Ares

←  Arachne
 Artemis  →
**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Shackle foes and gather them together to be smothered in flames."***

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

## Lore

Feared by his enemies, reviled by his father, adored by the Goddess of Beauty, and worshipped by warriors, Ares, a tortured and lonely soul, is the bloodthirsty Greek God of War.

Ares is not loved by the people. He represents everything they fear and despise: war, strife, chaos, and murder. It's said that the sky darkens when Ares takes the field. That he rides to battle on a chariot drawn by fire-breathing steeds and delights only in the clash of battle and smell of bloodshed.

Ares is not loved by his father. Zeus has many sons, but only two with his wife Hera. However, the thunder God has long suspected Hera of having an affair that led to the birth of Ares, perhaps as revenge for all of Zeus' infidelity. For this, Zeus is disgusted by him.

Ares is not loved by his sister. Athena and Ares are both Gods of War. Where Ares represents violence, force, and slaughter, Athena is the embodiment of intelligence, strategy, and leadership. Ares is quick to act and leave a bloody trail. Athena is thoughtful and careful with lives. Often they have been on the opposite sides, most notably at the Battle of Troy, where Athena viciously wounded him and forced Ares to retreat.

Ares is the lover of the Goddess of Beauty. Though Aphrodite is married to Ares' brother, Hephaestus, Ares takes what he wants, and Aphrodite gives in willingly. Their union created offspring almost as terrible as Ares himself: Phobos and Deimos, Fear and Terror.

Ares is loved only by the Spartans, who revere the God for his masculinity, his merciless warrior spirit, and tenacity against all odds. The Spartans, however, know the unpredictable fury of their patron, and bind his statues in chains. This is, in part, to prevent Ares' spirit of victory from escaping Sparta, and a vain effort to keep the God of War contained.

## Non-Conquest Balance

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

* +30% Ultimate cooldown

## Trivia

### General

* Ares is one of the Twelve Olympians along with Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus and either Dionysus or Hestia.
* Ares has been a free starter character for every new player account created since May 15, 2018. Accounts made before this date must still unlock him (5500  / 200 ).
* In July of 2020, Ares received a remodel, changing his default, Destroyer, and Mastery skins. His Diamond Sword, Primal Fire/Primal Steel, SWC 2015, Soldier of Fortune/Hired Gun, Fernando, Spectral Sword, Elevate, Abyssal Knight, Star Tyrant and Godslayer skins remained unchanged.
* The actor who voiced Ares, Jason Douglas, also voiced Dark Whisperer Ah Muzen Cab and Suku in the Midnight Dove Awilix skin.
* One of Ares' jokes, ▶️*"Sword, check. Chains, check. Shield, check. Body bags, check!"*, is possibly a reference to the song Murmaider by Dethklok.

### God Skins

* **Diamond Sword**

* Ares' Diamond Sword skin is a reference to another game developed by Hi-Rez Studios, Tribes: Ascend.
* This skin along with Enyo Bellona, Infiltrator/White Death Loki, Trickster Loki, Leona JPF and Sentry Vulcan are based on another game produced/distributed by Hi-Rez.

* **Primal Fire/Primal Steel**

* This skin was based on the video game series Monster Hunter.
* This skin required a new rig to be built due to his original model being too old to be used as base.

* The same thing had to be done for Dragon's Light Sobek.

* This skin share its theme with Dragonkin Skadi, Primal Storm Susano and Wyrm Slayer/Dragonsbane Ullr.

* **Star Tyrant**

* This skin is based on the Siths from Star Wars.
* This skin shares its theme with Ordo Solarus Amaterasu, Intergalactic Chang'e, Dark Lord Chaac, Ordo Aurora Freya, Dark Lord Sun Wukong and SWC 2016 Zeus.

* **Classic**

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

* **Chilling Hersir**

* This skin shares its theme with Ice Mage Agni, Chilling Grasp Ah Puch, Ice Queen Aphrodite, Arctic Seer Artio, Snow Kitten/Little Helper Bastet, Frost Bite Cerberus, Winter's Curse Cu Chulainn, Ice Wraith Geb, Chilling Wraith Hades, Winter's Mark Hou Yi, Polar Vortex Kukulkan, Kumbhalayan Yeti Kumbhakarna, Glacial Gaze/The Frost Gorgon Medusa, Snow Strix Ra, Polar Beast Ravana and Snow Day Scylla.

* **Shackled Souls**

* This skin shares its theme with Blazing Tormentor Sylvanus and Eternal Tormentor Zeus.

