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Welcome back to another issue of the
SMITE Community Magazine! Weve got
some more fantastic content for you in
issue #5 so I wont keep you long!
First off, I wanted to let you know that we are
currently looking for new staff writers and
artists. If youre interested in joining the SMITE
Community Magazine, please drop us an e-mail
via the address at the bottom of this page.
Please be aware, this is a voluntary position.
Moving onto content, we see the return of
Cosplay Corner which is now focused a bit more towards the male cosplayer with Apollo, Ullr continues
to try and get himself out of the sticky situation hes gotten himself into in Spawning In, SMITE 101 takes a
look at the support role, we theorise a new goddess that could join the ranks, Fand, Queen of the Fairies,
and we also have a think about how Hercules could potentially be a Guardian, rather than a warrior.
Thats only scratching the surface of the content that weve got in store for you so jump on in and enjoy it!
Dont forget to check out our competitions though! Theres 1,400 gems up for grabs
as well as Cabrakan and Guan Yu Convention Skin codes! Good Luck!
Steve Greenfield
Kris Kaostic West
Managing Director
E-mail: smite@gameonmag.com
Editor
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STAFF
Kris West
Jorg van der Velden
William OHara
Ashley Eaton-Jephcote
Editor
Writer
Writer
Writer
Julian Martinez
Lucas Fulton
Charlie Seddon
Shayna Connor
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
Allison Jean
Writer
Johnathan Burgoyne
Writer
Robert Sirio
Writer
Keikei Flores
Writer
Lauren Piersol
Writer
Anthony Badalamenti
Writer
Lilmamacita
Guest Writer
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Julio Bencid
Artist
Mauricio Stankovic
Artist
Mrahart
Artist
Cher Chen
Artist
Laine Zvirgzdina
Artist
Kyle LaForest
Artist
Michele Trocchia
Artist
Special thanks to:
Hinduman, QvoFred, HiRezPonPon, HiRezFish, Ena Mirana,
Kelly Link, Rory Newbrough, Gabriel Mughelli
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CONTENTS
Readers Letters
News
Spawning In:
Resurrection 14
Smite 101: Support For
Your Support
18
Intentional Feeding vs.

Being Harassed
24
Interview with QvoFred 26

Cosplay Corner
30
Office Gods: Erez,

The Janitor
36
The Little Vulcan

That Could
40
Who is Serqet?
46
HiRez, Plea!
54
The Best Seven Ways To

Deal with Harassment
56
Interview with PonPon
60
In Theory: Fand, Queen

of the Fairies
62
Statistics 64
God Re-envisioned:
Guardian Hercules
70
Speedy Gods
76
Definitely Not a Curse
80
Interview with
Hinduman 84
Coffee Break
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READERS LETTERS
Each month, we ask our readers to send their questions into us
and well do our best to get some of them answered!
Do you like Bacon? - Misty Skye
Of course! Who doesnt like bacon?!
In your experience, which ultimate

ability is the most overpowered in the
game? - Alexander Stephens
Which god do you think needs a new

skin the most? - Darren Epton
Wed say Hel could do with one,
Wed have to choose Ao Kuangs.

That thing is a force to be reckoned with!
We might just be a bit salty though.
even if it was a simple recolour.

Could you guys and gals at GameOn tell us
Whats up with Arachne? Weve heard lots
of things about her changes, it really going
to happen? Also Ao Kuang? - Bl4ckA c3
Whilst we cant speak on behalf of HiRez, we are also under the impression that
who your favourite god/goddesses are somewhere

in the magazine? - ChocoboCrusader
Thats a good idea! Well look at
including this sort of information in the
staff page in the future, if possible.
the reworks will be incoming soon!

Hey guys! Just wondering what your personal
How am I able to get into competitive
thoughts on The Odyssey are and what you
play in SMITE with a team? - Scott Duncan
expect from it in the future? - Spencer Aden
If by how do you join a competitive team,
We love it! Think its a great idea to raise
play lots of ranked games. Quite a lot of the
money for the SWC prize pool and give something
time, the pros are discovered this way.
back to those contributing too. As for in the future,

wed like to see some more skins, obviously,
When is the next issue due out? - Tim Loveitte
but maybe some more themed rewards too?
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releases on the 23rd of every month.
When you buy a golden skin, will you

still get legendary for free? And what
How does Hi-Rez choose the next

god to create or rework? - Geny444
Again, whilst we cant speak on behalf of Hi-Rez,
about diamond? - Alexndre Trudel

Unfortunately, its changed now and you
will need to buy all of them, however; what
information gathered from their streams and Twitter
you can do is just buy the diamond one at
accounts, they look at what the game is missing
rank 10 or the legendary at rank 5. Youre not
and which gods could potentially fill those roles.
restricted to buy then one after another.
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NEWS
At gamescom 2014, during the Microsoft keynote,

it was announced the SMITE will be coming to
console first on Xbox. The big news here is that
Xbox One and Xbox 360 gamers will be able to play
SMITE, however; the wording of first on tends to
mean we will see the title on other consoles too!
Not much has been released yet about this, but
we will keep you updated as news gets released.
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NEWS
Cabrakan, Destroyer of Mountains has joined

the fray this month in the form of a Guardian.
Toating two passives and a lot of destruction
potential, Cabrakan has been creating waves in the
community (and the ground, for that matter) since
his release, splitting them straight down the center
(of a fissure) on whether he needs a nerf or a buff.
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The Odyssey has also been revealed this month.
The first item to be released was Mercurys Run.
The Odyssey is a crowd funding system akin to
EXE skin costing 600 gems (meaning with every
the Poolseidon skin that was saw earlier in the
purchase, $3 will be added to the prize pool).
year. The main difference is that this event will

run for the next 20 weeks which will finish at
By purchasing Odyssey items, you will be able
the SMITE World Championships in January.
to unlock exclusive items such as an eSports

Support Loading Frame for your gods.
Every week, a new Odyssey item will be released

and, for every 200 gems spent on Odyssey items,
Youll need to pick these items up before The
$1 will be added to the prize pool for the SWC.
Odyssey is over though. When its over, theyre gone!
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NEWS
Nu Wa has been given the make-over treatment

and not only has she got an all new, more human
look to her, she also has had her skills reworked.
Feedback so far isnt 100% positive and theres
a lot of OP being thrown around. She has
automatically been banned for the upcoming
Tournaments and we can assume shell be
banned in Ranked matches a fair amount.
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A new feature called Treasure Chests have
Currently, feelings are mixed from the community
been introduced into SMITE. You can purchase
on the treasure chests, but weve not heard
these Treasure Chests for 200 gems (no favor
that they will be changing at all just yet.
alternative is currently available) and you will

then receive a random item ranging from bog-
You cannot unlock any of the fund raising skins
standard voice packs or icons to Convention
like Iron Gaming Thor or Poolseidon within the
Skins or exclusive treasure chest rewards like
chests. This goes for all Odyssey rewards as well.
Nuclear Winter Ymir or Hercules Derpules.

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FICTION
SPAWNING IN:
RESURRECTION
By William OHara
Ullr woke from his forced slumber groggy and discombobulated. His head was spinning and
his eyes searched as hard as they could to try and find something to focus on. All he could see
was the faint shape of a large, yellow block, and two figures standing over it.
akey wakey, oh Glorious
give it to you in brief: Osiris was
dead in the eyes, with his lips
One. A loud whisper
a great man and a great leader.
parting to bare his very sharp
sounded from one of the figures
Everyone loved him except for
teeth. Why? Because we control
by the block. I am glad you woke
Set. Set killed Osiris, chopped
him once he is resurrected.
to see one of the biggest events
him into tiny pieces and sent his
Loki looked around, searching
in the history of SMITE. I suppose
body across the lands. All except
for something, eyes erratic around
you Norse might call it Ragnarok,
for one body part: his phallus. As
the room until he finally spots
but we just call it redemption.
such, we collected the pieces of his
something. Ullr follows his line
body and crafted a new penis out
of vision to see his weapons in a
to his right to see another figure
of the finest gold in Egypt and we
bundle on the floor. Well, I think
in a chair, presumably Loki. He
are now about to resurrect him.
it is a bunch of hooey that if any
His eyes still blurry, he looked
turned again to look at who he
of your gods went against ours,
assumed was the canine fiend,
what had just been told to him,
we would wipe you across the
and with gritted teeth asked
Loki laughed and turned to Ullr.
floor. You Egyptians dont fully
him, What is your aim? Loki
He had a half smile on his face
understand the world around us,
mentioned something about
and a small laugh on his lips.
especially if you believe you can
a resurrection, though I have
You were right then, they are
resurrect your dad who has been
no idea how that golden penis
all deranged. He turned back
dead for presumably a long time.
has anything to do with that
to Anubis and Neith. I hope you
Unless you Egyptians were more
do realise this is insane. Though
Well, you are about to see if this
deranged than I first assumed.
I do have one question; if he is
is all some hooey in a moment.
such a nice guy, why would he
As he spoke, he pulled a small
try and destroy the world?
lever to the side of him, causing a
Ullrs vision was slowly coming

back and he was thankful to be
able to see a grimace on Anubis
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Before Ullr could fully process
Anubis made a noise which
Anubis grin grew even wider.
loud grating sound from the block.
face. Well, it is a long story and
was somewhere between a laugh
The top of the block fell away and
we dont have much time, so I shall
and a howl and looked at Loki
revealed a mostly decayed old
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body which was held together
with bonds and metal spikes.
Ullr sat there, looking at
this body on the table, trying to
understand the situation more,
though it just made it more
confusing. However, as he was
looking at the carcass, he felt a
knife at his hands and the ropes
loosened. Turning to his left,
he saw Loki, or at least what
was meant to look like Loki.
Anubis drew the wooden box
from next to him and opened it,
revealing the golden phallus.
Ullr took the chance. He pounced
off the chair, hurtling towards
the pile of weapons. In one swift
movement, he rolled, reached
out and grabbed his bow, and
once the roll ended he was
kneeling with the bow drawn and
an arrow ready to be loosed.
Time seemed to freeze. He
could hear the blood pumping in
his ears, the bow string itching
to be released. He saw Loki
sneak behind Neith and grab
her, restraining her from using
her own bow. And then he saw
the golden phallus, and his
bow lined up perfectly with it.
He let go of the string.
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GUIDE
SMITE 101:
SUPPORT FOR
YOUR SUPPORT
By charlie Seddon
Well, looks like we made it out of the jungle in one piece! Thank goodness that fantastic, sexy Ymir
was there to freeze the whole enemy team and wall them off so we could escape!
At least, thats what your
team should be saying once
1) Keep your allies safe. As a
you have an element of tankiness,

but you will have to be very precise
you have mastered the art of
support, it is sad to say, your life is
in your movement to actually make
support. Hello and welcome
deemed less important than your
bodyblocking work. You know
back to SMITE 101, this month
allies. They need to stay alive as
youve made it as a support when
featuring the workhorse of the
much as possible to maximize the
you can blink and dash to save
team, those darn supports! They
time they can farm and fight, and
someone from a Neith ultimate.
have their limitations, and though
you will likely be at least a couple
2) Secure objectives. As a
many people may yell at you for
levels behind in a standard match,
support you are basically destined
not simultaneously saving their
which gives you shorter respawn
to take HOG3, unless there are
butt in lane while also securing
times. Keeping your teammates
multiple people who may already
mid camps, they also have a
alive is not an easy task; you are
have this or will build towards
great deal to give to the team.
not only required to watch the
this (if you have a jungler and a
Some people play support as
enemy but also keep an eye on
solo laner with HOG3 there is rare
the classic tank, soak up all the
what your allies are doing. The
occasion you may want to take an
damage you possibly can and keep
best ways of keeping people alive
extra active to help with support).
your allies safe, some choose
are to use your CC (Crowd Control,
As you can take shots without
the healers life and some even
i.e. stuns, slows, throws, knock-
dying and have a decent amount
support through dealing high
ups etc.) abilities defensively and
of CC you are the best candidate
amounts of damage. While there
to bodyblock auto attacks and
to run in and make sure the Gold
are opportunities for different
enemy gods. This means getting
Fury or the Fire Giant end up in
styles of play, the basics of playing
yourself in-between your team
the right hands. As the game
support remain the same.
mate and your foe. This shouldnt
progresses you can dive towers
be too much of a problem for you if
safely and tank the damage for
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following primary duties:
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your allies or allow them to kill

