Persephone

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**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"From death, new life is created. Overwhelm your enemies with your beautiful Flowers."***

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

## Lore

Persephone is the Goddess of Vegetation and the Harvest. Daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the others gods often felt fit to decide her fate for her. Demeter enrolled her in helping with her Mysteries while Zeus took it upon himself to give her away. Hades, her husband to be, came up from the underworld and took her away. Demeter, saddened by the loss of her daughter and helper, wept and refused to continue bringing life to the earth. Cornered by a dying world, Zeus forced Hades and Persephone to part.

Before leaving the underworld Hades offered her a seed of a Pomegranate grown in the underworld. Persephone was clever. She understood what was being offered. Those who eat the food of the underworld are bound to it and must return. Hades was offering her a choice. A choice she was happy to accept. Every six months Persephone leaves the underworld, soothing Demeter's grief and bringing life back to the world.

The time has now come for Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, to return and take her throne besides Hades. She has seen the gods struggle against themselves at the expense of those around them. She can no longer watch as droves of mortal souls arrive; their lives cut short while they struggled for each and every victory as the gods they pray to cause their suffering. Soon all gods will see why she is called 'Clever Persephone'.

## Trivia

### General

* Persephone is Hades' wife.
* Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, therefore sister to Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Hercules and more.
* Persephone's release was teased by the full card art of the Prince of Darkness Hades' skin.
* In May 18, 2021, Persephone received a rework to her kit. For more information about the old version, see replaced abilities section.
* Persephone is the first god with a leap ability that lets her leap backwards through walls.
* The actress who voiced Persephone, Allegra Clark, also voiced Deadly Desire Da Ji.
* Persephone had an event theme after her called Persephone's Corrupted Arena.
* There is an announcer pack themed after Persephone, You can hear it here: Persephone Announcer pack.

### God Skins

* **Shadow Bloom**

* This skin is based on a forest spirit.
* This skin shares its theme with Shadow Spirit Ah Puch, Shadow Eater Bakasura, Shadow Prowler Bastet, Primal Spirit Cernunnos, Shadow Tanuki Danzaburou, Marrow Eater Fenrir, Dreamweaver Ganesha, 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 and Shadow Dancer Shiva.

* **Ironmouse/Ironmrouse**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games to promote VSHOJO.
* This skin shares its theme with Apricot/Cherry Apricot Izanami, Zentreya/Voltage Zentreya Mulan, Kson/Emerald Blade Kson Nemesis, Vei Nu Wa, Nyanners Serqet and Silvervale Skadi.
* In this skin, her skeletons are seen wearing a white suit reminiscent of CDawgVA who is a common collaborator with Ironmouse.

* **Cute Cultivator**

* In this skin, her skeletons are replaced by scarecrows.
* The design of Persephone's flowers are similar to the Smiley Flowers from the Yoshi's Island game series.
* Her joke ▶️  *"Let me give you a tour of the farm! I've got the horses in the back!"*  is a reference to the song Old Town Road by Lil Nas X.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Jill Harris, also voiced Fabled Artio and Miss Senshi Bellona.

* **NecRomancer**

* The original concept for this skin was created by Juniper Alicia Lara.
* In this skin, her skeletons are wearing tuxedos.
* Her plants are replaced with roses with teeth.
* Her directs taunts to Chang'e (▶️  *"No! You are not the most beautiful bride!"* ) and Hou Yi (▶️  *"This is my wedding!"* ) are aimed at their respective Sun's Bride and Moon's Groom skins.
* Due to this being a wedding skin and her marriage to Hades, most of her directed taunts are for Hades.
	+ One of her directed taunts to him is ▶️  *"I started from the bottom and now I'm rich!"*  is a reference to the song Started from the Bottom by Drake.
* This skin shares its theme with Enchanted Boyfriend Cu Chulainn and King of Hearts Zeus.

* **Oblivion Ruler**

* In the wallpaper version of this skin card art, the boat that she is in could be a reference to the ferryman of the underworld Charon.

* The background of the card art could also be a reinterpretation of Hades.

* The actress who voiced this skin, Jeannie Tirado, also voiced Amazon Athena, Knight of Wisdom Athena, SWC Champion Chang'e, Prototype Scylla, Such Cold Skadi and Sol.
* This skin shares its theme with Oblivion Hound Cerberus, Oblivion Temptress Da Ji and Oblivion Queen Discordia.

