Artio

←  Artemis
 Athena  →
**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Tap into energy to heal, grow vines to entangle and with mighty claw, maul your prey."***

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

## Lore

Ice melts in cascading waterfalls from jagged mountain peaks, pouring into rivers roaring white to the cold sea. Straightening slowly, like aged men, trees and fauna of the underbrush, now free of snow-weight, reach for the sun. It is spring; the world awakens from darkness and death to grow green again. Her hibernation ends. Coat wet with fresh rain, Artio, Goddess-Bear, roars into the chill morning air.

She is guardian of the cycle. Not the passage of time, but the balance of things. There is no spring without winter, no death without life, no darkness without light, no goodness without evil. Nature declares these opposites into law and Artio is the enforcer.

Among the ursine she runs, sometimes in the shape of a woman, lithe and wild, sometimes as a bear, brown and fierce. Nowhere in the forest do there stand shrines in her name, for Artio is less worshipped and more respected. Perhaps, instead, she looms overhead, a constant presence in the twinkle of the stars, a connection of glistening light; the constellation Ursa Major.

And now there is war. None could know peace without war, victory without defeat, glory without failure. Artio must join those that fight if only to enforce the cycle of things. Nothing and no one defies the laws of nature like a God.

## Trivia

### General

* Artio was the first guardian of the Celtic Pantheon.
* Artio along with Athena, Terra and Yemoja are the only goddesses in the Guardian Class.
* Artio is the only melee god who uses a rod.
* One of her jokes, ▶️*"Only you can prevent forest fires!"* is a reference to the 1980's *Smokey the Bear* commercial.

* Agni also makes a reference to this line.

* Her joke, ▶️*"I won't be raiding any picnic baskets, I'm a goddess!"*, is a reference to Yogi Bear.
* Artio's victory screen and dance emote are references to the viral video Bears Dance to Sweet Dreams.

### God Skins

* **Arctic Seer**

* Both Artio and this skin were voiced by Hetty Abbott.
* This skin shares its theme with Ice Mage Agni, Chilling Grasp Ah Puch, Ice Queen Aphrodite, Chilling Hersir Ares, Snow Kitten/Little Helper Bastet, Frost Bite Cerberus, Winter's Curse Cu Chulainn, Ice Wraith Geb, Chilling Wraith Hades, Winter's Mark Hou Yi, Winter's Curse Kukulkan, Kumbhalayan Yeti Kumbhakarna, Glacial Gaze/The Frost Gorgon Medusa, Snow Strix Ra, Polar Beast Ravana, Snow Day Scylla and Midnight Freeze Xbalanque.

* **Plushie**

* In the full version of this skin's card art, there is a man cosplaying Anubis pre remodel and another one cosplaying as Thor.

* There are also posters of Artio's other skins on a wall next to her.

* Her direct taunt to Scylla ▶️ "Your plushies are falling apart!" is aimed at her Child's Play skin.
* Her direct taunt at Bastet ▶️ "Oh my goodness! Your kittens are the cutest can be!" is aimed at her Kawaii Pop Bastet skin.
* Her direct taunt to Chiron ▶️ "I knew unicorns were real!" is aimed at his Fabulous skin.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Dani Chambers, also voiced Miss Senshi Bellona.
* This skin shares its theme with Foxy Amaterasu, Kawaii Pop Bastet, CthUwU Cthulhu, Foxgirl9 Da Ji, Harajuku Neith and Such Cold Skadi.

* **Fiend Hunter/Beast Seer**

* It is possible that Cassie's hair from Paladins was asset shared to make this skin.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Rachael Messer, also voiced Pop Punk Hel and Heatsink Pele.
* This skin shares its theme with Beast Within Cu Chulainn and Thunderfang Thor.

* **Fabled**

* This skin is based on the fairy tail Little Red Riding Hood.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Jill Harris, also voiced Cute Cultivator Persephone.
* This skin shares its theme with Lil' Red Scylla.

* **Spirit Guide**

* This skin is based on a Kitsune, a creature from Japanese folklore.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Xanthe Huynh, also voiced Charybdis, Fun-pocalypse Da Ji, Mystic Enchantress Nu Wa, Pink Lotus Pele and Battle Tagger Skadi.
* This skin shares its theme with Oni Ronin Anhur, Senko Sage Anubis, Oni Guardian Ares, Oni Huntress Artemis, Oni Adventurer Athena, Great Tengu Cernunnos, Oni Chernobog, Oni Musha Hachiman, Oni Hunter Rama and Yurei Susano.

## Skins

* Default
* Den Mother
* Wild Druid
* Arctic Seer
* Plushie
* Fiend Hunter
* Fabled
* Beast Seer
* Spirit Guide
* 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 was part of the Odyssey 2018 event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom 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 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 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 animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained by completing all quests from The Reaping event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained through the Community Celebration Event or via. direct purchase after the event ends.  The concept for this skin was the 2019 Community Skin Contest's winner.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 11.1.7887.5 (January 23, 2024)**

* **Life Tap/Heavy Charge**

* Decreased Cooldown from 17s to 15s

**SMITE Version 10.10.7739.5 (September 26, 2023)**

* **Energy Surge/Maul Prey**

* Decreased Cooldown (on both forms) from 15/14.5/14/13.5/13s to 13s

* **Heavy Charge**

* Increased Damage from 65/110/155/200/245 to 75/120/165/210/255

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

* **Decompose**

* Decreased Max Stacks from 6 to 4
* Increased Protections Debuff Per Stack from 2% to 3%

* **Energy Surge**

* Increased Damage from 60/95/130/165/200 to 70/105/140/175/210

* **Maul Prey**

* Increased Damage per swipe from 35/65/95/125/155 to 40/70/100/130/160

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

* **Energy Surge**

* Decreased Heal from 60/80/100/120/140 (+20% of your Magical Power) to 40/55/70/85/100

