Hades

←  Hachiman
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**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Distribute blight and devour souls. Strike from below and bring agony to all."***

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

## Lore

Inevitably, death sends everyone to Hades, God of the Underworld. In the end, he always gets his way.

Eldest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, Hades was swallowed by his father as an infant along with five other siblings. Zeus, the youngest brother, escaped this fate and freed them once he'd grown strong enough to battle Cronus. Together, the six siblings defeated the Titans and banished them to the dark realm of Tartarus. Now the reigning Gods, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades drew lots for dominion. Hades drew the Underworld.

Of the few that have entered the Underworld and come back, all speak dismally of the place, never wishing to return. Yet Hades, himself, rarely leaves the subterranean realm, constantly seeking ways to grow the numbers of the dead.

When he desired a wife, Hades captured the radiant Persephone, daughter of the Goddess Demeter. Concealed in the Underworld, none could reach her, so Demeter cursed the land with a great famine. The other Gods pleaded with her to end it lest she destroy mankind, but she would not relent until her daughter was returned. Hades finally let Persephone leave, though not before feeding her pomegranate seeds. Having consumed the fruit, she was bound forever to Hades and required to return to her husband once per year to eat of the seeds again. This, it is said, is a time of mourning and the cause of winter.

While many fear death and view it as evil, in truth, Hades endeavors only to keep balance. He is stern but fair. As God of the Dead and the Underworld, he views his authority on this matter absolute, forbidding anyone to leave his realm and growing wrathful when disobeyed or when someone tries to cheat death or steal from him.

For everyone, death is unavoidable and service to Hades inevitable. Even the Gods.

## Trivia

### General

* Hades is Persephone's husband.
* Hades and Zeus were the first Greek gods introduced in the game.
* Hades was one of the 9 playable gods in the Alpha build of SMITE's first presentation to the public at PAX Prime 2011.
* Hades was one of the 17 playable gods in SMITE closed Beta.
* In February of 2016, at the start of Season 3, Hades was reclassified from Guardian to Mage.

* Something similar happened with Vulcan.

* The voice actor who voiced Hades, Patrick Seitz, also voiced Chaac and Mountain Man Odin.
* Hades' dance emote is based on the Pumpkin Dance performed by Matt Geiler.

### God Skins

* **Default Hades**

* Hades' current default skin used to be a 400 gems skin called "Nightmare" (which was originally a skin made as a replacement for Default Hades for the Chinese version of SMITE) that eventually ended up being switched in SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2044.1, with the original look being turned into the "Classic Hades" skin. Anyone who owned Hades before that update received the Classic Hades skin for free, and anyone who had purchased the Nightmare skin received a refund.

* **Bloodfire**

* This skin still uses the old Hades model.

* **Classic Hades**

* This skin used to be Hades' default model, before it was switched with Nightmare.
* This is the first time a god received a classic skin, followed by Classic Apollo, Classic Ares, Classic Artemis, Classic Athena, Classic Bacchus, Classic Eset, Retrocles Hercules, Classic Ao Kuang Kukulkan, Old Wa Nu Wa and Classic Sobek.

* **Slushii**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Slushii to promote Monstercat.
* This skin shares its theme with Koven Chang'e, Sullivan King Gilgamesh, Crab Rave Khepri and Tokyo Machine Loki.

* **Grim Wraith**

* This skin was also voiced by Patick Seitz.
* This skin shares its theme with Grim Weaver Arachne, Grim Horseman Guan Yu, Grim Eclipse Hou Yi and Grim Shadow Nox.

* **Heebee Chibi**

* This was the first skin of the chibi set to be released in the game.
* This skin was also voiced by Patick Seitz.
* One of Heebee Chibi Hades' taunts, ▶️*"Think of the most horrible thing you can think of, and multiply it by six, 'cause that's me"*, is a reference to the Dreamworks film, Megamind.
* This skin shares its theme with Itty Bitty ChiBee Ah Muzen Cab, Sunny Chibi Amaterasu, Itsy Bitsy Chibi Arachne, Chompy Chibi Fenrir, Screamy Chibi Izanami, Blinky Chibi Janus, Breezy Chibi Kukulkan, Snakey Chibi Medusa, Beamy Chibi Ra, Steamy Chibi Sol, Stormy Chibi Susano, Deathy Chibi Thanatos, Rumbly Chibi Thor, Beaky Chibi Thoth, Freezy Chibi Ymir and Zappy Chibi Zeus.

