Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
they fare just fine super tanky and good damage and for wukong super escape
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Smite |OT| Release The Quacken
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I was never in his lane or even ran into him until mid-late game, but I knew the hives were a problem from the get go and starting taking them down when I could. Don't know what they do though, should probably go look that up.
It also probably doesn't help that our Ra went 0-10 with him in the first ten minutes. But seriously, he was just melting me down in the late game. Granted, being Artemis I get melted pretty easily, but his huge gold advantage sure as hell didn't help me there.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
boar then put a trap under them when they get stunned by tusky the double cc lets you dump damage on them real fast also if someone is chasing you drop a trap in front of you as you run so theyll run into it just a few tips for her
Wasn't the nerf to Qin's more about Warriors wrecking squishies with it? At least that's what I recall being said during the patch stream.
Aside from that, I personally find X'Balanque way more terrifying than Ah Muzen Cab. He's about as much of a hard carry as ranged physical can get.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
You know who is a terrifying hunter? Fucking Anhur. But the problem is that 99% of the people who play Anhur in Arena suck (me included), so you constantly underestimate him. But then you play a good Anhur and it's a horrible experience all around. When they can consistently land the Shifting Sands + Impale combo... just run away.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
yeah just wait for someone to stun a target then drop pillar behind them and nail them to it then its vvgg
Head of Vengarl
Banned
It's one of the most satisfying combos in Smite, if you can land it.
Anubis' stun + ult is also really satisfying.
Anubis' stun + ult is also really satisfying.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
yeah if your quick enough you can leap into them knock them up and pop pillar and spear at the same time then bust your ult point blank in their stupid face
MotionBlue
Member
There are a few gods that just seem ridiculously good to the point of being must-choose. Ao Kuang, Sun Wukong, Xbalanque, and Geb. A team without one of them seems to have a harder time with everything.
Does this change in high end play?
Does this change in high end play?
Turin Turambar
Member
I always wondered how some people can cast bandages + hands + ult in almost 0.1 second, all at the same time.
TheFightingFish
Member
Looking at that match log that you posted it looked like he had a clanmate supporting him in lane. Having an ADC and a support with some type of practice or communication with each other is a huge benefit, especially if there were on mumble or something. Might be a part of why they rolled so hard assuming that they were laning together, which it looks like they were from the stats. A little bit of communication can go a really long way, especially for ADC / support.
This looks nifty. I've really only done Conquest so far, but I like the effort that they have put forth with thinking up some new game modes with Smite. If Conquest starts to get stale for me I'm looking forward to trying out some Arena. Do the lanes twist back and forth of something? Can't really tell what's going on with it yet.
Turin Turambar
Member
Ao Kuang is used in high play but Agni is preferred, like Zeus (but Zeus is banned a lot!). There was a little comeback of Poseidon, too, but he isn't picked that much. Some teams like Isis, and Scylla is a hot pick now. Ra is usually picked in solo lane, but also can be picked in mid.
Apollo and Neith are the king and queen of Hunters , but Xbalanque, AMC and Anhur are also picked. Almost every hunter, really. Maybe Cupid is one I don't remember seeing it in tourneys.
Sun Wukong is super disputed in high level yeah. It's already several months of him dominating support. Geb also is liked, he is very good. Kumbkharna can be picked starting this weekend in the tourney, I suspect he won't picked that much, actually. Let's see if my prediction is correct. Imo, in super high level play mobility is king, that's why they prefer supports like Sun Wukong (eagle, ox!), Geb (rolling!) or Bacchus (leap). For example, Ymir is a super tough tank, with great cc and for a tank he has decent damage, but his lack of mobility means he isn't picked in tourneys.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
its a roll of the fingers when bandages is mid flight you hit grasping hands then ult
edit: a lot more scylla play then ao and tyr instead of wukong but all gods are pretty counterable everyone has a weakness
GuitarAtomik
Member
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
You're talking about the Chaac? He was in duo with Sobek against my Artimes and Nemesis. AMC and Ra both solo'ed mid.
But yeah, I understand the advantage of playing with people you can communicate with as I play Dota with a group of friends. The Nemesis did a decent job of taking last hits from me, but not much I can do besides asking them to stop, but then again being new to the game I'm still unsure of most of the roles that the characters fill so maybe Nemesis needs the last hits as well and I would have been better off laning with someone else (which works both ways, Nemesis being unaware that I needed the last hits).
Low level games, man. Our Chaac was calling everybody a noob. Always fun.
Liberty4all
Banned
The hives grant him a speed buff, heal him (over time) and also afflict enemies with BEES (a damage over time effect) when damaging them with his 3 ability.
