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SMITE 2
ActionAdventureCasual
Titan Forge Games · Hi-Rez Studios
May 23, 2025 · 14mo ago

Hotfix May 23rd

AI summary1mo

Hotfix May 23rd focuses on balancing several Gods (Agni, Bari, Guan Yu, Kali, Pele) and adjusting key items like Soul Reaver and Sun Beam Bow.

Buffs4

  • Princess Bari
    • Mystic Surge:Mystic Surge provides significantly more Intelligence across all levels.10/20/30/40/50/7015/30/45/60/75/90
    • Warding Gust:Increased the Intelligence scaling on Warding Gust, favoring mage builds.45%60% %
  • Guan Yu
    • Taolu Assault:Increased base damage for Taolu Assault.14/23/32/41/5014/25/36/47/58
    • Taolu Assault:Increased Strength scaling for Taolu Assault.20%22.5% %

Nerfs27

  • Soul ReaverSoul Reaver's scaling from the difference in Max HP has been reduced, slightly lowering its effectiveness against high-HP targets.10%8% %
  • Sun Beam Bow
    • Damage dealt to structures and bosses is halved, significantly slowing down objective taking.50%25% %
    • The item now applies the reduced damage penalty to the enemy Titan as well.Reduced
  • Agni
    • Rain Fire:Rain Fire damage is reduced across all ranks for the Aspect of Combustion.135/175/215/255/295120/150/180/210/240
    • Rain Fire:Rain Fire now has a longer cooldown, reducing the frequency of its use.18s20s s
  • Princess Bari
    • Sacred Bell:Reduced the Strength scaling for the lob portion of Sacred Bell.65%60% %
    • Sacred Bell:Reduced the Strength scaling for the roll portion of Sacred Bell.65%60% %
    • Warding Gust:Decreased the Strength scaling on Warding Gust.55%50% %
    • Spirit’s Cadence:Spirit's Cadence now has a longer cooldown.100s110s s
    • Spirit’s Cadence:The slow applied per stack by Spirit's Cadence has been halved.15%7.5% %
    • Spirit’s Cadence:The duration of Mystic Surge granted by Spirit's Cadence is reduced.10s7s s
  • Guan Yu
    • Conviction:Reduced base healing per tick for Conviction under the specific Aspect.11/22/33/44/558/16/24/32/40
    • Conviction:Reduced Intelligence scaling for Conviction's bonus heal under the specific Aspect.4%3% %
    • Taolu Assault:Reduced Intelligence scaling for Taolu Assault under the specific Aspect.8.75%7.5% %
    • Conviction:Significantly reduced Intelligence scaling for Conviction's healing.20%12.5% %
    • Taolu Assault:Reduced Intelligence scaling for Taolu Assault.17.5%15% %
    • Taolu Assault:Reduced the amount of protection stolen based on Intelligence.1.7%1.5% %
  • Kali
    • Nimble Strike:Nimble Strike now applies fewer stacks of Rupture, reducing overall damage potential.32
    • Nimble Strike:Nimble Strike now has a slightly longer cooldown.12s13s s
    • Incense:Reduced Strength scaling for Incense base damage.20%15% %
    • Incense:Reduced Intelligence scaling for Incense base damage.40%30% %
    • Incense:Reduced Strength scaling for Incense bonus damage.12.5%10% %
    • Incense:Reduced Intelligence scaling for Incense bonus damage.17.5%12.5% %
    • Incense:Incense now has a longer cooldown.14s15s s
  • Pele
    • Eruption:Reduced the Inner Strength scaling for Eruption.80%70% %
    • Eruption:Reduced the Outer Strength scaling for Eruption.60%50% %
    • Magma Rush:Reduced the Amped Damage scaling for Magma Rush.20%15% %

Bug fixes1

  • GeneralFixed an issue where Bots were not loading into VS AI matches.

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SMITE 2 · May 23, 2025

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