* **Plague Lord**

* This skin is based on a plague doctor.
* This skin shares its theme with Plague-bearer Izanami, Plague Purger Ra and Plague Minister Set.

* **Prince of Darkness**

* This skin makes several references to some of Hades' myths in Ancient Greece, such as:

* In the full version of the skin card art there is an empty throne beside his that is covered in flowers, and Hades is holding a pomegranate, both of these elements are references to his wife Persephone.
* Hades' staff closely resembles the one he is depicted with in certain statues.
* In this skin Hades is completely human just like how he was depicted in Ancient Greece.

* This is Hades' first skin that portrays him as a human.
* One of Prince of Darkness Hades' jokes, *"So, question. When am I getting my own game? We all know I'm interesting enough to carry without all these other gods"*, could be a reference to the dungeon crawler game Hades by Supergiant Games.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Armen Taylor, also voiced Molten Shogun Erlang Shen.
* There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, You can hear it here:Prince of Darkness Announcer pack.

* **Cursed Pharaoh**

* The concept for this skin was made by the artist Martínez (Karulox), he also created the original concept for Lunar Tango Chang'e and Kunoichi Serqet.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Jeff Plunk, also voiced Krampus Cernunnos, Dreas-Lord Fafnir, Techno Titan Hercules and Moon's Groom/Handsome Hunter Hou Yi.
* This skin shares its theme with Pharaoh's Curse Cabrakan, Mummified Izanami and Queen Cobra Medusa.

* **The Leigon**

* The actor who voiced this skin, David Lodge, also voiced Bloody Butcher Ymir.
* This skin shares its theme with The Shadow Guan Yu.

* **Chilling Wraith**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Jake Foushee, also voiced Optimus Prime/G1 Optimus Prime Geb and Sunken Sorcerer Poseidon.
* This skin shares its theme with Ice Mage Agni, Chilling Grasp Ah Puch, Ice Queen Aphrodite, Chilling Hersir Ares, Arctic Seer Artio, Snow Kitten/Little Helper Bastet, Frost Bite Cerberus, Winter's Curse Cu Chulainn, Ice Wraith Geb, 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.

* **Doom Bot**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Adin Rudd, also voiced Cthulhu, Merlin and SK Gaming Merlin.
* This skin shares its animations with the Heebee Chibi skin.
* This skin shares its theme with AP-15 Ah Puch, Beaky Bot Thoth and Freezy Bot Ymir.

* **Ragnarok**

* This skin depicts Hades after the events of Odyssey 2018.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Daman Mills, also voiced Saurian Conjurer Ah Puch, Winter's Curse Cu Chulainn, Dragon's Rage Kukulkan, Noble Knight Osiris, Crimson Kraken Poseidon, Hydro Machina Poseidon, Swashbuckler Susano, Star Scribe Thoth and Iron Tyrant Xing Tian.
* This skin shares its theme with Ragnarok Fenrir, Ragnarok Hera and Ragnarok Jormungandr.

* **Crow of Torment**

* This skin shares its theme with Necrowmancer Ah Puch, Raven King Chernobog and Murder of Crows Sobek.

## Skins

* Default
* Bloodfire
* Soultaker
* Classic Hades
* Slushii
* Grim Wraith
* Heebee Chibi
* Plague Lord
* Prince of Darkness
* Cursed Pharaoh
* The Legion
* Chilling Wraith
* Doom Bot
* Cybernetic Overlord
* Ragnarok
* Crow of Torment
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin comes with custom ability effects.

