you can buy whatever or nothing and still end carreers left and right

[@Prushinthespirit]

I like it how you actually feel powerful playing Cthulhu, especially when you press your ult. That's a gameplay experience done right.

[@Jormyyy]

Nothing more satisfying than rolling out of solo lane, lvl 15 at 10 mins, and absolutely destroying everything in your path raid boss style. Same goes for Jorm. So much fun

[@eradian1]

The problem is you are actually that strong. Trying to fight one that has half a clue as to what they're doing is awful, especially against a warrior. The only thulu I didn't have a problem with was this guy with an atrocious build... Like it looked like he was using a randomizer and got bad luck bad

[@veselinrankov7322]

done right for the cthulhu, but a miserable experience for everyone else on the enemy team. hate that god, wish it was never released

[@Jormyyy]

@@veselinrankov7322 There were way worse op releases than Cthulhu. Arthur and Merlin, Heimdallr, Artio, Cu Chullain, and so on. Cthulhu is big and beefy and he walks at the backline and susceptible to % health damage, nothing new for a bruiser character tbh.

[@veselinrankov7322]

@@Jormyyy the thing is this is not an op "release" the next god is almost here.

[@Pizza_Box]

damn this video made me realize that ymir is one little ass frost giant. they should really scale his model now that the all the character models aren't the same size

[@Prushinthespirit]

**Sleepy Kumbhakarna noises** No seriously, this dide might be *thicc* but he's definitely not a giant here XD

[@riley7456]

Hunter Jackson They don’t need to give him a bigger hitbox than he already has

[@GnomishFireworks]

They really should make ymir a lot taller

[@xc809]

cthulhu sized ymir and kumba sound awesome. They'd need quite a bit more health and prots tho

[@dainbramage3558]

ymir is the worlds smallest giant, i mean he is only like a head taller than fafnir and fafnir is a dwarf :D

[@rickkcir2151]

This day in history: 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves minor victory over Octavian, but most of his army deserts, leading to Octavian’s invasion of Egypt.

[@cameronbrewster2441]

Cool

[@Kh088]

Cool

[@MrMrsJr]

Cool

[@tylerross3847]

Cool

[@alejandrovelazquez6714]

looC

[@MarkoArillius]

I'm not sure if it's later in the video or if it was a small detail that was missed, but Cthulu basically applies the Sanity Break debuff to all enemies within a certain radius of him while in his ult. Which means in his ult he basically gets the damage mitigation automatically.

[@LiterallyRyanGoslingFromBarbie]

honestly deserves so many more subs his explanations and help for the newer players is second to none

[@seandilley8526]

Poor Arachne?? She got what she deserved for picking Arachne.

[@Kh088]

Seriously

[@girangoeroe7902]

My man, not as worse as king arthur but still, arachne is also a bot character

[@asaltylapis4316]

For solo I like to level the 1 more than the 2 since the attack speed reduction scales and its cooldown is already pretty short, its just a more reliable way to damage enemies imo.

[@niromanti5935]

Yeah same for me, im a diamond Cthulhu and i like leveling the 1 as well. I also like getting blink as my second relic just so i can blink in over a wall or into their backline and pop my ulti. Its a great initiation tool and really fun to play with him using blink even though thorns is probably better.

[@distraction2803]

You can get away with maxing any of his abilities tbh

[@hman1801]

Yes I've wrecked many Cthulu with crit builds in this meta. Late game when lu goes into ult it's like a free kill for the adc.

[@babablacksphee]

On cthulhu i like to build 1.Cooldown boots - for cooldown 2.brestplate - for physical defense and cooldown 3.voidstone - pen and dmg 4.stone of gia - good with his ulti hp and his passive of .5 hp per second procs during his ulti on the 30% hp 5.mantel -max cooldown and during his ulti he is cc immune so stunning others his more beneficial than damange mitigation 6.pytahgs -power,hp,lifesteal,pen and team buff Cooldown and hp is good This build gives 40%cdr ,hp and 20%pen (10+10) which is enough since you are going to backline more than tanks tanks anyways Try to always use 2 and 3 before using 1 so you get the fear stacks and get more dmg mitigation

[@Jormyyy]

1 is on a low enough cooldown that you can initiate with it and it'll be up again by the time you use your other abilities, plus don't forget the aoe basic applies his passive.

