Current Rank: Silver V - 83 TP
Friday night ranked Smite. I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess. I pop a 1-minute queue and end up as 2nd pick...hmmm. We get He Bo, Freya, Merc, and Baron banned. Our top pick is talking about being ganked in lane by a hacking opponent in their last game, and I grow disheartened. He waits until 6 seconds of bank time are left and picks Poseidon. I hang my had in pain and shake it from side to side. It appears this top ELO is a troll. That's what I get for trying Friday Night Smite.
Well, the last pick in this lobby only had 3 seconds of bank time left and did not make a selection before it ran out. I am saved to lobby. I am going to play a casual game while that group of lobby jockies clown into the next wave of Ranked.
--Non-Ranked Game--
So this is something a little different, my run through a Casual game. I'm just going to fill whatever role doesn't get called. I've decided to focus on one thing in each gaming session to work on. This game, I'm going to work on keeping my cool, making good calls, and helping people in a positive way. Now, let's see how this group sorts itself out.
And...the system cannot find a match for me. Rather than wait another 3 minutes still within the window of the Ranked group I left moments ago, I decide to switch over to a 37-second Joust queue We end up with Anubis, Apollo (me), and Odin; going against Ra, Loki, and Cu Chulain. Let's do this.
My starting build is Hunter's Blessing and Dev T1. I opt for 4 health pots for max sustain. I go with Aegis because I fear the burst. I go back at 2 minutes for T2 boots. at 3:30, I go back for Ninja tabi and T2 Dev. I ult back in and get a double kill. I slowly maintain pressure for the next 8 minutes, finishing an Executioner along the way, before I die for the first time taking their T1 at the 11 mintue mark. I pick up the T1 Rage after this death, then I run out and get ulted by Loki and Ra both. And I'm dead for the second time.
I come out and farm long enough to get the gold for Deathbringer instead of Rage, so I take it. We roll to BDK and claim it. After that, we chase them back into their phoenix and I just knock it down so fast. Odin jumps in and I get a quick kill on Chu Chulain and Anubis cleans up the Loki. Ra puts up a solid defense and we can't push, so we back. I go ahead start T1 Malice, but we ultimately don't need it. We win another team fight at the titan, but have plenty of health this game. I finish a pedestrian 3-2-4 with only 4K player damage in 18 minutes, but I do all of the structure damage. A win is a win, feels good man.
Ranked Game - Take 2
Current Rank: Silver V - 83 TP
I am third pick with our 2nd pick taking Ama support. I think about locking in Erlang solo, but then someone calls out Cerberus was open. I really almost had selected Cerberus as a guardian since we had Ama supp, so I take this as a sign and change my selection. It looks like I'll be going into a Loki solo.
I strongly consider building Cloak first so I can get into Magi's blessing and absorb the ult. But maybe I should go towards Breastplate or Nemian. I decide to go with the safer play, taking the T1 breastplate. This Loki with his 2 is basically pinning me in place. It takes everything of all I got to match his clear. I get an early lull and immediately back for T2 boots.
I TP in and lay down some hurt as Loki is just pushing into my tower, and I defend well. The extra power spike from the boots help me push him, until he's backing and I've got my minions up to his tower. The game proceeds pretty much like this, with Loki 2-ing my minions and me using all my time to kill his. I'm basically just treading water.
Along the way, I pick up Reinforced boots, Nemian, Breastplate of Valor, and Magi's Cloak. I am vigilant with my VF1 calls, which I have to make often because Loki is always disappearing into the jungle and proxying almost every one of my waves. This effectively forces me to stay in lane for as long as possible, as I have to full clear each wave just to keep the tower up. Eventually the Loki sort of gives up on lane and just commits to ganking Mid and Right. I take the opportunity around minute 17 to push in and take his T1 tower. Only a couple of minutes later, the other team F6's. I tell you what, that feels good man.
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