Apollo

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**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Crash your heavenly chariot and mesmerize the enemies with your moves."***

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

## Lore

There are none without admiration for Apollo, God of Music. He is brash, cavalier, and dauntless, with the power to bring hope to the hopeless and change the course of battle with a single arrow. Voices of soldiers, mothers, kings and emperors, even Gods rise in glorious melody in honor of him; and he, basking in their adoration, shines victoriously.

Though Hera, Queen of Gods, challenged his very birth, sending the great serpent Pylos to slay Apollo, his twin sister Artemis, and their mother Leto, not even she could deny him victory. Merely four days old, Apollo, gifted with a legendary bow, slew the Gaia Serpent and defied Hera.

In his humble youth, Apollo was a cattle herder. The trickster God Hermes stole Apollo's charges and led them to a nearby cave. From the shell of a tortoise and the body of a cow, he crafted the first Lyre. Apollo finally caught up with Hermes, saw the instrument, and simply had to have it, trading the rest of his cattle to Hermes for it. Years later, Hermes would send his son, Pan, to challenge Apollo in a contest of musical prowess, but Apollo soundly defeated the satyr with dexterous mastery of the Lyre.

As Apollo grew into his rightful place among the Gods, his victories mounted, and the songs of the Faithful were sung more and more in his name. Now, they raise their voices for Apollo to take the field as Gods clash. Never one to deny his adoring public, Apollo prepares for one last show.

## Trivia

### General

* Apollo is one of the twelve olympians along with Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus and either Dionysus or Hestia.
* Apollo is Artemis' twin brother.
* In Apollo's Victory Screen animation, there is a point where Apollo sets his lyre on fire. This is a reference to the famous stage act performed by the American guitarist *Jimi Hendrix*.
* The actor who voiced Apollo, Phil Parsons, also voiced Cursed King Cernunnos, Chiron, Star Eater Khepri, Abyssal Sorcerer Poseidon and Titanium Tracker Xbalanque.
* Apollo received a remodel with SMITE Version 9.1.6950.5, the patch released on January 25, 2022, which replaced his Default, Slickshot and Mastery skins. Nothing else was changed.

### God Skins

* **Elite Agent**

* This skin is based on a Secret Agent.
* This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with a helicopter.
* This skin's death animation and death line ▶️*"Apollo? Apollo! Apolloooooo!"* are references to the Metal Gear series.
* Both this skin and Default Apollo are voiced by Phil Parsons.

* The actress who voiced Control, Jennifer Green, also voiced Heartbreaker Nox and Kaiju Sobek's news reporter, Denise.

* Several of this skin's quotes are references to the British film series James Bond.
* This skin shares its theme with Covert Ops/Crimson Ops Bastet and Scarlet Dangerfield Neith.

* **Classic**

* This skin shares its theme with Classic Ares, Classic Artemis, Classic Athena, Classic Bacchus, Classic Eset, Classic Hades, Retrocles Hercules, Classic Ao Kuang Kukulkan Old Wa Nu Wa and Classic Sobek.

* **Dark Apprentice**

* This was the first skin Apollo received after his remodel.
* This skin shares its theme with Void Sorceress Yemoja.

* **Team SoloMid**

* This skin was released as an homage to the winner of Smite launch tournament Team Solomid.
* This skin was available for direct purchase between May 28, 2014 and September 10, 2014. Each sale added $1 for the TSM Invitational LAN Tournament.
* This skin's model served as base to other Apollo skins.
* This skin shares its theme with  Team SoloMid Sun Wukong.

* **2017 Challenger**

* This skin is a recolor of the Team SoloMid skin.

* **Hopper/Hopper P.I.**

* These skins are part of a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Netflix to promote the show Stranger Things.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Brent Mukai, also voiced Jim Root Chaac, Kero Kero Danzaburou, Cosmic Fortune Ganesha, Maui and Detoxify Maui.
* These skins share their theme with The Demogorgon Bakasura, Eleven/Starcourt Eleven Scylla and The Mind Flayer Sylvanus.
* There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, you can hear it here:Hopper Announcer pack.

* **Curse Voice**

* This skin was a cross promotion with Curse.
* This skin uses most of Team SoloMid assets except for the jacket.
* Both this skin and Default Apollo are voiced by Phil Parsons.
* Most of this skin's lines break the fourth wall.
* This skin share its theme with Curse Agni.

* **Divine Machina**

* This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with an Avian Machina.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Joe Ochman, also voiced Nightbringer Demon Xbalanque.
* This skin shares its theme with Molten Machina Fenrir, Rune Machina Ganesha, Winged Machina Nike, Hydro Machina Poseidon, Honorable Machina Tyr and Striking Machina Ymir.

* **Spell Chanter**

* This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with a floating field of magic.
* All his directed taunts are aimed at mages.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Cory Yee, also voiced Oni Guardian Ares, Iroh Bacchus, Splinter Hachiman, Toxic Tide He Bo, Malworm Jormungandr, Crimson Authority King Arthur and Yu Huang.
* This skin shares its theme with Spell Blaster Charybdis and Spell Slinger Sol.

