I love Assault. Now don't get me wrong. I now have some appreciation for every game mode.
- Arena: quick gameplay, sure it's unbalanced, but sometimes interesting comps work. It's also quick and a good warmup.
- Clash: it's sort of like an elongated Arena. Sure it's got 2 (really close) lanes and some objectives, but it's still mostly a teamfight.
- Joust: even though I suck at it, being in a 3-man is like an intimate version of a 5-man queue. Great for when you can't get a full team together.
- Siege: now that I understand the mode better, I'm down for it, at least when queuing a full group. I can build like I would for Conquest, with starting items and stacking items, and it's like always being in the Duo lane, with a sometimes weird comp. I like the warping option...convenient.
- Conquest: Even if we only have 3 or 4, queuing for this means that me and my teammates are the bulk of the team, minimizing toxicity to some degree. Now that I'm a bit more comfortable with some roles besides Support, it also helps a lot. Probably the least comfortable with Solo...I have to find a good god or two that works for me.
Funny enough, the gods I used to like most are the ones I now like least in the mode. Odin was the first god I unlocked, and sure, he might be great in this mode, but he's now sort of boring for me. I also used to like the healing gods a lot, and I do like me some stance-switching Hel, but prefer leaving the healing to others unless I'm scared they won't heal...which I sort of am a lot, hahaha.
I also cringe when I roll Hades, Khepri, Ravana, or Geb. GOD I hate Geb!!! In ALL modes...he's sooooo boring.
I'm a bit uncomfortable with the ADC role in Conquest (I prefer deferring the need to carry to people like Ducks or Bullfrog or Zilby or whomever), but oh man, in Assault, give me Ah Muzen Cab any day! (lol look at that damage)
I also like a lot of Assassins, and am learning to be patient with them (that's really key). I'm also cool with Mages, especially Eset, Kukulkan and Sol.
And so what if we roll a horrible comp, and 4 of us reroll and STILL have an unbalanced team (#*)&#(^%!...this happens quite often). The game's going to be short, and there's little toxicity in comparison.
So thank you, Assault, for always being there when my friends aren't. You keep things interesting.
... it's just the 5 physical teams (in which case rerolling never changes character class) that can make Assault unplayable at times.
But when it's Assault, and I roll a Mage or Hunter or whatever, I feel I can be more selfish in keeping it, unless my god is the weakest of the mode and a reroll might improve our composition. So I definitely play a wider variety of gods in this mode than any other.
Last night was a good night...
Since I saw this post 2 days late, when I clicked on the link, I just saw you had a 5 losses streak during your last night.
If those are your good nights ...
And looking at that info now, I built full tank and did almost as much damage as skadi, thor and Thanatos...and we had 4 physical... And they hadn't wanted to reroll... And i didn't because I was only warrior/guard.
Look at the details of any of the other losses and you can often figure out these things too. A bit frustrating but oh well.
And I'm happy usually because I generally feel that I did well even in a loss. So yeah, bad streak, but you know what, still another pretty good night overall.
At least that Thor was building Urchin after Titan's Bane, but it was too late obviously.
Also, any reason why you don't complete your Stone of Gaia and keep only Emerald Talisman and go for your next item ?
200 hp
10 Hp5
9 Mp5
And a passive 60% better
All that for 800g
I think the Tier 3 is well worth its gold.
As for completing Stone of Gaia? I know, I know. This is the only item that I sometimes delay getting the full thing. It mostly depends on how much gold I have when I die...Tier 2 already gets me some regen, so if I can get the next full item, I do so, rather than complete Gaia. Also, I had aspirations of replacing Gaia with Mail of Renewal in the late game if we ever got there. Oh well.
Check out my Hel Match. Same night, before the losing streak. We almost lost this one. The guy I queued with was tilting early and at one point pretty much said "wait, do you think we can win this one? Should I start trying?" To which I pretty much said, "dude, you should always try." He was pissed because the Eset wouldn't switch with him, and then proceeded to not do as well as he felt he could do with her. I was a bit miffed because right at the "god selection" screen, without considering comp, Eset and Nu Wa switched. That partially screwed us with 4 magical gods right there...***bha couldn't be switched because he was the only tanky god. I couldn't because healer. And Kali was only physical. SMH.
In any case, 50k healing, lol. 25k damage. I died the least (actually the only one with positive K/D), had more kills than ***bha/Kali/Isis, and still had Kali asking me NOT to fight, just because I was the healer. Dude...if I don't fight, we don't win, and you don't get as many heals because I'm too far away.
This Guan killed me...the one on MY team. I should have requested a switch. We also had 4 phys (lopsided yet again). It was fun playing Kali though, it'd been months since I'd played her at all.
When I have a Hel on my team, she usually wants to attack, and of course they get focused and killed before we even noticed what happened.
I would probably have told you to stay back and play safe too, like Kali did, but with half the death than everyone else, I would have understand.
So, basically, you played with my gf apparently ?
When someone doesn't want to trade with her a god she has rank X, she is pissed and she will tilt even before the game started.
About your Kali match, I guess you did decent enough, considering your team comp and your healer ... strange behavior.
But I would have picked The Executioner over Titan's Bane.
Yes I know that Kali's passive is % penetration and that it's not effective with prot reduction, but with your actual build, you didn't have enough attack speed to be capped and you were 4 physical gods. Kali can apply those stacks so quickly, that the efficiency loss is worth it.
Yeah, I'm not nearly familiar enough with Kali...felt like she was already attacking super quick (I'm more used to the speed of Osiris), and felt if we could get to the tower, Titan's Bane would help me take that down more quickly. So I didn't know how close I was to the AS cap. I also forgot the build you told me about months ago... =P I'm sure I could have done better with more familiarity, but I wasn't too disappointed with how I did, given the circumstances.
One thing I was practicing that match was attack cancelling...hit hit 2, hit hit 3, hit hit etc. I want to practice that stuff more...and Estidien's guide makes me really want to play Awilix more, where the same thing comes into play sorta.
Time for you to jump on SMITE and play some Assault with me =) (NO MORE ARENA LOL)
she has a 1 / 0.5 / 0.5 attack chain.
Since we want her to benefit more from her fast attacks (even if they are at 50%, Qin's Sais effect is still fully applied), we would not want to cancel it after the 2nd basic attack and then lose the 3rd (and fast) attack.
Also, if you were to use abilties, you should use your 3 ( Incense) before using your 2 Lash), so that Lash benefits from power buff.
Yeah I should probably come back to SMITE someday, but I was waiting for the Camazotz nerf ... and that happened, so I don't know.
Anyway, it would only be on Friday or Saturday, not my fault if you decided to live on the other side of the world lol.
Either way, at least I know if I think about it, I can implement it...I usually don't bother too much thinking about that stuff.
Also, "other side of the world," people, is from Eastern Canada to Western US. All y'all other people in other countries don't count. Mwahahahaha.
And Bull, you don't have to use nice words like "strange." You can just say "you idiot." We're buds and it won't hurt my feelings...much.
He said "and I thought your Freya was scary" or something to that effect, and asked to friend and queue together. I never say no, and so he just kept throwing us into match after match. Was fun.