Important things to know: 1) overload procs item effects which includes soul gem, gem of isolation and spear of the Magus. 2) since passive procs things like spear of Magus, this means that you can proc spear of the Magus on towers. 3) arcane is the lowest base and scaling damage (510+200%), Fire has the highest scaling (665+510%) and ice has the highest base damage (824+244%). 4) due to this, ice and fire are the ones you will mostly want to use for fights if you are looking to deal damage for fights. 5) remember that your frost ult will slow so changing to it will give you a slow for frostblolt so use that first in the stance 6) there is a small time in the ult when you will not be able to cast. It's a small time but be careful. You cannot instantly start casting as soon as the buttons change.

I just want to use his new avatar skin

First guide out for season 6! I would like to mention that Merlin is a fun, flexible God and in the end, it all comes down to your play style with the stances you have the most fun with. Have fun with Merlin!

so you want to go 30 and 9 in a 20 minute conquest match

Who’s here to prepare to becoming the avater

Merlin could've been the Avatar tbh. He op as hell too

The smite queen has blessed us again

i think it's interesting how you use arcane stance the least, i think it's the stance i like the most! i guess it comes down to personal preference and playstyle though. great job on this video!

I was scrolling through the so you want to main playlist right when this came out

I think a dr.strange skin would be ideal for Merlin.

This was incredibly helpful after watching this I was able to play him pretty easily and I’m pretty new to the game

This is really cool! Thank you! It feels very informational but friendly and not like too in-depth, I really liked how you laid out the information but also gave your opinion (I never really thought of staying in ice stance, I feel like I stance change waaay too much at the moment!) So great job, thank you!

I've been away from Smite for a while but I really love your guides, you're really helping me learn these new gods, keep them coming.👊👍

You did an amazing job on covering this one, even if it was a little long. Keep up the good work. First time I commented on one of your videos, but I have watched lots of them 😅

My friends and I started playing Smite -only arena for now- and your videos are great, I love them!

Thank you this was very helpful keep it up. Appreciate it Teeds!

I just bought Merlin, played one match and it didn't go so well haha I'm glad I watched this video, you helped me a lot to understand better this character. Hope it works now!

Just started Merlin and this helped! Thanks

Just got into smite and I have to say this is by far the best how to guide on KZfaq.

SuperTeeds you are a Smite equivalent to IzawSmash I swear to Hel. Your videos are super organized, make me want to main every single god and have a very nice voice to listen to. Keep up this amazing work ^-^

Thank you for making this, I didn't know you could choose which stance you could go on, I thought it just moved into the next one lol

As a a squishy mage you want to avoid contact with enemies in close range, that makes fire stance almost useless (for fights). Fire stance is really good for securing objectives like gold fury, fire giant etc. So playing frost stance as a main stance for good long range poke and finishing enemies with 1 and 2 combo on arcane stance is the safest way to play Merlin. You literally can two-shot enemy's adc or mid with 1-2 combo in arcane stance late game(at least in other game modes). Only use fire stance in fights when some enemy is already close to you and have low HP to finish him with your 1st ability. GL HF wizards :D

Very helpful guide! Thank you.

Glad you were able to get it out today

Merlins escape potential is awesome when escaping always go to aracne stance and drop ur 2 on the ground qhere you stand if they are hot on ur trail this will buy you enought time for flicker to come up again

dope video. really helpful!

