My Diamond Gods and why I love Them

Hello and thank you for reading, I'm a NA server player (Callmejeffe) I'm no grand master but my profile is open if you want to look me up and add me, I currently have 50+ gods mastered around 1300 hours in Smite, and I have 5 Diamond Gods that I hold near and dear to me (As of this post). For the longest time I was striving to master all of the gods before I finally got burnt out on learning the basics of a new god, then swapping to an entirely different role. It can be cumbersome trying to step into a new god every game and constantly shifting your play style. So I finally sat down and decided to get my Diamond, Chaac.

Chaac the Mayan God of Rain

Rain is life. Showers from above soak the earth, feeding seeds which grow into precious fruits and grains. Man and beast alike are sustained by this cycle. Without rain, this world would be barren and all living things would turn to dust. Thus is the power of Chaac, God of Rain. But, like all great power, it did not come without cost.

In mankind’s earliest days there were no farmers, so they starved beneath the sun. For days, Chaac sought a way to feed them. Deep in the mountains he discovered a golden boulder and cleft it with his mighty axe. Within was Maize, the crop that would change the Mayan people forever, and Chaac was worshipped and adored for it.

Drunk with pride, Chaac sought the object of his deepest desire, the wife of his brother. For a time, their affair remained secret, but that was not to last. Chaac’s brother, the Sun God, discovered them. Without a word, she dutifully returned to her husband and Chaac, realizing what he had done, let her go, but a rift formed between the two brothers that would never heal. In his grief, Chaac drove his axe into the sky, and from the wound tears of regret fell.

Since then, Chaac has chosen a life free of pride and selfishness, devoting himself only to mankind. As a reminder of his greatest failing, he continues to cleave the heavens, washing the land in sustaining waters. Thus do crops grow. Thus do the people survive. Thus is the power of Chaac, God of Rain.

It started as a joke that 2 of my friends and I would do, it was team beefcake as we called it, Hercules Chaac and Aphrodite in a joust match. Usually just out of being lane bullies we won a fair bit of time and had some great laughs tower diving with all of the heals. Chaac is my usual go to if I'm needing to lane and I haven't felt confident with my Bellona lately.

Chaac is a good learner god, if you're new to solo, or even warriors and general, Chaac is a good place to learn how to box effectively as a warrior.
(I'm still waiting on my Diamond Skin rework though)

After I got Chaac to Diamond I decided that I would go back to mastering other gods, I only had around 30 or so mastered at this point. I hadn't bought the god pack yet either so my favor and gems were always spent trying to purchase new gods to master. After about another week of grinding out mastery, I decided to take a break from it and grind out a Diamond. My next choice was..

Vulcan Smith of the Gods
When the Gods of Rome ride chariots across the sky, it is Vulcan that made them. When they reach for weapons to wield in battle, it is Vulcan that forged them. When the very earth rumbles and mountains erupt in searing flame, it is Vulcan’s rage that burns. Smith of the Gods, Vulcan crafts with fire and forge as an artist would with paint and brush.

As an infant, so hideous was Vulcan that his disgusted mother, Juno, cast him into the sea from the heights of Mount Olympus. So great was the fall, it smashed one of Vulcan’s legs, a wound from which he would never recover. Beneath the waves, a sea nymph, Thetis, rescued the child-god and raised him as her own. As Vulcan grew, he ventured to the surface and discovered fire and the art of smithing. His natural talents emerged and he forged wondrous jewels for his adopted mother.

Summoned to a gala on Mount Olympus, Thetis wore Vulcan’s glittering gifts, but when Juno discovered Vulcan had made them, she jealously demanded he return to Mount Olympus. Angrily, Vulcan refused. In his stead, he sent a magnificent throne of gold and gems that imprisoned Juno when she sat upon it.

For three days Juno was so entombed, and would have remained so had not Jupiter, Vulcan’s father, interjected. To Vulcan he offered an exchange, Juno’s freedom for the hand of Venus, the most beautiful Goddess of Love. Vulcan agreed.

