The Official SMITE Magazine Issue #13 | Page 14

GUIDE ODIN Vamana’s true power lies within his ultimate, Colossal Fury. He is granted a lot of power, regeneration, and most importantly, this ability has Odin is a very bursty warrior who is notorious a great uptime. This means Vamana is an absolute for falling off hard late game. His “bird bomb” menace if someone tries to gank, chase, or box him. combination of Raven Shout and Leap is extremely There are a few ways to outmatch the Fifth Avatar powerful early in the game. Avoid getting close of Vishnu’s temper tantrum. His regrowth can be to minion waves so he doesn’t get a free chunk prevented with healing reduction items such as on you while clearing the wave. He is the weakest Brawler’s Beatstick and Divine Ruin (Weakening defensively of all the warriors, though. This means Curse will probably not affect him in his ult due to that the best idea for fighting against The Allfather CC immunity). In many cases, the best option may would be to play passively until his combo has just be to retreat until you are save from Vamana. been used. Then, he is left in an exposed state, leaving him open to attacks from your team. Playing a god with a leap can be beneficial to as well for escaping his ultimate, Ring of Spears. VAMANA The “big baby” of SMITE is a god preferred by few, but that doesn’t mean he can be disregarded. He is a very powerful bruiser, and can be a force to be reckoned with. But although he is capable of massive damage, Vamana is very average in the lane, and he can be taken on as one normally would when faced against another god. 14 The Official SMITE Magazine Issue #13 The GameOn Magazine