towers without a minion wave,
making you an asset to have
around when going on a push.
3) Initiation. One of the hardest
things to get right in SMITE is
when and how to start a fight,
especially when the stakes are
high and your whole game is on
the line; make one bad move in
a 5v5 fight and it could be game
over. Typically a support has a
very potent CC ability which can
be used to initiate a teamfight
or harass during the laning
phase. Geb, for example, can
blink in and do maximum 35%
damage to every opponent, a
very strong ability indeed. I will
cover the list of things to look
out for when initiating later on.
4) Warding and counterwarding. This can be a pain;
most players are putting all
their money towards getting
avoid invasions before the game
behind what a support aims to
damaging items and actives so
starts. Throughout the game it is
achieve, getting there can be an
you may be left alone buying
a good idea for you to be buying
arduous task. People in the lane
wards. Fortunately, for only 100
wards and placing them during
know what they have to do, stay
gold you can cover enough of the
your travels. The support can
there and kill minions, occasionally
map to protect your lane with
ward places more safely than the
rotate over to camps or other
strategic ward placement. It is
jungler or laners can due to their
lanes. The jungler gets timers
not recommended to buy the Eye
inherent tankiness. You should not
throughout the jungle and has
of Providence, it is an expensive
be alone in buying wards though,
vision of enemy gods through
replacement for buying wards
if other players are not warding
his allies, giving notice as when
and, while sometimes convenient,
and/or are yelling at your then you
to approach a lane or when not
is it a waste of a slot. A support
should encourage them to also buy
to. The support has to make
typically will start by buying wards,
wards to help the team overall.
judgement decisions of where to
and many place these down to
While these form the basics
go around the map and who to
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clear that they can kill minions and
get out safely while their support
Artwork by Julio Bencid
is elsewhere then their ADC will

be getting more experience, and
therefore getting stronger than
yours. Some supports will stay in
for a long time, some may leave
very early, typically most try to
leave to get to the first respawn of
the mid camps. This happens at
around the 3 minute mark in the
game (currently, camp timers tend
to change more often than other
mechanics). Personally I tend to
stay until I can get Midas Boots
to accompany Watchers Gift so
I am getting the most gold over
time that I can as soon as I can.
Now for a bit of theory:
For a support, gold is more
help, timekeeping and awareness
time doing, and with four players
important than experience, for
are integral for support play.
taking the four sources of gold
everyone else experience tends
Generally the support spends
and experience (3 lanes and the
to give a bigger advantage than
very little amount of time by
jungle) the support is left to find
gold. This is because levelling up
themselves, often moving towards
their own way through the game.
damaging abilities gives greater
their team. Sometimes a support
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This leads us onto leeching:
rewards than buying single new
player will be able to counter-
the practise of taking little bits of
items. While some items are core
jungle effectively, briefly leave to
gold and experience from different
on some gods, such as Qins Sais
ward an objective or even defend
sources around the map. While
on Kali, many gods will be buying
another lane. When defending
you and your ADC duo in lane can
items that make them stronger but
another lane look to see how far
form an effective partnership, and
little by little. The jump from a level
away your ally supposed to be
with Watchers Gift it makes huge
4 ability to a level 5 ability gives you
in the lane is, it can benefit you
sense to stay in the lane, it is unfair
more damage than any additional
both holding the minions up from
to them to stay with them forever.
item would be able to give to you.
getting to the tower and giving
They lose a lot of experience and
However, this is the opposite for
your ally the gold when they get
sometimes it can be detrimental to
a support who is not aiming at
back. It is not always obvious
your efforts if you do stay in lane. If
doing damage. A support levels up
what you should spend your
the enemy ADC has a good enough
their abilities in order to help the
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team, therefore often levelling up

that their CC abilities produce the
MANY GAMES ARE DECIDED

BY A SNOWBALL START
same level of CC but only increase
may fall off if they dont get a good
make sure you get your opening
in damage, such as a Sobek pull
amount of farm themselves.
farm and try to keep theirs down.
a CC ability first. Most support find
being the same at level 1 as it is
So how does one actually
Many games are decided by a
at level 5, only with more damage.
support? While again, SMITE
snowball start; a level two ADC
Using Sobek as our example, you
101 is here to try and guide you
picks up two kills against two level
gain all CC and other effects by
in understanding concepts and
one opponents because they have
the time you reach level 5, only
getting mechanics figured out,
a worse starting position. You then
damage levels up from then on.
there is nothing better than
have to fight against someone with
watching footage of people
two or three abilities with just your
however, you can get very large
practising support. Whats more,
one. Wards and sensible play are
results from relatively little gold.
if you use this guide and think
very important to start the map,
Building Sovereignty gives you
about everything the player does
before people have boots and
more relative protection than
during their game and how it
abilities to escape then a surprise
the enemy building Qins Sais for
helps the team, or what they
invade could leave one or two of
example. Due to this, being able to
could be doing better, youll find
your allies dead. This will really
get sustained gold while not taking
yourself trying to incorporate
hurt your teams opening farm,
other gods experience is a much
it all into your own play.
and allows the enemy jungler
When building protections
preferred tactic. This is why some

gods who support through damage
From the start of the game

you are looking to do two things:
to take your junglers camps,

and therefore experience and
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gold. Once youre in your lane
end your job remains the same.
you are there to aid harassing
You should be aiming to get
be the difference between your

team and theirs getting the Gold
Fury, which is 1500 gold total.
PLAYING WELL AS A
SUPPORT MEANS YOU
ONLY TAKE A KILL AS A
LAST RESORT, IF NO ONE
ELSE ON YOUR TEAM
CAN GET THE KILL
The toughest part of playing

support, I find, is that there are
more Donts than Dos, support
tends to be constricted in how
they manage their game and if
youre coming into the role from
another then you may find yourself
the opponents. Your ADC will be
HOG3 by around 10-15 minutes
prioritising damage over control,
focusing on killing minions, and
in; its only an extra 300-600 gold
or chasing kills. Playing well as
importantly last hitting them,
as its almost 100% required you
a support means you only take a
so you may damage them to aid
start with a HOG now, but it can
kill as a last resort, if no one else
this cause but then turn your

attentions to the opposing players.
Make sure you are keeping your
ADC safe, while looking for any
opportunities to set up kills against
them. You job is more complex
than that of the ADC and you have
to be more aware of things. It is,
unfortunately, your role to place
wards and rotate, therefore you
have to make sure youre keeping
an eye on camp timers, ward
placement and times, the clock
and enemy players for rotations
sake. As was said before, the most
common support tactic right now
is to build up Midas Boots and then
rotate around; however everyone
plays the game differently. Some
people may get other items;
some start with a defensive item
or Mark of the Vanguard, get
cooldown or penetration boots
and do more damage, but in the
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of your allies it is a 3 kill trade).
on your team can get the kill or if
each other around the Fire Giant,
the enemy is still dangerous and
and instead of staying behind the
is lining up an ultimate then you
support, squishier characters
support is hard, and dont let
should try and take it, but under
go off to farm a lane and get
people bring you down if anyone
other occasions you need to try
collapsed upon, and the team
gives you a hard time. Much like
and navigate the chaos to not get
loses the subsequent teamfight.
the jungler, people are expecting
those last hits. You should also be
In my philosophy, supports
In closing this months edition,
things from you, sometimes
restricting yourself from getting
will be the game deciders during
you literally cannot do those
last hits against minions unless
a balanced matchup, but if the
things and at other times you
your allies are not around. Try not
teams are unbalanced, the other
make mistakes or dont have the
to find yourself doing solo farm,
team being clearly stronger, then
experience to pull them off. If you
use your HOG if youve got it but
a support wont be of as much
can persevere through the pain
otherwise farming by yourself is
use. Even if you are a fed support
of learning a role with sometimes
slow and the time can be better
on a losing team your use will be
little thanks, youll find yourself
spent getting over to help your
less and less relevant, but on an
having one of the most enjoyable
allies. Some top class players
even team where you can reliably
and rewarding experiences the
will use their HOG to take the
set up your team for kills then
game has to offer. Everyone loves
two small minions at a buff camp
it will be your initiations and aid
a support player deep down, they
and deny the enemy jungler that
that will be the decider, whether
just might not always show it.
xp and gold, but will leave the
claiming the Fire Giant or creating
large minion as it takes too long.
the chance for a two-three kill
Never underestimate wards;
You must also be aware of your
trade (kill trading means how
theyll save your life, twice.
teams positioning, and dont go
many more you kill of them than
off by yourself. Often matches can
they kill of you; if your team kills
be lost because teams shadow
five enemy gods and they kill three
And please do remember:
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ARTICLE
INTENTIONAL FEEDING VS.

BEING HARASSED
By Julian Martinez
We have all been there; anyone who has played SMITE, or any competitive game for that matter, has
had a bad game. A win streak does not last forever and when it ends how do we handle it?
o we blame others, or
that it happens on both sides.
troll because they think its funny.
ourselves? Are we the
This topic does not get a lot of
Other times people just dont put
clear and honest discussion.
in the effort to try or feel they can
ones with that 0/12/2 score or
Lets start with addressing the
get to this unreachable competitive
you? When youve had a bad
big nasty elephant in the room: do
level. If youre going to intentionally
game and someone blames you
people intentionally feed? Whether
feed then take the time to realize
for intentional feeding it is not
its because they didnt get a role
that its not going to do anything
pleasant. Ask yourself, have
or character they wanted, they are
for anyone. Those people who
you ever blamed someone for
upset that someone made fun of
trolled you will probably never
feeding intentionally? The truth
them or they just dont want to try;
meet or even play with you. I ask
as with many other things, is
sometimes people are just going to
of you, did intentional feeding
is it the Kumbhakarna next to
IF YOURE GOING TO
INTENTIONALLY FEED THEN
TAKE THE TIME TO REALIZE
THAT ITS NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING FOR ANYONE.
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really do anything for you in the

long run? For those that think
they will never be good so they
might as well feed, practice
brings improvement to anything
no matter who you are. Giving
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up hope and losing on purpose
playing differently to what a meta
time and a great yet challenging
is no way to keep on going.
dictates is the most efficient way
contest. That guy who had the
to play. If youre willing to take
bad score, win or lose, sometimes
intentional feeding, a bad game
risks then when youre in that
you will be in that exact same
isnt always intentional feeding.
SMITE match take all the risks you
situation. If youre that guy or gal
There are things we have to
want. You go right ahead and play
who had the bad game and youre
accept, the most important being
that offbeat jungler. If you think a
honestly trying yet everyones
telling someone to uninstall isnt
particular god can solo lane but
harassing you? Then I ask you to
constructive criticism. Whatever
someone doesnt agree? At the
look in the mirror and tell yourself
kind of pro you think you are,
very least you have the right to try
this, You know what? Youre doing
unless its your name on a big
and prove them wrong. If it pays
okay buddy. Ill try harder and the
tournament list then you have
out then good for you. If you have a
next match will be even better.
no room to judge any players
bad game, thats ok too. Whether
skill level. Even if you do have
you think its loser talk or not we
credibility to make comments on
cant win them all and we have
someones skill or gameplay style
to roll with the punches in every
just dont be rude about it, okay?
defeat as well as in every victory.
While there is such a thing as
We have all been there once and
Take this into heart, SMITE
its a challenge to be able to play
community. We all want our game
at a decent-to-high skill level.
to grow and we all want people
The biggest thing to remember
to feel safe and comfortable
is that no one can report you for
in joining together for a good
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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW WITH
QVOFRED
By Lauren Piersol
Ive had the pleasure of knowing QvoFred since he began playing SMITE for Denial eSports, and Im
excited to finally get a chance to interview him and share his story with the SMITE community.
GameOn: Whats your name?
hes 5 9, so yeah, tall.)
What do you want to do
QvoFred: Anders Qvofred Korsbo
Where does your in
after you get out of school?
How old are you?
It really comes out of
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I dont have a certain

thing I want to do after school,
I have to ask, since Ive asked
nothing. I wanted it to be
perhaps travel the world and
everyone - how tall are you?
original and something
take one thing at a time.
Not 100% certain but

around 180 centimeters
Ill have to convert it for my
Americaness, but I bet thats tall.
All SMITE players seem to be tall.
(After later doing the math,
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game name come from?
people would remember.

