he still isn't great, but you can do a pretty absurd cooldown build that makes him one of the better lategame warriors Bluestone > Breastplate of Regrowth > Gladiator's Shield > Genji's Guard > Caduceus Club > Sphinx's Bauble

@@HighRevolver she was pretty bad in jungle at the time. She's a lot better in it again after the 9.5 revert, but id still put her in like only B or so

@@Shenmoki I only picked the game up last month after 5 years of not playing, didn’t know she was that bad before lol

@@HighRevolver Just in jungle though! She's been a good solo laner for a little over a year and still is

shes either the best or worse, she needs a change so she's always just semi good and not horrible or broken

@@TheOldFashionedDad Almost every god is getting at least a slight rework for smite 2, and most of the community agrees that Freya's kit just isn't synergistic with the balancing of the game. There's a reason she's a plague when she's meta and pretty much never seen when she's not

Her kit is so boring and does the goddess no justice as far as lore accuracy - she needs a rework and a remodel bad

I think she should have a means to augment her abilities based on her last ability used + basic attacks. This is based on the chinese Tiagrams of which her abilities were based on. (Wood, Water, Earth, Metal, Fire). Basically, her basic attack gets empowered and apply the wood element after being fired (its not wasted should the attack miss, only when it hits ANYTHING). When she gains a new element, her last one is consume and replaced by the newest one. Passive rework Same passive, but with more effects based on the last element you used. Upon hitting an entity with your empowered basic attack, you gain the Wood Element for the next 10 seconds. Empowered Water Basic attack (this is after you deploy your Fog Cloud ability): Gives back 10 + this god's level number of mana. If this hits an enemy god, it gives double the amount Empowered Earth Basic attack (this is after you deploy your Clay Soldiers). Basic attack deals 15% of this god's intelligence or strength, whichever is higher. Empowered Steel Basic attack (this is after you fire your metal shard). Basic attack pierces and explodes clay soldiers as if it too was a metal shard Empowered Fire Basic attack (After you used your Ult). This basic attack slightly homes in on a god within her basic attack range, fixing its path to a designated god she is staring at within range by 25% of its original path. If they walk out of range, the attack cannot follow beyond its range. Her 1 is no different except based on how it behaves after gaining a new element. After using her Fog Cloud, she gains the Water Element for 10 seconds. The fog cloud gains the following benefits based on which last element she had when activating this ability: Wooden Fog (this is after you hit an entity with your empowered wooden basic attack and rooting them). Enemy gods hit by the fog are rooted for 0.1 seconds and are slowed for 10/15/20/25/30% while in the fog Earthen Fog. (this is after you deploy your Clay Soldiers) The fog follows the path of the clay soldiers, and if multiple go in different directions, the fog splits up to follow each of them, halving its power if two went in seperate ways or reducing it by 1/3rd if all three go in separate ways. If the clay soldier lunges at a god, so does the fog. Metallic Fog. (After you fire your metal shard). Nu Wa and allied gods gain protections while in the fog, gaining 5/10/15/20/25 physical and magical protections within Fiery Fog. (After ulting) The fog's movement speed is tripled and homes in on the closest enemy god within 25 units Her clay soldiers now apply Earth element to Nu Wa for 10 seconds Wooden Wreathed Soldiers (after hitting with an empowered basic attack). Her clay soldiers gain an extra 15% more health based on Nu Wa current health. Soaked Soldiers (After deploying fog). Exploding and stunning enemy gods with her clay soldiers apply 20% slowness for 2 seconds Metallic Soldiers (after using metal shard). Soldiers steal any protections after lunging at an enemy god Fiery Soldiers (After Ult). Nu Wa creats a fourth soldier Her 3rd ability now applies Metal Element for Nu Wa for 10 seconds Wood and Steel (after hitting with empowered basic attack). Applies 10% Pen to this ability's damage and clay soldier explosion Water and Steel (after deploying fog). Reduce any healing applied to that enemy god by 20% for the next 5 seconds Earth and Steel (after deploying clay soldiers). No difference. You get to explode clay soldiers. Thats enough Fire and Steel (after ulting) instead of firing one shard, you send a cone's worth of metal forth for the same damage. Her Ult now applies the Fire element for Nu Wa for 10 seconds Blazing Logs (After hitting with an empowered basic attack). All gods hit by this ult are rooted for 0.2 seconds Blazing Steam (after deploying fog). Nu wa lands upon any fog created by her instead of her usual landing spot Blazing Earth (after deploying soldiers). Nu wa heals for 20/30/40/50/60 health per enemy god hit this way. Blazing Metal (after firing metal shard). This ult gains deals an additional 5/10/15/20/25 extra damage to the closest enemy god to Nu wa.

