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SMITE 2 Reveals Nox’s Shadow Kit and an Ember Warden Bundle Players Can Build

Nox's Aspect of Silent Night is scheduled for Nov. 6, and the Ember Warden event offers free rewards for its first 20 games.

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SMITE 2 has revealed Nox as a new Classic God, with abilities built around silencing and disrupting enemies while using an ally’s shadow to move through a fight. Her Aspect of Silent Night is scheduled for Nov. 6, and the Steam announcement also details Ember Warden, a bundle event with customizable content and rewards tied to matches played.

Nox’s passive grants Intelligence as she casts abilities and lights candles. Shadow Lock travels through walls and damages minions and jungle monsters, but stops on an enemy god to root and cripple them while dealing damage over time. Siphon Darkness creates a delayed blast that silences enemies caught inside, while gods who escape before detonation take partial damage and are slowed.

Shadow Step gives Nox a dash that damages enemies in her path. If she reaches an allied god, she can enter that ally’s shadow and travel with them, then damage nearby enemies when she emerges. Her ultimate, Night Terror, passes through minions and explodes on the first enemy god, jungle boss, or Titan it hits, or at maximum range. The blast deals damage followed by damage over time, silences enemies, and weakens those hit.

Silent Night changes Nox’s kit toward protection. Her passive grants dampening and a magical shield, and Shadow Lock scales with magical protections. Siphon Darkness stops dealing damage but silences and slows for its duration. Shadow Step shields Nox and an ally, then fears enemies when she leaves the ally’s shadow. Night Terror deals less damage but creates a darkness dome that weakens and slows enemies inside.

Ember Warden lets players assemble a bundle from a choice of the Artemis Frostwarden or Vulcan Emberlord Saga, one of two new Traveler packs, a previously released Traveler pack, and a reward Traveler with 10,000 Wandering Market Coins. The new Traveler options include Bacchus, Izanami, Hecate, Kumbhakarna, and Mercury, or Baron Samedi, Kuzenbo, Cu Chulainn, Mulan, and Heimdallr. Previously released packs feature either Ravenstrike Nu Wa, Vampiress Sol, G.E.B. 1 Geb, Miss Senshi Bellona, and The Survivor Ullr, or Knit-Wit Anubis, Polar Prankster Danzaburou, Dark Lord Sun Wukong, Feline Fashion Awilix, and Sacred Arrow Rama. Apollo and Kali are the reward Traveler options.

Ownership of items already included in a custom bundle discounts its price. Players who own one Saga and all Travelers on one side can choose the other Saga, a new Traveler pack, and a reward for 4,000 Diamonds. Those who own both Sagas can instead select an upcoming Traveler pack and a reward pack for 3,000 Diamonds.

The event’s reward track grants items for the first 20 games played, including Wandering Market Coins, badges, a title, and a chest roll. Owning Artemis Frostwarden or Vulcan Emberlord, or purchasing either through the event, adds more coins, an animated badge, a Jump Stamp, Card FX, and another chest roll. Owning both Sagas also unlocks a free Ember Warden Traveler with additional Prisms for each Saga. Some Prisms for higher-tier skin forms require unlocking that form’s base skin first. The Vulcan Emberlord Saga also gains Prisms for earlier forms, where previously it only offered Prisms for the final form.

The update also includes an Izanami Aspect, two Wandering Market Travelers, and changes to gameplay and menus. Purification Beads will no longer cancel an aimed ability, Conquest bots regain their role passive after respawning, and shop and event timers will use the server clock. Dash fixes target more consistent movement under high latency. The new Half Life Classic Traveler offers three Prisms and a Skull Jump Stamp, while Bacchus Brewserker brings three Prisms, a title, and an announcer pack.

SMITE 2 Patch Notes

New Classic God: Nox

Passive: Flame of Night
- Each ability you cast lights a candle. Each lit candle increases your Intelligence
Ability 1: Shadow Lock
- Send your shadow forward through walls, dealing magical damage to minions and jungle monsters it passes. If it hits an enemy god, it stops and you channel, Rooting and Crippling them and dealing magical damage over time.
Ability 2: Siphon Darkness
- Create a void at the target location. After a short delay it explodes, dealing magical damage and silencing enemies inside. Enemy gods who walk out before it explodes take part of the explosion damage and are slowed.
Ability 3: Shadow Step
- Dash forward dealing magical damage to enemies in your path. If you hit an allied god, leap into their shadow and travel with them. Leaving the shadow deals magical damage to enemies around you.
Ultimate Ability: Night Terror
- Fire a vortex of darkness that passes through minions and explodes on the first enemy god, jungle boss or Titan it hits, or at max range. Enemies in the explosion take magical damage, then magical damage over time, and are silenced. Enemies hit are weakened.
Aspect of Silent Night releasing November 6th.
- Flame of the night provides dampening and a magical shield.
- Shadow Lock scales with magical protections.
- Siphon Darkness silences and slows for its duration but deals no damage.
- Shadow Step provides a magical shield to nox and an ally, fears enemies when exiting an ally but does no damage.
- Night Terror does less damage but spawns a dome of darkness on hit which weakens and slows enemies inside.