* **Soldier of Fortune/Hired Gun**

* For every purchase of the Nepal Earthquake Relief Chest between May 12 and May 17, Hi-Rez donated $2 to the American Red Cross' Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts.
* The actor who did the voice for this skin, Chris Rager, also voiced Bacchus and Life's a Beach Geb.
* When buying offensive items, he says ▶️ "What's my prediction? Pain!", which is a quote from Rocky IV.
* When buying offensive items, he also says ▶️  *"This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine!"*, which is a reference to the Rifleman's Creed.
* His low health quote ▶️  *"I ain't got time to bleed!"*  is a quote from Predator.
* His other low health quote ▶️  *"No one makes me bleed my own blood!"*  is a quote from the film DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.
	+ Rage Bakasura shares this line.
* When in killstreak, he says ▶️  *"Are you gonna do something, or just stand there and bleed?"* , which is a quote from the movie Tombstone.
* His taunt ▶️  *"Your ego is writing cheques your body can't cash."*  is a reference to a quote from the movie Top Gun.
* His taunt ▶️  *"Go ahead punk, make my day."*  is a reference to the quote Go ahead, make my day said by Clint Eastwood's character in the 1983 film Sudden Impact.
	+ Grim Eclimpse Hou Yi also shares this quote.
* This skin shares its theme with Shell Shock Agni, Steel Falcon Horus, Last Commando Rama, Squirrel Squad Ratatoskr, Infantree Sylvanus, Full Metal Vulcan and G.I.Zhong Zhong Kui.

* **Fernando**

* This skin is a reference to another game made by Hi-Rez Studios, Paladins.

* As a cross-promotion, those who purchased the Paladins Founder's Pack not only received the Fernando skin for Ares, but also the God of War skins for Fernando in Paladins.

* The actor who voiced this skin, J. Michael Tatum, also voiced Stargazer/Adjudicator Anubis, Dragon Knight/Dragon Templar Ao Kuang, Hoot 'n Holler Bacchus, Chaacolate Chaac, Father Time Chronos, Lord Slashington III Fenrir, Guan Unicorn Guan Yu, Oni Musha Hachiman, Hercules, Derpules Hercules, Hug Bug Khepri and Sun Wu Xing Sun Wukong.

* He's also the original voice actor for Fernando in his source game, Paladins.

* **Spectral Sword**

* Ares' Spectral Sword skin is a reference to the Dark Souls series.
* His jump animation in this skin resembles the combat roll ability in the Dark Souls series.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Josh Grelle, also voiced Triumph & Agni/Encore Agni, Xbalanque, Jag.RAR Xbalanque, Heaven's Rave Zeus and Sky Tech Zeus.
* This skin shares its theme with Corroded Colossus Atlas, Lich Queen Bellona, Soulshroud Charon, Haunted Nightmare/Ruby Ravager Chernobog, Grim End Hercules, Chilling Death Odin, Spectral Blade Pele, Voidsworn Surtr, Spectral Shifter The Morrigan and Hanted King Thor.

* **Abyssal Knight**

* This skin was based on the Cthulhu Mythos created by the author H. P. Lovecraft.
* This skin shares its theme with Abyssal Acolyte Agni, Dark Whisperer Ah Muzen Cab, Abyssal Slayer Anhur, Abyssal Executioner Chaac, Abyssal Sorcerer Poseidon, Eldritch Ra, and Abyssal Warrior Sun Wukong.

* **Oni Guardian**

* This is the first skin Ares received after his remodel.
* The three kanji that appear during his ultimate translate to: Gather (集), Strength (力), and Capture (捕).
* The actor who voiced this skin, Cory Yee, also voiced Spell Chanter Apollo, Iroh Bacchus, Splinter Hachiman, Toxic Tide He Bo, Malworm Jormungandr, Crimson Authority King Arthur and Yu Huang.
* This skin shares its theme with Oni Ronin Anhur, Senko Sage Anubis, Oni Huntress Artemis, Spirit Guide Artio, Oni Adventurer Athena, Great Tengu Cernunnos, Oni Chernobog, Oni Musha Hachiman, Oni Hunter Rama and Yurei Susano.

* **Bit Battler**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Kamran Nikhad, also voiced The Eagle's Elbow Camazotz, Motlen Machina Fenrir and Infernal Beast Guan Yu.
* This skin shares its theme with Pixel Beast Cernunnos, Pixel Chaos Discordia, Pixel Buster Freya, Bit Fortune Ganesha, Pixel Rush He Bo, Pixel Lancer Skadi, Pixel Hammer Thor, Bit Slayer Tsukuyomi and Bit Builder Vulcan.

