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Recent Changes
PatchCodexRecent Changes
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See the latest SMITE 2 patch changes, including god balance updates, item changes, system updates, gameplay fixes, and links to official patch notes.
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A rolling view of the latest parsed official updates.
The short version
The biggest update is the addition of Nike, with new Laurel-based abilities and a Victorious Conquest Aspect. Aphrodite and Susano receive substantial Aspect reworks, while several gods, items, structures, and core systems get targeted adjustments.
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Gameplay changes
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Nike is now playable, using Laurels across a kit built around healing, physical damage, barriers, leaps, crowd control, and a defensive ultimate. Her Aspect of Victorious Conquest is also available, changing Laurel generation and consumption plus several abilities.
Why it matters
Players can now select a new god with a distinct Laurel resource and an alternate Aspect playstyle.
Heartbreak now uses Kiss to charm and link enemies rather than allies, while Back off! adds area damage around linked enemies. Love Birds also damages linked enemies for the healing amount, and Undying Love loses damage immunity in favor of firing projectiles and linking nearby enemies.
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Why it matters
The Aspect shifts Aphrodite’s listed interactions from ally linking and ultimate defense toward enemy control and offensive area effects.
Storm Front reduces some damage while adding a protective knock-up, protection shred, allied Jet Stream utility that grants Critical Strike Chance and Movement Speed, and enemy displacement through Typhoon without damage over time.
Why it matters
The Aspect places more emphasis on crowd control, allied utility, protection shredding, and displacement.
The dash movement system has been reworked to better detect and predict hits, targeting lingering dash hit-detection issues such as those affecting Ratatoskr.
Why it matters
Dash-based abilities should have updated hit detection, though the candidate notes the system may not always be active during testing.
Horus’s Protector’s Surge has a 14s cooldown instead of 13s and grants 6/10/14/18/22 protections instead of 8/13/18/23/28. Izanami’s Sickle Storm attack speed drops from 25/30/35/40/45 to 15/20/25/30/35, while Hachiman’s Eagle Eye long-range bonus damage rises from 5% to 10%. Chronos’s Time Rift permanent bonus damage doubles from 1 to 2, and Accelerate Section IV intelligence scaling rises from 30% to 35%.
Why it matters
These changes affect ability availability, defensive strength, attack speed, and scaling for several frequently used kits.
Artemis’s Calydonian Boar cooldown rises from 90s to 100s and Suppress the Insolent movement speed falls from 25% to 20%. Cerberus’s Paralyzing Spit damage falls by 10 at every rank and Soul Expulsion cooldown rises from 14s to 15s. Agni’s Rain Fire cooldown increases from 18s to 20s, Hecate’s Spell Eater charge damage drops from 7.5% to 5%, and Xing Tian loses basic-attack damage reduction and health regeneration at most ranks.
Why it matters
These gods have less frequent access to key abilities, lower listed damage, or weaker defensive and sustain effects.
Heartwood Charm now grants 20% cooldown reduction and 45 intelligence, up from 10% and 40. Lotus Sickle’s bonus damage now also scales with 20% Attack Damage.
Why it matters
Heartwood Charm offers more cooldown reduction and intelligence, while Lotus Sickle gains value from Attack Damage builds.
Tier 2 Tower Strength increases from 275 to 290.
Why it matters
Tier 2 Towers deal more damage through their increased Strength.
Artio moves from T1 to T2, Chronos from T3 to T2, Nut from T2 to T3, and Hades is added to T3.
Why it matters
These tier placements change how healer availability is categorized in Assault.
Players now receive an alert sound and message when the Fire Giant targets them.
Why it matters
The added feedback makes it clearer when a player has drawn the objective’s attention.
Buying a Tier 3 item now correctly fills missing Tier 1 or Tier 2 branch items. Lotus Sickle interactions with buffing, healing, and shielding effects were also fixed.
Why it matters
Purchases should complete required item branches correctly, and affected Lotus Sickle effects should function as intended by the supplied changes.
Bots can now walk and target through base doors reliably, and door open/closed states replicate correctly.
Why it matters
Bot interactions and the door state displayed to players should be more consistent.
Targeting Brackets can now be enabled in settings, and Keyhole Camera obstruction handling was improved so the camera can clip through terrain to maintain a more consistent distance.
Why it matters
Players gain an optional targeting aid and more reliable camera distance during hectic fights.