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Not exactly what i was hoping for butbut hey,

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Can someone list out the specific problems/MAJOR problems with Smite and not tell me how League is better? Balance issues, pricings, etc

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I'll be comparing to League to show an example of what a good MOBA does.

Book 1: Balance

Book 2: Company

Book 3: Depth

3: No Depth to the Game. There's no counterbuilding, there's no unique builds, nothing. No mage supports, no alternative laning strategies, no alternative jungle strategies, no alternative to mid mages, etc.

League has multiple styles and levels of play, and counterplay. To put it simply, that's it. They let you do things, more things, and they turn out to be viable.

For example, in Smite, every lane is a kill lane focused around spamming all your skills ASAP for trades and eventual kills. In League, there are poke lanes, trade lanes, push lanes, kill lanes, sustain lanes, farm lanes, etc.

In Smite, every lane is a push war; mid lane, solo lane, other lanes. In League, you can do something else, WHICH MEANS NOT EVERY CHAMPION NEEDS A WAVECLEAR SKILL AND A CC SKILL AND A BURST SKILL, WHICH MEANS KITS ARE FAR, FAR MORE DIVERSE AND UNIQUE AND INTERESTING. I mean, just look at their recent champions, and compare it to Smite, and you'll see what I mean.

League also rewards more skill. Smite supports mindless pushing; every laner NEEDS waveclear, and if they don't, they suck. In addition, being outpushed is a VERY BAD THING. In League, you can actually clear under tower with no penalty with enough skill, which means not every lane has to be a push war, which, again, allows for more diverse kits, strategies, and lane comps.

League also has better itemization, and I don't just mean a **** ton of more items. I mean they allow gods to counterbuild. If you need physical defense, you can get Cloth Armor. If you need this, you can get that. Etc. Whether you are a mage, an assassin, a bruiser, an ADC, or a tank, you have options. While in Smite, ADCs can't counterbuild at all, Breastplate of Valor is bad on most mages and they have no option for magical protection, and tanks HAVE to build physical protections because they HAVE to build Sovereignty.

League has better outplay potential. In Smite, the support's squishiness combined with the insanity of the level one minions means that you simply can't make any plays at level one. In League, the fact that champions can actually get decent level 1 stats, combined with less oppresive minions and the summoner spells, means that you can make really good plays from level 1.

Smite also has a **** ton of snowballing issues, and this is from a combination of lack of counterbuilding options and the ****ty active items system. Active items are a thing you buy WITH GOLD. Or in other words, those with more gold can get it easier (and due to the ranking system), can use them better, than the guy falling behind. This is another thing that eliminates counterplay.

Smite is also all focused around burst. I can literally count the amount of non burst gods on one hand, while League has both burst and sustained damage in balance. In Smite, dealing a **** ton of damage as quickly as possible makes or breaks you, which is why all tanks, mages, ADCs, EVERYONE has massive ****ing cooldowns and a kit that encourages spamming as much as possible. It's either burst CC or burst damage, or more often, both. (See Chaac/Hercules/Apollo/Ullr) And the few exceptions are stuck in low tiers. Guan Yu, Artemis, Chronos, Chang'e, etc...

League also has more skillshots, and that's sad, considering autoattacks are autoattacks in that game. You can't dodge Wing Gust or whatever without an escape, while in League you can juke things like a Fizz ult without burning anything. This is partly due to the 50% move speed reduction in combat, and partly because Power Creep. That, and HiRez treats its playerbase like idiots.

Inter-Tier Balance

Book 5: Counterplay

I think I'm done. I may have to think some more. Oh, and I want to emphasize itemization again, since it's tied to so many problems. But yeah, itemization. Remember it.

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Once again, an opinion. You say it has no problems, but yet I can name 20 reasons why I won't play it.

YOU SAID YOU DONT PLAY AND DONT HAVE AN UDNERSTANDING OF LEAGUE WTF. And now you can come up with twenty reasons, eh? Pfft.

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I'm still pissed at Hi-Rez for removing Domination mode.

Guides I have written:

The Complete Beginner's Guide to SMITE!

To Kill a Mockingbird of Nope: Sun Wukong Solo and Support Guide

A Guide to Xbalanque: The Hidden Jaguar

Fenrir: The Ultimate Jungle Guide

Arachne: The Ultimate Jungle Guide

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I'm still pissed at Hi-Rez for removing Domination mode.

isn't everyone?

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I'll be comparing to League to show an example of what a good MOBA does.

Book 1: Balance

Book 2: Company

Book 3: Depth

Inter-Tier Balance

Book 5: Counterplay

I think I'm done. I may have to think some more. Oh, and I want to emphasize itemization again, since it's tied to so many problems. But yeah, itemization. Remember it.

Holy **** sub! Calm the **** down. Just calm down. You're getting crazy with the League vs Smite ****! No MOBA is better than the other. Smite is just as good as League. No, don't give me ****, alot of people like Smite, alot like League, just go play the respective games. No need to write a ****ing 5 man paragraph.

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Also Riot LOVES taking money.

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HAHAHHA NOW I'M GONNA HATE ON SMITE ALOT, MAKE A 5 MAN PARAGRAPH BECAUSE I BELIEVE SMITE SUCKS!

Btw, League has probs. Just sayin.

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Smite wont get better if you don't criticize it.

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