SMITE 11 Beginner Mistakes & How To Fix Them! 

Really annoying thing, is when a teammate complains and says he is a master player on his OG account Like... if you are smurfing, then don't be suprised that everyone arent as good as you.

Great video for beginners, but some experienced players could use that "don't take chat to heart" section.

The first mistake was installing Smite *huhuhuh* I’m such a comedian. But for real, don’t take chat to heart like Duke says, and don’t one trick, it’s better to learn all gods than stick with 1

I've been playing for over 5 years now and I still play Co-op. Sometimes it's nice to be able to put on some music and not think too hard about playing well, and you can help new players by helping them adjust.

Despite using it often, I still think Jungle Practice mode is too hidden in the menus. It should honestly have its own shiny button on the main menu that everyone can see as soon as they log in. It would also be great if you could change god in the mode without having to back out to main menu (even if it has to give you a loading screen to change).

speaking of people never playing more then 1 god, thats why i love assault it forces them to try more gods.

*me ready to write "first mistake is installing smite" *hears mistake 1* Me: FRICK

Me, who has invested nearly 1800 dollars into this game at this point and nearly 7 times that many hours: “Oh hey dukes boutta teach me how to play this game”

I didn't know that you could return to base by pressing a button for about three days, I'd manually run back each time. My friends had a good laugh on that one. Considering they were playing with me the whole time.

Biggest mistake I made was having fun in arena and thinking that the rest of the game was built around that experience

me: *has 2000+hrs on the game* also me: *watches this vid mainly cuz Duke's voice is like butter*

at 9:55 in the footage when you get 2 kills and clear tower and someone still tries to initiate a surrender presumably because they were doing poorly. i felt that in my soul.

Hey the last one piece of advice was me! Great video Duke! One thing to add on "putting too much weight on others players words" If someone is advising you to fix your build... nicely ofc, to help the fight against the enemy team... please listen to them... sometimes ofc. Ik some people troll newer people but if you dont have any anti heal in your build and someone tells you to build one... please do so

I'm teaching the game to my little sister, she went alone in to other mode than coop and got insulted... How sad...

Me and my brother have a saying about smite minions "Minions OP" It never a good thing to forget how much damage they do to either you or the titan

a MAJOR point that was missed here: BUY WARDS. this goes hand in hand with the "look at your minimap" point, but buying wards is absolutely essential to all levels of play. placing a ward gives you so much information, its practically the best item in the game, and its also subsequently the cheapest. buy wards, and then look at your map.

As a seasoned player it’s still good to be reminded of these bad habits lol

7:50 This may be getting a bit too advanced for the target audience of this video, but in a lot of situations, it is better to target the enemy solo laner over their minions. When you attack the enemy god, their minions start attacking you, which means they aren't attacking your minions. It's possible to outclear just by targeting the god and taking minion aggro in solo. You get pressure off of that as well as off of the damage you do to the enemy solo, and most warriors can tank minions throughout the game. It does take some practice in solo to figure out when to target minions versus the god, so it's not an absolute beginner topic. But I think it's one of the most important things to learn to be a good solo laner, and one of the biggest mistakes I see in other solo laners. It takes practice, but you have to figure out which gods should focus minions, which should focus the enemy god, and at what point in the game to do either one. Some people will focus minions way too hard early game, and I'll get massive pressure and early kills because they refuse to fight. Others will be chasing me down trying to attack me while I proxy in midgame. Midgame fighting in solo is like slapping each other with wet noodles. They waste 30 seconds attacking me while I kill a wave behind their tower, I heal up the damage immediately, and then I go to mid and we kill their team because the other guy still has to clear the wave.

When I started playing Smite I remember watching some of your videos to learn more about the game and mechanics. To see that still to this day you do this type of videos helping out new players makes me have nothing but respect for you my man. You're doing god's work out here and we all should appreciate how much you support the game this way. Much love Duke

Thanks so much for this guide . I’m a new player. Only been playing for two weeks and for the first few days I played arena exclusively just to get used to mechanics and a few gods. Then I started playing other modes for the win of the day bonus favor. I fell in love with siege , hated clash but now I really enjoy clash . Assault is always fun whether I win or lose and I just started liking Joust. Definitely hard for me I’m trying to find a role I can do well. I’m mainly a support in other modes besides arena. I’ve been avoiding conquest out of fear but seeing your video . I will give it a shot ! Still scared but I’ll do my best !

I STILL love and use a modified version of ur keybindings! That video was how I actually found your channel and was SO MUCH HELP for me with my problems I kept having pressing other abilities on accident instead of moving etc. I just got sick of it and figured I could find a better way of playing and now I've been subbed ever since 😁

Man I've been playing since season 1 and I still die to minions sometimes. And I can't tell you how often I see people chase kills without at least damaging the wave a little bit and we end up losing a tower because of it

Always appreciate you Duke we have so many new players which makes me happy and I hope this can help them and that toxic people wont scare them off cuz we all started somewhere folks.

