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Part 3 (Tips, Scenarios, Conclusion)

Part 1 can be found here:

The Overarching Assault Guide, Part 1 of 3

Part 2 can be found here:

The Overarching Assault Guide, Part 2 of 3

(Ongoing edits on a regular basis! Additions and changes to almost all sections...

Updates:

2015/01/16: added info and comparison discussion on Unicorn vs. Zapacorn vs. Pegasus builds to the Hunter section. Hunter section moved to Part 2, and Tips, Scenarios moved to Part 3, due to size issues.

2015/01/12: better quick tags/links for ease of navigation, along with some improved formatting.

2015/01/10: guide has been split into 2 pages (the full guide seems to exceed max characters). Includes revised standard builds, example builds, and the new Tips, Scenarios section.

Part 1, Found Here (Click)

Part 2, Found Here (Click)

Part 3 (This Page)

Tips, Scenarios

(and other random things)

This is a random assortment of tips, scenarios and other things that have been suggested to be added to the guide. Some parts might be long-winded and lacking pictures =( Thanks to everyone for their feedback!

General tips:

From personal experience, and from hearing from an increasing number of people that this is effective, deserves some further focus. Although mentioned/suggested in the assassin, guardian, and warrior sections, it really bears strong consideration as a starting item, and I've been doing so regularly in recent games, with what I consider to be good success.

This is really only beneficial for gods without strong/quick auto attacks (hunters) or wave-clearing abilities (, most mages). Getting this allows you to reap the benefits of last-hitting minions (about 20-30% more gold from minions), without even touching them.

If you do get this, it's important to sell at a strategic time, too. Consider selling when you're about to buy at least the 4th main item or further, and selling it (for around 500 gold) will allow you to get that next item.

Item scouting/monitoring:

What this means is using the Scoreboard (default key binding is Tab) to review what the enemy team has itemized. The first chance to do this is potentially before the first minion wave even spawns. Jumping parties get you close enough to the enemy team to see everything they've bought (and vice versa). This is risky, though. Best case scenario would be to have ONE teammate get just close enough to see items, and back off. Hopefully, that god has a good escape so if someone attacks, they have a good chance of getting away.

What this does in real world (okay, in-game) terms is allow you to see if an enemy or got Blink (in which case, you play a bit conservatively and don't bunch up together)...or if your team has , to find out who to focus because they didn't buy .

Later on, I'd call this monitoring. A couple of examples...

Enemy team has multiple assassins/hunters? Are they building crit items? Maybe you should consider Celestial Legion Helm to drastically reduce their damage.
Multiple guardians and/or warriors? Are they building lots of protection against you, or is only one? Then it's time to consider how much penetration you'll want to get, and talk to your team about who you want to focus (because they'll be easier to kill).

You should always check enemy builds during buying periods to counter-build and maximize your effectiveness. Others on your team may not, so you can also throw out suggestions or give a heads-up.

Skill Prioritizing (emphasizing stronger abilities first):

You start at level 5. Great! Activate all 4 abilities, and make one of them level 2.

But it's not that simple and doesn't maximize your effectiveness, at least not in all cases. Here's a couple of examples:

I'm Bastet. I've got a unique skill in Pounce, as it allows me to jump in, do some damage, AND JUMP BACK OUT. To maximize some quick damage, I generally level my ult, and split the rest between Pounce and Razor Whip. I don't touch Declaw to start, because the damage is a bit lower than the others, and the slow isn't as effective since I'm probably jumping into enemy territory (where most of my team probably isn't) and the towers are so close. So I jump in, whip them (preferably a squishy mage with weak escape), unleash my ult, and jump back to relative safety. (And, if I jump in and position myself well, I can spawn the cats behind the enemy, trapping them and preventing them from retreating)
I'm Ra. I do NOT belong on the front lines, and really should just be healing (and maybe wave clearing). That means I really shouldn't need Divine Light to start. Instead, I usually put one into my ult, one into my wave clear ( Celestial Beam), and 3 into Solar Blessing, to maximize my healing. If I'm the only wave clear/ranged god, I'd probably put both at level 2.

Skill prioritizing should continue throughout the leveling process, as you choose the abilities that make your god most effective.

Point Skipping: I'm not going to go into detail, but past this idea, you can even delay putting a point into a skill, in order to max it out at the next level and put that additional point into an ability you actually want (avoiding dumping a point into an ability you don't want/need at that time). This Hi-Rez "Know Your Enemy" YouTube video on Scylla explains the concept well (starts around the half-way point).

SMITE Know Your Enemy #7 - Scylla

Team composition and build scenarios:

No tanks on your team:

Since Assault is random, you're going to run into a situation where your team consists of something like 2 assassins (e.g. and ), a hunter (e.g. ) and 2 mages (e.g. and ). No guardians or warriors, meaning no natural tanks...what do you do? In this situation, it's best to consider who on your team might sub as the tank (by building protections instead of the more standard damage). Assassins generally fit this role better than hunters or mages, because they are the only other melee class.

Quick note, though...this isn't to say that if there are no tanks, someone NEEDS to act as one. If there are 5 mages (which happens, rarely), it's probably best to just build normally (though maybe all should get at least one protection item), use teamwork and strategy, and hope for the best.

If there is more than one assassin, consider their skill sets...CC and sustain are good, as are abilities that hit at close range. In the case above, is most suitable, as he has both CC () and close-range attacks ( and Berzerker Barrage). My basic suggestion for building a tanky assassin is to use my Warrior template. You might obviously change up and make them even more tanky, replacing things like with , etc., if necessary.

Which other assassins might fit the role a bit better than others? I don't know from experience, as I've only ever done this with Thor. Below, I won't be considering protection/health scaling from leveling, but here are some of my thoughts on those I think could work in a pinch, and a grade I've arbitrarily assigned, BECAUSE.

