HOW TO TEAMFIGHT AS A SOLO LANER! (Smite Guide)

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[@samourye3366]

"He's a little smiley face, cause junglers are always happy, they're never sad right." Fine, 2019

[@BasedChadman]

Season 6 makes us very sad with all these nerfs

[@dylansmith4298]

Yeah as long as we have speed buff :)

[@BasedChadman]

@@dylansmith4298 They're gonna nerf it to 3% movement speed

[@ultimaton2382]

You deserve way more subs. Really entertaining and helpful. Thanks!

[@cassiuscarter2832]

Yes dude!

[@ninthshade7375]

Hey fine, here's an idea. Maybe play some games and do a "play by play" similar to your recent Set video, but only do the "play by play" during the team fights. Maybe do a few games like that and then compile the team fight clips in to a normal-length video. You could watch the clips afterwards to add extra commentary on top of what you said "live" during the actual fights, too. I think that could be a good way to show some specific fight examples. Heck, I suppose you could just go rip team fights from your existing videos and add commentary over the top, too. Maybe that's a more time-efficient way to do it. Just a thought. Thanks for all the content!

[@jambo5936]

Ninth Shade no

[@GodofDisco]

Peter Svoren yes

[@outofideas900]

Smite needs to put this into a beginner tutorial

[@thedamnguy6411]

Very informative video. One thing that I would like to add is that you don’t always have to tp if you are playing a god like kuzenbo going blink and thorns with relic dagger is just op you do lose farm against certain matchups but if you know your gods clear or you opponents clear you can back more efficiently. Another example would be a god with a great clear like cabrakan or set. They can clear the waves early on and not need to have tp because they can clear and just back to base and make it back to lane quickly now this won’t happen with al matchups but more often than not you can have clear pressure over other gods.

[@gonzmain4934]

This is great fineO i know u got a lot going on but nobody else has done this to this level meaning is super easy to understand hope u keep coming put with videos like these it really helps the comunity out a lot

[@devonadler5835]

Lots and lots of great, in depth key knowledge unleashed in this video. Love to listen to you talk for 20 minutes, so densely filled with everything you know, flow eloquent from topic to topic. More like this

[@McHammerMeal]

Smite needs to sponsor this video.

[@Homeb]

THANK YOU for teaching these kids how to play Smite. So frustrating dealing with frontliners who only attack other frontliners because they're the closest enemy available. And backliners who just sit and watch as frontliners absorb all the aggro because they think we're trying to foolishly 1v5. A map/objective pressure and awareness guide would be a nice supplementary piece to this.

[@firstnamelastname4008]

Thanks for all the help you give. Very logical in the way you explain things.

[@Sidorio]

I don't play a lot of solo but I feel like this is really good advice for all roles tbh. Should help me play better when I am in solo lane, but also recognise enemy and ally behaviours when I play as a backline. I'm defo sharing this vid with buddies of mine that play Smite, good stuff!

[@jgad6370]

Dude you are on the top of my list for informative smite content. The last several videos I’ve watched have answered questions I’ve had for years now. Im sure there are plenty of people who have become so knowledgeable about smite that they could be successful at teaching individuals how to play. But none of them are making videos like this that answer these nuanced questions, questions that new players don’t know how to ask and that veterans don’t usually remember asking. Thanks for spending the time and energy to really think about the quality of the content you’re making rather than just creating quantity.

[@Castaway_]

Very comprehensive and great explanation of advanced conquest tactics. First video I’ve seen of it’s kind and very helpful.

[@link514]

You know you're early when KZbin says the video has more likes than views

[@duck3y27]

This was the most helpful smite video I’ve ever seen!! Thanks Fineo!!

[@catalinghita1001]

"What's going on youtube, it's ya boy, fineokay" Gotta love that intro xD

[@lilbluetiger75]

Hey man idk if you're gonna see this since this video is nearly 2 years old but you said about halfway through that you hope that this video can be used for any meta and I believe you achieved that. Besides mechanics I believed I plateau'd in my journey to become a better solo laner so I was looking towards older videos trying to see anything that might have been lost in all the big changes over the years that could be brought back and this has definitely helped a lot man. Thank you for all the great content you put out and taking time to teach others. I hope to one day face you myself on those stages.

