TAKA

Hero Information

Taka is a stealthy assassin that roams around and gets kills silently and swiftly just like a ninja! When used correctly, he can be the craziest and most deadly. Opponents will fear you and 99% of the time it'll be a sweet victory. Taka is weak early on, so do finish jungling and keep on doing it to get the items needed and level up quickly. His skills are deadly when mixed with the Crystal Build so use them to finish off opponents.

House Kamuha Slot: Heroic Perk Every 5 seconds, Taka's next basic attack is replaced with a Mortal Strike. Mortal Strikes deal 40 (+25% weapon ratio) bonus damage and grant Taka a burst of move speed. Whenever Taka Mortal Strikes or uses an ability, he gains a stack of Ki, which speeds up his Mortal Strike timer by 0.9 secs and grants 25% cooldown speed. (5 Ki stacks max.)

Kaiten Slot: A Taka flips over his target, cutting it with his switchblade. Taka is invulnerable to damage & damage while in mid-air.

Kaku Slot: B Taka throws a smoke bomb at his feet, vanishing from enemy sight and gaining move speed. This illusion ends early if he strikes a target or he takes direct damage. Turrets, Scout Traps and Flare Guns will see Taka while invisible. This ability heals Taka while he is invisible.

X-Retsu Slot: C Taka bursts through his target, carving an X with his switchblades for lethal damage. The target suffers a mortal wound, reducing its healing by 50% and taking damage per second over the next 3 seconds. Grants 3 stacks of Ki. Nerfed in the recent 1.15 update, wind up takes a little longer, no more the sudden burst.

Jungle 1v1

Activate Kaiten first and continue whacking until the opponent starts to run. Use X-Retsu and finish him off/get closer to him to kill him. In any he has a little more health than you, pretend you're running away and activate Kaku, then follow him and ambush him after your Kaiten or X-Retsu has cooled down. If he is dominating you, run away.

Team Fights

Hide in the bushes and activate X-Retsu when an opponent is stunned/silenced. Chase with Kaiten and continue hitting. Inform your support to stun and finish off the strongest opponent by pinging him first to remove the threat. In any case the fights fail, run away with Kaku and recall somewhere far.

Map

Jungling

• Taka's job is mainly jungling, then assassinating. Always start off the game jungling with a support/roamer that has a Ironguard Contract and start farming. Quickly make your way to get a Tension Bow and get to level 6 to unlock your X-Retsu. By then, you should be stable enough to start ganking.

Ambushing

• When Taka is strong enough to gank at level 6, scroll to your teammates on the mini map and see if there is a half or less health enemy such as Ringo. Hide in the bushes and use Kaiten to engage, then follow up chasing with Sprint Boots and finish him off with X-Retsu if he isn't already dead.
• Beware if the mini map shows 3 or more enemies in lane. Gank with the support on your team in that case and target the weakest enemy, usually the range hitters.

Timing

• Taka's skills are all about timing. If you mis-time a skill you might end up getting ganked on by 2 other enemies or getting killed by an enemy turret. So estimate and know how much damage will your skills deal and wait for the right timing to strike. You can even KS an ally by using Kaiten at the last moment or chase down a feeling enemy with X-Retsu.

Now you see me now you don't, and then you see me again

• When engaging 1v1 in the jungle, Kaku can be used to get away and regain health efficiently when low on health. If your X-Retsu just cooled down while fleeing, turn back and X-Retsu your opponent as a halloween present. Your opponent will not be able to see you while you're in that INVISIBLE box, so go a place where your opponent will not expect, then ambush them back like a real ninja.

Dominating

• When you have achieved your Final Build, ambush enemies and have them for breakfast lunch and dinner skilfully. You shouldn't have any more concerns by the time its late game, so just go for kills! Taka seems skinny but he sure never gets full so feed him properly~ Jokes aside, Taka is an assassin, so do what he is meant to do. This build can get you 15+ kills and 2-3 deaths if used correctly and skilfully.

Pros

• Extremely high damage output
• Intermediate level of play
• Gets you the satisfaction of ambushing like mad
• Hard to counter

Cons

• Lower on health
• Hard to fight against tanky supports,especially those with contraption as they can locate you with flares during team fights
• Loses out when getting ganked

Thanks for reading this guide! This is my first guide so please give me feedback on what can be improved on and such in the comment section. If you like this guide please give it a thumbs up and increase the number of votes so every Taka fan/user can see this :)

-Sean