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.
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