[@firstnamelastname4008]

I'm surprised it wasn't a video of just pridwen again

[@colin4945]

Super helpful. A suggestion for more specific solo lane team fight tutorials would be to separate them into the three parts: Dive gods, dive/peel, and back line. gods.

[@AngelWithSniper]

Hey! Thanks for the guide. My main role is solo and I always struggled in the late game. This was very helpful!

[@vinisavordelli6022]

You are the best in the community man, I can see you are really concerned with teaching people, and you do it so well. I am playing since early season 2 and I still like watching your videos, you are so captivating that I love watching it even if its something that I already know. And the best part of it is, you always find time yourself to answer comments and doubts and post tutorials even mid spl. You're amazing and I cannot wish you anything but success. Also: Do you dig Giant Robots?

[@DudeImFonz]

Yes giant robots are cool

[@Crazylrishguy]

Literally exactly what I was looking for, thanks man, I was winning the lane and then getting bopped in teamfights

[@zimt3277]

7:35 the smile of depression junglers have

[@BasedChadman]

Amen

[@trillgds6736]

Great vid👌this should help a lot of people understand what they should be doing in team fights. Now when someone does wrong in a team fight I can refer them to this video

[@tye2playful826]

Bro is a godly solo laner and no one talks about it 🔥🔥keep it up bro

[@gimpli7600]

I really appreciated this. I wish somebody would do this for jungle and support those are the two roles I struggle with, but I really like to play.

[@cassiuscarter2832]

Another awesome video this stuff will make everyone who watches it better which is just great for smite

[@spurioussnail4789]

as someone who is semi new to smite and only really plays support and solo, this was super helpful! thanks so much :)

[@dlo9567]

Super helpful video. Smite really should promote this sort of content, the more the community learns about correctly playing their roles, the less toxic it will become.

[@egaita]

This was a very helpful video and I enjoyed. I’m an ama player and it was hard to understand what to do, often my team will complain about me diving even if I do good.

[@Mromar134679]

This was amazing! Supper helpful!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I swear to Persephone's pomegranates, most solo laners don't know their role. I hope that every solo laner watches this guide.

[@BasedChadman]

And most supports dive, most junglers chase kills, and most adcs and mids play up too far. We need a more informed community as a whole imo.

[@jonfox5064]

Keep up all the content bro I don’t even play solo on our team rn and I got so much from this ❤️

[@krazykieren4723]

was a great video. learned alot. shared it on every mini platform i have just to increase gamer knowledge

[@Pres98Rivera]

If you wanted to do a guide on a specific god you might just need to do a play by play when streaming or on the spl gather some clips and explain them but that might take more work. Love the vids Fineo!!

[@Mrcuddlesworth76]

Chang’e spamming ability is her dash change my mind

[@dylansmith4298]

Chang'e my mind*

[@kettukehveli]

Awesome content. Thank you!

[@BasedChadman]

Now if only there was a way to get every gold and plat player to watch this... No matter the role, this is extremely informative.

[@theprodigy1779]

Thanks for the video I feel like most players don’t understand what the solo laner should be doing. So many times I’ve had bad damage dealers tell me they need more peel. I mostly play Cu Chulainn so you can imagine how badly I want to close app when someone asks me for peel.

[@TheReaH3NRYBankShaft]

Yeah he says you still peel scrub lol

[@damianarnsdorff9689]

Yo im lashedclient thanks for the kind words my guy!

[@LITTLEMAN12XP]

Guys I literally drank a glass of water

[@HydeTrain320]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@shnymnstr5856]

OMG i love this video thank you!!

[@yabigboi]

hey fine i think yo should reupload some of your games from s3 - 4 and show us the progress youve made since then. also i miss the old map. love your content man gl in your upcoming games

[@GodofDisco]

10/10 drawing. More drawings pl0x

[@byrdibyrd6876]

Has anyone else done these guides for other roles that you'd recommend/do you know the other roles well enough to do more guides?

