Smite 2 February 2025 Update: Artemis, New Skins, UI Improvements, More

Summary

Smite 2’s Open Beta 4 update introduces the goddess Artemis, along with Cross-Gen and Classic skins.
A new cosmetic, Thor Thunderstruck, has also been added in this February update.
The patch also includes new features, UI improvements, gameplay adjustments, and more.

Hi-Rez Studios, the developer behind it, has unveiled the Open Beta 4 update for Smite 2. This update includes a refreshed character named Artemis, similar to the one seen in the original game, as well as a fresh selection of Cross-Gen and Classic skins. This significant Smite 2 update also incorporates UI improvements, general upgrades, tweaks to gameplay mechanics, changes for Gods and items, bug fixes, and additional features.

Smite 2 continues the storyline from the initial third-person Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game developed by Hi-Rez Studios, Smite, which brought a unique twist to the genre. Instead of the traditional top-down perspective found in most MOBA games, Smite offered innovative gameplay options and a fresh gaming experience. Expanding on this concept, Smite 2 delivers an upgraded visual gameplay experience that retains the elements that made the original game popular while introducing dynamic maps, improved character models, new animations, and additional features. The open beta for Smite 2 is already accessible, and the developers have continued to add new content for players to enjoy.

Similar to the last update on Smite 2, Hi-Rez Studios has rolled out a variety of additions including fresh gods, skins, and modifications spanning multiple game elements. One of the standout introductions in this update is a revamped version of Artemis, originally from the initial game, now playable in Smite 2. Artemis inflicts physical damage with her ranged basic attacks and boasts a passive ability that increases her damage output by 15% on gods and 30% on minions under Crowd Control effects. Furthermore, she comes equipped with new capabilities such as detecting hidden enemy gods in stealth grass and replenishing charges for her Vengeful Assault ability whenever she strikes an enemy god with basic attacks.

Additionally, skins from the original Smite are being introduced into the sequel, featuring Foxy Amaterasu, Frostchild Ymir as Baron, Hercules as La Roca, Cross-Gen skins like Summer Fun Medusa, Hellforged Thor, Lil Bites Sobek, and Nano-Mancer Baron Samedi. Furthermore, a new character, Thor Thunderstruck, has been incorporated into the game. The update has also improved several face models, including Aphrodite, Achilles, and Phantom Seas Poseidon.

As a gamer, I’m excited to share that we’ve got some fresh updates! The Featured Store is now live, giving me a peek at all the skins launched in each patch. On top of that, there’s a snazzy Scoreboard QOL feature – it makes reading details about the gods much easier. Lastly, a few user interface enhancements have been added to make the gaming experience even smoother!

In addition to adjustments in gameplay for Titans, Minotaurs, and the Arena, a fresh aspect called Team Bench has been incorporated into Assault within this update. This feature allows players to view gods they’ve previously owned after re-rolling, and also enables teammates to swap their current pick with gods from the bench. The patch has additionally tackled problems related to quality-of-life improvements, Conquest, deities, and various other aspects. With this new update, Smite 2 now boasts a wealth of fresh content for players to explore as they dive back into the game.

Smite 2 Open Beta 4 Update Patch Notes

New Gods

Artemis (Live with the Update!)
- General
  - Deals Physical Damage
  - Strength Scaling
  - Ranged Basic Attacks
- Passive: Still Target – Artemis deals 15% increased Basic Attack Damage to gods and 30% to minions that are affected by Crowd Control
  - New: Artemis is able to detect nearby enemy gods in stealth grass.
- Ability: Transgressor’s Fate – Place a trap on the ground. Enemy gods that come in contact with it activate it, Rooting, Crippling, and repeatedly dealing Physical Damage over 3 seconds.
  - New: Added motion to the enemy version of the trap to make them easier to see
- Ability: Vengeful Assault – Greatly increase your Movement Speed and Attack Speed.
  - New: While the buff is active, gain a charge each time you hit an enemy god with a basic attack. After reaching 4 charges they are consumed, extending the duration of the buff by 3s.
- Ability: Suppress the Insolent – Fire a volley at the target area dealing Physical Damage and Slowing enemies.
- Ability: Calydonian Boar – Summon the great Calydonian Boar that charges the nearest enemy god.
Aspect: Aspect of the Wild
- A01 (Transgressor’s Fate)
  - Transgressor’s Fate no longer roots or cripples gods but can now target minions. Triggered traps now also heal Artemis and deal damage to enemies in a larger area.
Awilix (Planned for Release March 3, 2025)
- General
  - Deals Physical Damage
  - Strength Scaling
  - Melee Basic Attacks
- Passive: Initiative – If you have not taken or dealt damage in the last 5 seconds, gain 30% increased Basic Attack Power and Strength for 4 seconds if you strike an enemy first.
  - New: The duration of the buff is increased by 2s if triggered by Summon Suku leap.
- Ability: Summon Suku – Mount your Panther Suku, gaining movement speed by decreased strafe speed. You may Leap off of Suku to deal Physical damage in the target area.
- Ability: Feather Step – Flip over the last enemy you hit within 1.5 seconds, Rooting, Crippling, and dealing Physical Damage to them. The damage dealt is increased by 50% based on the next attack in your Basic Attack progression.
- Ability: Moonlight Charge – Suku comes to Awilix’s aid, rushing forward dealing Physical Damage to all enemies. If hit from the side or behind, enemies are also Knocked Up.
  - New: Can now be fired while riding Suku.
- Ability: Gravity Surge – Pull the closest enemy god to you that is either Knocked Up or Leaping. The target god takes Physical Damage and is Stunned when they land.
  - New: While the Gravity Surge buff is active, you now always gain the maximum benefit of Feather Step regardless of the next attack in your progression.

