Kuzenbo

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***"Throw out Kappas and drag down your enemy into a watery grave."***

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

## Lore

Kappa are devious creatures. They linger just below the surface of rivers and lakes, waiting for mortals to test the water before snatching and drowning their fleshy meal. Taken merely at their appearance and juvenile sense of humor, they could be mistaken for mischievous turtle-men, almost playful in a rude sort of way, but they are dangerously strong and ruthless when submerging their prey. King among these monsters is Kuzenbo; bigger, stronger, and more cunning than the rest, but just as infantile.

Kuzenbo led his nine thousand Kappa followers to Japan, where they harried river villages and fishing boats, using their unnatural strength to pull mortals below. So clever, so hungry had the Kappa become, that Japan's army marched to fight back, but they were no match.

As the bowl-shaped indentation atop a Kappa's head is filled with water, that Kappa grows impossibly stronger - far stronger than a mortal. Yet, bound by their strange sense of honor, a Kappa must bow when bowed to, spilling their power upon the ground. It is the only known way to defeat one.

And of the countless battles Kuzenbo has fought, he was defeated only twice. Upon his second defeat at the hands of General Kiyomasa, Kuzenbo was forced to swear to never again sow strife between man and beast. A vow the Kappa King has honored ever since.

Gods, however, are fair game.

## Non-Conquest Balance

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

* -5% Damage Dealt to Gods
* +5% Non-Ultimate Cooldowns

## Trivia

### General

* Kuzenbo was the first god released in Season 4.
* Kuzenbo was the first guardian in the Japanese Pantheon.
* Kuzenbo is voiced by Mike Pollock, who also voices Dr. Eggman in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. Additionally, Pollock also provides the voice of High Noon Sylvanus.
* Some of Kuzenbo's voicelines are in Japanese, most notably on his 3rd Ability, Sumo Slam, and his (VGG) General voicelines.
* One of Kuzenbo's voicelines when he uses his first ability, NeNe Kappa is: ▶️*"Watch my NeNe!"* is a reference to the popular song Whip/Nae Nae by Silento.

* His victory screen animation and dance emote are also a reference to this song.

* One of Kuzenbo's NeNe Kappas also appears in Baron Samedi's defeat screen.
* Kuzenbo makes several references to the Kappa emote from Twitch.

* Some of Kuzenbo's voicelines: ▶️*"No problem, Kappa!"*/▶️*"You look strong, Kappa!"*/▶️*"Just stay right there, Kappa! I won't hurt you."* are a reference to the popular emote 'Kappa' on streaming platform, *Twitch*. The emote is usually associated with sarcasm.
* One of Kuzenbo's taunts, ▶️*"I was born in the dankest of streams!"* could also be a reference to Twitch as well.

### God Skins

* **Yokozuna**

* The skin's name is a reference to the Makuuchi professional sumo wrestling circuit's rank of the same name, Yokozuna.

* **Honorbound**

* This skin is most likely based on uniforms worn by samurai during the Sengoku Jidai period of Japan.

* **Shino-bo**

* The skin's name is a pun on Kuzenbo's name and another name for a ninja, a Shinobi.
* This skin also has several voicelines in Japanese as well.
* This skin is a very clear reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series of comics, television shows, and action figures.
* Several references to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series are also found out through the skin, including several voicelines, Kuzenbo's attire, cartoonish effects on abilities, and the green sludge that replaces the water bowl on Kuzenbo's head.
* This skin shares its theme with Death Lotus Da Ji, Blind Vengeance/Silent Blade Nemesis, Pink Lotus Pele, Kunoichi Serqet and Shinobalanque Xbalanque.

* **Kuzenbot**

* In This skin Kuzenbo's NeNe Kappa can physically be seen inside his chest.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Chris Tergliafera, also voiced Unbreakable Anhur, Chilling Death Odin, Set and Angel of Death Thanatos.
* 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, Flare Tech Hou Yi, Warp Tech Janus, Living Alloy Jormungandr, Tornado Tech Kukulkan, Sentai Mulan, Revenge Tech Nemesis, Omni Tech Odin, Reaper Tech Thanatos, Ragnarok Force X Thor, Whirlwind Tech Xing Tian, Cryomech Ymir and Sky Tech Zeus.