[@itscoolthough419]

Hey man thanks for this I’m considering switching to a solo main (: One thing though, if you’re ever doing one of these again be sure to read the stream questions clearly since its reall hard to understand you when you’re whispering at 2x speed lmao.

[@DudeImFonz]

You're right. It'd be cool to just open up chat on screen as well. Gonna try that next time.

[@itscoolthough419]

fineokay you got it king, either way its a solid one.

[@Terrencify]

Big Daddy FO with the content!

[@aggil661]

I'd like to see a Nemesis solo vid from you. I do it with golden blade but I wanna see how berserker would go, I feel like nem wave clear is kinda bad so I always get golden blade

[@vacamaspps]

Please make a video on chaac, i love playing him but feel really confused about when to dive and when to just cc their frontline.

[@dylandobroski4266]

Hey fineokay love the content and I know this video is old old but do you still think defense > damage in season 7? I hear you say a lot that tanks are just easily killed now. Don't know if you did another video like this or not. Thanks! :)

[@megagurka]

Informative video. I always chase and cc other teams backliners as solo, but often the carries on my team then complains that I'm not peeling for them. Pretty fucking annoying when I basically disable the enemy damage.

[@eddrocks2]

Im terrible at smite. This explains the whole idea of a team fight so well and from, what i can find is one of the only things to do so.

[@derekholton9314]

Considering the importance of blink right now, would you put relic dagger into the core build of every solo laner?

[@Homeb]

Teach them how to build team comps in ranked

[@bretts3057]

If the enemy backliners are separation how do I chose which backliner to dive

[@scalpingsnake]

I would like a play by on different gods focussing on your mentality in tf

[@jakobmann1497]

You are my favourite smite player

[@MutedAndReported3032]

What should you do as a backliner?

[@ElenaRevely]

Godlike tutorial, man. Thanks so much Exactly what I needed...just, uh, maybe try not to illustrate pushing up in Lane then suddenly change to down. It was a little confusing for a few mins.

[@pattevargas7688]

Pretty well explained, i hooe my mates can use your wise words XDD

[@keepitonthedl7058]

Can you make a video that is conceptual (like this one, loved it), on what you are looking for in a god for each role and why? Ex: support needs good peel. Jungle wants high burst. Mid wants??? I dont even know.

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

Mid wants also high burst or consistent dps, depensing on whether the carry is high burst or consistent dps. And really all of this can be changed around a bit depending on team comps

[@profsolaire7558]

Dabbers? fineok with the god tier names

[@Tfal.]

What build to Ymir ? To kill squishy in late with 3-2-4 combo and beeing tanky? And Relic Dagger is a must have for him ? If they have hard slows switched to winged blade?

[@ghostrecon1419]

Probably warrior’s blessing or guardians, it’s really depending on your play style, cdr boots or pen boots if you can manage to get a lead, breastplate(or genji’s) void, mantle, e staff and last item is situational to the match (probably something with health ) and I don’t recommend relic dagger in solo unless you are messing around with different stuff ( even fineokay says it’s more of a support item than solo)

[@Tfal.]

ghostrecon1419 Ah okay, make sense, thanks

[@RuneMKK]

3 ABSOLUTE UNIT VIDEOS WILL HE EVER STOP??? Also do viewer team fights or inhouse because I would love to frag with the squad.

[@theminefreak4391]

How do i build king arthur now? Genjis doesnt have that 20 cdr right now

[@ryansmith8477]

I get In meant to dive the enemy back line so they can't hit my backline but then their front line kill my back line and then my back like complain that I'm not peeling and I got them killed

[@jefeINdenver]

off this topic: Is Pridwen still relevant as a solo laner since its nerf?

[@scalpingsnake]

Blink is necessary but OP in my opinion. There are a few times where I think it's fine but then there are the times where it's clearly OP; like when their jungle has vision on you via their teamates and blinks over a wall, instantly using an ability that you just can't react to. Yes you can counter it with wards but there are A LOT of areas where someone can blink over a wall and your team have to ward certain areas for other reasons. I would say for balance, blink should take .5 of a seconds to teleport you and there is a small indicator for the enemy to see where you will end up.

