Hou Yi

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**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Aim, Fire. Each arrow finds its mark bringing down even the nine suns."***

**Hou Yi** is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

## Lore

In a time long past, an unexpected calamity came to be. From whence none knew, ten suns rose above the horizon. Such incessant light and heat ravaged the earth, wilting fields of grain, drying rivers, even melting forged metal. Bent beneath the scorching rays, the people begged the Emperor-God Di Jun to aid them. In reply, he called the great archer, Hou Yi.

Armed with a mystical red bow and a quiver of white arrows, Hou Yi traveled to Earth. What he found was a barren land. Shielding his eyes, he peered to the sky where the ten suns cruelly flared.

Nocking arrow to bow, Hou Yi loosed a warning at the suns hoping to frighten them away, but they impassively remained. So Hou Yi drew again and fired a killing shot. Pierced, the sun exploded in color and a giant red raven with three legs fell to the earth, slain by the white arrow.

Eight times more Hou Yi drew arrow to cheek. Eight shots more he let fly. Eight more bursts rent the sky, and eight more ravens fell dead. But one sun he left, and so fearful of Hou Yi's archery, this sun behaved, dipping below the horizon.

Now armed with the power of the red ravens he smote, sending light and fire against those that threaten the world, be it monster or beast, dragon or sun, man or God, Hou Yi is the Defender of the Earth.

## Trivia

### General

* Chang'e is Hou Yi's wife. As imagery goes, Hou Yi would come to represent the sun, while Chang'e represents the moon.
* Hou Yi was the first god released in 2015.
* Hou Yi was the last god released in Season 1.
* The actor who voiced Hou Yi, Austin Tindle, also voiced Super Chronos 64 Chronos.
* One of Hou Yi's jokes, ▶️*"I've got 99 problems, but a sun isn't one!"*, is a reference to the song 99 Problems by Jay Z.
* Both of Hou Yi's jokes about formerly liking peaches are references to one of his myths, where it's said that he met his ultimate demise when Feng Meng - Hou Yi's protégé - and others beat him to death with a club made from the wood of a peach tree.
* One of Hou Yi's idle animations is a reference to the *"Praise the Sun"* gesture from the video game Dark Souls.

### God Skins

* **Moon's Groom/Handsome Hunter**

* This skin was released in conjunction with Sun's Bride Chang'e.
* Players using this skin will always appear on the left-most side of the loading screen. This is done so that, if paired with a player using Sun's Bride Chang'e, they will be displayed together.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Jeff Plunk, also voiced Krampus Cernunnos, Dread-Lord Fafnir, Cursed Pharaoh Hades and Techno Titan Hercules.

* **Hou Ru Kai**

* This skin is based on the Uruk-hai from the book series Lord of the Rings.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Mick Lauer, also voiced Cernunnos.
* This skin shares its theme with Warchief Raijin.

* **Spirit Sun**

* One of his jokes, ▶️*"Power level 1000.. what!? No, no one really measures power like that."* could be a reference to the Over 9000 meme.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Derick Snow, also voiced Crab Rave Khepri and Piñata Party Kumbhakarna.

* **Flare Tech**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Ray Hurd, also voiced The Mighty Storm Jormungandr and Raijin.
* This skin shares its theme with Jackal Tech Anubis, Solar Vanguard Atlas, Tremor Tech Cabrakan, Vamp Tech Camazotz, Glaive Tech Cernunnos, Storm Tech Chaac, Shadow Tech Chernobog, Dual Tech Hel, Warp Tech Janus, Living Alloy Jormungandr, Tornado Tech Kukulkan, Kuzenbot Kuzenbo, Sentai Mulan, Revenge Tech, Omni Tech Odin, Reaper Tech Thanatos, Ragnarok Force X Thor, Whirlwind Tech Xing Tian, Cryomech Ymir and Sky Tech Zeus.

* **Cobra Commander/Duke**

* These skins are a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Hasbro to promote G.I. Joe.
* These skins share there theme with Baroness/Scarlett Neith and Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow Susano.

* **Grim Eclipse**

* The actor who did the voice for this skin, Bruce DuBose, also voiced Royal Fury Anhur, Cerberus, Thor, Rumbly Chibi Thor and Valkyrie Bride Thor.
* His god selection line ▶️  *"I'm your huckleberry."*  is a reference to a line Val Kilmer says as Doc Holliday in the western film Tombstone.
* His taunt ▶️  *"Go ahead, son. Make my day."*  is a reference to the quote Go ahead, make my day said by Clint Eastwood's character in the 1983 film Sudden Impact.
* This skin shares its theme with Grim Weaver Arachne, Grim Horseman Guan Yu, Grim Wraith Hades and Grim Shadow Nox.

