Aphrodite

←  Ao Kuang
 Apollo  →
**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Smother teammates with healing powers and protect them with invulnerability."***

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

## Lore

There are too few words to describe the radiance, the magnificence, the inequitable glory of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty. So wondrous is she to behold that one look can inspire tears, desire, jealousy, and love. Yet, beneath her flawless exterior resides a heart burdened with insecurity.

Inattentive and hideous to look upon, her husband, Hephaestus, unknowingly leaves Aphrodite feeling lonely and worthless. She finds consolation in the arms of other men such as Ares, or validation by competing in any contest of beauty she encounters.

At a wedding attended by all the Gods, a golden apple appeared, inscribed with the words "to the fairest." Immediately Aphrodite, her mother Hera, and sister Athena quarreled over it. Zeus elected Paris, Prince of Troy, to choose a victor. In exchange for being named the fairest, Aphrodite offered any woman in the world as his wife, so Paris agreed. However, he chose Helen as his wife, and their love began the catastrophic Trojan War.

Now, a new war brews, but this one between Gods, not men. While the battlefield is no place for the fairest of all, Aphrodite recalls the destruction between the Greeks and Trojans. Perhaps, this time, her beauty can be used to stop a war instead of start one. Perhaps, this time, she will discover the beauty within.

## Non-Conquest Balance

These additional modifiers will affect the god when they're played in any game modes besides Conquest:

* +10% Non-Ultimate Cooldowns

## Trivia

### General

* Aphrodite is one of the twelve Olympians along with Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus and either Hestia or Dionysus.
* Aphrodite's card art could be a reference to one of Botticelli's paintings, The Birth of Venus.
* The actress who voiced Aphrodite, Martha Harms, also voiced Skadi.
* One of Aphrodite's taunts, ▶️*"One kiss from me will make you forget why we're even fighting."*, might be a reference to the song *Hot N Cold* by Katy Perry.
* Aphrodite's direct quote to Zhong Kui, ▶️*"Paint me like one of your Chinese girls!"*, is a reference to a quote in the film Titanic.

### God Skins

* **Afro-Dite/Groovy**

* This skins features her dressed up in stereotypical disco clothes. This may be a reference either to just general 70's disco or the American movie *Saturday Night Fever*.

* **Diva**

* This skin is a reference to popstar artists such as Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift.
* Her taunt ▶️ "What's a god to a queen?" is a reference to the lyric "What's a king to a god?" from the song No Church in the Wild by Kanye West and Jay Z.
* Her direct taunt to Ao Kuang ▶️ "Don't be a dragon, be a queen!" is reference to the lyric "Don't be a drag, just be a queen." in the song Born This Way by Lady Gaga.
* Her joke ▶️ "Dinner on a jet, now that's my idea of an up-date." is reference to the lyric "Dinner with my man on a G5 is my idea of an update." in the song Only by Nicki Minaj.
* Both Aphrodite and this skin were voiced by Martha Harms.
* This skin shares its theme with Pop Punk Hel.

* **Beach Babe**

* The card art references the GTA V loading screen.
* In her introduction, she appears to be on the phone with Athena.
* Her direct taunt ▶️  *"Killer tan!"*  and her joke ▶️  *"Seriously. Have you seen what Herc was wearing? Like, oh my god."*  are references to his Hunkules skin.
	+ This skin also makes an appearance in his card art.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Kara Edwards, also voiced Athena (Original), Enforcer Athena and Peacekeeper Athena.
* This skin shares its theme with Sun Kissed Amaterasu, Wave Rider Awilix, Bae Watch Cu Chulainn, Sandcastle Slasher Da Ji, Life's a Beach Geb, Hunkules Hercules, Pool Party Jing Wei, Chef's Special Khepri, Danger Noodle Kukulkan, Summer Eclipse Morgan Le Fay, Challenger/Ace Nu Wa, Heatwave Pele, Poolseidon Poseidon, Land Shark Sobek, SPF 666 The Morrigan and Coral Coast Yemoja.

* **Aphra Cadabra**

* This skin is based on a witch.
* This skin makes a cameo on the card art of Trick or Treat Cupid skin.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Lindsay Seidel, also voiced Arachnoid Arachne, Neith, Buccaneith Neith, Harajuku Neith, Ms. Diagnosis Neith and Terror of the Deep Scylla.
* This skin shares its theme with Spellbound Chang'e, Mighty Mage Cupid, Witching Hour Freya, Elven Enchanter Morgan Le Fay, Bewitching Bunny Scylla, and Charm Caster The Morrigan.