[@ramonju-dixo3658]

scalpingsnake it is called blink for something

[@scalpingsnake]

@@ramonju-dixo3658 yes well obviously the name may have to be changed

[@AllOfYouAreSpeshl]

You are a national treasure

[@ashra8281]

As nemesis solo, are you ulting a tank so you're team can kill them or diving the back line?

[@osirisavra1301]

I see them ulti the front and dive back mostly.

[@KeananOien]

You ult the tank then dive the back line

[@mando3027]

How do u counter a full damage chaac, he built trans, hammer and pen

[@dlo9567]

Armando Maldonado anti-heal is the best way to shut Chaac down! + of course Defense like FineO says. He’s an early game god so will drop off mid-late

[@mobb7080]

Chac is more of a pub stomp solo, you have to be aware of his fall off. Build your defense early, and play back. If you know you can’t win the trade, don’t try and fight. Get your farm, and lvl up and play for late game. If he’s going offensive he’s not gunna be able to bang late game.

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

Whos the best assassin in solo? Susanoo, its definitely susanoo. You can dive all back lines, tons of mobility, tons of control, and glad shield in a team fight is so god awful good on him. Plus pulling people out of clear is amazing. (Against amaterasu for instance, as long as you never let her shield hit the minions [ie pull her away from the minions just before she detonates the shield] she can literally do nothing in lane)

[@darkw0lf07]

So FineO I do have a question I play support and was wondering where do you think they should start in casuals and ranked. I usually still start in duo but had ppl saying I shouldn't cuz that's not meta and I hate just copying the pros like that cuz u guys are on another level and in 5 man comms what's ur opinion?

[@ghostrecon1419]

Start duo unless the enemy support starts somewhere else too

[@darkw0lf07]

@@ghostrecon1419 yeah that's a good rule I have just had some of my adcs tell me to leave even tho the enemy support was there.

[@ghostrecon1419]

DARKW0LF 07 more than likely they’re going to die and rage because the enemy support is in the lane and/or they never ward and get dove by the support or jungle, plus imo there’s not enough farm for support to start mid or other lanes because jungle is already behind because of the meta and mid doesn’t need to split every wave in the beginning

[@darkw0lf07]

@@ghostrecon1419 yeah I 100% agree it's just hard for me being a support because it seems each match they want something different

[@virustsunami4096]

Rotate after u have boots... Bc u are too slow without em 😉 ( lv 5-6) I think best when u stack thebes after boots :)

[@umadevi-zq3dc]

What is that intro song?

[@Brantlins]

Say you're playing sobek, and you pluck an enemy front line, aren't you enabling that front line to dive your back line?

[@OniWithDaHoodie]

Damn FO you listened to me thx bro❤👊🏾

[@R_Joon_V]

Can you do a Persephone video? :)

[@pissedoffmule6493]

Can you do cabrakan solo

[@virustsunami4096]

Can u get a new Faf solo gameplay? 😊😁

[@Junieisgay]

What I've learned from this video is I'm playing solo right and my ranked teams are braindead

[@BigSleepyJoeCooking]

❤ earlier today was carrying a game I was clearing minions off a Phoenix and my team decided to 4v5 the enemy team on their side of the map and they had fire giant needless to say they got wiped

[@alexanderkessler973]

longing for dat Set guide

[@cafpow2282]

doesn't it condtradict a little at the beginning? Defense > Damage you say, which makes sense, but then: diving Backline > peeling (which makes sense too since you don't want carry/mage freecasting around) so it has to be a mix of those two then, or am i totally not seeing something here?

[@DudeImFonz]

Yes there is more nuance to any teamfight but the idea is that tanks can buy more time + have more room for error against damage dealers. It's not as black and white as I depict it but I'm just trying to illustrate the point.

[@cafpow2282]

@@DudeImFonz thank you very much for the Answer. I see now how you meant it. Really helpful still. i guess i'd go for peel if we retreat, and go for a dive if we attack for example. Depending on the Players, the Build. As you say, very complicated. i subscribe. :)

[@stoicdeicide2810]

He said "and king Arthur is king Arthur right." Nuff said.

[@anthonydrup8485]

So essentially supports are considered frontline and should never worry about peel?

