CornBurrito
Member
Aphrodite is scary in 3v3 joust. Cooldown boots/Lotus Crown/Rod of Healing/mage spear thing/mage rod. Hits like an absolute truck late game, and early game ensures that you and your soulmate will never ever ever ever die.
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Smite |OT| Release The Quacken
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SaberVulcan
Member
Recently started playing this, there a decent GAF community around?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
we got a clan but a lot of us play at different hours
CornBurrito
Member
Jesus fuck I can't seem to win a game of Conquest.
Neith is just a load of fun in general. Her ultimate is amazing for picking people off and she does amazing damage through auto if you pick up attack speed or damage buffs. Plus her stun that passes through is amazing.
CornBurrito
Member
Just had the strangest fucking game ever. I was total ass with Khepri. I can't time his ult in a team fight. We were 29-49. Losing so bad. Yet we managed a huge fucking comeback and won.
Scylla got a super boss quadra or triple at the gold fury with her ult and stole the gold fury. That turned things around. We actually had a gold advantage despite the huge death gap. And we won fire giant.
http://smite.guru/match/hr/184533396
Scylla got a super boss quadra or triple at the gold fury with her ult and stole the gold fury. That turned things around. We actually had a gold advantage despite the huge death gap. And we won fire giant.
http://smite.guru/match/hr/184533396
drotahorror
Member
Just got in a random game with a gaffer. First time I think.
ThirtyFour.
I was that vulcan in assault. Not sure if you saw what i typed in chat about gaf. Anyways gg.
ThirtyFour.
I was that vulcan in assault. Not sure if you saw what i typed in chat about gaf. Anyways gg.
ThirtyFour
Member
13 games with Drota, 12 wins.
I think we really need to push for league assault as we seem to destroy in that!
I think we really need to push for league assault as we seem to destroy in that!
drotahorror
Member
And then my following game, conquest, my support buys no pots and goes into the sash items. Dies at lvl 2 and then dc's and leaves me in my lane alone. I end up double the damage of everyone, win my lane, but no support gg.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
I always do stackless builds on hunters, and I usually do it on mages too. In Arena it can just get too frustrating when people don't let you build stacks, or when you have to compete with a mage/hunter teammate who's building stacks.
My typical hunter build:
Warrior Tabi >> Executioner >> Rage >> Deathbringer >> Asi >> Malice
Actives: Girdle of Support (for pushing/teamfight domination) & Beads
Pro: Late game you will absolutely demolish any non-tank god with crits very quickly.
Con: Lifesteal item comes pretty late, so you will be boxing at a disadvantage early/mid-game vs Devo Glove hunters.
been pretty into this game the past week
like it's stupid in a way that's endearing and really appealing to me
not that it's simple or anything, just that it's janky (like the animations and the jumping/straging) in a way that I'm not used to which I like, I guess it's like an mmo but I haven't really played those
really pleasantly surprised with the post-game stuff for the gods too
I tried watching some of spl on twitch but the spectator kind of puts me off, maybe it'll get better once I get more familiar w/ everything going on tho
like it's stupid in a way that's endearing and really appealing to me
not that it's simple or anything, just that it's janky (like the animations and the jumping/straging) in a way that I'm not used to which I like, I guess it's like an mmo but I haven't really played those
really pleasantly surprised with the post-game stuff for the gods too
I tried watching some of spl on twitch but the spectator kind of puts me off, maybe it'll get better once I get more familiar w/ everything going on tho
My only concern with that build would be the placement of Rage/Deathbringer. Having those expensive crit items at 3 and 4 will allow others to have about an extra item on you by the time you've bought both. It's not horrible, but typically you want to be dealing a higher damage that the crit will be based off of to maximize its efficacy, which comes more naturally in the late game from level progression.
ThirtyFour
Member
Pen Boots, Bancrofts, Spear, Tahuti/Poly, Tahuti/Poly, Soul Reaver.
You could replace bancrofts with pythags as it gives you a little bit of cd which means your ult is up more.
Both Attack Speed Rings, Banecrofts, and your standard Magic power items.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Very true. I used to save Deathbringer as my 6th item, but in Arena I found this wasn't too practical because the match often ends around the time I finish building my 6th item. That's why I changed my build order to get the crits online earlier. I'll have to experiment more to see if it actually helps or not.
Spiritreaver
Member
I think I need an intervention. I really play too much assault, lol.
drotahorror
Member
New map / mode being tested - https://twitter.com/HirezChris/status/643996447264784384
Should be revealed today.
