How to Play Clash in SMITE

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.

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.

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.