Kuzenbo

How to play Kuzenbo

Kuzenbo is a melee guardian from the Japanese pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players play Kuzenbo in the Support role.

In your kit, Sumo Slam (dash push) is your way in and out of fights. NeNe Kappa (projectile nene kappa) and Shell Spikes (damage reflect, ability cdr) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Watery Grave (spin knockback), on a long cooldown (about 75s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Water Bowl: damage mitigation.

Community guides level NeNe Kappa, Sumo Slam and Shell Spikes first. Max NeNe Kappa first, then Shell Spikes, then Sumo Slam.

Your job is to start fights and protect your team, not to get kills. Move in when your team is close enough to follow up, then stay near your hunter and protect them from anyone who jumps on them. Your build makes you very hard to kill, so you can stand in front and absorb damage. As support, stay with your duo lane partner early and use your crowd control to set up kills.

Start with Heroism, then buy Gauntlet of Thebes. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Prophetic Cloak and Stampede, and you finish with Genji's Guard, Freya's Tears and Hide of the Nemean Lion. A good relic is Blink Rune. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of Spirits, it reworks how Kuzenbo plays. It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Nox, Atlas and Nemesis, and struggle against Cernunnos, Eset or Chaac. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.