Athena

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**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Reach forward and taunt the opposition. Teleport and support your allies."***

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

## Lore

In war, there are two kinds of soldiers: those that fight for blood, and those that fight for honor. The first crave the clash of steel and smell of slaughter, the latter know the wisdom of justice, the kindness of mercy, and that life should never be taken wantonly. These different warriors seek different Gods. Ares, God of War revels in the bloodletting, but his sister, Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, is patron to those who fight with dignity, and only when there is no other alternative.

Favored daughter of Zeus, wise as ten thousand scholars, just as the scales themselves; Athena is a paragon of incorruptible virtue, and worshipped with righteous fervor. So revered is she that Athens, greatest city in all the world, is named for her, and regal temples adorn the countryside in her honor, each tended by loyal priestesses. To Athena, a life is a precious thing that need not be wasted in frivolous battle. Bloodthirsty Ares, on the other hand, is reviled by their father and chained by his ravenous subjects.

At the Siege of Troy, Ares disobeyed Zeus and joined with the battle, fighting for the mortal Trojans. Athena rose to stop him, indirectly championing the Greeks, but directly keeping the order of divine law. Their fierce battle clashed in unspeakable proportions, ending only when Ares limped from the battle field, cowed by his sister and rival. With Ares diminished, the tide of the war shifted and the heroes of the Greek Army toppled Troy.

In times of war, prayers are sent to both Gods. Ares, for bloodstained victory, Athena for honor, valor, and the wisdom to fight with dignity. Make no mistake, these are times of war, and Ares has already answered the call to arms. Athena, ever cautious with lives, goes to battle without eagerness, but solemn necessity, for the Goddess of Wisdom knows honor is for the living. The dead have no need of it.

## Trivia

### General

* Athena is one of the Twelve Olympians along with Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Demeter, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus and either Dionysus or Hestia.
* Athena and Ares are both gods of war, but Athena is more focused on the strategic side of war while Ares is focused on the brutal side of war.
* In May of 2021, Athena received a remodel, changing her default, High Counselor, Mastery skins, and a complete new Voice Pack, her other skins remained the same as they previously did.
* One of Athena's joke lines, ▶️ *"There have been many artworks of me over the years, but the one you see before you is the best of them"* is a reference to her remodel.
* One of Athena's jokes, ▶️ *"Sure I have a taste for music. But I wouldn't call anyone a 'Rockstar'"* is a reference to her pre rework voice line's use of the expression Rockstar.
* Athena was the first playable god in the game to have the taunt CC.
* The actress who voiced Athena, Lindsey Alena, also voiced Charm Caster The Morrigan.
* Athena along with Artio, Terra and Yemoja are the only goddesses in the Guardian Class.

### God Skins

* **Shield of the Gorgon**

* The name of this skin is a reference to the origin myth of the Aegis Shield.

* **Red Star/Winter Olympian**

* These skins were made to commemorate the 2014 Russian Winter Olympics. Winter Olympian was given for free to anyone who bought Athena's Red Star skin before Feb 24th 2014.
* When the Winter Olympian skin was still obtainable, the main lobby screen for it featured Athena doing a similar warm up to *Michelle Jenneke's* in the 2012 Barcelona World Junior Championships.
* This skin shares its theme with Olympian Anhur, Get Served Freya, Grand Slam Hercules, Home Run Heimdallr, The Dunk-Father Odin, Jaguar Footballer Xbalanque/Football Star 2014 Xbalanque and Weltmeister 2014 Xbalanque.

* **Peacekeeper/Enforcer**

* These skins and Classic Athena were voiced by Kara Edwards.
* This is the second set of two skins that Athena received.
* The concepts for these skins were first shown on HirezScott's twitter where they were put into a poll to decide which to add. They ended up both being added with design elements from both concepts.
* This skin shares its theme with K-9 Anubis.

