The Official SMITE Magazine Issue #19 | Page 44

ARTICLE has a glaring drawback that keeps him a few steps that AoE clear from somewhere else, your team may under other candidates for bruiser middle. If playing suffer when defending or attacking lane objectives. from behind it is really hard for Chaac to not only do Tyr- The Law Bringer bringing justice to damage, but also to sustain it. He is very reliant on the mid lane is something I’ve seriously thought his self-healing, so without the appropriate levels into about for a long time. For a while it seemed like his Rain Dance he is an easy target in every fight. something of a pipe dream, until I put it to practice. Osiris- No, you are not dreaming, this is in fact real life; Osiris is actually a great candidate for a mid-laner! He has amazing poke/clear between his low cooldown abilities and built in AoE. hit chain and brings tons of early pressure, similar to what he does in solo, but this time it’s directed towards a Mage more than likely so it’s also more than likely true that pressure will be felt twice as much. On top of all of that, Osiris has built in counter healing to the healers that gain more and more popularity every day. Only this time, instead of that level five 100% counter healing chilling in solo lane away from everything, it’s readily available to rotate onto the duo lane or go aggressive onto the enemy Mid-laner itself. There are actually very few drawbacks to Osiris in the mid lane for most of the game. The only time he has a true drawback is later on when he can’t instantly clear the lane like a Mage. Unless you have 44 The Official SMITE Magazine Issue #19 The GameOn Magazine