* **Entangling Vines**

* Increased Druid Power Debuff from 5/7.5/10/12.5/15% to 9/10.5/12/13.5/15%

* **Ferocious Roar**

* Increased Bear Self Buff from 10/15/20/25/30 Protections to 15/20/25/30/35

* **Life Tap**

* Decreased Heal Per Hit from 10/15/20/25/30 (+5% of your Magical Power) to 6/10/14/18/22

* **Heavy Charge**

* Increased Bear Slow from 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% to 30%

* **Shapeshift**

* Increased Movement Speed Per Stack from 1/1/2/2/3% to 1/1.5/2/2.5/3%

**SMITE Version 9.5.7096.2 (May 17, 2022)**

* **Decompose**

* Decreased Max Stacks from 8 to 6

* **Energy Surge (Maul Prey)**

* Increased Cooldown of both forms from 12s to 15/14.5/14/13.5/13s
* Decreased Base Damage of Maul Prey from 40/70/100/130/160 to 35/65/95/125/155 per hit (hits 2x)

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

* **Energy Surge**

* Decreased Base Damage on Druid Stance from 80/110/140/170/200 to 60/95/130/165/200

* **Heavy Charge**

* Decreased Base Damage on Bear Stance from  70/120/170/220/270 to 65/110/155/200/240

**SMITE Version 8.11.6878.7 (November 30, 2021)**

* **Entangling Vines (Ferocious Roar)**

* Increase Cooldown from 14s to 15s on both Bear and Druid stances
* Decreased Druid Power Debuff from 5/10/15/20/25% to 5/7.5/10/12.5/15%

**SMITE Version 8.9.6801.11 (October 5, 2021)**

* **Energy Surge (Maul Prey)**

* Cooldown Increased from 11s to 12s

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

* **Energy Surge (Maul Prey)**

* Increased Cooldown from 10s to 11s for both stances

**SMITE Version 8.8.6750.10 (August 24, 2021)**

* **Maul Prey**

* Decreased Cooldown from 12s to 10s

* **Heavy Charge**

* Increased her charge speed from 75% increased Movement Speed to 100% increased Movement Speed

**SMITE Version 7.12.6319.9 (December 15, 2020)**

* **Decompose**

* Increased duration of debuff from 4s to 6s

* **Energy Surge (Maul Prey)**

* Decreased Mana Cost from 50/55/60/65/70 mana to 40/45/50/55/60

* **Shapeshift**

* Increased duration of buff from 4s to 6s

**SMITE Version 7.10.6230 (October 6, 2020)**

* **Energy Surge**

* Increase energy surge Heal from 40/60/80/100/120 to 60/80/100/120/140 per enemy god hit (revert)

**SMITE Version 7.7.6121.3 (July 14, 2020)**

* **Energy Surge**

* Increased Druid Damage from 70/100/130/160/190 to 80/110/140/170/200.
* Heal range increased from 55 to 65.

* **Heavy Charge**

* Increased Slow from 10/15/20/25/30% to 20/22.5/25/27.5/30%.

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

* **General**

* Spirit Guide Skin's Fox Form has had modeling, rigging, and animation adjustments made to fix its jaw and hind legs in many animations.
* Fixed an issue where Spirit Guide Skin's Fox Form tail and ears weren't animating as intended on certain animations.

**SMITE Version 5.14.4910 (August 6, 2018)**

* **Shapeshift**

* Fixed an issue where spamming stance change could cause the bear to T pose.

**SMITE Version 4.22.4444 (November 20, 2017)**

* **Energy Surge**

* Decreased energy surge Heal from 60/80/100/120/140 to 40/60/80/120 per enemy god hit.
* Decreased Magical Power Scaling on energy surge heal from 25% to 20%.

* **Life Tap**

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling on Life Tap heal from 10% to 5% per tick.

**SMITE Version 4.20.4385 (October 24, 2017)**

* **General**

* Decreased Base Health per Level from 100 to 95.

**SMITE Version 4.18.4332 (September 26, 2017)**

* **Decompose**

* Decreased Protection debuff from 3% to 2%.

* **Life Tap (Heavy Charge)**

* Increased Cooldown from 15s to 17s.

**SMITE Version 4.16.4283 (August 29, 2017)**

* **Maul Prey**

* Decreased Magical Power scaling from ~~35%~~ → 30% per swipe.
* Decreased Base Damage from ~~50/80/110/140/170~~ → 40/70/100/130/160.

* **Life Tap**

* Decreased slow per stack from ~~20%~~ → 10%.
* Decreased self healing from ~~15/20/25/30/35~~ → 10/15/20/25/30 per hit.

**SMITE Version 4.15.4255 (August 16, 2017)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Artio could lose the ability to Basic Attack or cast Abilities.

* **Energy Surge (Maul Prey)**

* Increased Cooldown from ~~10s~~ → 12s for both Energy Surge and Maul Prey.

* **Entangling Vines (Ferocious Roar)**

* Entangling Vines will now only go on Cooldown once the Duration finishes, rather than immediately going on Cooldown.
* Decreased Ferocious Roar Protections Buff from ~~10/20/30/40/50~~ → 10/15/20/25/30.

**SMITE Version 4.14.4229 (August 3, 2017)**

* **Entangling Vines**

* Fixed an issue where this ability would play its audio for longer than intended.
* Fixed an issue where this ability would not consistently apply its cripple to enemies walking in the area.

* **Life Tap**

* Fixed an issue where the slow on this ability would not stack properly.

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

* Artio has been added to the game.

**Pre-release**

* **Entangling Vines**

* Decreased duration from ~~6/6.5/7/7.5/8s~~ → 4/4.5/5/5.5/6s.