Charybdis

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***"Gain Tide by attacking enemies and crush enemies with The Maw."***

**Charybdis** is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

## Lore

The dangers of the sea are many, but few so fearsome as the creature known as Charybdis. Ancient poems and songs speak of the destruction she has wreaked on any ship unlucky enough to pass too close to her turbulent waters.

A sister in spirit if not blood to the nightmarish Scylla, Charybdis is a smasher of vessels where Scylla is an eater of men. She catches them in her whirlpool and breaks them into flinders, before drawing the pitiful remnants into the depths.

Once a daughter of Poseidon, she had the temerity to aid her father in his perennial feud with his brother, Zeus. At Poseidon’s behest, she used her control over the waters to engulf those lands closest to the sea – including those that belonged to Zeus.

This encroachment so angered the King of Olympus that he captured Charybdis. But such was Zeus’ wrath that he did not settle for mere imprisonment – rather, he transformed Charybdis into her current monstrous form as punishment for her defiance. He then cast her into the waters of a narrow strait, opposite the similarly cursed Scylla, and there chained her to the sea bed.

In the centuries since, Charybdis has taken out her frustrations upon any who dared pass over the swirling waters that hid her now-hideous form. The whirlpools created from her unquenchable thirst either crushed ships, or drove them into the teeth of Scylla. Together, the two terrorized the waters of their imprisoning strait – until, that is, Scylla was freed to bring horror to the lands of the gods. Charybdis was left alone.

But now, the chains that have held her fast since Zeus first cast her down have been broken. And mighty Charybdis is free at last to vent her rage on the gods who mistreated her so cruelly...

## Trivia

### General

* Charybdis and Scylla treat and refer to each other as sisters, however they are not blood-related.
* In some myths, Charybdis is the daughter of Poseidon and Gaia.

* This fits her ingame story as being portrayed as Poseidon's daughter as well.
* She is also the first official child of Poseidon to be playable in Smite. (The Minotaur is technically Poseidon's son, but only appears as a juggernaut ingame)

* Based on Charybdis' concept art, her cloak's design may have been inspired by the anatomy of the Blue Glaucus.
* Charybdis was the first god in the game to have heterochromia iridum.

* While Baba Yaga also has different colored eyes, this seems to be due to corneal opacity.

* Charybdis along with Eset, Heimdallr and The Morrigan are currently the only gods whose ranged basic attacks have a hit chain.
* Charybdis along with Achilles and Scylla are the only gods whose ultimate abilities reset when successfully landing a killing blow.
* The actress who voiced Charybdis, Xanthe Huynh, also voiced Spirit Guide Artio, Fun-Pocalypse Da Ji, Mystic Enchantress Nu Wa, Pink Lotus Pele and Battle Tagger Skadi.

### God Skins

* **Prototype 2.0**

* The name of this skin implies that Charybdis is the updated version to the first Prototype.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Kristen McGuire, also voiced Itsy Bitsy Chibi Arachne and Lunar Moth Discordia.
* This skin shares its theme with Darkblade/Heistblade Pele, Prototype Scylla, Cyber Scythe Thanatos and Titanium Tracker Xbalanque.

* **The Crab**

* This skin shares its theme with The Maiden Eset and The Scales Nemesis.

* **Ascended**

* In this skin, Charybdis has the same color scheme as Scylla.

* **Spell Blaster**

* This skin shares its theme with Spell Chanter Apollo and Spell Slinger Sol.

* **Mastery**

* In the wallpaper version of this card art, Scylla can be seen in the background.

## Skins

* Default
* Whirling Waters
* Mischief Maker
* Prototype 2.0
* The Crab
* Ascended
* Shining Seas
* Spell Blaster
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin comes with custom animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.  This skin was part of the Hope Reborn event.

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  This skin comes with custom animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.  This skin was part of the Dharmic Era event.

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  This skin comes with custom animations and ability effects.  This skin could be obtained as a final reward of the premium track from the Zodiac Council Battle Pass.

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  This skin is part of the Season Pass 2021.

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  This skin was a Commendations reward, granted to anyone who played at least 50 matches during Season 9 without getting banned once.

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  This skin comes with custom animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing all 6 skins from the Yulefest (2022) event or via. for direct purchase after the event ends.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 11.1.7887.5 (January 23, 2024)**

* **Raging Tides**

* Decreased item damage reduction from 25% to 20%

* **Spike Shot**

* Increased Splinter Damage scaling from 15% to 25%

**SMITE Version 10.10.7739.5 (September 26, 2023)**

* **Raging Tides**

* Decreased the Item Damage Reduction from 30% to 25%

* **Capsize**

* Decreased Cooldown from 16/15/14/13/12s to 14/13.5/13/12.5/12s

**SMITE Version 10.4.7525.1 (April 18, 2023)**

* **Spike Shot**

* Decreased Cooldown from 14s to 14/13/12/11/10s
* Increased Splinter Tide from 2% Tide per hit to 3%

**SMITE Version 9.10.7292 (October 18, 2022)**

* **Spike Shot**

* Increased Splinter Base Damage from 10/15/20/25/30 to 20/25/30/35/40

* **Capsize**

* Increased Base Damage from 80/130/180/230/280 to 90/140/190/240/290

**SMITE Version 8.10.6841.2 (October 19, 2021)**

* **General**

* Increased base Physical Power from 34 to 38
* Increased % Damage on the triple shot basics from 33% each to 40% each

* **Raging Tides**

* Decreased the Item Damage Reduction from 35% to 30%

* (Item damage being increased from 65% to 70%)

* **Spike Shot**

* Increased Damage done to minions from 60/70/80/90/100% of her base to 80/85/90/95/100%
* Increased Splinter Damage Physical Scaling from 10% to 15% (she gets this damage on direct hits of enemy gods as well as the bouncing projectile)

* **The Maw Hungers**

* Charybdis now can move freely in all directions while in her Ultimate state

**SMITE Version 8.8.6750.15 (September 7, 2021)**

* Fixed an issue where she was not getting the intended Movement Speed from her Whirlpool Form ability
* More bug fixes are planned for the main patch release – see the Bug Fix section of the update notes

**SMITE Version 8.8.6750.11 (August 26, 2021)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Achievements were proccing on minions.

* **Capsize**

* Fixed an issue where you could get stuck in animation until firing this ability again.
* Fixed an issue where the target of this ability could be perma-slowed under certain conditions.

* **Whirlpool Form**

* Fixed an issue where Chain lightning from Zeus and Odysseus Bow could bounce off Charybdis while she's untargetable.

**SMITE Version 8.8.6750.10 (August 24, 2021)**

* Charybdis has been added to the game.