Her passive, , benefits more from staying in a fight against a continually weakened enemy, as her damage goes up as the enemy's health goes down. is based on the basic melee attack, with strong sustain/lifesteal utility. enhances the basic attack with enhanced speed. Tangled Web can be cast right at your feet, to add some further targets for the enemy to worry about. And finally, if things aren't looking good, her ult, , is a perfect escape. I don't know how her health and natural protections scale, but she sounds like a decent fit.

My grade: B-

His passive, , enhances his mobility and attack speed as enemies die. He can Eat Minions to heal himself a bit (though it's not as efficient as 's, as it takes away his focus from the enemy and places it on the minion for about 2-3 seconds). His adds true damage, bypassing protection, which means he can tear through enemy tanks. And his ult, , CCs enemy gods in an AOE, as well as making his basic attack a cone-AOE as well.

Considering all that together, though, his skill set doesn't seem to work as well as others.

My Grade: C

Fenrir's passive, , is just a setup for his other abilities. They're activated by basic attacks, though, so staying in melee will help that. is an initiation/escape ability, but at full runes, can be used to stun for 1 second (AND reduce cooldown by half)...not bad. increases his power and lifesteal, which is perfect for boxing and sustain with basic attacks. does huge damage, and at full runes, damages nearby gods as well...try using right after activating for some incredible health regen. And finally, his ult, , does good damage, and he has to be on top of another god to grab them....full runes doubles his protections too. All in all, a pretty good melee kit.

My grade: B+

The defining factor for her sustain is her passive, . If she can focus and kill her target, she immediately regens 80% of her max health. Otherwise, she's got a short CC in and some added lifesteal in . Her ult, , is rad, but is going to be mostly on cooldown, so you have to really rely on her two other skills and attempt to focus the passive target when possible. Can be difficult to do so.

My grade: Situational B-/C (a B- only when she's able to focus her passive's target...may be hard to single out that target, who might have a good escape, when, as a tank-ish, you really need to worry about the entire team). Keep in mind, building tanky means she's not likely to have much crit, and so won't be a killing machine, reducing the occurrence of that passive proc.

Loki is squishier than most...guess this might work though, as was described to me in a Reddit conversation (sounds like a pretty unique situation, and maybe a really good player). Not going to count the passive much, because your job needs to be to stay visible and more in the middle of things as a tank. is really only a good escape in this circumstance. So, Decoy. I guess you can pop it in the middle of a teamfight and stay in its boundaries, but that can allow others to easily disengage from you. Aimed Strike is great for damage, with a 3 second slow, but really, that's more for chasing a retreating enemy. His ult, , is a quick 1 second stun, with lots of damage. This kit doesn't scream "tank me!" At least to me.

My grade: D

Female , anyone? Her passive, is sort of like protection against a single target, as basic attacks steal the enemy's power. is a chase/escape ability with pretty good damage, but really doesn't provide CC, protections, lifesteal, etc...sort of like a dash version of Odin's . is where things start to look up, from its pretty good slow for 2 seconds in a cone, so you can hit multiple people ('s , anyone?). is the skill that puts her side by side with , though. Combines damage reflect and up to a 500 health shield (a la . And finally, her ult, . This is an insult to a full health tank. Takes 50% of their current health (so hit a high health god), and transfers 50% of their protections from them (for 5 seconds) to you (for 8 seconds). Geez.

My grade: A. She seems to be the best candidate. Build her tanky, and make sure you get CDR. She's just not going to do much damage. Leave that to the others.

His passive is a great sustainer, as long as you're the one doing the killing. just does so much damage, with great lifesteal and a minor 20% slow on top of it. is more a chaser/retreater, but the added penetration can help take down someone you're boxing. provides good damage and an okay silence (max 1.5 seconds, which isn't huge) in a large cone. gives you an easy kill when you land it, which will trigger your passive health regen, but it takes you out of the fight for a bit as you're flying overhead.

My grade: B/B+...no awesome CC, but good damage even when building tanky. Get CDR items.

Already talked about him a bit above. Everyone always talks about him being a substitute tank, but although his CC is good (and lasts for 4 seconds) and his abilities focus mostly on close range attacks, he doesn't seem quite as fit as Nemesis or Fenrir for the job.

My grade: B

Reminders for lopsided magical/physical team compositions:

Here are just a couple of reminders to think about things when looking at both your team and the enemy team compositions...

Is your team almost all magical or physical? If the enemy is smart, they're going to build protections, even if they're not tanks. Counter that with a higher focus on penetration items. Also, consider items that will benefit your whole team (e.g. The Executioner over Qin's Sais if you're all physical, Spear of the Magus over Obsidian Shard if you're all magical.
Is the enemy team almost all magical or physical? It's the reverse of above...at least one protection item (when you would otherwise build a glass cannon) will go a LONG way for your survivability.

Enemy healers:

Please please PLEASE consider any and all of the below items when you see a healer on the other team.

This active is the single most effective anti-healing item in the game. Enemy 40% speed reduction and healing is reduced by 100% for 5 seconds!!! Ask at least one person on your team to get this, and hit as many enemies as you can at the beginning of a big push.

If you don't need , , etc. for your second item, strongly consider this.[/color]

Basic physical attacks reduce healing by 40% over 8 seconds. The additional power and penetration is great too.

Keep in mind, this effect does NOT stack with .

The magical equivalent to . This one adds power, lifesteal, and a bit of mana.

This effect does NOT stack with .

The only protection item, it gives an aura of reduced healing/regen by 20%...if you're close. Does provide high magical protection (65) and a chunk of health (300). Thus, most suitable for guardians and warriors, or perhaps assassins, if the other team is almost all magical.

Location Scenarios (with consideration for dying and use of minions):