How To Counter-Build In SMITE!

[@wakkowolf22]

0:00 - Main Overview 0:34 - Anti Auto Overview 0:40 - Midgardian Mail/Bewitched Daggar 1:31 - Spectral Armor 2:14 - Thorns 2:30 - Breastplate of Vigilance 2:45 - Anti Heal Overview 3:30 - Pestilence/Contagion 4:29 - Divine Ruin/Brawler's Beat Stick 5:42 - Toxic Blade 7:24 - Tainted 8:30 - Ankh 9:32 - Anti Shield Overview 10:01 - Gem of Isolation 10:15 - Erosion 10:54 - Envenomed Deathbringer 11:16 - Ankh/Sundering Spear 12:21 - Specific Counter Options Overview 12:26 - Winged Blade 13:45 - Bloodforge 14:22 - Magi's Cloak 15:46 - Stone of Gaia 16:32 - Shogun's Kusari 17:15 - Conclusion

[@ezecarol11]

I kinda miss Anti Power Aura items tbh and Old Nemean

[@HiHi-yk1mv]

Anti power should come back that would be strong with Atlas ult

[@mimaneneko8386]

Same

[@ans-dq9xh]

Old nemean is just bad product , wasn't strong unless tank meta ... I'm hoping they change bluestone broch too it's no fun to loose 400 hp on a random one tick tsuk spikes

[@HiHi-yk1mv]

@@ans-dq9xh you’re right I don’t missed that, on the other hand, I do miss the anti power aura items because they were useful and made sense.

[@przemysawbrzeczyszczykiewi1211]

I wish they'd bring nemean back as Blademail in dota. Passive deflect the same for all damage, and then active for deflect all damage for 6 seconds. It's suuuuch a fun item and can always be valid to build in a game against lots of burst And then the ADC or mage has to think before just left clicking/rolling face on keyboard and can pay for doing so ineffectively

[@indubitubly8358]

Nothing like another useful Inters3ct video to explain a niche but critical concept that nobody else directly teaches you! Much appreciated

[@BaneOfXistence4]

I miss TheOtherFrost for this. He would get really deep into niche Smite mechanics. A lot of his knowledge was incredibly obscure, but having little nuggets of information like that would allow you to eek out success in some micro interactions.

[@CaptainIsNasty]

Stone of gaia is the most underrated item ever, if you’re a tank with no healing built into your kit this item will keep you in fights and save your life with its passive.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

If we’re talking about counter-builds… I need to pitch in with something niche: *_Countering MOTD unlimited Invisibility._* Loki, Ao Kuang, Izanami, The Morrigain, Nu Wa (Her invisibility is just the side soup/salad compared to her clay soldiers and ult I’m these cases), etc… At 75-80% CDR, these and other gods can sustain a nigh-permanent level of invisibility, and can be INFURIATING to contend against if unprepared. Luckily, you have options: ⚪️Universally, all gods should have access to at least a few items and relics to buy that can spot or even stop an invisible player dead: Abyssal Stone, Mystical Mail, Entangling Wings, Thorns, Sundering siphon (unless they move out of the way), Cloak of the Avatar (IF they’re suicidal enough to close the distance), Aegis of Judgment, The Crusher, Arondight, Runeforged Hammer (in tandem with CC causing abilities, items or relics), Contagion and Divine ruin (Only if healing is involved), Mantle of Discord (If in range of it’s stun), and Odysseus’s Bow… These will all either disrupt their ability or it’s cooldown, hit them with a CC that’ll put them or cancel their invisibility, or apply damage or an effect that’ll momentarily tag them. Also, the Magi glyphs are also a decent idea (At least against Kuang and Loki and their Ults.) ⚪️Meanwhile some Gods have better tailored odds and ends to thwart invis: Jorm and Heimdaller can straight up see the invisible rather easily, while other gods have passives and abilities that act like some the above mentioned items. DOT is especially valuable, as the delayed damage tics stop them from reapplying their invisibility. Kuzenbo in particular is a downright troll when you figure out what items pair with his shell spikes well, and at high CDR can be applied constantly without ever expiring (I personally like Abyssal Stone, Soul Gem, Calamitous ROT, Mystical Mail, Sundering Axe and 1 last item of choice… Drives Nu away players NUTS when you bounce back their own ult’s worth of damage on them while remotely crippling their CD.)

[@kunaly.5831]

Take it to a publisher

[@imgonnacream]

I've never even heard of this

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

@@imgonnacream Oh yeah, when you play Omnipotence or All Out Assault 2.0 and people pick Stealth Gods like Loki (or worse, when you play such MOTDs and the enemy team gets them _randomly),_ it’s a headache. And if you’ve never heard of it, that’s because most people don’t think on how to counter it and just take unneeded punishment.