* **Heaven's Arrow**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Jonah Scott, also voiced X-Calibur King Arthur, Modern Messenger Mercury and Frostfire Ullr.
* This skin shares its theme with Midnight Dove Awilix, Radiant Heroine Bellona, Archangel Chernobog, Angel of Chaos Cthulhu, Celestial Mayhem Discordia, Celestial Eset, Sacred Grounds Geb, Divine Wind Gilgamesh, Inner Demon Hel, Seraph Horus, Striking Archon Ishtar, Divine Axe Izanami, Divine Right Jing Wei, Gazing Archon Medusa, Celestial Deliverer Mercury, Master of Light Merlin, Holo Halo Pele, Radiant Archon Ra, Sacred Arrow Rama, Celestial Inferno Surtr, Archon Thanatos, Angelic Archon Yemoja and Almighty Archon Zeus.

* **Sylvan Sentinel**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Scoot Frerichs, also voiced Nutcromancer Ah Puch, The Crusher Cabrakan, Chef's Special Khepri, Rock for Bisrakh/King of the Ring Ravana and Earl Wubert St. Kongfrey Sun Wukong.
* This skin shares its theme with The Green Knight King Arthur, Riftshaker Janus, Nature's Guardian Rama, Wolfsbane Skadi and Grove Keeper Xing Tian.

* **Prince of the Night**

* This skin shares its theme with Vampiress Amaterasu, Cursed Bloodline Ao Kuang, Count Baron Samedi, Countess Chang'e, Scarlet Coven Eset, Vampetrify Medusa and Vampiric Scylla.

* **Winter's Mark**

* This skin shares its theme with Ice Mage Agni, Chilling Grasp Ah Puch, Ice Queen Aphrodite, 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, Polar Vortex Kukulkan, Kumbhalayan Yeti Kumbhakarna, Glacial Gaze/The Frost Gorgon Medusa, Snow Strix Ra, Polar Beast Ravana, Snow Day Scylla and Midnight Freeze Xbalanque.

* **Techno Basher**

* This skin shares its theme with Divine Beats Amaterasu, DJ Ohm Ganesha, BA5S Drop Janus, Basscannon Neith, Electric Dream Nox, Bass Demon Raijin, Ravin' Ravana, Electro Dancer Shiva and Heaven's Rave Zeus.

* Being part of this set of skins means it has a [VXG] command that will play along with other skins of the same set.

* **Iron Crow**

* This skin was also voiced by Austin Tindle.
* His intro line, ▶️*"No one cared who I was until I put on the mask."* is a quote made by Bane in the movie The Dark Knight Rises.
* One of his taunts ▶️*"I use a bow because guns are too quick. You can't savour all the... little emotions."* is an altered quote made by Joker in the movie The Dark Knight.

* **Totem Caller**

* There is a 1/20 chance for an easter egg to occur each time this skin's ultimate is used. As Skybreaker walks away and disappears, a faint squeak can be heard as if it is passing gas.

* This easter egg originally had a 1/5000 chance of happening but was later increased due to not being discovered for months after the skin's release.

* The names of the spirit animals are:

* Burrowsaur (Ricochet)
* Ghouliepaw (Mark of the Crow)
* Flutterfiend (Dive Bomb)
* Skybreaker (Sunbreaker)

* The actor who voiced this skin, Doug Cockle, also voiced Chernobog and is known for voicing Geralt of Rivia from the video game series The Witcher.

## Skins

* Default
* Sunbreaker
* Searing Sun
* Moon's Groom
* Hou Ru Kai
* Spirit Sun
* Flare Tech
* Cobra Commander
* Duke
* Grim Eclipse
* Heaven's Arrow
* Handsome Hunter
* Sylvan Sentinel
* Prince of the Night
* Winter's Mark
* Techno Basher
* Iron Crow
* The Hunter
* Totem Caller
* 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 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 could only be obtained from certain Treasure Chests, or via direct purchase.  This skin was part of the Battle for Olympus event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained from certain Treasure Chests, or via direct purchase.  This skin was part of the Heavenly Light event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained from certain Treasure Chests.  This skin was part of the G.I. Joe Event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained from certain Treasure Chests.  This skin was part of the G.I. Joe Event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Escape from the Underworld 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 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 was part of the Odyssey: Perilous Seas 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.  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 gaining at least 7000 fantasy points in the Season Ticket 2015.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Season 5 HRX Digital Loot Pack bundle before January 2019.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin has an animated loading screen card.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing all 4 bundles from the Grim Omens event or via. direct purchase after the event ends.

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## Changelog

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

* **Ricochet**

* Increased Scaling Damage from 65% to 70%

* **Mark of the Golden Crow**

* Decreased Cooldown from 18/17/16/15/14s to 16/15.5/15/14.5/14s

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

* **Ricochet**

* Increased Base Damage from 85/130/175/220/265 to 90/140/190/240/290

**SMITE Version 9.4.7059.2 (April 19, 2022)**

* **Mark of the Golden Crow**

* Decreased Damage Increase provided from 3/4/5/6/7% to 2/3/4/5/6%

**SMITE Version 8.9.6801.5 (September 21, 2021)**

* **Mark of the Golden Crow**

* Increased Damage Increase for every 10% of missing health from 1/2/3/4/5% to 3/4/5/6/7%
* Decreased Cooldown from 18s to 18/17/16/15/14s

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

* **Ricochet**

* Increase base damage from 75/120/165/210/255 to 85/130/175/220/265.