* **Slash**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Nickelodeon to promote the show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Alejandro Saab, also voiced Modern Android Achilles, Sashimi Neko/Sushi Neko Bacchus, Dragon Prince Ne Zha, Beamy Chibi Ra, The Marksman Rama and Prince of Lightning Zeus.
* This skin shares its theme with Splinter Hachiman, Raphael/Radical Raphael/Retro Raphael Loki, Michelangelo/Radical Michelangelo Mercury, Leonardo/Radical Leonardo Osiris, Shredder/Super Shredder Ravana, Donatello/Radical Donatello Sun Wukong and Krang Xing Tian.

* **Kaijunbo**

* This skin is a reference to the popular Kaiju genre of movies that became famous during the Showa era of Japan, and still run today.
* This skin shares its theme with Kaiju Sobek.

* **Jingle Shells**

* This skin's name is a pun on the old Christmas song, Jingle Bells.
* This skin is based on the legendary figure, Santa Claus.
* This skin was created as a side project of some devs and was unlocked by a quest for a short period of time.
* This skin shares its theme with Nutcromancer Ah Puch, Gingerdread Baba Yaga, Father Chrishmash Bacchus, Krampus Cernunnos, Slay Bells Chiron, Sugar and Slice Da Ji, Wreck the Halls Fenrir, Snowman Geb, Jingle Hel Hel, Nice and Naughty Nu Wa, Festive Ratatoskr and Season's Spirit Sylvanus.

* **Crime Boss**

* This is the first skin to change Kuzenbo's ultimate animation.
* This skin was voiced by Jamieson Price. Who also voiced Sacred Grounds Geb and Bone Wraith Kukulkan.
* This skin was based on a community joke about giving Kuzenbo a Gun.

* The same thing happened with Big Gun Khepri.
* His joke line ▶️*"Hey, hey! I finally got a gun! Took 'em long enough!"* is also a direct reference to this.

* One of his lines for when he uses his ability NeNe Kappa ▶️*"Say hello to my little friends!"* is a reference to the movie Scarface.

* Don Zaburou Danzaburou also makes the same reference to this line.

* One of his lines for when he uses his ability Sumo Slam ▶️*"Ey, I'm walkin' here!"* is a reference to the movie Midnight Cowboy.
* This skin shares its theme with Swagni Agni, Don Zaburou Danzaburou and Crocfather Sobek.

* **Molten Doom**

* This skin shares its theme with Volcanic Agni, Molten Destroyer Cthulhu, Molten Shogun Erlang Shen, Molten He Bo and Igneous Terra.

* **Mastery Skins**
The mountain in the background of the splashart is most likely Mt. Fuji.

## Skins

* Default
* Yokozuna
* Honorbound
* Shino-bo
* Kuzenbot
* Slash
* Kaijunbo
* Jingle Shells
* Crime Boss
* Molten Doom
* 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 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.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Summer of Smite 2017 event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin was awarded to anyone who played at least one match during the 5.23 update.  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 is 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 was part of the Dharmic Era event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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## Changelog

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

* **Non-Conquest**

* -5% Damage Dealt to Gods
* +5% Non-Ultimate Cooldowns

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

* **Shell Spikes**

* Increased Damage Reflected from 10/15/20/25/30% of Damage taken to 15/20/25/30/35%

* **Watery Grave**

* Increased Damage Mitigation from 10% to 20%

* **General**

* Non-Conquest Buffs have been removed from Kuzenbo

**SMITE Version 10.5.7560 (May 16, 2023)**

* **Non-Conquest**

* -5% Damage Taken

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

* **Nene Kappa**

* Increased Slow from 20% to 20/22.5/25/27.5/30%
* Decreased Cooldown from 16s to 14s

**SMITE Version 9.9.7253.5 (September 20, 2022)**

* **Water Bowl**

* Update Description to specify how this interacts with the new “True Hard CC” category and to include the cooldown on losing stacks

* **Watery Grave**

* Increased Damage after the first spin from 50% to 60% (decreased the decrease from 50% to 40%)
* Kuzenbo now gains 10% damage mitigation while this ability is channel

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

* **Nene Kappa**

* Increased Base Damage on the throw from 70/105/140/175/210 to 80/120/160/200/240

**SMITE Version 7.10.6230.4 (October 20, 2020)**

* **Sumo Slam**

* Decreased Damage from 80/110/140/170/200 to 60/95/130/165/200

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

* **Water Bowl**

* Increased Duration from 10s to 30s.