So youre still in school,
whats your favorite subject?
Im still in school but am on
How do you find time

to play SMITE, especially
during exam times?
I just had exams time recently,
summer vacation just now. My
which was also why I didnt get
favorite subject would be math.
to play a lot and practice much.
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That must have been hard

on you and Trix. The two of you
are real life best friends, right?
Trix and I are real life best
friends, we hang out all the time.
How did you get
into the game?
My brother had some beta
keys from a friend who sold them
around. So this one day me and
Trix were out in the sea swimming
at you? Like, he literally

hit you with a clam??
Yea exactly. He threw
it, and it smashed into my
head and left a scar.
Wow, well i guess
it turned out to be a
good apology!
I guess you
Like he ONLY played artemis
could say that.

So you and Trix started
even in ranked, but eventually
and my brother accidentally
playing. How did you get
we started laning together, and I
launched a mussel directly into
into competitive play?
taught him the ways of support,
my head and decided to give me

2 keys for free as an apology.
How did he launch something
We just played for fun in the

start and I remember the ONLY
thing Trix could play was Artemis.
MY BROTHER ACCIDENTALLY
LAUNCHED A MUSSEL
DIRECTLY INTO MY HEAD AND
DECIDED TO GIVE ME 2 KEYS
FOR FREE AS AN APOLOGY.
which made people notice

our nice synergy and plays.
Youve always been
on a team together? What
was your first team?
Yes. My first team was
Trixtank, Repikas, Gamehunter,
Werrezer, and me. We were
actually Five Danes.
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Youve always been
with Gamehunter too?
was he after you left COG?
Honestly I was expecting

us to place first through fourth,
Zimpstar became our
if we had a good day, but it
on a team before meeting Trix
manager after he came to us
seemed that when it really
and me, but afterwards we
asking to become a sub, which
counted we were automatically
have always stayed together.
we accepted after a quick
just playing top notch.
I believe Gamehunter was
Its no wonder the three of

you play like youre one mind/
person. How did you end up
with TSM and in jungle rather
than laning with Trix?
consideration; it was sometime
You all really were. Did

you celebrate at all?
after we had left COG.
We celebrated that
Whats been your

favorite part of the LANs?
100% the USA LAN event
night with champagne.

How did going to Atlanta
was amazing. It was great to get
work? Were your parents
because of the 2013 regional 5k
to see some of the faces of the
okay with you going to
tournament. That when we placed
players you speak and play with
America on your own?
first, and Zimpstar was in contact
everyday. And it was awesome to
My parents werent all in
with them. I jungle because
win the tournament undefeated.
for the idea for going to America
How did that feel? Did
alone, but since I knew Trixtank
We ended up with TSM
Gamehunter isnt good in the

jungle, and hes a brilliant hunter.
Was Zimpstar always
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your manager? Or rather,
you go into the LAN thinking
and his dad and brother were going
youd do that well?
as well, they were alright with it.
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into the competitive scene?

Play a lot of ranked, and
dont be afraid to be different.
Feel free to try out crazy
stuff. Make us remember
you, and practice with us.
If you could put together
your dream team, not using your
own teammates, who would be
on it? You can mix NA and EU.
Hmm. Youngbae, Badgah,
Lassiz, Anatoily and Korinyo
Why?
Theyre some of my
favorite personalities inside
their own positions and are
also very good players.
Next question randomly, whats your
favorite color and why?
I dont like a specific colour,
I like when colours blend and
make a beautiful image.
Look at you sounding
all charming! Do you have a
girlfriend or boyfriend?
How did they feel when
they found out how much
money youd won?
They were, of course,
Lawbster and Trixtank in 2018.

Whats your favorite
If Lawbster counts
as a girlfriend, yes.
If you two are serious,
god/goddess to play?
My favorite god has to be
SMITE girls everywhere will be
happy, but they always remind
Anhur because he is a kill god
heart broken from the loss of
me that this isnt something
who can punish if you hit your
BOTH of you! Is there anything
I can live off in my future.
abilities and auto attacks.
else youd like to say/share?
What are you planning to

do with the money you won?
It might be the quite boring
answer, but Im probably going to
save it and go travel the world with
And your favorite jungler?

Gotta be Freya with the
same concept as Anhur.
What advice would you
Shout out to our sponsors

and our amazing fans, you are
the best! And also thanks for
the interview, it was fun!
give to teams trying to get
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ARTICLE
COSPLAY
CORNER
The SMITE Community Magazine Presents
By Keikei Flores & Shayna Connor

All right all you cosplay men out there, get ready to take off your shirts because for this months cosplay
breakdown because Doom and Gloom are discussing SMITEs golden boy-musician, Apollo.
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pollo may look simple
one, take shirt off. Step two,
enough but for Doom and
done! Around Apollos neck is
Gloom the devil is in the details.
what appears to be a tattoo, but
Starting from the top and
a close look at his slick-shot
working your way down is a good
skin reveals that it is in fact a
way to tackle a cosplay. So lets
necklace. The design of this
begin with the wig. To Gloom, it
piece is simple enough that it
looks as if Apollos hair is gradient
can be created fairly quickly with
dyed. A golden-yellow wig should
craft foam, thermoplastics or
be purchased and then, starting
whatever material you prefer.
at the base, dyed orange and
Draw a sun flare and transfer
faded, or ombred, to golden-
the template to foam. There are
yellow blonde. Thankfully, there
sun flares on the entire necklace
are several videos available online
so be sure to measure then
that demonstrate how to achieve
cut the appropriate amount to
this rocking hair do. Once the wig
completely encircle your neck.
is dyed and dried- its on to the
Refine the shape and sand the
styling. Apollo has a hairstyle that
pieces, paint them, and then attach
is fairly simple to duplicate. Using
them to jewelry wire to finish.
your favorite wig styling product
For the gauntlets craft foam
(like a firm hold gel or hairspray),
is again your friend. Apollo wears
move Apollos hair upward into his
cuffs with two rows of sun flares
signature spikes. Even if Gloom
extending from them. The cuffs,
could grow facial hair, she would
like the necklace, can be made
still purchase a golden-orange
out of several different materials
STEP ONE, TAKE SHIRT

OFF. STEP TWO, DONE!
facial hair prosthetic, then shaped
including 5mm craft foam and/
like a triangle and attached on
or thermoplastics. For continuity,
the chin. A set of dreamy blue
and to save time, enlarge your
eyes completes the look up top,
original sun flare design used to
and if you dont already have a
create the necklace and make it a
pair of your own, you may want
template for your gauntlets. The
to purchase some from your
first row of flares extends halfway
trusted color-contact retailer.
to the elbow and the second row
Moving onto the torso. Step

extends almost all the way. Again,
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make sure to measure yourself
crafting a knee length warrior kilt.
fabric paint. Now, for the belt, lets
first before cutting to ensure you
Patterns can be found online or
use more craft foam! A tip from
have enough pieces to enclose
at your local fabric supply store.
Doom, put the completed skirts
and fit your arms from wrist to
Gloom would use chocolate or
on before you measure your waist
elbow. After all the pieces are
a lighter brown crinkle cotton
for the belt length. The added
cut, shaped and lightly sanded,
gauze as the material and add
material can increase your size!
apply primer and then gold
a 4 inch band of gold trim at the
Once youve measured, cut the
paint. Seal the paint and create
bottom. For the outer wrap, an
foam in the standard rectangular
internal attachment points within
off-white crinkle cotton gauze
belt-shape, create an attachment
the gauntlets using overlapping
or linen should be chosen and
point (buckle, velcro, ties etc.)
velcro or plastic buckles. Doom
using the same trim as the skirt,
cut a template and then trace out
always says to test fit items- so
a gold band detail should be
the angular design, and then its
put em on, make some finger
added. However, if you have the
time to paint! You complete the
guns and check the comfort and
money and the inclination you can
flexibility of the armor as you
replicate the materials that would
shoot at imaginary enemy gods.
have been used by the ancient
Next up for crafting is the
Romans and make both pieces
largest item on Apollo, his two
out of wool. The subtle pattern
skirts, or if you want to make it
on the skirt is simple enough that
sound extra manly, his crazy kilt
it can be replicated with the use
with a wrap and a belt. Start by
of a template piece and golden
DID YOU KNOW?
Apollo is currently the most

played god in the game.
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Gloom suggest using EVA foam
sporting a fairly common
as it is sturdy yet lightweight.
style of roman sandal
Doom likes to take two EVA foam
that most costume
floor mats (available at your local
stores carry. If you would
hardware store) and adhere them
like to make your own
to one another -sandwiching
shoes always remember
glue between the textured sides,
to use material that
leaving a smooth canvas. Draw
will stretch and flex!
a template for the lyre shape
A flexible leather,
(minus the strings) on paper and
pleather, or brown
then transfer that to your EVA
spandex is ideal
foam. Use a sharp, and were
look by adding the front fringe
for the straps across his legs.
talking never-been-used-to-cut-
pieces, suspending four strips of
As Apollo you will be walking,
before super sharp exacto knife
craft foam, painted to match, with
dancing, and putting on the
to carve out the lyre- following
gold detailing on the bottom.
moves, so make sure to pick a
the drawn outline. Sand all the
shoe base that is comfortable.
edges smooth and then prime
Now for the fancy footwear!
Finally, what rock star is
the foam. Gloom likes Krylon all
expedited shipping with a major
complete with out his instrument
purpose primer and filler (also
retail website so, whenever
of choice?! For Apollos rocking
available at your local hardware
possible, they will order their
lyre of awesomeness- Doom and
store). After several coats have
Doom and Gloom both have
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been applied and dried, sand out
and attached with super glue. For
Use the sharpie again to draw out
any imperfections and prep the
the strap that holds the lyre on
a sun and then, using the darker
surface for paint. Use a high gloss
his back, Doom suggests buying
gold from the strings, paint in the
metallic gold paint to evenly coat
or making a brown belt that fits
details. Added bonuses to your
both sides until desired coverage
your chest size- that way the belt
costume that are free: Perfect
has been achieved. Sketch the
can be pulled taught and the lyre
and use an epic pew pew sound
leaf pattern onto the lyre using
will remain stable when its being
anytime you draw your finger guns.
a dark fine-tipped sharpie and
carried on your back. Gloom likes
Watch how Apollo looks when
then, using a slightly darker gold
the idea of hiding the belt buckle
stationary and pose for pictures in
paint, fill in the design. Seal the
by attaching the golden sun
the same manner. Practice talking
paint and you are set! As the lyre
medallion over it. The medallion
and, if you like, singing with the
wont be playable, the strings can
can be made by cutting a medium
same accent as his voice pack.
be made from pre-measured and
sized circle out of 5mm craft
And there you have it gentlemen,
cut, thin wooden dowels, painted
foam, and then painting it with
Apollo, the Greek god of music.
in the same gold as the leaves
the same gold used on the lyre.
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THEORY
OFFICE GODS: EREZ,

THE JANITOR
By Allison Jean, Jorg van der Velden & Julian Martinez
In this new series, we from SMITE Community Magazine are going to honor the company that created this
game for our enjoyment. We will do this by designing a kit for each employee that will represent their personality
and achievements. We will kick off this series by starting with the big honcho himself: Erez Goren!
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humble man, Erez was
in which the gods battle by the
the battle to show the gods who
never one to back down
day - or at least thats what he will
they should thank, or hate, for
from a challenge. While he was
tell you. Yet one day the wisest
starting the war in the first place.
a bold and wise leader, he would
of humble men had a thought. If
stoop so low from his regal
he created the world, is he not
battlefield as a guardian, as
position as to mop the floors and
a god as well? Should he not be
he is the main protector of
bring meals to his lessers. The
allowed to join the battle as a god
the company, its employees
wise man Erez has structured
among gods? Through sheer force
and, most importantly, their
the lands and molded the world
of will the great Erez now joins
finances! Its his job as Janitor
Erez marches onto the
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Name
Icon
Im the Boss
Type
Passive
Description
Every other deified Hi-Rez employee has to listen
to every command the Janitor of Janitors gives.
Summon the
Active 1
Manticore
In a bad attempt at cheating, Erez hacks the

game and unleashes the manticore to attack a
single lane. After 2 minutes, the game crashes
and victory is granted to the opposing team.
Atlanta!
Active 2
This skill does nothing, as nothing happens in Atlanta.
Janitor Skills
Active 3
Erez deftly sweeps the legs from under the

enemy god, smoothly sweeping him or her
down the lane and out of the game.
Hack of Hacks
Ultimate
Erez SUCCESSFULLY hacks the game,

allying all NPCs on the map to his side to
attack the enemy Titan. This includes all
of Janitors to guide and protect
We will start with Erezs
wave that spawns. The manticore
anything and everything Hi-
passive. Im the Boss allows Erez
pushes vehemently for 2 minutes
Rez. As such, his kit is designed
to command any deified Hi-Rez
down the lane in question. After
with this in mind: to serve and
employees that are in the game as
this duration the game crashes
protect his fragile minions.
he pleases. Fearful for their jobs,
for the team that summoned
the employees have no choice but
the manticore, granting instant
to listen to the Janitor of Janitors.
and utter victory to the enemy
An important note is that

due to his position as head
honcho, Erezs skills have no
Summon the Manticore is
team. Karma is a cruel mistress,
mana costs or cooldowns, and
Erezs first ability, granting him the
especially when youre trying
he can control when he comes
power to call the manticore back
to bend the rules due to your
back from the dead. None of his
from the shadowy depths of data
position. As a side note: this ability
abilities have a cast time, pre-
long lost. The manticore spawns in
should probably never be used.
hit delay or post-hit delay.
a random lane with the next creep
His second ability is Atlanta!
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The skill is just there; nothing
do nothing for you and your laning.
Hacks. Erez hacks the game,
happens in Atlanta, nothing is
The third ability Erez has at his
successfully this time, and all
exciting about Atlanta and there is

no point to Atlanta. Its
disposal is called Janitor Skills.

