SMITE Season of Souls Update 10.6: Full Patch Notes Listed

Hi-Rez seems to be determined to make frequent shake-ups in the meta of SMITE. I’ll admit it right away, my web browser crashed two times while assembling this article, but it was enjoying to go through everything Hi-Rez did when it comes to nerfs and buffs in this massive update. Without further ado, here are the 10.6 Patch Notes for SMITE. Bring some water and snacks – this will take a while.

NEW EVENT – COLORFORGE: PRISM OF SOULS

New ColorForge Event Skins can change colors by equipping different Dyes! Dyes can be unlocked by purchasing an Event Bundle or through the ColorForge Chest! Don't forget to check out the Quests tab in the Event to unlock your FREE Little Charmer Cupid Skin! Also, you can earn ColorForge Chest rolls by completing weekly Quests!

NEW BATTLE PASS – DARK DOMINION

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When we added additional recolors in the Duality Battle Pass, we got a lot of feedback from players saying they’d prefer chests instead. So in place of the additional recolors we’ve added the following to the Dark Dominion Battle Pass:

QUALITY OF LIFE

BUG FIXES

BALANCE LIVE WITH THE 10.6 UPDATE

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A brand new season brings with it a whole new mechanic, Soul Surges! These large areas are created on player death, creating dynamic fields that can alter the pace of a team fight. We wanted to ensure that the new zone effects were not overwhelmingly strong creating a situation that only favors the team that earned that first kill. Regardless if the fight stays in the Surge or meanders away, there will still be a reward, and an obstacle, in the minions that spawn periodically from the center of the Surge.

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Year 10 Season 3 Conquest has a large focus on making sure the games are action-packed and interesting. Between the two new Conquest objectives and the game-wide Soul Surges, we expect each game to feel fresh and exciting while still preserving the competitive nature of the mode. The Stygian Beacons create new moments of intrigue, centered around the Mid Lane. While it can be important to gain the stacking rewards, sometimes choosing to avoid a fight and farm can be the better choice. The Unleashed Titans are a mechanic we definitely wanted to present to players but also at a level of strength that shouldn't feel too frustrating.

Conquest Balance

Over the course of Season 2 we have had a lot of feedback that games might be starting to get a little bit too long, and we agree. Some of the reasons why were the efforts we made to make sure snowball was kept in check and games felt fair but this Season we wanted to rebalance those scales and get us closer to a healthier outcome. Several of the changes made here will be focusing on making safe farm less rewarding and contestable farm more-so. We don't want to over-correct and plan to keep an eye on how these changes feel, especially with the new mechanics.

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New Glyphs

RELIC DAGGER

The first of the items to get Glyphs in Season of Souls is Relic Dagger! Relic Dagger has long been an item that Supports love for those situations where certain Relics will be at a premium. Introducing two Glyphs that lean into that Utility identity of Relic Dagger should reward those players that love to buy specialized items to shut down their competition. In 10.1 we removed a chunk of Tier 3 items, saying that if they were sorely missed we would be bringing them back in other ways. Witchblade has been one of the most popular community suggestions to return, and we are excited to reintroduce the Attack Speed Reduction Aura with Bewitched Dagger! Eldritch Dagger is a bit more broad in its potential applications, allowing Supports to gain plenty of survivability even activating offensive Relics like Belt of Frenzy and giving them the leg up in the Ward wars later in the game.

BEWITCHED DAGGER

ELDRITCH DAGGER

RUNEFORGED HAMMER

Warriors that need more Defense have been turning towards Breastplate of Valor or Heartward Amulet Glyphs since their initial introductions. But Warriors that are able to be more aggressive have lacked a Glyph option that allows their dive to be more effective. Flameforged Hammer is going to synergize beautifully with Warriors that are happy to build Gladiator's Shield and stack Protections, while Runebreaking Hammer allows Warriors to help set up a team fight with a strong effect that heavily punishes teams that stay too close together.

