New God: Xbalanque — Hidden Jaguar Sun
Passive – Dead of Night: Stack up by damaging enemy gods to power your build.
Branching Bola (1): Empower basics; on hit, the bola splits for extra poke.
Poison Darts (2): 15-dart cone that poisons and slows.
Rising Jaguar (3): Momentum dash into an aerial, CC-immune barrage—bonus damage to poisoned foes.
Ultimate – Darkest of Nights: Shrouds enemies in darkness; you gain range, projectile speed, AS, and MS. Leaving the darkness applies a decaying slow.
Aspect of the Night Stalker (releases Sept 26): Branching Bola fires become limited charges, Poison Darts ramp faster, and the ultimate resets Darts for burst-heavy play.
New Saga: The Frostwarden Saga Artemis
Purchase the Saga to instantly unlock Artemis Frostwarden – Whitefrost Sentry and chase a trove of themed rewards with Wandering Market Coins, including:
Recall skins, ward skin (Frost Boar Tusky), kill effects, card, title
Multi-Prism variants for Whitefrost Sentry, Winter’s Champion, and Arctic Monarch skins
Additional recall skins and kill effects in Black Ice / Ember Herald / Neon Mirage / Astral Empress lines
Wandering Market Pages
Feline Fashion: Instantly get Awilix – Feline Fashion, plus chic colorways, a ward, and a Reaping Pumpkin.
SmiteKart: Instantly get Apollo – SmiteKart (Ward) and collect additional SmiteKart wards, a Clumzy Birthday Badge, Racer title, and a Reaping Pumpkin.
Cross-Gen Skin
Hou Yi – Gleaming Archer
New Systems & Mode Updates (Winback-Friendly)
Curio Slot (All Modes): A dedicated, mode-specific active that doesn’t eat your normal inventory. Auto-granted, easy to rebind, and can temporarily disable if you want a third Active.
Conquest Vision Overhaul:
Cyclops Camp now drops Cyclops Eye (curio pickup): 50% Curio cooldown refund + 10% Health/Mana.
Mode Curios for vision:
Bifrost Shard (default): place a ward (7.2m, 90s).
Heimdallr’s Sight: 4 pulses of reveal (8.8m).
Gjallarflare: long-range flare + detonate to reveal a wide area.
Arena Curio – Battle Cry: Earn stacks on kills/deaths, cash in for a short, powerful stat surge.
Assault Curio – Meditation moved to the Curio slot (future patch adds a 0g option to relocate it).
Items
NEW – Riptalon: AS, lifesteal, and basic power with conditional damage spikes above/below 50% HP—perfect for aggressive boxing.
NEW – Warding Chalice: 400g, two refillable charges for longer-lasting vision (120s).
Fixes/Tuning: Scepter of Dominion boss stasis fix, Void Shield description fix, Sanguine Lash damage nerf.
Balance Highlights
Buffs: Anhur (Desert Fury), Hecate (damage + ult CD), Jormungandr tankiness, Yemoja scaling.
Nerfs/Adjustments: Hua Mulan mobility & ult arrows, Nemesis (Slice and Dice, Retribution; Aspect repositioning), Tsukuyomi (Kusarigama), Sun Wukong Aspect CD.
Fixes: The Morrigan no longer stuns structures; Fenrir Aspect of Loyalty buffs and tooltip notes.
Why jump back in now?
A new god with a unique darkness mechanic to master.
A streamlined vision system and Curio slot that makes macro play more interesting from match one.
A content-rich Saga with instant unlocks and tons of cosmetics to chase at your own pace.
A fresh meta from item and god updates—perfect time to return, relearn, and rise.
See you in the Frostwarden Saga. Claim your Curio, light up the map, and hunt the night.