Erez sweeps the legs
there and it looks
from under the
NPCs on the map ally themselves

on Erezs side, storming the enemy
Titan. This includes all enemy
pretty, sure, but
enemy god in a
minions and all jungle creeps
pressing this
fluent motion,
(yes, including the Gold Fury and
button will
smoothly
the Fire Giant). Additionally, the
sweeping him
towers inexplicably grow wheels
or her down
and barrel down their lane and
the lane and
the phoenixes fly away from their
out of the
pedestals. VROOM VROOM.
game. This
As is obvious from his kit,
is especially
Erez, the Janitor of Janitors, is
effective on
a complex character with many
gods that no
intricate synergies between his
one wanted or
abilities which require careful
are generally
timing and management of
just bad ideas.
cooldowns. As such, any god
While in lane it
or deified Hi-Rez employee
might seem as
with a lot of crowd control
if your ally has
(CC) abilities is required to
disconnected
successfully win the game.
from the
We personally cant wait until
game, in
Erez, Janitor of Janitors, enters the
reality
game for real to serve and protect
its Erezs
Hi-Rez directly. This fair and
awesome
most balanced kit will be a great
power that
addition to the game and introduce
removes
a lot of depth in the current meta.
them from
Twitchy hands and trigger fingers
any match
will be needed to instalock this
he pleases.
brilliant creation, as many will
His
want to play no other god.
Ultimate
ability is
called
Hack of
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Jorg van der Velden
Julian Martinez
Artwork By Julio Bencid
& Michele Trocchia
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THE LITTLE VULCAN

THAT COULD
Guest Written By Lilmamcita
Hello my name is Yvonne a.k.a. lilmamacita. I am a streamer, nerd, and recently an up and coming cosplayer.
I started cosplaying at the SMITE Launch Event as the Lil Devil skin for Cupid and I decided to keep going with
it. Since I am still new to the cosplay world I decided to pick something challenging but not impossible.
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picked Vulcan because I
I was doing. I spent a lot of time
tasks to start with and I had high
thought it would be a good
researching materials and cheap
levels of enthusiasm like most
start for a beginner who was
ways to make armor since I was
people do when they start a new
looking to get serious about
pretty low on funds which led me
project. In reality it still required a
cosplay. Vulcan had armor, a
to discover craft foam. Therefore,
lot of research and effort. I spent
weapon, and the costume wasnt
most of my Vulcan cosplay is made
hours looking up templates,
too crazy. I started with the arm
up of craft foam. The arm piece
mechanical gauntlets, and even
piece not knowing what the hell
was probably one of the easier
robot hands just so I could get an
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idea of what I was going to do.

Once I was sick of doing research
I decided to just jump in and I
started crafting. I was actually
pretty impressed with how it was
turning out. I took pictures to
keep track of the progress and
and foot. I wanted to add
tweeted them to my fans so they
mobility to the costume
could see my progress. I really
because I did not want a
enjoyed the engineering part of
costume that did not move
coordinate this process with house
it which entailed turning a flat
or restricted me too much.
chores. I would paint something,
piece of foam sheet into a piece
The next step, once I was
then go clean something, and
of armor. That was probably my
done with the armor, was paint.
once I was done cleaning Id come
favorite part of the costume.
I dreaded this part the most. You
back to a dry piece of armor ready
need a lot of patience when it
to add a finishing coat or just add
the leg armor before I actually
comes to priming, coating, and
little worn out effects to it. The
made the real piece in which I
painting. Some days I had patience
only thing I actually enjoyed about
used cardboard to try to make
and other days not so much. I used
the painting process was adding
a functional robot leg. Working
a few coats of Mod Podge to prime
the little details. Its amazing
Next I made a prototype of
with cardboard was a pain but I

tried to put as much detail and
hard work into my prototype as I
would the real thing. I ended up
YOU NEED A LOT OF PATIENCE

WHEN IT COMES TO PRIMING,
COATING, AND PAINTING.
loving and hating this process but

without this I would not have had a
the armor. Coating your craft foam
what a little silver and black paint
basic foundation of what to build.
makes it easier to paint and gives
can do. A little tip I learned was
The prototypes were basically
your armor a much smoother look
to add silver to the edges of my
my blueprints. It was extra work
instead of a cheap tacky look. The
armor to give it a worn out effect.
but helpful in the end. I used EVA
drying process for both the coating
foam for the leg armor and built
and painting killed me; I hated
cosplay. One of the most important
it in three parts - the thigh, shin,
waiting for it to dry but I learned to
things I learned while building this
I learned a lot from doing this
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was wondering if I am going to be
I designed my costume to have
time consuming process. At the
able to go to the bathroom in this
mobility but no real way to sit
end of the day having people come
cosplay and am I comfortable. I
down without crushing my armor
up to you and say your cosplay is
think most people forget to think
and so my feet were killing me at
so awesome really makes it worth
ahead when it comes to building
the end of the event and my body
it. Plus who doesnt want to be
your costume; I know Ive made
ached. I never knew how painful
a god for a day. Vulcan was just
this mistake several times.
cosplaying can be, but all in all
something I whipped up hehehe.
Also how much discomfort and
Ive learned that cosplay can be
pain are you willing to endure.
painstaking, challenging, and a
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HI-REZ STAFF PROFILE
Name: Daniel (Allan) Fishman

In-Game Name: HiRezFish
Twitter Handle: @HiRezFish
Position at Hi-Rez Studios: Gameplay Programmer
How do you describe what you do to non-gamers?: Well, as a programmer,
Im part the team that writes the code that makes SMITE... play. Among the programmers, the
gameplay team is the group that writes the code for new gods and maps. So, if youre a fan
of how Ramas dash goes in the direction hes moving instead of the one hes aiming, or how
the Siege Juggernaut spawns when you kill the mid-camp or enough jungle creep, thats us.
Best day of the week and why?: Tuesdays. Probably an underrepresented favorite
workday, but thats the day when we stop polishing all the content and send it out
for the players to enjoy; seeing our hard work in the game is a great feeling.
Game(s) you play in your off-time: Man. I play a LOT of games. SMITE is always
in the rotation; Im working on it because I love it, and the better I get the better
I can be at my job. Another regular is StarCraft 2. Im a huge fan! But recently,
Ive also been playing TitanFall, Telltales Walking Dead and The Wolf Among
Us, as well as Final Fantasy V on my phone (a blast from the past).
Favorite SMITE god at present: Im still working on mastering all the gods on my HiRez account.
Right now Im really enjoying (lil) Vamana. That big baby just feels so impactful in a teamfight.
Favorite SMITE skin at present: Swagni, hands down. I like that we took community feedback
on his walk and built a whole skin around it. Plus, every voice command in that pack is hilarious.
How did you get your role with Hi-Rez?: A combination of preparation and luck. I got
my M.S. in Computer Science from Clemson University, then at last years DragonCon
I heard about a Georgia game convention called Siege. It turned out to be a huge
networking moment for me. I attended as a volunteer, met the HiRez team and was
invited to send in my application. I have to give a shout-out to Mick Larkins and
Colman Bryant for taking the time to talk - I wouldnt be here without them.
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WHO IS SERQET?
By Anthony TJ Badalamenti
We take a closer look at the one of the newest gods to be added to the battleground: Goddess of Venom, Serqet.
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LORE
Scorpions are defensive
poisons can cause stiffening of
a percentage of their maximum
the body much like rigor mortis.
health as physical damage. At
This particular goddess is not
two poisons the target takes
creatures, not quick to strike
one to be found on a battlefield,
10% of their maximum health as
unless threatened; their poisons
but instead watching who deserves
additional damage, and at three
so potent that the little creatures
her poisons, and waiting to make
the damage goes up to 20%. Using
can take down enemies that tower
sure they actually deserve it. She
your abilities to place poison
above them. Serqet, the Goddess
is not one to strike out of anger,
on your target and attacking
of Venom, sees to the controlled
just like her scorpions. However,
only once you have two or three
administration of poisons of any
she now enters the fray after being
poisons will increase your damage
kind. The goddess does not just
pushed too far by the vanity of
output, but if you attack with only
administer the deadly poisons,
the other gods and goddesses.
one poison it will use up that
but can just as easily cleanse

the body of the deadly toxins.
ABILITIES
DID YOU KNOW?
The goddess is normally

an invisible presence within the
Serqets passive is called
workings of the world, caring for
Catalyst. Serqets basic attacks
Serqet has the highest base
one of the four sacred Canopic
apply her passive, consuming any
speed at 380 making her the
Jars of the dead. Serqet guards
of her lingering poisons on her
the jar of venom, also known as
target. If the target has two or
the jar of intestines, because
three different poisons they take
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poison and do no extra damage.
Her first ability is Deathbane
which causes Serqet to quickly
dash forward three
times in a zigzag pattern,
to cover more ground. The skills

does 60/80/100/120/140 physical
damage plus 50% of Serqets
physical power to all enemies hit,
costs 60 mana and has a 10 second
cool down. This skill is great to get
a poison on a target, to catch up
to a running target, or even to run
away or dodge enemy skill shots.
It has a maximum range of 60.
Serqets second ability is a skill
shot called Cobras Kiss where
she launches her two blades in
a straight line, short ranged, skill
shot. The Cobras Kiss Poison
drives enemy gods to madness,
causing them to attack nearby
allies or walk towards Serqet.
After the duration of madness
the poison lingers dormant for
20 seconds. Cobras Kiss does
60/80/100/120/140 physical
damage plus 50% of Serqets
physical power to her target if
she hits. It costs 70/75/80/85/90
dealing
damage
down. The madness duration is
and applying
1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds, and
Deathbane
damage plus 45% of her physical
hit. This poison reduces
power per hit. This skill has a

fairly short skillshot range at only
protections by 20% for a
40 range, but gives you a small
short time before going
amount of Crowd Control (CC) on
dormant for 20 seconds.

The skills range is not set,
and changes between very
short close zags or further apart
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does 50/60/70/80/90 physical
poison on each enemy

all her targets physical
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mana, and has an 18 second cool
enemy gods. Once you shoot the

first blade you have a very short
window to fire your second, or
else the skill goes on cool down.
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Serqets final ability is Last
Using it on the highest priority
enemies within a 15 radius
target will cause them to either
where she lands. Ambush costs
Breath which is her ultimate.
hit nearby allies or move towards
70/75/80/85/90 mana and has a
Serqet leaps to a nearby
you, allowing you to either move
15 second cool down. Ambush
enemy and stuns them for one
them out of position (especially
allows you to set up and sit in wait
second while applying her Last
when comboed with your ultimate)
for enemies, and if used properly
Breath Poison which deals
or give you time to attack them
outside of their sight range allows
228/342/456/570/684 true damage
while knowing their movement.
you to catch them completely
over 5 seconds to the target while
THE SKILL HAS A VERY SHORT

RANGE, AND CAN HIT MINIONS
IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL.
completely preventing healing.

