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Hunter's Blessing
Tiny Trinket
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Shoes of the Magi
Bancroft's Talon
Spear of Desolation
Spear of the Magus
Typhon's Fang
Rod of Asclepius
Chalice of the Oracle
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Sol is a mage focused around harassing her opponents from a safe distance with her abilities and basic attacks, while staying in a very safe position herself, and can operate well in the Mid lane, and in the ADC/Carry position, and can work with plenty of items. This guide will help you build and play Sol correctly, and hopefully you won't get distracted by her heavenly body :3|
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Season 5 so far has been very impactful in terms of the changes it has brought, and Sol is no different. The changes brought by primarily patch 5.1 has been the best indirect buff that Sol has ever recieved in her time being in the game. But Dann, what has changed for our radiant beauty? Allow me to explain.
Sol this season. Not only is this a high magical power lifesteal item, but the passive this item has makes it very valuable for any god that utilizes magical lifesteal to some extent. The bonus power gained from lifesteal (a 1 to 1 ratio, so 5% lifesteal from items would grant the player 5 extra magical power if they have Typhon’s Fang) is nice to have, but the real appeal is that Typhon’s Fang grants 50% increased healing from magical lifesteal. With just Typhon’s Fang and Bancroft’s Talon, Sol, and plenty of other mages, are able to heal for a ludicrous amount by simply casting one ability onto a wave of minions. And Sol is already a mage who loved the lifesteal tree, so you bet that you will want to build Typhon’s Fang- I would go as far as to call you a troll if you don’t build it on Sol. Sol, but on any god, to consider building anti-healing. Please. If you really hate the fact that an enemy mage lived because they built Typhon’s Fang and another lifesteal item, counter it. You have the tools at your disposal but they won’t do you any good if you ignore them because you selfishly think that they are unimportant or are too stubborn and think that they reduce your damage by a lot. Build anti-heal, thank you. Sol highly. Hunter’s Blessing allows Sol to outtrade most gods with just her basic attacks early on. And the MP5 this Blessing has helps in alleviating early mana consumption, allowing Sol to harass her opponents without needing to mind her mana pool. And yes I am saying that you should build Hunter’s Blessing on Sol because Sol isn’t a mage that uses abilities too often, and she only has one reliable damaging ability, which lessens the appeal of Mage’s Blessing- also take into account that Sol doesn’t really want or need cooldown reduction either. And while small, Hunter’s Blessing has more reliable and constant MP5 than Mage’s Blessing, which only gives MP5 with the lower mana you get, and you’ll only match Hunter’s Blessing’s MP5 when you are at 50% mana.
Obsidian Shard, it is no longer a “one size fits most” item, and is now a very situational item, only to be built against immensely tanky gods. Because of that, the main penetration you should see in Sol builds would be from Shoes of the Magi obviously, but also from Spear of Desolation, and either 
Divine Ruin or Spear of the Magus. I still don’t quite like Spear of the Magus on Sol, but it is a decent enough item for dealing damage versus low protection gods, even if your mage doesn’t stack it reliably. Sol is now able to have better success as an ADC for her team as she’ll no longer have to worry too much about the superior and cheaper itemization options of hunters. Disapparate over Radiance. My reasoning is that the extra movement speed helps in rotations as the map is larger, and the extra damage helps in burning down early Gold Furies. However it is still perfectly fine to level Radiance as it still grants a large amount of Heat on cast. Sol but to much lesser degrees, such as mid lane being mostly a 1v1 lane, but this should be enough information covered for now.For this section, I'll do my best to avoid sounding dull, but being truthfully honest, Sol's abilities are fairly straightforward- upon reading the ability descriptions, you should at least know what her abilities do. Nonetheless, I'll offer tips and tricks on how to use them.
Unstable ManifestationRadianceStellar BurstDisapparateSupernovaSeason 5 has greatly affected builds for most mages, and Sol is no different. For this section of my guide, I will explain my opinions for builds, why I build such items, and also items that are fine to build and which ones you should avoid.
RelicsStarting ItemsCore ItemsSituational ItemsExperimental ItemsMid Lane BuildsCarry/ADC BuildsSol is my favorite goddess in Smite and I hope that this guide was helpful to you <3
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Hey at least we have that other "guide" LOL
@Dann, if your post above is serious, then I will state my personal disappointment. I think you have great knowledge of the game, and feel that your contributions to the community as a whole are helpful. Having you retract those contributions, at least on this site, is a loss.
That said, I can't help but feel that this is a reaction to the results of the contest. You state above that you've "learned" you don't include enough "irrelevant and unnecessary information" in your guides...as a general guide, it's what you want to put in it, and I feel the general info you provide is absolutely relevant.
However, in the context of the guide contest, I feel your statement is unfair to us. The original post about the contest was very clear in the things we'd be looking for, which not only included info on builds and skills, but also various aspects of gameplay that were honestly pretty clear in bullet point form, and that your own guide didn't address. Part of the point of the contest is to showcase the extensive possibilities of guide creation on SMITEFire, and that includes going very in-depth on information that you don't see on other sites.
On an individual level, I felt your guide's info on the builds was very good, but one major focus of both your mid and ADC builds is double-lifesteal, taking advantage of the strong 5.1 and 5.2 versions of
Finally, it's disappointing that you mock the "other" guide I know you're referring to...which you commented on with generally positive original feedback (https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/explosive-like-a-supernova-complete-sol-guide-season-5-guide-patch-5-3-19404/comments?c=125544#comment-125544). This site and the community is meant to offer a place for people to learn and grow their knowledge of the game. The author of the other guide also put in a lot of time, and has been very open and responsive to feedback, and I think these are all qualities we want to see in players and content creators.
Well, I hope you reconsider your current position, and will be sad to see you go if you don't.
I absolutely think it's viable, and yes, you can heal off of camps etc...definitely acknowledged.
I do feel that in the heat of a teamfight, if you're facing a lot of anti-heal and are under its effect, that weakened sustain in a boxing situation might not be as strong as an alternate build looking at different utility, whether it's increased pen or something else. Maybe in the end it's not adjusting build, but rather adjusting playstyle for that match.
Also I would rather get 3
Futhermore, why
You could also mention for
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Also for your ADC build, sell
I made sure to reduce the amount of colored text as it was disliked in its previous iteration.
My general understanding of standard Sol builds was to mostly build as standard mage (focusing at least partially on CDR to spam her
I know that S5 brought about some significant changes, but double-lifesteal and
But damn if your standard mid build will be hard countered by anti-heal (which you also recommend everyone consider, which is a key tip). I'm looking through the guide, and not finding suggestions for if the enemy team is building a lot of anti-heal. Is your suggestion at that point to just deal with it because it's still strong enough, or would you consider re-kitting in the middle of a match, and how would you do so?
In your item discussion, you don't list Hastened at the top, though you mention it's a good hybrid item for her. Where would you build it if you chose to get it, and would you think about adding it to the top?
Something like: Shoes of the Magi, Book of Thoth/Bancroft's Talon, Obsidian Shard, Hastened Ring, Rod of Tahuti, Spear of Desolation
Hybrid Sol generally isn't as good as burst Sol sadly which is why I hadn't mentioned it in the build section but I should've left it open as an unorthodox/fun way to build her.
Warlock's Sash
Situational Item - usually
I play primarily Joust and Siege. Do you think this is a solid build or should I not even bother stacking with her? I'm also on Xbox so I don't have the 4.13 items yet.
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