* **Tokyo Knight**

* This skin shares its theme with Modern Android Achilles, Arachnoid Arachne, Spectral Oni Cliodhna, Mecha Empress Hera, Rogue Android/Rogue Cyborg Izanami and Sakura Android Neith.

* **Godslayer**

* This skin was the final reward for the Hera's Odyssey.
* This is one of the few Tier 5 skins introduced in the game along with Demonic Pact Anubis, Stellar Demise Baron Samedi, Divine Dragon Bellona, Archon Thanatos, Ragnarok Force X Thor and Frostfire Ullr.

## Skins

* Default
* Destroyer
* Diamond Sword
* Primal Fire
* Star Tyrant
* Classic
* Chilling Hersir
* Shackled Souls
* SWC 2015
* Soldier of Fortune
* Fernando
* Spectral Sword
* Elevate
* Abyssal Knight
* Hired Gun
* Primal Steel
* Oni Guardian
* Crimson Steel
* Bit Battler
* Tokyo Knight
* Tartarus Titans
* Godslayer
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin comes with custom 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 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 could only be obtained by purchasing certain Treasure Chests, or via direct purchase.  This skin was part of the Battle for Olympus event.

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  This skin comes with custom animations and abilities.  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 animations and abilities.  This skin was part of the Hope Reborn 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 bonus for purchasing a SMITE World Championship Digital Ticket [1].

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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.  It could also be obtained from the Founder's Packs on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions.

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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.  This skin can only be obtained as a bonus for purchasing the Paladins Founder's pack.

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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 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 Season Ticket 2018 Fantasy Points store.  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 by purchasing and achieving enough levels in the Enchanted Chronicles Battle Pass.  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: Reckoning 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 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 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 can only be obtained by purchasing the Cyber Tokyo Battle Pass.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin has an animated loading screen card.  This skin could only be obtained by accumulating 150 Odyssey points in the Hera's Odyssey event.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.10.7739.8 (October 10, 2023)**

* **Shackles**

* Increased Cooldown from 13s to 15/14.5/14/13.5/13s

* **Searing Flesh**

* Decreased Max Health Damage to Minions from 5% to 4%

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

* **General**

* Increased Base attack damage from 38 to 40

* **Blessed Presence**

* Ares gains bonus base attack damage per level

* Old attack damage – 1.55
* New – 4

* **Shackles**

* Decreased God Damage per Tick from 25/45/65/85/105 to 20/40/60/80/100

* **Bolster Defenses**

* Ares and Allies now gain 0/5/10/15/20 Basic attack damage while in the area
* Decreased Duration from 8s to 6s

* **No Escape**

* Added 20% Damage Mitigation while channeling

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

* **Shackles'**

* Decreased Cooldown from 15s to 13s

* **Bolster Defenses'**

* Increased CC Reduction from 10/15/20/25/30% to 30%

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

* **Shackles**

* Increased God damage from 20/40/60/80/100 to 25/45/65/85/105 per tick

* **No Escape**

* Decreased Cooldown from 100s to 90s

* **Non-Conquest**

* Increased Ultimate Cooldown from 15% to 30%
* (from 115s to 117s)

**SMITE Version 9.7.7157.3 (July 12, 2022)**

* **Shackles**

* Now deals 40% extra damage to jungle monsters

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

* **Shackles**

* Decreased God Damage from 25/45/65/85/105 to 20/40/60/80/100 per tick

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

* **Bolster Defenses**

* Increased Hp5 from 10/15/20/25/30 to 25/30/35/40/45

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

* **General**

* Ares will have a completely 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 7.4.5984.3 (April 21, 2020)**

* **No Escape**

* Decreased self slow from 50% to 30%.

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

* **Searing Flesh**

* This ability now deals Magical Damage equal to 5% Max Health per Tick to non-boss minions only at all ranks.

* It still deals 1/1/2/2/3% to gods.

**SMITE Version 5.6.4707.1 (April 11, 2018)**

* **No Escape**

* No longer requires Line of Sight to grab onto enemies.

**SMITE Version 5.2.4599 (February 13, 2018)**

* **Shackles**

* Increased Minion Damage from 50/70/90/110/130 to 70/90/110/130/150.

