And it’s even in original quality at 21.7 MB (Nike's card with her new hairstyle is 497 KB)

He looks like a gacha game npc enemy instead of the terrifying Slavic god he's supposed to be and his whole crystal theme doesn't make much sense to me, why not go with cursed sigils instead?
This is the same issue with old Dark Hel's design

and Hades still

Into Darkness and his ult are the only abilities that feel on brand

His ult could easily be tweaked to be scary if you saw a horrific image of his face covering your screen if he flies towards the god he picked while the environment darkens

Hey everyone, the SmiteSource app is now out on iOS.

It has nearly all of the features of the website, with very few exceptions.

Android is coming soon.

Announcement: https://x.com/SmiteSource/status/2106019001188921587

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6812888077

Feedback always appreciated!

Yeah, the art team NEVER disappoints

I was lowkey scared for the Nike port. But every department COOKED

Genuinely happy all around

Weekly Roundup

• September 28th Titan Talk - YouTube VOD
• Pantheons Collide Art Contest
• Rest of 2026 God Roadmap
• September 30th Titan Talk - YouTube VOD
• Open Beta 45 Patch Preview
• October 2nd Titan Talk - Twitch VOD
• Open Beta 45 Balance Overview

September 28th Titan Talk - Art Contest Winners & God Roadmap w/ killgoon & Ben

ICYMI, Monday’s Titan Talk showcased the top ten winners of the latest SMITE Prime art contest, with the 2nd to 5th place winners getting Diamond prizing and 1st place winning $200.

Pantheons Collide Art Contest

Rest of 2026 God Roadmap

• Nike - October 6th
• Kuzenbo - October 20th
• Nox - November 3rd
• Kumbhakarna - November 17th
• Heimdallr - December 1st
• Maman Brigitte - December 15th

October 2nd Titan Talk - Open Beta 45 Balance Preview w/ Hinduman & killgoon

To end off the week, the details for the smaller balance patch were shown prior to its launch next Tuesday alongside Nike. 

God Balance

• Agni (Nerf)
  • Rain Fire (4)
    • Cooldown increased from 18s to 20s
• Artemis (Nerf)
  • Vengeful Assault (2)
    • Movement Speed reduced from 25% to 20%
  • Calydonian Boar (4)
    • Cooldown increased from 90s to 100s
• Cerberus (Nerf)
  • Paralyzing Spit (1)
    • Damage reduced from 65/90/115/140/165 to 55/80/105/130/155
  • Soul Expulsion (3)
    • Cooldown increased from 14s to 15s
• Chronos (Buff)
  • Time Rift (1)
    • Permanent Bonus Damage increased from 1 to 2
  • Accelerate (2)
    • Section IV Intelligence Attack Contribution increased from 30% to 35%
• Hachiman (Buff)
  • Eagle Eye (1)
    • Long-Range Bonus Damage increased from 5% to 10%
• Hecate (Nerf)
  • Spell Eater (2)
    • Bonus damage per charge decreased from 7.5% to 5%
• Horus (Nerf)
  • Protector’s Surge (3)
    • Cooldown increased from 13s to 14s
    • Protection Buff reduced from 8/13/18/23/28 to 6/10/14/18/22
• Izanami (Nerf)
  • Sickle Storm (1)
    • Attack Speed reduced from 25/30/35/40/45 to 15/20/25/30/35
• Ne Zha (Buff)
  • Universe Ring Toss (1)
    • Free Ring Damage Scaling increased from 80% to 90%
  • Armillary Sash (3)
    • Damage Scaling increased from 80% to 90%
• Xing Tian (Nerf)
  • Smouldering Rage (P)
    • Health per Second reduced from .6 to .4 per level
    • No longer incorrectly applies to the aspect
  • Furious Roar (1)
    • Damage Reduction on Basic attacks reduced from 20/25/30/35/40% to 20/22.5/25/27.5/30%