Though his vengeance was served cold, the fire of spite still burns in Vulcan’s chest. Unable to truly forgive, he loses himself at the forge. None of the wondrous chariots, jewelry or weapons he crafts can ever fill the hurt in his heart, but each one is worthy of a God.

Vulcan is great, chef Vulcan needs to be a thing, because I sling the spicy meatballs. Vulcan has a very run and gun style to him, it's hard to be a successful Vulcan by just tower sitting. With Vulcan you have to use the knock back from his 1 ability to position yourself correctly while kiting. He can be very heavy handed coming into a fight out of the jungle with his knock back providing soft cc constantly. Plus, it's always fun to hit a tactical nuke on some unsuspecting victims.

By around this point I was tired of mastering new gods, plus my favor was sorely depleted, I decided to look at my worshipers and see who my next Diamond could be, Loki, nope fuck that. I decided not take Loki from a 5 Mastery, instead I took this god from 3rd Mastery and played them almost every game till I hit Diamond. It was a means of saving favor, and also having some amazing ults.

Kukulkan Serpent of the Nine Winds
Upon the high winds of Mayan lands rides the feathered serpent, Kukulkan. Awesome and terrible to behold, majestic yet sinister, Kukulkan embodies the danger and beauty of a double-edged sword.

Time has worn away knowledge of this God like the breeze over stone. Perhaps Kukulkan prefers this. He is known by many names and worn the face of man and beast - and worshipped with the kind of reverence born of fear.

Dotted across the vast forests of the Mayan lands stand great pyramids bearing his serpentine likeness, architecturally perfect so as to catch the light and bring to life those slithering stone statues. Painted in blood, sacrifices were made upon these sites to appease Kukulkan. He is the lord of death and rebirth.

To the world, he brought the four elements, but of wind he keeps control. A great gem, worn about his sinuous neck is said to be the source of all air.

To the people, he brought the calendar. That glorious, portentous stone disk, which counts time to a distant future, only to stop abruptly and with horrifying finality.

To the battlefield, he brings a legacy of power and domination. Sacrifices made for his favor were measured in blood, but mortal blood is weak. It seems that, for Kukulkan's ultimate appeasement, the blood of a God is required.

Now Kukulkan has an awkward place in the meta, that place is no where really. He's a really fun god to play, but he lacks a lot of things like a proper escape and CC. However what he lacks in running like a scared feeble god, and stuns, he makes up for in disgusting amounts of damage over time and raw power. Please if you play Kukulkan do not DOUBLE STACK, please just trust me, get spear of the magus for penetration shred and Soul Reaver for the mana and damage proc, and I guarantee you'll have a better game than sitting in lane stacking constantly.

After 100+ games in a row of Kukulkan finally getting him to Diamond, I had purchased a few new gods that I had really been wanting to play. But the problem was that I kept just leveling mages, I had very guardians or warriors mastered. I hadn't figured out how to properly play a tanky class, but then it hit me, why play a guardian when you can play a burst mage.

Bacchus God of Wine
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die. None adhere more vigorously to this creed than Bacchus, the Roman God of Wine, lewd behavior, and madness.

After spending much of his formative years with his impressively intoxicated mentor Solinus, whom Bacchus loves like a father, the God of Wine is now a wanderer and teacher. He’s journeyed across all of Asia, through India, and finally back to Rome, spreading the “Mysteries of the Vine,” a ritual involving incredible amounts of wine to lower inhibitions, freeing one from social constraints, oppression of gender, sexual taboos, and the stresses of life. Quite the successful ritual, if ever there was one.

