The King of Heroes has arrived—and he’s bringing the fight with him.
Gilgamesh enters SMITE 2 with a unique progression system that transforms how you play mid-match. Complete in-game quests tied to your abilities to unlock powerful upgrades, earn bonus gold, and push your advantage as the battle unfolds. Every fight brings you closer to your next power spike—if you can rise to the challenge.
His kit is built for domination:
Drop Kick enemies into walls or gods to set up devastating combos
Control space with Winds of Shamash, trapping enemies in a deadly arena
Leap, chase, and disrupt with relentless pressure and mobility
And with the Aspect of Shamash (dropping March 27), Gilgamesh evolves even further—transforming his ultimate into a standard ability. This new wind wall can be empowered by his other three abilities, becoming burning flame, impassable rock, or a breezy launch pad.
Item System Evolution
A new era of buildcraft begins.
This update introduces entirely new item stats and mechanics that reshape how you build and play:
Plating – Mitigate incoming attack damage
Dampening – Mitigate incoming ability damage
Echo – Critical strike for abilities
Pathfinding – Out-of-combat Move Speed
Tenacity – Crowd Control Reduction
With brand-new items and reworked classics, build diversity is deeper than ever—and every choice matters.
Radiant Bulwark – Deploy a wall that shares your defenses with allies behind you
Doublet of Binding – Link to an ally and redirect damage to yourself
Kinetic Cuirass – Unleash a shockwave after taking sustained hits
Wyrmskin Hide – Ramp up Dampening against targets you’re fighting
Alchemist Coat – Generate free consumables and gain bonuses from using them
Mercury’s Talaria – Store movement energy to massively boost your next ability
Resolute Mantle – Gain stacking Tenacity and regen after being crowd controlled
Shroud of Vengeance – Punish CC with a damaging shockwave
Damaru – Weave crits and abilities together for stacking bonus damage
Omen Drum – Echo a portion of your ability damage across all marked enemies
A Better Battleground: Anti-Leaver 2.0 (Phase 1)
Competitive integrity takes a major step forward.
This update introduces the first phase of Anti-Leaver 2.0, designed to reduce match disruption and reward players who stay in the fight:
Leaver Points track dodges and abandons across matches
Low Priority Queue penalties scale with repeated offenses
Improved AFK detection and enforcement
Clear in-game messaging and accountability systems
This is just the beginning—future updates will continue to evolve this system.
New Travelers & Rewards
Expand your collection with new Wandering Market Travelers:
Fiend Hunters Artio & Tsukuyomi
Warrenborn Artemis
Earn cosmetics, prisms, and rewards as part of the ongoing Reign of the Archfiend event.
And So Much More
Tower targeting responsiveness improved
Arena and Assault pacing adjustments
New bots and AI improvements
Major bug fixes and balance updates across the roster
Forge your legend. Complete the trials. Become the King of Heroes.
Play the Gilgamesh Update now.
Full update notes are available here: https://www.smite2.com/news/open-beta-31-update-notes/