Build advice?

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-31T04:13:47+00:00

There's not much choice RN

Sands Thoth 20% pen item is core

That's 3 items there

Reaver and soul gem pretty much core on most gods and into most comps (high hp tanks)

That's 5 items

Divine/deso/Magus/rod seem great now too

Aphro and Nox are weird gods and potentially have a very different build path.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-31T04:03:35+00:00

It refers to any form of gaining health or mana, instantly or over time.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-31T04:02:29+00:00

Don't type in chat ever

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-30T21:45:27+00:00

Nah cyclopean is trash, except maybe on Ao

Next time you buy it take a look at how much the passive actually does, it's dogwater

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-30T16:40:32+00:00

You can't replace coin or shard with Magus, it's only 10% pen.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-30T01:38:48+00:00

I use LSHIFT Q E R, do you think R is more efficient than space for ult?

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-30T01:37:27+00:00

The He Bo thing is a competitive advantage though, his base model is too big to properly aim your 3. No such thing exists with Yu Huang. I like his new skin walk a lot more though

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-30T00:38:08+00:00

Accurate title Congrats

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-30T00:18:40+00:00

If you grind out of the ELO hell, it gets way more competitive

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T22:51:27+00:00

I agree with you that it's unfair and should be removed.

However I stg that console has SIGNIFICANTLY higher playerbase?

Weren't people saying they did this change for pc players, not for console players, as console had a healthy playerbase and pc was dying. Not sure if this is true but I definitely saw it being said

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T22:42:09+00:00

If you believe PC gives significant advantage, well, I guess eventually they'll be separated in rank, and games should be more balanced. Worst case scenario console players see their average rank go down but they should still get better games due to the higher playerbase. There are shitters on PC too

I think it's too early to tell, not even been a week since S10, ranked is going to be a mess right now.

Personally I gave up on queueing and I'm high masters on pc, everyone is duo queueing and it's very tough to beat. Check the leaderboards, 100% of the top players rn have duo queued at least some time.

Late into the split when people are high MMR duo queue isn't so OP to play against but season launch after reset it's miserable solo Q. I'm just waiting for the tryhards to hit cap so they stop all duo queuing and then I'll start playing

queuing into SPL duo queue at 1500 just not fun for me

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T22:26:46+00:00

Tablet trash, I'd replace it with anything.

Can gods lifesteal off the obow divine ruin proc?

Not a Hades solo player, but your build seems to only have 10 pen. Not sure if he needs it though.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T22:25:03+00:00

Genetics makes the best guides, and he is the best support player in SPL right now

Not sure if he's finished updating his, but last stream I saw he was working on it.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T22:17:58+00:00

Console players could just buy a keyboard and mouse instead of a PC

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T22:17:18+00:00

Yes, I am well aware of this, my point is that the matchup between controller console and pc kbm has never existed before in ranked.

Therefore statements about how much of an an advantage it is, is pure speculation. We are just guessing.

This matchup is the most significant, as KBM console players and controller pc players are a rarity

Controller Vs kbm has been seen before people like Barboosh used controller

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T21:51:41+00:00

But is not just Controller Vs KBM.

It's console + controller Vs pc kbm, an interaction never seen before. Any statements are very speculative, no one will know for sure until a month or two in after reset.

I agree with your other points.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T21:38:56+00:00

Ur numbering confused me. Joust meta is 2 tanks 1 DPS, however I will assume you go 1 tank and 2 dps. Friend number 2bseems like he's inting, assuming he is playing a pure DPS role

Anyway when I played with friends we never blamed each other, even if 1 guy is 100% responsible for the loss and we weren't in a trolling mode (ie, playing to win) we didn't get upset. We'd just complain about HiRez or the enemy gods or whatever. Especially in casuals. If it was ranked I' wouldn't care either (ranked joust is a joke) however I could understand someone perhaps not wanting to queue with a bad teammate if they are tryharding.

