SMITE 2 News

[p]New God: Xbalanque — Hidden Jaguar Sun[/p]

• [p]Passive – Dead of Night: Stack up by damaging enemy gods to power your build.[/p]
• [p]Branching Bola (1): Empower basics; on hit, the bola splits for extra poke.[/p]
• [p]Poison Darts (2): 15-dart cone that poisons and slows.[/p]
• [p]Rising Jaguar (3): Momentum dash into an aerial, CC-immune barrage—bonus damage to poisoned foes.[/p]
• [p]Ultimate – Darkest of Nights: Shrouds enemies in darkness; you gain range, projectile speed, AS, and MS. Leaving the darkness applies a decaying slow.[/p]
• [p]Aspect of the Night Stalker (releases Sept 26): Branching Bola fires become limited charges, Poison Darts ramp faster, and the ultimate resets Darts for burst-heavy play.[/p]

[p]New Saga: The Frostwarden Saga Artemis
Purchase the Saga to instantly unlock Artemis Frostwarden – Whitefrost Sentry and chase a trove of themed rewards with Wandering Market Coins, including:[/p]

• [p]Recall skins, ward skin (Frost Boar Tusky), kill effects, card, title[/p]
• [p]Multi-Prism variants for Whitefrost Sentry, Winter’s Champion, and Arctic Monarch skins[/p]
• [p]Additional recall skins and kill effects in Black Ice / Ember Herald / Neon Mirage / Astral Empress lines[/p]

[p]Wandering Market Pages[/p]

• [p]Feline Fashion: Instantly get Awilix – Feline Fashion, plus chic colorways, a ward, and a Reaping Pumpkin.[/p]
• [p]SmiteKart: Instantly get Apollo – SmiteKart (Ward) and collect additional SmiteKart wards, a Clumzy Birthday Badge, Racer title, and a Reaping Pumpkin.[/p]

[p]Cross-Gen Skin[/p]

• [p]Hou Yi – Gleaming Archer[/p]

[p]New Systems & Mode Updates (Winback-Friendly)[/p]

• [p]Curio Slot (All Modes): A dedicated, mode-specific active that doesn’t eat your normal inventory. Auto-granted, easy to rebind, and can temporarily disable if you want a third Active.[/p]
• [p]Conquest Vision Overhaul:[/p]
  • [p]Cyclops Camp now drops Cyclops Eye (curio pickup): 50% Curio cooldown refund + 10% Health/Mana.[/p]
  • [p]Mode Curios for vision:[/p]
    • [p]Bifrost Shard (default): place a ward (7.2m, 90s).[/p]
    • [p]Heimdallr’s Sight: 4 pulses of reveal (8.8m).[/p]
    • [p]Gjallarflare: long-range flare + detonate to reveal a wide area.[/p]
• [p]Arena Curio – Battle Cry: Earn stacks on kills/deaths, cash in for a short, powerful stat surge.[/p]
• [p]Assault Curio – Meditation moved to the Curio slot (future patch adds a 0g option to relocate it).[/p]

[p]Items[/p]

• [p]NEW – Riptalon: AS, lifesteal, and basic power with conditional damage spikes above/below 50% HP—perfect for aggressive boxing.[/p]
• [p]NEW – Warding Chalice: 400g, two refillable charges for longer-lasting vision (120s).[/p]
• [p]Fixes/Tuning: Scepter of Dominion boss stasis fix, Void Shield description fix, Sanguine Lash damage nerf.[/p]

[p]Balance Highlights[/p]

• [p]Buffs: Anhur (Desert Fury), Hecate (damage + ult CD), Jormungandr tankiness, Yemoja scaling.[/p]
• [p]Nerfs/Adjustments: Hua Mulan mobility & ult arrows, Nemesis (Slice and Dice, Retribution; Aspect repositioning), Tsukuyomi (Kusarigama), Sun Wukong Aspect CD.[/p]
• [p]Fixes: The Morrigan no longer stuns structures; Fenrir Aspect of Loyalty buffs and tooltip notes.[/p]

[p]Why jump back in now?[/p]

• [p]A new god with a unique darkness mechanic to master.[/p]
• [p]A streamlined vision system and Curio slot that makes macro play more interesting from match one.[/p]
• [p]A content-rich Saga with instant unlocks and tons of cosmetics to chase at your own pace.[/p]
• [p]A fresh meta from item and god updates—perfect time to return, relearn, and rise.[/p]

