CountAntonius
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Smite |OT| Release The Quacken
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ThirtyFour
Member
I think it looks decent.
I haven't been able to find my win/loss percentage though on my profile page and I gave it a good look, it's possible I'm blind.
I haven't been able to find my win/loss percentage though on my profile page and I gave it a good look, it's possible I'm blind.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
That SmiteStuff site is interesting. I'm pretty average overall:
But apparently I'm a beast when it comes to playing Hunters!
Holy cow! Lol. Very impressive.
But apparently I'm a beast when it comes to playing Hunters!
I've played 1 month 9 days.
Holy cow! Lol. Very impressive.
CommandThrower
Member
The Xbox One version of Smite is pretty neat so far, but it has a ways to go.
I didn't see if this was something I could change in the options, but my biggest problem with the console version is how the skillshot abilities just automatically activate if you push the button; you have to hold it down to aim the skill. Which, is kind of annoying if you just want to aim a "leap" type of skill toward you.
Other than that, it's pretty solid so far, but it'll take some getting used to. I'm still getting used to it, honestly.
I didn't see if this was something I could change in the options, but my biggest problem with the console version is how the skillshot abilities just automatically activate if you push the button; you have to hold it down to aim the skill. Which, is kind of annoying if you just want to aim a "leap" type of skill toward you.
Other than that, it's pretty solid so far, but it'll take some getting used to. I'm still getting used to it, honestly.
Liberty4all
Banned
So your saying in all likelihood I've played far MORE than 1 month 9 days.
http://youtu.be/HD-88a7msKI
ThirtyFour
Member
Playing assault for most of the day can really change your opinion on some Gods. I now like and understand Kali (got her 3 times in a row), my interest in other Gods has increased but my interest in Ao Kuang has gone down.
I feel like I need to buy that God pack even more now.
Just out of curiosity what Bacchus all about? From what I played he seems like a Jack of all trades, not strong in anything, did I miss the point to him?
I feel like I need to buy that God pack even more now.
Just out of curiosity what Bacchus all about? From what I played he seems like a Jack of all trades, not strong in anything, did I miss the point to him?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
he used to be good
GuitarAtomik
Member
It's in the control options. Right now it's defaulting to quick casting (which is a bug). What you want is normal casting.
CommandThrower
Member
Thought so. That'll make the game much easier to play!
CornBurrito
Member
He recently got a minor buff, though I'm not sure if it is enough.
SkullHydra
Member
He's still pretty great at Joust. The buff to his 1 will help out a lot with his mana problems early game.
More Fun To Compute
Member
Bacchus is really now good in my opinion with the mana issues improved but I don't know about all the match ups.
CornBurrito
Member
Joust 1v1 or Joust 3v3? Because I can't see him doing amazing in 1v1.
Spiritreaver
Member
This has got to be the most hohum patch in months. I don't even think the Serqet skin is that great either, but I also don't play her.
There's like nothing in this patch really, lol. Feel more like a hotfix for Bellona. I dunno why they put off Medusa.
There's like nothing in this patch really, lol. Feel more like a hotfix for Bellona. I dunno why they put off Medusa.
CountAntonius
Member
Next one looks like a biggie. Medusa, achievements(probably) Ares mercenary skin..
SkullHydra
Member
3v3
Yeah, I doubt he's any good in 1v1. He's a great initiator with good teammates though.
Enordash
Member
I feel like I'm starting to hit a wall on my improvement. I built up a pretty decent win percentage, but now I'm getting paired with people that are completely dominating. What's the best way people have found to practice without committing ELO suicide? Maybe I should just not care about ELO at all. That would probably be the quickest fix. If anyone is up for some games at any point, add me and feel free to message me: Enordash
CornBurrito
Member
I've lost the last 5 or so Joust 3v3's I've been in. Fuck -_-
I don't have the confidence to really try Conquest.
Edit: Agni is really fun. I want to buy that Swagni skin. I can't believe it isn't chest exclusive.
I don't have the confidence to really try Conquest.
Edit: Agni is really fun. I want to buy that Swagni skin. I can't believe it isn't chest exclusive.
Spiritreaver
Member
If you're interested in conquest at all, just play it. If you're below 30 just about everyone sucks in it unless they're smurfing. I've been smurfing a bit the past couple of weeks and it reminded me just how bad low level conquest is. People who don't know the meta, never rotate, don't use ults, etc.
You'll probably do better than you think. You won't learn the mode in any other way either.
That's if you're actually interested in it though.
drotahorror
Member
I'll tell you right now, as long as you know the mechanics of conquest it's the easiest mode to win. Siege, 3v3 always parties of 3's and 4's. Me and a buddy play Siege almost exclusively when we play together (since they're short matches) and Siege and Joust are much harder than normal conquest.
