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I have never really played 1v1 joust and i am wondering if i could get some tips. Who are some good gods for joust? item builds? general advice from some pro jousters? any input is appreciated

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Good gods are any 1v1 champion that needs to follow up or help to land a kill, and can generally push well.

They cannot have low damage or they won't get a kill. They can't only have CC because they have no one to follow up with. And they can't have horrible waveclear or they will never make any progress until the late game with 60 second timers - if they even get there after being outpushed and denied farm.

Examples of good 1v1 gods:
Assassins - They aim to instant-gib their enemy and push forward. They are countered by tanks with sustain as they cannot kill easily
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Bruisers - they seek to bully mages with high health, beat assassins with protections and health, or pierce through tanks defenses. Their counters, with the exception of instant-dunk thor (unless outplayed) are carries who can kite and do stupid amounts of damage. They all have decent waveclear, and a couple have sustain.
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Mages - they aim to push lanes and look for an opportunity to either burst someone 100-0 with burst mages like , or push the lane and simply poke and outsustain the enemy . Their counters are usually assassins that can 100-0 them before they can even try to react, or carries with pushing power - namely, only Xbal and Neith
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Carries - they are ranged, they can poke, and in general they have an escape (the exception being artemis). There are only 6 carries in the game, and in my opinion, only 4 are viable. Carries do poorly against extremely mobile, bursty physical champions, like and , due to his stupid mobility and ability to trade auto attacks, and tanks that take simply no damage, yet still trade, like or .
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Tanks - They aim to simply build a full protection against their laning enemy - full magic against mages, full physical against, well, physical. Once they hit the 325 protections cap, they build slight damage. In this way, they take no damage, and can still do a lot of damage. Very few tanks are viable, however, as most have the simple inability to push. As such, many pushing mages will be able to beat them through sheer pushing power. Additionally, champions with True Damage, such as , will beat a tank in many situations.
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Supports, in general, cannot play 1v1 Joust, as they do not do enough damage or have the waveclear. They are made to help a god, and lose many of their abilities to do so. For example, cannot get a soul mate, and loses much of her utility. still does very well if built full mage. has trouble with many gods 1v1, and while good, is not a viable pick as it's unreliable who you will be matched against.

I hope I've cleared it up, and sorry if there's something not very clear. I *think* I've touched on who to pick/who not to pick, and overall VERY simple guidelines on how to play.