* **Venus**

* This skin is based on Aphrodite's Roman counterpart Venus.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Monica Rial, also voiced Kawaii Pop Bastet, Lunar Tango Chang'e, Hel, Solstice Hel, Dragon Doggo Kukulkan and High Seas Sobek's parrot.
* This skin shares its theme with Enyo Bellona, Quetzakukulkan Kukulkan.

* **Ice Queen**

* The actress who voiced this skin, Salli Saffioti, also voiced Lady of the Lake Freya, Gambit Queen Hera and Spell Slinger Sol.
* This skin has a special emote where Aphrodite will ice skate.
* This skin shares its theme with Ice Mage Agni, Chilling Grasp Ah Puch, Chilling Hersir Ares, Arctic Seer Artio, Snow Kitten/Little Helper Bastet, Frost Bite Cerberus, Winter's Curse Cu Chulainn, Ice Wraith Geb, Chilling Wraith Hades, Winter's Mark Hou Yi, Polar Vortex Kukulkan, Kumbhalayan Yeti Kumbhakarna, Glacial Gaze/The Frost Gorgon Medusa, Snow Strix Ra, Polar Beast Ravana and Snow Day Scylla.

* **Oasis Djinn**

* This skin is based on a Djinn (also known as Genies).
* Both this skin and Ice Queen Aphrodite were voiced by Salli Saffioti.
* This skin shares its theme with The Elder Djinn Baba Yaga.

* **Temptress**

* This skin is based on a Succubus.
* Both Apollo and Vulcan can be seen in the Wallpaper version of this skin card art.
* This skin shares its theme with Soul Piercer Achilles, Demonic Pact Anubis, Torment/Agony Bellona, Hellscape/Heretic Cernunnos, Hellrider Chiron, Fiendish Rage Cu Chulainn, Deadly Desire Da Ji, Sin of Greed Fafnir, Infernal Beast Guan Yu, Inner Demon Hel, Howler Demon Hun Batz, Fiendish Flight Jing Wei, Demonsoul/Ebonsoul Serqet, Searing Seductress Sol, Demonic Thanatos and Infernal Lord Zeus.

* **Bunny Bomber**

* This skin shares its theme with Safe Breaker Kali and Mastermind Yemoja.

* **Burning Desire**

* This skin shares its theme with House Phoenix Amaterasu, Phoenix Fire Jing Wei, Phoenix Fury Kukulkan and Phoenix Ra.

* **Honey Bee**

* This skin shares its theme with Bizzy B Cupid, Bumble Bee Jing Wei and Queen Bee Nox.

* **Yule Cheer**

* This skin shares its theme with Nutcromancer Ah Puch, Gingerdread Baba Yaga, Father Chrishmash Bacchus, Krampus Cernunnos, Slay Bells Chiron, Sugar and Slice Da JI, Wreck the Halls Fenrir, Snowman Geb Jingle Hel Hel, Jingle Shells Kuzenbo, Nice and Naughty Nu Wa, Festive Ratatoskr and Season's Spirit Sylvanus.

* **Violet Sorceress**

* This skin could be a reference to the game World of Warcraft.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Marie Westbrook, also voiced Dark Summoner Nu Wa.
* This skin shares its theme with Violet Lord Thor.

* **Dark Magic**

* This skin shares its theme with Dark Prism Ix Chel.

* **Leading Lady**

* This skin shares its theme with Funny Bones Baron Samedi, Toon Mania Cthulhu and Toony Terror Scylla.

## Skins

* Default
* Majestrix
* Afro-Dite
* Diva
* Beach Babe
* Aphra Cadabra
* Venus
* Groovy
* Ice Queen
* Oasis Djinn
* Temptress
* Bunny Bomber
* Burning Desire
* Honey Bee
* Yule Cheer
* SWC 2018 Queen
* Violet Sorceress
* Med-Tec
* Dark Magic
* Leading Lady
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was awarded to those that unlocked two or more items from the Summer of Smite 2015 event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.  This skin can only be obtained as a bonus for purchasing the Venus Competitors Hand of the Gods bundle.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Season Ticket 2018 Fantasy Points store.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin is part of the Council of the Gods event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained as a final reward from the premium track in the Most Wanted Battle Pass.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the SWC 2018 Digital Loot Pack bundle until 30th January 2018.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Adventures' Gold Vault.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing all the content from the Mysterious Forest Chest from the Grim Omens event, has been available via direct purchase since the event ended, and is available in Miraculous Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing three skins from the Reaping (2022) event, has been available via direct purchase since the event ended, and is available in Miraculous Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin has an animated loading screen card.  This skin changes appearance, character animations, and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by unlocking all items from the Hope Reborn event, or via direct purchase after the event ends.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.9.7702.2 (August 29, 2023)**