* **Vicious**

* This skin is based on the punk subculture, specifically English musician Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols.
* His line for when he uses So Beautiful ▶️*"Look at these sexy pistols!"* is also a reference to this band.
* His line when buying a defensive item, ▶️*"These misfits got nothing on me!"* is a reference to the American punk rock band Misfits.
* His direct tuant to Raijin ▶️ "\*Sigh\* We could have made a good team, man." is aimed at his Devil Horns skin.
* This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with a Bomb.
* This skin was voiced by Max Mittelman.
* This skin shares its theme with Stingpunk Ah Muzen Cab, Voodoo Rock Baron Samedi, Portal Punk Janus, Mini Metal Jing Wei, World Tour Nemesis, Devil Horns Raijin, Cherrybomb Sol and Heavy Metal Thor.

* **Winner's Circle**

* This skin is based on a race car driver.
* The animations of this skin were reused from the Elite Agent skin.
* This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with a race car.
* This skin was part of the Racer Rumble event.
* Both this skin and Apollo are voiced by Phil Parsons.

## Skins

* Default
* Slickshot
* Battle Bard
* Elite Agent
* Classic
* Dark Apprentice
* Team SoloMid
* 2017 Challenger
* Styx Ferrymen
* Hopper
* Hopper, P.i.
* Curse Voice
* Divine Machina
* Spell Chanter
* Vicious
* Winner's Circle
* 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 was part of the Heavenly Light event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests, or via direct purchase.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was available for direct purchase between May 28, 2014 and September 10, 2014. Each sale added $1 for the TSM Invitational LAN Tournament.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the SWC 2017 Digital Loot Pack bundle before January 2017.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by rolling an ESports Chest roll from the World Champion Battle Pass.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Stranger Things Battle Pass.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing and achieving enough levels in the Stranger Things Battle Pass.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin is unlocked with a special code awarded for playing a minimum of 5 matches while using Curse Voice.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Odyssey: 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 could only be obtained by purchasing the Adventuring Collection Bundle.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by gaining at least 8500 fantasy points in the Season Ticket 2016.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained by purchasing the Racer Bundle from the Racer Rumble event.

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## Changelog

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

* **So Beautiful**

* Increased Physical Power Scaling from 85% to 90%

* **Across the Sky**

* Decreased Mana Cost from 40 mana + 40/45/50/55/60 mana per second to 20 mana + 35/40/45/50/55 mana per second

**SMITE Version 10.9.7702.7 (September 12, 2023)**

* **Across the Sky**

* Increased mana cost from 10 + 35/40/45/50/55 to 40 + 40/45/50/55/60

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

* **Audacity**

* While this effect is active, Apollo gains 20% increased basic attack projectile speed

* **So Beautiful**

* Increased Projectile speed from 110 to 150
* Increased scaling damage from 80% to 85%

* **Serenade**

* Now gains Magical Protections as well as Physical Protections

* 10/15/20/25/30

* **Across the Sky**

* Decreased landing time from 0.8s to 0.6s
* Decreased tick time from 0.2s to 0.15s
* Decreased mana cost per second from 40/50/60/70/80 to 35/40/45/50/55

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

* **Serenade**

* Increased Mesmerize duration from 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0s to 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1/2.3

* **The Moves**

* Increased Movement Speed Buff/Debuff from 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% to 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%

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

* **Across The Sky**

* Decreased Physical Power Scaling from 30% to 25% per tick

**SMITE Version 9.1.6950.5 (January 25, 2022)**

* Apollo will have a completley 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)**

* **Audacity**

* Decreased the stacks gained from damaging an enemy god with an ability from 2 to 1

* **Serenade**

* Decreased Movement Speed Buff/Debuff: 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% to 10/12.5/15/17.5/20%

* **Across The Sky**

* Increased Mana Cost: 10 mana + 40 mana per second, to 10 mana + 40/50/60/70/80 mana per second.

**SMITE Version 8.3.6455.11 (April 6, 2021)**

* **Serenade**

* (revert) Decreased Physical Protections from15/20/25/30/35 to 10/15/20/25/30
* Decreased Mesmerize duration from 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1/2.3 to 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0s

**SMITE Version 8.2.6416.14 (March 9, 2021)**

* **Across The Sky**

* Decreased Power Scaling from 40% per tick to 30% per tick.

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

* **So Beautiful**

* Increased Damage from 80/140/200/260/320 to 90/150/210/270/330

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

* **The Moves**

* Decreased setup time from 0.2333s to 0.15s
* Decreased dash time from 0.65s to 0.58s.
* He travels the same distance in less time, and starts traveling quicker

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

* **Serenade**

* Increased Physical Protections from 10/15/20/25/30 to 15/20/25/30/35.
* Adjusted Mesmerize duration from 1.1/1.4/1.7/2.0/2.3s 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1/2.3s.

* **Across The Sky**

* Increased scaling from 30% to 40% (120 to 160%).

**SMITE Version 7.2.5895.5 (February 25, 2020)**

* **General**

* Divine Machina Skin – Updated ultimate sound FX for better clarity.

