Tsukuyomi

How to play Tsukuyomi

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

In your kit, Kusarigama (multistage attack, disarming into damage) is your main crowd control. Dark Moon Shuriken (thrown damage shuriken) and Silver Moon Caltrops (slowing caltrop field) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Piercing Moonlight (mark with beams, then dash), on a long cooldown (about 100s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Shingetsu & Mangetsu: attacks empower weapons.

Community guides level Silver Moon Caltrops, Kusarigama and Dark Moon Shuriken first. Max Dark Moon Shuriken first, then Kusarigama, then Silver Moon Caltrops.

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 Transcendence. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Jotunn's Revenge and Book of Thoth, and you finish with Hydra's Lament, Heartseeker and Avatar's Parashu. 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 Mangetsu, it reworks Dark Moon Shuriken (thrown damage shuriken) and Piercing Moonlight (mark with beams, then dash). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Yemoja, Ix Chel and Kuzenbo, and struggle against Hades, Neith or Hecate. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.