SMITEFire Viability Ranking Thread

Eset has no strong escapes and can be countered heavily by certain counterpicks, she's not as versatile as S ranked gods should be.

I personally would support a raise, mainly since she brings, in my opinion, the most utility of any midlaner. Even if she falls behind, loses lane, gets a gold disadvantage, and/or DCs and comes back later, she can still pull her weight in any given scenario - she can reliably clear even when underleveled since she can clear the entire wave at level 4, her Wing Gust still provides her with good movement to kite enemies, chip some damage for an incoming ally to work with, dodge projectiles, and to be relatively distracting. Spirit Ball is still an insane long-range stun and pseudo-zoning tool, Dispel Magic can provide possibly crucial extra magical damage + aura protections for her allies, and Circle of Protection still brings a 10% damage reduction and significant healing if charged up. She also has good kill potential in-lane, due to good CC, a versatile ult, the ability to waveclear completely at level 4, and a good poke, as well as being able to lock down mid harpies better than most midlaners.

However, she still certainly has problems, mainly since she has no insta-escape, her best way being a combination of Dispel Magic slow, Spirit Ball stun, Wing Gust movement increase, and Circle of Protection damage reduction, heal, and zoning potential. As such, an OOM or cooldown'd Eset can easily be jumped on, especially since they usually buy Sprint over Blink. Her damage can also get somewhat lackluster late-game.

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