New Major Event: Ember Warden

This event offers a Build Your Own Saga Bundle! Choose:
- One Saga:
  - Artemis Frostwarden
  - Vulcan Emberlord
- A Bundle of New Travelers, each with Two Premium and Three Classic
  - Option 1: Bacchus, Izanami, Hecate, Kumbhakarna, Mercury
  - Option 2: Baron Samedi, Kuzenbo, Cu Chulainn, Mulan, Heimdallr
- A Bundle of Previously Released Travelers
  - EmberLord Traveler Pack
    - Ravenstrike Nu Wa
    - Vampiress Sol
    - G.E.B. 1 Geb
    - Miss Senshi Bellona
    - The Survivor Ullr
  - FrostWarden Traveler Pack
    - Knit-Wit Anubis
    - Polar Prankster Danzaburou
    - Dark Lord Sun Wukong
    - Feline Fashion Awilix
    - Sacred Arrow Rama
- A Reward Traveler, Plus 10,000 Wandering Market Coins
  - Apollo
  - Kali
The purchase price is discounted based on ownership of previously released content in the bundle you build
- If you own one Saga, and all of the Travelers on one Side, you can pick up the other Saga + a pack of New Travelers and a Reward for 4000 Diamonds
- If you own both Sagas, instead you pick: an upcoming Traveler Pack + Reward Pack for 3000 Diamonds.
Reward Track
- Get free rewards for the first 20 games you play during this event
  - Wandering Market Coins, Badges, a Title, and a Chest roll
- If you own either Vulcan Emberlord or Artemis Frostwarden, or your purchase them through this event, you will get bonus rewards on the track
  - More Wandering Market Coins, Animated Badge, Jump Stamp, Card FX, and a Chest Roll
Bonus Ember Warden Traveler
- If you own both Artemis Frostwarden and Vulcan Emberlord, you will gain access to a new, free Traveler, containing additional Prisms for each Saga
- You will not be able to purchase prisms for the skin forms not already unlocked in the Saga. This means that there will be offerings for the higher tier forms of both Emberlord and Frostwarden, but until you unlock the base skin of the form you will not be able to purchase the prism for it.
- All other cosmetic items and the base form prism for Frostwarden will be available to unlock from the start.
New Free Emberlord Prisms
- The Vulcan Emberlord Saga’s layout has been updated, with Prisms added for all of the earlier forms. Previously, this Saga only contained Prisms for the final form.

New Wandering Market

Classic Traveler: Half Life

Contents

Instantly unlocked after purchasing the Premium Traveler Page
Premium Page Contents – Unlock the following items with Wandering Market Coins
- Red Prism
- Green Prism
- Purple Prism
- Skull Jump Stamp

Traveler: Bacchus Brewserker

Contents

Instantly unlocked after purchasing the Premium Traveler Page
Premium Page Contents – Unlock the following items with Wandering Market Coins
- Lucky Ale Prism
- Cold Brew Prism
- Frag Lager Prism
- Brewserker Title
- Brewserker Announcer Pack

Gameplay

Purification Beads: Using them no longer cancels an ability you’re aiming, matching SMITE 1.
Bots: Bot gods now get their Conquest role passive back after they respawn.
Shop and event timers: Timed systems now use the server’s clock instead of your PC’s. Timers stay accurate even if your computer’s clock is wrong.
Dash system fixes & cleanup for smoother, more consistent dashes under high-latency.

Quality Of Life

Wandering Market:

Wandering Market Coin balance is now shown on your player card, so you can check it without opening the Wandering Market
Leveling up on the Wandering Path now plays a celebration effect in the Wandering Market, highlighting the rewards you’ve unlocked.
Improved Optimization on gods page tabbing
Updated some more visuals, with the god card display and bundles

God Balance

Izanami Aspect (New)

Aspect of the Sickle
- Your basic attacks no longer pierce. Sickle Storm deals damage over time in an area and wounds enemy gods. Your Basic Attack, and other abilities burst all wound stacks to deal bonus damage.
Sickle Storm (New)
- Create a Sickle Storm that repeatedly deals damage to enemies in the area and applies Root to enemy gods near the center.
  - Affected enemies repeatedly take Magical Damage every 0.2s for 4s
  - Applies a stacking Wound debuff to gods that can be burst by your other abilities and Basic Attack for bonus damage.