@@seebassteterismaster7879 love the creativity. Turning the noob mage that barely requires functioning synapses to be effective into some stance/element switching craziness would be such a glow up

@@winter_656 Its not really too crazy, its just 16 different paths of combos for 1 mage (wait, that technically means she has more different effects then tiamat...)

thank you dude!

I would also like to add that the only thing I disagree with is your last take. If Smite 2 was just Smite 1, but on a new engine, I don't think it would be enough to have people as interested especially since everyone is losing all their progress/cosmetics. Smite 2 needs to keep the core gameplay, which they already are showing that it's basically the same gameplay loop, but they need to innovate in some ways. One thing that is has held Smite 1 back in my opinion is the lack of depth. As a moba, Smite is by far the most simple/easy to get into which is mostly due to it being in 3rd person as opposed to top down rts style like League or Dota2. As long as Smite remains a 3rd person view with mostly skill shot abilities/auto attacks, I think the game will retain players and be easy to get into. But the game doesn't offer as much from a competitive viewpoint especially compared to League or Dota 2. In Dota for example, each character has 2 facet choices, which are a big a part of the characters kit that can heavily change the playstyle of said character. There is also the ability to make your minion wave pull to an xp camp so the enemy has to push closer to your tower line to farm. Also there is a skill tree which u unlock a point into every 5 levels that enhances some part of the character you are playing. In League you basically have just Runes and summoner spells and items, but there are way more complex characters to choose as well as more characters that fit in multiple roles comfortably. In Smite though, it's just relics, items, and abilities and about 95% of the Gods are locked to playing 1 role comfortably. With such a lack in options, it really reduces the replayability of each character. This also forces the devs to have to make huge item changes regularly to spice up the game and if they dont make big meta changes, people get bored really quick. There are so many more things I could say, but the main point I am trying to make is that Smite 2 could be so much better if they just took notes on what the 2 titans of the industry have been doing and succeeding with.

@@vans250 omg I JUST got what that means

thank u goat ur streams are great too it's like watching george carlin play smite

Not the same devs nor publisher

@@Nonco-1 the real question is, why not?

@@tiagomarx5072 agreed I have not felt it at all

Like imagine the new poly (has no cooldown inbetween uses) on susano

@@catalin9421 you have to wait for their alpha testing days, usually announced on Twitter and in SMITE 1's news feed

@@Shenmoki ty so much for answer the realese its on 27 august 24/7 means it will be open everyday for those who buy the founders editions right?

@@catalin9421 yep exactly!

Well who knows - it could develop into that system with time! It's clear they're starting small but adding big chunks to certain new mechanics every time. EX: Relics and how they function, jungle camps and when they drop, the complete rework of the gold chalice into something more substantial, and so on.

I like how whenever HiRez copies something other successful mobas do, people complain. But then whenever HiRez tries to innovate, people say they should've just copied league.

@@Nonco-1 ive always held the belief that hirez should copy some things from league. literally the only thing i dont agree with being copied is the grass. I think it being exclusive to marti was unique.

@@Shenmoki yeah i definitely see this as a start and more to come. I just hope the community actually expresses that it should be more fleshed out than just a single passive.

@@sweetbabyrayso5262 I'm indifferent to the grass right now, I can agree with wanting it to be on a specific character tho. Im just saying that no matter what HiRez does, half of the community will want the opposite to be done.

Yeah the way it reads is that it will knock up as soon as its released - also one thing i missed is that it will also deal damage over time as its charging up if someone's caught in it

man that’s kind of really strong, it was one of the most frustrating things about his kit before, only reason to hold ult now is just for increased size and damage since knock up is guaranteed need, i guess for more of that damage over time u mentioned now too