Xbalanque

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***"Each opponent you take down makes you stronger. Shroud them in darkness."***

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

## Lore

Xbalanque was born with vengeance in his heart.

As one of the Hero Twins, Xbalanque, and his brother Hunahpu, knew their lives would eventually force them to face the Lords of Death, chiefs of the Underworld who murdered their father, but first they would need to master the arts of hunting with blowguns and the violent ball game Pitz.

As a test of their strength, they decided to defeat the vain and evil bird-lord, Seven Macaw, who declared himself the Sun and the Moon and replaced his teeth with glistening jewels.

The Hero Twins fired their blowguns at the perching bird-lord, knocking out several of Seven Macaw's glittering teeth. Ferociously he came at them, but only snatched Hunahpu and tore off the boy's arm. Cleverly, the twins enlisted the aid of an elderly couple and advised them to pose as dentists. Seven Macaw sought to ease the pain in his mouth, so, as they were instructed, the dentists pulled the rest of Seven Macaw's teeth and replaced them with white corn. So humiliated was the great bird that he died of despair.

It would be many years and several trials later that, at last, the Hero Twins were able to challenge the Lords of Death and avenge their father, but their final victory allowed them to ascend to the heavens, where Xbalanque was immortalized as the moon, lighting the night for clever hunters everywhere.

## Trivia

### General

* Xbalanque and Hun Batz are half-brothers.
* Xbalanque was the first Maya god released in the game.

* The release date for his patch was December 21, 2012, which is the date the long-count Maya Calendar ended and was alleged to be the end of the world by certain conspiracy theorists. Most of Xbalanque's ▶️jokes refer to this event.

* Xbalanque was the last god released in 2012.

* Originally, Hercules was planned to take this spot, but due to the introduction of the Focus system, that Hercules' original kit was created without said system in mind, his release got delayed.

* The actor who voiced Xbalanque, Jessie James Grelle, also voiced Triumph & Agni/Encore Agni, Spectral Sword Ares, Heavens Rave Zeus and Sky Tech Zeus.
* One of Xbalanque's jokes, ▶️*"What? No, this isn't poison on my darts! This is.. this is.. Incense! Yeah, sandalwood."*, is a reference to a quote in the film The Emperor's New Groove.

### God Skins

* **Shinobalanque**

* This skin is based on a Ninja.
* The actor who voiced Doge, Todd Haberkorn, also voiced Evil Spirits Bacchus, Griffindwarf Fafnir, G.E.B 1 Geb, World Kitty Jormungandr, Sir Pentsworth IV, Esq. Kukulkan, Croaki Loki, Raven Warlock Odin, Black Knight Osiris, Such Cold Skadi's Doge, Brimstone Demon Thor, Original Vamana and Lil' Mana Vamana.
* This skin shares its theme with Death Lotus Da Ji, Shino-bo Kuzenbo, Shadow Step Mercury, Blind Vengeance/Silent Blade Nemesis, Pink Lotus Pele and Kunoichi Serqet.

* **Jaguar Footballer/Football Star 2014/Weltmeister 2014**

* These skins were made to celebrate the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and most of their quotes are references to the sport Football.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Jason Liebrecht, also voiced Ah Muzen Cab.
* These skins' jokes, ▶️*"Real football isn't played with a pointy ball!"*, is a reference to how in America, Football is a different sport and actual football is called soccer.
* These skins share their theme with Olympian Anhur, Red Star/Winter Olympian Athena, Get Served Freya, Grand Slam Hercules, Home Run Heimdallr, and The Dunk Father Odin.

* **Jag.RAR**

* This skin was based on the movie Tron: Legacy.
* This skin is also voiced by Josh Grelle.
* This skin shares its theme with Hun.BAT Hun Batz, Run.EXE Mercury, Critical.DMG Ne Zha and Sun.GOD Ra.

* **Fire Dancer**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Ricco Fajardo, also voiced Achilles, Star Lancer Anhur, Camazotz, BA5S Drop Janus, Fun-pocalypse Ullr and Wyrm Slayer/Dragonsbane Ullr.
* This skin shares its theme with Freaky Tiki Ah Puch and Riptide Poseidon.

* **Titanium Tracker**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Phil Parsons, also voiced Apollo, Elite Agent Apollo, Curse Voice Apollo, Winner's Circle Apollo, Chiron and Star Eater Khepri.
* This skin shares its theme with Prototype 2.0 Charybdis, Darkblade/Heistblade Pele, Prototype Scylla and Cyber Scythe Thanatos.

