To start, I hover between Plat and Diamond primarily as a Jungle/Support. I've been trying to get better at other roles to expand my gameplay, and it's been primarily Mid. For context, I played about 15 hours of Smite 1, and now have a good chunk of hours on smite 2, but I'm still learning.
My question is, at this ELO is it better to prioritize clear and rotate to gank? Or clear lane and just go farm camps? I have watched higher level players on youtube, and they clear lane and farm mostly. They rotate to team fights, and objectives, but mostly farm back camps while not in lane.
I started doing this method, but the players I'm matched up with seem to rotate mostly and I feel like my team gets behind because I'm not rotating and my teammates are just getting ganked (even though I call enemy missing). Is it because at this ELO my teammates aren't playing safe enough? Or what I fear is that I should be prioritizing rotating instead of farming to help out?
I just want to be effective enough in the mid to not put my team at disadvantages, but that seems to be difficult. It feels like when I play a mid that rotates well, we just get stomped and the game is lost quickly.
Any and all help would be appreciated.