Best Tip for New Players

Here I thought you were actually going to post some useful tip, and not some unrealistic expectation

Best Tip for New Players:

- Try not to die at all costs.

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Best Tip Period.

Don't Die, and you'll enjoy more success.

Greatest Tip :

-Don't Die

Why?

1- It feeds the enemy Demigod gold and experience, and deprives you of ANYTHING.

2- It greatly changes the tide of battle, giving the enemy team superior Demigod power in number of players and weakening your own team by being missing in action.

3- a ) You don't get exp at ALL during your respawn timer

    b ) You don't earn gold at ALL during your respawn timer

Your 25 seconds or so of respawning could have been 25 seconds of earning gold at 4 gold per sec, at base (100 gold lost already!).

It seems to me that telling a new player not to die is roughly equivalent to telling a software engineer to 'fix the bug'. Common sense, really, I doubt people try to die constantly as a strategy, but definitely easier said than done.

Actually it's not, if you are new to a game you probably don't really understand the consequences of dying, which are much greater than having to wait to respawn.  Not dying is a huge strategy in this game.

So instead of "Don't die", why don't we mention some strategies for -not- dying?

1) You are not rambo, do not try to fight a 2v1.

2) Watch your minimap. Keep track of how many enemies have been gone, and how long. If a couple enemies are gone for an abnormal amount of time, someone's getting ganked.

Actually, it really was the best bit of advice I got. My first games were distinguished by me charging in and dying. I tried to refine that by learning to do more damage before I died. Someone coming along and saying "it's more important to run away than it is to destroy that tower / DG" made more difference than I thought it would. The XP it gives the enemy, the gold it gives them, the cost to you... heroic sacrifice isn't much of a concept in DG. Everyone who picks this game up needs to learn how very important it is to not die.

Oh, and seconded on the communication skills. When I join a custom game, I'm surprised how little communication there is between team mates sometimes.

Best beginner tip ever: If you're not running away from SOMETHING, you're not doing it right.

should be pointed out that getting killed by defense towers will not give enemies gold bonuses or kills unless they are close to the tower, same with reinforcemnts a enemy DG needs to be close. you still get the deathtimer and no gold while dead still much better the enemy DG dont need be in visual range to get gold so be careful.

timer is bad but aslong as enemy dont get gold its hard for oponents to make much of a 30sec 1DG advantage

Another good tip imo : learn to play different type of demigods. Why ? So you can help filling roles in your team.

I play 3v3 most of the time, and the usual ennemy setup i encounter is UB, Erebus and Regulus. If my team is heavy on assassins too, I go for support (QoT for shield spame, Sedna for Heal spam).

Adapt to the game type too. Rook is good for Dominate (flag control) while QoT is good for Forteress mode.

I thought you got assist gold if you actually helped kill the DG, do you get it just for being in the area when a DG is killed?

Yeah in addition to this, if you are having trouble with a demigod - before you go running to the forums shouting "nerf, nerf" - play the DG that is giving you problems.  This is the best way to work out their weaknesses and how they are played, which will allow you to play better against them.

Rook is good for everything once he has a few creeps under his belt

Pro Tips:

Know your surroundings and know what the enemy hero is capable of and what skills they have chosen. Always plan ahead and learn your enemies play style (you can typically figure out what type of player they are by the first few skirmishes of the battle).

Learn how to bait DG’s into towers and your teammates, but don’t get baited yourself. Know where all enemy DG’s are at all times. Most importantly learn to adapt your play style to anything they can throw at you, one build all the time is not going to skyrocket you to the top.

Tip: If you don't know what your doing go on the other team or don't join my games.  Rude? yea, but not half as rude as I will be if you feed the other team.  Fair and honest.

I have to agree to the people that say "Do not die".

You can do whatever you want, just don't die.

Rule no 2 is capture flags.

And rule no 3 is farm creeps.

When you know these three, you can start harassing and killing demigods.

just need to be close when the DG dies, stand next to a DG that is sniped from half the map away while you are beating at towers and youll still get assist.

i dont agree that "dont die" is a good advice for a new player, reason is a new player needs to learn most people learn by actally doing the wrong things. im pretty relaxed about losing a game while i try a mad tactic if it means i will have greater chance of winning all games after that one, i may be slightly selfish but my own skill lvl/enjoyment is my main concern.

if i could give a new player 1 advice it would be talk to team mates. dont be afraid of telling others what your doing it never hurts if your doing someting very wrong chances is someone will say so. for example i usally ask team before getting priests/angesls if they prefer to wait or get em now, it will also give you some info on what type of people that are on your team the way they respond. most of the time it does not help but it makes the game more fun. teasing oponents you just killed is another classic

Yeah but if a new player was to ask m: "What is the most valuable tip you can give me",

I would say:

"Not dying is very important, not only do you have downtime and less gold, you give the enemy a big chunk of gold which can quickly add up to a huge advantage for them"

I don't mind losing either, but I believe that is one of the most important strategic things in the game.  I really don't see how anyone can say it is not.  "Talk to teammates" is not a tip , it's how you get your tips keke

another good tip is to quickly killing minions so that you can level up easily and kick theother demigods.