Smite 2 OB31 - The King Of Uruk Update Patch Notes (23rd March 2026)

New god drops in Smite 2 rarely arrive in isolation. Hi-Rez typically bundles them with targeted balance passes, quality-of-life tweaks, and whatever the team has been working through on the bug backlog. If past Open Beta patches are anything to go by, expect adjustments to gods who were either overperforming in the current meta or getting left behind entirely.

For the full picture of everything Hi-Rez changed this patch, including god balance, item adjustments, and bug fixes, check the official OB31 update notes on smite2.com. Full patch notes below.

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New Classic God

• GilgameshGeneralMelee Basic AttacksDamage Type: PhysicalScaling Type: Strength Scaling

• Passive: Epic of GilgameshYou wield artifacts that demand quests to unlock their true potential. Sun-Forged Scimitar: Extend buff to max by hitting only gods 3 times. Drop Kick: Drop Kick a target into a god 3 times. Hero's Advance: Kill or assist 3 Gods affected by Hero's advance damage bonusWinds of Shamash: Knockback a target off the wall 5 timesEach quest completed gives 100 gold + the upgrade!

• Ability 1: Sun-Forged ScimitarIgnite your sword for 3 seconds. Enemies around the ignition take Physical Damage and are slowed

• Ability 2: Drop KickDrop kick an area in front of you, dealing Physical Damage to enemies. The closest enemy is launched through them, taking bonus physical damage when hitting a minion or burst physical damage and stunned when hitting a God or wall.

• Ability 3: Hero’s AdvanceLeap to a target location dealing physical damage on impact. Create a beacon for 5 seconds.

• Ultimate Ability: Winds of ShamashCall the winds of Shamash at a target location. Enemies inside at the start take physical damage and are slowed. Enemies in the ring take physical damage. The outer wall heavily slows; your damage pulls them to the center.

• Aspect releasingAspect of ShamashWinds of Shamash is no longer an ultimate. Place a wind wall that transforms once with your next ability. Ignites from Sun-Forged Scimitar, solidifies from Drop Kick, or launches allies from Hero’s Advance. It can only transform once, granting you attack speed, tenacity, or Pathfinding until its next transformation.

New Feature - Anti-Leaver 2.0 - Phase 1

• This does not apply to Training, Jungle Practice, Quickplay, vs. AI, or Custom –  It only applies to Classic and Ranked
• Anti-Leaving In-Game TimerIncreased from 5s to 10sMessage Changed to make it more clear that players should not leave matchesFixed to no longer be active in the End of Match Lobby
• Leaver PointsPlayers who leave matches or dodge lobbies acquire Leaver PointsUpon reaching certain thresholds of Leaver Points, two things occur:Players see a message that explains their account has been penalized for leaving a match, and that leaving matches is bad. They must type "I Agree" that they will not abandon future matches to proceed past this screen.Players are sent to a Low Priority Queue before their next X matches. This requires them to wait an additional amount of time before they will find a match. The time required to wait scales up with points acquired. Playing matches without leaving reduces the number of leaver points you have.If a party is being delayed due to a Low Priority Queue party member, the party is notified.Players are notified in the End of Match Lobby that a Leaver is being punished and has a penalty
• AFK DetectionThis has been improved. Players are warned in-game for being AFK, and kicked at a certain time threshold.If you are detected as AFK, you are punished as a Leaver with an additional punishment of Deserter so you cannot immediately join back.
• Dodging PenaltiesDodging a Ranked Queue results in the loss of 60SRDodging any Lobby grants Leaver Points
• Additional updates to this system are planned for future updates

New Wandering Market

Fiend Hunters Artio and Tsukuyomi

Contents

• Instantly unlocked after purchasing the Premium Traveler Page
• Premium Page Contents - Unlock the following items with Wandering Market CoinsFiend Hunter Artio  - Cursed Blood PrismFiend Hunter Artio - Paragon PrismFiend Hunter Artio - Violet Stalker PrismFiend Hunter Artio - Violet Stalker PrismSilver Bullet Tsukuyomi - Cursed Blood PrismSilver Bullet Tsukuyomi - Paragon PrismSilver Bullet Tsukuyomi - Shadow Stalker PrismFiend Hunter - BadgeWyrm Seals - Part of the Archfiend Event

