Zhong Kui

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 Achilles  →
**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Mark demons to stuff into your bag then release them all to pulse into your enemies."***

**Zhong Kui** is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

## Lore

In this world resides powerful evil, intent on destroying everything crafted by Gods and Men. Without guardians of equal strength, all would have fallen long ago. Zhong Kui was once a man with ambitions no greater than scholastic excellence, but in death became the perfect shield against evil's onslaught.

Zhong Kui sought to pit his brilliant mind against the Imperial Examinations, tests to select councilors for the Emperor. With ease, he passed, but when the emperor saw his hideous face, he cast the scholar out. Offended, furious, Zhong Kui hurled himself repeatedly at the palace gates until his body was broken.

For his crime, Zhong Kui's soul was judged by the King of Hell, but where the Emperor saw only ugliness, the King of Hell saw potential armed with genius. Zhong Kui was appointed Lord of Demons, tasked to forever hunt and ensnare the evils of the world.

For centuries, home owners and shopkeepers have adorned their buildings with Zhong Kui's likeness, for that visage that once horrified the emperor now glares with purpose at unwelcome demons. Yet these days, it is not just shops and homes in peril, but the whole world. It does not take a mind like Zhong Kui's to see evil's hand in this War of the Gods. The time has come to bring these demons to task, and Zhong Kui means to smite them all.

## Trivia

### General

* Zhong Kui's direct taunt to Neith ▶️*"If only you let me paint you like a French girl..."* is a reference to the movie Titanic.

* Aphrodite's direct taunt to Zhong Kui ▶️ *"Paint me like one of your Chinese girls!"* is also a reference to the same line.

* His direct taunt to Bakasura ▶️  *"The power of my brush compels you, demon!"*  is a reference to the quote from The Exorcist.

### God Skins

* **King of Ghosts**

* This is one of the few Tier 1 skins with custom ability effects.

* **G.I.Zhong**

* The name of this skin is a reference to the line of action figures and its animated series G.I. Joe.
* His low health quote ▶️  *"Machine breaks down, we break down. Y'hear?"*  is a reference to the quote from the 1986 movie, Platoon.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Brandon Potter, also voiced Chilling Grasp Ah Puch, Star Slayer Anhur, Infiltrator/White Death Loki, Sobek and High Seas Sobek.
* This skin shares its theme with Shell Shock Agni, Soldier of Fortune/Hired Gun Ares, Steel Falcon Horus, Last Commando Rama, Squirrel Squad Ratatoskr, Infantree Sylvanus and Full Metal Vulcan.

* **Demon Catcher**

* Both Default Zhong Kui and this skin were voiced by Daniel Penz.
* This skin and several of its quotes are a reference to the movie Ghostbusters.
	+ His taunt ▶️  *"You don't wanna know what happens when I cross the beams!"*  could be a reference to a scene in Ghostbusters about crossing streams.
	+ His joke ▶️  *"Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night?"*  is a reference to the ad in Ghostbusters.
	+ His other joke ▶️  *"When someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes!"*  is a reference to the quote from Ghostbusters.
	+ His direct taunt to Osiris ▶️  *"Yes it's true, this man has no health!"* is a reference to the quote in Ghostbusters.
* One of this skin's death lines ▶️*"I guess... I've received total consciousness..."* is a reference to the American sports comedy film Caddyshack.
* One of this skin's lines for placing a ward ▶️*"Gotta catch 'em all!"* is a reference to the Pokémon anime series.

* Kuku Kukulkan also has a line referencing this series.

* **Stitched Horror**

* This skin is based on the character Oogie Boogie from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.
* The years in the background of the card art reference the amount of time Zhong Kui went without receiving a new skin. It can be seen better on the full version of the card art.
* The original concept for this skin was created by the artist WolfDawg.

* He also made the original concepts for Molten Shogun Erlang Shen, Murder of Crows Sobek, and Infantree Sylvanus.

* This skin shares its theme with Stitched Creation Agni.

