September 17, 2017

TIPS & TRICKS WITH BENSKYGAMING THAT WILL HELP YOU TO WIN IN SMITE #3

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Hey y'all, it's time for another Tips&Tricks with BenskyGaming.
Before we start I want to say that I am greatful for the feedback, help and support provided by YOU guys so far - thank you very much!

Today I want to address how to play from behind. You probably know the feeling when your team just shreds through enemy lines and objectives - it feels good, I know. But what if that is not the case. Maybe you fall behind due to a bad team comp (hello casual games) or the enemy team just has the stronger early game.
If you are able to notice when this is happening you are already a step ahead of the vast majority of SMITE players - congratulations. Now what can we do?
We do have to adapt to the new situation by shifting our game style and priorities. Finding a pick on a player becomes far less relevant when you have a phoenix down and fire minions are pouring in on one of your lanes. Main priority should be to defend that lane and "keep it clean" as far as possible. Guess what, your phoenix respawns after three minutes. Sure it comes back with a reduced healthpool and low health (that will be regenerated over time), but if your team is able to defend the lane and keep the enemies away from your titan or other phoenixes until then its a huge win.
At the same time, when falling behind it is extremley important to get any possible, safe, farm available (buff camps and minions) to stay relevant and not fall behind further. This can be quite challenging while also defending a lane. Depending on the game mode you might even need to be aware of other objectives on the map (Gold Fury, Fire Giant and Portal demon in conquest, Bull Demon in joust and Apophis in clash). When behind you should only look to defend these objectives when having a good opportunity and enough players available. While trying to steal it away is indeed a hero move, it will leave your team short-handed when it fails which should be avoided at all costs.
Being able to defend well and shut down everys other attempt of the enemy team to gain more advantage also has a psychological side to it that should not be neglected! It can bring down their moral and may even lead to bad vibes in their com/chat - and you know that having someone raging on your team is far from being helpful.
This leads us to one very important point: NEVER give up, NEVER surrender! I, personally, only surrender when having serious trouble with team mates due to trolling or other real discomfort that makes me not enjoying the game. Lucky enough that is rarely the case.
Just recently, during my SMITE A-Z gameplay series, I was able to turn around several games (of clash I must add since it is far more difficult to do in conquest) where our team was trailing behind. Every time we could benefit from a single victorius team fight and take objectives after or even end the game directly.

Well, I guess in theory we all know what we have to do. But let's not forget that SMITE is relying on teamplay so your effort might be only worth so much if the rest of your team has different plans. With that being said never forget that killing the vibe in a game due to spamming VGS or negativity in chat neither is helpful nor does it make anyone play better.

With that being said: share the love and be nice!

I hope you enjoyed the read and feel free to share your opinion about it in the comments.

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Until the next time

Bensky