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The New Ao Kuang is in the PTS!

Lol the PST gets buggier and buggier I swear. Lots of crashing this time around. So I decided to try out the new Ao Kuang. He's VERY different so honestly if you want Noodle you need the Sacred Dragon Kukulkan skin, this guy is almost nothing like old Ao! He's probably best in the Jungle but in practice mode that's not something the bots let you do, they assume mage=mid. Don't expect his funny wind puns or whimsical voice, he's a much more serious God now and his new dragon form is much more badass, a little too big for people to call Noodle anymore.

His new kit:

Passive- King's Sword: Ao Kuang's sword can hold up to 3 Energy Charges, and regenerates charges while out of combat. Each time Ao Kuang casts an ability, an energy charge will be consumed if available, increasing the damage of the ability. If Ao Kuang is out of mana, he will use Energy Charges to cast abilities instead. Charge Damage Increase: 5%
Charge Regeneration: 5s

Rather interesting for a passive and gotta love the boost it'll give.

Ability 1-Water Illusion: Ao Kuang teleports forward into stealth, leaving behind a watery form of himself. He remains in stealth for 5s or until he attacks or takes damage. Ao Kuang may activate this ability again to detonate the watery form, dealing damage to nearby enemies.
Damage: 90/140/190/240/290 (+70% of your magical power) Range: 30
Radius: 20
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Cost: 70 mana

Good for starting up a fight, getting away or just being sneaky. Doesn't hurt a whole lot though.

Ability 2-Dragon Call: Ao Kuang summons 6 dragons to his side. For every successful basic attack Ao Kuang makes, a dragon will dive to the target dealing additional damage. This ability ends after all dragons are used, or after 10s. Ao Kuang may activate this ability again to send forward any remaining dragons in a ranged attack. The dragons damage and slow the first enemy they hit.
Attack Damage: 40/60/80/100/120 (+30% of your magical power) Ranged Damage: 20/30/40/50/60 (+15% of your magical power) per remaining Dragon
Slow: 30%, for 1s +0.25s per remaining Dragon
Range: 55
Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11 seconds
Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana

This one is probably one of his best. This is why he'll want to be in melee range but he can also launch them off. I didn't launch it off much at all since I like using it with his third ability which also applies on hit effects, meaning that it launches off a dragon too.

Ability 3-Wild Storm: Ao Kuang unleashes a storm of lightning from his sword, damaging all enemies in front of him. This hit is considered a basic attack, and will activate item effects.
Damage: 90/140/190/240/290 (+50% of your magical power)
Range: 30
Cooldown: 5 seconds
Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana

Eh not strong enough or big enough to clear from what I've seen. Much better for use after his 2 has been activated. Good for hitting multiple targets too.

Ultimate-King of the Eastern Seas: Ao Kuang selects a single target in melee range and grabs them, dealing damage and knocking them up into the air. If the target is under a health threshold, Ao Kuang will instead reveal his true form, becoming a Dragon and executing them. After transforming Ao Kuang remains in the air, and may then pick a new location to land, dealing damage to enemies within range 20, and fully recharging his Sword.
Damage: 90/140/190/240/290 (+50% of your magical power) Execute Threshold: 23/26/29/32/35%
Landing Damage: 100/150/200/250/300 (+50% of your magical power)
Landing Range: 200
Cooldown: 90 seconds
Cost: 90/100/110/120/130 mana

The coolest part about the new Ao. You could use this ultimate as a set-up like Kumba's or use it to guarantee a kill, escape or chase someone else down since it fully recharges his sword! Pretty versatile. Not the most unique ult out there but when you turn into a giant dragon of death it's pretty fun.

Design and voice wise well, he's just a much more serious interpretation of Ao Kuang. Why did he take human form? Lol...Yeah I don't know either but it works he looks cool anyhow and his new dragon form is rather badass. I wish they'd still have him say, "Let's take them...by STORM" though. They could totally make it work and be serious if they tried. But with him being a lot less wind themed I suppose such puns don't fit anymore...

He's most likely going to see a TON of play in Conquest as a Jungler. Going Mid with him seems too much without a good lane clear so I don't think he's cut out for it personally. Siege he might not so do well since his lane clear is lacking but maybe with the right partner who can cover for that he'll be ok. Not my favorite type of God to play personally but I can see he has amazing potential. Well that and typically I get stuck playing support in Conquest.

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