Guide
The truth is mastering SMITE
couldn’t be more difficult.
Fortunately you’re not going to be
thrown in against professionals
at the beginning; this isn’t Dark
Souls after all. In the eternal
words of A Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the Galaxy: Don’t Panic.
larger swordsman which are
stronger than normal and take
more damage) who charge
towards the opposing tower.
In between these lanes lies the
jungle, an area filled with AI
‘camps’. The fury camps provide
purely gold and experience, while
the cyclops camps provide bonus
I’m going to start by running attributes, known as ‘buffs’, when
simple. This running guide will
take you through the early throes
of the game and explain the
mechanics and roles in SMITE.
through the basic workings of
the game, specifically focusing
on the Conquest map where you
will likely spend most of your
time. If you have played other
MOBAs, you’ll be familiar with the
concept: Three lanes defended
by towers with minions (a wave
of AI controlled characters
consisting of 3 archers and 3
swordsmen, and occasionally
Gods are divided into magical
and physical categories, which
affects the items you can buy
and how you deal damage. Some
tend to favour their abilities
(which you will learn about in
the tutorial) whereas others
will deal their damage through
basic attacks. After the magical/
physical divide gods are broken
down into five classes:
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killed. At the end of the three
lanes are phoenixes (essentially
more powerful towers capable
of rebuilding themselves over
time) and behind them is the
Titan. Your objective is simple,
break through the towers and
and phoenixes and destroy the
enemies titan, while defending
your own. The gameplay and
tactics, however, are far from
Let’s start with a breakdown of
the class system within SMITE;
before we start ploughing
through waves of minions, we
need to know what we’re using.
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