She then quickly pushes them 30
units away in a chosen direction.
If the target dies while inflicted
with the Last Breath poison, they
Ambush is Serqets third
unaware. However, if any enemy
explode upon death and apply
ability, and it causes Serqet to root
god or goddess gets within 12.5
the poison debuff to all enemies
herself in place and go invisible.
range of Serqet while stealthed
within a 20 radius around their
Upon the second activation of the
they reveal her, and any attacks
body. Last Breath has a cooldown
skill Serqet jumps to a target area
that would land on her will still
of 90 seconds. This ability causes
and does 80/140/200/260/320
hit her. This skill is great to set up
a large chunk of true damage over
physical damage plus 50% of
ganks, or in a pinch jump out of
time while disabling their healing.
Serqets physical power to all
battle comboed with Deathbane.
However, the skill has a very short
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range, and can hit minions if you
are not careful. Its especially
useful when being used on targets
that have a lot of self healing,
from skills or from lifesteal.
GAME PLAY
With her posh accent,
which proves that even Egyptian
Goddesses can be fans of the Spice
Girls, Serqet enters the battle as
a physical melee assassin who
relies on her abilities to get in and
out of fights quickly, along with
her poisons and passive to quickly
take out high priority targets. By
using her ability combo to get the
maximum amount of damage
you can quickly take out an
enemy in a duel. However, as with
most assassins Serqet is heavily
countered by crowd control and
burst damage. She is not one to be
found at the center of a team fight,
but on the outskirts waiting to set
up a quick kill before retreating
in a hit-and-run strategy.
Item wise Serqet benefits
from as much Physical Power as
possible, since all of her abilities
other than her ulti get a bonus of
50% of her total damage. Critical
chance and damage increase her
auto attack damage even more,
and cool down reduction lets her
use her abilities more frequently,
which allows her to apply her
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passive damage more often.
healing debuff, which can be
gets out of position. Attack the
Lifesteal can be useful to leech up
incredibly useful when targeting
stragglers, or the low health
after a fight, but is not something
someone with healing. Using it
targets that are running away
that is absolutely required.
on someone like Hel or Aphrodite
without their team. Pick up as
(or Aphrodites lover) will give
many easy kills as you can, but try
you that time to take the target
not to get too cocky or else youll
out, alone or with your team.
find yourself respawning instead.
TEAM PLAY
As an assassin Serqet
Just be very wary of enemies
tends to not have to absolutely
with any form of hard crowd
rely upon her team for kills,
control, like Ymir or Aphrodites
however she works well with
stun. This will give the enemy
anyone with hard crowd control,
valuable time to burst you down.
allowing her to butcher her
When staying on the fringes of
ROLE
Serqet does not have any
crowd control when it comes to
minions, combine that with how
target even longer. While in the
a team fight, try to keep an eye on
squishy she is she may have
jungle Serqet should be keeping
who has used their stuns and the
trouble in the early game stage of
an eye on her lanes and using
time before they can use it again.
jungling if her team does not help
judgement on her ganks. She
If you do this properly you can
should warn her allies that she
get in and out before anyone
plans to gank a lane so they can
can hit you with stuns allowing
let the enemy push up as much
you to get some damage in
as possible for the best ganks.
- and hopefully a kill, while
Using Serqets Last Breath
taking minimal damage. If
on a target will give you a one
the team fight continues,
second stun with a 5 second
try picking off anyone that
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her take her first camp or two. It
get two poisons on her target. With
back. Her abilities cost a decent
may be very wise to ask for help.
those two poisons she is now free
amount when you take into
While some other junglers may
to attack, taking 20% of her targets
account her low mana regen.
not need help, Serqet benefits
health along with the damage
from it by being able to kill the
from her skills and auto attacks.
camps faster without taking as
She can then either walk away
much damage. Normally your
and retreat if her target is backing
solo or mid laner, and sometimes
off, or use her Ambush to quickly
a normal assassin should. She
both, will give you a hand on your
escape by jumping back if her
is much like Loki in terms of
first camp. It is also good to give
target fights back. She can also
play-style, and can be just as
either of them the mana buff to
use Ambush to chase her target if
ridiculously annoying if played
start off, especially if they help
it is low enough, and once she gets
well. She has more mobility than
with your speed camp first.
Last Breath can combo that in,
most assassins, but less burst
possibly keeping her target within
damage because of it unless her
or mid lane, but can have a lot of
tower range by using Last Breath
skills are used so that she can
trouble if her opponent has a lot
and Cobras Kiss under tower.
get her poisons for her passive
Serqet can also play in solo
of range harass or hard crowd
While laning Serqet will
OVERALL
All in all, Serqet plays like
off before an auto attack. She
control. In lane she uses her
quickly run out of mana if she
can be a bit tricky because of
combo in similar way to jungling.
pokes as often as possible, so you
that, and that makes her harder
She uses Deathbane to get to her
may want to ask the jungler for
to play well compared to Loki
target, and hopefully hit them,
the mana buff or grab a potion
who is very straight forward
followed up with Cobras Kiss to
if you have extra gold when you
and simple to use effectively.

Serqet is fun to play, but can
be difficult if you dont use her
skills properly or spam them
without chaining them for your
passive. She is balanced well
because while her abilities can do
a lot of damage, it is only if they
are used in combination correctly
and she has the mana to use
them. She has incredible mobility
compared to the gods who have
one or less abilities to quickly
move them in or out of battle.
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HIREZ, PLEA!
By Allison Jean
Im sure youre familiar with the Hi-Rez plea! meme - maybe youve even uttered the words yourself at one point. In
this piece Ive taken the meme to a new level and asked the community, pro players, streamers, and Hi-Rez employees
alike what their one wish would be to add, remove, change or fix anything in SMITE without restrictions.
What is ONE THING you would add, change, remove or utterly destroy in SMITE if you had no restrictions?
Hi-Rez plea, remove Kumbhakarna
forever. - HiRezDrybear
Hi-Rez plea remove Arachne from the game
and let her never see the light of day again. (I
seriously fucking hate Arachne, even more so
when she wasnt useless and Im glad shes in a
dumpster and I hope she stays there)- Zindurn
P.S. tell Drybear hes a big
meanie. - Zindurn as well
Hi-Rez plea, why is the god of war and destruction a
guardian, make Ares a warrior already Q.Q - Mezmoreyez
Hi-Rez plea, y u no professional? - HiRezAPC
Hi-Rez plea, I think it would be awesome if after
a certain amount of kills, your god would be able
to summon a minion monster to come stampeding
forth and just taking out all the opposing minions. It
wouldnt last terribly long, but it would be a massacre
if used at the right time. Also each monster would
be relevant to whatever pantheon the god belongs
to. For example if I was playing a Mayan god I would
summon a huge stone jaguar monster covered in vines
with all sorts of glowy runes covering its body. I just
want more monsters dont judge me. - HiRezEna
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Hi-Rez plea, give someone Guan Yus

old Ult, I miss it terribly :[ - HiRezKelly
2) True Power game mode. While this would take

tons of work on both modelling, animations, new
dialogue, and other works. But hear me out, what
Hi-Rez plea, put SMITE on the Xbox One.
if all of the gods got to use 100% of their potential,
Im tired of yelling Xbox play SMITE and having
like merc going mach X, Ra going supernova on the
my Kinect silently mock me. - HiRezAndy
battlefield, Pos flooding the lane, hades summoning

armies of undead etc. I always thought that all of the
Hi-Rez plea buff my warriors I need to

be OP again - crying :( - TSM TrixTank
gods never fought with their all, giving up potential

for game balance, and in my honest opinion, insanely
OP things are hilarious to me. - IrashiHeart - Reddit
Hi-Rez plea! I just want Geb to punch

things harder. Does that count? - IIIII Dirgius
Hi-Rez plea, more monster-gods! (of

both genders! :D) - Pixiemix - Reddit
Hi-Rez plea, add friendly fire to custom mode

so we can see team work taken to the max! - Inuki
Hi-Rez plea, remove RNG (crits) from
the game. I dont like a coin flip deciding if I
get hit for 300 or 900. - Macetodaface
Hi-Rez plea, make Aos tornado do instant
50% damage to himself for being a spamming
annoying prick. - Overdrive95 - Reddit
He still would be viable tho :D - Elseto - Reddit

This is true... but Id only have to
Fearless his ass once to kill him then
>:D - Overdrive95 - Reddit
Hi-Rez plea, bring Old Guan

Back. - Almost__Dead - Reddit
Bring Old The Real Guan
Hi-Rez plea:
add: old Herc
remove: new Herc - Antivote - Reddit
back. - draeg3n - Reddit

Hi-Rez plea, help Neith find some
Hi-Rez plea, give us these game modes:
pants! - LotusB1ossom - Reddit
1) Back To The Best game mode. Every single

god are reverted to their strongest point. Quad hitting
Hi-Rez plea, remove the whole game and
Ra, Bongos Guan, OP Fenrir/Girdle, Released Nem,
just make a game of Bakasuras throwing up
all that. I honestly think it would be really cool.
on eachother. - Cookiedude42 - Reddit
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THE BEST
SEVEN
WAYS TO
DEAL WITH
HARASSMENT
By Lucas Fulton
Weve all been BMed (badmouthed), right? Theres always the 0/18/1 Ao Kuang who is screaming at
everyone else for not following up on his 1v5 initiations while youre taking down Fire Giant.
o heres the best seven
even if they are, its not your
especially in casual matches - a
ways to deal with those
fault if you miss them because
lot of the time the person you
you muted them. That sounds
mute when they spammed [VHH]
counter-intuitive, I know, but its
Help! after dying will go on to
their fault they swore at you. No
curse somebody out later.
who have chronic mouth diarrhea.
#1. THE MUTE

BUTTON IS YOUR
FRIEND.
amount of tactical information one

player can give you is worth being
constantly insulted and derided.
Im always surprised at the
You can even mute somebody
amount of people that dont use
pre-emptively as soon as they
this function, presumably because
exhibit asinine behaviors. This
say something so foul or hateful
they dont want to miss important
has saved me a lot of headaches,
that it legitimately unsettles you.
VGS calls - but honestly, thats

not a big issue. Someone who is
BMing is unlikely to be making
good calls in the first place, and
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#2. REALIZE ITS

JUST A GAME.
Sometimes, somebody will
SOMEONE WHO IS BMING IS

UNLIKELY TO BE MAKING GOOD
CALLS IN THE FIRST PLACE
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The best way to handle this is to
champ or a level two newbie.
laugh it off and realize that its
The reason I say this is
a game - look out the window,
because some people will feel
text a friend, go get a snack. Its
guilty about doing bad, and then
easy to get so wrapped up in the
theyll accept the BM because
Loki is the most notorious trickster,
game that when somebody insults
they feel like they deserve it when
known far and wide and feared by
you, it can really hurt until you
they dont - nobody does. Even
most. Well, he decided that hed take
realize its a game. Unless youre
worse, skilled players will think
a break from ganking in the shadows
in a championship for prizes, the
they have some sort of right to
so that he could gank your mind
worst-case scenario is that you
bash other people simply because
instead (hes going through a rough
lose some imaginary game points.
they havent invested loads of
time, okay guys, give him a break)!
So what if you lose, or if youre
time into the game - but thats
doing bad? Its just a game.
not true. Theyve just forgotten
Below, youll find a handful of riddles
the childhood lesson of dont
for you to consider and solve! This
#3. BM IS NEVER
JUSTIFIED - DONT
FEEL BAD ABOUT
DOING BAD.
Your stats dont matter. You
scream at people for trivial
issue, hes just focusing on the gods.
reasons because they place too

much importance on a game.
Answers can be found within the

Coffee Break section so if you
#4. DONT
RETALIATE.
want to check your answers, or

get stuck, head on over there!
could be the top player in SMITE,

have a 95% win percentage,
When somebody is insulting
or be a millionaire - it doesnt
you, they want you to feel hurt -
matter. BM is never justified,
and theres no better way to prove
whether youre a tournament
that to them than by striking back.
1. A Valkyrie am I, and I like to

take to the skies. Who am I?
2. I was ruler of the ring, but now my
domain only holds pain. Can you spare
some mana for a forgotten king?
3. I can see far from my perch
in the air, and my hunt is
finished with a fiery glare.
4. A master of the grave, I come from
below to ensnare you - but preparation
with purification will save you.
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By insulting them in turn, youve
lowered yourself to their level and
given them what they wanted.
Simply ignore them, mute, and
continue on with your game.
If you really want to prove
them wrong, or get back at them
somehow, the best way to do
that is just to carry hardcore.
Solo called you the wrst junger
evr? Prove them wrong by
proceeding to go 19-0 and scoring
the game-winning deicide.
#5. IF YOU
MUST RESPOND,
RESPOND CALMLY.
You just have to say something,
sometimes. Maybe theyre pinning
the blame on you, or maybe
theyre asking a snarky question
you nonetheless want to answer.
the chat box or in the system
However, make sure they take your
The most important thing is to
tab if youre at the main menu.
report seriously by pointing out
remain calm. Anticipate possible
This automatically prevents you
what happened - give them what
rude responses they could throw
from receiving all PMs, though,
happened at what time. This is
at you, and give them as little
so the best solution to block
especially helpful if homophobic
reason to taunt you as you can.
BM after the match is to block
or racial slurs were used, as it
them in the post-game lobby.
lets Hi-Rez know immediately
#6. USE /DND TO

