INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW WITH
DMBRANDON
By Kris West
We had the chance to speak with SmiteGame’s most popular broadcaster/streamer, dmbrandon.
movement penalties for strafing
aggression-type Assassins. A
favourite god to play as and
and back pedalling when she
lot of our gods are punished for
worst god to be against?
casts abilities. Using that for
fighting in an extended format.
zoning and damage has always
(Which is why you see me favor
to dabble with characters like
been my favorite part of SMITE.
Kali, Aphrodite, Chang’E, as
Kali and Arachne, with a lot of
I don’t see that changing soon.
they can sustain greatly.)
GameOn: Who is your
dmbrandon: I’ve been known
catch phrases stemming from
As for my least favorite, it has
Something like small
them. And while I vastly prefer
to be He Bo. He hard counters
amounts of invincibility for kills
Assassin and Bruiser play to that
Chang’E, and has the ability to
or assists would be so fun. It’d
of magic and ranged, Chang’E is
two-shot people from ranged
probably be broken though.
by far my favorite. She’s insanely
with little skill needed to get
fluid in her movement and her
the kill. Hyper frustrating.
“I PLAY A TON OF RPGS ON
MY OWN TIME, AND I’M A
MEMBER OF THE FIGHTING
GAME COMMUNITY, ALBEIT A BIT
ESTRANGED IN THE LAST YEAR.”
GameOn: When you’re
not playing SMITE, what
other games do you play?
I love pretty much all nonsports titles. I play a ton of
RPGs on my own time, and I’m
a member of the fighting game
community, albeit a bit estranged
in the last year. I’ll probably make
abilities flow together better than
GameOn: What type of
a fair resurgence in the coming
any other god’s in my opinion.
god do you think is missing
months, as Smash 4 launches
Her kit is intuitive and smart,
from the game? (e.g. a
soon, and I’m a huge Smash
and it has always felt - to me -
more tanky Assassin)
player/caster. I’m currently playing
that people don’t take enough
I don’t generally do a lot of
the demo on the Japanese 3DS,
god creation. It’s not something
and I love it! Link’s neutral air
When I say that, I don’t
I’m good at, nor is it something
is the best move in the demo - I
mean the bunny. She gains
I would excel at. The only thing
don’t care what anyone says!
movement speed and negates
I really want to see is more
advantage of her Passive.
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