Items

Items are pretty simple on Susano. No you don't need to max out on CDR. You should almost always start Mage's Blessing into a Crusher or Transcendence for early damange and mana, unless it's a gamemode like arena where you can return to the fountain relatively quickly. In those alternate gamemodes, you can just pick up Attacker's Blessing instead.



Core items are Warrior Tabi, Hydra's Lament, Crusher, Transcendence and Jotunn's Wrath. If you're ahead, go with a more damaging build whereas if you're behind, go tankier. A little attack speed in your build is fine, but you don't need that much of it. Disclaimer, you don't have to build all of these core items. Season 5 changes to trans made it crazy strong, but clogs up your build path.







ITEM EXPLANATIONS



Warrior Tabi - The go to shoes for almost every assassin.



Transcendence - The new meta item on Susano. Try to finish this item as fast as possible for maximum efficiency.



Hydra's Lament - Very important item to increase your dps. The mana regen also helps a lot early-mid game in many gamemodes.



Heartseeker - With Heartseeker becoming a physical version of Soul Reaver, it has become way too strong. However it's still an expensive item so pick it up as a later luxury item if you can afford it. Otherwise it slows down your build too much.



Jotunn's Wrath - CDR, early pen, and power. Extremely solid item and helps with mana issues.



The Crusher - Season 5 changed this item into a better bluestone. The base stats are still amazing and the passive is really easy to proc with Kata 2 and your ult.



Brawler's Beat Stick - Antiheal, pen, power. Build against Hercules, healers, etc.



Titan's Bane - Only build it if the enemy team has too much defense. Getting flat pen items and skipping titan's bane can actually be stronger in some situations. Season 5's changes to Titans and Obsidian Shard make them a bit more situational. Only build if there are 2 or more hyper tanks.



Bloodforge - Luxury item. Get 5th or last. The heal can surprise a lot of people and the shield + mvmnt speed you can get is fun.



Soul Eater - The new alternative item for lifesteal. It gives slightly less power than bloodforge. If building trans, bloodforge gives 75 power wheras soul eater gives 68.



Void Shield - Pen aura and defense. Solid choice but has fallen out of the meta.



Shifter's Shield - Solid mixed defense item when hp is low and the power it gives is quite nice.



Gladiator's Shield - The CDR is good and the passive is very easy to proc with Storm Kata. Build as an early item. The nerfs starting Season 7 will hurt quite a bit but it will remain a viable lane item and falls off in teamfights and when antiheal is purchased.



Hide of the Urchin Spirit Robe Mantle of Discord Magi's Blessing - Mixed defense and CDR from some of them. Good against heavy CC teams depending on which robe.



Frostbound Hammer - Better in a tanky build. The slow isn't too necessary in a burst build as the enemy will probably be dead and because Susano can just burst down squishy targets.



Masamune - Allows for safer team dives.



Stone Cutting Sword - Weaving autos in between abilities allows Susano to easily get this passive off.



Ancile - Amazing item that allows diving on mages easy. This item is heavily underused and should be recognized as a very strong pick.



Pridwen - Absolutely amazing tanky item to take. Works really well with the dive playstyle and has great synergy with the ultimate.



Arondight - Works alright on jungle Susano but isn't necessary. A bit pricy but it's a possible option if you're ahead.



Other items are more situational but can work.