* **Nekomancer**

* The name of this skin is the combination of the word 猫 (neko) and Necromancer.
* This skin shares its theme with Sashimi Neko/Sushi Neko Bacchus and World Kitty Jormungandr.
* There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, You can hear it here: Nekomancer Announcer pack.

* **Neith's Biggest Fan**

* This skin was also voiced by Daniel Penz.
* Neith can be seen in the wallpaper version of the card art.
* This skin features Zhong Kui cosplaying as Neith.

* **Happy Little Painter**

* This skin was based on the late painter Bob Ross.
* This skin was created as a cross promotion between Hi-Rez and Twitch.
* In the wallpaper version of this skin's card art, The Morrigan, Ymir and a Gladiator Minion can be seen.
* This skin shares its theme with Bob Ross® Sylvanus.

## Skins

* Default
* King of Ghosts
* G.I.Zhong
* Demon Catcher
* Stitched Horror
* Nekomancer
* Neith's Biggest Fan
* Happy Little Painter
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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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 part of the Odyssey 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 was part of the Hera's Odyssey 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 could only be obtained as a final reward from the premium track in the Heroes of the Wild 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 could only be obtained by earning 40,000 odyssey points from 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 character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained through Twitch Prime Gaming.

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## Changelog

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

* **Demon Bag**

* Decreased the Protections gained per stack from 1.5 to 1.2

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

* **Demon Bag**

* Increased the Protections gained per stack from 1 to 1.5

* Increased max protections passive from 40 to 60
* Increased max protections while ult is firing from 80 to 120

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

* **Exorcism**

* Decreased Heal from 20/35/50/65/80 (+20% of your Magical Power) to 15/40/65/90/115

* **Book of Demons**

* Decreased Cooldown from 15 to 13
* Increased Stun Duration from .6/.7/.8/.9/1s to 1s

* (2x for marked targets)

**SMITE Version 9.7.7157.3 (July 12, 2022)**

* **General**

* Increased base Physical Protections from 11.2 to 15.2

**SMITE Version 8.4.6501.3 (April 20, 2021)**

* **Expose Evil**

* Increased Magical Power Scaling per tick from 15% to 20% (from 75% to 100% total)

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

* **Book of Demons**

* Increased Base Damage from 60/115/170/225/280 to 80/135/190/245/300

* **Recall Demons**

* Increased Magical Power Scaling from 20% to 25% per tick

* (100% to 125% total, hits 5 times)

**SMITE Version 7.6.6084.2 (June 16, 2020)**

* **Demon Bag**

* Decreased Max Souls from 60 to 40.
* Increased Magical and Physical Protection per stack from 0.5 to 1.

* Total protections increased from 30 to 40.

**SMITE Version 6.13.5787.6 (December 11, 2019)**

* **Book of Demons**

* Fixed an issue where his ability 3 was not working, this God will be re-enabled when The Vigilant Update releases.

**SMITE Version 6.10.5654.3 (September 17, 2019)**

* **Demon Bag**

* Increased Max Souls from 40 to 60.
* Decreased Magical and Physical Protections per Stack from 0.8 to 0.5.

* Maximum Protections decreased from 32 to 30.

* **Expose Evil**

* Increased Cooldown from 10s to 12s.

**SMITE Version 5.13.4890 (July 24, 2018)**

* **Demon Bag**

* Decreased Protections per stack from 1 to 0.8.

* **Book of Demons**

* Decreased Stun duration from .7/.8/.9/1/1.1s to .6/.7/.8/.9/1s.

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

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where his passive meter wasnt accurately animating changes in soul stacks.

**SMITE Version 5.9.4788.4 (May 30, 2018)**

* **Demon Bag**

* Increased Stacks from 20 to 40.
* Decreased Protections per stack from 2 to 1.
* Zhong Kui now gains stacks when witnessing any death. He no longer gains stacks from consuming marks with Exorcism.
* Decreased Stacks lost on Death and after using Recall Demons from 100% to 50%.