New Cross-Gen and Classic Skins

Classic (purchasable for 100% Legacy Gems)
- Foxy Amaterasu
- Baron Frostchild Ymir
- La Roca Hercules
Cross-Gen (purchasable for 50% Legacy Gems)
- Summer Fun Medusa
- Hellforged Thor
- Lil Bites Sobek
- Nano-Mancer Baron Samedi
Divine Legacy
- Boss Man Danzaburou

General

Updated various face models including Aphrodite, Achilles, and Phantom Seas Poseidon
The Assault mode has been changed! Check out the details in the Gameplay section
Thor has a new aspect! Aspect of Thunderstruck
- Thunderstruck is always active; triggering it 3 times on a god heals Thor, slowing and trembling them. Warrior’s Madness grants Protections instead of Strength. Mjolnir’s Attunement no longer deals bonus return damage, and Tectonic Rift has no damage scaling.
Two new chests are now available for Classic and Cross-Gen skins:
- Classic Skin Chest – Contains 8 Classic Skins
- Chaos Chest – 15 dark, fiery, and supernatural skins!

New Featured Store to showcase new skins released with each patch in one convenient location!
Scoreboard QOL that allows players to read each god’s abilities by selecting their portrait.
God Page multi ability display toggling has been added.
Jump Stamps can now be seen on raised pedestals on the God Page

Gameplay

Titan
- The Titan’s Basic Attack cleave no longer hits Minotaurs
- Reduced Damage Vs Minotaurs coefficient by 30%
Minotaurs
- Will now try to get close and use melee attacks against enemy Titans
Arena
- Primal (Blue) Buff now grants +5 MPS and +20 CDR in this mode
Assault
- NEW FEATURE – Team bench
  - Whenever a player re-rolls, their previously owned god is placed onto a team bench
  - Teammates can freely swap their current god with a god on the bench
    - You will not be able to swap to gods you do not own
    - You can, however, swap back to any gods you’ve rolled
- Reduced respawn timer multiplier from 3.0x to 2.5x XP Level
- Pushed up the overtime penalty start time from 30min to 10min (adds +1sec to respawn timer per minute)
Jump Stamps no longer visible through fog of war

Conquest

Player Kill XP Rewards
- The base reward for a player kill has been increased from 50 to 130
- The inferior multiplier has been increased from 0.1 to 0.2
- The superior multiplier has been decreased from 0.25 to 0.2
Runic Bomb
- Players can now use the Runic Bomb to destroy the enemy’s base doors
Obsidian Dagger
- Increased the duration of the Damage buff from 6 to 9 seconds when used without reviving
Tower Bounties
- Removed from T2 Towers
- Increased Gold Reward of the regular bounty from 15g to 30g
- Increased Gold Reward of the final bounty from 30g to 60g
Lane Minions
- Increased Damage Vs Towers
  - Melee attack scaling coefficient Vs Towers from 0.4 to 0.8
  - Ranged attack scaling coefficient Vs Towers from 0.4 to 0.6
Fire Minions
- Increased Damage Vs Minions
  - Fire Melee attack scaling coefficient Vs Minions from 1.25 to 1.5
  - Fire Ranged attack scaling coefficient Vs Minions from 1.25 to 1.5
All Structures
- Reduced attack scaling coefficient Vs Minions from 1.0 to 0.6
  - (This effectively makes regular minions able to tank 1 extra Tower shot on average)
- Reduced attack scaling coefficient Vs Siege Minotaurs from 1.0 to 0.7
T1 Tower
- Decreased Max Health from 2700 to 2500
- Decreased Magical Protection from 125 to 100
- Decreased Physical Power from 250 to 225
- Decreased Penetration from 30% to 10%
T2 Tower
- Decreased Max Health from 3200 to 3000
- Decreased Magical Protection from 135 to 120
- Decreased Physical Power from 300 to 275
- Decreased Penetration from 40% to 20%
Phoenix
- Increased Max Health from 3600 to 4000
- Decreased Physical Protection from 150 to 50
- Decreased Magical Protection from 150 to 30
- Decreased Physical Power from 350 to 325
- Decreased Penetration from 50% to 30%
- Added a damage reduction effect when the Phoenix takes Basic Attack damage
  - A single hit of damage from a Basic Attack (after mitigations) is reduced if the damage is greater than 2.5% of the Phoenix’s Max Health
  - The reduction starts at 0% when the incoming damage is equal to 2.5%, and increases as incoming damage rises
- Decreased HPS from 8 to 4
- On Respawn
  - Increased initial Health on respawn from 20% to 50%
  - Removed the -50% Max Health penalty on respawn