I guess I just find it easier to carry in conquest. Also you can have more picks that are good in conquest than you can for siege/joust.
Watch some streams if you want to learn the mechanics. Watch what role they play, and how they play.
If you're not opposed to watching streams for learning I'll give you a list of who I like to casually watch a long with what role they (mainly) play.
Mid - http://www.twitch.tv/lassiz/profile (afternoon-late est)
Solo - http://www.twitch.tv/competitive_online/profile (afternoon-late est)
Jungle/Mid - http://www.twitch.tv/suntouch/profile (early morning EST)
ADC - http://www.twitch.tv/zap55/profile (kind of a scumbag but he's good, dunno when he streams)
http://www.twitch.tv/barraccudda/profile (evening, random)
Support - http://www.twitch.tv/runzelman/profile (random)
There's definitely more but these guys stream the most it seems, more of a schedule. You can check out their past broadcasts as well which I'd recommend anyway to skip the wait time between queues.
aite, nuff of my twitch talk.
ThirtyFour
Member
I'm also hesitant to play conquest after one terrible attempt.
I've been watching a lot of championship matches which has increased my knowledge of conquest quite a bit.
That said you're probably right that I'll need to play it to actually get any true knowledge.
Edit: some good links above, I'll check them out later this evening.
I've been watching a lot of championship matches which has increased my knowledge of conquest quite a bit.
That said you're probably right that I'll need to play it to actually get any true knowledge.
Edit: some good links above, I'll check them out later this evening.
CornBurrito
Member
What happened last time is that I tried playing in the solo lane and the enemy decided to do a 2-1-2 formation rather than have a Jungler at all. I couldn't win my lane and my whole team just seemed to fall apart as well.
I feel like we could have possibly won had our Jungler made use of the fact that they had no Jungler, but our Jungler didn't.
Thanks. Will watch.
drotahorror
Member
Think I just found my new love, and it's gotten me into Smite more for the time being. Time will pass quickly for Bloodborne.
The solo lane!
Having a great morning due to this. Just got my new G502 Proteus mouse too.
*Yes I bought hog on zeus that one time because I wasn't havin my blue buff stolen. I rekt that lane anyway.
AnatomyH - add me if you want to party up. I was in the GAF clan for a second but honestly I talk too much trash sometimes and rage and don't want to give the clan a bad rep. Siege and 3v3 bring out the absolute worst in me.
The solo lane!
Having a great morning due to this. Just got my new G502 Proteus mouse too.
*Yes I bought hog on zeus that one time because I wasn't havin my blue buff stolen. I rekt that lane anyway.
AnatomyH - add me if you want to party up. I was in the GAF clan for a second but honestly I talk too much trash sometimes and rage and don't want to give the clan a bad rep. Siege and 3v3 bring out the absolute worst in me.
CountAntonius
Member
Just went on a greek spending spree.
Got Black Beard Poseiden
Beetle Juice Cylla
Black Widow Arachne
and a bunch of recolors.
Loving it.
Got Black Beard Poseiden
Beetle Juice Cylla
Black Widow Arachne
and a bunch of recolors.
Loving it.
drotahorror
Member
I want that scylla.
I spoke too soon about my winnings today. Next game I played, I start out 2-0, win my lane easily. Person rage quits on our team, they f6'd at 13min. Next game I go 5-4, lose my lane. I was the only person with kills on the team. All 5 of them were mine :/. Every time I died it was 3-4 man rotations and my team never rotated. f6'd at 10.
I spoke too soon about my winnings today. Next game I played, I start out 2-0, win my lane easily. Person rage quits on our team, they f6'd at 13min. Next game I go 5-4, lose my lane. I was the only person with kills on the team. All 5 of them were mine :/. Every time I died it was 3-4 man rotations and my team never rotated. f6'd at 10.
More Fun To Compute
Member
Just ult the buff it's not like you can do anything else with it.
CornBurrito
Member
Joust 3v3 is my favorite mode I think.
edit: 5 fucking Siege losses in a row because of an unhelpful feeding teammate. 5 times in a fucking row.
edit: 5 fucking Siege losses in a row because of an unhelpful feeding teammate. 5 times in a fucking row.
drotahorror
Member
Tournament going down today (as usual) - http://www.twitch.tv/smitegame2
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
if you level it a fist of the gods isnt bad on zeus pop your ult on yourself when someone jumps you and stun them in it
drotahorror
Member
It was kind of just nervousness as I don't normally ever play mages, let alone Zeus. It was unneeded though, I dumped on the xbal who was solo (which I wasn't expecting to be solo). Later on I fought a herc solo vs Zeus and pooped on him and went the normal solo build for a mage. It's just scary when you get a baka and another physical who have double hog and you're a mage without one.
