SMITE Version 6.9.5607.4

# 6.9 - Queen of the Underworld | August 20, 2019

## New Greek God: Persephone - Queen of the Underworld

###  Pomegranate Seeds

Persephone gains Pomegranate Seeds when her Harvest plants wither. If she has more than 25 Seeds she can spend these to resist death, continuing to fight for 8s but dealing 50% reduced damage. Additional Seeds are sold when she enters the fountain for 3 gold a Seed. Persephone can hold 100 Seeds.
###  Basic Attack

Persephone's Basic Attacks have an AoE upon hitting a target that activates nearby Harvest Plants.
* Radius: 7.5

###  Bone Rush

Persephone calls forth a skeletal warrior of the underworld. This warrior charges forward 35 units or until it comes into contact with a god. It charges with such force that when it stops it topples, sending bones flying forward and damaging enemies in its path. The skull from this warrior flies forward and becomes a Harvest Skull when it lands.
* Damage: 100/160/220/280/340 (+80% of your Magical Power)
* Cost: 60/65/70/75/80
* Cooldown: 12s

###  Harvest

Persephone places a Skull on the ground (max 10) and activates them with Basic Attacks. She stores up to 6 Skulls. When activated it heals Persephone. After 4s it turns into a Sprout that explodes, damaging and slowing enemies. After 24s it turns into a Flower that chases down enemies for 3s before biting them. Enemies recently hit by Harvest take reduced damage from additional hits stacking 3 times. After activation or 120s they wither.
* Heal: 22/29/36/43/50 (+10% of your Magical Power)
* Explosion: 60/110/160/210/260 (+70% of your Magical Power)
* Slow: 30%
* Bite: 70/125/180/235/290 (+80% of your Magical Power)
* Reduced Damage: 50/75/87.5%
* Cost: 18/21/24/27/30
* Cooldown: 8s

###  Flourish

Persephone floods the ground around her with life giving energy that propels her from the ground directly forwards or backwards; based on the direction she is moving. Harvest plants inside the area immediately grow to their next stage and activate. After using this ability the next Harvest cast is pre-germinated and spawns as a Sprout.
* Range: 45
* Cost: 70
* Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11s

###  Grasp of Death

Persephone conjures a mass of Entrapping Vines that she throws forwards, Entrapping the first enemy god or wall it touches. Entrapped gods are crippled, rooted, and have reduced Attack Speed. Binding Vines then spawn from the Entrapped target that seek nearby enemy gods. Upon finding an enemy god it Binds them, crippling them and preventing them from moving away. Entrapping Vines are destroyed if hit by 5 Basic Attacks, ending all effects.
* Damage: 195/270/345/420/495 (+75% of your Magical Power)
* Vine Damage: 65/90/115/140/165 (+30% of your Magical power)
* Attack Speed Reduction: 20/22.5/25/27.5/30%
* Duration: 5s
* Cost: 70/75/80/85/90
* Cooldown: 90s

## New God Skins

* **Withering Bloom Persephone**
Standard - Recolor
* **Star Tyrant Ares**
Standard - Battle for Olympus
* **Spirit Guide Artio**
Exclusive - Community Celebration Event
* **Infinite Ruler Olorun**
Exclusive - Battle for Olympus
* **Pillow Fight Nike**
Standard - Battle for Olympus
* **Winds of Change Kukulkan**
Unlimited - Battle for Olympus
* **Calavera Skadi**
Exclusive - Calavera Chest
* **Gizmo Bellona**
Exclusive - Hyperdrive Chest
* **Spooky Nightmares Cupid**
Exclusive - Spooky Squad Chest
* **Spooky Dreams Kumbhakarna**
Exclusive - Spooky Squad Chest

## New Voice Packs

* Persephone
* Star Tyrant Ares
* Spirit Guide Artio
* Infinite Ruler Olorun
* Pillow Fight Nike
* Winds of Change Kukulkan
* Calavera Skadi
* Gizmo Bellona
* Spooky Nightmares Cupid
* Spooky Dreams Kumbhakarna

## Update Release Schedule

* **August 20**

* Persephone
* Battle for Olympus #9
* Battle for Olympus Final Reward
* Community Celebration Event Starts