* **Malware Monarch**

* This skin shares its theme with Malware Master Ah Puch, Malware Mercenary Osiris and Bioslicer Tsukuyomi.

* **Geomancer**

* The actress who voiced this skin, Ariana Ratner, also voiced Vampiress Amaterasu.

* **Masteries**

* In the wallpaper version of this skin's card art, Cerberus can be seen in the background.

## Skins

* Default
* Withering Bloom
* Shadow Bloom
* Ironmouse
* Ironmrouse
* Cute Cultivator
* NecRomancer
* Oblivion Ruler
* Malware Monarch
* Geomancer
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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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 part of the VSHOJO 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 VSHOJO Event 2.0.  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: 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 New Moon 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 SMITE Friends 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 Odyssey: Perilous Seas event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.3.7494.12 (March 28, 2023)**

* **Harvest**

* Decreased Heal from 22/29/36/43/50 (+10% of your Magical Power) to 18/30/42/54/66
* Decreased Cooldown from 15 to 13

* **Grasp of Death**

* Increased Damage scaling from 75% to 85%

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

* **Harvest**
* Decreased Explosion damage

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 80% to 70%

* Decreased Bite damage

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 35% to 30%

* **Grasp of Death**

* This ability no longer applies any attack speed reduction to the caged target

**SMITE Version 8.8.6750.15 (September 7, 2021)**

* **Harvest**

* Decrease Movement Speed of the Flowers by 10%
* Decreased Flower Bite Damage from 40/80/120/160/200 to 40/75/110/145/180

**SMITE Version 8.6.6618.8 (June 29, 2021)**

* **Harvest**

* Increased cooldown from 14s to 15s
* Decreased Bite Scaling from 40% to 35%

* **Fourish**

* Decreased Scaling from 65% to 55%

**SMITE Version 8.5.6555.13 (June 1, 2021)**

* **Harvest (Flower)**

* Decreased Bite Magical Power Scaling from 50% to 40%.

**SMITE Version 8.5.6555.8 (May 21, 2021)**

* **Pomegranate Seeds**

* Fixed Persephone disconnecting while in passive state resetting your level/items/gold.
* Fixed Persephone while in respawn on console, controller constantly vibrates.

* **Bone Rush**

* Addressed Persephone's ability 1 not hitting targets at point-blank range.

**SMITE Version 8.5.6555.4 (May 18, 2021)**

* **General**

* Persephone has had a partial rework this patch.

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

* **Grasp of Death**

* Decrease ult deployable HP from 5 to 3 if it hits a wall instead of a player

**SMITE Version 7.8.6152.8 (August 25, 2020)**

* **Harvest**

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling Dmg from 75% to 65%
* Decreased Harvest Slow from 30% to 20%

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

* **Pomegranate Seeds**

* Persephone is now slowed by 20% for the duration of this effect.

**SMITE Version 7.5.6039.3 (June 2, 2020)**

* **Pomegranate Seeds**

* Decreased the amount of Damage Persephone Does while in her Undead State from 50% to 40%.

**SMITE Version 7.5.6039 (May 19, 2020)**

* **Pomegranate Seeds**

* Fixed an issue where she could be targeted in her passive death state.

* **Harvest**

* Fixed an issue where plant AoE damage reduction on subsequent hits was not working as intended.

**SMITE Version 7.3.5945.6 (April 7, 2020)**

* **Grasp of Death**

* Decreased projectile speed from 150 to 120.

**SMITE Version 7.3.5945 (March 24, 2020)**

* **Harvest**

* General

* Decreased prefire time on this ability from .2s to .1s.
* Decreased minimum distance between Harvest placements from 5 units to 2.5 units.

* Sprout

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 80 to 75%.
* Decreased time the base Harvest plant takes to evolve into a sprout from 4s to 2.5s.

* Flower

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 90 to 85%.
* Decreased time the base Harvest plant takes to evolve into a flower from 24s to 16s.
* Decreased chase time from 3s to 2.2s.
* Increased movement speed from 440 to 600.

* **Grasp of Death**

* Decreased Base Damage from 195/270/345/420/495 to 175/245/315/385/455.
* Decreased speed at which a tether will reach to grab you by 50%.
* Decreased Attack Speed penalty from 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% to 15% at all ranks.

