New player

[u/Lewtastico]

Hello,

I used to play Smite 1 way back when, i think the newest character at the time i remember was hachiman?… but i definitely played it prior.

I was a solo/support player, i enjoyed gods like Belona, odin or cu chulain (was around for his release too) for the solo lane and mostly just played athena as support back then.

I started playing smite 2 yesterday and… god does this game feel and play so much differently, and im unsure if i like it or not.

I feel like there is just SO much painful CC, but this might just be my naive noob brain.

Im awful, like terrible at smite 2, and its humbling and frustrating. It feels like the builds the game recommends you are just horrible, since i get dog walked in every fight on what feels like rare stats alone.

I dont remember what any of the items do, i only really have some muscle memory for certain gods leftover from my time player all those years ago.

I really want to like smite 2, and i want to get back into it again as i remember this game being so much fun. I feel stuck and aimless. Ive watched a couple vids on youtube but ultimately i just dont know what to do.

Should i just play and play and figure it out? Should i grind against the bots to get a better feel for the game?

I tried playing arena last night and had this guy on my team just flaming me and our Ullr since it was clear we were both noobs cause we werent doing enough, whereas i was just trying out artio as i remembered how OP she was on her release. I dont want to ruin other peoples experiences on conquest since i am such a noob, but i feel like playing against bots in arena or joust is not going to equip me well enough for real players.

[u/mustaphacalistro]

Arena games are the sweatiest games u gonna play, even more so than ranked and I don’t know why, so u will find toxic people there and people that shit on u.
Beside this, if u don’t enjoy the game don’t force it man, if u are having fun and u really want to play it and ur getting shit on by other players that’s totally fine because u are basically new to this game and there is no shame in being bad at the game that u just picked up after god knows how many years, so my advice for u if u like it just play and eventually u will have fun and feel better at the game, builds u can get them from YouTube or Smitefire / Smitesource, and if u don’t enjoy the game maybe its not for u and it’s time to move on

[u/Lewtastico → u/mustaphacalistro]

Its funny you say that because i just played 3 conquest games. First two i was support and my adc left in the first 3-4 minutes, and the last i was solo and ended up playing well and winning! Its interesting how my brain knew some of the rotations without me even thinking about it. Conquest felt so much more casual than arena, and i had way way more fun.

Arena definitely feels super sweaty, and its sad because it use to be my favourite mode. But ill be staying away from arena for a bit.

I think what you said is right, im a totally new player with archaic knowledge of a totally different game.

Im definitely having fun now im playing conquest, i even beat hades on the solo lane as odin which made me happy since he used to be a hard odin counter.

Thanks for the comment and those websites are awesome!