SMITE 11 Beginner Mistakes & How To Fix Them! 

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

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.

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

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

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

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).

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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

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.

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.

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 😁

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 !

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

Never expected that you made the joke about installing smite lol

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.

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

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

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

Always nice to see your smite vids

Really good information! Highly appreciated!!

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.

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

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.

Thanks for all that you do for the community !

I played casually a few years ago. None the less there were still plenty of things I found useful. Great content. I'm going to look for more!

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

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

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

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

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.

Awesome video dude cheers!!

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

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

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.

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 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

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

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.

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.

I give uuuu a thumbs up cuuuz im new to this game, u helped me

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Great Video! I really could have used this Video when I started with smite years ago, and I could´ve had more fun earlier :D .... that Archon flex tho

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.

So THIS is what you were asking on Twitter for

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.

would love to game with you and your group sometime. always looking for people to learn from and study how they play why trying to find my rhythm

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

If all else fails blame your teammates

Nice video bro

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.

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

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 just downloaded the game thank you

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

Hey. What do u think abous set buffs?

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.

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

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

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

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 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

I’ve been trying to teach my gf to play smite in mid and support (so she can get an idea if she likes to be tanky or do damage) and I think the hardest thing for her is understanding where other players should be and the basic 2-1-1 and jungle set up. Lots of new players just run to random lanes which is understandable since the game tutorial doesn’t help at all. I told her not to worry about it for now but I know it’s confusing for her and lots of players I’m sure.

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

Funny thing with the minions doing a lot of damage, they used to do even more, especially early

You're such a comedian!

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

LMAO 😂 Bonnie Tyler meme. Good one

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.

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

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.

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

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

Is there part 2 out yet

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"

Console I reccomend savage plus for the controller layout

The character dukesloth is playing looks like a khorne daemon from warhammer lol.

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

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.

I will always remember those words and you singing them "turn around "