* **August 27**

* Hyperdrive Chest

* **September 3**

* Calavera Chest

* **September 10**

* Spooky Squad Chest

## Bug Fixes

### General

* Fixed an issue in Match Lobby where some gods would play multiple VO lines on top of each other.
* Fixed an issue where players that die at fountain would be unable to sell or undo items just purchased for full cost.
* Fixed players that purchase Chronos Pendant while dead, it would activate and the player would be unable to sell it back or undo for full cost.
* Fixed Tower targeting message.
* Fixed report button remaining active after sending a report end of match lobby.
* Fixed missing scroll bar in Custom game lobby.
* Fixed scroll rate for Custom game lobby to properly show single games per tick.
* Fixed Match of the Day mode ‘Joust the Two of Us’.
* Addressed crashing when selecting ‘Your match is ready’ prompt.
* Fixed scrollbar not defaulting back top when changing tabs.
* Fixed players not in a party getting message saying their party is queued when joining a queue.
* Fixed God select UI showing disallowed Gods as valid choices, even though not actually selectable.
* Fixed Legendary and Diamond skins at Store showing Golden skin art.
* Fixed gap between Order side Relics and Items on end of match scoreboard.
* Fixed push-to-talk state not visible in match lobby.
* Fixed ‘Show Clan Tags’ sometimes not working.

### Gods

* Chang'e

* General

* Fixed intro voice line being heard in match lobby by all teammates.

* Hera

* Royal Assault

* Fixed missing animation during wind up of firing ability.

* Horus

* To The Skies!

* Fixed rare issue where camera would remain focused on Horus at the teleport starting location.

* Jormungandr

* Consuming Bellow

* Fixed Bonus Damage from absorbing clouds not scaling magical or physical power scaling.

* Neith

* World Weaver

* Fixed unintentionally triggering Fail-not and Pridwen before firing ability.
* Fixed missing God portrait for targets.

* Ne Zha

* Wind Fire Wheels

* Fixed an issue where Ne Zha and Set would land in an unintended location if Set was hit by Wind Fire Wheels while he was teleporting.

* Nike

* Barrier Formation

* While channeling, this ability now plays the music or sound FX that Plan of Action to used play for base Nike and each of her Skins.

* Olorun

* General

* Fixed Fail-not from not allowing Crit on target.

* Set

* Spawn of Set

* Fixed scenario where Set is interrupted from his dash while his Sandstorm is active, it would go on cooldown despite not dashing.

* Ymir

* Shards of Ice

* Fixed Ymir Bot from jumping during ability charge.

## Project Olympus

### Community Celebration Event

* Starts Aug 23 and runs until Oct 1.
* This event will be completely free to all players.
* Inside the event UI, players will see 2 different progress bars.

* The Blue bar is increased by the entire SMITE community playing games.
* The Green bar is increased by playing games on your own account.
* You can only unlock levels that the community has activated.

* The final reward will be the Spirit Guide Artio Skin, winner of this years community vote.

### Console

* FOV has been increased to match PC
* Adjusted controls while aiming up and down (range circle targeters) for better smoothness and ease of use.
* Aim Assist (only occurs if setting is enabled).

* Improved general support for aiming friction.
* Friction now tries to use target shape on standard line and circle ground targets to help track targets.

### User Interface Updates

* Added a timer in the End of Match Lobby that shows current queue time next to the “Play Again” button.
* Console players will now remain in the End of Match Lobby when they use the “Play Again” button.
* Players now see visual feedback and icons for themselves when using the in-game Vivox voice communication system in lobby and In match.
* Custom Game list can now be scrolled through faster.
* Added a better visual indicator on your own player name in Custom lobbies.

### New Direct Purchase Skin Options

* A new “Deals” section has been added next to the “Featured” tab in the store.

* These new Deals will always be a single skin direct purchase option.
* They will feature exclusive skins from SMITE's history.
* Deals will be the same for all players.
* Deals will rotate roughly every 7 days .

* This is subject to change, please watch for announcements on exact rotation dates and times.

* Daily Bundles will be located here as well.

* These bundle's rules and functionality have not changed.

## Item Balance

###   Arondight

“*The Arthurian Items added a unique gameplay twist to SMITE in the Mid Season Update. After a few weeks of data we can clearly see which of these items are over-performing or under-performing. Of course, some of them are especially strong or weak on certain gods, but that's part of what makes them so interesting.*

*Arondight was clearly the weakest of these items. It had the lowest purchase rate and player feedback was unanimous in that the stats did not match the cost. Arondight is being given more physical power to help Assassins scale into the late game and make sure this item is worth the purchase.*

*It should be noted that Staff of Myrddin is receiving no changes in this Update. This item was the most controversial of the new items and could use more data and feedback before its point of balance is determined. Our stats are showing that the item is more likely to need buffs rather than nerfs, but we feel that the community would still mostly disagree with that. We will revisit it in another patch.*”

* Increased Physical Power from 55 to 65.