BLOCK WHISPERS
IN-GAME.
#7. REPORT
WITH PRECISION
AND POWER.
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Also, dont be afraid to ask

anyone else who saw the BM to
report them. The more reports,
the stronger the response - and
Sometimes a BMer will be

so angry that theyll actually send
that its an important case.
After the game ends, you can
you private messages to get to you
click on the exclamation point next
directly - rest assured, you can
to a players name to report them
block these by typing /DND into
to Hi-Rezs management team.
the sooner an extremely offensive

BMer gets banned, the better.
By Lucas Fulton
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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW WITH
PONPON
By Lauren Piersol
Hi-Rez has been expanding their staff, and many of these are familiar faces from the community.
In addition to Drybear and Adanas, PonPon (Daniel Cooper) has joined the Hi-Rez family.
PonPon has been a community
mainstay. Before taking on this
new role as a production assistant,
PonPon played professional SMITE
for Curse Gaming and Denial
eSports. He has been a regular
at Hi-Rez. Then, Nabil called me
Were on a Skype call, and I can
streamer on SMITEPro and has
and asked if I wanted to do this;
clearly see boxes and other
taught many community members
so Im doing it. Working for a
signs of packing everywhere.
the ins-and-outs of Conquest play.
company like Hi-Rez has always
When Im off this call, Ill
been a dream, and I cant believe
be packing my computer. Other
Im going to get to do this. I got
than that most of my things
the news last week. Ive really not
are ready to get moved. I fly out
being at the 200K Tournament. I
had much time to even prepare.
tomorrow, and Im going to stay
talked to many of the Hi-Rez staff
Time to prepare? How
GameOn: How did you

come to work for Hi-Rez?
PonPon: A lot came from
about being interested in working

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WORKING FOR A COMPANY

LIKE HI-REZ HAS ALWAYS BEEN
A DREAM, AND I CANT BELIEVE
IM GOING TO GET TO DO THIS.
ready are you for the move?
with a Hi-Rez employee until I

can sort out where Ill be living.
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So youre pretty much going
know what shell be doing?
for taking time out of his

busy schedule to speak with
to Atlanta with a suitcase and your
I think shes going to be
computer and hoping for the best?
working on some of the Spanish
us. Look for an update on
Basically. He laughs. I start
language stuff and helping with
PonPon and Lilmamacita
the new South American league.
in the next magazine!
on Friday (Its Wednesday), so

I figure Ill use the weekend
Wed like to thank PonPon
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to find an apartment.
What about this move will
be challenging for you?
I think this is going to be hard,
especially on my girlfriend. Shes
still got school to finish, so she
cant move out with me now.
How are you finishing
school up? Youre working on a
computer science degree, right?
Thankfully Im done with the
core of my course work, and Ill
be able to take the last semester
of what I need online. Ill be able
to finish my degree and still
take this amazing opportunity.
What will your new position
be called? What does it entail?
Im a production assistant
- mostly working on eSports
stuff, I think. Probably Ill do
some analysis and be creating
content. Im hoping I maybe will
do some balance work. Ill still
be streaming on SMITEgame. Its
going to be 12 hours of Hi-Rez
employees now! Im really not
100% sure of what Ill be doing yet,
but Ill update you once I know.
I saw the announcement on
Twitter that Lilmamacita will
also be joining Hi-Rez. Do you
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THEORY
IN THEORY: FAND,
QUEEN OF THE
FAIRIES
By Allison Jean
We all go through heartache and strife. Each of us suffers through sickness and ailment. Every one of us needs to be
brought back down to earth to realize the pleasures in life we have right in front of us. Watching over us always and
tending to these needs is Fand, Queen of the Fairies and Celtic goddess of happiness, beauty, healing and charisma.
he early Celts had a
youth, and women. Being the
was happening there. She flew
polytheistic mythology,
epitome of beauty and femininity
with her flock, each pair of birds
much like the Greeks and Romans
garnered Fand a lot of favor
linked together with a silver chain.
had. The Celtic pantheon consists
among the Celts, which made
Fand flew alongside her sister,
of more than 300 deities, some
her the most popular amongst
Li Ban, and they were connected
local and some regional. Regional
the fairy queens in Ireland and
by a golden chain, setting
deities, those known by all Celts,
earned her the title Queen of
them apart from the rest and
usually encompassed abstract
Fairies. Fand was more than just
showcasing their magnificence.
principles like honor, healing,
a pretty face, though: her spheres
love and luck. Local deities
of influence extend beyond those
exact role in the pantheon as the
were usually connected to local
of beauty and youth as she was
Celtic mythology was mostly an
features like mountains, rivers
also prominently a goddess of
oral one, told by druids and other
or trees and were generally
healing and love. As a fairy she
learned people, save for one
worshipped by just a few tribes.
possessed the ability to shapeshift
legend: the Serglige Con Culainn,
Fand, the focal point of this piece,
into a beautiful sea bird, allowing
or The Sick-Bed of C Chulainn.
is one of the older Celtic deities

and was known by all Celts.
Fand, whose name is variously
translated as Pearl of Beauty
Not much is known of Fands
AS A FAIRY SHE POSSESSED

THE ABILITY TO SHAPESHIFT
INTO A BEAUTIFUL SEA BIRD
or A Tear, was an early Celtic
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sea goddess. She earned her
her to travel freely between the
In this tale Fand and Li Ban are
namesake by being seen as the
Otherworld (land of the fairies)
flying with their flock of enchanted
most beautiful of the goddesses,
and the Isle of Man, where the
birds when a stone pierces one
associated with earthly pleasures,
humans dwelled, to see what
of Fands wings. The stone was
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Why, then, is Fand, a fragile
to be the greatest Irish hero. He
fairy queen who required the aid
of causing serious bodily harm
wanted to capture one of the
of C Chulainn to fight, entering
directly. To assist her allies in this
beautiful birds for his wife, Emer.
the battlegrounds of SMITE?
department as well she devised a
His actions did not go unpunished,
The answer is quite simple:
way to circumvent this hurdle. She
for Fand and Li Ban, returned
She graces the battlefield to aid
summons mirrors around herself
to their human forms, confront
her allies, mend their wounds
in such a way that each mirror
him on the shore and beat him
and inspire them with her
is opposite another, creating an
senseless with horsewhips. He
presence. Fand takes her place
endless reflection of herself. Her
falls ill and is unable to rise from
in the fight as a support mage,
beauty is so overwhelming that
bed for a year. Fand, however,
boasting two forms and a unique
the mirrors are unable to maintain
is having troubles of her own in
arsenal of abilities described
their form and violently explode,
the form of Formorian warriors
in the two abilities tables.
dealing damage to all enemies
who wish to control the Irish sea.
Fands passive is Inspire,
directly around her. While this
As a healing goddess of earthly
and the first of many ways
allows Fand to deal a fair amount
pleasures Fand was in no position
she supports her allies on the
of damage to her foes, it requires
to fight the warriors herself and
battleground of the gods. Inspire
her to be close to them and that
she agreed to heal C Chulainn
increases the highest non-utility
is not a comfortable position for
in exchange for his aid in battle
stat that the ally has while within
her to be in. As such, it is mainly a
against the Formorians. C
a radius of Fand. This means
way to scare off enemies or help
Chulainn emerged victorious and
that, for example, if the ally has
out an ally that is being chased.
he and Fand fell in love. No good
built mostly physical protections,
deed goes unpunished, as they say,
his physical protections would
can aid allies is with her second
and the new couple experienced
increase. The only stats that
ability, Lullaby. She uses her
this as Emer, C Chulainns wife,
remain unaffected by Inspire
beautiful voice to sing her enemies
came to attack them in a fit of
are those that are found under
to sleep, mesmerizing them for
jealousy. Fand, knowing the pains
the Utility tab in the store.
a short duration. Unlike all other
of the heart, saw that Emer was
Its important to note that the
mesmerizes in the game, Lullaby
fit for C Chulainn and stepped
highest stat is not determined by
is a ranged ability with a small
aside, returning to her husband
flat number, but by percentage
area of effect. This allows her
Manannan Mac Lir. He shook his
achieved of the cap (maximum
to contribute to fights without
magical cloak of mists between
threshold) of that stat. If this
needing to be up close and
Fand and C Chulainn, ensuring
wasnt in place, every ally would
personal. There is one drawback
they would never see each other
receive extra hit points.
in using Lullaby at max range:
A more effective way Fand
The only damaging ability
the magic weakens the further
drank an elixir of forgetfulness
that Fand has in her arsenal is
it needs to travel, resulting in a
provided by the druids, returning
Shattering Beauty, her first
shorter duration. This means that
them to their original state.
ability. As a goddess of healing
the maximum duration of the
again. C Chulainn and Emer
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and inspiration Fand is incapable
thrown by C Chulainn, thought
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Human Form
Name
Inspire
Icon
Type
Passive
Description
Fand is an inspirational presence on the battlefield,
making her allies perform better than they ever
could on their own. Allies within the X radius of
Fand increase their highest non-utility stat by a flat
percentage. The highest stat will be determined by the
percentage achieved of reaching the cap for that stat.
Shattering
Active 1
Beauty
Fand summons a circle of mirrors around her. After

a short delay they explode, dealing damage to all
enemies around her as the mirrors are unable to
reflect her beauty and stay whole at the same time.
Lullaby
Active 2
Using her beautiful voice, Fand sings all enemies

in the target area to sleep, mesmerizing them
for a time. The closer the target area is to Fand,
the stronger the song affects the enemies and
with that a longer duration of the mesmerize.
Flocks Embrace
Active 3
Fand summons her flock and shrouds an ally with

two pairs of birds, granting that character an X%
chance to evade enemy auto attacks for a short time.
Flight of the
Ultimate
Sea Bird
After a brief channel time, Fand morphs into

her sea bird form, unlocking additional support
abilities. Sea bird form lasts for a set duration.
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Bird Form
Name
Trail of Vitality
Icon
Type
Active 1
Description
Fand swoops over the area immediately in front
of her, releasing healing dust in the path she
travels before repositioning herself a bit back
from the target area. During this ability, Fand is
immune to soft cc (roots, cripples, and mezzes).
Zephyr
Active 2
Fand powerfully beats her wings, conjuring

a gale that pushes her enemies back.
Saving Grace
Active 3
Fand extends her golden chain to an ally, gaining a

small boost to her movement speed and allowing her
to pull the linked ally a short distance away to safety.
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mesmerize can only be achieved
Trail of Vitality. Upon casting,
further back than she was at her
if the affected area is right next
Fand will launch herself into
starting point, potentially safe from
to Fand, gradually decreasing
flight along a set path, trailing
the thick of the fight. The path
as the distance increases.
healing dust behind her as she
Fand follows as she glides offers
travels. However, Fand does not
her teammates an opportunity
Flocks Embrace is Fands

third ability and introduces a
mechanic unknown in SMITE.
Calling upon her flock, Fand
summons two pairs of birds,
each pair linked with a silver
chain, to protect the selected ally
AS A FRAGILE MAGE WHO

LACKS BURST OR CONSISTENT
DAMAGE, FAND IS BEST
PLAYED AS A SUPPORT IN
THE DUO LANE.
by granting him or her evasion

for a short time. This means the
heal herself during the course of
to scatter and heal while giving
character under the effects of
Trail of Vitality; the healing dust
herself a great tool for disengaging
Flocks Embrace has a chance
is deposited behind her. As Fand
and retreating. Fand is immune
to evade enemy auto attacks,
completes her dive she comes
to soft crowd control abilities
negating the damage of the
to a stop, repositioned slightly
during Trail of Vitality but she
attack completely. Spells are
can still be interrupted by hard
unaffected by evasion and affect
crowd control abilities and she
the shrouded god as normal.
can still be targeted and killed.
Another new mechanic that
Zephyr, the second ability
Fand introduces is her ultimate,
unlocked in Fands sea bird form,
Flight of the Sea Bird. After
is wonderfully multi-faceted. The
channeling the required energies
strong gale produced by Fands
for a few seconds she transforms
powerful wings is enough to lift
herself into her sea bird form
her enemies off their feet and
for a set amount of time. This
push them back a short distance.
is NOT a stance switching skill,
Zephyr can be used as an
as she cannot use it freely. The
effective engagement method,
duration of the sea bird form is a
a great tool for an escape, or
fixed amount, and the skill has an
as a way to group up enemies
above average cooldown, even for
for her teammates ultimates.
an ultimate. This form grants her
The third and final ability
powerful new skills, but she loses
in Fands sea bird arsenal can,
the range on her auto attacks.
quite literally, be a life-saver. In
Once transformed, Fand
Saving Grace, Fand extends her
gains access to three new
golden chain to an allied god,
abilities, the first of which is
linking her to them for a short
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THEORY
STATISTICS
time and allowing her to drag
lacks the staggering damage
them a short distance away to
output of other junglers in SMITE
safety. The small movement speed
so her role in the jungle would be
We here at the GameOn Magazine
boost Fand receives during Saving
more of a ganking support, feeding
are incredibly interested by statistics
Grace also makes it a useful
kills to her allies. This allows the
and so, rather than keeping them
ability for chasing down fleeing
team that Fand is part of to have
to ourselves, each month we like
foes as well, especially since the
a more aggressive support that
character that Fand pulls with her
does well with some farm and
doesnt receive the movement
experience, possibly reintroducing
speed penalty for attacking.
the warrior supports.
to share them with you too!