Should be revealed today.
Spiritreaver
Member
The new Ah Puch skin is INCREDIBLE. Holy moly, day one purchase. Would post it, but they just showed it on patch notes.
ThirtyFour
Member
New Ah Puch Skin (very nice):
Khepri T2 skin:
Pirate skins and vps 25% off this weekend. Also some double xp/worshippers with curse on pc and if in a team on xbox: http://www.smitegame.com/talk-like-a-pirate-weekend/
Some updated god cards and other changes can been seen here: http://www.smitegame.com/new-in-smite-alien-attacks/
I like the change to Khepri's ult, it no longer stops gods from being executed.
Khepri T2 skin:
Pirate skins and vps 25% off this weekend. Also some double xp/worshippers with curse on pc and if in a team on xbox: http://www.smitegame.com/talk-like-a-pirate-weekend/
Some updated god cards and other changes can been seen here: http://www.smitegame.com/new-in-smite-alien-attacks/
I like the change to Khepri's ult, it no longer stops gods from being executed.
drotahorror
Member
Can never load smitegame after news.
What are all the pirate skins? tyr, pos, kali, neith, sobek, and does the vamana one count?
What are all the pirate skins? tyr, pos, kali, neith, sobek, and does the vamana one count?
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Yeah looks like Smitegame is getting hugged to death. Check out the notes on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/3l7lep/pc_16th_sep_2015_patch_notes_pts/
Mostly cool stuff. I'll be interested to see the new Zeus spell and how it affects his playstyle. Blink and Xing Tian got the nerf hammer pretty hard. The only nerf I really have a problem with is the Deathbringer one. At least make it a little cheaper if you're gonna nerf it. It's a very strong item but that's because it's one of the most expensive items in the game...
drotahorror
Member
I watched the notes, pretty excited for the Zeus changes. Wish they would have nerfed bluestone.
ThirtyFour
Member
I don't think it counts as a pirate one as the pirate achievement only needs the 5 skins you mentioned first.
Attack speed on Zeus seems like it could be even better now.
It's aimed at Serqet but it's going to hurt Ne Zha and Merc more. Merc doesn't need anymore nerfs, it seems like it's going to be a long time until he's truly viable again...
Assault is my game mode of choice as well. All team fights, all of the time. I mean, a lot of the strategy found in the other modes gets thrown out the window, but it's very action-oriented and doesn't feature the monotony of early-game laning.
drotahorror
Member
I'm actually getting pretty sick of having to play games like this -
The xbal and swk didnt call any roles. They both went to solo lane and got 2v1'd by bellona all game. Xing played duo lane by himself and did fine. I got camped in mid by the jungler and mid. 2 people on our team bought hog (1 dc'd of course at lvl 1).
I dunno, this isn't fair. This happens to me nearly every game of conquest. Low levels (I'm 30), people that don't know the meta, people 500-1000 elo below me etc. It's frustrating.
The xbal and swk didnt call any roles. They both went to solo lane and got 2v1'd by bellona all game. Xing played duo lane by himself and did fine. I got camped in mid by the jungler and mid. 2 people on our team bought hog (1 dc'd of course at lvl 1).
I dunno, this isn't fair. This happens to me nearly every game of conquest. Low levels (I'm 30), people that don't know the meta, people 500-1000 elo below me etc. It's frustrating.
ThirtyFour
Member
Once you get past the fact that you can be screwed over by the rng aspect it does become one of the more fun modes.
Next time we team up we should run conquest, at least that way you'll know there is one other person on your team who can hold their own (just don't ask me to play jungle).
drotahorror
Member
I did queue up on EU servers and everything was fine. 3x the ping though.
ThirtyFour
Member
I don't play on EU servers, I play US with no problems.
ThirtyFour
Member
That is a viable tactic but if you can you should try to die to the tower. If you wipe their team let the tower hit you and kill you. That way they won't get any xp or gold off of your death.
Certain gods like Loki (invis) or Merc (ult) can get behind the enemy team very easily and can do this at any point in the game.
I wouldn't do it if your team is struggling though or if it would leave a team mate alone against 2 or more of the enemy team.
drotahorror
Member
3 in a row on EU servers where everyone knew how to build and called roles, conquest. NA seems like a flip of a coin if you get scrubs or new people. I really need for my buddy to hit 30 and see if things change. Even at nights when we queue up (he's lvl 29 now) we get multiple low levels in our games.