Gods

Sol Nerf
- Aspect of Conflagration
  - Unstable Manifestation
    - Decreased Ability Damage Increase from 7.5% to 6%
Izanami Nerf
- Death Draws Nigh
  - Decreased Physical Penetration per stack from 0.4 to 0.3 (decreased from 20% to 15% at max stacks)
- Fade Away
  - Increased Cooldown from 15s to 17/16.5/16/15.5/15s
Cupid Nerf
- Aspect of Love
  - Heart Bomb
    - Decreased STR Scaling on initial hit from 40% to 30%
    - Decreased STR Scaling on Explosion from 40% to 30%
Ullr Nerf
- Expose Weakness (Invigorate)
  - Decreased Buff Duration from 5s to 4s on both stances
  - Decreased Axe Stance Movement Speed buff from 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% to 8/10/12/14/16%
Aladdin Nerf
- Genie’s Lamp
  - Decreased Base %Stats from other items from 2% to 1%
  - Decreased %Stats from other items per level from 0.5% to 0.4%
    - Decreases total stats from other items on the lamp from 12% to 9% at lvl 20
Hercules Nerf
- Driving Strike
  - Decreased Base Damage from 90/160/230/300/370 to 80/150/220/290/360
- Earthbreaker
  - Decreased Base Damage from 85/140/195/250/305 to 75/130/185/240/295
Aphrodite Shift
- Kiss
  - Decreased Jealousy Damage INcrease from 5/7.5/10/12.5/15% to 6/7/8/9/10%
- Back Off
  - Decreased Slow from 25% to 20%
- Love Birds
  - Increased INT Scaling per tick on the Damage over Time from 15% to 17.5%
Odin Buff
- Lunge
  - Increased Base Damage from 120/165/210/255/300 to 120/170/220/270/320
- Gungnir’s Might
  - Increased Pulse Damage from 45/70/95/120/145 to 50/80/110/140/170
- Ring of Spears
  - Decreased Cooldown from 110/105/100/95/90s to 100/95/90/85/80s
Bacchus Buff
- Chug
  - Increased Heal from 0/20/35/50/65/80 to 0/40/60/80/100/120
- Belch of the Gods
  - Increased Damage per tick from 20/35/50/65/80 to 25/40/55/70/85
Susano Buff
- Wind Siphon
  - Decreased Cooldown from 16s to 15s
- Jet Stream
  - Decreased Cooldown from 16s to 15s
- Typhoon
  - Increased Max Damage of the travelling Typhoon from 210/270/330/390/450 to 220/285/350/415/480
  - Increased STR Scaling from 110% to 115%
Cernunnos Buff
- The Wild Hunt
  - Increased STR Scaling from 65% to 80%
Pele Buff
- Eruption
  - Decreased Cooldown from 15s to 14s
- Volcanic Lightning
  - Increased Slow from 20/25/30/35/40% to 30/32.5/35/37.5/40%

