Ishtar

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***"Harness the light of the heavens and conquer all in your path with a storm of arrows."***

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

## Lore

Ishtar, Queen of Heaven and mistress of love and war, is a goddess of many and diverse facets. A dispenser of divine justice, she strikes down all those who would dare defy the gods, even as she zealously protects those who worship her. Brave and cunning; caring and spiteful; Ishtar is all these things and more.

She moves from conquest to conquest, never resting — never satisfied. By turns capricious and determined, Ishtar is loyal only to her own designs...though what those designs might be are never wholly clear, even to her worshippers.

When the gods first came into being, each was blessed with a domain and responsibilities — all save Ishtar. Incensed by this oversight, Ishtar stole the sacred mes from Enki, lord of the waters, after challenging him to a drinking contest. Infuriated by her impudence, Enki sent legions of monsters to reclaim his power, but all failed. Ishtar defeated them one by one, and earned Enki's grudging respect in the process.

With her newfound power, Ishtar soon set her sights on fresh challenges and conquests. She claimed the temples of her father, Anu, as her own and destroyed Mount Ebih, considering its natural beauty an affront to her authority. She even escaped from the underworld, and it was she who spoke on mankind's behalf when Enlil sought to drown humanity in a great deluge.

But perhaps the most well-known tale of Ishtar is how, having taken offense at Gilgamesh's lack of respect, sent the Bull of Heaven to slay the semi-divine king of Uruk. But Gilgamesh managed to defeat the creature, and thus earned the undying enmity of Ishtar.

Now, Ishtar has once again descended from the heavens — in search of what, none know. But woe betide any who seek to stand between the Queen of Heaven and that which she desires...

## Trivia

### General

* Ishtar was the first hunter of the Babylonian pantheon.
* Ishtar along with Lancelot and Neith are currently the only gods who have leaps that don't let them move through walls.
* Ishtar is one of the few gods with a leap that only lets them move backwards, with the first being Neith.
* Ishtar along with Horus, Morgan Le Fay, Set and Tyr are currently the only gods where in their end of match lobbies, another playable god appears in.

### God Skins

* **Striking Archon**

* 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, Heaven's Arrow Hou Yi, 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.

## Skins

* Default
* Rose Warrior
* Lunar Lightning
* Ascended
* Gilded Glory
* Striking Archon
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Yulefest (2022) event.

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  This skin is part of the Season Pass 2022.

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  This skin was a Commendations reward, granted to anyone who played at least 50 matches during Year 10 without getting banned once.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing all the content from the Aspire Chest from the Hope Reborn event, has been available for direct purchase since the event ended, and is available in Miraculous Chests.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.4.7525.1 (April 18, 2023)**

* **Strike Shot**

* Decreased Bonus Damage from 8/13/18/23/28 to 5/11/17/23/29

**SMITE Version 10.1.7415.24 (February 7, 2023)**

* **Imbue Arrows**

* Spread Shot Decreased Side Damage from 5/6.25/7.5/8.75/10% to 5/5.75/6.5/7.25/8% of your Basic Attack Damage
* Strike Shot Decreased Damage from 14/18/22/26/30 to 8/13/18/23/28

**SMITE Version 10.1.7415.3 (January 24, 2023)**

* **Imbue Arrows**

* Decreased Bonus Damage from 14/18/22/26/30 to 10/15/20/25/30

* **Blades of Retribution**

* Increased Damage Reduction on subsequent sword hits from 30% to 40% per sword (Max reduction 80%)

**SMITE Version 9.12.7365.1 (December 13, 2022)**

* **Imbue Arrows**

* Increased Cooldown from 9s to 10s
* Decreased Damage on Storm Shot from 85% to 80% of Ishtar’s Basic Attack Damage

**SMITE Version 9.11.7229.4 (November 15, 2022)**

* **Jolt**

* Adjusted this ability so that Ishtar gets some additional immunity frames after hitting an enemy god with Jolt

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

* **Imbue Arrows**

* Increased Duration from 5s to 6s
* Increased Damage on Storm Shot from 80% to 85% of Ishtar’s Basic Attack Damage
* Increased Bonus Damage on Strike Shot from 8/12/18/24/30 to 14/18/22/26/30

* **Rolling Thunder**

* Increased Base Damage per hit from 40/60/80/100/120 to 50/75/100/125/150

**SMITE Version 9.8.7220.3 (August 23, 2022)**

* Ishtar has been added to the game.