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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 could only be obtained by purchasing and achieving enough levels in the Monstercat 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 Escape from the 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 could only be obtained by purchasing the SWC 2017 Digital Loot Pack bundle before January 2017.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Divine Uprising 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 by linking your account to Twitch Prime before July 28 2019.  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 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 the Final Boss Battle Pass.  This skin could 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 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 the Chibi Bots 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 could only be obtained by purchasing the Cybernetic Overlord bundle.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by unlocking all 3 bundles from the Ragnarok event.

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  This skin comes with custom character annimations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained as a final reward in the Odyssey: Soaring Isles event.  This skin has an animated loading screen card.  This skin changes appearance, character animations, and ability effects.

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## Changelog

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

* **Devour Souls**

* Decreased Detonated Healing from 25/35/45/55/65 (+10% of your Magical Power) to 20/35/50/65/80

* **Pillar of Agony**

* Increased Cooldown reduction per hit from 0.2s to 0.4s

**SMITE Version 9.11.7339.4 (November 15, 2022)**

* **Devour Souls**

* Decreased Detonated Damage from 20/27/34/41/48 to 10/20/30/40/50

**SMITE Version 8.7.6665.1 (July 13, 2021)**

* **Devour Souls**

* Decreased Cooldown from 11s to 10s

* **Pillar of Agony**

* When Pillar of Agony damages an enemy all of Hades’ other abilities have their cooldown reduced by 0.2s

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

* **General**

* Increased base HP from 450 to 475.
* Increased HP per level from 80 to 85.

* **Pillar of Agony**

* This ability now provides Hades 10% Damage Mitigation at all ranks in addition to the Protections he gains.

**SMITE Version 5.23.5202 (December 19, 2018)**

* **General**

* Increased Movement Speed from 355 to 365.

* **Pillar of Agony**

* Increased Protections from 60/70/80/90/100 to 60/85/110/135/160.

**SMITE Version 5.13.4890 (July 24, 2018)**

* **Blight**

* Now has a debuff effect that lowers the targets Magical or Physical Power by 5%.

**SMITE Version 5.7.4730 (April 24, 2018)**

* **Devour Souls**

* No longer consumes Blight.

* This ability will still detonate and heal Hades if the target had Blight applied.

* Decreased Cooldown from 15/14/13/12/11 to 11s at all ranks.

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

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Hades' Basic Attacks had a larger hitbox than intended.

**SMITE Version 4.9.4091 (May 24, 2017)**

* **Death From Below**

* Increased Cooldown from ~~12s~~ → 14s.

* **Shroud of Darkness**

* Decreased Cooldown from ~~15/14/13/12/11~~ → 14/13/12/11/10s.

* **Devour Souls**

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling on the Detonate Heal from ~~15%~~ → 10%.

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

* **Blight**

* Fixed an issue where Blight had no duration on the Debuff Icon.

**SMITE Version 4.6.4008.1 (April 12, 2017)**

* **General**

* Reduced Physical Protection scaling from ~~3.2~~ → 2.6.
* Reduced Base Health from ~~490~~ → 450.
* Increased Base Attack Speed from ~~.87~~ → .95.

* **Death From Below**

* Increased Damage from ~~50/85/120/155/190~~ → 70/120/170/220/270.

* **Shroud of Darkness**

* Reduced Mana cost from ~~80~~ → 60.

* **Devour Souls**

* This ability now deals Detonate Damage to the Target being Detonated.
* Reduced Mana cost from ~~65/75/85/95/105~~ → 60/65/70/75/80.
* Added new FX to show the radius of the Detonate from the affected Targets.
* Added new FX to show the radius during the warm up.

* **Pillar of Agony**

* Increased Protections from ~~60/65/70/75/80~~ → 60/70/80/90/100.
* Pillar of Agony no longer consumes Blight.
* Blighted Targets will now have their Magical Protections reduced before taking the first tick of damage.

**SMITE Version 3.23.3779.1 (December 6, 2016)**

* **Blight**

* Duration increased from ~~5s~~ → 8s.

* **Shroud of Darkness**

* No longer Knocks Back Minions.

