Ganesha

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**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Good fortune follows your allies. Summon down the pillars of righteousness!"***

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

## Lore

After rigorous celebration, Parvati, Goddess of fertility and love, washed the dirt and sweat from her body. It floated upon the surface of her pool, formless and purposeless. With a wave of her hand, it was transformed into a boy, her son, and set him to guard the door as she finished washing. Shiva, the supreme being, returned and found this child doggedly blocking his path. Fearing the safety of his wife, Shiva drew his sword and cut him down.

“This is your son!” Parvati cried. “You must save him!”

Hurriedly, Shiva replaced the head of the child with the wisest creature in the world, that of an elephant. Thus, was Ganesha truly born.

Generous, warm-hearted, and optimistic, Ganesha has assumed authority over the very thing his mother tasked of him - obstacles. For those whose hearts are filled with boastful arrogance, Ganesha challenges progress. Financial difficulties, faulty materials, and unhappiness plague their every action. But, for the honest, the hard working, Ganesha clears the way. A life of good fortune, bright skies, and joyous laughter.

Obstacles can be either placed or removed. So, to Ganesha all mortals pray when starting a new endeavor, that their path will be open and their future bright. That he may grant them success.

Only with reluctance has Ganesha joined the Battle of the Gods. Violence is the last obstacle the elephant-God would ever place. But these are not mortals that threaten existence. They are Gods, and it is time that Ganesha determined who should succeed, and who should fail.

## Non-Conquest Balance

These additional modifiers will affect the god when they're played in any game modes besides Conquest:

* +5% Non-Ultimate Cooldowns
* +10% Ultimate Cooldown

## Trivia

### General

* Ganesha is Shiva's son.
* Ganesha's ultimate, Dharmic Pillars, is similar to Nu Wa's original ultimate, Pillars of Heaven, prior to her rework.
* The actor who voiced Ganesha, Reagan Murdock, also voiced Gemini Agni and Shadow Punch Ravana.
* There is an announcer pack themed after Ganesha, given as a reward for gathering 17690 Fantasy Points for the Season Ticket 2018. You can listen to it here: Ganesha Announcer pack.

### God Skins

* **Ganpati**

* The name of this skin is also another name for Ganesha.
* In the card art for this skin, Ganesha's pose is similar to the statue of Nataraja Shiva.

* **Maha Rakta**

* The name and appearance of this skin is based on the Tantric Buddhist version of Ganesha.

* **Rune Machina**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Paul Cartwright, also voiced Book of Nightmares Thoth.
* This skin shares its theme with Divine Machina Apollo, Molten Machina Fenrir, Winged Machina Nike, Hydro Machina Poseidon, Honorable Machina Tyr and Striking Machina Ymir.

* **Tabby Toil**

* This is the first skin where Ganesha is not an elephant.

* **Primal Shaman**

* This skin was based on the Mammoth.
* This skin shares its theme with Primal Huntress Artemis, Jurassic/Terror-Dactyl Camazotz, Dino-Mighty Cerberus, Jurassic Slasher Cernunnos and Primal Vengeance Nemesis.

* **M.O.U.S.E. Force**

* This skin is based on one of the concepts that were submitted with Godslayer Ares for the T5 skin for 2018.
* This skin is a play on the old myth that elephants are afraid of mice.

* **Dreamweaver**

* This skin shares its theme with Shadow Spirit Ah Puch, Shadow Eater Bakasura, Shadow Prowler Bastet, Primal Spirit Cernunnos, Marrow Eater Fenrir, Shadow Hunter Hachiman, Shadow Speaker Hel, Shadow Specter Horus, Shadow Howler Hun Batz, Shadow Stalker Izanami, Shadow Sparrow Jing Wei, Shadow Serpent Kukulkan, Shadow Weaver Neith, Spirit Father Odin, Shadow Bloom Persephone and Shadow Dancer Shiva.

* **Cosmic Fortune**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Brent Mukai, also voiced Hopper/Hopper P.I. Apollo, Jim Root Chaac, Kero Kero Danzaburou, Maui and Detoxify Maui.
* This skin shares its theme with Gemini Agni, Cosmic Power Anubis, Galactic Void Chernobog, Cosmic Traveler Cliodhna, Infinity Wave He Bo, Cosmic Conqueror Hercules, Nebula Medusa, Galaxy Maverick Ne Zha, Galaxy Shaper Nox, Cosmic Sol, Galaxy Forger Vulcan and Galactic Gentleman Yu Huang.

* **Bit Fortune**

* This skin shares its theme with Bit Battler Ares, Pixel Beast Cernunnos, Pixel Chaos Discordia, Pixel Buster Freya, Pixel Rush He Bo, Pixel Lancer Skadi, Pixel Hammer Thor, Bit Slayer Tsukuyomi and Bit Builder Vulcan.

* **DJ Ohm**

* The mask Ganesha uses in this skin is a reference to how some Electronic music artists use masks such as Daft Punk and Deadmau5.
* This skin was voiced by the famous voice actor Christopher Sabat, known for his role as the voice of Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z.