* **Non-Conquest**

* Removed the non-ultimate Cooldown nerf

**SMITE Version 10.8.7671 (August 8, 2023)**

* **Non-Conquest**

* +10% Non-Ultimate Cooldowns
* +20% Ultimate Cooldown

**SMITE Version 10.6.7598.5 (June 13, 2023)**

* **Kiss**

* Decreased Movement Speed from 6/8/10/12/14% to 6/7/8/9/10%

**SMITE Version 10.4.7525.9 (May 2, 2023)**

* **Kiss**

* Decreased Protections shared with Soul Mate from 15% to 10%
* Decreased Jelousy Damage Buff from 8/11/14/17/20% to 5/7.5/10/12.5/15%

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

* **Kiss**

* Decreased Protections given to her Soul Mate from 20% to 15%
* Decreased Movement Speed from 8/11/14/17/20% to 6/8/10/12/14%

* **Love Birds**

* Increased Cooldown from 14s to 16s
* Decrease CDR to allies and self from 0.25 to 0.2 per tick
* Decreased Base Heal per Tick from 9/12/15/18/21 to 7/10/13/16/19

**SMITE Version 10.3.7494.12 (March 28, 2023)**

* **Kiss**

* This ability now deals 40/60/80/100/120 (+25% of your Magical Power) damage to enemy gods
* Aphrodite now shares 50% of her MP5 and 20% of her Physical and Magical Protections with her soul mate, instead of sharing a portion of her Mana Regeneration

* **Love Birds**

* Decreased Heal per tick from 10/17/24/31/38 (+10% of your Magical Power) to 9/12/15/18/21 + 2 per level
* This ability now provides a flat 0.25s ability Cooldown reduction per tick to self and allies – Including on this ability

* **Undying Love**

* Using this ability provides self and ally the Jealousy effect for 5s

* Refresh not stack

* Using this ability now provides 5s of the Jealousy Buff to Aphrodite and her Soul mate, Increasing their damage dealt by 8/11/14/17/20%

**SMITE Version 8.3.6455.11 (April 6, 2021)**

* **Love Birds**

* Increased Cooldown from 12s to 14s

**SMITE Version 7.6.6084.6 (June 30, 2020)**

* **Undying Love**

* Increased cooldown from 90/85/80/75/70 to 90 at all ranks.

**SMITE Version 7.5.6039.3 (June 2, 2020)**

* **Back Off!**

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 80% to 70%.

* **Love Birds**

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling per tick on Heal only from 12.5% to 10%.

* Total decreased from 75% to 60%.

**SMITE Version 7.3.5945 (March 24, 2020)**

* **Kiss**

* Reduced cooldown from 16/15/14/13/12 to 14/13.5/13/12.5/12.

* **Love Birds**

* Now has an initial hit.

* 15/25/35/45/55 (+15% of your magical power).

**SMITE Version 6.6.5466 (May 29, 2019)**

* **Kiss**

* Increased Movement Speed Increase from 4/8/12/16/20 to 8/11/14/17/20.
* Increased Bonus Damage from 4/8/12/16/20 to 8/11/14/17/20.

* **Back Off!**

* Back Off! now always applies the 25% slow.

* **Love Birds**

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

**SMITE Version 5.18.5022.1 (October 1, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed crash issue with Venus skin and have re-enabled the skin.

**SMITE Version 5.11.4838 (June 26, 2018)**

* **Love Birds**

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling of the Heal from 15% per tick to 12.5% per tick (90% to 75% total).

**SMITE Version 5.8.4766.4 (May 15, 2018)**

* **Kiss**

* Decreased Cooldown of this ability if you hit an ally from 3s to 1s.

**SMITE Version 5.5.4677.1 (March 27, 2018)**

* **Undying Love**

* Undying Love can now be cast even if Aphrodite is currently in the air from a knockup ability.

**SMITE Version 5.1.4571.1 (January 30, 2018)**

* **General**

* Now all mages have magic prot scalings of .9 per level.

**SMITE Version 4.5.3978.2 (March 28, 2017)**

* **Kiss**

* Fixed an issue where the same target being kissed by two Aphrodite's would cause them to gain a permanent Speed Boost.

**SMITE Version 4.2.3906 (February 14, 2017)**

* **Kiss**

* Updated the description of this ability to correctly indicate that Aphrodite shares 70% of all Mana regenerated by Aphrodite, not 30%.

**SMITE Version 4.1.3882 (February 1, 2017)**

* **General**

* Increased Base Health from ~~355~~ → 380.

