Girl crush, wonder boy, and berserker. The new god in SMITE has to live up to quite a few stories.
The developers of SMITE seem to have no intention of slowing down the release of new gods. After a few weeks have passed, Hi-Rez is now introducing the next hero who will intervene in the eternal conflict of the deities: Cu Chulainn appears with patch 4.11.
Cu Chulainn comes from Celtic mythology and resembles the stereotypical wonder boy who could take on 150 peers at just five years old. This gave him an easy time impressing the ladies and he quickly became a great warrior – not least because he had a ability called “Fury Distortion”. His body reshaped in anger – a typical “berserker form”.
In SMITE, Cu Chulainn is a warrior and thus a mix of a protective tank and an aggressive hunter. Let’s take a look at Cu Chulainn’s abilities:
- His passive ability Berserk ensures that Cu Chulainn has a modified mana bar that works like “rage” in other games. Attacks, abilities (that hit gods), and damage taken refill his mana. If he is over 85 mana for more than 3 seconds, he enters a berserker mode. Here he gains new abilities, is stronger, and has more health points.
- Barbed Spear thrusts in a straight line and deals damage to all hit targets. Minions are briefly stunned, and hit gods receive less healing for a short time.
In berserker form, the ability turns into Ground Slam and deals damage in a straight line. Hit enemies are rooted. - Vent Anger increases Cu Chulainn’s movement speed and continuously deals damage to all enemies in the area. Additionally, mana is consumed – perfect to keep “rage” below 85 if you don’t want to enter berserker mode yet.
In berserker form, Vent Anger is permanently active.
- His mobility ability is Salmon’s Leap. He jumps to a target location and damages all enemies in the target area.
In berserker form, the ability turns into Furious Charge. The god charges straight ahead, hitting all enemies and carrying them a short distance before briefly stunning them. - Cu Chulainn’s ultimate Spear of Mortal Pain deals damage to all enemies around the god and briefly launches them into the air.
In berserker form, this turns into Warcry. Cu Chulainn damages all enemies in the area, causing them to flee in fear for a short while.
The art of mastering Cu Chulainn will be to time the abilities so that one only enters berserker mode at the crucial moment and can thus decide a battle. The difference between “good” and “bad” Cu Chulainns will be very easy to recognize.