**SMITE Version 7.4.5984.3 (April 21, 2020)**

* **General**

* Fixed a variety of issues with Hou Yi – Totem Caller skin including:

* Burrowsaur not showing beads fx when used.
* Pets not teleporting upon recall.
* Pets showing on the minimap.
* Miscellaneous other issues.

**SMITE Version 6.11.5701.1 (October 15, 2019)**

* **General**

* Fixed animation issue with out of combat forward-right walking.

**SMITE Version 6.5.5418 (April 30, 2019)**

* **Sunbreaker**

* Hou Yi is no longer rooted and can move his camera freely while firing this ability.

**SMITE Version 5.1.4574.1 (February 1, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Heaven's Arrow Hou Yi had incorrect audio when selecting the skin.

**SMITE Version 4.21.4415 (November 6, 2017)**

* **Ricochet**

* Ricochet Bonus Damage now only applies to Gods.

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

* **Mark of the Golden Crow**

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

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

* **General**

* Increased Base Attack speed from ~~.9~~ → .95.
* Increased Base Power from ~~38~~ → 40.

**SMITE Version 3.21.3730 (November 8, 2016)**

* **Sunbreaker**

* Now Slows all targets inside it by 20% for .5s on every hit.
* Increased Slow on target's marked by Mark of the Golden Crow from ~~20%~~ → 40% and increased duration from ~~.25s~~ → .5s

**SMITE Version 3.16.3599.1 (August 30, 2016)**

* **Ricochet**

* Base damage increased from ~~70/110/150/190/230~~ → 75/120/165/210/255.
* Scaling increased from ~~60%~~ → 65%.
* Bonus damage per ricochet decreased from ~~50%~~ → 40%.

* **Mark of the Golden Crow**

* Removed the bonus 25% penetration provided at Rank 5.
* This ability now reveals all marked targets at all Ranks.
* Duration reduced from ~~15s~~ → 10s.

**SMITE Version 2.15.3015 (October 9, 2015)**

* **Divebomb**

* Fixed an issue with the tooltip for this ability still displaying 30% Physical Power scaling instead of the intended 60%.
* Fixed an issue where this ability was still contributing 30% Physical Power vs targets marked by Mark of the Golden Crow.

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

* **Ricochet**

* Reduced Cooldown from ~~14~~ → 10s.
* Fixed an issue with projectile accuracy from the sides.

* **Divebomb**

* Increased Physical Damage Scaling from ~~30~~ → 60%.

**SMITE Version 2.13.2948.1 (September 1, 2015)**

* **Ricochet**

* Improved highlighting accuracy.

**SMITE Version 2.12.2920.2 (August 18, 2015)**

* **Ricochet**

* Fixed not highlighting all targets on 2nd and 3rd trajectories.

**SMITE Version 2.9.2834 (July 7, 2015)**

* **General**

* Correctly updated the Iron Crow skin from Exclusive to Limited.

* **Mark of the Golden Crow**

* Fixed visual issue where Mark would not display on the target's client while using the Iron Crow skin.

**SMITE Version 2.8.2808 (June 18, 2015)**

* **Divebomb**

* Fixed taunting Hou Yi stuck in air.
* Fixed description still showing old ability text.

**SMITE Version 2.8.2806 (June 16, 2015)**

* **Divebomb**

* This ability has been reworked. When activated, Hou Yi will jump straight up into the air and pause, choosing a landing location.

**SMITE Version 2.3.2660 (April 1, 2015)**

* **Ricochet**

* The build up on this ability has been removed.

**SMITE Version 2.2.2636 (March 18, 2015)**

* **Mark of the Golden Crow**

* Fixed the tooltip incorrectly stating +15% instead of +25% penetration.

* **Divebomb**

* Fixed Hou Yi getting debuffed when gliding over Janus Portal.

**SMITE Version 2.1.2598.3 (February 26, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed a bug where, if Hou Yi was stunned during Divebomb, he could become immune to damage for the rest of the game.

**SMITE Version 2.1.2598.1 (February 25, 2015)**

* **Divebomb**

* Hou Yi can now glide over player deployables.
* Fixed Hou Yi still getting caught in Artemis Trap when descending.

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

* **General**

* Base Attack Speed increased from ~~0.85~~ to 0.9.
* Attack Speed per level increased from ~~1%~~ to 1.2%.

* **Ricochet**

* Increased projectile speed.
* Fixed a tooltip typo on cooldown.

* **Divebomb**

* Hou Yi no longer becomes immune to damage and healing while airborne.
* Increase the speed Hou Yi travels.
* Hou Yi is no longer rooted upon landing.

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

* Hou Yi has been added to the game.

## Replaced abilities

  Damage: 70/110/150/190/230 (+30% of your Physical Power)
  Ability Type: Leap
  Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana
Ability Video

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