The Official SMITE Magazine Issue 1 | Page 15

Guide general description would be a damage dealer capable of taking a lot of damage, they can provide support and defensiveness close to a Guardian or high damage close to an assassin. The way they play out is down to how you buy their items. The link between Warriors is that they have some sort of ‘sustain’ ability that allows them to either heal or block damage. Also all warriors are melee characters. roles. I would suggest, when new to the game, you play classes in their classic roles to get the feel for the game. Try and stay with a proven method, leaving experimentation for later on. On to the Conquest map! There are two sides to the map: Chaos and Order (as named per Titan), or you may hear these referred to as Destroyed and Pristine (which you can tell by your base being marble for Pristine or Wood for Despite their descriptions, there destroyed). Depending which is less emphasis on the difference side you’re assigned to, the map betwee n classes than there is on will be laid out differently. individual gods. For example, some mages such as Freya are The two outside lanes have more suited to an assassin’s different lengths, and are known job than their traditional role as long and short lanes. The in a lane. Expect to see people Pristine side will have the short breaking the mould on matching lane on the right and long lane classes with their associated on the left, while the Destroyed Issue 1 • May 2014 side will be the opposite. This is important to note as the side gods go to depends on their length, which will be explained in a moment. The jungle is the area between lanes and is filled with an assortment of different NPC creeps, either buff camps or gold camps, the former providing a ‘buff’ to the team member who picks it up, and the latter giving a pure gold and experience bonus. Also in the jungle are the Gold Fury and Fire Giant; the Gold Fury providing 300 gold to each team member when killed and the Fire Giant which gives a powerful team buff. These two boss camps are much tougher than the rest of the NPCs and should generally be tackled as a group. 15 • GameOn Smite Community Magazine