* **Bolster Defenses**

* Decreased Mana from 60/65/70/75/80 to 40/45/50/55/60.

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

* **General**

* Increased Movement Speed from 360 to 365.

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

* **General**

* Increased Base Physical Protection from ~~17~~ → 20.

**SMITE Version 4.5.3978.2 (March 28, 2017)**

* **Shackles**

* Increased Minion Damage Dealt from ~~25/45/65/85/105~~ → 50/70/90/110/130.

**SMITE Version 3.1.3217 (February 2, 2016)**

* **No Escape**

* This ability no longer increases in stun duration for amount of targets pulled.
* Increased cooldown from ~~90s~~ → 100s.

**SMITE Version 2.3.2660 (April 1, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed sword and shield persisting after death.

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

* **Blessed Presence**

* Fixed typo: Changed Ares' to Ares.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2215.6 (July 15, 2014)**

* **Blessed Presence**

* Fixed an issue with Ward Stone activating this passive, as it’s intended only for each “completed”, or tier 3, aura item.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2173 (June 12, 2014)**

* **Bolster Defences**

* Fixed a bug where the bonus from a shackled god was not expiring at the end of the shackles duration.

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

* **Shackles**

* Shackles now cause Arachne’s eggs to hatch.

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

* **Searing Flesh**

* Now applies knockback to minions.

* **No Escape**

* Will now properly interrupt targets pulled by it.

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

* **Bolster Defenses**

* Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.3 to 0.1.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1928.2 (January 16, 2014)**

* **General**

* His model has undergone artistic improvements.
* Ares now has a basic attack progression of 1/.75/1/1.25.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1918.2 (January 8, 2014)**

* **Shackles**

* Fixed an issue where the 15% speed buff stack would only apply once.

* **No Escape**

* Now always triggers the cooldown, even if interrupted before completing.
* The additional stun duration for each enemy hit by this ability has been reduced from 0.3s to 0.2s.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 (November 20, 2013)**

* **Shackles**

* The Shackle damage and cripple is now removed from targets when he dies.
* Fixed an issue where sometimes firing another Shackle wouldn’t actually fire.
* Successive Shackles after the first can now be fired at twice the previous rate.
* The ground target now properly highlights only one god at a time.

* **Bolster Defenses**

* Aura protections granted increased from 10/15/20/25/30 to 20/25/30/35/40

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

* **Shackles**

* An issue has been fixed that had Shackles lifestealing at 100% instead of 33%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1666 (August 7, 2013)**

* **General**

* Basic attacks switched from dealing/scaling physical damage to magical.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1543 (May 30, 2013)**

* **Shackles**

* Improvements to FX

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1403 (March 13, 2013)**

* **Shackle**

* Fixed a bug when up very close, you’ll not be able to apply another Shackle.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1376 (February 28, 2013)**

* **Shackles**

* Movement abilities are no longer usable when players are shackled.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1349 (February 13, 2013)**

* **Shackles**

* Movement speed buff and debuff is 15% for all ranks.

* **Bolster Defenses**

* Protections increased by 10/15/20/25/30.
* Crowd control durations are reduced by 10/15/20/25/30%.

* **No Escape**

* Stunned for 1s, +.3s for each enemy god hit by the ultimate.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1328 (January 30, 2013)**

* **Shackles**

* Movement speed buff and debuff has been increased from 10% to 15%.
* Focus contribution has been increased from .1% to .15% per Focus.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1272.2 (January 1, 2013)**

* **Bolster Defenses**

* Protections have been increased:

* Old - 2/4/6/8/10, increasing up to 20.
* New - 5/10/15/20/25, increasing up to 40.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1193.0 (November 19, 2012)**

* **Blessed Presence**

* Magical power bonus for completed aura items has been reduced from 40 to 30.

* **Bolster Defenses**

* Base protections reduced from 15/20/25/30/35 to 4/8/12/16/20.
* Bonus protections from a shackled enemy reduced from 10 to 7.
* Cooldown increased from 13s to 15s.

* **No Escape**

* While using his ultimate, Ares will move 50% slower.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1148 (November 19, 2012)**

* **Blessed Presence**

* Is not affected by active item auras (Store Abilities).

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1113.1 (October 18, 2012)**

* **Shackles**

* If Ares hits an enemy god with Shackles, the next chain now doesn’t consume mana, as was originally intended.

* **Bolster Defenses**

* This ability no longer affects the Minotaur.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1092 (October 4, 2012)**

* Ares has been added to the game.