###   Fail-not

“*Fail-not indeed. This item succeeded in many ways, with very strong data and player feedback. A key interaction is being fixed to make Fail-not apply only to enemy gods, and it is seeing a small stat reduction to help bring it down to a more normal stat efficiency for the current price.*”

* Decreased Critical Strike Chance from 25% to 20%.
* Fixed an issue where the buff was applying to non-god targets.

###   Pridwen

“*Pridwen is the cheapest Arthurian item and also the easiest to use, which resulted in it having a massively high purchase count with a strong win rate to match. This item is seeing a rather significant nerf to ensure that it works better on true tank classes and not as a one-of protection item.*”

* Decreased Physical Protections from 40 to 30.
* Decreased Magical Protections from 40 to 30.

###  Dynasty Plate Helm

“*The rise of mage ADCs has shown a few items to be more stat efficient than is healthy for the game. This item allowed Mage ADCs as well as traditional Mages to get a good bit of offensive stats while also making them especially hard to gank. This reduction should help junglers and hunters alike.*”

* Decreased Magical power from 55 to 50.
* Decreased Physical Protection from 35 to 30.

###   Emerald Ring

“*In this update we looked at a series of movement speed items. These items were showing steadily increasing popularity and win rate, as well as causing a good amount of community discussion. Letting all characters in SMITE move too quickly is a large risk to the game. It results in less kills and frustratingly evasive gameplay scenarios. We are looking at many of the items that provide movement speed and removing it wherever possible, then applying increases on other stats of those items. Some items that are used by classes who need movement speed, like Assassin items, are only seeing small reductions instead of big shifts.*”

* Increased Magical power from 20 to 25.
* Removed 3% Movement Speed.

###   Enchanted Ring

* Increased Magical Power from 65 to 75.
* Removed 7% Movement Speed.

###   Demonic Grip

“*This item is probably the most core ring to Mage ADCs. A source of penetration (Magical Protection reduction) is essential to their damage output. This item is seeing a power increase to offset its loss of movement speed. Power is equally important to Mage ADCs and tends to be lacking in true ADC builds.*”

* Increased Magical Power from 65 to 75.
* Removed 7% Movement Speed.

###   Telkhines Ring

“*Telkhines has a more luxury cost, so in losing its movement speed we chose to adjust its unique passive. Increasing the scaling on this passive ability should give Mage ADCs a bit boost to their basic attack damage if they choose to itemize into it.*”

* Increased Attack Speed from 20% to 25%.
* Removed 10% Movement Speed.
* PASSIVE – Increased Damage Magical Power Scaling from 10% to 15%.

###  Shaman's Ring / Evolved Shaman's Ring

“*Shaman's Ring is more focused toward non-mage ADCs within the ring tree. This items stats are being adjusted to fit those goals. Its seeing slight cost and power adjustments, as well as an increase to the duration of the passive. However, the biggest change is the addition of CDR. This stat will synergize well with an item that causes abilities to mark targets.*”

* Increased cost from 2400 to 2500.
* Increased Magical Power from 100 to 110.
* Added 10% CDR.
* Removed 10% Movement Speed.
* PASSIVE – Increased Duration of Debuff Mark on enemies from 5s to 10s.

###  Masamune

“*The tankiest sword in the katana tree certainly makes the worst case for bonus movement speed. We are focusing towards its Warrior style by replacing the lost movement speed with more Health.*”

* Increased Health from 100 to 150.
* Decreased Movement Speed from 10% to 7%.

###  Stone Cutting Sword

“*This katana is contributing toward the over-performance of basic attack focuses Assassins. They have dominated the meta for most of the season, and although Hastened Katana is not seeing adjustment, Stone Cutting Sword is. Hastened Katana is core to an entire playstyle, while Stone Cutting just applies a strong stat efficiency to that play style.*”

* Decreased Movement Speed from 10% to 7%.

###  Bumba's Mask

“*Meme or not, this item provides a lot of movement speed with a seemingly high risk. After seeing the live results we determined that the risk was not high enough. Rather than reduce the movement speed we have chosen to double down on the items give and take nature. Bumba's Mask will continue to be one of the strongest sources of movement speed, but it will not come at a greater cost to your other stats.*”

* Increased Damage Taken from 10% to 15%.
* Decreased Damage Dealt from 10% to 15%.

