The Official SMITE Magazine Issue 6 | Page 70

ARTICLE If you’re not careful you might drain away most of your mana pool with little to show for it. The second reason is its sizable AoE. If you tag an enemy god with it the minions will naturally swarm you. This makes it a very expensive skill to use for laneclearing, both in mana cost and health cost. Instead consider using Refraction Shield for a more costeffective alternative. On top of this, Refraction Shield also offers some great protections that will make an immense difference whenever you start taking hits. As for equipment, Cabrakan playing in Another good synergy for Tremors is the solo lane. If built as a bruiser you can lay has more options than he has gear slots, but there are some items that definitely lend themselves Poseidon’s whirlpool. The pulling- down some severe damage with to his play style. Naturally you’ll in effect of both moves stacks, Tremors while the stuns are a want defense, and quite a lot of it. severely inhibiting movement, welcome addition anywhere. Cabrakan isn’t the most mobile laying down a lot of damage over time and briefly clustering opponents into a near-perfect Kraken snack-pack. Needless to say, all of these are well facilitated by the easy AoE stun offered by Refraction Shield ROLE: Although classified as a “WHEREVER YOU’RE PLAYING, IT MIGHT BE TEMPTING TO LEVEL TREMORS AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, BUT IT’S DEFINITELY WORTH CONSIDERING THE IDEA OF HOLDING OFF” Wherever you’re playing, god out there, yet has to get up guardian Cabrakan has a fair very close and personal. No matter amount of versatility depending on Tremors as quickly as you can, but how you choose to play it, you’ll how you choose to level and equip it’s definitely worth considering be taking hits. Lots and lots of him. With all his CC and durability the idea of holding off on it for a hits. Breastplate of Valor is an the obvious role is support, but little while. Firstly because of the all-around excellent choice for he’s still perfectly capable of 70 it might be tempting to level sharply-increasing mana cost. its sweet trifecta of protection, The SMITE Community Magazine Issue #6 The GameOn Magazine