This month is no different so
below, youll find some intriguing
As a fragile mage who lacks
Fand, Fairy Queen of the Celtic
burst or consistent damage, Fand
pantheon, is a boon to any team
is best played as a support in the
she joins, inspiring her allies to
duo lane. Her kit allows her to
perform above and beyond their
protect her lane partner well and
abilities. Her various forms of
effectively engage her enemies
crowd control allow her to set up
in combat with Lullaby, and
kills, initiate fights while remaining
her sea bird form allows her to
safe or save her allies from certain
protect and save her lane partner
death. She is a complex character
from ganks. During team fights,
though, and using her abilities
Fand can wreak havoc on the
to their fullest requires constant
enemy teams plans by making
vigilance. Inspiring and beautiful,
- #2 Shoes of the Magi
her teammates surprisingly
Fand lifts the spirits of her allies
- #3 Vampiric Shroud
effective at what they do with
beyond their imagination, filling
- #4 Devourers Gloves
Inspire, interrupt channeled
their hearts with resolve, and
abilities with Lullaby and make
keeping them safe and sound
duels more favorable for her allies
during their trials and tribulations.
This month, there were 270,109,323
with Flocks Embrace. Her sea
When your heart grows heavy,
Minions killed in the making of SMITE
bird form is not to be forgotten,
when battle makes you weary,
though. She shines even brighter
call upon Fand. The Queen of
with the healing and control those
Fairies will fill you with hope and
unlocked abilities grant her.
grace your spirit with the valor
statistics from around SMITE.

Top 5 Most Played Gods This Month
- #1 Apollo
- #2 Mercury
- #3 Rama
- #4 Ra
- #5 Athena
Top 5 Most Used Items This Month
- #1Warrior Tabi
- #5 Deaths Toll
Within the battleground,

21,471,317 gods were killed in
cold blood by other gods.
Another interesting role Fand

can fulfill is that of an off-jungler.
Overall, 17,772,131 have died
Shattering Beauty gives her a
meaning the minions are retaliating!
decent jungle clear and she can
needed to emerge victorious

from the very depths of strife.
gank with efficiency, setting up
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kills for her teammates. Fand

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GOD RE-ENVISIONED:
GUARDIAN HERCULES
By Jorg van der Velden
Here it is! Another edition of A God Re-envisioned. In the last issue we rebuilt Cupid into a Mage,
and in this issue another physical god will be transformed into one with a magical nature. Its
the man who recently lost his mightiest of beards and his grin of grins: Hercules!
he Hercules we all know
and all obstacles he encounters,
recovered from Heras spell, he
in SMITE is based on all
including those of battle. But that
deeply regretted his actions and
his exploits and achievements in
is not all Hercules is, as there is
prayed to the gods for guidance.
his lifetime, stories and legends
a well known and very important
An oracle told him that in order
that suit a Warrior well: a strong
saga where he is not a proud man,
to atone he needed to place
and capable man overcoming any
but a servant of a wicked king: the
himself at Eurystheus service,
legend of Hercules Twelve Labors.
the King of Tiryns and Mycenae
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Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus,
and a petty man of low morals, for
always hated Hercules for being
twelve years and had to execute
Zeus most successful son, passing
twelve nigh impossible labors.
Hercules Derpules skin has the
no opportunity to cause trouble for
smallest head in the game - you
him. She drove him to madness
performed can be divided into
know, if you were wondering.
to punish him for being who he
three rough categories: capture a
is, and in that madness Hercules
legendary beast, slay a legendary
slew his wife and sons. When he
beast, and obtain a legendary item.
The labors Hercules
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These categories are the focal
no weapons or armor, forced to
SMITE. A Guardians role in the
point of Hercules redesign, as
complete the labors with nothing
game is to suffer pain so his or
they encompass the struggles of
but himself and the occasional
her allies dont have to, where
his service at Eurystheus feet and
help from friends. The laurel
a Warriors role is more one
his greatest accomplishments.
remains as a reference to his
of running interference on the
HERCULES KIT IS REDESIGNED

WITH HIS STATUS AS A
SERVANT IN MIND: THE
ABILITIES ARE SIMPLE AND
STRAIGHTFORWARD
battlefield. As such, I decided to

redesign Hercules into a Guardian.
Hercules kit is redesigned
with his status as a servant in
mind: the abilities are simple and
straightforward, and there are no
complex synergies or interactions
Hercules cant have the

grand accoutrements he has in
his current incarnation. He is
heroic status, despite being at
present. A full description can be
someone elses command.
found in Table: Skill description
The core of the epos is
and, as usual, I will go in depth

into the abilities table.
the servant of a king hell bent
Hercules suffering. Suffering the
on making him fail, and wearing
loss of his wife and sons, suffering
intricate and glorious armor and
the indignation of serving a man
Divine Health. This ability
weaponry defeats that purpose.
that is far beneath him and the
stimulates players to build
Instead, he would wear nothing
suffering of performing degrading
Hercules tanky, as he gains a
more than a plain toga, sandals
tasks. This meshes much better
direct benefit from doing so. The
and a laurel on his head. He bears
with a Guardian than a Warrior in
conversion of physical protection
Lets begin with his passive:
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Name
Divine Health
Type
Passive
Description
As a semi divine being, Hercules health is superior to those of other humans.
As such a percentage of Hercules physical protection is converted into health.
Capture
Active 1
Hercules captures an enemy god by jumping forward, dealing a small amount

of damage and stunning them for a period as he lands and drags the target
back a distance at a reduced speed. Both Hercules and the target god can be
targeted with spells and attacks while this ability is active.
Obtain
Active 2
Hercules forcefully wrests a precious object from the enemy god, temporarily
reducing their protections by a percentage and gaining them for himself.
Slay
Active 3
Hercules dashes a short distance forward and rends the target with his bare
hands, dealing a moderate amount of damage and slowing them as he severely
damages their muscles.
Madness
Ultimate
Being provoked by the dark whispers of Hera, Hercules slips into madness,
silencing himself and gaining bonus damage on his auto attacks based on his
physical protections. Additionally, he is not slowed by auto attacking for the
duration of Madness and he damages all gods and minions (enemy and ally) in
an area around him as his strength overwhelms them.
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to health does not happen on a
and disruption tool. Hercules
reference to the capture labors
1 for 1 basis, as health grows
smashes his hands into the
like catching Artemis golden hind
at far greater numbers than
ground for a firm grip before
and subduing the Cretan bull.
physical protection does. This
before crouching and throwing
means that each point of physical
himself forward towards the
Obtain and will be the bane
protection converted should give
target area, stunning and grabbing
of tanky characters around the
10-20 health, depending on what
the target god and pulling him
battlefield. Reducing an enemy
the most balanced number is.
or her back. The distance both
tanks protections while adding to
The idea behind the passive is
Hercules and his target travel
his own will make Hercules nigh
to show his divine nature, even
is based on his move speed and
unkillable while at the same time
though he is basically a slave of
the stun duration. As soon as
severely weakening the opponents
Eurystheus, and is a reference
the stun ends, the target breaks
ability to team fight by cracking
to his labor of cleaning the
free and a higher move speed
their shield. Obtain is a melee
Augean stables, which required
allows Hercules to drag the target
range skill, so Hercules needs
great endurance to complete.
further out of position, so building
to have a way to get close to the
Capture is Hercules first
movement speed items benefit
enemy to steal their protections.
active skill and his main initiation
Hercules greatly. The ability is a
The labor this ability is based on is
Hercules second skill is
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mostly obtaining Hippolytas belt,
retreat. Using it does bring
but also references the stealing
major risks with it, as the
of the apples of Hesperides.
area damage applies to all
The third skill Hercules has
gods and minions, even allied
at his disposal, Slay, is a direct
ones. While under effect of
and obvious reference to the
his ultimate Hercules can
labors that revolve around killing
use beads to cleanse crowd
dangerous legendary beasts like
control effects, but the
the Nemean Lion. The dash of the
silence from Madness will
skill is a very short one, similar to
remain even after using
Fenrirs brutalize, and the damage
it. All the aspects of the
is a secondary effect to the slow.
ultimate, the silence, the
Madness, Hercules ultimate,
increased damage and the
makes him a terror to behold in
hurting of allies, are an important
without using his ultimate and he
team fights to both his allies and
reference to the act that instigated
has no push potential whatsoever.
his enemies. The damage buff he
the epos of the Twelve Labors:
He also has no way to control
receives and losing the movement
losing his mind to Heras whispers
multiple targets in any situation,
slow for auto attacks make him
and killing his wife and sons.
his role in team fights mainly being

a literal meat shield, blocking
a perfect candidate to clean up
In this incarnation Hercules is
after the fight and allowing the
scary, but not when hes alone. He
auto attacks from the enemies
teams squishy characters to
lacks the tools to kill someone solo
and drawing out their spells.
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But he can change the tides of a
He shines in the moments just
making sure his team gets the
teamfight quickly by controlling
before and after the teamfights
best possible result after the fight.
a single target, allowing his team
though. His entire kit lends itself
This rounds up Guardian
to quickly burst him or her down
perfectly for getting a quick
Hercules, the conqueror of the
without requiring them to get out
pick (killing a single enemy god)
Twelve Labors and servant no
of position. He can also activate his
before a team fight, forcing a 4v5
more, his immortal status granting
ult to scare and drive the enemy
advantage. His damaging aura
him the right to participate
apart, making it harder for them
and speed while under the effects
in the battle of the gods.
to position themselves properly
of his ultimate are, as mentioned
for an engage or a re-engage.
above, perfect clean up tools,
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SPEEDY GODS
By Ashley Eaton-Jephcote
Hey readers, do you know whos actually the fastest god in SMITE? What do I even mean by
fastest god, is that at one single time or over a period of time, or even who has the most potential
speed? Ill be showing you who actually sets the lap timers round your maps!
lease note before reading
most assassins (eight of the 13
to the fact that movement speed
I am only taking into
Assassins have a base of 375),
does not interact with jumps,
account skills that actually affect
Serqet is the only one above that
dashes or other instant travel
the movement speed of the
with 380 movement speed as base,
formats. Whilst Bastet and Loki
god, and can be easily noticed
meaning Serqet is technically the
gain a 25 and 35% movement
as the skill I describe affects
fastest walker. Sun Wukong and
increase respectively, the exact
the movement speed stats you
Osiris as Warriors also have 375
value of Sun Wukongs movement
see (typically) in the bottom left
Movement speed. Between the 11
gains whilst in any form of 72
corner of your UI, which is also
gods with 375/380 base movement
Transformations isnt available
the bottom left stat to look at.
speed (those being Arachne,
at hand. However, with a base
Bastet, Kali, Loki, Mercury, Ne
movement speed of only 360, Geb
Zha, Nemesis, Osiris, Serqet and
get an increase over time from his
Sun Wukong), the fastest among
Roll Out ability, eventually beating
base movement speed (without
them are arguably Bastet, Loki
any gain any other God could reach
anything to boost it) is 375 for
and Sun Wukong. I say this due
without any form of movement
First of all, who is the

fastest god at any given time?
Well, given that the highest
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gains the lowest movement
40% movement bonus, Chronos
speed out of anybody in the
second ability Accelerate actually
potential gain, in which I mean
game, gaining a maximum of
starts off as a 20% increase (at
who can get the most increased
10% increased movement speed
maximum rank) and over the
movement speed out of their kit?
(although it is permanent)
course of seven seconds itll
from the passive integrated
increase by another 20%. Having
again as with a single Roll Out
with Maximum Velocity - this
a slightly higher base than some
he caps the movement speed
actually means when this skill is
other mages, other gods who get
at 754. Then it is Thanatos with
maxed, Mercury has a permanent
a 40% increase can actually attain
30% (plus an extra 30% if facing a
movement speed of 413.
it instantly. Those gods are. He bo
boost (aside from their kit).