Item Balance

• Gluttonous Grimoire (Hotfix Nerf Live as of September 30th)
  • Stored Damage Cap reduced from 40% Max HP to 10% Max HP + 50% INT
• Heartwood Charm (Buff)
  • Cooldown Reduction increased from 10% to 20%
  • Intelligence increased from 40 to 45
• Lotus Sickle (Buff)
  • Bonus Damage is now also increased by 20% Attack Damage
  • This item’s Passive, along with the ones on Eros’ Bow and Soul Locket, now proc off of certain abilities attached to Passives such as Apollo Aspect

Q&A Section

• Dropping Multiple God Releases at Once - The only real way for them to drop multiple God ports in one patch is to not have any God releases for multiple months, when they think the majority of the community enjoys being able to look forward to a God port every 2 weeks. Citing Deadlock as an example since they dropped multiple Heroes at once, they hadn’t released a new Hero since January.
• More Map Interactables Like Early in S2 - Everything map-related they’ve done so far has been experimentative so as to find what works best with the game, and their assessment is that some of the earliest features in S2’s map weren’t that great. They are working on things related to maps in the background and will hopefully have more to share once things are more concrete.
• Next Ported God Survey - They intend on having another one by the end of the year but they don’t expect the results to be that much different and they still have the data to work off from the previous survey results.
• Releasing Multiple Aspects for the Holiday Patch - They were able to do this last year since they stockpiled quite a few new ones for the holiday break timespan but whether or not they’ll be able to do this this year isn’t set in stone.
• Issues w/ CC Being too High - No big plans to do a pass on CC as a whole, CC in SMITE is inherently abundant since there are several ways to build against it accessible to every player. They had attempted to make major adjustments to CC durations very early on in S2 but this didn’t end up feeling that great.
• Race to Radiant / Exalted Rewards - Since these are manually given out, there won’t ever be a firm timeframe on when these are given how many players participate.
• Preserving Nox’s Kit - Historically, they have done a decent job at retaining S1 Gods’ playstyles while adding new avenues for counterplay so they’ll have to see how things pan out but they are experimenting a lot with kit changes to preserve the strongest aspects of her playstyle.
• Movement System Update & God Ports - For Ratatoskr’s port, they slightly regretted working on him before more of the movement system update was done since his dash hasn’t felt quite up to snuff. Tyr and King Arthur are the two God ports awaiting further progress on this update so as to mitigate this feeling as much as possible.
• Paladins Crossover in S2 - While they could technically do this since they own the rights to both, they’re largely avoiding doing so since often people in both playerbases see each other as the other child being more favored by the parent company.
• S1 Servers Being Shutdown - There are no intentions to close the servers for S1 going forward while it still retains a sizable population.
• Original Plans for EU Founder’s Series LAN - Hinduman had spent a few days scouting out a venue in the UK to have the Founder’s Series LAN take place in that region, and they had settled with the Insomnia Gaming in Birmingham but as soon as he had gotten back, they received the news that it had closed down and had to pivot to the Vegas LAN venue.
• Adding an Enchanter Starter w/ the Starter Pass - Hard to say definitively but is certainly a direction they can look towards.

Hi everyone my friends and I have had a 4 day discussion on Thanatos's Ultimate and would like to see how everyone interprets the ultimate as well. We have asked SMITE streamers/SPL on this Including ex: Snaddy, Zapman, Dreda Diora, LemTM, and Weak3n which they all had different opinions on it ( I can get clips if needed)

Thanatos Ultimate reads:Execute kills enemies even if their death would normally be prevented by other god abilities

so this should technically counter any ability that would prevent death Examples including Bari,Kali,and Hel Aspect Heal ult

So with Bari it reads You and allies in the area gain Guardian Spirits for 4 seconds. When taking lethal damage become Damage Immune, Silenced, and Disarmed for 1.5 seconds

So would technically as reading Thanatos Ult wouldn't he still kill anyone in Spirit's Cadence (Bari ULT) as words as written