* **Classic**

* The actress who voiced Classic Athena, Kara Edwards, also voiced Beach Babe Aphrodite.
* One of Classic Athena's Killstreak quotes, ▶️*"I am Rockstar!"*, is a reference to Athena's Original VGS voiceline for VER, which is ▶️*"You is Rockstar!"*.
* One of Classic Athena's jokes, ▶️*"It is all Greek to me! No, seriously, it is all Greek."*, is a reference to the phrase *Greek to me*.
* This skin shares its theme with Classic Apollo, Classic Ares, Classic Artemis, Classic Bacchus, Classic Eset, Classic Hades, Rterocules Hercules, Classic Ao Kuang Kukulkan, Old Wa Nu Wa and Classic Sobek.

* **Oni Adventurer**

* This skin shares its theme with Oni Ronin Anhur, Senko Sage Anubis, Oni Guardian Ares, Oni Huntress Artemis, Spirit Guide Artio, Great Tengu Cernunnos, Oni Chernobog, Oni Musha Hachiman, Oni Hunter Rama and Yurei Susano.

* **One True God**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forges Games and Nightmode to promote One True God.

* **Liberté**

* This skin references the *Second French Revolution*.
* This skin was available for purchase for 1 gem or 1 favor to honor and support France after the *November 2015 Paris attacks*.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Karen Strassman, also voiced Torment/Agony Bellona.
* This skin's God selection quote, ▶️*"Liberty, equality, fraternity!"*, is a reference to Haiti's and France's national motto, *Liberté, égalité, fraternité*.
* One of the skin's introduction quotes, ▶️*"Go tell those who sent you, that we are here by the will of the people!"*, is a reference to a quote made by French Revolutionist *Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau*.

* **Amazon**

* This skin was based on the rainforest named after the Greek myth of a tribe of women warriors.
* Her joke ▶️  *"My anaconda don't want none unless you got buffs, hon!"*  is a reference to the song Anaconda by Nicki Minaj.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Jeannie Tirado, also voiced SWC Champion Chang'e, Oblivion Ruler Persephone, Prototype Scylla, Such Cold Skadi, Wolfsbane Skadi, Sol, Meltdown Sol and Steamy Chibi Sol.
* This skin shares its theme with Lord of the Amazon He Bo.

* **Knight of Wisdom**

* This skin was also voiced by Jeannie Tirado.
* This skin shares its theme with Royal Champion Awilix, Shining Chivalry Chiron, Vanguard Hercules, Vanquisher/Deliverer Nemesis and Black Knight/Noble Knight Osiris.

* **Mystic Guardian**

* This skin was based on the magical girl genre of anime.
* This skin shares its theme with Mystic Archer Artemis, Mystic Defender Neith, Mystical Manipulator Nox, Mystic Enchantress Nu Wa, Mystic Flare Pele, Mystical Monster Scylla and Mystic Moon Tsukuyomi.

* **Blight Guardian/Sinister Sentinel**

* Currently, this is the only Athena skin that has a dark theme.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Dawn Bennett, also voiced Ma Chérie Arachne, Death Lotus Da Ji, Celestial Eset, Crystal Fae Eset, Brood Mother Medusa, Cove Queen Nu Wa, Mystic Flare Pele, and Bewitching Bunny Scylla.
* This skin shares its theme with The Impaler Anhur, Razor's Edge Eset, Deathbringer/Lifebringer King Arthur, Master Soulbinder Merlin, Sunken Sorcerer Poseidon and Infernal Omen Tsukuyomi.

* **Demon Scourge**

* This skin is based on a vampire/monster hunter.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Katelyn Barr, also voiced Razor's Edge Eset, Gummy Worm Medusa and Twisted Metal The Morrigan.
* This skin shares its theme with Witch Seeker Amaterasu, Witchbane Izanami, Nightbane Jing Wei and Silver Bullet Tsukuyomi.

