One Hit Wonder by Klew

One Hit Wonder

By: Klew
Last Updated: Mar 19, 2017
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Taka

Build: On Hit Taka

Ability Path

House Kamuha
Heroic Perk
Kaiten
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Kaku
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
X-Retsu
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2
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4
5
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10
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12

Item Choices

When Jungle Intesifies (4 min)

Stormcrown

By 8:30 obtain Tension Bow (optionably, depending on the enemy comp, get tension bow first instead of Stormcrown. In which case get stormcrown here)

Tension Bow

Core Damage (Eventually) And yes I know you cannot get both infusions. Get to that later.

Aftershock
Tension Bow
Crystal Infusion
Weapon Infusion

Boots are which ever you prefer

Halcyon Chargers
Journey Boots

Threat Meter

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Threat Hero Notes
1
Ringo Slow moving weapon carry? Sweet! No trouble here. And if you really want to ruin his day, save Kaiten and vault over his Hellfire Brew
1
SAW Thank God for slow heroes. Bait out or wait for a Suppressing Fire then make him wish he was not so immobile.
1
Baron Slow..... need I say more?
1
Skaarf As much as it may hurt, Skaarf needs to be killed and you will have to do it. RIP adorable dragon.
2
Celeste Kaiten over Core Collapse and you'll be fine.
3
Krul Not too terrible. Krul has a hard time keeping you locked down. Kaku away when he has his stacks up and wait for them to fall off before re-engaging
3
Kestrel Not usually too bad. Crystal is pretty easy to deal with, but weapon watch out for her cloak. You will have time to move out before it arms, but she'll mainly use this to disengage.
4
Joule Watch her Rocket Leap. The AOE will pull you out of stealth. Otherwise not too bad. X-Retsu counts as damage from behind so if you come in from the front, you will still get past her heroic perk.
5
Lyra This is as hard as you make it. Bright Bulwark will stop you in your tracks so try to bait it out before fully commiting.
6
Koshka She is really only a problem for the same reason you are. She'll take your jungle. I recommend not letting her.
6
Reim This old piece of trash can really hurt you. Be sure to catch him offguard and kite back. If you let him get his fortified health going, you are gonna have a rough time.
6
Alpha Alpha is considerably powerful against burst since she has two lives. Try to not focus her, and go for a carry.
7
Catherine Bubbles are not your friends. If you have to jump on her, do not do massive burst when her shield is up. You'll look like a complete fool and probably learn about the "?" Ping
8
  No Threat
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Fortress Okay this one can be a problem. His ultimate will track you down in cloak, so watch out for that.
9
Glaive This guy is trouble. His A and C will pill you out of cloak so make sure you are out of range if you try to disengage.
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Petal For the love of God please do not fight this one if you can help it. You MAY be able to burst her down, but if you dont..... she will ruin your day and most likely you will have a rough game.

Welcome Top

Hello, my name is Klew both here and in game. I have been playing vainglory for a little over a year now with a group of friends. Currently, my team and I are Credible Threat (I know only tier 6 but lets face it, life is a thing that exists and we cant always meet up when we want to progress). I always play the jungle and therefore have come to play Taka more than my fair share of times. Taka is actually one hero who I am forbidden to play privately, due to the fact my friends would rather 1v5 than have me playing Taka into them. Anyway, lets be honest you do not care about my gameplay. So lets get into this.

Early Game to Mid Game Top

Taka is fairly weak in the early game. This is due to him needing levels to get X-Retsu and overdrive Kaiten. Do not get me wrong, Taka can certainly hold his own, but compared to someone like Koshka his early game is weak. This is why you get the Tension Bow. Anyone who knows Tension Bow will tell you it is a very powerfull early game item. Use this to harass the enemy laner because a Carry will usually not have too much (if any) defense early on. Now Stormcrown you will use to harass the enemy jungler or take objectives. Preferably both. This item allows you to effortlessly take camps from the enemy jungle with little consequence. Also, with the crystal sentry being a thing now, you can solo this objective if given the opportunity. Slowly eliminating it from the match. You may notice we sell our Swift Shooter as well. This is because we are using that item solely for farm purposes and do not need it by the end because we will do so much on-hit burst.

