#HEALER MAGES HAVE TO MUCH PROT ON SMITE HOW TO#

With Void Stone and Ethereal Staff coming online first, the Guardian's naturally high base damage (but typically mediocre scaling) is supplemented by damage bonuses other than raw Magical Power, and allows an aggressive Guardian to snowball their lane much more easily than a defensively constructed counterpart. While low on the CDR and survivability front, this aggression-oriented build leans on the Guardian set's naturally high protections and health to keep them alive early. Gods It's Good for: Bacchus, Cabrakan, Ymir, Sobek Who Wants It: Offensively inclined Guardians when snowballing the early game and applying pressure is key. Your ability to take magical hits does suffer - but with the added punch, so will the enemy's. If you're looking for a little more damage, don't be afraid to pick up a Soul Reaver or Ethereal Staff over Genji's Guard and Stone of Binding. If you can't quite figure out which items you want when, this is an all-around defensive build meant to keep you alive and well through most enemy strategies. This is a well-rounded build suited to most Guardians in the traditional support role - with plenty of MP5, basically all the protections you can ask for, maxed out 40% CDR (that's overclocked with the Genji's Guard passive), and up to 3 powerful Auras to boost your team's strength.

Bumba's Mask (if roaming with the Jungler/Mid laner).

Mark of the Vanguard (if Solo laning or engaging the enemy often).

Watcher's Gift (if passively farming in lane).

Gods It's Good For: Most Guardians in most situations Who Wants It: Standard Guardians filling the support role, with minor adjustments for Solo lane or Jungle play With a little tweaking to each one, you can adapt to nearly any danger that comes your team's way. Much of what you're doing is based around successfully navigating through the enemy team's strategy in order to neutralize it, engage effectively, and keep your team safe.īelow are some solid builds that will serve you well enough in a number of situations on the Battleground. Since their raw health pools and abilities tend to be so strong - but not the greatest as leveraging stats like Power - there are few good ways to proactively and consistently build a Guardian. The sticking point for newer players (who are often relegated to support roles in Conquest) is that Guardians are easy to build solidly, but a nightmare to build perfectly.

Health, protections, and CDR are the bread-and-butter stats for the default 'tank' of the team, but far from all we look at in our Guardian builds. Shield to shield, shoulder to shoulder - we'll hold the line together as we get you outfitted with the best items around for Guardians in SMITE.

#HEALER MAGES HAVE TO MUCH PROT ON SMITE HOW TO#

And give you some solid blueprints on how to craft suitable defenses for your Guardian. There's a lot of misinformation about how to stay alive in Season 4, but we're here to shield you from all of it. If you've been here before for our God guides - or our best picks for mid lane, solo, ADC, and jungle - you know the drill.

Healer mages have to much prot on smite