Key to better play within smite is understanding even the smallest mistakes. Building inefficiently can cost you the game without you noticing. Building items at the wrong time can reduce your power tie up gold in items not pulling weight. Art to building gods within smite which takes time to master. Playing as Janus last night had the following matchup Apollo, Janus and Bellona against Ah puch, arachne and Skadi. Two physical gods and one magical god.
Ah Puch – Great burst damage with good clear at any stage.
Arachne – Great at boxing with poor clear
Skadi – Great at boxing with poor clear.
Knowing that information helped shape the final build choices before starting the game. Scoreboard shows you opponents builds should shape your build. Arachne started to build costly crits and Skadi went with standard hunter start. SKadi turned out to be non issue but still going to be looking at the build. Let’s review my opponents builds and see what happened.
Arachne
- Deathbringer – 1st item
- Stonecutter
- Warrior boots
- Malice
- Bloodforge
- ASI
Ah puch
- Reforced shoes
- Chronos pendant
- Bancroft’s Talon
- Breastplate of Valor
- Spirit robe
- Warlock slash – Last item
Janus – #1
- Boots of magi
- Breastplate of Valor
- Chronos pendant – Inefficient
- Void Stone – Inefficient
- Rod of tahuti
- Bancroft’s Talon
Only penetration coming from boots is inefficient, opponents building magical protections would make me worthless. Chronos pendant does not give me enough power to make it worth it. Void stone suffers from the same issue and Ah Puch not doing enough damage make it worth it. Final items late game power can be traded around or switched for others. Overall inefficient on two items could built better against that matchup.
Two builds could have followed….
Hard carry mage #2 – 657 magical power, 33% penetration, -20% CDR, protections physical 135, magical 30.
- Boots of magi
- Breastplate of Valor
- Book of Thoth
- Obsidian shard
- Rod of Tahuti
- Soul reaver
Balanced #3 – 511 magical power, 33% penetration, 30% CDR, protections physical 175, magical 70.
- Boots of magi
- Breastplate of Valor
- Book of Thoth
- Obsidian shard
- Spirit robe
- Rod of Tahuti or winged blade
Comparing builds
#1
Magical power – 481
Penetration flat 10
Protections
- Physical 135
- Magical 80
Cooldown -40%
#2
Magical powe 634
33% penetration
-20% CDR
Protections
- Physical 135
- Magical 30
#3
Magical power 511
33% penetration
-30% CDR
Protections
- Physical 175
- Magical 70
Build #1 had 153 less power compared to #2, 30 less power compared to #3. Gained more magical protections, 10% reduction on cool down. Less penetration reducing the damage output even further. Trade off is not worth it given the current matchup.
Conclusion
Original build was inefficient lost out on 30 damage and 33% penetration. Inefficient when comparing the other options on the table and matchup. Series of small mistake but damage adds up over time. Other builds are far more efficient.
On that note why not end with some music