* **Back Off**

* Increased Magical Power Scaling from ~~60%~~ → 80%.

**SMITE Version 3.14.3547.1 (August 2, 2016)**

* **General**

* Fixed Aphrodite's Passive meter heart sometimes getting stuck at the center.

**SMITE Version 3.13.3518 (July 19, 2016)**

* **General**

* Fixed Aphrodite Beach Babe Lobby Emote FX issue.

* **Center of Attention**

* New Passive Meter.

**SMITE Version 3.12.3494 (July 6, 2016)**

* **New Passive - Center of Attention**

* Aphrodite gains 4 Physical Protections and 4 Magical Protections for each friendly and enemy god within 70 units of her. Stacks up to nine times.

* **Kiss**

* Now provides 30% Mana Regeneration.

**SMITE Version 2.0.2573.3 (February 11, 2015)**

* **General**

* New art for ability icons.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2476 (December 17, 2014)**

* **General**

* VGS and Voice pack pickups lines have been added to the game.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2298.3 (September 10, 2014)**

* **Kiss**

* This ability now has a 3s cooldown if it hits a friendly target, rather than no cooldown at all.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2268.2 (August 19, 2014)**

* **Kiss**

* Fixed issue where tooltip incorrectly stated Jealousy lasted for 8s, instead of 5s.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2151.3 (May 28, 2014)**

* **Back Off!**

* Base damage reduced from 90/160/230/300/370 to 80/140/200/260/320.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2015.1 (March 5, 2014)**

* **General**

* Updated loading screen card.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2476 (December 17, 2014)**

* **General**

* VGS and Voice pack pickups lines have been added to the game.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2298.3 (September 10, 2014)**

* **Kiss**

* This ability now has a 3s cooldown if it hits a friendly target, rather than no cooldown at all.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2268.2 (August 19, 2014)**

* **Kiss**

* Fixed issue where tooltip incorrectly stated Jealousy lasted for 8s, instead of 5s.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2151.3 (May 28, 2014)**

* **Back Off!**

* Base damage reduced from 90/160/230/300/370 to 80/140/200/260/320.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2044.1 (March 19, 2014)**

* **General**

* Updates have been made to her 3D Model.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2015.1 (March 5, 2014)**

* **General**

* Updated loading screen card.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1968 (February 6, 2014)**

* **Kiss**

* Recovery time reduced from 0.3333 to 0.1.

* **Back Off!**

* Recovery time reduced from 0.3 to 0.1.

* **Love Birds**

* Recovery time reduced from 0.5 to 0.1.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1918.2 (January 8, 2014)**

* **Kiss**

* Fixed an issue where walls blocked Kiss effects from proceeding through and enemies couldn’t be hit when allies could.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1868.3 (December 5, 2013)**

* **Back Off!**

* The explosion for this ability now goes off at both Aphrodite and her target’s location. Any targets within the overlapping area are hit only once by the explosion originating from Aphrodite, applying Knockback but no Slow.
* Updated the description to indicate that the knockback applied always pushes enemies back to a set distance away from her (25 ft).

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 (November 20, 2013)**

* **Back Off!**

* This ability will no longer originate from Soul Mates, instead always originating from Aphrodite herself for damage and knockback.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1705 (August 27, 2013)**

* **General**

* Ground targeters have been customized.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1640 (July 23, 2013)**

* **General**

* Basic attacks changed from physical to deal 35 (+25% of your magical power) magical damage.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1543 (May 30, 2013)**

* **Kiss**

* Stealth no longer breaks Aphrodite's soulmate link. It will turn invisible if either party goes stealth.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1517 (May 15, 2013)**

* **Undying Love**

* This ability is now usable while under the effects of Fenrir's Bite. It removes the effects from your Soul Mate as well.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1434 (April 4, 2013)**

* **Undying Love**

* Fixed issue where sometimes it would not work properly.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1517 (March 28, 2013)**

* **Love Birds**

* The damage has been increased from 10/17/24/31/38 to 15/25/35/45/55 a tick.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1517 (May 15, 2013)**

* **Undying Love**
* **General**

* LOD additions to several FX.
* Miscellaneous sound fixes.

* **Kiss**

* The description was updated to let players know that landing a Kiss on a friendly god does not put the ability on cooldown.

* **Back Off!**

* Fixed an issue where this ability would not originate from Arachne when she was her soul mate.

* **Love Birds**

* The birds have had FX optimizations.
* The description was updated to be more clear that the healing always occurs on her and her soul mate.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1403 (March 13, 2013)**

* Aphrodite has been added to the game.

## Replaced abilities

  Ability Type: Buff
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