Xbalanque God Guide

Xbalanque the Hidden Jaguar Sun

Overview:
Xbalanque is an ADC and my favorite God because he is amazing. Once you get to late game or if you get fed early game, you can hyper carry and just get kill after kill. Basically if you get fed, you have a lot of fun. He is played in duo lane with a support because he isn't good early but he does huge damage later.
Xbalanque 's Passive For every kill Xbal gets 5 power up to 6.
Xbalanque 's 1 toggles and makes his basics do more damage, can can split into 2 damage other enemies for less damage.
Xbalanque 's 2 a cone attack that damages enemies, slows them  and leaves a Dot on them.

Xbalanque 's 3 lets him dash and jump in the air becoming CC immune and shoots out darts that does damage, more if they are poisoned.

Xbalanque 's Ult covers enemies in darkness for 3s,increases his attack range, movement speed and if enemies, are moving at the end of 3s they are stunned.

Abilities:

1. Dead of Night (Passive)
Xbal's passive, Dead of the Night, lets him permanently gain 5 power for each kill he gets, stacking up to six times. This passive is really good late game because you have crazy power or if you get fed early game you just kill everything.

• Ability: Buff 
• Max Stacks: 6 
• Physical Power: 5 

2.Branching Bola

This is a toggle ability that make his basic attacks do more damage, if it hits an enemy it splits into 2 bolas that hit can hit other enemies up to 30 units away for 30 % damage, If you toggle it again you cancel and do normal basic attacks.

• Ability: Buff 
• Cooldown: .5s 
• Cost: 8/10/12/14/16 per shot 
• Damage: 10/20/30/40/50 

3.Poison Dart

Xbal shoots out 10 darts in the shape of a cone that does damage and poisons all enemies it hits. If they are poisoned they take damage every .5s and are slowed. An enemy can be hit by up to 3 darts with the 2nd and 3rd only doing 30% damage. 

• Ability: Cone 
• Cooldown =18/17/16/15/14s 
• Cost = 70/75/80/85/90 
• Poison Slow = 4/8/12/16/20% 
• Poison Duration = 3s 
• Damage per Dart = 30/50/70/90/110 +40% of your physical power 
• Poison Damage: 10/15/20/25/30 +20% of your physical power

4.Rising Jaguar

Xbal rushes forward and then jumps into the air becoming CC immune. As he's in the air he fires darts in the air dealing damage in the air, if they were poisoned they will take additional damage. 

• Ability = Dash 
• Cooldown = 16s 
• Cost = 60/70/80/90/100 
• Radius = 30 
• Damage = 80/130/180/230/280 +20% of your physical power 
• Additional Poison Damage = 20% 

5.Darkest of Nights:

Xbalanque covers his enemies in darkness for 3s. While this is up his basic attack range and movement are increased. If the enemies are moving after the 3s they are stunned.

• Ability: Area 
• Cooldown = 90s 
• Cost = 100 
• Movement Speed = 20/30/40/50/60% 
• Basic Attack Range Increase = 40ft 
• Stun = 1.5s 

How I Build Xbalanque:

Credit to ELITE OWNAGE for the App Used in the Image

  When I play as Xbal I don't follow the recommended start instead of the usual hunter Death Toll, Devourer's Gauntlet 1, and a health pot instead I buy level 2 Transcendence, and level 1 boots. Then as the money comes I finish Transcendence then finish off Warrior's Tabi. I use this start because I run out of mana fast as Xbal so Transcendence helps out in that respect and gives me a lot of power at the same time. Warrior's Tabi to get more power and some movement speed. Then I buy Soul Eater to get some more health, attack speed and some much needed life steal. Afterward I buy Executioner to get attack speed and power. Then I finish off my build by buying Rage and Death Bringer to get damage, and Crit chance. This is a build that lets you attack super fast, sustain with the extra health and life steal all while doing crazy amounts of damage per hit.Summary:

My Last 2 Games as Xbalanque Image Credit to SMITEGuru 

Xbalanque is a very fun and very strong God but you need to understand how to play him or he is just a strong God. Use this guide a base for how to play him and then as you go and get better with him mix it up if you want if see what works for you. Just do me a favor and share your build if you find another way to run him.





Tips:

• If you are running out of mana turn his one off until you regain enough mana to fight or back. 
• Start team fights with his 2 so the DOT is on them throughout the fight. 

• Your 3 makes you CC immune and can be used to get out of things like a Hades Ult. 

• Get kills as quick as you can to stack his passive but don't agress without your support there to back you up. 

• Keep in mind that your Ult affects all enemy Gods and be used to defensively to get away or offensively to get kills. 

