SMITE Version 4.21.4415 - Smite Gods history, patch notes and changelogs

General

Released.

General

Agni is getting a buff! In metas past, he often served as a mid-tier Mage who wasn't the best or worst pick. In Season 4 however, he has failed to pull himself out of the bottom half of the god pool at any time. Items and meta shifts constantly move Gods balance points, and Agni has suffered from the changes this Season. When used well, his passive contributes a lot of Damage during a game, but requires Basic Attacks to charge it up. Agni's Attack Speed per level was quite low compared to other Mages with Basic Attack Passives, so we hope to speed this up both to match other Mages and help him activate his Passive more often. Rain Fire is also going to be hitting harder and more often. Agni's late game is largely around poking out his enemies while looking for a chance to commit off a Meteor stun. Allowing this to happen more often and be more punishing will give Agni the tool he needs to feel impactful, especially when combined with his passive bonus damage.

Increased Attack Speed per level from .95 to 1.2.

Rain Fire

Increased Magical Power Scaling from 60% to 70% per Meteor.

Decreased Cooldown from 20s to 18s per Meteor.

Da Ji

General

Da Ji getting some improvements to both her stats and her overall playstyle this patch. Since her release Da Ji has struggled to make her mark as an Assassin in both casual and competitive games. We are focused on changes that better enable her to get into a fight and apply her burns and bleeds. First, Da Ji's Basic Attacks are seeing significant changes. They now are a standard Basic Attack with no unique timing or damage adjustments and have updated animations that better match when she is hitting an enemy. Horrible Burns is also receiving Haste, allowing her to Basic Attack without movement penalty while it is active. Weaving Basic Attacks and Horrible Burns should be smoother with these adjustments. Da Ji also has an interesting playstyle, looking to quickly get into a fight before using Paolao to get above the fight and pick off targets. We are increasing her Base Health to help he get into the thick of a fight while increasing the casting speed of the Paolao chains, allowing her to more consistently hit enemies.

Base Health Increased from 425 to 440.

Base Health Per Level Increased from 74 to 76.

Da Ji's Basic Attack chain and animations have been updated.

Basic Attack Hit Chain is now 1/1/1 timing and damage. Each hit has a unique animation.

Horrible Burns

Da Ji now benefits from Haste (does not suffer Basic Attack movement penalty) while Horrible Burns is active.

Paolao

Decreased chain travel time from .5 to .3 seconds.

Hou Yi

General

Hou Yi is seeing a very targeted adjustment to Ricochet this patch. While he often struggles at most levels of play, his ability to quickly clear the Jungle early has made him a top pick in the Smite Pro League. His power there is limiting Hunter diversity, stagnating the amount of potential strategies that can be used. Ricochet will no longer deal it's bonus damage per ricochet to minions, jungle monsters, or objectives. The bonus damage per ricochet will still apply to gods, but his ability to clear camps early and incredibly quickly will be lowered to give other Hunter and Support combinations a stronger opportunity to answer his level of early clear.

Ricochet

Ricochet Bonus Damage now only applies to Gods.

Isis

General

The Goddess of Magic is getting a boost to her mid game potential. Circle of Protection is a powerful tool Isis can bring to a fight, but early ranks of this ability are often not rewarding enough to deter opponents from engaging onto her or her team recklessly, especially since Isis lacks the damage to empower her ultimate that early.

We are increasing the Base Damage on Circle of Protection but reducing the per-level scaling so it ends at the same strength. Her ultimate will hit harder and be more rewarding when fully empowered, but her late game should remain at the same power it is now.

Circle of Protection

Increased Base Damage from 160/200/240/280/320 to 180/215/250/285/320.

Janus

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Janus is seeing some changes this patch that are focused on improving his overall performance while reducing some of his most frustrating moments. For the last few years he has always struggled at all levels of play and has gone in and out of SPL viability. His unreliability from Unstable Vortex and the one-shot potential of a cross map snipe is a large reason for this disparity. Unstable Vortex is seeing a damage increase on a single hit, with a reduction to the bonus damage for hitting both orbs. Players will still be rewarded for hitting with both but he should see more reliable success when this situation isn't confirmed. Through Space and Time is also getting a damage buff, but will now scale less as it travels across the map. Players will be more rewarded for using this in more aimed and close scenarios, while being less rewarded for using this to travel across the map and incidentally one-shotting an opponent.

Unstable Vortex

Increased Base Damage from 90/150/210/270/330 to 100/165/230/295/360.

Increased Magic power Scaling from 70% to 80%.

Decreased double hit bonus from 30% to 20%.

Old Damage Total: 117/195/273/351/429 (+91%).

New Damage Total: 120/198/276/354/432 (+96%).

Through Space and Time

Increase Base damage and Scaling from 200/300/400/500/600 (+50% of your magical power) to 300/400/500/600/700 (+75% of your magical power).

Decreased Scaling Damage per distance traveled to cap out at 100% additional Magical Power Scaling at 800 Units, down from 200% at 800 Units.

Ullr

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Ullr, Da Ji, and Janus have all had similar issues through their lifetime. They have struggled consistently across all levels of play with only situational SPL success and we are looking at issues in their kit that prevent them from being more successful than the bottom of the god pool. Ullr often has the lowest damage stat of all hunters, suffers from Mana issues, and has a few animation/ability issues that we are looking to fix. Bladed Arrow and Thrown Axe are seeing scaling increases to help him keep the pressure on as games move into the late game. Thrown Axe will now also leave Ullr's hand quicker, better matching the current animation. Expose Weakness/Invigorate and Hail of Arrows/Glory Bound are seeing Mana cost reductions, helping Ullr have access to his utility skills more often. Hail of Arrows and Glory Bound are also seeing a few FX and bug fixes. Hail of Arrows' target has improved clarity on both where it is in the world and if a target will be hit by the ability. Wield Axe/Wield Bow is also seeing a decrease to it's cast time, making it match other stance switchers who need to respond to situations quickly like Hel.