Yay!!!! A new video

Thank you teeds This really helped

Combat blink. ... Yeah, great. Thanks for the video I haven't playe him because the autolock and my masochism of being (almost) always the support -_- Great video as always!

i want to add my combo i think is quite handy this only if you want to be aggresive and secure the kill start in ice use your 2 then 1 then use your 3 to get close use your ult swap to fire use your 2 then your 1 you also prop want to use aegis after this combo and then your 3 to get away XD. learnt a lot thx for all those guides love to so more :D

Thanks to this video I now have 3 stars with Merlin (almost 4). :D In my opinion Arcane is really underrated. I use it a lot more then fire stance. After 4 months of maining him, my preference of stances go from Ice->Arcane->Fire. Also Gem of Isolation is a crutch item on him I think, there are way better items for him to get other than that

I use is Arcane stance to get them low then hurry up and switch to fire to finish them off

Omg yass I love this so much, this really helped me kill with him so thanks so much

Thanks for the help on him

Do you have a guide on Hades. If not, can this be one for the future? Thanks for the great guide 🙂

tip if you are in the ice stance and you want to be in the fire stance immediately press ur ult and while you are doing the animation press 2 so that you can switch to fire stance without having to be in arcane stance this also works in other stances also yu can use arcane to deal damage from a distance

Thanks!!!

I know you don't have many God's yet in this series but I loved every single video it helps me play characters a little more cleanly and or tells me a few things I didn't know about each God. If I had one request it would be if you could please do one on Awilix? I like the concept of the character alot but me as a whole playing any assassin isn't so good and I never do well with her. Anyways keep these coming they are very good for people trying to learn a new God or hone their skills. :)

This is how I have the most success playing Merlin: Generally, I stick to ice stance. His 2 + 1 ice combo has great clear and insane damage, especially once you get Spear of the Magus and Gem of Isolation online. I can usually handle *most* 1v1 fights by going between ice and arcane or vice versa. The only time I switch to fire stance in battle is if my team has really good CC and lockdown already covered - think Kumbhakarna. That said, fire stance is definitely the way to go for objectives. I think you may have undervalued arcane stance just a little bit. Try this trick: send out your 1, and once it hits an enemy and you see them trying to escape the damage radius, throw your 2 on them. They'll take damage from the initial cast, and then get sucked right back in when they try to move out of it. You can bait out their beads and set them up for the kill with a stance switch. 😁

Awesome 💜💜

Arcane is amazing for sieging wether you’re attacking or defending, your 1 is just so huge and if you hit people with it, it always does a spooky chunk of damage

In general, Arcane stance - great for poke and long range damage. Fire stance - best for objectives and close range burst Ice stance - great for team fights and overall damage

Awesome video.

i find that with merlin that the arcane stance is good in a chase. use 1 to bait running enmys and then 2 to put them back in the 1 and combo with 4 if posible to frost for a slow

Using gem of isolation means his 1 in frost stance always procs the extra damage.

What a good tutorial vid! Can you make one with Amaterasu? :>

Good build

Nice video agaiiinnnnm

Instead of leveling the 2 for clear you can also just level the 1 and clear with arcane. I find I do better in early/mid game if I do this because the 1s are better to damage gods so I can clear and poke well.

Honestly, I more play as a prospecting Merlin, using Arcane and Ice for pretty much all my engagements, and Fire for close quarters. While this most often doesn't net me a lot of kills or damage, it does net me a lot of safety. Merlin's kit is flexible enough to allow you to switch your playstyle, from safe to risky, at literally the press of a button. While I stay in Ice the most, Arcane's 1 is good for area denial, has decent damage, and if you can pull off the Arcane combo, can lead to you switching stance to either Ice or Fire to do more damage. As for Fire, as I said, I personally use it to counter over-zealous enemies who come at me. Its protection shredding and rapid damage dealing nature makes it quite lethal against most his enemies. Ice, on the other hand, is just godlike. Considering the range of the Ice combo, you get some pretty good damage. Finally, his Flicker. I think its incredible. It has a long CD and it's short, sure. It's also instantaneous, though. Flickering behind a wall is a good way to escape enemies that used their own movement to come to you, it can be useful to dodge around enemies and their abilities, it has such a potential for mind games. Most enemies will be surprised if you Flicker behind them, and for Hunters, it can really throw off their aim. But ofc, Flicker won't save you. Rushing in with Merlin is a very bad idea. Play Merlin smartly, try to predict what your enemy is doing and where they're gonna be going. You have the perfect kit for shutting down a attack, not just cus of your damage, but because the enemy will be discouraged to do so. I mean, would you try and kill Doctor Strange while a black hole and a blizzard is happening around you?