FLAMEFORGED HAMMER

RUNEBREAKING HAMMER

PRIDWEN

Last but not least, we have Pridwen. Both Supports and Solo Laners have loved this item in previous metas, but recently have been looking towards other options. By introducing Glyphs to Pridwen, we hope that those tanky initiators will once again find room in their builds for Pridwen. Glorious Pridwen will let users double up on the shield, whereas Reverent Pridwen are for those moments where you need the biggest shield possible right away. It's also worth pointing out that the damage on the explosion is not tied to the shield's initial HP, but instead based on a percentage of Protections from items.

GLORIOUS PRIDWEN

REVERENT PRIDWEN

Game-Wide Item Stat Reductions

Year 10 we really wanted to focus on seasonal changes that were centered around broad issues the players have been having. Last year's TTK changes were designed and implemented based on feedback that burst was starting to get too high, especially in the early game where a few gods can create killing opportunities with a single round of abilities/attacks. There were scaling changes that were expected to help alleviate similar issues in the late game and the intention was always to make sure we ended up at a healthier spot. Lately we have noticed the sentiment has once again revolved around how the burst damage is too high, specifically in the late game due to itemization. As always we take community feedback very seriously and have come up with the following changes for this season. As usual there will be many areas that will need to be addressed and readdressed due to the collateral nature of sweeping changes but we will continue to listen out for your feedback and evaluate how the new season's games progress.

Nerfed Items

These are items that generally perform well enough and will get the standard 30% or 15% stat reduction.

A few items will see additional nerfs if they have been overperforming. Specifically Aura items are also being addressed in this pass in order to reduce their potency for allies but maintain their strength for the wielder.

ARONDIGHT

ASI

ATALANTA’S BOW

BANCROFT’S TALON

(GLYPH) BANCROFT’S CLAW

BERSERKER’S SHIELD

BLADED BOOMERANG

BLOODFORGE

BOOK OF THOTH

EVOLVED BOOK OF THOTH

BRAWLER’S BEAT STICK

BREASTPLATE OF VALOR

(GLYPH) BREASTPLATE OF DETERMINATION

(GLYPH) BREASTPLATE OF VIGILANCE

BREASTPLATE OF REGROWTH

Breastplate of Regrowth is getting a bigger nerf due to its prevalence and strength. Gods with built in sustain already have an extra degree of survivability, and the movement speed from Breastplate of Regrowth has been making those gods a little too hard to lock down.

CADUCEUS CLUB

CANNONEER’S CUIRASS

CHARON’S COIN

EVOLVED CHARON’S COIN

CHRONOS’ PENDANT

CONTAGION

DEATHBRINGER

(GLYPH) ENVENOMED DEATHBRINGER

(GLYPH) MALICIOUS DEATHBRINGER

DEMON BLADE

DEMONIC GRIP

DEVOURER’S GAUNTLET

EVOLVED DEVOURER’S GAUNTLET

DIVINE RUIN

DOMINANCE

DOOM ORB

EMPEROR’S ARMOR

EROSION

FAE-BLESSED HOOPS

FAIL-NOT

GAUNTLET OF THEBES

EVOLVED GAUNTLET OF THEBES

GENJI’S GUARD

GLADIATOR’S SHIELD

GOLDEN BLADE

GRIFFONWING EARRINGS

HASTENED KATANA

HEARTWARD AMULET

Part of the Aura shifts as outlined previously.

(GLYPH) AMULET OF THE STRONGHOLD

HYDRA’S LAMENT

JOTUNN’S WRATH

LAST GASP

LOTUS SICKLE

MAGI’S CLOAK

(GLYPH) MAGI’S REVENGE

(GLYPH) MAGI’S SHELTER

MAIL OF RENEWAL

MANTLE OF DISCORD

MYSTICAL MAIL

OBSIDIAN SHARD

ONI HUNTER’S GARB

PESTILENCE

PHALANX

POLYNOMICON

PRIDWEN

PROPHETIC CLOAK

Part of the Aura shifts as outlined previously. The Protection thresholds for bonus Mitigations also have not been adjusted which will inherently make them harder to obtain and require more investment.

EVOLVED PROPHETIC CLOAK

PYTHAGOREM’S PIECE

QIN’S SAIS

The passive for this item will now deal even less damage to squishier targets.