* Christopher Sabat also has voiced Anhur, Moonlight Love Chang'e's bunny, Countess Chang'e's bunny, Spellbound Chang'e's bunny, Geb, Groover, He Bo, He Bro He Bo, Infinity Wave He Bo, and Zeus.

* One of his lines for his first ability ▶️*"They see me shufflin'! They see me shufflin'!"* is a references the "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO.
* One of his joke lines ▶️*"One more kill! We're gonna dominate! Oh yeah! Don't stop the gankin'!"*is a reference to the song "One More Time" by Daft Punk.
* This skin shares its theme with Divine Beats Amaterasu, Techno Basher Hou Yi, 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] (Special Emote) command that will play along with other skins of the same set.

* **Plushie**

* This skin is based on a crochet doll.
* This skin's aesthetic is similar to the game Yoshi's Wooly World.
* Both Ma Chérie Arachne and Dreadful Doll Izanami make cameos in the Wallpaper version of the card art.
* Both this skin and Ganesha were voiced by Reagan Murdock.
* This skin shares its theme with Plushie Cernunnos, Plushie Jormungandr, Plushie Khepri, Plushie Raijin, Child's Play Scylla and Plushie Tiamat.

## Skins

* Default
* Ganpati
* Maha Rakta
* Rune Machina
* Tabby Toil
* Primal Shaman
* M.O.U.S.E Force
* Dreamweaver
* Cosmic Fortune
* Flourescent Friend
* Bit Fortune
* DJ Ohm
* Plushie
* Pure Heart
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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

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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 or via direct purchase.  This skin was part of the Festival of Spirits event.

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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 character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by achieving level 17 in 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 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.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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 Requirements
  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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 Requirements
  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 Adventures' Gold Vault.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Season Ticket 2018 Fall Pass.

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  This skin was a Commendations reward, granted to anyone who played at least 50 matches during Season 7 without getting banned once.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.11.7775.1 (October 24, 2023)**

* **Dharmic Pillars**

* Decreased Protection Reduction from 15/25/35/45/55 to 10/20/30/40/50
* Decreased Slow from 35% to 30%

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

* **Non-Conquest**

* +5% Non-Ultimate Cooldowns
* +10% Ultimate Cooldown

**SMITE Version 9.10.7292 (October 18, 2022)**

* **Ohm**

* Decreased Self Slow while firing this ability from 20% to 15%

* **Remove Obstacles**

* Decreased Cooldown from 15s to 14/13.5/13/12.5/12s

**SMITE Version 8.12.6904.3 (December 14, 2021)**

* **Ohm**

* Ganesha is now knockback immune while channeling this ability

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

* **Turn of Fate**

* Decreased Cooldown from 16s to 14/13.5/13/12.5/12s

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

* **Turn of Fate**

* Hitting a god with Turn of Fate provides 2 stacks of the damage buff.

**SMITE Version 6.12.5745.1 (November 12, 2019)**

* **Dharmic Pillars**

* Fixed an issue where Rank 2 was costing too much mana.
* Dharmic Pillar now caches aim. It should now be placed where the player was targeting when cast.

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

* **Turn of Fate**

* Buff Duration increase from 3s to 4s.

* **Ohm**

* Now provides 20/30/40/50/60 Magical Protections as well as Physical Protections while channeling.

* **Remove Obstacles**

* Damage increased from 75/120/165/210/255 to 90/135/180/225/270.

**SMITE Version 6.4.5372.6 (April 2, 2019)**

* **Dharmic Pillars**

* Fixed tooltip issue with Genesha Ultimate stating higher mana cost for levels 3/4/5.

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

* **Dharmic Pillars**

* Now deals an extra 60% increased damage on the first time a target passes over the threshold.
* Decreased damage per tick from 95/135/175/215/255 to 90/130/170/210/250.
* Players should no longer get stuck on top of Ganesha pillars.

**SMITE Version 5.3.4624.1 (February 27, 2018)**

* **General**

* Adjusted the DJ Skins so that they all can move with their VXG emotes active.

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

* **Good Fortune**

* Will now display the amount of Kills granted to his allies.

**SMITE Version 4.11.4145.1 (June 20, 2017)**

* **Dharmic Pillars**

* Changed Slow from ~~20/25/30/35/40%~~ → 35% at all ranks.

**SMITE Version 4.10.4119.1 (June 6, 2017)**

* **Dharmic Pillars**

* Now deals 40% Damage to Minions and Jungle Monsters.

**SMITE Version 4.9.4091 (May 24, 2017)**

* **Dharmic Pillars**

* Fixed Ganesha's Ultimate not highlighting enemies near the corners of the Ultimate's Collision.

**SMITE Version 4.8.4062.1 (May 9, 2017)**

* **Dharmic Pillars**

* Fixed an issue where this Ultimate had an inconsistent hitbox.
* Fixed an issue where this Ultimate would deal damage to players who changed height inside the Ultimate.

**SMITE Version 4.7.4033 (April 27, 2017)**

* **General**

* Fixed scaling on Ganesha's 1 and 3 against minions.

* **Good Fortune**

* Updated description.

* **Remove Obstacles**

* Fixed bug where Ganesha would be locked out of using Abilities when dying during the "Remove Obstacles" animation.

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

* Ganesha has been added to the game.