Hello! My name is Lechuan "VONC" Jiao. I have been playing since September 2014. I am currently the jungle player for Team SoloMid who are the current reigning Summer 2016 North American Champions. My highest achieved skill tier is Vainglorious Gold.
While Samuel is intended to be a mage that utilizes crystal power, this guide teaches how to build him using weapon power instead. Even though most players build crystal power on
Samuel I have found that building weapon power is actually very strong and versatile.
The reason I think Samuel is effective when building weapon power is because he already has very high base crystal damage when using
Malice & Verdict and
Drifting Dark as well as having a very long range of attack (11 meters). This makes it difficult for enemies to counter build because Samuel will either do very high base crystal damage from his abilities, or have incredibly strong basic attacks from the weapon items he builds.
Corrupted Genius also enables
Samuel to sustain very well during fights from the health and energy regeneration.
Difficulty: MEDIUM (HIGH*)
Position: LANE (JUNGLE**)
Role: MAGE (SNIPER***)
*Building weapon on Samuel requires a higher skill level than the standard crystal build.
**I am the jungler for TSM and prefer to play Samuel in the jungle.
***By building weapon power on Samuel he should be classified as a Sniper with a similar playstyle as
Ringo.
"Samuel is a dark mage who controls large areas with his abilities. Samuel is able to deal damage on the move, but he maybe caught out of position if played too aggressively. he is well suited in the lane, able to bully his victim while draining health and energy to sustain himself."
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Corrupted Genius
Slot: Heroic Perk
Every 6s, Samuel's next basic attack fires a bolt of dark power that deals bonus crystal damage and draws health & energy back to Samuel.
- Crystal Damage: 50-60 (level 1-12)
- Healing: 10-120 (level 1-12) health
- Recharge: 30-200 (level 1-12) energy
- The restorative powers are only 25% as effective against non-heroes.
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Using
Corrupted Genius: Use it to heal yourself and save it for last hit when enemy is trying to steal your jungle. The increased burst of damage can catch enemies off guard.
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Malice & Verdict
Slot: A
Samuel fires two bolts from his wands at a target location, impacting the first enemy hit. Samuel can move between the shots.
If Samuel is standing inside the energy field from Drifting Dark, these bolts move faster, travel farther and deal additional area damage. In addition, the cooldown is significantly reduced.
- Empowered shots deal reduced damage to minions.
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Malice & Verdict should almost always be used in conjunction with drifting darnkess. This will greatly increase the effectiveness of this ability providing maximum damage output. Alternating between using this ability and using basic attacks will deal a lot of damage to enemies standing in Samuel's path.
What to AVOID: Because
Samuel will not have any energy regeneration from a weapon power build, it is important to conserve energy and use this ability efficiently. If a team fight is likely to occur,
Samuel should ensure that he is preserving his energy for the fight rather than clearing the jungle.
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Drifting Dark
Slot: B
Samuel creates a large field of darkness that slowly drifts forward, damaging enemies who stand inside it. If Samuel also stands inside, Malice & Verdict is greatly empowered and he heals for a small amount for each affected target.
- The field will disappear if Samuel moves more than 16 meters away from it.
- Deals 50% less damage to minions.
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Using
Drifting Dark:
Drifting Dark is a very dynamic part of
Samuel's kit. This ability can be used both
offensively and
defensively.
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Offensively:
Samuel should send his field of darkness towards the enemies. He can now begin to use
Malice & Verdict as well as auto attacking and rush towards the enemy.
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Defensively: If the enemy is rushing towards
Samuel and his allies, he can send his field of darkness backwards in an attempt to kite the enemies. He can begin to use his
Malice & Verdict shots to kite the enemy team.
What to AVOID: Avoid using this ability when low on energy. It is essential that
Samuel also has enough energy to also use this ability with
Malice & Verdict
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Oblivion
Slot: C
After a short delay, Samuel summons a phantasm at the target location, which puts nearby enemies to sleep. Enemies inflicted are unable to move or act.
- Dealing direct damage to a sleeping enemy with an attack or ability will wake them up.
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Using
Oblivion: This is a really good ability to start a team fight or retreat.
Oblivion has enough range to sleep enemy carry even they are behind their tank and you can also use
Oblivion to save your teammates.
What to AVOID: Because
Oblivion has a long cooldown, it is important to use this ability effectively. If using this ability to kite, it will be better to use it in between
Samuel and the enemies (rather than directly on top of them) such that if they continue to chase they will run into the
Oblivion. If using this ability to engage, it will be better to use it behind the enemies such that they are between the
Oblivion and
Samuel with his allies so that if they run away they will run into it.
1. aggressive . - You need be aggressive enough after you hit LV2 in the jungle , go in with your A+B combo whenever you saw a chance , you need do an auto attack after/before the
Malice & Verdict to make sure you can do as more damage as you can . Stutter step all game long to dodge enemy abilities and position your self.
2. Voice communication. When you got a lot
Breaking Point stacks you should let your support knows you are going to go on enemy carry and support gonna help a lot, like
Vanguard from
Ardan make you can get their carry in your attack range earlier . Let your team know when and who you are going to sue
Oblivion ,sleep one of their carry and go another carry or sue
Oblivion and
Gauntlet at same time go start a team fight. The Oblivion can also save your teammates if they need help .
3. Positioning. Positioning in team fights is very important as a wp
Samuel,
Samuel can dodge a lot enemy ability with stutter step but its gonna take time to practice .Its so hard for me to tell you what is a good position because good position is different in different and every fight is different ,they only thing I can tell you is never stop stutter step and this is going to help you to get a better position.
THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to read and study my 1.23 Weapon Jungle
Samuel It is the first one I have done so it might not be perfect but I intend to create a lot more guides in the future. I believe
Samuel is one of the strongest junglers in the game and hope my guide will help you guys become more successful players.
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