* **Fun-pocalypse**

* This skin could have been based on the game Dead Rising.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Brad Venable, also voiced Abyssal Acolyte Agni, Sand Viper Ao Kuang, Abyssal Executioner Chaac, Cyber Samurai Hachiman Hunkules Hercules, Jandroid Janus, Kumbhalayan Yeti Kumbhakarna, Prizefighter Mercury and Omni Tech Odin.
* This skin shares its theme with Fun-pocalypse Da Ji, Fun-pocalypse Hachiman and Fun-pocalypse Ullr.

* **Neon Nightmare**

* This skin uses the Titanium Tracker model as a base.
* This skin shares its theme with Neon Pulse Freya, Neon Trails Ne Zha, Neon Rebellion Rama and Neon Shifter Sun Wukong.

* **Chichen Pizza**

* The name of this skin is a reference to the pre-columbian city of Chichen Itza.
* This skin's joke, ▶️*"What is a pizza maker's favorite song? Slice, slice, baby! Eha hahaha ha ha, get it?"*, is a reference to the song, Ice Ice Baby.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Dino Andrade, also voiced Pup Patrol Cerberus.
* This skin shares its theme with Chef Vulcan.

* **Nightbringer Demon**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Joe Ochman, also voiced Divine Machina Apollo.
* This skin shares it's theme with Soul Piercer Achilles, Demonic Pact Anubis, Devilish Charm Baron Samedi, Torment/Agony Bellona, Hellscape/Heretic Cernunnos, Hellrider Chiron, Fiendish Rage Cu Chulainn, Sin of Greed Fafnir, Infernal Beast Guan Yu, Hellraider Hercules, Howler Demon Hun Batz, Fiendish Flight Jing Wei, Infernal Winds Kukulkan, Miss Misery Nike, Crimson Kraken Poseidon, Angel of Death Thanatos, Demonic Thanatos and Infernal Lord Zeus.

* **Midnight Freeze**

* 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, [[Geb#Skins|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.

## Skins

* Default
* Jungle Beast
* Shinobalanque
* Jaguar Footballer
* Jag.RAR
* Fire Dancer
* Titanium Tracker
* Fun-pocalypse
* Neon Nightmare
* Chichen Pizza
* Nightbringer Demon
* Darkest Knight
* Midnight Freeze
* Football Star 2014
* Weltmeister 2014
* SPL 2015 (NA)
* SPL 2015 (EU)
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  The skin, its ability targeters and ability effects constantly rotate between several colors.  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 Summer of Smite 2017 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 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 be obtained by purchasing and achieving enough levels in the Sweet Victory 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 2 bundles from the New Moon event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained after gaining enough Viewer Points in the Esports & Live Streams Viewer Store During Season 8.

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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 was part of the Odyssey: Soaring Isles 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 could only be obtained by purchasing the Fútbol Bundle for the 2014 FIFA World Cup before July 13, 2014.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Fútbol Bundle for the 2014 FIFA World Cup before July 13, 2014.

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  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Season Ticket 2015.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.1.7415.3 (January 24, 2023)**

* **Darkest of Nights**

* This ability now also provides Xbalanque with 20/30/40/50/60% Attack Speed while the effect is active

**SMITE Version 9.5.7096.2 (May 17, 2022)**

* **Rising Jaguar**

* Increased Poisoned Bonus Damage from 30% to 40%

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

* **Poison Darts**

* Decreased cooldown from 18/17/16/15/14s to 16/15.5/15/14.5/14

**SMITE Version 8.11.6878.2 (November 16, 2021)**

* **General**

* Increased Base Physical Power from 37 to 40
* Increased Base Attack Speed per level 1 to 1.5

* **Branching Bolas**

* Increased Damage from 35% to 37.5%

**SMITE Version 8.3.6455.2 (March 23, 2021)**

* **Poison Darts**

* Increased Max Darts enemies can be hit by from 3 to 5

* This affects “hit” damage only and is reduced on extra hits, poison still does not stack

* Increased Max Darts fired total from 10 to 15

* This creates much smaller gaps between darts at max range, and higher likelihood of more hits at close/mid range

**SMITE Version 7.11.6266 (November 3, 2020)**

* **Rising Jaguar**

* Increase Physical Power Scaling from 30% to 50%

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

* **Branching Bolas**

* Decreased Damage on Branched Bolas from 40% to 35%.
* Increased Mana Cost per Shot from 3/6/9/12/15 to 5/8/11/14/17.

