History VideoGame / Smite

* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Not in one character, but both Hou Yi and Chang'e are also known as the first symbolism of Yin-Yang in Chinese tales, whereas there's the Chinese dragon, Ao Kuang, to complete the circle within the Chinese Pantheon.

* TopGod: Several of the Pantheons have their TopGod involved, specifically: [[ShockAndAwe Zeus]], [[ThePowerOfTheSun Ra]], [[HornyVikings Odin]], [[BlowYouAway Kukulkan]], [[LadyOfWar Amaterasu]], and [[TheGoodKing Olorun]]. Currently missing from the other pantheons are The Jade Emperor for the Chinese Pantheon (though judging from Smite Tactics, Nu Wa is currently standing in for him as the pantheon's leader), Vishnu for the Hindu Pantheon (Though technically Vishnu has been there with his incarnations Vamana and Rama), Svarog from the Slavic Pantheon and most likely The Dagda or Nuada from the Celtic Pantheon. The Roman Pantheon is currently the one with the largest issue of lacking theirs, since Jupiter's Greek counterpart, Zeus, is already represented, and the oldest one, Nox, was a primordial in the same vein of Chronos, so does not lead. Eventually, this is remedied with Discordia's lore stating that the Greek and Roman Pantheon were the same thing, so Zeus also doubles as Jupiter, leading both Pantheons.

* BittersweetEnding: The first major arch of Smite's story ends with this. [[spoiler: Shiva intervenes to destroy and then recreate the world, foiling Tiamat's plans to remake everything in her image. Gilgamesha and the other gods then forgive Tiamat and invite her to be with them, which Tiamat [[HeelFaceTurn accepts albeit rather begrudgingly.]] At this point, most of the gods have now learned their lesson and swear to keep the mistakes of the previous world from repeating in this one by uniting as essentially a divine council to keep the peace. The downside is a lot of good gods had to die to achieve this victory, also Atlas once again takes up his burden of holding up the sky. Both Atlas and Shiva also sadly lament to each other that even with a unified council to watch over them, the gods will simply make new mistakes and even if they don't [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil new evils are always be on the rise.]] The old god and titan do at least take solace in the fact that this newborn world is at peace... [[{{ToBeContinued}} For now.]]]]

* HeroicBuild: Rare is the God whose form is not the envy of their gender-alike mortal players. But well, they ''are'' gods and all...
** Most obviously averted by [[BigFun Bacchus]], Vamana (both his chubby old look as his skinny new look) and Zhong Kui.

* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Chiron, the wisest and most civilized centaur in Greek mythology, makes his appearance in SMITE as a Hunter. In his Ultimate he can briefly take on the form of the constellation he was turned into (Sagittarius).

* RestartTheWorld: [[DestroyerDeity Shiva]] does this upon his arrival on the battleground, ending the world and creating it anew in the Dharmic Era event. In a meta sense, he also finishes the long-running canon SMITE storyline which started from the Pantheon War comics, allowing for a new continuity where self-contained short stories can be used instead of large [[MythArc Myth Arcs.]]

* RatedMForManly: Ares, Hercules, Odin and Thor are as masculine as one would expect them to be from their tales.

* TheGhost: Several deities that do not appear in-game (and in case of the Greek/Roman, both counterparts do not make it) but still gets mention in the roster's lores and even some unused voicelines, including Nut, Hun-Apuh, and Izanagi. Hou Yi, Ravana, and Hera used to be this, until their inclusion.

** Xbalanque's Darkest of Nights ultimate - All the enemy players' screens are blacked out except a small radius around their own character
** Ra's Divine Light ability - Acts like a slow firing flash-bang both deafening the enemy player's sound and whiting out the player's screen for those facing Ra when the ability finishes firing
** Set's Sandstorm ability - The enemy players' screens are partially obscured in a sandstorm effect while in range of the ability
** Chernobog's Living Nightmare ultimate - The player targeted by the ability has a limited view while Chrenobog travels towards them
** Thanatos' Hovering Death ultimate - During the ultimate, your screen is grey-scale with the exception of the death marks on enemy players that can be executed
** Cthulhu's Insanity debuff - When afflicted with insanity various eerie eyes and phantom tentacles appear around your character, in this case they don't really get in the way but are instead a warning Cthulhu is now stronger as he gains magical power for every enemy nearby that has insanity.

* LightIsGood: In contrast of DarkIsNotEvil, whenever there is a light-based deity, it's mostly played for goodness. Khepri and Amaterasu are light-based and wholly good, protective deities. Even Ra, who comes off as a {{Jerkass}}, only did so after a severely painful trauma courtesy of Isis (though she sees it as a NecessaryEvil to defeat Set), but otherwise, he's also capable of healing/support and is still keeping the world at bay from the wrath of Apep/Apophis (with a little help from Anhur and Bastet). The most [[IncrediblyLamePun shining]] example is Olorun, whose moves revolve around light and is probably the most selfless and kind character in the whole game.

