Best Guan Yu Build 2023 (Solo) – Smite Season 10

Hey, I’m Zathong and this guide focuses on the Smite Season 10 Guan Yu Build. I’ll help you play as Guan Yu, the Chinese Warrior God, more effectively in various game modes like Conquest, Arena, Assault, Joust, and Slash.

Guan Yu Build for Smite 2023

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Warrior | Chinese | Melee | Physical

Pros: High Sustain, High Mobility

Difficulty: Average

God Tier: C

Guan Yu Relics Build

Shard Relics:

• Relic 1
• Relic 2

Other Relics:

• Relic 3
• Relic 4

Guan Yu Items Build

Solo Lane:

• Item 1
• Item 2
• Item 3

Pro Build:

• Item 4
• Item 5
• Item 6

Alternative Items for Guan Yu

You can consider the following alternative items for Guan Yu to suit your playstyle and situation: Physical Protection, Magical Protection, Health, Crowd Control Reduction, HP5, Cooldown Reduction, Mana, MP5, Physical Power.

Alternative Physical Protection Items:

• Item A
• Item B

Alternative Magical Protection Items:

• Item C
• Item D

Alternative Health Items:

• Item E
• Item F

Alternative Crowd Control Reduction Items:

• Item G
• Item H

Alternative HP5 Items:

• Item I
• Item J

Alternative Cooldown Reduction Items:

• Item K
• Item L

Alternative Mana Items:

• Item M
• Item N

Alternative MP5 Items:

• Item O
• Item P

Alternative Physical Power Items:

• Item Q
• Item R

Guan Yu’s Skill Order

Skill Order: Conviction (Skill 1) > Taolu Assault (Skill 3) > Warrior’s Will (Skill 2) > Cavalry Charge (Skill 4)

Guan Yu Combo

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Combo 1: Skill 2 > Skill 3

• Warrior’s Will > Taolu Assault

Combo 2: Skill 1 > Skill 2

• Conviction > Warrior’s Will

Combo 3: Skill 4 > Skill 3 > Skill 2 > Skill 1

• Cavalry Charge > Taolu Assault > Warrior’s Will > Conviction

How To Play Guan Yu?

Guan Yu is a Warrior God with the ability to heal, good crowd control, and a balanced mix of defense and attack. Therefore, I suggest you play Guan Yu in the solo lane.

Win/Pick/Ban rate:

• Conquest
• Joust
• Duel

Best Relics for Guan Yu:

Consider using Shard Relics: Wing Shard and other relics like Heroic Teleport + Cloak Of The Avatar.

Best items for Guan Yu:

Start items – Solo Lane:

• Item A
• Item B

Full Items – Solo Lane:
If you prefer playing Guan Yu in the solo lane, you can follow this build:

• Item C
• Item D
• Item E
• Item F
• Item G
• Item H

Full Items – Pro Build:
If you want a professional Guan Yu build, you can refer to this build:

• Item I
• Item J
• Item K
• Item L
• Item M
• Item N

Best lane for Guan Yu:

• Lane Type

Tips and Tricks:

• Guan Yu may not be very strong in the early and mid game, but he becomes extremely effective in late-game team fights.
• Build items that increase movement speed to quickly join team fights.
• Use your healing abilities to advantage your allies in team fights.

Guan Yu’s Abilities

Passive: Painless

Each time Guan Yu takes or deals damage, he gains stacks. When he reaches the maximum stacks, his passive ability, Painless, becomes active, enhancing the effects of all his abilities. The stacks reset if Guan Yu hasn’t taken or dealt damage in the last 5 seconds.

• Number of Hits to Full Charge: 20 Stacks
• Conviction Boost: Healing
• Warrior’s Will Boost: Slow
• Taolu Assault Boost: Protection Steal
• Cavalry Charge Boost: Slow and Stun

Skill 1: Conviction

Guan Yu’s courageous leadership is contagious. When focused, he can heal himself and his allies. Healing friendly gods also reduces all cooldowns by 2 seconds.

• Healing: 50/75/100/125/150
• Boosted Healing: 1.7x Normal Healing

Skill 2: Warrior’s Will

Guan Yu charges forward with his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, damaging all enemies in his path and inflicting a slow effect. Hitting enemy gods reduces all cooldowns by 2 seconds. Guan Yu is immune to Roots, Cripples, and Knockups while dashing.

• Damage: 80/135/190/245/300 (+60% of your Physical Power)
• Slow: 20%
• Slow Duration: 2 seconds
• Boosted Slow: 40%

Skill 3: Taolu Assault

Guan Yu skillfully spins his blade, relentlessly damaging enemies every 0.3 seconds for 3 seconds. Each hit steals enemy Protections and grants them to Guan Yu. He is immune to Knockback while using this ability.

• Damage per Hit: 20/30/40/50/60 (+20% of your Physical Power)
• Protections Stolen: 2/4/6/8/10 (Max. 3 Stacks)
• Protection Duration: 5 seconds
• Boosted Protections Stolen: 3/6/9/12/15 (Max. 3 Stacks)

Ultimate: Cavalry Charge

Guan Yu mounts his warhorse and charges for 4 seconds. While mounted, he can steer, attack, and is immune to Crowd Control. Enemies hit take damage and are Slowed. Damage against consecutive hits on the same target increases by 20% with each hit. Enemies hit when Guan Yu dismounts are Stunned. The player can dismount at any time by canceling the ability.

• Damage: 75/100/125/150/175 (+30% of your Physical Power)
• Damage Escalation: 20% per hit
• Slow: 25% for 2 seconds
• Stun: 1.5 seconds
• Boosted Crowd Control: 40% Slow and 2 seconds Stun

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