50 Fun Facts About Smite

Unlike most MOBAs, which are played top-down, Smite is played from which perspective?

Each god has a basic attack, a passive and four abilities.

In most Smite modes, what must a team destroy in the enemy base to win?

You have to bring down the lane towers and phoenixes first.

What is Smite's default and largest game mode, played on a three-lane map?

The map layout follows Warcraft III's Defense of the Ancients.

In the three-lane mode, minions spawn from the phoenixes how often?

Towers prioritise minions over players, which is what lets you dive a tower behind your wave.

When can a team first vote to surrender, and how many votes does it take?

If a team has disconnected players it can surrender from six minutes with an adjusted majority.

What is the maximum level a god can reach in a match?

Each successive level takes longer to reach.

How many classes are Smite's gods divided into?

Assassin, Guardian, Hunter, Mage and Warrior.

Which class is NOT one of Smite's five?

The tank role is filled by Guardians rather than a class called Support.

Which mode pits two teams of three on a single-lane map?

Players start at level 3, and its side-lane boss is the Bull Demon King.

What does the Bull Demon King jungle boss do when killed?

It also gives the team a health and mana regeneration buff.

In which mode is every player assigned a random god and unable to return to base to buy items?

Once you leave the fountain you cannot buy again until you die.

In Arena, each team starts with how many points, and the game ends when a team's total reaches zero?

A god death costs five points; a minotaur reaching the portal costs the enemy fifteen.

In Arena, what can a team spawn after collectively killing ten enemy gods?

Each one that reaches the enemy portal deducts fifteen points.

The Slash mode, added in 2022, is a portmanteau of which two discontinued modes?

Its middle jungle grows stronger over time and eventually spawns the boss Apophis.

Which boss eventually spawns in the middle jungle of Slash?

Other jungle bosses on the map spawn siege juggernauts that can knock down towers.

Smite's matchmaking is a modified version of which ranking system?

Ranked Leagues use a variation of Elo instead.

To enter Ranked Leagues, a player must be at least what account level?

They also need 20 gods at Mastery Level 2 or higher and 30 Normal PvP matches on the main mode.

How many bans are there in a Smite ranked draft?

Ranks run from Bronze to Grandmaster, each split into five sub-tiers.

New ranked players start in which tier, with 1500 MMR?

Players need over 100 Tribute Points to climb each sub-tier.

The Egyptian goddess Eset was renamed from what, to avoid association with an extremist group?

Eset is simply one of the goddess's alternative names.

In Smite, the Cthulhu Mythos characters are grouped into which in-game pantheon?

King Arthur's legends are likewise treated as the Arthurian pantheon.

Which three Hindu deities were the only playable ones when Hindu leaders objected in June 2012?

Kali got a major art overhaul with more concealing armour in December 2013.

Who led the 2012 objection to Hindu gods being playable in Smite?

The developer's CEO replied that Smite would include "even more deities, not fewer".

Which company, founded by Erez Goren and Todd Harris in 2005, developed and published the game?

Its earlier titles include Global Agenda and Tribes: Ascend.

The developer's headquarters is in Alpharetta, a suburb of which city?

The centralised pro league that replaced the regional circuits in 2019 was based there.

When the developer split into four studios in August 2018, which one took over the game?

Evil Mojo got Paladins and Heroic Leap got Realm Royale.

Smite was first announced at which event, on April 21, 2011?

The beta that followed produced more than 74 million hours of playtime.

On what date was Smite officially released on PC?

It launched with about 3 million players and passed 4 million by June.

Which console got Smite first, in August 2015?

PlayStation 4 followed in May 2016 and Nintendo Switch in February 2019.

In 2013 the developer partnered with which company to bring Smite to China?

The Chinese client was merged into the international one in late 2017.

By April 2020, how many total players had Smite attracted?

The year before, it had passed 30 million players and $300 million in revenue.

During the 2013 beta, how much did a lifetime pass unlocking all future gods cost?

Otherwise free players get a rotating dozen gods a month.

What are Smite's two in-game currencies?

Skins have included tie-ins with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stranger Things and Slipknot.

What was the prize pool at the first Smite World Championship in January 2015?

Only two editions of Dota 2's The International had offered more.

Which team won the first Smite World Championship and its record first prize?

The pool was capped at $1 million from the following year to spread money across the season.

In July 2015 the developer capped future World Championship prize pools at what?

The idea was to pay more players across the year rather than one giant purse.

Under what new banner did the 2016 Smite world champions repeat in 2017?

The roster was Dimi, Adapting, Yammyn, emilitoo and iRaffer.

Which player became the first to win the Smite World Championship three times, in 2020, 2021 and 2022?

He won with SK Gaming, the Pittsburgh Knights and the Atlantis Leviathans.

The Atlantis Leviathans' 2022 win was a first for which region?

They beat the Tartarus Titans in a studio with no live audience because of the pandemic.

The 2023 Smite World Championship was the first held outside Georgia. Where was it played?

Camelot Kings won, and their ADC Jarcorr became the first to win the title in two different roles.

Beginning with Season 8, the Smite Pro League moved to what model?

The developer said this eased things like visa processing and made long-term planning easier.

Smite 2, announced in January 2024, is built with which technology?

It became free-to-play on January 14, 2025, after months as a paid early-access title.

What did the studio announce in February 2025 about the original Smite?

The studio had originally said it would keep developing both games side by side.

What Metacritic score does Smite hold, based on about a dozen critic reviews?

IGN gave it 8/10, praising the variety of gods and detailed models.

Smite's three-lane Conquest map is based on which Warcraft III custom map?

Each lane is guarded by towers and a phoenix, with a titan waiting in each base.

At what level do players begin a match in the two-lane Slash mode?

Its middle jungle grows stronger over time, and side bosses unleash tower-wrecking siege juggernauts.

In which year did Smite enter closed beta, on 31 May?

Open beta followed in January 2013, and the official release came in March 2014 with about 3 million players.

As of December 2023, how many selectable gods did Smite offer?

They are spread across five classes, with only about a dozen free to play in any given monthly rotation.

Which television painter is among the brands given crossover skins in Smite?

Other skin partnerships include Stranger Things, Transformers, Slipknot and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

By 2019, roughly how much revenue had Smite generated for its developer?

The free-to-play game had also created more than 450 jobs by then.