[@richeastwood44]

babablacksheep no ethereal staff?

[@Jormyyy]

@@richeastwood44 e staff is a must on Cthulhu and other bruiser guardians. I'd get it over pythags

[@babablacksphee]

@@Jormyyy well depends phythas provides to many stats to give up hp,power,lifesteal,pen and aura for team mate whereas e staff passive is very good and provides hp and power but when you ulti you anyways gonna hit the hp cap so e staff extra hp steal sometimes seems redundant

[@babablacksphee]

@@Jormyyy yeah for sure once you have max cooldow 1 can easily be spammed yeah aoe provides passive but why do you actually hit an enemy 3 times unit you root them

[@godofm3tal1]

How you know this guys a legend. He can sit there and talk about all that shit like he was reading off a book. Talk about anything and everything without dropping a beat and still be dropping the best high level strats in game and fully paying attention to everything happening on the map with total control of the game. My son asks me one question and I'm either braindead in the game trying to talk to him or I mumble something incoherent to him while half assed meandering around the map not really doing anything right.

[@tristan4624]

Love these informative vids. Would really love to see a skadi one soon. I’ve been struggling super hard with her, need some pointers. Lol just realized these were alphabetical never mind.

[@walterortiz2626]

I believe that ymir can face cthulu, you can freeze him or put a wall for his dash. Also, cthulu in his ult has a hard time with walls and ymir is pretty good the fronsty king is always good :b

[@konanarcher]

Аre you 100% on the thing you said about antiheal not working against hp5?

[@Anirudhji2001]

Yeah, hp5 is not considered as healing, it’s just natural health regen.

[@yia187]

Still worth maxing his 3 after the nerf?

[@AL-su8el]

I want to know too.

[@dainbramage3558]

@@AL-su8el yep :) to be honest the nerf did very little to slow lou lou down

[@AL-su8el]

After some games I can confirm that maxing his 3 is still worth it.

[@burningfox4974]

You said Cuthulu doesn’t really have a specific counter. I think Poseidon can give him a run personally. He can knock you up to cancel your 2. Poseidon’s AoE stops movement abilities (so your 3). Poseidon can move fast enough to get out of your abilities very easily, so it’s hard to hit an insanity combo, and chase him.

[@joevinarasa1]

What does muting the enemy team do?

[@me-sy9yd]

@incon you hare the best person I think I’ve ever seen do smite god guides, and I’ve watched a lot of them. Very thorough 👏👏👏

[@Hesloth_the_indolent]

Cthulhu ultimate is a joy to watch, when playing him that is.

[@wommy556]

Amazing video. Thank you so much for this in depth explanation

[@hassandabo6288]

Would this build work as a support? (Ofcourse get GB instead of WB)

[@yaboijac0b]

I like this build for support but you might wanna get reinforced greaves instead of shoes of focus if you are not wanting the cdr and just wanna tank

[@Goldentongued]

I just got cthulu. Would you say this build is still viable for solo?

[@insertunoriginalnamehere1398]

I know I’m a little late, but most of this build is still really good on Cthulhu. Stone of Gaia isn’t amazing like it is here because it is now affected by anti-heal, but it’s still really good in general.

[@KiingDa3rd]

Yes please cover counters and hard matchups. Thank you so much

[@Kh088]

Always enjoyed watching your videos as your one of the most informative and easy to understand KZbinrs. I would Love to see you use my solo main, Odin. Going to sub in hope that it pops up on my recommended someday.

[@bossmoffelinc1884]

Always buy sprint against a Cthulu. It is the only way to escape his ult.

[@distraction2803]

Lol good luck with that... Not like he has a knockup with a 3.6 cooldown or anything. You ain't getting out of that ult unless he lets you.

[@MykaleJ]

I personally would have gotten Midguardian Mail fifth item, but still a good build. They had 3 auto attackers though, so it would've been nice. Plus it gives you like 300 hp.

[@kriegaone3658]

Only thing about spirit robe is its not that good while he's in his ult cause he's cc immune (I would rather have Mantle), im also not a fan of the obs shard pickup, I think Reaver, Estaff, Magus or heck even Pythags would be better.

[@babablacksphee]

I prefer pythags since it gives more hp ,life steal ,pen and buffs to teammates

[@Kh088]

You still feel that way about magus even after the nerf?