Wait, wasn't there an Aftershock in there? This is a weapon taka isnt it?!?! Top

Yes.... good observation. It is no secret weapon Taka has insane farm speed. This is why we focus weapon first. Also no secret, crystal Taka can be the bane of your existence in terms of hero damage. The beautiful thing about Aftershock is it is a "stand alone" item. Meaning, it does not matter if you have four Shatterglass and a Clockwork, your crystal power WILL NOT affect the damage of a Aftershock proc. Aftershock solely scales off of you opponent's max health and therefore is unaffected by other crystal items. Due to this, weapon Taka gets just as much use out of Aftershock as a crystal Taka. This will give your X-Retsu and Kaiten a little more punch, as well as improve healing on Kaku.

One more thing I want to bring up about Aftershock. Aftershock HAS A COOLDOWN! This is a commonly overlooked mechanic of Aftershock. Once you proc Aftershock, there is about a 2-3 sec cooldown before it can proc again. So basically, spamming abilities will not help you here. You are loosing out on alot of damage potential if you just go crazy with abilities. I will touch more on this later.

Holy Defense.... Top

Taka is hated as much as he is loved. Many people have such a burning hatred for Taka, they will focus you down before your carry. This is usually fine, because your carry should be doing most of the damage anyway. However, you are no use if you are dead. Both Atlas Pauldron and Aegis will greatly improve your survivability as well as give your carry more time to build up either Breaking Point or Broken Myth stacks. This is a pretty basic point, but an important one. You are a melee hero. If you can not disengage to wait for cooldowns, you are not going to be much help.

Adapability Top

Unfortunatly, you can not buy both infusions anymore (RIP old infusion buffs) so you have to choose. My personal favorite infusion is Crystal Infusion. This REALLY helps your burst damage against heroes. However, if everyone on their team has Aegis a Weapon Infusion may benefit you more. In this case, you would be relying more on Tension Bow procs than X-Retsu for damage.

Also, boots are entirly up to you. With some disipline, you can sustain your energy without energy items once you overdrive Kaiten. This is because, if you do not know, Kaiten no longer costs energy once overdriven. So it is entirely possible to use Journey Boots and this is also my prefered pick. However, Halcyon Chargers are better if you feel you need the energy to sustain a fight.

Fighting Style Top

Obviously, everyone is going to want to fight in different ways. Also, a players ability and skill determine how well a playstyle will perform. However, just to provide a basic idea, I am going to describe the ideal fight for me. Lets say Ringo is shopping in his bush and his team is nowhere to be found. Wishful thinking, right? First things first, X-Retsu in on Ringo. This will allow you to start your KI stacks and reduce cooldowns as well as apply bleeding. Immediatly hit him with Aftershock and Tension Bow proc afterwards. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT immediatly Kaiten after hiting Ringo. (Unless, of course, you absolutly have to Kaiten. For example, if you jump in and you see Joule trying to Rocket Leap on you to save Ringo. In this case, Kaiten immediatly to save yourself.) Instead, kite him for a couple seconds to let Aftershock cooldown. Then, you can either Kaiten over him, or depending on his health, finish him with a Tension Bow procs when it comes back.

The reason you may opt to not use Kaiten for damage is if Ringo has help on the way. If the enemy Adagio is coming and your team is inbound, you may want to save Kaiten to avoid a probable Verse of Judgement. Of course, if your Reflex Block is ready, you could safely use Kaiten or even rely on a Crucible from your Captain.

It is hard to predict what exactly will transpire in a team fight, but hopefully this painted some sort of picture in your minds.

Closing Thoughts Top

Well I am just about out of things to talk about. Chances are I will think of something else eventually and update as necessary. If you guys have any questions, be sure to leave a comment and I will get to it as soon as possible. Thank you guys and have fun being hated by your enemies.

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