CornBurrito
Member
Hades is really fun. Though he doesn't strike me as a Guardian. I almost always build damage on him and net early kills. Then late game I can terrorize the enemy team with my ultimate.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Hades and Cabrakan are basically the magic version of warriors. Build them offensive with just enough protection to stay alive.
CornBurrito
Member
I honestly have trouble figuring out how much protection that is. I usually end up getting Hide of the Urchin if we're dominating, or Spirit Robe. I sometimes will end up dying in my ultimate if the entire enemy team focuses me and I figure no amount of protection will save me from that. But the whole point of ulting the whole enemy team is to group them up and do as much damage as possible while allowing my team to easily focus them.
What's your typical build?
More Fun To Compute
Member
The key numbers with protections are 50, 100 and 200. 50 will reduce damage by 1/3. 100 by 1/2. 200 by 2/3. So if you can get protections to 100 then items that add health or more damage might be better. When you get your 100+ protection then health items can be like twice as cost effective as they would be otherwise so something like that mage item with 600 health looks really good. But if the other guys are building penetration you could add more armour.
CornBurrito
Member
Hmm what mage item gives 600 health?
I've really just been doing an all out attack power build with: shoes of the magi/warlock's sash/bancrofts/rod of tahuti/situational/situational.
Mind you this is for 3v3 Joust.
drotahorror
Member
For Hades build an early Shield of the Underworld. Pop that before you ult. They now kill themselves while trying to kill you in your ult. They also can't lifesteal so it's great against ADC's. To me, Hades is the only god that this is mandatory on. It's also great if you're fighting Anubis since you can pop it during the stun. Granted Anubis picks are pretty rare.
Spiritreaver
Member
This. The item is really fucking good, especially on Hades.
It also has a relatively short CD so you can pretty much pop it in every engagement, ult or not.
CornBurrito
Member
Oh I forgot that item existed. Damn.
Also Aphrodite is INSANE in Joust 3v3. If you don't have a Thanatos that feed 1-9-0 in the first 15 minutes then they cannot win the lane unless they also have an Aphrodite. The heal on the birds is asinine. The mana regen for her and the soulmate is great with the mana buff.
ThirtyFour
Member
I've been getting more comfortable with Bacchus but I'm having a lot of mana problems.
Are there any items I should spec into that give me some help there while still being able to keep relatively tanky (I've been going mainly for health items so far)?
Are there any items I should spec into that give me some help there while still being able to keep relatively tanky (I've been going mainly for health items so far)?
CornBurrito
Member
Watchers Gift gives additional MP5 now.
ThirtyFour
Member
I'll keep it in mind when I next play.
I'm tempted to build for mana early and switch to health mid to late game.
More Fun To Compute
Member
Warlock's gives you 600 health when stacked but I was thinking etherial staff which gives it to you straight away making is a bit better for a mid game bruiser.
The hades build I have saved is power boots/tank item/void stone/e staff/spear/tahuti but I don't play him much.
CornBurrito
Member
To elaborate, Watcher's is basically 1 extra mana per second which means an extra spell per minute in lane. Could possibly make the difference between winning the lane or losing it. Or could help lessen the blow if you already know that you're going to lose the lane (since it helps you be less gold starved). A lot of people still prefer MoV though. Especially on supports like Sylvanus (of course Sylvanus doesn't need MP regen items during laning phase).
Also what do people use Aphrodite for in Conquest? Solo laner? Support? Her burst doesn't seem super amazing for a mage, but holy shit her sustain is amazing. And if you were to pair her with an ADC in the duo lane I imagine it would be pretty good. But I think I've seen her mostly as a solo laner which seems confusing since you can't get the bonus from her Smooch.
drotahorror
Member
What's the deal with the double daily rewards?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
medusa being shown off today at 1pm pst
http://www.twitch.tv/smitegame
http://www.twitch.tv/smitegame
drotahorror
Member
When I'm in a game and the server lags out, then I force close game and log back in and I'm at the main menu, that really annoys me. It's rare for it to happen but annoying none the less. I didn't lag on my connection, everyone in the game lagged. No 0% goodwill, no deserter penalty.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
used to happen a lot in beta i even had it happen once last week all i did was leave fountain then it kicked me back to lobby with no penalty
Spiritreaver
Member
Finally, so I guess we're gonna get a patch this week?
Nah, PTS first and then patch next week most likely.