[p]See you in the Frostwarden Saga. Claim your Curio, light up the map, and hunt the night.[/p]

• [p]The Reaping Assist quest not working correctly. [/p]

• [p]Janus can no longer leave the map in the corners of the base in Assault[/p]
• [p]Candy Corn fx do not showing at LOW settings [/p]
• [p]Candy Corn Interactable FX more contained to center area and jump a bit higher[/p]

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[/p][p]Tsukuyomi[/p]

• [p]Tsukuyomi A02 fix for being CC Bufferable. Hard CCs will now properly stop this ability.[/p]
• [p]Remove enhanced projectiles on death[/p]
• [p]Tsukuyomi A02 fix for cancelling giving a free cooldown back[/p]
• [p]Caltrops slow still effecting all gods/slow immunities[/p]
• [p]Tsukuyomi can no longer cancel for free benefit[/p]
• [p]Tsukuyomi Lobby Intro particles linger if switching between gods[/p]
• [p]Tsukuyomi - Basics - fix dead Tsuku having his targeters still up[/p]
• [p]Fixed Crash with Tsuku A04 and Aladdin A04[/p]

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[/p][p]Hecate[/p]

• [p]Fix for Hecate A02 dealing 0 damage if you have 0 charges[/p]

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[/p][p]Fenrir[/p]

• [p]Fenrir Ultimate properly stuns targets who are Displacement Immune, allowing them to be grabbed[/p]

[p]The battlefield is forever changed—Tsukuyomi, God of the Moon, has descended upon SMITE 2. Harness his lunar blades, channel his divine power, and carve a path of victory through your enemies.[/p][p][/p][p]But that’s not all—🎃 The Reaping is back! This chilling Halloween event brings haunting rewards, eerie cosmetics, and limited-time content you won’t want to miss.[/p][p][/p][p]🌙 Play Tsukuyomi now. Conquer The Reaping. Claim your place in SMITE 2’s history.[/p][p][/p][p]👉 Download free and join the fight today![/p][p][/p][p]Full update notes are available here: https://www.smite2.com/news/open-beta-18-update-notes/[/p]

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• [p]Fixed Neith Ult targeter appearing stuck overhead on targets[/p]
• [p]Fixed bots filling casual queues[/p]
• [p]Addressed Jing Wei Ult vfx lingering and triggering in Aladdin’s lamp[/p]
• [p]Fixed Ancile not going on cooldown if a passive ability triggers the effect (Jorm stacks burst bonus damage[/p]
• [p]Fixed Jorm and Izanami short descriptions[/p]
• [p]Fixed Jorm minimap icon showing temp angry face[/p]
• [p]Fixed Mordred Ult from being able to knockup Jorm[/p]
• [p]Fixed Khepri Ult not tweening Jorm since he is hard displacement immune[/p]
• [p]Fixed Daybreak Gavel providing a 64s buff instead of 8s[/p]

[p]The World Serpent has arrived! Jormungandr, a colossal classic SMITE god, bursts into the SMITE 2 battlefield with devastating clouds of poison, ground-shaking knockups, and the ability to dive across the map with his ultimate, The World Serpent. His unique Immovable passive makes him resistant to displacement, but at a cost. Play him now and feel the battlefield tremble.[/p][p]Also releasing as part of the Open Beta 17 update:[/p]

• [p]New Aspect – Aspect of the Unyielding (Releases August 29): A more supportive take on Jormungandr, with toxic clouds providing powerful defensive buffs for allies.[/p]
• [p]Wandering Market Travelers return with Infinite Duality Agni and Infinite Overseer Cerberus skins, loaded with premium rewards.[/p]
• [p]Balance Updates: Major adjustments across gods (Agni, Athena, Hou Yi, Hades, Neith, etc.) and items (Soul Gem, Daybreak Gavel, Divine Ruin, Runeforged Hammer, and more).[/p]
• [p]Game Mode & QoL Changes: Jungle timings adjusted for more interesting Conquest starts, clearer item descriptions with new color coding, and more.[/p]
• [p]Bug Fixes & Audio Polish to smooth out combat flow and improve immersion.[/p]

[p]SMITE 2 just got bigger. Jormungandr is out now—face the Serpent![/p][p][/p][p]Full patch notes are available here: https://www.smite2.com/news/open-beta-17-update-notes/[/p]