[@dungeonsathome]

Never is a bad word

[@ramonju-dixo3658]

Anthony Drup it depends on the situtation, but solo tend to dive more than supports that tend to be more team oriented

[@DudeImFonz]

No it depends on the situation but supports tend to peel a lot. It's not as cut and dry for the other roles, what I'm trying to say in the video is that solos should be diving the most.

[@ViraLCyclopes]

Hi dad

[@sorinash95]

Ms Paint!! PogU

[@Master1Morrison]

See my friend who says he is “better” than me says I should be defending the back line as a guardian But I tell him what you told me about the enemy carry free casting But 🤷🏾‍♂️ I’m the bad player for not peeling rather than pressuring their back line

[@mobb7080]

Isis/Morgan are viable rank solos?

[@scholl5360]

yea

[@tayorhodes445]

He really called out blink thorns a year ago

[@pressurize-8863]

played with a famous streamer who I will not name who didn't understand this concept he basically wanted me to be a cc slave for him.

[@BasedChadman]

WHERE'S ME PEEEEEEEL?!

[@saiyajingengar1811]

Anyone want Fine to review some of DM's gameplay?

[@GodofDisco]

SaiyajiNGengaR lions don’t waste their time on gazelles

[@BasedChadman]

DM always plays perfectly 110% of the time though

[@saiyajingengar1811]

@@GodofDisco Yeah but does he own a Tesla?

[@paincy8645]

where is khepri

[@NightDweller]

FineO best girl 😤👌

[@4shady0]

So basically, solo lane wins games. #Letsgetit #Solomainsrejoice

[@aaidxnne4802]

Bro I hate when people say solo landing is a useless and or boring role

[@elguason2159]

Sometimes it's boring cuz people make it boring

[@Celestiallev]

It’s boring if you’re playing like a puss or your enemy is.

[@finter4644]

@@Celestiallev Definitely. Had my first solo game in a while recently as camazotz vs erlang. At some point the guy just stayed stationary under tower. Was decidedly irritating.

[@Marine1x1]

it can get boring when people play super passive and start freezing waves under tower

[@topoftheworld4]

@@Marine1x1 laning fase can be boring if your opponent is an asshole like yall said but teamfights with solo laners are amazing. Blinking in with Zhong...Ulting with Set into the adc face idk bruh baby vamana stomping those carries always a fun time

[@outso]

Defense > damage. Yes, preach. People need to learn the truth.

[@IrishBiteGirl]

People exaggerate the nerf to Talaria Boots way too much. Statistically it's still amazing and the best choice for anyone rotating a lot. The 5 power off of it was nothing, and anyone who has actually number crunched it knows the damage loss is negligible. This just goes to show that even the pros follow some item meta shifts blindly. No one gets Talaria for the damage, and that aspect has changed virtually zero. Now for gods who you would normally get Ninja or Warriors.. This isn't a factor either.

[@DudeImFonz]

If you like talaria then you do you. To say pros don't know what they're talking about though is silly. 5 power on the most cost efficient item choices is a lot. Games can be one or lost in early solo trades so every stat matters. Yes you can get away with going talaria and never fighting and always running away and rotating (like before.) I'd rather push leads with trades and go for either 25 more power or Ninja tabis crazy stats.

[@IrishBiteGirl]

@@DudeImFonz The meta didn't change to incorpprate that when the boots were changed. 5 power statistically has an insignificant damage change to any god that used Talaria before the change. Again, not saying you should pick it on gods who used Warriors or Ninja before the change that is still better for them. But the ones that did use Talaria see next to zero numbers change from the 5 power. So switching from it was really just a percieved difference and not an actual ones, which does show even pros follow notes blindly at times without doing any testing of it. A 3-5 damage difference is not statistically justified to stop using something on the idea of "it's less damage now". Since you buy this for the speed boost. I'm not saying any choice is wrong or right, but the data doesn't support dropping it over actual damage numbers. Just on perceived changes which is just people being swayed by notes without testing.

[@Tonaldo90]

Wtf. Cama is op solo, no mention about him?

[@dtrippsbold7931]

Oh nice! Maybe I’ll get less shit for my hachi solo now. Thanks Fine!