Saturday, November 21, 2015

How to Play Clash in SMITE

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Clash is the basically a mode to get newer players who play arena comfortable with laning so they can play game modes with laning phases like Siege and Conquest. In Clash you have the aspects of a laning  game mode like well lanes,towers, minino waves, phoenix, Titans and buffs. But it has a similar feel like arena because you are constantly fighting with at least 2 other teammates or in team fights.
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Strategy

In my experience the best way to play is to have 2 people go to each lane and be ready for the red buff (after everyone buys their items of course) and have 1 person get the xp camp in your jungle . Once the red buff spawns your team wants to get it as quickly as possible but if the an enemy player gets the buff KILL THEM immediately or only fight them from behind minions. As the game goes,  you want to contest the lane until your team has an advantage in either level or in the number of players alive then you want to push one side to phoenix then the other. Then take one phoenix at a time and then take the enemy Titan. To do this reliably, you want to keep the red buff on your team and then take Gold Fury whenever your team can easily take the enemy team down so that you can get your full builds online. As your team gets their full builds online, you want to wait until you get a Deicide or if the other team is baking then attack Fire Giant so that you can take Towers, Phoenix, Titans and enemy players easier and faster.

Build Like Conquest
If you are have played arena and conquest for the Love of the Gods build like Conquest. If you have never played conquest, then I would follow the recommended standard build because the way Clash is played is more like how you play conquest than how you play arena. The only times I would deviate from the build is not buying something like Bumba's Mask which is only useful in Conquest.

Talk to Your Team
Using VGS is so critical because in Clash you are pretty much always in a team fight or moving between team fights. The two lanes are so close and have so many place to switch that you need to be calling out which lane you need to defend,attack,when ults are down etc. A good example is if 5 of the enemy team is in the right lane and the rest of your team can hold them off, if you say that you are going to split pushy your team can know to extend that fight as long as possible or at least until you take a tower.

Wards


Since the jungle is relatively small, you don't have to ward all game but if you see that the enemy team or if your team is starting to push past towers, then you want to ward the Gold Fury and Fire Giant because they can give a team that small advantage that can snowball really fast (the Diamonds). The circles are the places you want to ward only if you are either pushed up or being pushed back.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Chiron God Guide



Chiron the Great Teacher 

Overview 
The newest God to Smite is Chiron the Great Teacher, in game he is a hunter/ADC that can carry his team and support them at the sametime. He can do a lot of damage has unbelievable range but at the same time he has an escape and a decent heal. Basically he's either OP or just below OP.
Chiron's Passive Every 12s that increases healing he receives, and when he uses an ability he heals the teammate with the lowest health within in 30ft
Chiron's 1 is a small AOE that does damage,cripples enemies and can cleanse teammates
Chiron's 2 each of his basics marks enemies, your 2 hits them at almost any rangs, damages and slows them.
Chiron's 3 is a dash,knocking up minions,knocking back enemy gods, and you can basics during the dash.
Chiron's Ult Chiron changes form and can shoot 3 long range arrows, he doesn't die until his ult is done, if he kills an enemy he revives with the total damage he does. His ult also marks them.


Abilities:1. Herbal Medicine (Passive)

Every 12 seconds Chiron gets a herb for a poultice, that increase all healing he receives per pollice. Each time he uses an ability, the teammate with the lowest health within 30ft is healed and consumes a poultice.
  • Ability: Buff 
  • Radius: 30 
  • Max Stacks: 3 
  • Healing Bonus Per Stack: 10% 
  • Healing Per Consumed Stack 30 (+ 5 per god level) over the next 5s 


2.Training Exercise
Chiron calls for his teammates to avoid the area and removes all cc so they can escape before it explodes dealing damage and crippling all enemies in the area.

  • Ability: Ground Target 
  • Radius: 17.5 
  • Range: 55 
  • Cooldown: 15s 
  • Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 
  • Damage: 70/125/180/235/290 (+80% of your physical power) 
  • Cripple Duration: 1s 


3.Masterful Shot

Chiron passively targets each enemy he hits with a basic attack reducing their physical protection by 3%. If he activates it again he fire tracer arrows that hit all marked targets and slow them.
  • Ability: Cone 
  • Range: 55 
  • Cost: 65 
  • Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10s 
  • Damage: 55/100/145/190/235 (+70% of your physical power) 
  • Mark Duration: 3.5s 
  • Slow: 25/27.5/30/32.5/35% 
  • Slow Duration: 3s 



4.Giddyup!
Chiron dashes forward knocking up enemy minions and kick enemy Gods behind him. Chiron can use basic attacks as he charges.

  • Ability: Dash 
  • Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 
  • Cooldown: 16 
  • Damage: 70/95/120/145/160 (+50% of your Physical Power) 

5.Centaurus
Chiron transform into the Constellation Centaurus and can fire 3 long range arrows that can go through walls. If he is killed between shots he doesn't die until he finishes his shots or runs out of time. If he kills an enemy in his constellation form he is revived with health equal to the damage he dealt during his ult. These arrows mark enemies.
  • Ability: Line 
  • Range: 120 
  • Cost: 80/90/100/110/120 
  • Cooldown: 90s 
  • Damage per Shot: 100/145/190/235/280 (+90% of your physical power) 

How I Build Chiron:

Credit to ELITE OWNAGE for the App Used in the Image 
  After playing with Chiron more, I've learned that while Chiron is an ADC, he does cast a lot so having a Transcendence build works better than the Devourer's Gauntlet. Off the start you 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 really fast 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. Plus having more mana lets you use take advantage of your passive more often.





Summary:Chiron is incredible fun and fatal. If you work with your team just land you basic attacks/abilities you will WRECK LIVES. Use this guide to get you started with Chiron The Great Teacher and show the students that they can’t beat the master.





Tips:

  • Remember that your 1 can be used as a cleanse 
  • If you land a few basics then use your 2 for the slaw then it makes it to land your one even with the delay. 
  • If you use your ult but they escape you can use your 2 as a finisher 
  • If you have your team with you and decide to chase with your 3 SHOOT SOMEONE 
  • Move during your ultimate and don’t be afraid to take a shot through a wall

Thursday, November 12, 2015

How to Have Fun in SMITE

This goes without saying  but SMITE is a very competitive game and as a new player it is VERY hard to play up to other player's expectation. If you're like me this can discourage you from playing but I have the solution to help you just have fun with the game no matter how new you are.

  1. Get a God that you like to play/ that you like to play/
  2. Get into an arena match because they are shorter game times and they are less serious
  3. Include as many items in your build that have attack speed, Ex Hasten Fatalis 
  4. Just hit people as fast as you can and don't get swallowed 
  5. Laugh no matter what happens because it will be really funny.
It either will look like this:
Credit to RAGE Group at SMITELOGICS.blogspot.com
 Or like this:
Credit to jonseyht on his Youtube Channel 

Which looks funnier, I don't know but either way in game it is hilarious and a lot of fun. Just don't take it to seriously and have fun.