SMITE Update 5.3: New Greek God Achilles

SMITE Update 5.3: New Greek God Achilles

SMITE Update 5.3: New Greek God Achilles

Hi-Rez Studios released a new patch for Smite. Update 5.3, apart from bugfixes and balance changes for items and heroes, presented a new Greek god – Achilles, Hero of the Trojan War. Below you can find the description of his abilities.

Achilles – Hero of the Trojan War

Abilities

PASSIVE: GIFT OF THE GODS

Achilles adapts to the tide of Battle. Achilles can choose to wear armor, granting him bonus Health and Protections, or forgo it, granting him bonus Movement Speed and Physical Power Armored Bonus: Achilles gains an addition 35 +10 Health per lvl and 5 +1 Protection per lvl. Unarmored Bonus: Achilles gains an addition Movement Speed 3% +.25% per level and 10 +2 Physical Power per level.

SHIELD OF ACHILLES

Achilles punches forward with the edge of his Shield, inflicting massive damage and stunning enemy targets hit by the impact. The force of his punch continues to radiate past his initial target area, dealing 80% damage to targets farther away.

RADIANT GLORY

Achilles is blessed by the gods, giving him bonus Physical Power, Protections, and Crowd Control Reduction for 6 seconds. While this blessing is active, Achilles will heal himself upon successfully damaging enemies with abilities.

COMBAT DODGE

Achilles dodges his enemies’ attacks before striking them in swift response. If Achilles successfully hits an enemy god with this strike, Achilles can use this ability once more before it goes on Cooldown.

FATAL STRIKE

Achilles winds up a large attack and dashes forward. While dashing, Achilles will pass through minions, stop and hit the first enemy god he encounters, dealing damage to all he hits. If the god is below 30% Health they are Executed. If Achilles successfully Executes a god with this ability, he can use it again, up to 5 times. As Achilles successfully Executes his enemies, he becomes more reckless in combat and leaves his heel exposed. Achilles will become more susceptible to damage, stacking up to 5 times.

Full list of changes can be found on the official website.