The biggest mistake in Smite was people giving DMbrandon a platform for years

I think you should do a "Jungle pathing in smite" because when i started playing I had no idea what is my pattern in the jungle lol

Never expected that you made the joke about installing smite lol

One of the mistakes I saw a lot of was new players not buying anything for the entire match.

For me one of the most noticeable changes I made as I gained experience was learning to not be as conservative with my ult. When I first started I was super reluctant to even use my ult unless it would be hitting multiple people. Obviously that’s the best case but learning that not every ult I use needed to do that was a very impactful change. Maybe not the biggest but certainly the one I noticed the most.

I play paladins for years, almost since it's release and i always wanted to move to smite just bcoz i think, at least visually is much more nice, but evertime i try the game i end up closing it in a few matches bcoz how i suck lol, but thanks for the tips anyway it might help :D gonna give it another shot

I’ve been playing smite for a very long time now ever since it came to ps4, and I’ve gone through it all I’m helping someone new to the game get to know it and I link them to your videos a lot. I feel like a lot of other youtubers work on the whats and when’s but you help people understand the how’s and mechanical aspects also I think you help a lot in the item department because something as simple as reading the items passive is too hard for some people lol

id say hold off on the cq guide since hi rez has stated that in s8 there will be a new cq map and with that might come changes that you'd want to include with the guide

Ive one that goes beyond beginners. Not warding simply because your not the guardian/tank

I've only played like 30 matches of conquest and the last time I played was 3-4 years ago, I was so scared of being called out for being bad, since I've always liked Joust the best lol.

That first tip is so good? I was constantly getting wrecked instantly until I started playing a variety of gods. I didn’t understand why I was getting annihilated by Nemesis, it turns out I was using crit against her shield, which was a ver bad idea.

I love all the videos your putting up for beginners my friends just started playing so I send them all your videos, maybe sometime later u can make a video on what roll beginners should try and learn first Im curious about what u and other people think but keep up the amazing content

I am not exactly beginner player but still very casual and I can see myself of those players who avoid conquest. Most time I play conquest wasn't good experience, mostly the time, you get forced to play support there aswell. Actually the match I played on conquest map was because of MTODs.

Playing and learning conquest is the best tips out there. Could write 10- A4 pages about how much better youll get, compared to not playing it.

One major thing I've noticed when played with beginners is that sometimes they dont finish tier 3 items and keep piling up tier 1 and 2 items without understanding of how impactful it would be to buy full tier 3 item.

Most common mistake I see new players making is saving up for tier 3 items because they don't know the lower tiers build into it.

I've noticed a lot of content for beginners in smite, but when it comes to intermediate and advanced players you kinda have to self find chomps of information here and there and the higher you go, the less concise and the more debatable stuff you find out, i don't want to blame anyone but that's something top players and even hirez itself should work on better, i almost think like most stuff is being somewhat purposely keept unclear, for either intentional inaccessibility measures for the average player or to keep coaching and similar activities more montetizable. Either that or the top boys consider that the community doesn't really want/deserve to know how things should work at a higher level, because the competitive scene is too small. While actually, promoting and stabilizing something that would actually help having people attracted to the competitive scene itself, as well as decreasing general toxicity by promoting self awareness based on higher community standards and norms, it would just make things so much better.

Using the mini map is very important...but when I was (probably still am) a beginner and a relatively older person to other players, I was mostly trying not to have an epileptic seizure as my eyes and brain were being overloaded with all the flashy, flashy colours and loud sounds... I'm from the Atari 2600 generation. Thanks for all your tips DukeSloth, I really appreciate them... :) MacroManatee.

Always nice to see your smite vids

Side note I love playing co op sometimes it's just more fun to play bots when people are too busy trolling in random queue.

You touched on my personal peeve with people chasing kills over objectives. However, I would extend that to a more general priority list and find room on there for protecting team mates.

The mistake that players don't test gods in jung practice is very good. I remember when Heim was released, I read the kit and it said that crits do only 70% of damage. Then went to jung practice and tried it out and discovered that Heim autos did 800-1000 crit, immediately loaded amc, did exactly the same build and amc did 600 crit. Then week or two later one player in my team called me an idiot for building crit on Heim. I told him go and see for himself how much dam Heim can do with crits. I used to play all game modes, every day I had a goal to get the first win of the day. That lasted for 2 years, then I dropped arena and clash (didn't get too into that in the first place). Next 2-3 years I played conquest, joust and siege in a loop. And now I mostly play conquest and sometimes joust and siege.