Leveling ult also affects cooldown now. Don't know if this was always the case.

i prefer ice stance for jungling with its aoe dmg and dmg bonus from slows + ice stance has the lowest cooldowns of all stances. My favorite combo is starting in arcane 1+2 then flicker in and ult Into fire for multiple enemies or ice for 1 and hit you 2+1 again

Your ult is very good for damage, especially if you’re chasing or someone diving you.

Titan sees merlin as anubis 2.0

merlin is like a salad bar so many choices

You'r voice is so nice i can not hear it anymore because your voice is soothing

Hey I have a question you take any suggestions for more god guides cause I have a few suggestions if u wanna hear me out if not it’s ok still your videos ❤️

I always thought Arcane was the strongest

HI THIS MERLIN GUIDE ITS PRETTY USEFULL BUT CAN U SAY IF SKADI COMES SOON?

Also not like im new but ive never understood the words you use like cc whats that mean? And all the other code names lol I wanna kno

Always switch to fire stance if there close or a Ally hits anyone with a hard CC

The explanation is perfect but i still find this hero a very hard hero to master if you were new to him because there are billions of choices to choose when you engage on a fight 🙃 also this hero needs a lot of time and practice so be patient even if you suck at the first few games

Arcane/fire for team fight and ice for solo fights and clear

Zoning damage and being able 2 block columns with a fire skill in joust

Arcane combo, switch to fire stance, put trap and then use flamethrower ability. I PROMISE you that this will melt any enemy to barely any health. merlin’s combos are OP

Merlin is super fun

Just wanna say I love you. For real tho love your video big fan and your absolutely gorgeous

Can you do a guide on Freya next before or after rework it doesn’t matter I feel like I am playing her wrong

Fire and Ice are good in the early game and Arcane is the worst stance in the early game. But imo Arcane is the strongest once you have your items and are fed

Can we have one for your bf's most despised adc, Apollo? 👀

How about a Vamana Guide??

Do susano next :D

I had to come back to this after they nerfed his ass. I hated merlin. But he was fun asf to play

Arcane is the best stance at range

I completely agree with this video Ice to fire always

I actually am surprised I got both the achievements in my first play of him

while in arcane you use your 1 first then 2

You play pc or console?

The merlin players in this video : S T O N K S

Your voice is amazing 😁

You gotta make one on amaterasu soon xox

I want everyone to know if there is an ability like baron samedi’s heal ability if Merlin teleports at the wrong time, he will be hit by the ability,waste his mana, and it will be in cooldown. Be wary of those type of abilities it can be very annoying😎

In joust he can shoot his purple 1st ability through walls

Good thinking but maybe a 4 4 2 4 will be way better with CD and some attack speed it's two maybe three spells all of the gods especially the hunter's just saying

Then there's me who combos fire with arcane

Zeeeeus pls, thank u

His dmg is rediculous. I might pick him up, Arthur is op as well. The Arthurian passives are effing amazing. I xant wait for the next Arthurian God.

I main Merlin beause he remind me sub zero in mortel kombat

So we have Merlin but no videos on others like chronos or others

Tips for Merlin: Spam the fuck out of everything and teleport away

Void is better for laning phase (level your 1 first)

I'm watching this like I'm actually gonna play Merlin lol.

Damn i just feel like im not doing enough dmg

seems balanced

Please do skadi next

Excuse me guys, for being such an ignorant, but what does "cc" stands for?

Wait Merlin is in smite? What?

I find almost all hard characters super easy to play and a few easy characters hard lol

I get most of my kills with arcane stance wym🤔 I barely get any with the other stances

I love Merlin to death but everyone bans him in ranked so you can't even play him