Loki

How to play Loki

Loki is a melee assassin from the Norse pantheon who deals physical damage. Top players play Loki in the Jungle.

In your kit, Vanish (stealth; next attack bleeds), Agonizing Visions (area damage blind) and Flurry Strike (channel damage cone) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Assassinate (teleport, stun, damage), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Behind You: backstab for bonus damage.

Community guides level Flurry Strike, Agonizing Visions and Vanish first. Max Flurry Strike first, then Vanish, then Agonizing Visions.

Your job is to find and defeat a fragile target, usually the enemy mage or hunter. Do not start fights head on: wait for someone to use their escape or step out of position, then strike. In the jungle, clear your camps quickly and help other lanes by ambushing enemies who have used their escape.

Start with Bumba's Hammer, then buy Hydra's Lament. Your core is Jotunn's Revenge and Barbed Carver, and you finish with The Crusher, Heartseeker and Titan's Bane. A good relic is Sundering Arc. 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 Agony, it reworks Behind You (backstab for bonus damage), Vanish (next attack blinds) and Agonizing Visions (area damage blind). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Nox, Kuzenbo and Ne Zha, and struggle against The Morrigan, Hun Batz or Eset. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.