Tsukuyomi

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***"Unleash the might of weapons empowered by the moon. Keep your foes at a distance until the time comes to deliver the final blow."***

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

## Lore

Might makes right. To impose order, to bend the world to your will – these are the marks of a true leader. Only a true leader has the strength of will and the force of arms to make his enemies bow before him. Only a true leader deserves the respect and adulation of his followers.

These are the guiding principles of Tsukuyomi's existence. Proud, but violent, he is the God of the Moon and the Night. Wielding his twin tonfa, Shingetsu and Mangetsu, he overcomes his enemies with effortless skill and a mocking laugh, forcing them to bow before him – for what good is victory without an audience to see it?

He is the opposite in every way of his sibling, Amaterasu. Where she is light, he is dark. Where she is kind, he is cruel. But in his cruelty there is purpose. A true leader cannot show weakness, cannot brook insult – even one unintentionally given.

Such was the reason that Tsukuyomi struck off the head of the goddess of plenty, Uke Mochi. For her manner offended him, and offense must be answered as swiftly and surely as possible, lest weakness be revealed. Order must be maintained, whatever the cost.

Amaterasu did not understand. She cast Tsukuyomi from her sight, forever exiling him from the heavens. The day would be hers, and the night his. Another insult, but one Tsukuyomi has borne in silence...until now.

For now, the Great Dreamer has awakened and cast a shroud of madness across the world and its peoples. The order of all things breaks down, and weakling gods like Amaterasu falter.

But a true leader sees opportunity in chaos.

The time of Amaterasu and her followers is done. Tsukuyomi seeks to impose a new order upon things – one more to his liking. A long night falls across the world.

And now, a new moon rises...

## Trivia

### General

* Tsukuyomi is the son of Izanami and Izanagi, and the brother of Amaterasu and Susano.
* The names of Tsukuyomi's tonfas, Shingetsu and Mangetsu, translate to "new moon" and "full moon" respectively.
* Tsukuyomi's defeat screen animation is based on the lore of Ukemochi and their ability to create food from their mouth.
* Tsukuyomi is the first Japanese god to not include any Japanese voicelines in his default voice pack.
* Tsukuyomi's Silver Moon Caltrops is the first ability in the game that is shaped like a crescent moon.
* The actor who voiced Tsukuyomi, Bill Millsap, also voiced Tiger's Fury Achilles, Pharaoh's Curse Cabrakan, Shining Chivalry Chiron and The Shadow/Crimson Conqueror Guan Yu.
* There is an announcer pack themed after Tsukuyomi, You can hear it here: Tsukuyomi Announcer pack.

### God Skins

* **Bit Slayer**

* This skin's aesthetics appear to be based on the *Mega Man* series.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Daniel Amerman, also voiced Malware Master Ah Puch.
* This skin shares its theme with Bit Battler Ares, Pixel Beast Cernunnos, Pixel Chaos Discordia, Pixel Buster Freya, Bit Fortune Ganesha, Pixel Rush He Bo, Pixel Lancer Skadi, Pixel Hammer Thor and Bit Builder Vulcan.

* **Infernal Omen**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Austin Lee Matthews, also voiced Freedom Retriever Anubis, Cultus Chronos, Shadow Step Mercury and Galaxy Meverick Ne Zha.
* This skin shares its theme with The Impaler Anhur, Blight Guardian/Sinister Sentinel Athena, Razor's Edge Eset, Deathbringer/Lifebringer King Arthur, Master Soulbinder Merlin and Sunken Sorcerer Poseidon.

* **Silver Bullet**

* This skin is based on a vampire/monster hunter.
* This is the first male character to join this skin theme.
* This skin shares its theme with Witch Seeker Amaterasu, Demon Scourge Athena, Witchbane Izanami and Nightbane Jing Wei.

* **Mystic Moon**

* This is the first male character to join the magical boy/girl theme genre of anime.
* This skin and its voice lines appear to be heavily referencing the anime and manga *Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon*.
* This skin was likely inspired by an old trending joke from the community where artists would draw Tsukuyomi in Sailor Moon's outfit. This is likely due to being a Japanese character, a moon god, and his frequent references to the moon which the titular character of Sailor Moon would similarly make.
* This skin shares its theme with Mystic Archer Artemis, Mystic Guardian Athena, Mystic Defender Neith, Mystical Manipulator Nox, Mystic Enchantress Nu Wa, Mystic Flare Pele and Mystical Monster Scylla.

* **Bioslicer**

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

* **Shinobi Slayer**

* This skin shares its theme with Death Lotus Da Ji, Shino-bo Kuzenbo, Shadow Step Mercury, Blind Vengeance/Silent Blade Nemesis, Pink Lotus Pele, Kunoichi Serqet and Shinobalanque Xbalanque.