**SMITE Version 7.1.5858.2 (January 28, 2020)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Death Recaps from some of Persephone's abilities were showing unintended text.

* **Grasp of Death**

* Fixed an issue where her Ultimate would sometimes fail to “Bind” enemies even when they were in the affected radius.

**SMITE Version 6.13.5787.6 (December 11, 2019)**

* **Pomegranate Seeds**

* Fixed an issue where her passive meter would skip numbers sometimes.

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

* **Pomegranate Seeds**

* Persephone will behave in a similar way as Khumba. If she is executed she will not revive from her passive, and her seeds/cooldown for that passive will not be consumed.
* Persephone now gains 100% of her Mana back when entering her death state.
* Added a brief lockout so players cannot accidentally cancel reviving themselves.

* **Harvest**

* Fixed an issue where the flower form of her plants were not hitting in the intended cone area.

**SMITE Version 6.11.5701.1 (October 15, 2019)**

* **Pomegranate Seeds**

* Persephone's Harvest plants now deal 50% damage while in her revived state to match Persephone's damage reduction.
* Persephone now gains 100% of her Mana back when entering her death state.
* Added a brief lockout so players cannot accidentally cancel reviving themselves.

* **Bone Rush**

* The damage area of Bone Rush is now a rolling line attack.

* This means players close to the explosion are hit earlier than those far away.

* Added an intro sound to give players better feedback this ability has been cast.
* The damage area of Bone Rush now displays a warning targeter.

* **Harvest**

* Harvest's max count has been decreased from 10 at all levels to 6/6/8/8/10.
* Harvest now displays a buff bar counter to indicate how many Harvest plants are active.
* Added a new minimap icon for Persephone's Harvest plants.
* Increased Harvest Explosion scaling from 75% to 80%.
* Increased Harvest Bite scaling from 85% to 90%.
* Decreased subsequent damage reduction from 50/75/87.5 to 40/65/78%.

* **Grasp of Death**

* Fixed an issue where if a player activated the Beads Relic when hit by the cage, the player would be unable to damage the cage afterwards.
* Fixed an issue that resulted in CC Immunity not cleansing the vine grasp.

**SMITE Version 6.10.5654.3 (September 17, 2019)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where she was not properly leveling up while using auto skill.
* Fixed an issue with her death animation displaying a skeleton at a time it wasn't intended.
* Fixed Hades' name not capitalized in Persephone's lore.

* **Pomegranate Seeds**

* Added a more clear description to this ability specifying how it can be canceled.
* Fixed issues where Kali, Scylla, Achilles, and Thanatos were not properly getting their rewards for killing a god if this passive was used. All of those gods should now get those bonuses upon killing Persephone, before she has the option to continue fighting with her passive.
* Persephone will now retain her health bar when entering this state so players can more easily keep track of her.
* Fixed an issue where she shouldn't be able to activate Purification Beads while rising from her passive.

* **Harvest**

* Adjusted the plants materials to make distinguishing friendly and enemy Harvest plants more clear.

* **Grasp of Death**

* Fixed an issue where enemies would sometimes not be affected by the bind CC, even when hit by it.
* Fixed an issue where Fafnir Dragonbreath could not break the Entrapping Cage.

**SMITE Version 6.9.5607.4 (August 20, 2019)**

* Persephone has been added to the game.

**Pre-release**

* **Bone Rush**

* Decreased base damage from 100/160/220/280/340 to 100/150/200/250/300.

* **Harvest**

* Decreased Explosion base damage from 60/110/160/210/260 to 60/100/140/180/220.
* Increased Explosion scaling from 70% to 75%.
* Decreased Bite base damage from 70/125/180/235/290 to 70/115/160/205/250.
* Increased Bite scaling from 80% to 85%.

## Replaced Abilities

  Ability Type: Passive
Ability Video

  Damage: 100/150/200/250/300 (+80% of your Magical Power)
  Range: 55
  Cooldown: 12 seconds
Ability Video

  Heal: 22/29/36/43/50 (+10% of your Magical Power)
  Slow: 20%
  Reduced Damage: 40/64/78%
  Range: 50
  Cooldown: 8 seconds
Ability Video