[@ABCDjjw]

Surprised absolution didn’t get a mention here. It’s definitely more god-specific but tanks that proc it reliably (think quick big circle ults like Nike/Bacchus/Terra) suddenly get the option to completely shut down either a big teamfight cc or a single lethal hard cc combo like Nezha sash+ult

[@robertmarosi2372]

Tainted steal is my pick when its antiheal. On solo, I usually build to buff one specific stat among the tankyness, like AA or CR. And having an antiheal item just ruins it. Meanwhile tainted steal gives te protection to survive early and does incredible job as an antiheal item. Support is more flexible, so pestilence comes fast.

[@ans-dq9xh]

Still think taintes ruined early game . Even with tainted you don't ingage a healing bot once he is stacked . But i do agree it can help . Tainted have very good late game items but the lack of mp5 is horrible .

[@CrazedWhiteGaming]

Great vid and informative. But my comment here honestly is to mention that the Cynthia theme playing faintly when you started to talk about Gaia made me think my phone was ringing in another room and made me go looking for it lmao

[@sebastien4908]

Horrific and Frostbound are also anti auto attack items War Banner and Talisman are also good for multiple auto attackers or good for low mobility team who can benefit from movement speed

[@DiveBombRebel]

I've tried midguardian mail against AA gods and it doesn't seem to help much unless you're trying to escape them and they haven't CC'd you. I think I've had better luck with Phalanx and Berserk's shield since they give you HP5, bonus prots or mitigations, and atk speed of your own to help fight back.

[@imgonnacream]

its not something you really see working, its like toxic blade and they go super good together if youre a solo/jungler fighting someone like bellona ama merc bakasura kali, 53% auto attack speed decrease from those 2 items means they cant do anything and will either run or die

[@DiveBombRebel]

@@imgonnacream If you have to build both items then you're probably making yourself weaker against other gods on the enemy team. Especially since solos don't usually get relic dagger.

[@imgonnacream]

@@DiveBombRebel I said toxic blade not relic dagger, and they both work super good together depending on the match

[@DiveBombRebel]

@@imgonnacream I forgot toxic blade decreases atk speed now.

[@capitalismnumberone]

stone of gaia’s one situation is when you’ve almost capped protections before your last item and already have cooldown to skimper into the back line to heal

[@Diogo9709]

I love sometimes picking tainted still as a mid, that anti heal can realy help at the beggining

[@FakeKaiki]

anti AA item no one talks about is toxic blade. thats a massive AAS shift in your favour

[@DeadAhead710]

Great if you can fit it into a build!

[@zyxxos]

Probably the best smite video I’ve ever seen🙏

[@mercurialfunk]

RIP Nemean You were taken too soon, by Allah we will have our revenge on Zap one day

[@gdoggy121]

You forgot the Envenomed Deathbringer in the anti-heal section.

[@malixon9963]

Completely unrelated note: a passive that increases auras by a determined range that may increase for a support

[@RisenUponTomorrow]

I always felt that the old Gem of Iso was an underrated item considering how effective certain mages can maintain the slow effect, but somehow the new Gem of Iso with the additional shielding aspect still doesn't make it a very attractive item. I feel like reverting the change to the slow passive and keeping the anti-shielding aspect would result in fairly decent item

[@kingofbogers]

old gem of iso was very unhealthy for the game. not because it was broken but because of how unfun it was to go against. just like old frostbound. the changes made were good changes and should not be reverted.

[@thism69]

It’s crazy how you don’t realize what some items are till you see their pictures up close thought pestilence was a helmet for the longest time

[@lefeline9192]

Players wants: Anti power auras Anti resis auras Old nemean (Thorns, not the blocks one)

[@Missingno14]

I came back to Smite like a month ago after not playing for years, and the first thing I looked for was Hide of the Nemean Lion. It was the only item I memorized the name and what it did and they removed it.

[@gravegaming2023]

Gem of iso is hugely underrated , the only slow item for mages

[@dalekgallifrey]

What gods/ comp do you recommend building magi's against as a jungler? I always have trouble deciding if I need magi's against anyone other than a ne zha 😂

[@Inters3ct]

Kinda hard to give a full list of Gods as it depends if they're actually giving you trouble or not in that match. But as a general rule: If you're dying to one big CC every fight before even getting damage out, Magis will help.

[@v.cd.c5323]

Does jorm and toxic blade work with each other?

[@thisoneisunfathomable1297]

random question but whats the thoughts on heals not scaling off power?

[@ssb3955]

Thanks for the guidance

[@connor3384]

man when bloodforge was 75 i would run it in skadi w bs it was nice every thing on physicals have way less power since i played

[@glacierwolf5153]

Super helpful thank you!

