Shiva

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**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Cycle through the states of Bliss and Destruction to hinder your foes and bless your allies."***

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

## Lore

Worlds end, when the Destroyer dances. But so too do worlds begin, as Destroyer becomes Benefactor. It is the eternal cycle of destruction and creation, a cosmic song heard by all, but the steps of its dance are known only to one – the Lord of Dancers, Shiva.

A god of ambiguity and paradox, Shiva has as many names as there are stars in the sky. He is the embodiment of grace and compassion, but also the roaring storm which sweeps away all that stands before it. He comes in forms both fearsome and benign; destroyer and creator in one. To Shiva falls the responsibility of ensuring the sanctity of all that is. This duty requires both ferocity and mercy, for it is Shiva who must stand against the all-consuming dark and conjure light from its depths with his dance.

When the world has reached its end, it is Shiva who ushers it into oblivion. His dance, once begun, cannot be ended save in cataclysm. A purifying conflagration that reduces the old and weary world to ashes, so that something new might rise in its place. Thus has Shiva come now to the world and revealed himself to the warring gods who populate it. By his dance will the mistakes of the past be undone...and a new beginning allowed to commence.

## Trivia

### General

* Shiva was the first god released in 2022.
* Shiva was the first god released in season 9.
* Shiva is Ganesha's father.
* All his directed taunts are aimed at Hindu gods.
* The original music is composed by Ravi Deo.
* The developers researched with classical and religious texts to make Shiva more accurate to his original lore.
* One of Shiva's jokes, ▶️ "The Greek ocean god also wields a trident? I had mine before his, I'm sure of it." is a reference to Poseidon who also wields a trident.

### God skins

* **Electro Dancer**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Trevor Garner, also voiced Drunkyard Bacchus and Vamp Tech Camazotz.
* This skin shares its theme with Divine Beats Amaterasu, DJ Ohm Ganesha, Techno Basher Hou Yi, BA5S Drop Janus, Basscannon Neith, Electric Dream Nox, Bass Demon Raijin, Ravin' Ravana and Heaven's Rave Zeus.

* Being part of this set of skins means it has a [VXG] command that will play along with other skins of the same set.

* **Shadow Dancer**

* 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 Bloom Persephone.

## Skins

* Default
* Supreme Protector
* Electro Dancer
* Shadow Dancer
* Ascended
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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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, or via direct purchase.  This skin was part of the Heavenly Light event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Odyssey: Soaring Isles event.

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  This skin is part of the Season Pass 2022.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.12.7798.1 (November 14, 2023)**

* **Pillar of Dawn**

* Increased Damage Mitigation from 30% to 40%

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

* **Samsara**

* Increased HP5/MP5 Buff from 8 + 0.5 per Level to to 12 + 0.5 per level
* Increased HP5/MP5 Debuff from 4 + 0.5 per Level to to 6 + 0.5 per level

* **Shiva Tandava**

* Decreased Cooldown from 100s to 90s

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

* **Samsara**

* Increased Bliss base HP5/MP5 Buff Aura from 4 to 8
* Increased Destruction base HP5/MP5 Debuff Aura from 2 to 4

* **Damaru's Tempo**

* Decreased Cooldown from 14 to 13s

* **Shiva Tandava**

* Increased Mana Restore from 10% to 15%
* Decreased Healing from 80/100/120/140/160 (+10% of your Physical power) to 55/70/85/100/115
* This affects Amplify Healing and Amplify boosted Healing

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

* **Emblazoned Sweep**

* Increased Movement Speed buff from 20% to 25% in Bliss Stance
* Increased Protection reduction debuff from 4/8/12/16/20 to 5/10/15/20/25 In Destruction Stance

* **Damaru's Tempo**

* Increased Attack Speed Buff In Bliss stance and the Attack Speed Debuff in Destruction Stance on this ability from 25% to 30%

**SMITE Version 9.4.7059.9 (May 3, 2022)**

* **Shiva Tandava**

* Removed the 20% Damage Mitigation Shiva gains while channeling

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

* **Pillar of Dawn**

* This ability is now immune to all CC except stuns, as opposed to being entirely CC immune. Stuns will interrupt Shiva out of this ability if he is hit at any time during its 3 phases.

**SMITE Version 9.3.7020.4 (April 5, 2022)**

* **Pillar of Dawn**

* Increased Cooldown from 18/17.5/17/16.5/16s to 18s at all ranks.

* **Shiva Tandava**

* Decreased Physical Power scaling on the damage dance from 45% to 40% per hit.

* (Which decreases Physical Power scaling on amplification dance from 22.5% to 20%.)
* (Which decreases amplified damage dance power from 67.5% to 60%.)

**SMITE Version 9.3.7020.3 (March 22, 2022)**

* **Emblazoned Sweep**

* Decreased Knockup + Pull height from 3.75 to 2.5 units
* Decreased Fire damage Physical Power Scaling from 10% to 5% per tick

* **Damaru's Tempo**

* Decreased Knockup height strength from 300 to 225

**SMITE Version 9.2.6981.4 (March 8, 2022)**

* **Emblazoned Sweep**

* Decreased Physical Power Scaling from 60% to 55% on the initial hit

* **Pillar of Dawn**

* Decreased Damage Mitigation from 40% to 30%

* **Shiva Tandava**

* Decreased Physical Power Scaling from 50% to 45% to the Destruction Dance per hit

* Which also decreases scaling from 25% to 22.5% on the Amplification Dance per hit

**SMITE Version 9.2.6981.3 (February 25, 2022)**

* **Emblazoned Sweep**

* Fixed an issue with fire ring dealing persistent damage.
* Fixed Shiva sometimes becoming invisible.

* **Damaru's Tempo**

* Fixed double damage issue from knocked up targets.

* **Pillar of Dawn**

* Fixed instance crash related to Shiva dying at a particular time.

**SMITE Version 9.2.6981 (February 22, 2022)**

* Shiva has been added to the game.