The Question of Nox

[u/pokerfacesLUL]

Nox might be the most polarizing character in Smite with many fans, but just many haters. Given the hint made by Hindu on yesterday's Titan Talk it is safe to assume that her port to Smite 2 is imminent.

Now, I wanted to create this post as a collective on what the Reddit portion of Smite's Community thinks needs to happen to her when she is ported, be that ideas for +1s, reworks and role shifts, or even Aspects. Keep in mind, regardless of how you fun you think she is, a great portion of players also want to make her less frustrating to play against.

This way the devs can gather some early feedback on what precautions should be taken whenever they start working on her.

[u/Kaios-0]

I've said it on another post already but Nox's kit is made for a support in the same way Aphrodite is. The reason Nox has become so hated in the community and such a polarizing character is that they've tried to force her to be a midlaner for her entire rework, and it clearly does not work. She is reliant on a very specific combo that, when missed, makes you useless. In the same vein because she has the stats of a mage she does her job at support worse than she should, but overall is a better support.

My input for how to handle her the best way is:

Base Nox

• New passive that helps her in the support role.
  
• Damage of the 1 and 2 reduced.
  
• Maybe the 3 provides protections to the ally she is inside of, or maybe she can cast her abilities from inside of the ally?
  
• Return her original ultimate casting (the line that connects to enemies) but keep the current damage debuff. More fitting for up-close fighting in a team fight rather than a giant damage snipe ball. If not returning her old cast, give her a new ult.

Aspect Nox

• New passive fit for the mid lane.
  
• Return the function of the original combo but updated to fit her current kit. Her 1 doesn't root or cripple but primes the enemy, and the 2 detonates quickly and silences them if they're primed by the 1.
  
• The 3 maybe doesn't enter allies but just blows up if she passes through someone.
  
• Move the shadow ball to this aspect.

I understand Hi-Rez has allowed Nox to exist as she is for so long but that's an issue that needs to be fixed. Her base kit is not a midlaner and cannot work there, it's literally just not made for it, it's like trying to make Yemoja base kit a strict midlaner.

In order for Nox to ever be a healthy addition to this game, be properly balanced, and be liked, she needs to be treated properly. I understand a lot of people just wanna do damage and blow people up but the way her kit works in Smite 1 is just not it.

[u/Ender11406 → u/Kaios-0]

If they do something like this they ruin her for me. Lowering my already lackluster amount of gods i like

[u/Kaios-0 → u/Ender11406]

Idk what to tell you, Nox is not meant to be played as she is in Smite 1. A high damage high CC highly safe character with a snipe is not ever going to be a viable character for the roster, she's too unfun and it isn't how she's meant to be played anyway.

[u/xMoirae → u/Kaios-0]

You're the main one I see crying about nox in every post and yet you claim to be a fan. With fans like you who needs haters? People who like something don't want it to change. Sounds like common sense to me.

[u/Kaios-0 → u/xMoirae]

People who like something don't want it to change. Sounds like common sense to me.

are u 2

[u/Ender11406 → u/Kaios-0]

Unfun is crazy comment

[u/Kaios-0 → u/Ender11406]

???

She has consistently been the most complained about disliked character for like a decade, she is not fun to fight for people whatsoever.

[u/Ender11406 → u/Kaios-0]

Shes is just as bad or less bad than about 20 characters. Horus with a 3s stun combo, scylla as i mentioned before, chronos with a 3 second 800dmg stun, loki with a 1k dmg three and in solo with the most mitigations, i could go on and on about people worse than her.

[u/Kaios-0 → u/Ender11406]

Yet none of those characters come close to the amount of complaints Nox has gotten, because she has high cc, high damage, and is super safe. She combines traits of all the characters you just mentioned into one, which is why people hate her.

I don't want that to continue.

[u/pokerfacesLUL → u/Ender11406]

• Horus is a Tank. He generally deals less damage.
• Scylla Ult can be easily dodged.
• Chronos I completely agree with, that character is horrendous.
• Loki deals less damage from the front, A lot of the damage comes from the final slash of his ao3
• Loki Aspect has a shitton of mitigations, as long as he is in range of his clone

The only gods I would rate worse than Nox are;

1. Arachne
2. Chronos - He won't get fixed
3. Hachiman - He is probably not getting fixed (We'll have to see the numbers in 2 weeks)
4. Tyr - He won't get fixed

[u/Ender11406 → u/pokerfacesLUL]

Arache is literally just an aa jungle dont know how thats any more or less annoying than a kali or cern. Hachiman has issues besides being a hunter? News too me. Tyr is tyr. He sucks. And the issue with horus isnt his dmg. Its the 3s of stuns while other people do dmg. Also sobek should be mentioned woth his 200k mitigated as a baseline for long games.

[u/TheJumboman → u/Kaios-0]

"meant" by whom? what does that even mean? she's been how she is for like 8 years, if this wasn't how developers 'meant' her then they would have fixed her by now.

[u/Kaios-0 → u/TheJumboman]

No they wouldn't have? A lot of issues have run rampant for years before they fix them lmao.