[@MutedAndReported3032]

Do you pick up Brawler’s on ability-based Hunters?

[@SirCrocodile.TheOneAndOnly]

If you can fit it, and gave issues with a healing heavy team I would but, that's coming from a support mains mind. So you might wanna get an opinion from a hunter/assassin playet

[@kentaIzzy]

wait, I just played that game a few hours ago

[@ranmashiah1999]

You forgot horrific and slow blink regarding basic attack reduction..

[@francisco88rg]

How to counter magical AA?

[@pajcarek]

where i can see ypou playing...you haveonly tips etc on thos chanel

[@ans-dq9xh]

I don't like the soda can thor skin . It makes so much harder to read his animations . You can just roll and 2 for free through the jungler . If you do not have him in sight he can just hide so easily

[@MrJoshdude101]

Cheers

[@mertkemalkaradag8297]

Buy Stone of Gaia every game and you counter everything!

[@Souless6X]

Soul Reaver, Quins,and Heartseeker would like a word with you

[@tomorchard6660]

@@Souless6Xyeah butttt they have to hit you with a (possibly proccing) ability first silly! And who uses Qins nowadays pfft bow builds are wayyy better smh

[@spillinggossips7011]

@@tomorchard6660The whole point of counter building is buying items to, well, counter. So if we see you with an item that gives you 350 Health and no prots, then yes, Soul Reaver, Heartseeker and Qins are the way to go, regardless of the items’ popularity. Since Gaia has no prots, all 3 of those items would essentially proc on you with extra unmitigated damage. Therefore, you were countered. The whole “who uses Qin’s anyways” point is null. And I’m pretty sure with 5 people in the enemy team, there’s a guaranteed chance you’ll receive damaging abilities that proc those items. Crazy to think the opposite tbh, wouldn’t you say?

[@bluefiremoon1158]

​@@spillinggossips7011it was sarcasm...we know qins is used in every game

[@spillinggossips7011]

@@bluefiremoon1158 Hmmm. Well I didn’t really catch the sarcastic part even by reading it again. My bad I guess. Thanks for mentioning it though.

[@extraroll8544]

Feels like he's shitting on gem of isolation way to hard like he's only thinking of it as an antishield option and ignoring the 30% slow

[@joemonreal4494]

Hit a double Tap challenge difficulty impossible

[@maxmasseNYK]

I don’t play smite anymore but the answer is always more antiheal

[@christiannunez7122]

SoG is great against Kuze

[@SomberTwilight_]

filthy Thor Player.

[@francisco88rg]

STONCE OF GAIA ANTI KNOCK UP

[@kolendonkey]

13:34 haha slow pun

[@FuzenHua]

Wish this was put in Smite's tutorial smh

[@imgonnacream]

toxic blade isnt built on hunters and ive never seen it been built on them once, its supposed to be a 1v1 item or if youre diving someone else like a kali erlang merc baka or any AA solo/jungle. it also gives 36% attack speed, 15 pen and 7% movement speed (which is super underrated) and i build it in any game where i need to out auto attack someone

[@zferolie]

I was gonna say just this. Toxic blade is an AA solo or jungler item, not a hunter item. Kali, baka, arachne, wrlang, ect do get some massive value out of this item. Not just for the anti healing but its also old ichvail, stealing attack speed for yourself makes it even easier to box

[@michaelmamba1578]

Haichep5

[@lizar7623]

Thank Me join month ago Me small brain Me need this

[@bustedsaint9442]

first

[@keanan87]

First!

[@yanblaze5507]

I may be a console player but i understand very well this things but i not buy everything is mentioned because wouldn't fit in my play style Also, many people's say pestilence and contagion doesn't stack? Yes you're right but the Anti-heal itself stack. If you build like a Example: Tainted Breastplate, Pestilence and Divine Ruin. With this three items itself you literally reduce the healing of the enemy just because you have three strong anti heal items Divine Ruin reduces 40% Tainted Breastplate reduce 50% Pestilence reduces 25% All with this three's items online in a late game, every hit you did against the enemy god and near to them you take literally: 115% of healing. Absurd isn't it?

[@kentaIzzy]

no, because the anti-healing cap is 80%

[@yanblaze5507]

@@kentaIzzy 80%? No, i don't think so.

[@imgonnacream]

pestilence is 60% anti heal

[@MotherOfAllmonsters1]

They stated a few updates ago the max you can be anti healed is 80% unless you ah puch he can do 100%

[@zacherymesa7201]

This is basically cheating it’s like a cheat code

[@adamsterling5293]

What happened to the one anti cd🥲