I found going Viking Hoard definitely helped for survivability in comparison to going Olaf start: since the other players in a game will always see Erik and try to pop him, it's just easier to be able to hoard as much regen as possible... or at least it has been for me. Baleog is also fairly squishy within those first laning levels. Versing a primarily Assassin group is also very saddening. Zeratul and Nova can be game-breaking for you :( I'm looking forward to playing them more, I...

I'm a 24 year old, from QLD; fairly new MOBA player, some experience with LOL and DOTA, but moreso Smite. I am account level 40, play solid support and am fairly adept with specialists and some assassins. LF a regular group. I've had alpha for ages (can't remember exact months), and play almost daily. Looking to expand my experience into Hero League (to no avail ATM since there's always a douche that has disconnected previously and resetting the Hero pick queue). If you'd like to have...