* **Wise Hare**

* This is the first skin Athena recieved after her remodel.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Elsie Lovelock, also voiced Cliodhna.
* This skin shares its theme with Curious Courier Chang'e.

* **Peace For Ukraine**

* This skin was created as a fundraiser for those affected by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

## Skins

* Default
* High Counselor
* Shield of the Gorgon
* Red Star
* Peacekeeper
* Classic
* Oni Adventurer
* One True God
* Liberté
* Enforcer
* Allegiance
* Amazon
* Knight of Wisdom
* Mystic Guardian
* Blight Guardian
* Blitz
* Sinister Sentinel
* Demon Scourge
* Wise Hare
* Valhalla Valkyries
* Winter Olympian
* Peace For Ukraine
* 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 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 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 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 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.  Apart from promotinal skin codes, 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 directly unlocked by purchasing the Protect and Support bundle before April 12, 2016.  This skin can 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 by reaching level 8 in the Season Ticket 2018.  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 Divine Uprising 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 was part of the Legend of Camelot event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin could only be obtained by linking accounts in the mobile game SMITE Blitz.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by achieving enough levels in the Necropolis 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 Odyssey: Reckoning 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 was part of the Odyssey: Perilous Seas event.  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 Red Star skin during the 2014 Russian Winter Olympics.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.13.7832.2 (December 12, 2023)**

* **General**

* Decreased HP5 per level from 0.9 to 0.8

* **Confound**

* Increased Cooldown from 18/17.5/17/16.5/16s to 18s

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Increased Cooldown from 110s to 120s
* Damage Mitigation decreased from 30% to 20%

**SMITE Version 10.12.7798.1 (November 14, 2023)**

* **Confound**

* Decreased Attack Speed Debuff from 30% at all ranks to 20/22.5/25/27.5/30%

**SMITE Version 10.10.7739.8 (October 10, 2023)**

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Decreased Base Damage from 350/430/510/590/670 to 340/415/490/565/640
* Decreased Damage Mitigation from 35% to 30%

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

* **Preemptive Strike**

* Removed Slow from this ability

* **Confound**

* While enemies are taunted, their Attack Speed is slowed by 30%

* **Shield Wall**

* Added 20% Slow for 2s on both hits

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Allied god gains 20% Movement Speed

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

* **Confound**

* Decreased Cooldown from 18s to 18/17.5/17/16.5/16s

* **Defender Of Olympus**

* Athena now gains 35% Damage Mitigation while channeling this ability
* Increased the Damage Mitigation on the target ally from 30% to 35%

**SMITE Version 8.6.6618.4 (June 15, 2021)**

* **Reach**

* Reach’s previous description made it unclear how much Reach would deal in damage and missed describing key components.

* Rather than describing it as a scaling bonus we are now comparing its damage as a multiplier on your Basic Attack Damage. Nothing has changed but it should be more clear how to calculate how much damage reach does.
* Reach also did less damage on subsequent targets. This is also now described in the description.

**SMITE Version 8.5.6555.13 (June 1, 2021)**

* **Reach**

* Decreased Reach’s scaling from 35% to 30%.
* Decreased Reach’s subsequent hit scaling from 25% to 20%.

* This feature always existed but was not documented. We rewrote the whole description to better describe this as well as to more clearly describe the damage Reach does as a multiplier on her Basic Attack damage rather than a scaling on bot her Bot Power and Magical Power from items.

* **Confound**

* Decrease 40/70/100/130/160 to 40/65/90/115/140

**SMITE Version 8.5.6555.4 (May 18, 2021)**

* Athena will have a completely new model, card art, rig and animation set in this update.
* Mastery and Recolor Skins have all been updated to the new model.

