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It's been months since i last posted, huh?

With that said, after an off period and hours in Overwatch, Gwent, and Rainbow Six Siege, i'm back into Smite again for who knows how long :p

I don't think it was too long of an off period, since i think last patch i played was Da Ji.

Now that i'm back, i'm currently playing Cu Chulainn quite a lot. Being the only warrior god that i haven't mastered, i also find his mana-less kit fun. Going all in with the guy in Arena is especially fun. One thing, though; how would you guys build him? Full on damage? Bruiser-y? Tanky?

Teams are better, for the most part, but there's still one or two players who make less than optimal picks in certain game modes, like playing Ao Kuang or Fenrir in joust.

I'll definitely play a lot more, and yay to ingame voice chat. Means i don't have to go on twitch chat as often.
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Link to the game stats is here.

This is now the 2nd game in a row where I've played Support...this time as Athena. In looking at the levels of competition, there were 4 playing qualifying matches (including me), with the others consisting of silver and gold players.

Here was how bans/picks went:


Gameplay starts at 7:46...from this point forward, will refer to any times as in-game.

Felt pretty good in the beginning. At 2:38, Freya called for a gank in our lane. We were able to get both Ganesha and Jing Wei...I didn't mean to …
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Today be International Talk Like a Pirate day, and I be celebratin' it.
Feel free to join me!

Also, buccaneers got no time for checkin' thar grammarrr, but ye can rest assured, any mistakes in mine speakin' be all on purpose.

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Last night, duo-queued a regular Conquest game with DV-8. Turned out to be interesting...and boring...but interesting.

Does anyone remember when the ADC role was one of the first roles claimed? I do. What happened? (And don't tell me it's because ADCs are boring...it's all subjective and I find them just as fun as any other role.)

Well, in 2 of my 3 ranked games (discussed previously), I ended up drawing ADC because no one else wanted it. Same with this casual match. Both DV and I called fill. He asked me if I'd played Hachiman yet, which I hadn't in an actual game...only Jungle Practice. Honestly, I didn't even have him unlocked...was going to wait until his favor price came down. Anyway, DV basically says "you can try him," so under peer pressure, I unlock him and then...lock him. He went Kuzenbo, which was an interesting Support option (TMNT is not a great Support but he has pretty good utility). The rest of our team chooses Bastet (Jungle), Chaac (Solo), and Janus (Mid).

We…
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Lofn
Summary:
Title: Godess of Forbidden loves
Pantheon: Norse
Type: Ranged, Magical
Class: Guardian
Pros: High Helping
Difficulty: Hard
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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 phoeni…
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So today I actually recorded every game I played.
And I tried to comment along the way, but I am really really really really bad at talking to myself.
The first game I gave someone jungle and played ADC (because he said he would carry, it went terribly bad...).
I forgot to record my last Odin game (phew, I played like ****) and I forgot that I was recording my last game. But all in all a decent day:

But now it is time for bed! (7am) :S

Edit:

So after checking out my recorded games today I figured out that I was to drunk yesterday to realize that I had unplugged my mic...
I will give commenting during the game a new attempt later tonight or tomorrow >_<


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I recorded this game yesterday, it is nothing special. I didn't really do any huge mistakes, but I didn't make any huge plays either.
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Alongside my recent goal to get through Ranked Conquest qualifiers for the first time, I developed a secondary target...get all gods to Mastery I.

Why? Well, little did I know that...apparently...I cannot choose gods in Ranked play that I haven't gotten to at least Mastery I. Oops. Not that I've had that problem as of yet. But the thing is, at least at some point, someone might ask me to secure a god for them if they're available. If I don't have that god mastered, then that would technically suck. Yes, in this case, "suck" is a technical term; one that applies very appropriately to me.

Hence the new goal. There are some gods that just haven't clicked for me before this point, and a few that I haven't touched at all for lack of interest or other reasons. As of right now, I've got 72 gods mastered...


By the way, I think they need to make a new term, specifically for me: "Gods-He-Has-Played-Enough-To-Get-50-Worshippers." What? You don't like it? Why??? It doesn't "flow..." Whatev…
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Game 2

Link to the game stats is here.

In my second Ranked Conquest game ever, I got to experience a rage-quitter ( Kali on the enemy team). My team was pretty darn cool...I didn't do well, but they were okay with that.

Here was how bans/picks went:


With an enemy Kali, Ullr, and Erlang Shen, I made sure this time to choose a build style that actually fit Witchblade...went with the Transcendence build, with a Bluestone Pendant and Bumba's Mask start. Planned to get Witchblade after Trans, in place of Asi. The game never got that far. …
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