What about the most
Geb without a doubt is top
Another one of our notable
(with Atlas of the Yellow River),
Scent of Death and another 150%
speedy gods is Poseidon, gaining a
Ullr (with Invigorate, the buff in
from Hovering Death totalling
total of 35% increased movement
axe form) Ao Kuang (with Slither)
210% movement speed gained
speed. After building basic attacks,
and then Ne Zha (with Universal
from his kit, if in his ultimate
his passive grants a total of 10%
Ring Toss after the initial hit and
with his second ability activated
and his second ability Trident
seven bounces). So this means
while facing an under threshold
grants 25% at maximum rank.
that Chronos isnt really that
target. From then on its simply
Before being nerfed, Poseidons
fast at all compared to others,
Scylla with Im a Monster at level
respective gains via Changing
considering four other gods can
20 gaining 70%, and Janus with
Tides and Trident were 20 &
equal his gains and seven other
Thresholds passive maxed out
35%, meaning he used to speed
gods have higher gains than 40%.
giving a total of 60% (30% stacked
around with a 55% gain!
target under the threshold) from
twice) passing through a portal

or passing over a Threshold.
Funnily enough, one of the
How about Chronos, the

whizz of time himself?
Well, along with four
credible speed lords isnt actually
other gods being able
all that fast. Mercury actually
to grant themselves a
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How about any oddballs? Well,

there are a few curveballs amongst
or instant travel in their kit?

Unfortunately, those gods
darkness! He gets an increase

of 60% at maximum rank (as
the movement speed gains, two
would be Anubis, Arachne, Ymir
well as extended auto attack
easy ones being Sun Wukong
and Zhong Kui. However, each
range). Ares somehow moves
and Vamana. Sun Wukongs
of these gods have at least 1
quicker when chaining people,
third ability 72 Transformations
slow and 1 hard crowd control
per different person chained
allows for him to travel (and do
incorporated into their kits.
gaining 15% totalling to 45%
otherwise dependant on form)
Another one could be said to be
(and slowing for 15%). Odin
as an Ox/Tiger/Bird for a short
Vulcan, having only the pushback
does actually move a little faster
duration. Each of these forms
from Backfire the first ability,
during his own ultimate, a 15%
actually have a set movement
although it does count as a form
increase! Finally, dont forget that
speed gain and the value varies
of direct travel (seeing as cripple
Apollo gains a two-second-buff
according to Sun Wukongs current
renders it unable to be used).
after his dash, which is helpful in
movement speed. Vamanas
Any other side notes about
first ability Clear The Path also
movement speed gains that
grants movement speed, although
people may or may not realize?
the value isnt directly known.

Two more intriguing ones
Dont forget Xbalanques
times of aggression or retreat!

With that, enjoy speeding
around, but dont get caught
going over the limit!
ultimate isnt all about the
By Ashley Eaton-Jephcote
are Apollo and Guan Yu. For

both ultimates respectively,
theyre unique in the fact that
they travel but arent considered
instant travels nor do they grant
movement speed. Guan Yus
ultimate is actually affected by
his movement speed (so tapping
a variant of sprint will affect this)
whilst Apollos ultimate has a
set movement speed, though
it doesnt say for either in the
descriptions what speeds they
are at, nor do they affect the
actual movement speed stat in
the UI. although not affecting
the actual movement speed stat
nor told in the description.
What about those with no
forms of movement speed gain
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DEFINITELY NOT A CURSE

By Robert Sirio
We take a few minutes to look at the Curse Voice system that was recently
introduced to SMITE, and tell you a bit more about it !
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the players. This way teamwork

is more easily possible and
players can understand their
fellow players more. Another
thing that could improve from
Curse Voice is the competitive
scene. Ranked teams could have
more communication going on
WHAT IS CURSE
VOICE?
to allow for better grouping,

overlay if theyre already logged
on to the client. On this overlay a
person can start up or join a new
Recently the voice chat
chat session to communicate
objective focus, and victories.
WHAT ARE THE

SHORTCOMINGS
OF CURSE?
program Curse Voice has added
with their teammates. They can
the SMITE game title to their
choose any game mode to play in
collection. Previously Curse Voice
and when they enter god select
only had one game listed on
a person can paste their Curse
Curse does well but there is one
their site which was League of
Voice link so their teammates
thing it cant fix; is BMing (bad
Legends, top-down MOBA. Now
can join that chat session.
mouthing) and toxicity in the
Curse Voice has a set up for SMITE

as well. When this was featured,
Hi-Rez gave players a nice little
incentive to use the voice chat
WHAT ARE THE

BENEFITS OF
CURSE?
program while playing a game.
There are many things that
games. The issues that arise

is now you have to hear the
person constantly BMing and you
have to go through the trouble
of muting them in Curse Voice
Players are able to receive 200
Curse Voice helps fill in
and in the game. A person may
free gems for using Curse Voice
pieces that the VGS system cant
never know when they get that
for the first time and this offer
fulfill. The VGS system has a
one unpleasant person that will
is available until August 31. This
wide variety of emotes and chat
make you want to stop playing
was extremely nice because
expressions, but sometimes it gets
the game. Curse is great for
people could use the gems to put
confusing to try and remember
everything it does but it would
towards a new skin, voice pack, or
all of the commands. With Curse
take a miracle to stop the BM
even the nifty rerolls in Assault.
Voice people can simply speak
that goes on everyday in games.
HOW DOES CURSE

VOICE WORK?
When a person hops on
SMITE, there is a neat Curse
to their teammates and request
In conclusion, Curse Voice can
for help or other things. The VGS
be a handy feature when it comes
system is still great especially
to playing SMITE. It allows for
because voice packs make it
better communication and more
extremely fun to use, but voice
fluent games for the players.

By Robert Sirio
chat may be more convenient for
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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW WITH
HINDUMAN
By Kris West
We had the opportunity to sit down with the notorious Hinduman (or should we say HiRezHinduman?) and talk to
him about his casting career so far. Since our interview, Hinduman has been officially hired by Hi-Rez Studios and
wed like to pass our congratulations onto him. Be sure to drop by his Twitter or Twitch.TV and do the same!
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GameOn: How long have

you been playing SMITE
and what got you into it?
Hinduman: Since Last
February. I had some friends
who picked it up again (we all
played together during Alpha)
they convinced me to come
play a couple games and ended
up playing some Arena and
Assault. I was hooked! I could
easily see the potential and
wanted to learn more so started
watching streams/finding videos
to learn. I have an addictive
personality when it comes to
games that are open ended!
How did you get into casting?
I have had a passion for
gaming from an early age. Never
really was young or good
enough to pursue it professionally.
I watched other casters
For somebody who wants
commentating games I enjoyed
casting experience it was natural
but was disappointed at their lack
for me to continue that route.
to get into casting games of
of knowledge about the game.
I am still new to the game and
SMITE, what is one piece of
Instead of just complaining about
learning to play it to the best of
advice youd give them?
it I stepped up myself and began
my ability and casting actually
TO GET INTO CASTING? GET

A MIC, RECORD YOURSELF
AND GIVE IT A SHOT!
To get into casting? Get a mic,

record yourself and give it a shot!
As the scene grows there will
always be more tournaments to
cast and as such, more casters
required to cast them all! Look
casting to see if I could do any
helps me to improve and get
for the smaller companies
better. Seems some people like it.
better. Maybe one day I get to be
looking to try out new talent.
Why did you choose the

casting route in SMITE?
Because I have previous
a player on the big stage! For now
To improve, take a pre-casted
I focus on learning from the pro
match by current casters. Cast the
players I get the privilege to cast!
game muted. Then go back over
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and compare what the current
casters did and you did spot
what you missed and also what
you picked up on they didnt!
If somebody wants to learn
played him since though.
Which causes more pressure:
more from you in terms of
There are just too many other
casting in front of an audience
casting, how would they do that?
gods pulling my attention! I
or to thousands online?
I do a weekly slot on my
will go back to him one day!
own channel www.twitch.tv/
What is the biggest challenge,
For me the pressure is equal

whether its casting for 5 people
hinduman where I give anyone
in your eyes, currently facing
or thousands. I always want
interested in casting a chance to
the SMITE eSports scene
the casts to be entertaining and
have a go at it. They get to cast
and casting in general?
informative so making sure the
alongside me where I give them
Keeping the standard we
information I relay is correct (to
constructive feedback about
have begun setting and trying
the best of my knowledge) is
what they can work on to get
to improve on it week-in week-
the most pressure that I feel.
better and put me out of a job!
out! Since I joined the scene,
Who, at present, is your

favourite god to play and why?
Which god is currently
production has gone through the
in need a nerf and which
roof and every single week we
is in need of a buff?
see new exciting things coming
Osiris probably needs
playing Kumbhakarna, Bacchus
from the shows we put on. The
to be nerfed a little bit. He
and Athena. mainly because I
casters all working with each other
is permanently banned with
like to save people I guess! Its
more and more means synergy
good reason. His kit alone is
fun to also make those clutch
is built up between us so casting
fine but when you combine
plays that you can do as those
partnerships become stronger.
that with his core item Qins
This is a tough one. I love
gods. At present though, for
Do you still get nervous when
knowledge purposes, I am
casting professional matches in
trying to get a diamond in every
front of thousands of people?
role so I understand the lane/
The first cast I did for Smite
Sais he is too strong.

Extra: NEW Nu Wa her kit is
great its just a little bit too strong
in terms of damage Think they
thought process behind each
I was really, REALLY nervous
need to bring the base damage
role. So I dont get chance to
and it showed. Now though I
down of her abilities a little bit.
play them as much as I like.
may get some pre-game nerves
Buffs: Arachne, Vulcan (his
but once we go live its all
passive) and Kumbhakarna
you ever mastered and are
gone, there isnt enough time
(he needs more CC)
there any stories behind it?
to be nervous because there
Who was the first god
Bakasura. I saw TRUE
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THE FIRST CAST I DID FOR

SMITE I WAS REALLY, REALLY
NERVOUS AND IT SHOWED.
is always something to talk/
DAMAGE and my eyes lit
think about. I do get frustrated
up! On top of that he looked
with myself all the time though
visually awesome! Havent
when I make simple mistakes!
Which other games do you

play, besides SMITE, if any?
Civilization, Hearthstone, D&D,
Planetside 2 & Telltale Games!
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Office Gods: Erez,

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The Best Seven Ways To

Interview with PonPon

In Theory: Fand, Queen

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In your experience, which ultimate

Which god do you think needs a new

Wed have to choose Ao Kuangs.

even if it was a simple recolour.

who your favourite god/goddesses are somewhere

the reworks will be incoming soon!

thoughts on The Odyssey are and what you

play in SMITE with a team? - Scott Duncan

expect from it in the future? - Spencer Aden

If by how do you join a competitive team,

We love it! Think its a great idea to raise

play lots of ranked games. Quite a lot of the

money for the SWC prize pool and give something

time, the pros are discovered this way.

back to those contributing too. As for in the future,

When is the next issue due out? - Tim Loveitte

but maybe some more themed rewards too?

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When you buy a golden skin, will you

How does Hi-Rez choose the next

about diamond? - Alexndre Trudel

information gathered from their streams and Twitter

you can do is just buy the diamond one at

accounts, they look at what the game is missing

rank 10 or the legendary at rank 5. Youre not

and which gods could potentially fill those roles.

restricted to buy then one after another.

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At gamescom 2014, during the Microsoft keynote,

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Cabrakan, Destroyer of Mountains has joined

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The Odyssey has also been revealed this month.

The first item to be released was Mercurys Run.

The Odyssey is a crowd funding system akin to

EXE skin costing 600 gems (meaning with every

the Poolseidon skin that was saw earlier in the

purchase, $3 will be added to the prize pool).

year. The main difference is that this event will

By purchasing Odyssey items, you will be able