Smite

Many of us in childhood were fond of the myths of Ancient Greece, and the legends about the deities of other pantheons also found their admirers. And now, thanks to Hi-Rez Studios, the opportunity to play the role of any of the arbiters has become a reality, even online. This chance was the multiplayer game "Smite" - in the MOBA genre.

Plot Features

In principle, there is no special storyline, there are team-on-team battles. And in the battles themselves, there are a lot of interesting moments. The heroes are the gods of Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Scandinavian, Mesoamerican, Celtic, Polynesian, Slavic and voodoo mythologies. By the way, the ESL esports league actively supports this game, several tournaments have already taken place.

So, about the heroes. Each player chooses his character, with certain skills and characteristics, he needs to be developed and equipped. Plus - each team has its own base, which needs to be defended. They are connected by roads with defense turrets. Players note that seeing the battle through the eyes of their god is an indescribable sight, and changing heroes is also not forbidden. You can see the big picture by looking at the map in the corner of the screen.

Gods and Their Possibilities in Smite

Skills determine the role in the team. Each god has 3 basic abilities, 1 special and 1 passive, you can still purchase up to 6 passive items that enhance them, and up to 2 active ones with useful properties such as teleportation or healing. Gods have long cooldowns, but they don't require mana.

Short characteristics of the characters:

• Zeus strikes with lightning;
• Loki attacks from the darkness, knows how to be invisible, stabs in the back;
• Monkey King Sun Wukong is eager to fight;
• Athena breaks into the crowd and provokes an attack;
• Poseidon is magical, but vulnerable while charging;
• Cupid sends arrows;
• Imirumet sets up ice walls;
• Chronos - returns back;
• Apollo - moves in a chariot and burns painfully;
• Guan Yu - cuts into the thick of the battle on a horse and chops the enemy;
• Thanat - attacks from the air, killing with a swipe of the scythe;
• Thor - also attacks, hovering over his head, only hits with a hammer.

It is difficult to list all of them, the total number of characters is more than 100 out of 12 pantheons. Initially, 5 gods are open, the rest are opened for points after each match. And there is also a roulette wheel, where random gods "fly in" every 2-3 weeks, they are available until the next update.

Free Gods:

• Nate.
• Ra.
• Guan Yu.
• Tor.
• Ymir.

Combat

Heroes can tumble, take off, fall, hang in the air - the choice is huge. But jumps are triggered only for showiness, rifle attacks have a small radius of damage, and the sight cannot be moved up or down, only to the right and to the left. Success depends not only on skills in battle, but also on pumping, and even on the right tandem. For example, Athena and Anubis easily cornered Isis, Thor reaches with a hammer to flying Mercury, and Guan Yu perfectly copes with Xbalanque from the Mayan pantheon.

As for items, each of them has its own characteristics and additional effects. The player receives 2 slots for active items and 2 for potions and wards.

Features of the modes

For those who want to have fun, a special mode is provided, which changes every day, most often these are variations on the theme of one god. That is, it turns out 10 Chronos on the assault card or 10 Imirs in the Arena. Sometimes themed matches happen - the battle of all the gods of death. Or domination - capturing control points on a separate map.

But in general, the modes are acceptable:

• The simplest is "Conquest" , when there are 2 teams of 5 participants, 2 bases and roads.
• "Tournament" . Map with one line in the middle of the jungle, fast 3v3 battles
• Assault . With the same line on the map, but without the jungle.
• Arena . A variant of gladiatorial fights.

Leveling up and other details in Smite

You can buy items in the store or at the base, teleporting is allowed without problems. There are different items, some increase health, others - protection, and still others - speed of movement or attack. But there is also a small "ambush". Magic characters cannot buy items for physical strength, and warriors cannot buy things for magic. This reduces the scope for experimentation, but it simplifies the game, it is easy to predict what to expect from this or that character.

You can also pump artifacts, moreover, in several directions. For example, a regular cloak turns into:

• armored hedgehog hide;
• anti-magic robes;
• A blessing of the Magi that protects against control spells.

As for purchases, you can open the god for good if you pay with in-game currency, which falls for each battle, or deposit real money. There is also such a trick that for a tangible amount it is permissible to open access to all the gods: both those who are already in the game and those who will later be opened.

So, if you want, the possibilities open up very different. And given that you have to play actually because of the hero's shoulder, with the change of gods you can provide yourself with the most amazing impressions and entertainment for a long time!