SMITE: Was The Thor Buff TOO MUCH? (Analysis/Semi-Rant)

There was a huge SMITE Thor Buff and partial rework in the mid-season patch. Berserker Barrage got an entirely new identity and a lightning effect was added to his ultimate. Today we'll analyze the Thor buff in detail and check the impact on his performance.

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Published on Nov 30, 2016

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• Posted: 2016-11-30, evaluated by Chimpazilla
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[Mondo]

Bastet was the one who needed a buff with slight rework

[xsatya_]

SMITE: Should Bastet finally get some love and what she deserves from the balance team and a possible rework? Yes

[devy]

I’d be fine with Thor getting a CD nerf. The buff was far more than enough to make me happy.

[ajzorger]

I've been running thor jungle and his 3 crushes jungles

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I know people who lan't land a Thor ult but can still get away with a triple because of the chain lightning. I think the buff was a little too much.

[skymaster]

That gameplay in the background tho, toxiccc cupid bruh

[geiist]

Adapting was scary and amazing on bad Thor never mind new Thor

[paulnoell]

freakin THANK YOU for covering this. I hate Thor now. Even more unbalanced than mid season 5 Zhon Quie.

[OmegaLittleBob]

I was playing Thor for about a year before his buff and I honestly don't think he's all that different now. I still haven't really noticed the new passive on the Ult. I just think that people finally remembered he was there and his Ult is REALLY good for late game. But you have a point, his 3 should probably get a slight increase to the cool down, but I don't think that will change too much. The Genie is out of the bottle as it were.

[Rawas]

HiRez: we are buffing thor!
All of smite community: ok but why?

There are other gods that could have gotten attention. Thor was not one of them.

[mithkabob]

The change to the 3 was needed, but agree the cd reduction was probably too far. The chain lightning on the ult baffles me, like yeah it's cool lore wise or whatever for the kit but there was NO adjustment made to compensate for the buff. Even if he misses the ult he can still destroy someone by stunning them with the 2 and hitting them with the 1 and 3 with the chain lightning damage on top.

[gregizewhigham]

Honestly I think Skadi and Isis need to be looked at more. Nike seems okay she doesn’t seem to be overbearing as those too. Thor is pretty strong maybe make chain lightning do less damage. But Skadi is annoying right now see her more then any of the other buffed gods

[IShadowStrykerI]

I would like to point out Susano wasn't a very good choice for comparison considering his strength isnt damage but mobility and area control. Susan may do less damage than thor but you don't escape from or catch up to Susano

[Preetzole]

I know 2 of the other 4 were Nike and 1515, but who was the last one?

[Misogiii]

Luckily outside of Conquest I don’t see Thor too much but dear god Isis is a fucking nightmare to play against, especially in joust. She’s just so hard to deal with, and she can literally just play tanky bruiser or full damage and any way she’s going to excel and hurt a lot. Tons of CC, prot shred, slow, silence, and shell all in one move that has great range, 1.5 second stun with lots of damage, 25% mitigation anti engage and objective securing ult, plus lots of movement and damage with 1, and insanely short cooldowns with a great passive giving her free 10% cdr and tons of Hp5 and MP5 shared with her teammates, and even if her teammates die she still gets stronger cause it gives her a stack of passive. I think she’s very fun to play but shes way too good right now. Luckily I haven’t played against many Nikes either but I’ve played her enough to know she’s insanely strong (one time).

[hoda]

No it is not if you killing someone he most likely don't have beads and you was gonna kill him with old Thor anyway (the combo still do about the same damage). and the 3 cd actually means nothing as you most likely using it in combination with you're 1 unless you are solo in which case Thor still sucks in boxing warriors even with low cd on his 3. Thor rework was intended to be a buff so of course late game damage and solo Thor is more viable.

if anything i feel Thor new clear is so strong and make him snow ball and be higher level than most.

i would be okay with reverting the rework tho so people stop crying and whining instead of learning how to play around him and get beads and wards (new Thor never caused a problem to me unless if i am playing Thor too because i don't like mirror xD)

[pessimysticism]

One thing that has ALWAYS irked me about Thor is his magical double hammers... When he throws Mjolnir he magically still has it in his hand and can swing with it doing regular damage with autos until it returns. I think he should actually lose Mjolnir from his hand and have to punch with a penalty to his AA damage until it returns to his hand. I think this would be a sensible nerf that would help bring him in check slightly...

[Ytbjohn]

Runeforge and transcendence on Thor is so nasty

[alecgold]

I would really just say they should nerf his spin in early game, typical stuff like making cooldown higher but lowering it as you level the ability, or lower the base damage by a little but increase the damage scaling by little, that way his late game is still strong but doesn't outclear and out pressure every god in early game

[SmolAngel]

I didn't need a reminder of how much I miss old ullr :c