**SMITE Version 6.8.5557.1 (July 24, 2019)**

* **Audacity**

* Each damaging ability now adds 2 stacks of Audacity for each enemy god hit.

* The Moves still adds 1 stack of Audacity for hitting enemy minions.

* **The Moves**

* Increased duration of the buff and debuff from 2 to 3s.

**SMITE Version 5.18.5022.1 (October 1, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed issues with the animations on Winner's Circle Apollo.

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

* **Serenade**

* Increased Mesmerize duration from .7/1.1/1.5/1.9/2.3s to 1.1/1.4/1.7/2.0/2.3s.

* **The Moves**

* Increased Movement Speed from 5/10/15/20/25% to 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%.

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

* **Across The Sky**

* Fixed his description not saying this ability applied a knock up on landing.

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

* **Across The Sky**

* Enemies hit by the last tick of the ultimate landing be be knocked up.

* Knockup is a straight up and low height.

**SMITE Version 5.4.4654 (March 13, 2018)**

* **So Beautiful**

* Increased Base Damage from 70/125/180/235/290 to 80/140/200/260/320.

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

* **So Beautiful**

* Decreased Base Damage from ~~80/135/190/245/300~~ → 70/125/180/235/290.

* **Serenade**

* Reduced Physical Protections from ~~10/20/30/40/50~~ → 10/15/20/25/30.

**SMITE Version 4.1.3882 (February 1, 2017)**

* **So Beautiful**

* Removed the effect that causes successive enemies take 15% reduced Damage.

* **Across The Sky**

* Increased Cooldown from ~~110/105/100/95/90~~ → 110s at all ranks.

**SMITE Version 3.6.3346 (April 12, 2016)**

* **So Beautiful**

* Reduced Mana cost from ~~70/80/90/100/110~~ → 70/75/80/85/90 at all ranks.
* Reduced Cooldown from ~~15/14/13/12/11s~~ → 11s at all ranks.

* **Across The Sky**

* Decreased Mana cost from 10 + 60 Mana per second → 10 + 40 Mana per second.

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

* **The Moves**

* Increased the Knockback strength from 175 → 250.

**SMITE Version 2.11.2893.1**

* **So Beautiful**

* Fixed an issue where So Beautiful could do reduced damage at close range.

**SMITE Version 2.9.2833.1 (June 30, 2015)**

* **Across The Sky**

* Fixed a few Conquest map issues where Apollo could leave the map.

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

* **General**

* Increased base Physical Power from 36 to 40.
* Increased base Physical Power per level from 2.5 to 2.6.

**SMITE Version 2.4.2684.1 (April 15, 2015)**

* **Across The Sky**

* Fixed incorrectly popping targets Magi's Blessing.

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

* **General**

* Fixed casting animations not playing for other players.

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

* **General**

* Base Attack Speed increased from 0.9 to 0.95.
* Attack Speed per level increased from 1.2% to 1.7%.

* **So Beautiful**

* Damage from this ability is now reduced 15% for each enemy hit after the first.
* Mana cost increased from 70/75/80/85/90 to 70/80/90/100/110.

* **Across The Sky**

* This ability no longer knocks up enemies.

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

* **Serenade**

* This ability no longer provides magical protection, only physical protection.

* **The Moves**

* Reduced Knockback impulse from 300 to 175, resulting in a much shorter duration.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2188.3 (June 24, 2014)**

* **Across The Sky**

* Fixed a bug that would cause Apollo to get stuck on the ground when activating his ult next to a Janus portal.

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

* **General**

* FX updates to better reflect ability behavior.
* Fixed a visual issue with Apollo’s Lyre going through his back.
* Fixed an issue with his body persisting too long after death.

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

* **General**

* Improved visual presentation of Chariot (smoothed client simulation).

* **Audacity**

* Fixed an issue with the passive meter not displaying how many shots he had remaining.

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

* **General**

* New loading screen card.

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

* **General**

* Variety of FX have been cleaned up at lower LODs.

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

* **General**

* Made minor aesthetic changes to his Golden and Legendary skins.

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

* **So Beautiful**

* Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.5 to 0.1.

* **Serenade**

* Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.3 to 0.1.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1805 (October 23, 2013)**

* **Across The Sky**

* The camera is now rotatable during the fall.

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

* **Across The Sky**

* The mana cost per second has been increased from 50 to 60 mana.

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

* **General**

* Ground targeters have been customized

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

* **General**

* Some visual adjustments have been made to his model.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1490 (May 1, 2013)**

* **Serenade**

* This ability now grants Apollo 10/20/30/40/50 additional protections for 5 seconds after firing.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1467 (April 17, 2013)**

* **The Moves**

* The base damage has been increased from 50/85/120/155/190 to 70/115/160/205/250.
* The physical power contribution has been increased from 50% to 60%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1459 (April 11, 2013)**

* **Across The Sky**

* The base damage per tick (4 ticks) has been increased from 60/75/90/105/120 to 70/95/120/145/170.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1433 (March 28, 2013)**

* Apollo has been added to the game.