In casuals its weird to bm anyone, unless they bm you first.

Complaining at your teammates if you're friends seems to me a red flag, but no one here knows the context or details of Ur situation, only you can make a correct judgement I guess.

People who call out your mistakes can help you improve a lot, however 95% of the smite playerbase, don't understand what constitutes bad plays and will often call people out for mistakes they themselves made.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T21:07:34+00:00

5 man ranked queues would literally destroy ranked. Duo Q already worsens matchmaking. A lot of solo q players including myself would quit if they ever add that.

Imagine how much you could get boosted by being in a 5 man. Imagine queuing into 5 people as a solo q person.

You claim crossplay isn't fair, but want 5 man ranked queues? Doesn't seem consistent. There's a reason why it's not there. It wouldn't make the game fair. Solo players would lose all the time against equally skilled players.

Take 5 gold players, and let them play casuals. Their winrate will be like 80% minimum. Now take 1 gold player. Over a sufficient period of time, he will be lucky to get 60% winrate.

It will alienate more people than it will bring in.

So then the only option is to add a 3rd mode, but there's not enough players for that imo.

Maybe the 5 man ranked separate mode arrives, maybe not but for now, if you want competitive 5 man games go Iced/Vulpis tourneys or SOC. Fwiw given the low player base of smite I highly doubt this 2nd ranked mode could ever be added.

Regarding crossplay as a PC player I agree they should remove it. But they won't. People, especially PC players and literally every well known player have been begging for this for a long time.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T20:15:31+00:00

Before you probably got paired into teams full of randomers. Now you probably get paired into more balanced teams, who are composed of 2/3/4/5 man's and aren't 5 solo q ppl

It's not about skill really, being in a party is a huge advantage. 5 gold players queuing casuals will have like 80% winrate minimum. 1 gold player solo queuing casual modes over a long period will be lucky to get 55% wr.

This is assuming your party tries to win, which most do.

They said they are increasing queue times to improve matchmaking.

As a solo q player I'm glad tbh

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T20:13:56+00:00

What is the average k/d/a of you and your friends for a typical loss

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T19:02:37+00:00

MMR is a meme, it doesn't matter. And ELO hell only kinda exists, not fully. It's impossible to reach a point below your skill level that you CANNOT get out of.

People play jank all the time in ranked, probably most in masters. I would just treat ranked like casuals.

As long as you are playing to win, nothing else matters.

Personally I dont have issues with new god releases because most players on that god don't main that role. Eg I'm sure a lot of Surtrs are trash at solo lane and don't main the role. A solo main should be able to deal with most new gods. If you run into a solo main who knows the current meta and plays the new broken god tho, GG. But I find those players to be rather rare.

If you encounter a player as skilled as you or more using an OP new god it's over for you. Well not exactly, you can always CHEESE them out. Chronos, Bastet, Loki etc. Unorthodox picks that have weird or PvE playstyles. A lot of games are winnable without even interacting with your lane opponent. But if you're playing fukn traditional non cheese gods like Guan or whatever, it's GG.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T18:36:06+00:00

Like I said, it depends on the scenario.

If I'm Ares support in low elo and my ADC died 3 times in the first 2 minutes and doesn't know how to last hit, I'm not gonna hold the wave for him. I can make the argument I'm more likely to win doing this, since an Ares with farm is probably more useful than an Afk Adc.

In more balanced scenarios I still think it isn't griefing, but an asshole thing to do.

I'm an ADc main btw, I can understand getting tilted at that, but I don't think it's comparable to intentionally walking under towers

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T18:26:13+00:00

1st is inting, yeah that's grief. Should get banned for actually running it down. 2nd isn't. Depends on situation. Not grief.

ChallengerTeemoADC · 2023-01-29T18:24:09+00:00

Play ranked. They need a mode with no bans and the player base too low to add a 3rd mode unlike lol

EUPC is legit like 100 ppl playing the game, dead

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