* MagicKnight: This comes in three flavors. The first is Guardians, in rare cases they are boosting their damages (otherwise they are more MightyGlacier or StoneWall). The second are Mages that do not follow the typical AOE caster and instead make use of their normal attacks, necessitating buying items that promote magical lifesteal, empowering their normal attacks or importantly, attack speed, enabling them to become carries, including Freya, Ao Kuang (after his rework), Chronos, Zeus, Sol, and Olorun. The third case is Amaterasu, a Warrior that buys physical items, but her attacks look like she's imbuing magic in her skills.

** {{Medusa}} and Apophis are the ones playing it straight, being rather malevolent.

** Kukulkan is snake-like and is the TopGod of the Mayan Pantheon, but he can be quite a nasty jerk due to BlueAndOrangeMorality in play.

** The start of Season 9 continues the trend of map updates that reflect the storyline. The coming of [[DestroyerDeity Shiva]] ushers in a new era of peace, with one of his temples being placed next to Olympus. Tiamat has abandoned her side of the map, leaving her Hanging Gardens to slowly fall into ruin. New Obelisk structures have also spawned on each half of the map, and the team that manages to collect 7 Offerings for their Obelisk first will be granted a powerful new buff called Indra’s Scepter.

** Freya. When fully built She can melt entire teams from range within 10 seconds. She melts just as fast.

* LighterAndSofter: Unlike most [=MOBAs=] that take themselves rather seriously, Smite has shown to possess a rather lighthearted and playful tone compared to many other games in the same genre. Most of the Gods' questionable actions in the original myths are also toned down for a general audience. It ''has'' gotten darker, particularly with the Conquest map, but it can still come across as lighter compared to other [=MOBAs=].

* MediumAwareness: ''Every'' god has comments for buying items instead of it just being GameplayAndStorySegregation. Some, such as the likes of Thanatos or Hel's Dark form, may even express their dislike of being made to buy defensive items.

** This game is probably the first time Bakasura has appeared in any sort of media, let alone a video game.

* BadassBeard: So many, "Battle of the Beards" has been a Daily Random. See the character pages for details.

** A crossover with ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' includes skins of Aang, Zuko and Korra. They are for Merlin, Susanoo, and Skadi respectively. Aang and Korra have their Avatar State forms as alternates, while Zuko has the Blue Spirit. Azula was later added as a skin for Pele.

* StandardStatusEffects: Various gods' abilities cause varieties of Poison, Burn, Bleeding, Bees!, Silence, Blind, Sleeping (called Mesmerized), Paralyzed, Frozen, Slow, Fear, Decover...

* OurTitansAreDifferent: The Order and Chaos Titans serve as end-game objectives in all game modes. In earlier seasons they were not modeled on real Titans from Greek mythology, but starting with Season 5 the Order Titan became Themis (Titan of divine justice) and the Chaos Titan Cronus (father of the original six Olympians). Finally, Season 8 sees the addition of Atlas as the first playable Titan god.

** Whilst most people know about the kappas, not many are as familiar with their ruler Kuzenbo.

* ScarabPower: Featuring many mythologies, obviously features this. In fact, a scarab is a part of the symbol for the Egyptian Pantheon, as well as the fact that Khepri himself is one of the deities in it now.

* SparedByAdaptation: If there's a famous monster who's supposed to be killed later, this game excuses it with either the absence of the killer (Perseus, Sigurd and Jiang Ziya are absent to ensure that Medusa, Fafnir and Da Ji are still around), said monster not being killed hard enough (Bakasura came BackFromTheDead because hunger is a concept that can't be erased), or their supposed death is modified so they survived (instead of being killed by the poison by the Hero Twins, Cabrakan went into a deep sleep).

* OurBansheesAreLouder: Cliodhna, who is actually the Queen of the Banshees, is suitably terrifying and ghostly. She can [[Intangibility walk through walls]] and scream so loudly that her targets [[InterfaceScrew temporarily lose their audio.]]

* PaletteSwap: Every god includes an alternate skin that changes their colours and nothing else. Some have other skins created for them that change more, but a single PaletteSwap skin is guaranteed for every god.

** October 2021 saw the announcement of a crossover with none other than the Franchise/{{Transformers}} themselves; featuring Geb as Optimus Prime, Ra as Megatron, and Jing Wei as Starscream.

** The game has a crossover with the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', with skins of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo. These skins are used for Osiris, Sun Wukong, Loki, and Mercury respectively, and they come with Prestige Track versions that reference [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the 1987 cartoon]]. Later on, Splinter and Shredder were added as skins for Hachiman and Ravana, respectively.

** When [[OurBansheesAreLouder Cliodhna]] arrives,

** Tiamat and Gilgamesh. Both are rulers from Babylon, but are specifically designed to be opposites. Tiamat is an ancient and wicked dragon who specializes in using several skills and summoning her children to fight on her behalf, making herself a one-god army that tries to avoid direct conflict. Gilgamesh meanwhile is a mortal man who was once cruel but matured into a compassionate hero, he has the standard selection of skills and excels at close-quarter combat. Though while he is good at taking on the enemy one-on-one, Gilgamesh is at his strongest when fighting alongside his allies.

* PhysicalGod: Almost all of the playable characters are this. Some, however, are demigods (Hercules, Cu Chulainn), while some are demons (Bakasura, Ravana), powerful monsters (Arachne, Fenrir), and really accomplished regular humans (King Arthur).