* **Book of Demons**

* Stun Duration Increased from .5/.6/.7/.8/.9s to .7/.8/.9/1/1.1s.

**SMITE Version 4.25.4533 (January 9, 2018)**

* **Book of Demons**

* Decreased Mana Cost from 75/80/85/90/95 to 60/65/70/75/80.
* This ability no longer takes away Zhong Kui's book basic attacks while on cooldown.

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

* **Expose Evil**

* Expose Evil should now deal 75% of the remaining scaling damage in addition to the Base Damage it was already dealing.

**SMITE Version 4.4.3956 (March 14, 2017)**

* **Expose Evil**

* Increased the remaining damage dealt from ~~40%~~ → 75% when Expose Evil is removed by Exorcism or Book of Demons.

* **Exorcism**

* Reduced the time it takes for Demons created by Exorcism to reach Zhong Kui and heal him.

* **Book of Demons**

* Updated Tooltip to make it clear that when Book of Demons removes Expose Evil it deals 75% of Expose Evil's remaining damage.

* **Recall Demons**

* Increased the Travel Speed of the Demons released by Recall Demons.

**SMITE Version 2.15.3014 (October 6, 2015)**

* **Base Stats**

* Increased base Health from 400 to 450.
* Increased Health per level from 75 to 85.
* Increased Magical Protection per level from 0 to 0.9.

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

* **General**

* Added extended lines for Standard Voice Pack.

**SMITE Version 2.6.2740 (May 12, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed Basic Attack trails showing green fx from Standard skin.

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

* **Expose Evil**

* Fixed crowd control immunity removing the card and damage over time.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2379.3 (October 29, 2014)**

* **Expose Evil**

* Updated tooltip to correctly state “40% of remaining damage is done instantly” instead of 50%.

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

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where his basic attack projectile was invisible.

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

* **Recall Demons**

* Zhong Kui is now immune to Knockback and slows while channeling Recall Demons.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2091 (April 16, 2014)**

* **Exorcism**

* Reduced cooldown from 13 to 10s.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2069 (April 2, 2014)**

* **Book of Demons**

* Cooldown increased from 10s to 15s.

* **Recall Demons**

* Reverted previous change that prevented Zhong Kui from using abilities while channeling this ability. He may now take all actions again.
* Zhong Kui is no longer CC immune while channeling this ability, however it will continue to channel while he is under the effects of CC.

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

* **Recall Demons**

* Fixed an issue in which jumping would cancel this ability.
* Fixed an issue in which Zhong Kui was sometimes unable to use basic attacks during ability. As a result, he will no longer be able queue up and have another ability ground target ready when Recall Demons is finished.
* Fixed an issue with Polynomicon passive not working.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2027.1 (March 12, 2014)**

* **Recall Demons**

* Can no longer cast other abilities while using this ability, although you may still use basic attacks. Right-clicking will now cancel this ability early.

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

* **General**

* King of Ghosts Zhong Kui has had his FX updated.

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

* **Expose Evil**

* Recovery time reduced from 0.4 to 0.1.

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

* **Demon Bag**

* Buff tooltip text updated to show correct value of 2 protections per stack

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

* **Demon Bag**

* Bonus protections granted for each captured demon reduced from 3 per demon to 2.

* **Recall Demons**

* This ability will no longer heal allied players.

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

* **Exorcism**

* The amount of healing per captured demon has been reduced from 25/40/55/70/85 to 20/35/50/65/80.

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

* **Expose Evil**

* The percentage of remaining damage done when removing cards early has been reduced from 50% to 40%.

* **Exorcism**

* The base healing of this ability has been reduced from 30/45/60/75/90 to 25/40/55/70/85.

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

* **Exorcism**

* An issue has been fixed where the tooltip was showing incorrect mana costs for the ability.

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

* **Expose Evil**

* The duration of the mark has been reduced from 6 to 5s.

* **Book of Demons**

* The magical power contribution was reduced from 70% to 50%.

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

* Zhong Kui has been added to the game.