I'm especially guilty with the first one :D When I first started out, I only choose Mage-type gods, and whenever I get some cash, I would always buy another Mage class... however, I realised that focusing on one role isn't that much great. In fact, it's probably bad. And that's how I was able to, well, branch out to different classes. If I didn't have that kind of realisation, I would have never found out that I can use Cerberus or Pele with ease. Or that I would be wondering why the hell Chaac can spam his skills whenever.

I've been playing smite since baba yaga's release and I made it my mission to play every god at least once just to ensure I know how their kit works and how the aninations of their abilities work as to avoid or understand the threat

I started out years ago playing a handful of gods and modes and quickly got bored/annoyed/overwhelmed by everything and dropped the game. picking it up again from time to time. When playing arena, i enjoyed the quick/condensed gameplay and found it useful to give more gods more tries to learn their skills mechanics and items. Got into almost exclusively playing arena and actually enjoying myself instead of stressing over other game modes. I always recommend people try arena and wish others would stop bashing on people who play it.

I suggest starting to broadening a select few gods at start like 3 of all types warriors ,mages etc

Mentioning the meta when I play hera solo for shits and gigs Excellent

My 4 year old son will sometimes load up a conquest game while I’m takin a dump or something and picks a character way off their role. Then player’s start shit talking him. Not sure whether to laugh or to be upset.

I just started the game and this helped alot I usally will probaly get 1 kill but now I get about 10 kills. Very good video for beginners

I'm fine with the default lay out on Xbox just because of how my hand eye cordanation works

Thank you I did not realize I was doing those things thank you for the help.

When I first started I ended up using almost anubis exclusively from like lvl 5 to 30. However, it ended up working out in my favor with me getting decently well at my positioning and reading situations. On the other side tho I cant aim very well.

Before you make that conquest thing for season 7 you should know they plan on updating the conquest map this season this month.

I started playing with my friend who is brand new to the game and have seen a lot of wtf moments but one thing I hate about new players is they just dint care about the team will pick assassin when they get support split solo or mid lane xp not clear camps as jungle etc and when you point it out they just get upset

If all else fails blame your teammates

The button layout Savage is the best IMO for Xbox smite, only have to remove ur thumb from the right analog for the ulti. This is assuming you have a stock controller ofc

Ive been testing gods out in arena. I like arena a lot but it plays so much more different than Joust. Conquest terrifys me but that is only because im so new and I dont really understand roles and formations. I will give conquest a try at some point, but for now im still trying all the gods in arena AND 3v3 to see which I like the best.

Im over level 100 but still come back to this video. At higher levels u forget some of the basic stuff.

Lots of beginners don't know how to Auto Attack cancel! Duke you should a updated AA canceling guide. Do a tier list on who it matters on and who it doesn't effect/make use of it for reference. On pc it may not be a problem but for console its awful to watch people play Melee attack gods

This was a great video I’m only lvl 40 rn but I’m hooked on the game and it has some actual great tips to take into consideration

Been playing for over 5 years *checks video to make sure im not stupid

Really good information! Highly appreciated!!

Tbh, I was one of those who avoided conquest up until recently. Had about 60 ish conquest games from about 1,500 hrs of play time. Playing with friends helped a lot with that one but still. But basically, still only really play it in a party. Just seems people are slightly more toxic in it

I've never played SMITE, however i did play League and still am and im really experienced in it. Kinda had to watch this since i had some problems in the game, except clearing minions/csing since im adc and top main. Anyway, it is a fun game, i really like it even tho i still need to get used to how it works, i've never really played a MOBA styled game that is PvP.

One thing that all new players tend to do that significantly cripples their gameplay is not reading what the itens and the gods skills do. A lot of times it leads to things like Mystical mail on Khumbakarna, for example.

Pro tip for lower computers. Or laptop players. Computers which don't work fast in smite are a pain. Low FPS, Freezes and such on. Before going into a real game go onto a bot lobby and let your device load the map. Aswell as items. It helps. I had a laptop and it REALLY helped put freezing down

I'm just here to hear Dukesloth say the meta. Its great

So THIS is what you were asking on Twitter for

Ah yes I now know how to master using Optimus Prime, God of Trucks. Thnx for the info. I really wanted to try Smite since the Transformers collab, and now I know how to become a God, with my favorite God.

The 1st mistake was to click on this random video in recommended queue :D 3:30 that was a frustrating turn of events People aren't afraid of conquest they afraid to stuck with trolls for potentially 40-50 min because of crappy matchmaking system

Don’t initiate a attack if you are out numbered. (Unless they are super low health and you understand their abilities/ know which of them are on cool down). “Save yourself” it’s better to play it safe and not get killed, than to put yourself in a dangerous situation/ stay in too long. Saving your leap as an escape (rather than using it to initiate) can help you get out of trouble. Like he mentioned, try out gods..... coming from FPS games I thought I’d much prefer hunters.... after learning the characters, their now my last pick. My beginner god recommendations: Kukukan Ra Discordia Zeus / Ah Puch (careful no escape, but powerful & good ones to learn about combos with) Neith Medusa Guan Yu Hercules (hesitant to put him, but other choice would have been Amaterasu and think Hercules is more typical warrior role... bully) Thor Bastet Kumbhakarna Xing tian Ganesha Ares Tried to keep it to a couple of each role, but many good ones (for beginners especially in mage and guardian, imo)... these are some I had early success/ fun with.