**SMITE Version 8.4.6501.9 (May 4, 2021)**

* **Confound**

* Reverted the duration increase from 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0s to 1.0/1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0s to
* Decrease Magical Damage Scaling from 30% to 20%
* Decrease Base Damage from 50/80/110/140/170 to 40/70/100/130/160

**SMITE Version 8.3.6455.2 (March 23, 2021)**

* **Confound**

* Increase duration from 1.0/1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0s to 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0s
* Now Deals 50/80/110/140/170 + 30% Scaling

**SMITE Version 7.11.6266 (November 3, 2020)**

* **General**

* The final Basic Attack of her hit chain will now Cleave

**SMITE Version 7.8.6152.1 (August 11, 2020)**

* **Defender Of Olympus**

* Increased Damage Mitigation given to the targeted ally from 20% to 30%.

**SMITE Version 6.7.5510.3 (June 25, 2019)**

* **Preemptive Strike**

* Slow duration increased from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0/2.25s to 2.25s.

* **Shield Wall**

* Increased Initial Damage from 60/95/130/165/200 to 70/110/150/190/230.
* Decreased Explosion damage from 80/150/220/290/360 to 70/135/200/265/330.

**SMITE Version 5.17.4995 (September 17, 2018)**

* **Reach**

* Now properly benefits from Lifesteal at 33%.

* **Preemptive Strike**

* Increased cooldown from 15/14/13/12/11s to 14s at all ranks.

**SMITE Version 5.16.4960.4 (September 4, 2018)**

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Fixed an issue where Athena could activate and cancel her Ult warm-up to basic attack faster.

**SMITE Version 5.15.4934 (August 20, 2018)**

* **Confound**

* Athena's taunt (Confound) will now properly highlight enemies in the area.

**SMITE Version 5.12.4860 (July 9, 2018)**

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Decreased Base Damage from 350/450/550/650/750 to 350/430/510/590/670.
* Increased Cooldown from 110/105/100/95/90 to 110s at all ranks.

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

* **Reach**

* This ability has been adjusted to deal only basic attack damage, and thus only trigger basic attack item effects.

**SMITE Version 4.14.4227 (August 1, 2017)**

* **Reach**

* Fixed an error on the K screen that would cause her Passive to have no description.

**SMITE Version 4.12.4165.1 (July 5, 2017)**

* **Reach**

* Increased Magical Power Scaling from ~~5%~~ → 15%.
* Fixed description error that was miscalculating the Magical Power Scaling contribution for Reach.

**SMITE Version 4.7.4031.1 (April 25, 2017)**

* **Shield Wall**

* Updated the description of this ability with the correct radius for this ability.

**SMITE Version 4.6.4008.1 (April 12, 2017)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where using Athena's Ultimate could cause her to gain collision against allied units.

**SMITE Version 2.17.3071 (November 3, 2015)**

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Increased Cooldown from 90s → 110/105/100/95/90s.

**SMITE Version 2.14.2983.1 (September 22, 2015)**

* **Shield Wall**

* Fixed shield wall getting destroyed by Gold Fury in some cases.

**SMITE Version 2.11.2891.1 (August 4, 2015)**

* **Preemptive Strike**

* Fixed being able to reset her Basic Attack progression when spam cancelling ability.

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Fixed her arrival fx persisting on Ally after her death.
* Fixed audio from ability persisting after death.

**SMITE Version 2.7.2766 (June 2, 2015)**

* **Preemptive Strike**

* Fixed the ground target highlighting enemies behind the first target.
* Fixed block fx not playing if hit with Basic Attacks twice in a row.

**SMITE Version 2.5.2721 (April 28, 2015)**

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Fixed Liberté skin playing Standard Athena voice when casting ability.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2529.2 (January 14, 2015)**

* **Reach**

* Fixed the spear throw graphic not appearing.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2347.1 (October 15, 2014)**

* **General**

* Fixed her soldiers not disappearing after her death. Their watch has ended.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2173 (June 12, 2014)**

* **Preemptive Strike**

* Fixed a bug causing certain item procs to not trigger from this ability.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2125 (May 6, 2014)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue in the store which prevented her from purchasing consumables from her Support role in the Recommended tab.