Warrenborn Artemis

Contents

• Instantly unlocked after purchasing the Premium Traveler Page
• Premium Page Contents - Unlock the following items with Wandering Market CoinsWarrenborn - Bramble PrismWarrenborn - Lotus PrismWarrenborn - Starbound PrismShadowfluff Ward skinWarrenborn - Announcer PackWyrm Seal - Part of the Archfiend Event

Gameplay

• Shifted Tower shot prefire/postfire timing from 0.3s/0.7s -> 0.0s/1.0sPreviously there was a 0.3s delay before the tower would fire its first shot. This removes that delay to match parity with Smite 1. While it's not a huge buff to towers, it should make them feel more responsive when targeting gods that dive you under tower.

• ArenaDecreased setup time from 60s to 55s

• AssaultIncreased setup time from 60s to 75sAlready Live in OB30 Hotfix:Melee MinionReduced protections scaling from +6 to +2Ranged MinionReduced protections scaling from +4 to +2MinotaurReduced protections scaling from +4 to +2

• Vs AIAdded Ares and Kali botsImproved bots’ aim prediction with some ranged projectilesFixed Ra Bot being able to place his A03 beyond maximum rangeReduced the chance of God Bots using Blink Rune to flee a fight

Item Balance

Changes from PTS:

1. Echo has been decreased from 40%/20% on ultimates to 30%/15% on ultimates.
2. Pathfinding now considers Movement Speed Diminishing returns. This makes it significantly weaker than the first testing.

Bug Fixes:

• Some items were giving adaptive stats in addition to their base ones.
• Some items were permanently giving stats.
• Resolute Mantle was providing significantly higher Health Per Second than listed.
• Echo was multi-proccing off some on-damaged effects. (Hecate A01 Mark)

Things we are watching out for:

• Gem of Focus/Tekko-Kagi We did some pretty significant shifts to these items, and they were also benefiting from the Pathfinding issues described above. We may nerf these quickly if needed.

• Plated MetalTier 2 Plating Component900g+9 Plating

• Runic HideTier 2 Dampening Component850g+10 Dampening

• Bowl DrumTier 2 Echo Component750g+10 Echo

• Combat Boots (!!)Tier 2 Pathfinding Component900g+8 Pathfinding

• Cleric’s CloakTier 2 Tenacity Component800g+15 Tenacity

• Kinetic Cuirass2400gBuilds from : Veve Charm + Plated Metal + 700g+15 Plating+300 HealthPassive: After being damaged by 5 Attacks from gods, your next Attack unleashes a shockwave, even if it misses. Dealing 40 (+4% of your Health) damage.

• Radiant Bulwark2750gBuilds from: Engraved Guard + Plated Metal + 1050g+15 Plating+20 Physical Protection+20 Magical ProtectionActive: Create a wall of light that protects allies behind you for 6s. Grants them all your Plating, Dampening, and half of your protections from enemies on the other side of the wall. You are slowed, silenced, disarmed, and cannot turn while channeling the bulwark.

• Doublet of Binding2550gBuilds from: Veve Charm + Runic Hide + 900g+15 Dampening+400 HealthActive: Protective Link - Link to a target, redirecting 20% of damage they take, up to 600 health. This damage is mitigated further by your dampening stat.

• Wyrmskin Hide2600gBuilds from Battle Axe + Runic Hide + 850g+40 Strength+10 Dampening+250 HealthPassive: When you hit a god (once every 8s) you gain 20 dampening against them.

• Alchemist Coat2350gBuilds from Mana Tome + Runic Hide + 1000g+15 Dampening+400 Mana+ 2.5 Mana Per SecondPassive: When you use a consumable, gain 10 Dampening for 8s. If you have an open inventory slot, gain a Multipotion once every 60s.

• Mercury’s Talaria2500gBuilds from Survivor’s Sash + Combat Boots + 600gAdaptive: 40 Strength or 70 Intelligence+12 PathfindingPassive: As you move out of combat, store energy. Your next non-ultimate ability deals up to 20% more damage based on the stored energy. If it was a Movement Ability, deal up to 30% more damage instead.

• Resolute Mantle2750gBuilds from Veve Charm + Cleric’s Cloak + Xg+550 Health+20 TenacityPassive - When Hard Crowd Controlled by an ability, gain 25 Health Regen and 10 Tenacity for 4s. This effect can stack. When these stacks fall off, gain 0.5 Health Regen and 1 Tenacity permanently. These can stack up to 20 times.