[@kriegaone3658]

@@Kh088 Its still a fine item especially for cthulhu ult where you are running down a carry in your ult with thorns. Not a must build but can be good.

[@Kh088]

@@kriegaone3658 I can see the logic there

[@thomasearl3864]

Incon you think you can do anything Achilles build?

[@tilthelightshines]

He's doing each God in alphabetical order. So if you look through his videos you should be able to find the Achilles video he did.

[@thomasearl3864]

@@tilthelightshines ok thanks.

[@WingXCustom]

Look at that Dapper fucking Mustache. It's Dapper level is over 9000.

[@doc6161]

I played set against cthulu today and was only hitting him for like 30 damage with my 1 late game. The only time I could kill him was in his ult cause he couldn't dash away.

[@EmpyrealDepth]

Osiris is the only matchup I can see where you can’t bully him becuase he’ll force you to fight him and beat the shit out of Cthulhu with his 3 up

[@glacierfruits5350]

I actually beat the shit out of one as guan earlier, not sure if he just sucked but I went trans and bullied him. Played careful till I got defense then just ran at him even in ult

[@caustictwist3272]

Conquest players are unforgiving and I suck something awful lol. These help Kinda?

[@GamingDualities]

Smite is game of preassure, taking enemy attention and mitigating/juking it. But it dorent matter how tanky you are if u cant take their attention

[@firstername]

when do we get a cthulhu skin

[@celticcraigclan6313]

Thair is a red one already

[@evo8stunna]

just subbed to your channel man nice

[@p4lm3r11]

26:30 lulus head lmao

[@ZeekwithaZ]

This team comp was disgusting, so much CC and so much pressure

[@ethanm.9401]

Much appreciated worthy of subscription

[@jakeshumway9487]

I prefer playing warriors like Achilles and bellona in sola but I got so tired of fighting jorm that I just gave in and started playing Cthulhu and now I win every.... single.... game

[@jeremyrodriguez1351]

That Mulan was FEEDING

[@TrickyRilke]

Daddy squid in the house!

[@ThatboiTavi]

That sol @27:43 got delete

[@timr7143]

Thank you

[@moonbuddy3238]

Hmmm pen and hp? 🤔 GUESS ITS TIME FOR WARLOCK STAFF THULU

[@Jormyyy]

Squidward guide!

[@tshsclasheswithtriston9713]

Man you too good

[@charlesabrams3115]

Spirit robe on Cthulhu when he has a cc immune ult 🤔

[@nilstavella8478]

Nice vid

[@Jimmyvdpost]

New gods feel so bloated, it's always so much to read and understand

[@Jormyyy]

1 goes SPOOK 2 goes SPLOODGE 3 goes WHOOSH Ult goes BIG BIP BAP BAM

[@Jormyyy]

Also look at Mulan, she has a super basic kit that isn't bloated to read.

[@alpha-2273]

Because the more characters you created the more unique the new character has to be. So they just add a little of this and that into every skill.

[@Mr.PeniPeni]

Jormy Gormy Wdym, all of her skills have 3+ effects. She is literally the worst example to pick. A god can be bloated and still not strong.

[@Jormyyy]

@@Mr.PeniPeni Her additional effects aren't that bloated though?

[@MixedRhythm]

Cthulu hype!

[@GrantSweatshirt]

Dash me out there how bow dat

[@goettee5430]

I think Vamana is the closest thing to a Cthulu counter imo

[@Jormyyy]

Hunters with Qins sais or aa assassins with qins also hurt him

[@carlsiminiano3363]

That arachne was pathetic

[@monsterrus1963]

You really forgetting that if enemy have full of madness using your 1 also increase it's damage mitication, it's actually an important mechanic, but somehow no one paying any attentiont to this.

[@TheGilSimp]

He did not forget that, he said it in the video but it was later on

[@monsterrus1963]

@@TheGilSimp my bad then, i didnt actually watched this one to the end, but he probably just remembered it late of the game cuz he didnt even try to stack it.

[@TheGilSimp]

@@monsterrus1963 true, its fine. For Cthulhu there's a lot of details to cover so im actually impressed he managed to mention them all without missing anything important

[@ΒασίληςΜέρτογλου]

its CTHULhU NOT CATHULhU