Much of this ritual seems to have come from Solinus, who is widely known to have vast, secret knowledge and the ability to predict the future, though only while completely drunk. The king Midas, covetous of this knowledge, captured Solinus, endeavoring to extract it by providing the scholar the finest food, drink, and entertainment he could muster. Bacchus finally tracked down his mentor in the court of Midas and discovered him well fed and cared for. Quickly, Midas lied, claiming Solinus had been lost and the king had taken him in. Seeing through the ruse, Bacchus offered the monarch a boon. Midas asked that anything he touched be turned to gold. Without hesitation, Bacchus granted this. He tested his new gift on a twig and stone and found them turned completely to gold. Elated, Midas called a feast, but found his food turned to gold in his hands and his daughter solidified at his touch. Starving and crazed, Midas begged Bacchus to remove the “gift.” Bacchus acquiesced, allowing the greedy king to wash his hands in the Pactolus river. As the golden touch left his hands, the river sands transformed to glittering gold.

Of course, the product of continuous overindulgence in alcohol and deviant behavior, Bacchus could simply be insane.

If have never played Bacchus you're truly missing out, he maybe literally be my spirit animal or at least my stand. The reason I took a liking to Bacchus was because when I tried out other guardians like Khepri or Geb, they felt boring, I was always just walking up to enemies and saving my team mates, dying, then hoping my team would win the team fight. Bacchus, you control the team fight, because you can just jump over their Frontline guardian and warrior and hit their Backline, and if you haven't felt the power of a half tank/ half blaster bacchus, trust me it'll shock you. Bacchus's ult is pretty stupidly powerful especially since there is no delay it's an instant burst of damage to all of those around you. Ps for best damage bacchus always be sure to include Polynomicon. Bounce, Poly, Burb, Poly, Drink, Poly, Ult? Nah they're already dead.

After succesfully getting Bacchus up to Diamond I felt much more well rounded and diverse in my play and skill. I actually went on a binge of trying to create damage versions of guardians and even jungeling with ymir. But my always started to set in again, I need to get a new mage to Diamond, but who? I still felt the support role running through my veins and didn't want to just go back to hoping my damage would be able to beat the other team if we had no Synergy, I wanted a god that others would group up to instantly and fight with me.

Chang'e
Faerie of the Moon
Not always born in the crucible of creation, sometimes Gods ascend by tragic happenstance. Such is the tale of Chang’e, Goddess of the Moon.

Among the immortals that lived in the Heavens, Chang’e was the most elegant dancer, like a dove on windswept currents. She drew the affection of the hero archer, Hou Yi, and the two were soon married. Everything was perfect.

Yet, beneath the Heavens, all was not well. Ten suns, the ten children of the Jade Emperor, rose to scorch the earth and boil the seas. Brave Hou Yi, bow in hand, shot nine from the sky, sparing only one. Though the world was saved, the Jade Emperor was furious his children were killed. In punishment, Hou Yi and Chang’e were made mortal.

Chang’e grew melancholy and danced no more. To restore their status in the Heavens, Hou Yi found the Elixir of Immortality, but thieves came to steal it while he was hunting. Chang’e struggled to hide the Elixir, but, in the end, was forced to drink it. Too much for one person, the Elixir gave her immortality, but it also swept her into the sky.

Since then, Chang’e has lived on the moon, forbidden to see her husband, a Jade Rabbit her only companion. Yet, the Earth is once again in peril, and Chang’e finds herself upon the mortal surface. Perhaps, this is a second chance. If only she can save the world without angering the Jade Emperor, she can at last reunite with her husband.

Chang'e can be a pretty toxic thing to play with or against, the reason being is Chang'es early game is super weak, your base movement speed is lower than Ymirs and you have mana problems. Because of this Chang'e can be extremely tough to start in Conquest, the Jade bunny is nice but not if you can't make any money because you can't kill minions before they reach your tower. All of that aside, if you're smart and play well you can easily get the upper hand based of Chang'es kit and become a fed monster that not only will 2 shot the enemy team, but will elegantly heal all of your allies.

These were my first 5 gods I ever pushed up to Diamond, I don't think I'm near Diamond on anything else, Loki is still probably my next highest and I don't know if I can play that much Loki.

Thank you all so much for reading, add me in smite if you want and shoot me a message.