Tear Jerker / Smite

• Usually, when a new deity is announced, after logging in, the user is treated of an animation of said deity is doing something badass introducing themselves. In case of Hou Yi? He just ran in to inform Chang'e, his wife, that he just got playable and they could go for some Battle Couple action, but that scene turns out to be reliving how he got separated with Chang'e in the first place, with her whisked away to the moon because she drank the Elixir of Immortality. Hou Yi just collapsed to his knees in sadness.
  • Worse than that, are matches with Hou Yi and Chang'e on opposing teams. Normally, when a god has a directed on-kill taunt to another god, it's usually a snarky line or Bad Ass Boast. Hou Yi killing Chang'e, instead speaks a distraught "What have I done?" Even worse if he's wearing the Iron Crow skin, in which his lines becomes "I... I do not remember your love. It is gone.", which has rather nasty implications, just what happened to this version of Hou Yi that he was stripped from the memories of his love? And it would've shocked the dying Chang'e even more to hear her husband declare that he cannot remember their relations anymore.
• If Ravana kills Kumbhakarna, his brother, he'll express a deep regret for doing so. Particularly poignant coming from a demon king.
• Medusa's victory screen gives us a look at just how lonely your life is when you're a hideous snake haired monster that turns any one who looks at you into stone. It starts off with Medusa petrifying two hapless victims when they stumble upon her little "dinner party". She then proceeds to pour wine for them and have mock conversations with the two statues, all the while acknowledging her loneliness and being clearly distraught by it.
• The story of Allied, a pro player in the Smite competitive scene who died in the fight against cancer. It's a "Shaggy Dog" Story since he had been diagnosed with cancer in 2016 but got over it, until it returned and ended his life.
• You wouldn’t think the death of the most iconic Jerkass God of all time would bring this, but the death of Zeus in Smite’s side story is actually remarkably sad. Furthermore we see how his death affects his family: most notably Athena still in mourning despite pressing onward, Ares is completely devastated and goes on a tragically misguided Roaring Rampage of Revenge, and even callous Hera is left despondent by the death of her estranged husband.
• The Legend of Camelot event lore has King Arthur recounting the story of how Camelot was destroyed, and how he believes himself to be responsible for it. According to him, he was too good at his job and forced his Saxon enemies to summon Jormungandr as a last resort, causing the profound decimation of the kingdom he swore his life to protect. Even more tragically, the attack killed his wife Guinevere, causing their already estranged son Mordred to experience a Face-Heel Turn and rebel against his father. Arthur is forced to kill his own son, leaving him a broken man with nothing but the continued friendship of Merlin and the desire for revenge against Jormungandr.
• In the Talons of Tyranny event lore, Gilgamesh finds that Bellona’s fighting spirit reminds him of Enkidu. However, he stops himself from even thinking of Enkidu’s name, as the memory is too overwhelming to touch.