RAGE

EVOLVED RAGE

REJUVENATING HEART

RELIC DAGGER

ROD OF ASCLEPIUS

ROD OF TAHUTI

RUNEFORGED HAMMER

SEKHMET’S SCEPTER

SERRATED EDGE

SHADOWDRINKER

SHOGUN’S KUSARI

SILVERBRANCH BOW

SOUL EATER

EVOLVED SOUL EATER

SOUL GEM

SOUL REAVER

The passive for this item will now deal even less damage to squishier targets.

SOVEREIGNTY

SPEAR OF DESOLATION

SPEAR OF THE MAGUS

SPECTRAL ARMOR

SPHINX’S BAUBLES

SPIRIT ROBE

STAFF OF MYRDDIN

STONE OF BINDING

TABLET OF DESTINIES

THE CRUSHER

THE EXECUTIONER

(GLYPH) THE FEROCIOUS EXECUTIONER

(GLYPH) THE HEAVER EXECUTIONER

TITAN’S BANE

TRANSCENDENCE

EVOLVED TRANSCENDENCE

TYPHON’S FANG

VITAL AMPLIFIER

WARLOCK’S STAFF

EVOLVED WARLOCK’S STAFF

WINGED BLADE

Nerfed Starter Item Upgrades

SENTINEL’S BOON

SENTINEL’S EMBRACE

Part of the Aura shifts as outlined previously.

COMPASSION

HEROISM

BUMBA’S SPEAR

BUMBA’S HAMMER

TAINTED BREASTPLATE

TAINTED AMULET

WAR BANNER

SPARTAN FLAG

DEATH’S EMBRACE

DEATH’S TEMPER

SEER OF THE JUNGLE

PROTECTOR OF THE JUNGLE

DIAMOND ARROW

ORNATE ARROW

HUNTER’S COWL

LEADER’S COWL

BLOOD-SOAKED SHROUD

SACRIFICIAL SHROUD

SIGIL OF THE OLD GUARD

INFUSED SIGIL

SUNDERING AXE

AXE OF ANIMOSITY

BLUESTONE BROOCH

CORRUPTED BLUESTONE

ARCHMAGE’S GEM

GEM OF FOCUS

PENDULUM OF AGES

THE ALTERNATE TIMELINE

MANIKIN MACE

MANIKIN HIDDEN BLADE

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Shifted Items

These are items that aren't performing as well right now and will get buffs along with their 30% or 15% stat reduction. These include: Tank Items, Mage ADC Items, and DPS Class Glyphs

ABSOLUTION

ABYSSAL STONE

(GLYPH) AMULET OF SILENCE

ARCHDRUID’S FURY

CYCLOPEAN RING

DAWNBRINGER

FROSTBOUND HAMMER

GEM OF ISOLATION

HASTENED RING

(GLYPH) JOTUNN’S CUNNING

(GLYPH) JOTUNN’S VIGOR

MANTICORE’S SPIKES

MIDGARDIAN MAIL

STONE OF GAIA

TALISMAN OF ENERGY

TELKHINES RING

ETHEREAL STAFF

Dependent Items

These items rely on specific power, health, or protection thresholds, and are being adjusted along with the % reductions to stats

(GLYPH) NIMBLE BANCROFT’S TALON

HEARTSEEKER

LONO’S MASK

Part of the Aura shifts as outlined previously.

