UncleanBeast

Some people really need to do their homework on the op Queen of Thorns build floating around.  but you didn't hear it from me.

All Demigods are awesome if you use them right. For me my faves in order and strategies used: 

1. Queen of Thorns - takes a fair amount of skill and micromanagement to play. Doesn't have disrupt or stun abilities which makes for the player making up for it by using her skills right. Works extremely well as an all out minion attacker plus defensive (specially higher levels) or as a full offensive, ignoring minions completely, because of the levelling advantage you'll have over enemy players, though may be outmatched when other demigods catch up level wise. As an all out minion simply max out shamblers, entourage, thorns shield, compost, attribute points and buy strongest idols + get tribute the minute its available (yes surprisingly I do not use mulch which will make some people scratch their heads =P ). Oh and don't open the flower. You won't have abilities that need it to be open. This works surprisingly well; you'll level up quite quickly and are capable of mulching (ignore the pun) enemies even when next to their health crystal (trust me maxed out shamblers make giants look tame =P ). As full offensive you won't quite be as powerful but you will have excellent siege capability, some nifty damage effects and lay waste to large clusters of creeps (and hence level up faster). Max out ground spikes, spike wave, thorns shield, compost, and uproot (violent siege and goddess of thorns the minute their available). You will be quite devestating in the early goings and, while you will eventually be underpowered in the high levels unless you get good items, you will still give enemy demigods a run for their money. Not to mention the fact that you can clear lanes and bring down towers quickly. She has potential and people don't give her enough credit (or are too lazy to play her properly)

2. Torch Bearer - Lots of fun, stay on the move, works excellently when teamed with a melee and makes up for lower hit points with high damage. Full fire if your going all out offensive, full ice if you want to pick apart enemies at leisure, and mix em up if you are feeling lucky =P Fireball is excellent if enemies allow themselves to drop to the exact amount of damage the fire ball does, which instantly means one hit kill. Fire nova and ring are good for speeding up process. With ice, simply nova, rain it down and then hit deep freeze before picking them off at your leisure. If you do want to mix it, max out Fire ball and deep freeze to get the ultimate passive, max out fire aura and then finish up with rain of ice. If choosing to go single discipline, get attributes once all abilities of ice or fire are maxed.  

 3. Sedna - My third and final fave. The other demigods I'm neutral to or just plain dislike =S Sedna surprisingly enough works very well as an all out minion user (Yeti's, strongest Idols, passive abilities and attribute points) but it can be a slow build and has to be a high level for best effect (Yeti's maxed out CRUSH everything, second only to maxed out shamblers) but her best, in my opinion, is a full offensive, plus healer. Ignore the yetis and max out pounce (to periodically eat enemies and put the 'DENIED' on people who try running or teleporting', all her passives and all her healing, leaving at least 1 skill point (if level twenty) to use on yeti's or silence. Works especially well if enemy players allow themselves to drop to the exact hp of your pounce attack which means instant kill. And with the maxed out passives and healing, you will always outlast opponent unless gangked or they have good items.   

Please note: Not saying these strategies are infallible. I've only played on lan and have had my fair share of asswhoopings. Its just these strategies have always helped me win 90% of the time =P Also, forgive me if I went WAY TOO OVER THE TOP on detail but I was merely responding to Unclean Beast's question of whose your fav and why and so I delivered =P (plus I'm horribly bored). If you want I'll also say why I dislike, or don't really mind, but don't use the other demigods but that'll only be if you want me to. Cause I talk way too much =P 

Two words and one article Queen of Thorns

I like assassin Oak, I love to spam penitence at people until they run away, or get caught slowed and then SoF to finish the job. I also like penitence at a last hit killer move, hiding behind my UB partner and waiting for the moment. My Oak Build relies heavily on Mana items, only 2 armor and hp items (+ BotF).

Also, shield 3 is just abuse when it comes to portal locking, nothing can stop you for 6 sec. The best skill in game imo if properly used.

Erebus is also one of my fav, like Epiphenomenon said, hard to go wrong with that guy. Love to use mist to dodge pretty much all burst skill damage, debuffs and mess up with the targeting.

I`m not a good player but my fav demigod by far is The Rook . Its a shame i get so easily killed when i play hammer slam build .

Since everyone is going 100% I guess I will to, and without a doubt if you don’t know by now my favorite and who I think is best is queen of thorns. My most concentrated skills are bramble shield and thorns and in the hands of a true QoT user your tam will become your opponent’s worst nightmare. I take advantage of being considered “The weakest link” and never go aggressive unless I know I can kill the opponent or set them up to be killed. My main concern is a balance between my teammate’s survival rate and my building destruction rate. I am at my best when I am in a team that actually communicates and we set out a game plan on how we going to do this. I even get kills without even noticing, half my kills I be thinking are assist unless I was actually going for a kill.

I usually have between 0 – 2 deaths in most my games, and with QoT I usually jump between 2 favor items blood of the fallen and swift anklets.