SMITE Patch - Trickster's Illusion Overview (July 21, 2015)

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What is a MOBA?

Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas, or MOBAs for short, originated as a sub-genre of the RTS (Real-Time Strategy) genre. Because of this, in most MOBA games, the player takes control of a single character from the isometric (top-down) view akin to most RTS games. Typically, in MOBA games, a player takes control of a single character on one of two teams. Those players choose characters that all have their own abilities, or “kits”. To win, the players must use a combination of abilities, teamwork, and strategy to not only best their opponent, but destroy the opponents main structures. A bonus to the genre is that most MOBAs are free games, which is definitely a contributing factor of the their massive success. The genre has many titles, the largest of which being Defense of the Ancients (DoTA) and DoTA 2, League of Legends (LoL), and most recently SMITE!

What is SMITE?

SMITE is one of the more recent free MOBA games to enter the fray. In SMITE you don’t just choose a character, you choose a god. You’ll instantly feel an attachment to characters like Thor and Zeus because even if you don’t know the lore behind them, you’ve at least heard their names before! What makes SMITE so immersive is Hi-Rez Studios’ inclusion of historical lore into the gods’ abilities, kits, and play styles. Thor and Loki aren’t just characters from Marvel comics and movies. They’re also a part of Norse mythology and you can take control of them in SMITE!

What makes SMITE different?

SMITE takes all of the strategy of the top MOBA games and adds another layer of difficulty by putting you into the action! Unlike most MOBA games, SMITE offers players the chance to experience the MOBA genre they know and love from a third-person perspective. This unique perspective allows for an extremely immersive experience unlike any other game in the genre. While this doesn’t sound like such a big change, once you play it you’ll understand! All of these things added together is what has gaming websites everywhere continually rating SMITE as one of the best MOBA games available!

[RundownMan]

Honestly the biggest change is that Vulcans ulti is now team colored. Thank god!

[MTingyy]

Brace yourselves, the Loki insta-locks are coming.

[peugordilho]

"And, of course, tiny helmets for all of her snakes" 😂

[Sentinalh]

The Sylvanus skin reminds me of Dr. Nefarious from Ratchet and Clank and Dr. Cortex from Crash Bandicoot.

[ImQuirkless]

wow that new sylvanus skin looks fucking awesome !

[ThomasOravan]

Is it just me or the Medusa skin looks a lot like the original one..

[Bakesale]

I hope Loki's recolor at least keeps the same high-contrast black and green look.

[meris]

1:35 love the way the knifes go right through each other as he rubs his hands together

[czy]

Gonna have to play Loki with his old skin as much as I can now... I'll be missing it tomorrow ;(

[Roosterz]

hi rez never cease to blow me away with their design capabilities

[Dante-S-Inferno]

When a new God or God Re-model / Re-Kit etc. etc., comes out, players auto-lock them just to play as the "new" guy.
So basically....
Prepare yourself for maximum Loki.

[imransarwar]

No Ah Puch nerf why do we need to suffer so much hirez what have we done to you

[Gaeloth]

the new gold/legen... skins is so cool.

[youare]

Cool medusa gets a second recolor, only this time it's for gems! Thanks hirez!!!

[willywilly]

Medusa has been released april the 1st, and she still has not gold, legendary and diamond skin..

[justchilln]

1:35 Rubbing his hands together while still "holding" the daggers bothers me more than it should...

[Luciferian.Latino]

All I wanted is decoy to make the sound of loki swinging post Invis. Decoy would be HILARIOUS with the whiff AA spam audio playing that every loki has done at one time of another.

Something else that would be ice is more than one gold/legendary/diamond skin fix per patch. Its gonna take the better part of a year before we catch up to the OG releases at this rate.

[sgtgyn]

I feel like Medusa tier 2 skin should've been red or brown instead of blue, it feels way too much like a golden skin. The bow with the glowing green parts is badass tho.

[ChampionofTerra]

This is actually very nice! AH PUCH finally!

[eliasc]

Thank you Loki is my main and now he looks lovely