RANGDA’S MASK

Ratatoskr Items

BRISTLEBUSH ACORN

EVERGREEN ACORN

THICKBARK ACORN

THISTLETHORN ACORN

Additional Item Balance

(STARTER) BLUESTONE PENDANT

(STARTER) BUMBA’S DAGGER

(STARTER) WAR FLAG

WING SHARD

BRACER OF RADIANCE

GREATER BRACER OF RADIANCE NERF

BRACER OF BRILLIANCE

BRACER OF ILLUMINATION

% Penetration Changes Reverted

First and foremost the team wanted to clarify that this revert was not done lightly. The Item changes listed above were intentionally designed to make sure that Tank items were hit less from their Health and Protection nerfs than DPS items overall. This led to a balance state where the goals were generally pretty well achieved with damage being brought down for DPS vs DPS combat significantly and DPS vs Tank damage felt more fair. However this changed dramatically as the games continued on and Tanks started to get full builds and max leveled. When running the numbers and playtesting through different situations we came to the conclusion that unless we started nerfing base/scaling stats for tankier characters, which would devalue a lot of the goals we were trying to achieve, lowering Protections and Health even more on items would not fix this situation. The cleanest and simplest way to address only the late game problem of DPS vs Tanks was to revert the Penetration changes. We plan on paying close attention to the community, pro and casual sentiment and will make changes quickly and accordingly if necessary.

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Nerfs

APHRODITE

Just like with some Items, we are looking to decrease some of the more prevalent and consistent sources of movement speed. Aphrodite's constant movement speed buff certainly fits that bill.

KISS

HACHIMAN

We are happy to see Hachiman succeeding after his most recent buffs, but think that he could use a small adjustment on his Eagle Eye damage.

EAGLE EYE

HEL

Similar to Aphrodite's nerf, Hel provides too much movement speed to herself and allies consistently.

INSPIRE

TYR

As with Hachiman, we are excited to see players returning to and finding success with Tyr. Now that his ultimate is feeling more impactful, he can afford to lose some of his free stats that Change Stance provides. It's also in line with our goals of the overall Item pass.

CHANGE STANCE

VAMANA

While it had been a while since Vamana was a meta force, he is starting to overstay his welcome. Who's small now?

COLOSSAL FURY

YEMOJA

Yemoja's nerf is in the same vein as Aphrodite and Hel's changes outlined above.

RIPTIDE

Buffs

ACHILLES

FATAL STRIKE

ANHUR

GENERAL

SHIFTING SANDS

APOLLO

SERENADE

THE MOVES

ARTEMIS

SUPPRESS THE INSOLENT

BACCHUS

BELCH OF THE GODS

BASTET

ENSNARING CLAW

CHIRON

TRAINING EXERCISE

CLIODHNA

PHANTASMAL

DANZABUROU

UPROARIOUS ROCKET

DISCORDIA

STRIFE

ERLANG SHEN

HOWLING CELESTIAL DOG

9 TURNS BLESSING

ESET

WING GUST

FAFNIR

DRACONIC CORRUPTION

GEB

STONE SHIELD

CATACLYSM

HOU YI

RICOCHET

IX CHEL

GREAT END

JANUS

THROUGH SPACE AND TIME

KUKULKAN

SLIPSTREAM

KUZENBO

SHELL SPIKES

WATERY GRAVE

GENERAL

LANCELOT

CAMELOT’S QUEST

PIERCING THRUST

LOKI

AGONIZING VISIONS

FLURRY STRIKE

MEDUSA

VIPER SHOT

MULAN

SPEAR THRUST

GRAPPLE

POSEIDON

TRIDENT

SOLAR BLESSING

RAIJIN

RAIJU

RAVANA

CHAIN OF BLOWS

10-HAND SHADOW FIST

SET

SPAWN OF SET

SHIVA

SAMSARA

SHIVA TANDAVA

SKADI

WINTER’S GRASP

SOBEK

CHARGE PREY

TAIL WHIP

SICKENING STRIKE

SUN WUKONG

UNDEFEATED BODY

TSUKUYOMI

SILVER MOON CALTROPS

ULLR

WIELD AXES

VULCAN

INFERNO CANNON

XING TIAN

HOOK SLAM

ZHONG KUI

DEMON BAG

NEW GOD SKINS IN SMITE 10.6

NEW GOD SKIN VOICE ACTORS

Source: Smitegame.com

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Staff Writer at Prima Games since May 2022.Gaming since being able to hold an Amiga 500 joystick on his own, back in the early 90s (When gaming was good, remember?).He has been through thousands a lot of different video, board, and card games and it seems that he wants to make it tens of thousands soon™.Current favorites: Vampire Survivors, SMITE, Marvel Snap.Participated in the organization of dozens of gaming events and tournaments and has been professionally attached to gaming since 2009.

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