The pantheon of SMITE is gaining new members again, the dragon god Fafnir is joining the fray with the next patch.
Fafnir, the Lord of Shimmering Gold
Currently, the newest god Fafnir is playable on the SMITE test server. The dwarf-like warrior has a special form of ultimate ability, as he can temporarily transform into a powerful dragon and thus assume his true form.
Let’s take a brief look at Fafnir’s abilities:
- The passive trait Endless Greed grants Fafnir 4 additional gold coins when killing minions, structures, and gods. Depending on the amount of gold he carries, Fafnir’s defensive values increase.
- With Curse Strength, Fafnir throws his hammer in a straight line forward, damaging all enemies in its path. Upon hitting the first enemy god, the hammer stops, stunning the target for one second, and then creates an aura around the target for 3 seconds that slows nearby enemies. In dragon form, this attack deals more damage and reduces the target’s defenses.
- Coerce enhances an ally and massively increases their attack speed for 5 seconds while healing himself. As long as the spell is active, Fafnir deals bonus damage to the target of the allied god whenever he strikes. In dragon form, this spell can enhance multiple allies at once.
- Fafnir’s jump is Underhanded Tactics. After jumping to a target area (which deals damage), all enemy targets in front of him are disarmed for 2 seconds. In dragon form, Fafnir can jump much further, deals more damage, and stuns the first enemy hero in front of him for 2 seconds.
- The ultimate ability Draconic Corruption transforms Fafnir into his dragon form. During the animation, Fafnir is unselectable as a target. After the transformation, all nearby enemies are poisoned and take damage. His auto-attack is now a dragon breath that deals more damage but cannot trigger item effects. Fafnir can maintain the dragon form for a while to also benefit from the bonuses of the other abilities.
Skins and Balancing Changes
As usual, a new patch comes with new skins. The biggest highlights this time go to the female characters of SMITE. Aphrodite receives the “Aphra Kadabra” skin, in which she distributes her scandalous love potions as a sexy witch (with a naughty voice pack). Skadi puts aside her war equipment and trades her wolf Kaldir for a St. Bernard, with which she searches the ski slopes of the gods for the unfortunate – in the new “Ski Patrol” skin.
Finally, there are some small balance changes, as Kukulkan can now escape more easily. Ratatoskr and Raijin suffer a bit of damage reduction, and He-Bo can enjoy a reduction in his mana costs.
The patch 3.10 named “Dwarven Corruption” is set to be released on June 7th.
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