War has a new goddess.
Ishtar, Goddess of Love and War, enters SMITE 2—bringing flexible, high-skill ranged combat with her signature arrow stances. Adapt on the fly with explosive volleys, rapid-fire pressure, or wide cone attacks, and punish enemies with devastating crowd control and mobility.
But this update doesn’t just add a god—it reshapes how SMITE 2 is played.
⚔️ Conquest Reforged — Fight Back From Behind
This patch delivers a major pacing overhaul designed to stop runaway snowballs and create real comeback potential:
Dynamic Jungle XP: Kill higher-level camps to catch up faster
Lane XP Scaling: Behind? You gain bonus XP from lane minions
Enhanced Bounties: Taking down fed enemies is more rewarding than ever
Objective Rewards Reworked: More local power, less passive global snowball
If you're winning, you'll still have a meaningful advantage. But if you’re losing, you now have real paths back into the game.
🌿 Jungle Power Reined In
Junglers no longer control the entire map by default:
Reduced camp rewards and farming efficiency
Pathfinder buff reworked (less burst, less mobility)
Harder neutral objectives require real commitment
The result: more balanced map impact across every role.
💥 Economy & Map Impact Changes
Victory now goes to the players making plays—not teamwide passive gains:
Towers and bosses now reward local players, not team-wide
Jungle gold pickups are no longer team-wide
Objective control matters: Who does it—not just that it happens
One winning lane won't snowball the entire map anymore.
🆕 New God: Ishtar
Master three combat styles with Imbue Arrows:
Strike Shot – explosive AoE pressure
Spread Shot – cone burst with on-hit synergy
Storm Shot – rapid-fire ranged DPS
Lock down enemies with lightning, dash in with blade combos, and finish with Blades of Retribution, a devastating two-phase ultimate.
🔥 New Ishtar Aspect (April 24) — Passionate Storm
Turn Ishtar into a relentless, jungle-focused DPS machine:
Permanent Spread Shot
Build Storm stacks, then consume them with your 3 for burst damage
🎁 Tracker Syndicate: New Travelers & Rewards
Mystic Enchantress Nu Wa
Shadowrunner Ratatoskr
⚙️ System & Gameplay Updates
Critical strike damage reduced
Tenacity improved to counter more CC effects
Fatalis properly affects Aspects and Abilities that change a god from Melee to Ranged
Dagger of Frenzy stacks are used by Abilities that benefit from its attack speed
Party queue reliability improvements
Multiple QoL and gameplay refinements
And So Much More
Balance changes across gods and items
Bug fixes and gameplay polish across all modes
Play SMITE 2 now.
For full patch notes, visit https://www.smite2.com/news/open-beta-33-update-notes/