For the first 10 games, use Charm of Life as your Favor Item (click the circle all the way to the right with the Trophy Symbol)

For your next 90 games (when you have enough Favor Points), use Blood of the Fallen. This is regardless of your demigod, build or playstyle. Just use it. More expensive favor items are not (usually) better. Once you've gotten 100 games under your build, you can start branching out and experimenting. Some of the favor items are really nice (Blade of the Serpant, Ring of Divine Might, Staff of Renewel, Cloak of Night, Swift Anklet) they just require significantly more skill ase. nd specialized builds to use effectively.

Items:

If it gives you +HP you should probably have at least 2 of those. If it gives you +Armor, you should have 1 of those. If it gives you mana, you should have at least 1 of those, 2 if you are having mana items.

Three of your 5 items should always be Unbrekable Boots, Vlemish Facegaurd, and Nimoth Chestplate. The other two depend on your particular build, but 1 is typically a health item (Narmoth's Ring, Haubrek of Life, Banded Armor, Deuler's Cuirass), and the other a mana item (Plenor Battlecrown, Scaled Helm). But a lot of build incorporate other items, most commonly Boots of Speed.

Etiquette:

- Talk. Talk. Talk. Talk. When you play with high-level players, we actually tend to Ping. Ping. Ping. But you should talk for awhile.

b == back. And seriously back. You should right click some place far behind you and not stop. No, you don't need to stop get get in "one last spit/fireball/pounce/spine attack". Unless your alpha-strike has some sort of direct benefit to you getting away (Pentitence, Bite), you don't use it.

oom == out of mana. Seriously. No, you won't get a shield or a heal. And I won't help you fight much either

tp == teleport. Typically accompanied with a ping. You should port to that location. You do have one (three), right?

shop/brb == they are going to base. Be careful and don't go off fighting 2v1 because you aren't getting any help

- tell people you need help. People are typically much more welcoming to a newb who admits being one than someone who says they have "mastered X character"

- Play Beast, Erebus, Oak for your first 25 games. In that order. Do not touch Queen, Demon Assassin, Regulus or Rook until you have 100 games under your belt. Occulus and Sedna is fine after the first few dozen games.

Thanks for the quick and nice replies, they are most appreciated

Is there a place where people have posted replays of good matches? I've found some scattered around on the different forums, but if there is such a page it would make things easier

If you have any guidelines as to what citadel upgrades to buy and when to do so it would be great. Most matches I've played I usually buy the gold thingie asap but the rest of the upgrades are more or less randomly bought whenever i have the cash.

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind

I have been playing Sedna the most. She is fun to play, and I like the bonuses she gives to the team. Also she is less squishy than some of the other demis. DA is easy to play with vs the computer, because they suck at picking targets. I do however think that vs players DA would be a favorite target, and could easily be a feeder char  . With a decent strategy I guess i could do fine with her, gonna check out some vids on how ppl are playing her.

Thanks for the link and the tips