• Shroud Of Vengeance+2500gBuilds from Engraved Guard + Cleric’s Cloak + 900g+20 Physical Protection+20 Magical Protection+20 TenacityPassive - When Hard Crowd Controlled, trigger a shockwave around yourself dealing 50 (+40% of your Protections, up to 650) Physical Damage

• Damaru+2750gBuilds from Kopesh + Bowl Drum + 750g+40 Strength+20% Critical Strike+20% EchoPassive - When you Critically Strike, increase your Ability’s damage by 10% for 5s. When you Echo, increase your Attack’s damage by 10% for 5s. Each can stack 3 times.

• Omen Drum+2800gBuilds from Survivor’s Sash + Bowl Drum + 1050gAdaptive: +55 Strength or +90 Intelligence+30% EchoActive - For 5 seconds, all enemy gods and jungle monsters you hit with an ability are marked. After the duration expires 15% of all ability damage you dealt to marked targets is echoed to all marked targets.

• Tekko-Kagi (Stat Change)Now builds from Skeggox and Hunter’s Bow, cost remains the same.No longer grants Movement Speed: 4% -> 0%Now grants Pathfinding: 0% -> 7%Increased Stack Duration: 6s -> 10sNo longer provides Cooldown Reduction: 10% -> 0%Now grants Attack Speed: 25%Decreased Strength: 60 -> 50

• Gem of Focus (Stat Change)No longer grants Movement Speed: 4% -> 0%Now grants Pathfinding: 0% -> 7%Increased Stack Duration: 6s -> 10sIncreased Intelligence: 50 -> 75Increased Cost: 2350 -> 2550

• The Crusher (Stat Change)Now built from Lucerne Hammer and Bowl Drum. Cost remains unchanged.No longer grants Cooldown Rate: 15 -> 0Now grants Echo: 0% -> 25%

• The Cosmic Horror (Rework)Now build from Ring of Dispel and Bowl DrumNo longer grants Mana: 200 -> 0No longer grants Mana Regen: 3 -> 0Now grants Echo: 0 -> 20%New Passive: While your Echo chance is higher than Cooldown Rate, grain +20% Echo Damage. While your Cooldown Rate is higher than your Echo chance, gain +35 Intelligence. If they are equal, gain both effects.

• Spectral Armor (Rework)Now builds from Plated Metal + Veve Charm + 600 GoldCost should be the same 2300 it has been.No longer grants Physical Protection: 30 -> 0Now provides Plating: 0 -> 20New Passive: You take -25% Damage from Critical Strikes. Ability Critical Strikes are mitigated by your Plating.

• Spectral Visage (Removed)Spectral Armor’s rework has focused it on being a more all-in-one counter to Critical Strikes. Spectral Visage was always a band-aid solution for Magical Critical Strikes; but the combination of Plating and mitigating ability Critical hits should cover all cases.

• Leviathan’s Hide (Stat Change)Removed Physical Protection: 40 -> 0Added Plating: 0 -> 15Increased Health: 250 -> 300

• Mantle of Discord (Stat Change)Removed Physical Protection: 30 -> 0Removed Magical Protection: 20 -> 0Added Dampening: 0 -> 15Added Tenacity: 0 -> 20Increased Cooldown Rate: 10 -> 15

• Shogun’s Ofuda (Stat Change)Removed Magical Protection: 30 -> 0Added Dampening: 0 -> 15

• Spirit Robe (Stat Change)Decreased Physical Protection: 25 -> 20Decreased Magical Protection: 25 -> 20Added Tenacity: 0 -> 20

• Pharaoh’s Curse (Stat Change)Removed Physical Protection: 35 -> 0Removed Magical Protection: 25 -> 0Added Plating: 0 -> 20Increased Attack Speed: 15% -> 20%

• Vampiric Shroud (Shift)Now provides Lifesteal: 0% -> 4%God Ability Hits no longer provide triple the Health Heal and Mana Recovery effects.

• Blood-Soaked Shroud (Shift)Now provides Lifesteal: 0% -> 8%God Ability Hits no longer provide double the Health Heal and Mana Recovery effects.

