Hi I'm zerolimits, from SEA server. I have a same-name guy, his is ZeroLimits, mine is all lower case. Anyways, I'm new to this VGF and just would like to share my opinions about Taka since he fits the meta effectively, and I do not know codes that much since I'm a beginner in VGF. Also, Iwould be updating this when I have the time.
Taka is by far the only true assassin of the Fold. He has high burst damage and a stealth. I would be skipping the basic information about him, check that in-game.
Early Game
You can start off with a
Weapon Blade instead of a
Swift Shooter if you prefer it and confident enough with 100% attack speed at level 1 and it will also add more raw power to your
House Kamuha. In my opinion, avoid early game teamfights, focus on getting to level 6 for your
X-Retsu as soon as possible! If your laner dies or teleports back to base, you can visit the lane for extra gold and get your
Tension Bow as early as level 5.
**If your jungle gets invaded, counter-jungle immediately if your team can not push back the enemies. Remember when focusing on kills early, you will waste time getting XP for your
X-Retsu. To counter-jungle, simply go to the enemy team's side of the jungle. Bring at least 1 scout trap and plant it on the enemy side of the Gold Mine/Kraken bush for vision and early warning of incoming enemies.
Mid Game
Where
Taka shines, the time where everyone already have their ults, mid game! After getting your ult and
Tension Bow, I bet you have a
Tension Bow and
Swift Shooter at least. Prioritize
Weapon Infusion than
Blazing Salvo and do not immediately consume your infusion, save it for the teamfight or for ganks. Lastly make the most of your
Weapon Infusion, invade enemy jungle and gank as much as possible and always bring your support with you all the time, ping where you will go. Last but never the least,
House Kamuha. ALWAYS ALWAYS maintain your Ki Stacks, do not hesitate to use Kaku just for maintaining your stacks and also hit NPCs to refresh your perk. His
House Kamuha is the reason why
Taka is powerful.
House Kamuha features the newly-nerfed, again, 20% life steal per crit(equal to that of the Serpent's Mask), 25% cooldown acceleration PER KI STACK(surpassing even the CDA two
Clockworks provide at max stacks), and WP Taka's source of power- Crits,
Taka is guaranteed a crit per 5 seconds and one Ki Stack will reduce it by 0.9 sec., totalling to guaranteed crits per half a second(0.5). Your
Kaiten and
Kaku will each provide you with one Ki Stack per usage, while X-Retsu gives 3 Ki Stacks per use.This explains the issues of the regular attack even at full Ki Stacks, you might have used Kaiten, which refreshes the perk, and immediately auto-attacked while the perk is refreshing therefore no guaranteed crit that time. I'm straying away from the topic now but anyways, mid game is where [[Taka shines, with credits also to his partner-in-crime: his support.
**If you can't dominate mid game, maybe because of too many deaths resulting to lesser gold, just farm to catch up and reconcile your missing gold. Consume a
Weapon Infusion to fill the lack of damage you need.
Late Game
Teamfights. Do not facecheck bushes if you're not in
Kaku. This is where most
Takas fall off. You will only reach late game, maybe in 22:00-25:00, if you lacked enough pressure to the enemy team during mid game. During teamfights, do not immediately appear, most teamfights we do not have our Ki Stacks at 5 since we camped too long in bushes for our Ki Stacks to survive. Let your support engage, followed by your laner. Wait until the squishiest, most likely the enemy carry, will join the fight since the initial damage outputs of a teamfight is probsbly the strongest. Burst down the enemy squshiest, 3v2 is always sweet. Save your Kaiten and X-Retsu for gap-closing or dodging and since we are WP, we rely in our auto-attacks. Keep in mind that when you're in mid-air by using Kaiten, you are invincible though not against stuns so use this advantage to cancel predictable damages. Use your
X-Retsu to apply mortal wound and reduce the healing of enemy team and their barriers(
Fountain of Renewal, Life-steals, abilities that heal,
Reflex Block, and abilities with barriers can be reduced by applying mortal wound). So in summary, do not immediately appear in a teamfight, nor too late because your teammates may be already escaping if you join too late, to surprise the enemies. You can also use Kaku>Auto>X-Retsu to immediately get 5 Ki Stacks and save your Kaiten to cancel damage or chase.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed my first VGF guide for my favorite jungler-
Taka. Note that I have not took ideas of any other build guides, these are all based on my experiences as a
Taka so I give credits in advance to those peoople whose idea I may have included here! I may have also skipped some parts about
Taka and may have a lot of errors so I apologize in advance!
Please do leave comments for further discussion and improvements to help our
Taka gameplays become vainglorious! Ciao!
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