I recently introduced some friends to Smite and this video is perfect for them :D great video Duke!

Hey Duke. I love your channel. I Thank you for this content because your guides have helped me many times to get a better understanding of the game. When you mentioned about exploring other games modes , I tend to enjoy Arena, however it doesn't seem like many people are a fan of it. Is Arena not a great mode to play? I also play Joust, and I used to play Conquest, though I'm still relatively a beginner in that mode. What are your thoughts on this, and I look forward to seeing that new Conquest video so that I can get back into it.

I love your channel I am excited for the new conquest guide

3:50 "maytah"....do you mean "mehtah"? 5:00 I try to use the minimap but fail miserably, its harder on console

I just started smite a few days ago and I’ll admit to the “maining one or two gods” problem (I’ve play Cerberus for support, Freya for mid, and amaterasu for solo and jungle, and in the event I get carry I go neith) but I’m happy to announce that I almost immediately changed the keybinds and turned off auto buy and skill to try to force myself to get accustomed with buying in MOBA’s

What are the 2 modes in Australia? I tried queuing but never got into any games

You’re either meta or not. Wow such insight very powerful stuff.

Finally someone said cuz I’m tired of getting ppl that pick suzano as a support. N what makes it worse is that they pick it after I have picked a carry

A mistake that I see a lot is people just building the auto build or items without looking at enemy team comp. Sometimes the enemy will be all physical or all magical but the new player will build items that defend the other type or will not build any defense at all when they could easily block a lot of the enemy teams damage by building at least one defense item.

My #1 for smite beginners: play! Something that I see a TON is newbies do is just picking a free rotation god and just meandering around playing a match here and there and then they say its cause they don't wanna lose a match. Finding a god that fits you and then playing to get that god is my biggest tip for beginners

Biggest mistake is not learning how to build. Even when playing with people that are level 140 and beyond you see builds without %pen and you just lose because their tanks freeroam and do whatever.

keep in mind to 180 shots while fleeing ... there are often situations your support or nother player your jungle etc ... goes in to save and if you have something ranged cc or damage you can throw behind in a half second helping him he will love you nother 180 and flee further ... this kind of turn around may even will be the Turn around in the fight

don't use auto-build is probably my best advice for beginners. This also comes along with learning items and not just playing full lifesteal hades/anubis and being suprised when someone goes anti-heal and you arent immortal

Nice video man. Alot of players really want that first kill and will over commit to get it.

Thanks for all that you do for the community !

i disagree on the bindings. there is no good or bad. i have 2k hours and always rocked the default. whatever fits you is best for you.making it no mistake. good video tho

i have multiple gods on Mastery yet i alwyas come back to watch those kind of videos. you can never have enough info about the root.

These guides are nice but most of the "tips" are usually missing something, things that might seem obvious to you or I, like clearing minions before attacking the enemy, add tips on how to clear the minions most efficiently for instance 🤷‍♂️ I'm trying to find a good guide for my friends that I got to start playing the game recently, haven't found any yet that I think will really help them much. I'm basically just trying to get them on the fast track to getting good and making good decisions and being more efficient because when I'm in the middle of a match with them it's quite difficult to also try to tell then what they should be doing, especially if all I have is the mini map. And most of the time I feel like they let their ego get in the way of letting me give them advice, so I think it would be easiest to find a good video or two, and send it to them lol

Wait, isn't it the case that you build MMRs for each mode independently? If so then it shouldn't matter if you try out a mode later in terns of getting more difficult opponents.

Just started the video, i really hope "learn which roles dive backline and which roles stay back" is one of the mistakes

My main mode is Arena due to how straight forward it is and how quick the matches are... Anyways, i got my friends to play and my #1 tip for them is "learn the items and dont use the same build every time, adapting to all situations is vital"

I come hear to check if I miss a couple things as a seasoned player and the dont take chat to heart is true, of course I have 1 or 2 games that i dont do so well in and i understand what they are telling me

Love u Duke. U speak out, what makes me Salty in games. Just Easy tips, but it Helps soo much,

1:53 This is one that I have experience. They were right I still hate them for being right I just wanted to show a clip of hp5 only just healing someone enough for my ult not to work.

ANYBODY who plays on console please please PLEASE do not use the default layout. I highly recommend savage or savage plus simply because you don't have to sacrifice your aim to activate an ability. The default control scheme is awful and i have zero idea as to why it exists

I like using jungle practice to see skins before buying them and seeing if I like them