## Skins

* Default
* Lunar Eclipse
* Bit Slayer
* Infernal Omen
* Silver Bullet
* Mystic Moon
* Bioslicer
* Shinobi Slayer
* Ascended
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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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 could only by obtained by purchasing and achieving enough levels in the Necropolis 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: Perilous Seas 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 could only be obtained 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: Soaring Isles event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin is part of the Season Pass 2020.

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 Voicelines

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 Voicelines

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 Voicelines

## Changelog

**SMITE Version 11.1.7887.5 (January 23, 2024)**

* **Shingetsu & Mangetsu**

* Increased Health Heal from 4 + 1 per level to 6 + 1.5 per level
* Increased Mana Heal from 2 + 15% of your Physical Power to 3 + 20% of your Physical Power

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

* **Kusarigama**

* Added Knockup Immunity while channeling

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

* **Silver Moon Caltrops**

* Increased Slow from: 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% to 20/22.5/25/27.5/30%

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

* **Shingetsu & Mangetsu**

* Decreased Heal from 2 (+15% of your Physical Power) to 4 + 1 Per level

* **Kusarigama**

* Increased Swing Damage from 30/55/80/105/130 (+35% of your Physical Power) to 35/60/85/110/135 (+40% of your Physical Power)

* This happens twice

**SMITE Version 10.2.7456.4 (February 21, 2023)**

* **Dark Moon Shuriken**

* Increased Shuriken Damage from 75/125/175/225/275 to 85/135/185/235/285

* **Piercing Moonlight**

* Increased Physical Power Scaling per Dash hit from 45% to 50%

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

* **Kusarigama**

* Increased Base Damage from the Final hit from 50/105/160/215/270 to 60/115/170/225/280
* Increased Final Damage Scaling from 70% to 80%

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

* **Dark Moon Shuriken**

* Increased Cooldown from 10s to 12s

* **Silver Moon Caltrops**

* Decreased Bonus Damage Physical Power Scaling from 40% to 30% on the ranged follow-up attack

**SMITE Version 8.4.6501.9 (May 4, 2021)**

* **Piercing Moonlight**

* Decreased Damage Mitigation he gets while firing this from 30% to 20%
* Decreased Physical Power Scaling on the Dash Damage from 50% per hit to 45% per hit

**SMITE Version 8.3.6455.11 (April 6, 2021)**

* **Dark Moon Shuriken**

* Decreased Base Damage from the projectile Shuriken from 85/135/185/235/285 to 75/125/175/225/275

* **Kusarigama**

* Decreased Base Damage from the Final hit from 60/115/170/225/280 to 50/105/160/215/270

**SMITE Version 7.9.6189.6 (September 8, 2020)**

* **Kusarigama**

* Decreased Swing Damage Scaling from 50% to 35%.
* Decreased Final Damage Scaling from 80% to 70%.
* Total scaling decreased from 180% to 140%
* Decreased disarm duration from 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/2s to 1s at all ranks.
* Decreased Movement Speed while channeling from 33% to 25%.
* Tsukuyomi can now be knocked up during this ability.

* **Silver Moon Caltrops**

* Decreased scaling from 25% to 20%.
* The follow up ranged attack now deals Physical Damage instead of True Damage.
* Decreased Slow duration from 2.5s to 1.5s.

* **Piercing Moonlight**

* Decreased damage mitigation from 50% to 30%.
* Decreased Beam Damage scaling from 20% to 15%.
* Decreased Dash Damage scaling from 55% to 50%.
* Decreased Total Scaling (All 4 Beams + All 4 Dashes) from 300% to 260%.

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

* **Dark Moon Shuriken**

* Decreased Physical Power Scaling from 90% to 80%

* **Kusarigama**

* Decreased damage on the first two hits from 35/60/85/110/135 to 30/55/80/105/130
* Decreased final hit damage from 70/125/180/235/290 to 60/115/170/225/280
* Decreased disarm duration from 1.5/1.75/2/2.25/2.5s to 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/2

* **Silver Moon Caltrops**

* Decreased damage from 20/37.5/55/72.5/90 to 20/35/50/65/80.

* **Piercing Moonlight**

* Decreased dash damage from 85/110/145/180/215 to 70/100/130/160/190
* Updated the description to properly describe that Tsukuyomi must damage a target with the beams to dash to them.
* Fixed an issue where the description didn’t state that killing an enemy immediately granted Tsukuyomi both of his ranged attacks.

**SMITE Version 7.8.6152.1 (August 11, 2020)**

* Tsukuyomi has been added to the game.