## God Balance

###  Anubis

“*Anubis is a unique mage, focusing on high risk and high reward positioning. We are increasing his Base Health Pool while lowering the cooldown on Grasping Hands. Having more options besides directly engaging with Plague of Locust with more survivability to go forwards should help balance the risk reward playstyle he is accustomed to.*”

* **General**

* Increase Base HP from 350 to 380.
* Increase Base HP Per Level from 66 to 70.

* **Grasping Hands**

* Decrease Mana Cost from 70/75/80/85/90 to 60/65/70/75/80.
* Decreased Cooldown 15/14/13/12/11s to 14/13/12/11/10s.

###  Arachne

“*Arachne has been crawling up the ban rate over the last season. Someone from a year ago would laugh at this adjustment, but she has become a serious contender that nobody is taking lightly. Her metrics (play count, ban count, win rate) at high MMR is far above others, not just in her class but across the board. Her ability to chase down kills early and sustain in boxing matches makes her a difficult opponent to fight against. We are targeting both of these aspects by lowering the healing from Venomous Bite and the slow applied from Web. Arachne will still excel are wrapping up her opponents, but they now stand a better fighting chance.*”

* **Venomous Bite**

* Decreased Base Healing per Tick from 10/20/30/40/50 + 10% to 8/16/24/32/40 + 8%.

* **Web**

* Decreased Slow from 25% to 15.

###  Chiron

“*Chiron brings strong abilities to the table, but as a Hunter he lacks enough late scaling oomph and utility. While he shouldn't compete directly with a Vengeful Assault Artemis, a boost to even the difference will go a long way in helping him feel more impactful. Masterful Shot will further highlight his ability utility and help him land those crucial Basic Attacks.*”

* **General**

* Increased Base Attack Speed Per Level from 1.1 to 1.4.

* **Masterful Shot**

* Increased Slow from 25% to 25/27.5/30/32.5/35%.

###  Chronos

“*Even time is slowing down this patch. Chronos has risen to be a powerful contender this Season, even with some of his core items being adjusted. Accelerate's movement speed makes him difficult to trade favorably against, creating opportunities where he can run you down with little chance of putting himself in danger. By reducing this, in conjunction with the Ring trees speed removal, Chronos players will need to be more tactical lest have their time alive cut short.*”

* **Accelerate**

* Decreased initial Movement Speed from 25% to 15%.

###  Hera

“*The Queen of the Gods is not going to sit idly by as a new queen enters the fray. Hera has moments of strength throughout the game but her early game is inconsistent. Polymorph's early damage is being increased to assist in both clear and harassment of other Gods.*”

* **Polymorph**

* Increased damage from 60/105/150/195/240 to 80/120/160/200/240.

###  Isis

“*The Goddess of Magic has seen a rise since the Mid Season update. She received a large list of direct buffs, Quality of Life Improvements and shifts that have really pushed her into the spotlight. In this update we are reducing Circle of Protection's mitigations to be in between her previous and new state. While this is more minor we want to make sure players have the opportunity to learn to play with and against the new Isis before looking at further changes.*”

* **Circle of Protection**

* Decreased Mitigations from 25% to 20% at all ranks.

###  Janus

“*Janus is a unique case of very difficult to master, both for the player using Janus but also for his team to follow up with. While we have accepted this will cause his win rate to be lower than most gods, he is looking especially low. Ideally those who have practiced sufficiently will still find a use for him. Since our last nerf he has seen very little high level play or success. We are partially reverting the last nerf, giving him access to slightly better mid pressure and farming opportunities.*”

* **Unstable Vortex**

* Decreased Cooldown from 10s to 9s.

###  Jormungandr

“*Jormungandr is receiving a bug fix this patch. Consuming Bellow was not properly doing the math on its scaling per pool consumed, making him deal less damage than the tooltip would describe. We have fixed the bug and adjusted his values to keep them as close to the same as possible and not impact his current state of balance.*”

* **Consuming Bellow**

* Fixed a bug where the bonus damage of this ability was not benefiting from magical power scaling properly.
* Decreased Magical Power Scaling of the initial hit from 50% to 45%.
* Decreased Magical Power Scaling of bonus damage from 10% to 5%.

###  Olorun

“*Olorun is designed to be a hunter, through and through. We are updating his Base Health to be in-line with the Hunter Class rather than the Mage class he is in. Additionally, his abilities are intended to fill in his damage early on until his Basic Attacks successfully take over like traditional Hunters. Focused Light is gaining base power to better serve that purpose.*”

* **General**

* Increased Base Health from 400 to 450.

* **Focused Light**

* Base Damage increased from 100/140/180/220/260 to 100/145/190/235/280.

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