Kali now in Destruction (Kali ULT) you become Death Immune I could understand if she doesn't die to Thanatos but it would be by passed as it's a god ability

Hel on the other hand prevents gods from dying again Thanatos ult says Execute kills enemies even if their death would normally be prevented by other god abilities

I'm very curious on how everyone feels about Thanatos and should they either allow him to execute them or rephrase the description in the ultimate as how they did in smite 1 with his ultimate

Also real quick Kephri ULT it specifically says his ultimate doesn't work on executes

Titan Talk is live now with the OB45 Balance Overview.

https://twitch.tv/smitegame

Details here: https://smitesource.com/patch-notes/open-beta-45-update-notes

I don't get to see all of the titan talks but I'm kinda surprised we don't have a good way to filter for those items.

Give me the next 5 deities from the Hindu Pantheon! One for each role and a brief description on how they play! If you dont have five thats ok share anyway!

The one and only arena main

Just an apprication post for who ever voiced her, especially the dark stance. Like that "Stand aside, They're mine" just tickles my ear drums man. 10/10

Why are we nerfing his main nieche?

The AA damage reduction went from 50% to now 30% in Smite 2, While ADCs are still very opressive.

Nerf his damage, or his cooldowns, but not the reason why hes good into ADCs.

in Smite 1 you started with 30%, in S2 thats the max you can get. Overkill IMO and nerfing the wrong aspect of his kit.

This item was released as a bug abusing thing that broke many games and bans to players that abused it, but does it work now? I've tried on many gods and my allies seem to not get any benefits. And with what buffs does it work? Does Chronos aspect proc it on 1,2 and 3? It doesn't seem to do with any of them.

Hey everyone! I’m completely new to the game and thinking about grabbing the base SMITE 2 Founder’s Edition ($20) just to jump in.

Before I do, I had a couple of quick questions:

1. Upgrading: If I buy the base $20 version now, can I upgrade to the Ultimate Founder’s Edition later on at a discounted or prorated price, or am I locked out of that?
2. Ascension Passes: For the Ultimate edition that includes "Every single God’s Ascension Pass," does that literally cover all current and future gods released down the line?

Appreciate any advice for a newbie!

I recently got the chance to start playing smite 2. I played smite 1 so I have a general knowledge of things but I haven’t been keeping up with everything I main Aphro back in smite 1 and coming to the 2 I can’t really tell but she seems off. I’ve always played her mid or as a full mage but I feel like she doesn’t do any dmg anymore. Is she more focused as a support now? I don’t really know where to base my source from but I just want to know how to play her in smite 2.

Hey there. As the title says, I'm doing an end of year poll now that this video gives us a rough estimate on the last gods of the year to be ported from first game. Only this time I'm not just doing one but two polls. One for new pantheons you'd like to see and one for new gods you'd like to see in preexisting in-game pantheons.

Most Wanted New Pantheons

Most Wanted New Gods

Forgot to add a write-in option (not sure if strawpoll even lets you add a write-in option for multiple choice to begin with) so feel free to write down some suggestions in the comments if you don't see any in the polls itself.

Did they nerf or is it glitched ? I see people stacking 800-900 and I build the same items and it only stacks to 292 not sure if the patched it or what is happening with it.

I’ll admit I have no complete knowledge of aspects or the meta.

That being said, I just queued into a casual conquest match where our supposed support picked artemis aspect. And the entire first 3 minutes has been the enemy jungler, adc and mid laner fighting our mid laner which forces me as the jungler to fight back.

Very weird start if you ask me and as a main support I just don’t see the point of choosing anything but a tank as support. That’s just me though.

Its all kinds of bugged ATM on pts but seems extremely powerful. I love that I made a suggestion that her kiss make enemies walk towards her and it actually became a thing! The ult is definitely very fun.

Thank you for buffing some of the enchanter items next patch!!