**SMITE Version 7.2.5895.5 (February 25, 2020)**

* **Branching Bolas**

* Increased damage on Bola that branch off of the initial hit from 30% to 40% of the initial hit damage.

* **Darkest of Nights**

* Decreased Cooldown from 110s to 90s.

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

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where his achievements text would not appear in the Steam UI.

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

* **Poison Darts**

* Increased Poison slow from 4/8/12/16/20% to 20% at all ranks.

**SMITE Version 6.6.5466 (May 29, 2019)**

* **Darkest of Nights**

* This ability no longer stuns gods who are moving at the end of this effect.
* Adjusted audio of this effect to help players be aware of the change.

**SMITE Version 5.20.5103.3 (October 29, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where players could experience framerate issues while playing this god.

**SMITE Version 5.11.4838 (June 26, 2018)**

* **Dead of Night**

* Damage required to stack is now counted post-mitigation.
* Adjusted buff bar icons to show difference between damage counter stacks and Physical Power buff stacks.

* **Darkest of Nights**

* Increased Cooldown from 90s to 110s.

**SMITE Version 5.9.4788.4 (May 30, 2018)**

* **Dead of Night**

* Xbalanque now needs to deal 1500 damage to gain 1 stack of Dead of Night (Up from 1000).

* **Poison Darts**

* This ability no longer consumes mana or the cooldown if interrupted before any darts are fired.

**SMITE Version 5.8.4766.4 (May 15, 2018)**

* **Dead of Night**

* This ability now stacks off of player damage dealt instead of kills. Every 1000 damage dealt by Xbalanque will provide him with 1 stack.

* **Rising Jaguar**

* Decreased Mana Cost from 60/70/80/90/100 to 60/65/70/75/80.

**SMITE Version 4.16.4284 (August 30, 2017)**

* **General**

* Updated Fire Dancer Xbalanque FX on lowest settings.

**SMITE Version 4.4.3956 (March 14, 2017)**

* **Branching Bolas**

* Reduced Mana Cost from ~~6/8/10/12/14~~ → 3/6/9/12/15 Mana per Shot.

* **Rising Jaguar**

* Increased Physical Power scaling from ~~20%~~ → 30%.
* Increased Bonus Damage on Poisoned targets from ~~20%~~ → 30%.

**SMITE Version 3.21.3730 (November 8, 2016)**

* **Branching Bola**

* Reduce Mana Cost from ~~8/10/12/14/16~~ → 6/8/10/12/14.

* **Poison Darts**

* Reduce Mana Cost from ~~70/75/80/85/90~~ → 60/65/70/75/80.

**SMITE Version 3.15.3572 (August 16, 2016)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Xbalanque could sometimes get stuck in a state where he could no longer fire abilities or basic attacks.

**SMITE Version 2.19.3115 (December 1, 2015)**

* **Poison Darts**

* Reduced damage per Dart from ~~30/50/70/90/110~~ → 30/45/60/75/90.
* Reduced Physical scaling on additional Poison Damage from ~~20%~~ → 10%.

**SMITE Version 2.11.2891.1 (August 4, 2015)**

* **Branching Bola**

* Fixed the fx turning off after recalling.

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

* **Dead of Night**

* Fixed visual issue with passive stacks showing incorrectly if disconnected.

**SMITE Version 2.9.2833.1 (June 30, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed untextured assets at Defeat screen.

* **Branching Bola**

* Fixed a case where sometimes the FX would turn off.

**SMITE Version 2.8.2806 (June 16, 2015)**

* **Poison Darts**

* Addressed issue where Xbalanque would not be able to attack after casting ability.

**SMITE Version 2.7.2766 (June 2, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed some Shinobalanque sound fx heard on Standard skins.

**SMITE Version 2.5.2721 (April 28, 2015)**

* **Branching Bola**

* Fixed missing glow effect on the Shinobalanque skin.

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

* **General**

* Adjusted some lobby fx for the Footballer skins.

* **Rising Jaguar**

* The animation on Rising Jaguar has been updated to reduce the height that Xbalanque jumps during the animation to remove the illusion that he is doing an actual leap.
* Adjusted targeter preview to closer represent the lower height.