Ah Puch

Empty The Crypts
- Intelligence Scaling Increased from 15% to 20% per tick.
- This change does not affect Aspect of the Death March.

Cern (Aspect)

Basic Attack Damage Scaling reduced from 130% Strength + 25% Intelligence + 130% Attack Damage to 115% Strength + 25% Intelligence + 115% Attack Damage

Cu Chulainn (Aspect)

Fixed an issue where Vent Anger in Berserk form was not granting Movement Speed

Hachiman

Master of Arms
- Attack Speed per stack increased from 1% + 0.1% Per Level to 2% + 0.1% Per Level
Eagle Eye
- Damage Scaling increased from 110% Basic Attack Damage to 115% Basic Attack Damage
Eagle Eye (Aspect)
- Spin Damage Increased from 70/120/170/220/270 to 90/140/190/240/290
- Spin Damage Scaling increased from 75% to 90%
Basic Attack (Aspect)
- Damage Falloff at max range changed from 50% to 65% (deals 15% more damage than before)

Hel

Decay
- Intelligence Scaling 80% to 60%
Inspire
- Ally Heal Intelligence Scaling 10% to 5%

Hou Yi

Ricochet
- Cooldown increased from 10/9.5/9/8.5/8s to 10s at all ranks
- Damage decreased from 95/145/195/245/295 to 85/130/175/220/265
- Strength Damage Scaling reduced from 70% to 60%
Basic Attack (Aspect)
- Basic Attacks no longer bounce to a nearby enemy when not hitting a marked target

Jormungandr (Aspect)

Venomous Haze
- Can now proc Lotus Sickle, Eros’ Bow, and Soul Locket
Consuming Bellow
- Can now proc Lotus Sickle, Eros’ Bow, and Soul Locket

Ne Zha

Ring Toss
- Bounce Scaling increased from 20% to 30%
- Subsequent Bounce Damage increased from 65% to 75%
Wind Fire Wheels
- Damage Per Hit increased from 23/40/57/74/91 to 25/45/65/85/105
- Damage Per Hit Scaling increased from 45% to 55%

Nike

Rend
- Base Damage reduced from 50/80/110/140/170 to 50/75/100/125/150
Aspect
- To Victory!
  - Laurels can no longer proc item effects.
- Rend
  - Strength Scaling reduced from 80% to 75%.

Nut

Convergence
- Inner Damage decreased from 50/55/60/65/70% Basic Attack Damage to 45/50/55/60/65%
- Side Damage Strength Scaling reduced from 17.5% to 15%
Warp
- Bonus projectiles fired when consuming Astral Flux decreased from 2 to 1
- Cooldown increased from 12s to 14/13.5/13/12.5/12s

Item Balance

Ancient Signet

Now has 5 Mana Regen

Lifebinder

Fixed a bug that wasn’t scaling the healing based on healing/shielding stat properly.

Soul Locket

Max stacks reduced from 70 to 35
Damage Reduction per stack increased from 1% to 2%

Selflessness

Increased Physical Protection from 10 to 15
Increased Magical Protection from 10 to 15

War Flag

Increased Physical Protection from 10 to 15
Increased Magical Protection from 10 to 15
Once every 8s, applying a CC to an enemy grants all the kill and assist benefits of War Flag twice to you and all allies within 8.8m

Bug Fixes

Gods

The Morrigan:
- Damage-over-time effects no longer kill her while she’s transformed.
- Added a fix to prevent instant deaths caused when she gets hit right as she transforms.
- She now properly gets kill credit when a non-god deals the final damage while she’s transformed.
- She now gains Necronomicon stacks while transformed.
- Changing back no longer spawns a stray Typhon summon.
- Fixed a soft lock in her Aspect: she can’t teleport to a clone that’s dead or in a different plane.
Da Ji: fixed an issue where Da Ji’s Paolao could stun and damage enemies chained by a different Paolao. (common with The Morrigan ult)
Kukulkan: Slipstream only becomes a dash when he’s standing in his own Whirlwind, not another Kukulkan’s.
Janus: Better placement for exit portal.

Audio

Hel hit sound effect revisions
Fixed an issue with A04 VO not playing for Nike
Kuzenbo now finds it humorous when spawning into the lobby
Increased health potion consumable volume

Would you build Nox around her ally-shadow escape or the protection in Silent Night? If the Nov. 6 Aspect and Ember Warden’s unlock paths are on your radar, stay connected through X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.

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