* **Pillar of Agony**

* Increased Protection buff from ~~40/50/60/70/80~~ → 60/65/70/75/80.

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

* **General**

* Moved Class from ~~Guardian~~ → Mage.

* **Devour Souls**

* Reduced based Healing from ~~30/40/50/60/70~~ → 25/35/45/55/65.

**SMITE Version 2.10.2868 (July 21, 2015)**

* **Pillar of Agony**

* New vortex FX.

**SMITE Version 2.4.2684.1 (April 15, 2015)**

* **Pillar of Agony**

* Added timer on the ground targeter indicating when the ability will expire.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2188.3 (June 24, 2014)**

* **Devour Souls**

* Blight detonated enemies now deal 50% of the damage to enemy gods, but still do full damage to other targets.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2125.1 (May 9, 2014)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue with Hades' default skin showing up as his classic skin in match.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2044.1 (March 19, 2014)**

* **General**

* The Nightmare skin for Hades has been switched to the default model for Hades. Gold and Legendary skins have also been updated to use this model as their base.
* The “Classic” skin is still in the game and has been given to everyone that owned Hades up until this patch. New players can purchase the classic skin for 200 gems or 9500 favor. Players that previously purchased the Nightmare skin have all been refunded 400 gems.

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

* **Death from Below**

* Damage reduced from 50/90/130/170/210 +70% to 50/85/120/155/190 + 60%.

* **Shroud of Darkness**

* This ability now applies Blight to targets it hits.
* Now no longer applies the Silence to Blighted targets that are Feared. This fixes an issue with diminishing returns where the second effect applied was always having its duration reduced.

* **Devour Souls**

* Damage increased from 75/110/145/180/215 +60% to 75/115/155/195/235 +70%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1887 (December 18, 2013)**

* **Pillar of Agony**

* Fixed issue where he would continue to play his FX and Animations even if the ability was cancelled prematurely.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1805 (October 23, 2013)**

* **General**

* New loading screen card for default skin.

* **Death From Below**

* The camera is now rotatable during this ability.

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

* **General**

* New Ground Targeters.

* **Pillar of Agony**

* The base damage has been reduced from 50/65/80/95/110 to 45/60/75/90/105.
* The magical power contribution has been reduced from 35% to 30% per tick.

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

* **General**

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

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1556 (June 5, 2013)**

* **Blight**

* The FX that play on blighted enemies are more prominent.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1467 (April 17, 2013)**

* **General**

* Some Special FX have undergone changes for performance and visuals.

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

* **Pillar of Agony**

* The strength of the pull from his ultimate has been adjusted to be stronger initially to reduce the frequency of players being able to walk out of it.

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

* **Death From Below**

* If Blighted, slow by 20/25/30/35/40% for 2s.

* **Shroud of Darkness**

* Silence and fear for 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2s.

* **Pillar of Agony**

* Gain 40/50/60/70/80 protections while firing.
* If Blighted, protections are debuffed by 10/15/20/25/30.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1272.1 (December 29, 2012)**

* **Devour Souls**

* Focus conversion for healing has been changed to magical power conversion.
* Base healing values have been modified for the switch.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1267.2 (December 27, 2012)**

* **Devour Souls**

* Focus contribution for healing off of Blighted enemies has been increased from .4 per Focus to .5.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1069.0 (September 19, 2012)**

* **Devour Souls**

* Removed the delay between hitting and the detonation of blighted enemies.
* Base damage increased from 50/75/100/125/150 to 75/110/145/180/215.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.997 (August 3, 2012)**

* **Death From Below**

* Base damage increased from 30/50/70/90/110 to 50/90/130/170/210.

* **Devour Souls**

* Fixed an issue that was causing the damage from Blighted enemies to be reduced based on the distance from the explosion.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.975.1 (July 20, 2012)**

* **General**

* Slight tweaks to FX on the Soultaker skin.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.944.1 (June 29, 2012)**

* **General**

* Magical protection now increases .9 per level, as intended.

* **Pillar of Agony**

* Damage now does not require line of sight.