SMITE Patch Overview - Divas & Demons (December 1, 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!

[smitegame]

We would like to apologize for HiRezKelly's 'Wild Wild West' reference, in regards to Steel Scarab Khepri. Not because it's a 'Wild Wild West' reference, but mainly because the main character's name is Artemus, and she did nothing with it.

[dylanj]

If we get a Lady Gaga Aphrodite skin, I demand a Guan Cena skin.

[zferolie]

Funny how Hirez already forgot about Arachne, not even mentioning her buff haha. That was fast Hirez

[Wapfgaming]

My experience with the Diva Aphrodite skin so far:
"We're NEVER getting back together!" "We're NEVER getting back together!" "We're NEVER getting back together!" "We're NEVER getting back together!" "We're NEVER getting back together!" "We're NEVER getting back together!" times infinity.

[enigmatic]

They are gonna nerf Khepri till he becomes absolutely

[hugeguy]

Please tell me Xing doesn't turn into Khepri and gets NERFED twenty thousand times.

[stevenfokkema]

Lol you said 0.3 seconds but on the screen stood 0.4 seconds. What is the correct one?

[shannonney]

Hi-rez. Did you fix the bug on khepri's ultimate that puts it on cooldown even if it doesn't actually activate because of ping?

[MrBuns-yihk]

Also it says that Zeus' bounce delay is 4 seconds in the video so which is it 3 or 4? 2:40

[sanguedidrago]

thanks for this video! for xbox? when you add chiron?

[Psychlopic]

Still think Sol's 2 should get a damage nerf. Not by an amazing amount, but I think it's still slightly too strong.

[mongrelmarie]

If you're doing multiple skins with color differences (aka Serkhet's new skin), then I'd love to see the Afrodite skin with a mocha palette. I'm kinda surprised it wasn't already.

[AlanJustWokeUp]

Kelly says that the bounce delay on Zeus's shield increased from 0.2 to 0.3 and 0.2 to 0.4 is written there...

[wobinar]

She said that the bounce delay from Zeus went from 0.2 to 0.3 but it showed 0.4, which is true?

[Jormyyy]

kelly in a tank top? shes just teasing us now

[lilmnster]

That cinematic with Bellona, where is that from? I can't find it anywhere (I only find screen shots)

[-uh]

And I was hoping for an actual cool skin for Chronos... Really Hirez. Also thanks for the Hel nerf that bitch was crazy.

[billyvanilly]

There were a few values she misrepresented, but I believe the written text rather than what she said.

[sylarender]

so is it .3 seconds on the zeus bounce like kelly says or .4 seconds like the video says?

[havingacow]

VVVD also says ultimate is down. Will it also say the time till it's up?