God Balance

• Amaterasu (Buff)Divine Presence (1)Increased Shield Health: 4/5/6/7/8% -> 8% of Max HealthIncreased Attack Speed: 8/11/14/17/20% -> 12/14/16/18/20%Dazzling Offensive (4)Decreased Cooldown: 110/105/100/95/90s -> 90s
• Charon (Buff)Spectral Surge (1)Reduced cooldown from 15s to 13sDamnation (2)Fixed Attack Speed Slow not applying correctlyAspect of the TollkeeperSpectral Surge (1) Deals 40% bonus damage to minions
• Da Ji - (Nerf)One Thousand Cuts (2)Decreased Movement Speed: 40% -> 30%Trickster Spirit (3)Decreased Damage Scaling: 80% -> 70% Strength
• Discordia - (Nerf)Erratic Behavior (3)Increased Cooldown: 14s -> 16/15.5/15/14.5/14s
• Geb (Aspect Nerf)Aspect of CalamityBase Health and Base Health Per Level decreased by 7.5%Base Physical Protection and Protection Per Level decreased by 5%Base Magical Protection and Protection Per Level decreased by 5%
• Hercules (Base Nerf)GeneralDecreased Base Health: 567 -> 525Decreased Health Per Level: 101.5 -> 94Decreased Health at level 20: 2597 -> 2405Aspect of PreservationGains +7.5% Base Health and Health Per LevelThis puts him very close to his previous health values.
• Khepri (Base Buff, Aspect Nerf)Abduct (1)Increased Protections: 20/28/36/44/52 -> 25/35/45/55/65Scarab’s Blessing (4)Increased Strength and Intelligence: 10/20/30/40/50 -> 25/32.5/40/47.5/55Aspect of LacerationAbduct (1)Removed: Protections
• Morgan Le Fay (Nerf)Consuming Power (4)Decreased Projectile Damage Scaling: 45% -> 40% Intelligence
• Ne Zha (Aspect Nerf)Aspect of Righteous FlameFlaming Spear (2)Decreased Base Heal: 30/45/60/75/90 -> 20/30/40/50/60Decreased stored Righteous Spirit Heal: 50% -> 35%
• Nut (Nerf)Aspect of the CosmosGains -12.5% Base Attack Damage and Attack Damage Per Level
• Pele (Base Buff)Pyroclast (1)Increased Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 -> 70/110/150/190/230Increased Damage Scaling: 60% -> 65% StrengthMagma Rush (3)Increased Damage: 10/15/20/25/30 -> 15/20/25/30/35Increased Amped Damage: 20/35/50/65/80 -> 30/45/60/75/90Aspect of ObsidianThe above buffs do not apply to this aspect.
• Ra (Buff)Divine Light (2)Increased Solar Ray Duration: 2/2.5/3/3.5/4s -> 4sSolar Blessing (3)Increased Heal Per Tick: 10/17/24/31/38 -> 16/22/28/34/40
• Scylla (Buff)Quick Learner (P)Increased Mana Regen: 1 -> 2 Per Max AbilityCrush (2)New: This ability does 20% bonus damage to Minions and Jungle Monsters.
• The Morrigan (Buff)Dark Omen (2)Increased Damage: 40/70/100/130/160 -> 55/85/115/145/175
• Thor (Aspect Nerf)Aspect of ThunderstruckWarrior’s Madness (P)Decreased Protections per stack: 8 -> 5Decreased Heal: 2% -> 1.5% of Max Health
• Xbalanque (Buff)Poison Darts (2)Decreased Cooldown: 15s -> 13sRising Jaguar (3)Decreased Cooldown: 16s -> 16/15.5/15/14.5/14s

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Gods could get stuck if they used Agility Relic to dash into a Windsprite
• ArtemisTuskyParity: Tusky can now target and dash through playermade wallsFixed cases that lead to the same God being stunned twiceFixed switching targets while dashingFixed dry firing if another enemy is close to his targetFixed not being able to turn towards targets in his dashFixed dash sometimes hitting an enemy that stood between him and his targetFixed looking at the wrong target before dashingFixed not able to hit the Jungle Practice TotemKnown issues that still remain:Tusky can double-dash the same target if he somehow misses his target the first timeTusky can miss if his lifetime expires mid-dashTusky is the most powerful character in the SMITE universe

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