**SMITE Version 2.2.2636 (March 18, 2015)**

* **General**

* Base attack speed reduced from 1 to 0.95.

**SMITE Version 2.0.2573.3 (February 11, 2015)**

* **General**

* Base Attack Speed increased from 0.88 to 1.

* **Branching Bolas**

* This ability no longer toggles off when under the effects of crowd control.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2418.2 (November 21, 2014)**

* **General**

* Fixed a crash issue caused by using auto-level with Xbalanque.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2326 (October 1, 2014)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue with his animation locking up in the lobby.

* **Dead of Night**

* Passive meter added.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2247 (August 5, 2014)**

* **Poison Darts**

* Fixed German futbol skin showing black futbols when Particle Detail was below max.

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

* **Branching Bola**

* Being CC'd while Branching Bola is active will now deactivate it, and force it to be recast.

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

* **Poison Darts**

* Updated targeter to show 10 darts.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2135.1 (May 14, 2014)**

* **Branching Bola**

* Updated tooltip.

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

* **Poison Darts**

* Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.21 to 0.1.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1868.3 (December 5, 2013)**

* **Branching Bola**

* Toggling this ability will no longer interrupt basic attack refire times.
* Right-click no longer cancels the toggled on status.
* Fixed an issue with multiple buff icons showing up.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1831.1 (November 7, 2013)**

* **Branching Bola**

* Fixed an issue where the branching bolas potentially hitting the same target twice.

* **Rising Jaguar**

* Fixed issues with targets not highlighting properly, and the ground target not centering on him after he fires.

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

* **Poison Darts**

* The ground target was incorrectly smaller than the actual ability and has been fixed.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1705 (August 27, 2013)**

* **General**

* Ground targeters have been customized.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1642 (July 31, 2013)**

* **Branching Bola**

* The mana cost per shot on this ability has been reduced from 11/13/15/17/19 to 8/10/12/14/16.

* **Rising Jaguar**

* The additional damage done to poisoned enemies has been reduced from 30% to 20%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1641 (July 25, 2013)**

* **Darkest of Nights**

* Fixed an issue in which Xbalanque's Ultimate did not stun enemies.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1616.1 (July 10, 2013)**

* **General**

* Some FX have been updated.

* **Rising Jaguar**

* The leap portion of this ability is no longer interrupted by crowd control.

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

* **General**

* Xbalanque's model has undergone visual improvements.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1543 (April 11, 2013)**

* **Branching Bola**

* Fixed an issue where the branching bola's were doing slightly more damage than intended.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1350 (February 20, 2013)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue in which the enemy team could be stuck permanently in the darkness from Xbalanque's Ultimate.

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

* **Poison Darts**

* Slow by 4/8/12/16/20% for 3s.

* **Darkest of Nights**

* Movement speed is increased by 20/30/40/50/60%.
* Stun for 1.5s at all ranks.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1316 (January 24, 2013)**

* **General**

* Base attacks per second has been reduced from .91 to .88.

* **Dead of Night**

* Anytime he kills an enemy he gains 5 physical power permanently, up to a max of 30 physical power.

* **Rising Jaguar**

* Physical power contribution has been reduced from 40% to 20%.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1288 (January 9, 2013)**

* **General**

* His basic attack was unintentionally shorter than other ranged gods and has been fixed.

* **Dead of Night**

* His passive now also grants a kill stack when the enemy is killed while stunned.

* **Rising Jaguar**

* Bonus damage against poisoned enemies has been reduced from 50% to 30%.

* **Darkest of Nights**

* Enemies are no longer stunned when they respawn during this ultimate.
* Passive no longer proc with Vampiric Shroud and Hydra's Lament.

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

* **General**

* Base attack speed has been reduced from .95 attacks per second to .91 attacks per second.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1272.0 (December 28, 2012)**

* **Poison Darts**

* Updated the description to properly display the increase in the slow duration per rank of this ability.

* **Darkest of Nights**

* Fixed issue with hitching when activated.
* Addressed stun going off too early. Still need to visually improve timing with last stone locking in.

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

* **Darkest of Nights**

* Auto skill will now train his ultimate at level 5.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1267.0 (December 21, 2012)**

* Xbalanque has been added to the game.

## Replaced abilities

  Physical Power: 5
  Ability Type: Buff
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