Liberty4all
Banned
Pre nerf Quins was a must have phys item ... It did soooo much damage when combined with attack speed items, to everyone really but yeah it ruined squishys. I would buy it as a first item even over boots.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
looks like they are testing some sort of portal ability
https://twitter.com/HiRezMick/status/461563386074259457
https://twitter.com/HiRezMick/status/461563386074259457
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Turin Turambar
Member
Turin Turambar
Member
Hmm what god would use something like this? Looks cool though
Janus, god of transitions, doors, etc.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Ohhh sounds like they could make an interesting design off him
Liberty4all
Banned
Very cool. Especially if he can portal friendly gods uplane.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
I'd portal friendly gods... into enemy towers :3
GuitarAtomik
Member
Turin Turambar
Member
Turin Turambar
Member
Two or three patches ago they upgraded to a new UE engine version and lots of people had a fps boost. Maybe that also helped.
cripterion
Member
Wanna get into this but the download is taking forever 28% in like 5 hours. What type of shitty client/downloaded do they have?
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Strange I downloaded it in less than an hour. Check your firewalls?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
same i even reformatted my hdd recently and had to reinstall it only took about 30 minutes to dl on another note looks like there will be a xbal skin soon people are guessing that itll be world cup related so thats neat they also said amc getting a skin soon and bart made a odd cthulhu post and im hyped as shit to get any kind of cthulhu skin
https://twitter.com/HiRezBart/status/461896101030023168
https://twitter.com/HiRezBart/status/461896101030023168
cripterion
Member
Yeah I checked, everything's working fine here I don't know what's up. Am at 30% now lol
It's just 4GB or so should be blazing fast.
I hope it's just the initial download and it won't take ages to patch everytime.
Edit : I guess it's their patcher, it now tells me Internet is up on my machine but there is a connectivity problem to the patcher
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Today's Smite lesson: Don't let your enemy's mastery intimidate you.
Went up against a Legendary Hades, figured he must be pretty good. He built pure mage and hit like a truck, but he was so squishy that we blew him up the second he jumped into the fray. After the match I checked his history to see if he was just messing around... but nope, he used that exact same build all the time and almost never did well. He just played so much that he eventually reached mastery level 10.
Went up against a Legendary Hades, figured he must be pretty good. He built pure mage and hit like a truck, but he was so squishy that we blew him up the second he jumped into the fray. After the match I checked his history to see if he was just messing around... but nope, he used that exact same build all the time and almost never did well. He just played so much that he eventually reached mastery level 10.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Yup don't let the gold/teal and gold/black scare you. I've blown up plenty of people using those skins while just ranking up new heroes.
Ok not gold/black I havent gotten to play any of them as Im still like level 15
Turin Turambar
Member
Siege right now in http://www.twitch.tv/smitegame
Watching those SpiffSinister videos have taught me this.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
god that map looks so hot cant wait to play it also saw that bart was level 50 so looks like they might be upping the level cap this patch well find out tomorrow during patch notes
cripterion
Member
Well I finally manage to get in installed today, played the tutorial, arena and an assault game with some people, it was great fun, I can see myself playing this a lot! Only thing that sucks is being new you don't know what the other heroes are capable of and no clue about the items too.
Goddamn pc has so many great games to play and it's funny I used to be a MOBA hater haha.
Goddamn pc has so many great games to play and it's funny I used to be a MOBA hater haha.
Turin Turambar
Member
There are both a recommend items tab and popular items tab in the shop, use it. With the popular you can do it very decently without having to wonder if you are doing it right.
Now, to know other heroes, you have to play play play. Only way.
TheFightingFish
Member
I know that this might seem a little bit lame, but I'm just a super casual player and it really did help me to just take a hour one night to take a quick peek through all the Gods on a site like this.
http://smite.gamepedia.com/Smite_Wiki
I'm just picking up the items and stuff as I go along. But having at least an idea of the basic abilities and particularly the ultimates of the God roster was really helpful.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
patch notes in about 40 minutes
http://www.twitch.tv/smitegame
http://www.twitch.tv/smitegame
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
It plays like a faster paced LoL with direct control over your character and no bushes
GuitarAtomik
Member
They're a little too different to say that objectively. Personally, as someone who couldn't get in to DOTA or LoL because I don't like the point and click control scheme, I prefer Smite. But I could see someone just as easily preferring one of the others. It's pretty subjective.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
might be because im tipsy but reading patch notes osiris seems way to strong
http://forums.smitegame.com/showthread.php?7931-May-2nd-Siege-the-Day
http://forums.smitegame.com/showthread.php?7931-May-2nd-Siege-the-Day
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
No he def seems too strong LOL
Turin Turambar
Member
Seems normal to me, except the damage of the ult. But even then, it depends of how tough or how squishy he is and how hard are the abilities to hit.
People also said that Khumbakharna was too strong, but he is a normal tank.
edit: He has less health than Bastet or Neith! But he is fast.