Items

NEW – Magi’s Cloak
- 2450g
- 30 Physical Protection
- 40 Magical Protection
- 10 Cooldown Rate
- Passive: Protects you from a single hard Crowd Control once every 60s. When this triggers, gain 1.5s of Crowd Control Immunity
NEW – Nimble Ring
- 2750g
- 45 Intelligence
- 20% Attack Speed
- 15% Lifesteal
- Passive: For every 30 Intelligence, you gain 2 Basic Attack Damage and 2% Attack Speed
NEW – Bancroft’s Talon
- 2550g
- 40 Intelligence
- 150 Max Mana
- 2 Mana Regen
- 15% Lifesteal
- Passive: You gain additional Intelligence and Lifesteal scaled from missing Health. This caps at 60 Intelligence and 10% Lifesteal at 40% Health
REWORKED – Typhon’s Fang
- 2700g
- 50 Intelligence
- 20% Lifesteal
- Passive: Healing obtained from Lifesteal is increased by 10%. Your Intelligence is increased by 1.75x the amount of Lifesteal you have.
Soul Reaver Nerf
- Decreased base % Health damage per tick from 1% to 0.5%
Lifebinder Nerf
- Increased Cooldown 15s to 20s
- Remove the Kill/Assist Clause
Olmec Blue Nerf
- Decreased Health Regen from 3 to 2
Totem of Death Nerf
- Decreased Penetration per Stack 7.5% to 6% (30% to 24% at max stacks)
The Executioner Nerf
- Decreased Penetration per Stack 7.5% to 6% (30% to 24% at max stacks)
Obsidian Shard Nerf
- Decreased Penetration from 20% to 15%
Titan’s Bane Nerf
- Decreased Penetration from 20% to 15%
Heartseeker Nerf
- Increased Cost from 2850 to 3000
Rod of Tahuti Nerf
- Decreased Penetration from 10% to 5%
Genji’s Guard Buff
- Decreased Cooldown of the passive trigger from 45s to 30s
Warrior’s Axe Buff
- Increased Strength from 10 to 15
Sundering Axe Buff
- Increased the Heal from 100 to 125
Bumba’s Cudgel Nerf
- Decreased True Damage on “After casting ability” trigger from 20 to 10
Leather Cowl Buff
- Increased Strength from 10 to 15
The Reaper Buff
- Increased Strength from 30 to 35
Divine Ruin Buff
- Increased Duration of the Healing Reduction debuff from 4s to 6s
Brawler’s Ruin Buff
- Increased Duration of the Healing Reduction debuff from 4s to 6s
Learnean Bow Buff
- Increased Duration of the Healing Reduction debuff from 4s to 6s
- Enemies hit by this have their HP shields reduced by 50%
- Increased the projectile range from 8.8m to 10.5m so it matches the currently used targeter
Pharaoh’s Curse Buff
- Enemies hit by this have their HP shields reduced by 50%

Bug Fixes

Quality of Life
- Updated console cursor pings speed to be faster, similar to SMITE 1
- Vulcan Lobby VFX now plays on backpack instead of ground
- Global Emotes should no longer show up pixelated
- Zeus ultimate VFX updated to have better visibility for airborne players, such as when Rama is aiming in his ultimate. Base Zeus and skins affected.
- Fixed Ra Ascension Pass Skins having distracting bright VFX on each basic attack
- Bumped up opacity on Amaterasu’s skins for her passive glow aura VFX
Conquest
- Improved Naga soldiers ability to target Jungle Bosses
- Fixed the Fire Giant ember’s respawn timer getting cancelled if a player stood in the same location as its new spawn location
- Fixed jungle waypoint assistant pointing to the wrong location on the minimap
Assault
- Fixed Meditation healing other players based on the caster’s missing health and mana
Gods
- Aladdin
  - Fixed an issue where he could wall run outside of his lamp bounds and become stuck
- Nu Wa
  - Fixed Clay Soldiers targeting Jungle Wisps
  - Fixed minion stealth aggro when fighting the Pyromancer
- Danzaburou
  - Fixed the VO ability lines on his Party Animal skin using his default voice
- Rama
  - Fixed his weapon glow being seen from out of relevancy
- Ra
  - Fixed Polynomicon not always proccing on his first ability
- Ullr
  - Fixed an issue with Bladed Arrow not passing through player-made walls or geometry
- Hecate
  - Fixed an issue with her Lunar Hex skin where her cape would go crazy
- Mordred
  - Fixed an issue where if two Mordred’s ulted each other near a wall, one would become stuck
- The Morrigan
  - Fixed an issue where she could use Vulcan’s Duel Mod in the Item store after she transformed into him
UI
- Fixed an issue on the EOML screen for Joust and Duel always showing a 5v5 layout, instead of a 1v1 or 3v3 format
- Fixed an issue where the Pause UI would become hidden behind the store during pauses
- Fixed an issue where the in-game Settings menu would block player movement when it was opened. This should now match SMITE 1 parity.
- Fixed issues where Item Store prices were resetting in the All Items view from toggling filters
ART
- Added Tower Area Radius Structures to Conquest and Assault

2025-02-24 22:14

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Smite 2 Open Beta 4 Update Patch Notes

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