* **Nene Kappa**

* Kuzenbo can now spawn multiple NeNes.

* **Sumo Slam**

* Adjusted turn radius to allow for more control over turns.

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

* **Sumo Slam**

* Fixed Kuzenbo continuing to deal damage with Sumo Slam after the target has used Beads.

**SMITE Version 5.10.4812 (June 12, 2018)**

* **Watery Grave**

* Reduced the forgiveness timer time between individual hits from 0.7 to 0.6.

* This was due to a bug where players would most likely not get hit 4 times in his ultimate even if they should have.

**SMITE Version 5.8.4766.4 (May 15, 2018)**

* **Water Bowl**

* Increased Damage reduction per stack from 1% to 1.5%.

* As a result, Maximum Damage Reduction increased from 10% to 15%.

* **Shell Spikes**

* Decreased Damage Reflected from 20/25/30/35/40% to 10/15/20/25/30%.
* Decreased Mana cost from 50/55/60/65/70 to 50 at all ranks.
* This ability now decreases the cooldown of Sumo Slam as well as NeNe Kappa by the same amount.

**SMITE Version 5.1.4571.1 (January 30, 2018)**

* **General**

* Increased Base Health Per Level from 95 to 100.

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

* **Sumo Slam**

* Now cleanses roots on cast (can still be affected by roots during charge).

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

* **Sumo Slam**

* Decreased Cooldown 16/15/14/13/12s to 12s at all ranks.

* **Watery Grave**

* Decreased Cooldown from 100s to 75s.

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

* **NeNe Kappa**

* The keyword “Pet” has been added to the description to better convey his NeNe Kappa's classification.

**SMITE Version 4.13.4202 (July 18, 2017)**

* **NeNe Kappa**

* Targets hit by the thrown NeNe Kappa are Slowed by 20%.

* **Sumo Slam**

* Increase turn radius, allowing for sharper turning.
* Cooldown reduced from ~~16s flat~~ → 16/15/14/13/12s.

* **Watery Grave**

* Adjusted the Knockup from this Ability. Targets will now be Knocked Up into the air more and pushed to the side less.

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

* **NeNe Kappa**

* Fixed an issue where the NeNe Kappa would have very low Health.

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

* **NeNe Kappa**

* Updated the description to include better information about the stats for this pet.

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

* **NeNe Kappa**

* NeNe Kappa now inherits 20% of Kuzenbo's current Health and Protections in addition to its base.

* **Sumo Slam**

* Sumo Slam should now properly be immune to roots during its duration.

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

* **NeNe Kappa**

* Increased NeNe Kappa's Attack Damage from ~~25/35/45/55/65~~ → 35/45/55/65/75.

* **Shell Spikes**

* Increased Cooldown Reduction on NeNe Kappa per Hit from ~~.2/.3/.4/.5/.6s~~ → .5/.7/.9/1.1/1.3s.
* Fixed an issue where this Ability could not be used while in a Knockup.

**SMITE Version 4.3.3934 (March 1, 2017)**

* **General**

* Fixed progression on the stats page showing as “undefined”.

* **Water Bowl**

* Fixed a description error to properly convey the Damage Mitigation this Passive provides.

* **Shell Spikes**

* Can now be activated while Kuzenbo is under the effects of Crowd Control.

* **Sumo Slam**

* Increased Damage from ~~65/95/125/155/185~~ → 80/110/140/170/200.

* **Watery Grave**

* Reduced Duration from ~~2.8s~~ → 2.1s (one less maximum Knock-up).
* Increased first hit Damage from ~~60/100/140/180/220~~ → 80/130/180/230/280.
* Increased per tick Damage from ~~30/50/70/90/110~~ → 40/65/90/110/140.
* Increased Movement Speed Buff from ~~35%~~ → 45%.
* Fixed an issue where Kuzenbo could be Knocked-up during the warm-up for this Ability.

**SMITE Version 4.2.3908 (February 17, 2017)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where his Passive Meter would appear full when respawning.

* **NeNe Kappa**

* Added sound effects for when this ability bounces off walls.

**SMITE Version 4.2.3906 (February 14, 2017)**

* Kuzenbo has been added to the game.