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Eh, the community isn't bad, but you may be facing sub-par people. Are you sub-30, is it ranked, etc? I don't know much. But Hide isn't a horrific idea by any means on hel - you build enough for your burst to be decent and your heals to matter, then build defensively because hel has no innate escapes. You aren't building badly on Hel, that person is just odd.

I also don't know what to make of Janus atm. He's an odd character.

(On a separate note, you *may* need to position better as an adc, it's a lot more weird than other MOBAs. It's harder for people to get to you easily so dodging and weaving is easier, thus the lack of defensive items. My full power builds leave my AMC and Apollo at an average K/D of 3-6. It may just take some getting used to)

But hey, use what works for you! There is no one correct answer. That's why I think it's ridiculous to say 1 defense item on everyone is core, but it's also ridiculous to say it's wrong! Play what works well for you and carry with it - everyone has their own playstyles. :)

Raventhor is absolutely right, positioning as an adc is vital, adcs are meant to be in the back of the team fight, always being safe. Watch some tourneys and look at how the adcs position in a team fight, they go full power builds and almost always go positive.

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I'm going to test this theory. I'm going to play bakasura (god im worst with) twice, one with full damage and one with 1 protection item. I'll post the stats here.

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The more I play, the more I realize it doesn't matter what build you use, someone is probably going to complain. I chalk this up to one of several reasons:

- the other player used a build one time and it worked for him, so now he thinks everyone should use it
- the other player has the mental and social capacity of a 12 year old
- the other player doesn't understand situational inventory choices
- the other player doesn't understand the role of the God you're playing
- the other player takes this game way too seriously

I built Neith in an Assault game using the top rated build here on SmiteFire (situationally, the build was fine). Towards the end of the game, a close one we ended up losing, I got called out by a teammate for my build. Mind you, nothing was said during the game (suggestions, criticisms, you know teamwork). I just sigh, shrug my shoulders and head to the next game.

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How do you expect to survive or contribute anything when you go full power and the entire team focuses on you?

This is what support players are for my friend. A good support (the 2nd most important position in the game) will peel assassins and others off the primary damage dealers. This is part of the reason why ADCs should not build primary defense items. I imagine in your games, though, there probably isn't as much support doing their jobs properly so you get some good use out of defense items in its place.

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