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

* **Confound**

* Fixed an issue in which taunted targets that were then stunned would continue to move.

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

* Fixed an issue in which Block Meter was not Lighting Up.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1988.3 (February 19, 2014)**

* **General**

* Updated targeters for Red Star and Winter Olympian skins to use the correct model and spear.

* **Confound**

* Fixed an issue where the taunt would sometimes not make the victim fire their basic attacks if they were finishing firing another ability when taunted.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1948 (January 29, 2014)**

* **Confound**

* Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.3 to 0.1.

* **Shield Wall**

* Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.41 to 0.1.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1928.2 (January 16, 2014)**

* **Reach**

* Fixed incorrect tooltip description.

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

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Can now use while crippled.
* Updated visual fx.

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

* **General**

* Magi’s Blessing was not properly referencing the highest tier in her Recommended Items.

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

* **Defender of Olypmus**

* Reduced damage from 350/500/650/800/950 +100% of your magical power to 350/450/550/650/750 +90% of your magical scaling.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1838.1 (November 13, 2013)**

* **Confound**

* Fixed an issue where a victim of Athena's Confound could continue firing if the victim's player released the fire button while being taunted.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1831.1 (November 7, 2013)**

* **Shield Wall**

* Fixed an issue where she couldn’t use ability when she was against collision.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1764.2 (October 2, 2013)**

* **General**

* Updated loading screen card and thumbnail for default skin. (“When at first you don’t succeed, try try again”).

* **Preemptive Strike**

* Fixed a bug where Athena would complete her dash when CCd during the dash.

* **Confound**

* Fixed a bug where enemies would not auto attack while taunted.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1738 (September 18, 2013)**

* **General**

* New ground targeters (Ult coming soon).
* Updated loading screen card

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Friendly players that are in the process of being grabbed (such Fenrir grabbing a friendly or Arachne grabbing an enemy) are now valid targets.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1721 (September 5, 2013)**

* **General**

* Fix for bug that would make Athena go invisible.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1642 (July 31, 2013)**

* **Defender of Olympus**

* The damage mitigation on Athena’s target has been reduced from 50% to 25%.

* **Shield Wall**

* The base damage for the initial hit has been increased from 40/75/110/145/180 to 60/95/130/165/200.

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

* **Defender of Olympus**

* The target FX on Athena's Defender of Olympus no longer scales with its target. If Athena targets Fenrir or Vamana with the attack while either is giant, the ground indicator does not grow with them.
* Athena cannot use other abilities while using Defender of Olympus. She cannot use other abilities until she lands.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1629.0 (July 17, 2013)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where her basic attack emotes from anywhere on the map could be heard in mid-lane.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1616.1 (July 10, 2013)**

* **Reach**

* Fixed a bug with her passive spear being blocked by friendly minions.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1581 (June 20, 2013)**

* **Preemptive Strike**

* Fixed an issue where this ability could hit targets behind her.
* Can no longer fire when silenced.

* **Defender of Olympus**

* The visual presentation when targeting a friendly player has been improved.
* If the targeted player uses a charge, Athena will no longer drop them as a target.
* While using the Defender of Olympus, Athena continues to automatically update her location to her target until she physically lands.
* If Athena's current target becomes invalid e.g from leaping, performing a special move, etc., but then valid again before she leaves the ground, she will travel to the target's location.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1557.2 (June 12, 2013)**

* **Preemptive Strike**

* The magical lifesteal handling for this ability has been reduced from 100% to 33%.
* Fixed an issue in which players could get into a state where they were invisible to themselves only.

* **Shield Wall**

* The magical lifesteal handling for this ability has been increased from 0% to 33%.

* **Defender of Olympus**

* Fixed an issue where players could get into a state where they could move while this ability was active.
* The magical lifesteal handling for this ability has been increased from 0% to 33%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1556 (June 5, 2013)**

* Athena has been added to the game.