ThirtyFour
Member
When I was low level there were often people who didn't speak English so it made communication difficult especially when most people (myself included) don't know the vgs system at those levels. Maybe things are different on the EU servers at higher levels or I was just unlucky.
You could check your friend's casual mmr. When I was in the low twenties I was getting matched with full lv30 teams. I think it's cause my mmr was high enough that the system thought I was on their level. It's possible your friend's mmr is a bit low so it's trying to match him with similar mmr. How low level people are talking about?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
those are the type of teams i get in smurf games weird to see it making teams like that at 30
Spiritreaver
Member
Generally no, unless you have a substantial amount of gold and can get away with dying without it leading to a deicide or a lost team fight. Basically if you need to die, try to die after a good team fight and you're pushing the lane, if you're quick you can get tower aggro and die to tower for free.
That being said there are times where I've had like 8k gold and have to suicide or I'd be useless.
+1
I enjoy the team fights and getting handed gods I'm not always prepared to use. RNG is the big ticket to assault, but it's not always about winning.
Also it's the only game mode aside from arena that I feel OK abusing VGS in. As VGS serves almost no purpose there outside of ultimate is ready/down and I'll attack.
ThirtyFour
Member
I have finally mastered Ravana, now to never touch him again!
Poor Ravana, bad and unfun at the same time. Never had a chance.
ThirtyFour
Member
It seems like that new Ah Puch skin is only going to be 400gems, I'm happily surprised at that, was expecting it to be 600 or in a chest.
It's not like the other recent Gods either where they can just adjust some numbers to bring them into line with the rest, Ravana's kit is just terrrible.
It's not like the other recent Gods either where they can just adjust some numbers to bring them into line with the rest, Ravana's kit is just terrrible.
Spiritreaver
Member
The new Ah Puch skin is glorious. I just ran around jungle practice spamming everything. It's amazing. VVGH gave me a good chuckle. That ult is incredible.
Also Zeus has animation/delay bugs on his 1. Honestly, not hyped about Zeus rework at all. A shame cause he's one of my favorite gods.
Also Zeus has animation/delay bugs on his 1. Honestly, not hyped about Zeus rework at all. A shame cause he's one of my favorite gods.
ThirtyFour
Member
There is no SPL this week as the COG invitational is going on.
Hi-Rez has added it ot the SPL ticket, just go to the drop down menu and it will be there. Gives the chance at some extra fp if you need it.
Hi-Rez has added it ot the SPL ticket, just go to the drop down menu and it will be there. Gives the chance at some extra fp if you need it.
ThirtyFour
Member
The most recent data mining has been released and it shows some new maps including 10v10 arena and a few different conquest variations: http://smitedatamining.com/smite-pts-datamining-sol-chiron-odyssey-halloween-and-lovely-skins/
Will be interesting to see how they're going to implement them, a new full time thing or special maps for the upcoming Odyssey?
Will be interesting to see how they're going to implement them, a new full time thing or special maps for the upcoming Odyssey?
Spiritreaver
Member
I just had a 6 minute assault game.
Anubis
Ah Puch (me)
Zeus
Artemis
Mercury
Other team, despite having a good comp, didn't build like any magic protections, lol.
Anubis
Ah Puch (me)
Zeus
Artemis
Mercury
Other team, despite having a good comp, didn't build like any magic protections, lol.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
I rented him earlier this evening so I could take advantage of the Curse event x2 worshiper bonus. I was expecting the worst, especially because I figured he'd be like Osiris, who is probably my least favorite god in the game to play.
...is this a fluke? I was curb stomping people once I got a few items. He has a slow, a root, and a slightly worse Chang'e escape that got me out of a ton of bad situations.
ThirtyFour
Member
You mean the Bermuda Triangle thing? It's a random motd. I've only run it once but I got full cdr, infinite mana, all Sobek arena.
He's been through buffs so he is better than he was but his main problem is that his kit isn't fun to use for most people. You can make it work, I can't loose when I've had him in Hyper Joust even when going against the op gods for that mode. But I feel like those matches you've had aren't an indication of anything. Those are pretty standard results for any good Bellona or Wukong player.
Also there's the fact that everything that Ravana does an be done better by another warrior. Want a tanky warrior with good control? Herc or Tyr (they have better sustain as well). Want a dmg dealing auto-attack warrior? Bellona or Osiris. Want a dmg dealing ability based warrior? Sun Wukong.
Ravana isn't really as bad as anyone says but you'll get better results with another warrior and probably have more fun doing so as well.