Study Like A God

 

       Alright this is just a quick tip that I've been doing a lot  but didn't realize how much it was helping me until today. The tip is to basically study to Smite, just kidding it's to watch professionals or youtubers play Smite because you see what they do and then implement what they do into your playstyle. Don't completely copy what they do because then you won't have fun but if you pay attention to things like how they react to certain situations or what they buy on certain Gods that you struggle with, you can learn a lot and become better.

    The best place to watch is the Smite Pro League or SPL where profession Smite teams go head to head playing 2 back to back intensely competitive and entertaining games.  Each week there are two games from Europe and North America on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. If you don't want to watch every game, every week you don't have to, but I highly recommend at least watching a few games and see if you like it.

If that's not your style then look up Smite tips, Smite gameplay, etc. on youtube and find what you like. I personally watch Tyde Time and LostScarf the most.  

Arena Tips

The Arena!!!

1. Get Buffs When Possible

• Don't rush into a fight like a chicken with its head cut off. There are 3 jungle buffs on each side. 
• Let  3 people on your team get a buff
• Mages usually get Mana 
• Assassins or Warriors usually get Damage 
• Hunters usually get Attack Speed
• Remember to keep an eye on buff timers so you can keep your stats up 

2. Kill the Minions 

• Last hitting minions deduct 1 point from the enemy team
• Escorting your minions  to the enemy portal  deduct 1 point from the enemy team
• Killing an enemy God deducts 5 points from the enemy team 

3.  Protect Your Siege Minions/ Attack The Enemy's 

• For every 10 God kills your team gets you spawn a Siege Engine 
• Has more health than a regular minion 
• Can't Attack
• Only move forward if it has at least 1 team member near it
• Move Slower 
• 15 points if you escort them to the enemy portal

4. Make Sure Your Build Makes Sense for Arena  

• You don't need to buy starter items because the flow of arena allows you to just jump into your build, Most people buy full boots first
• Wards aren't really useful
• You're almost always in a team fight so beads and other actives are very useful 
• Getting items with both physical and magical defense isn't a bad idea if you're struggling or if you just want to be able to sustain more.
• If the other team has a Ares BUY BEADS I die way to many times from his ultimate

5. Don't Play too Conservatively or Aggressively 

• Remember you are almost always in  a team fight, so be careful when using them aggressively
• Be careful when chasing alone if you do make sure you have teammates on the way or a way to get out fast  
• Remember that the area is relatively small so if you need to go back to the fountain a lot then you can just make sure that when you do you don't leave your team hanging 
• Timing Ults together can get a lot of kills especially combining an Ares or Xian Tien Ult with a AOE Ult like Hou Yi  or Poseidon

6. Work with Your Team

• Use the VGS to tell you team mates when to attack, defend, or  retreat (If don't know what those are I got you Click Here )
• Talk to your team in the lobby to coordinate Gods and have a good team composition.
• If you see someone going for a kill Do Not Kill Steal 
• If you and your team are in trouble, using an AOE Ult like Hou Yi or Poseidon as you run can save your team from losing points.

How To Use VGS in Smite (PC)

    In all of Smite's game modes,, there is always a lot going on which makes talking to your team really hard and very important. Lucky for us Smite has an in game chat system called the VGS ,Voice Guided System, that uses key combinations to make callouts for you. Callouts are basically how you and your team react to situations and plan accordingly so that you guys can win the match.

VGS Main Screen

   This is the main menu,and  yes does look intimidating, that pops up when you first hit v.

Don't be scared I have the most important call outs in a neat chart to help you get started making call outs and being an effective teammate.

Code	Meaning
A	Attack
B	Enemy
C	Careful
D	Defend
E	Emotes
F	MIA
G	Gank
H	Help
I	Incoming
Q	Ward
R	Retreat
S	Self
T	Returned
V	Other

Here are the Endings For VGS

These are the most important ending for the VGS combos that involve key positions on the map.

Code	Meaning
-1	Left Lane
-2	Middle Lane
-3	Right Lane
-GF	Golf Fury
-FG	Fire Giant

These Are the Most Useful

Here are a few VGS combinations that I think are important to know and the main callouts that I see in game.

Code	Meaning
VAA VA-	Attack Attack + Ending
VGG VG-	Gank Gank + Ending
VDD VD-	Defend Defend + Ending
VFF VF-	Enemy Missing Enemy + Ending
VHH VH-	Help Help + Ending
VVVE	On my way
VVT	Thanks
VVGG	Good Game
VVGN	Good Job
VVM	Out of Mana
VVB	Be Right Back