The new god of SMITE seems somehow familiar – but no, Kuzenbo was not stolen from Mario.
The creators of SMITE hardly take a break and are already bringing the next god into the gods’ MOBA. This time a Guardian is on the agenda, who does not truly belong to the Japanese “pantheon of gods”, but still corresponds to Japanese mythology: Kuzenbo.
Kuzenbo belongs to the demonic species of Kappa, a kind of mixture of lizards and turtles that come from the sea and drag their victims into the depths of the ocean. They carry a bowl on their heads filled with water that represents their power – those who wanted to defeat a Kappa bowed to it out of politeness. If the Kappa reciprocated this gesture, it spilled its water, losing a large part of its power.
The mightiest of all Kappa is Kuzenbo. Let’s take a brief look at his abilities.
- The Water Bowl is his passive ability. Whenever he takes 2% of his HP as damage, he gains a stack of 1.5% damage reduction, stackable up to 10 times for 10 seconds. Interrupting effects cause him to lose half of these stacks.
- NeNe Kappa is his first ability, where Kuzenbo fires a smaller Kappa in a straight line, which can bounce off walls up to 2 times and can travel a maximum distance of 70 meters. If an enemy god is hit, the NeNe Kappa breaks out of its shell and attacks that god.
- With Shell Spikes, Kuzenbo reflects a portion of the damage taken back onto the attacker. Any damage taken during this ability reduces the cooldown of NeNe Kappa.
- With Sumo Slap, Kuzenbo charges forward, hitting the first enemy god and pushing it further ahead. The first target is silenced and takes damage when colliding with other gods (who also take damage) or if he is pushed against a wall.
- The Ultimate Watery Grave lets Kuzenbo withdraw into his shell and spin wildly. He gains increased movement speed and deals damage to all nearby targets while pushing enemies back every second. Only the first push deals full damage.
With Kuzenbo, the Japanese team is now set up in such a way that there is at least one of each type of god – so a Guardian, Mage, Hunter, and Warrior. Anyone who wants can now chase away their enemies with a complete Japan team.
As a side note: the “Kappa” are, by the way, the same creatures that Bowser and the Koopas in Mario are based on.
Kuzenbo is currently still on the test server. If there are no major issues, he will be released for the PC version of SMITE during the next week.
Recently, Morrigan was introduced to the game – the first Celtic deity.
