Apollo

Apollo
Summary
Title:	God of Music
Pantheon:	Greek
Type:	Ranged,Physical
Class:	Hunter
Pros:	High Mobility
Difficulty:	Easy
Release date:	March 28, 2013
Favor:	5,500
Gems:	200
Voicelines:	Apollo voicelines
Voice actor:	Phil Parsons
Stats
Health:	630 (+81)
Mana:	225 (+40)
Speed:	365 (+0)
Range:	55 (+0)
Attack/Sec:	0.95 (+1.7%)
Basic Attack
Damage:	35 (+ 2.6); + 100% of Physical Power
Progression:	None
Protection
Physical:	17 (+2.9)
Magical:	30 (+1.6)
Regen
HP5:	8 (+0.69)
MP5:	4.6 (+0.4)
*Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level

← Aphrodite Arachne → ~ GODS LIST ~

"Crash your heavenly chariot and mesmerize the enemies with your moves."

Apollo is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore[ | ]

There are none without admiration for Apollo, God of Music. He is brash, cavalier, and dauntless, with the power to bring hope to the hopeless and change the course of battle with a single arrow. Voices of soldiers, mothers, kings and emperors, even Gods rise in glorious melody in honor of him; and he, basking in their adoration, shines victoriously.

Though Hera, Queen of Gods, challenged his very birth, sending the great serpent Pylos to slay Apollo, his twin sister Artemis, and their mother Leto, not even she could deny him victory. Merely four days old, Apollo, gifted with a legendary bow, slew the Gaia Serpent and defied Hera.

In his humble youth, Apollo was a cattle herder. The trickster God Hermes stole Apollo's charges and led them to a nearby cave. From the shell of a tortoise and the body of a cow, he crafted the first Lyre. Apollo finally caught up with Hermes, saw the instrument, and simply had to have it, trading the rest of his cattle to Hermes for it. Years later, Hermes would send his son, Pan, to challenge Apollo in a contest of musical prowess, but Apollo soundly defeated the satyr with dexterous mastery of the Lyre.

As Apollo grew into his rightful place among the Gods, his victories mounted, and the songs of the Faithful were sung more and more in his name. Now, they raise their voices for Apollo to take the field as Gods clash. Never one to deny his adoring public, Apollo prepares for one last show.

Abilities[ | ]

Passive - Audacity

	After 10 successful Basic Attacks, Apollo gains Audacity, increasing his Attack Speed by 100% for the next 5 Basic Attacks (hit or miss) he makes. Apollo also gains 1 stack of Audacity for each successful damaging ability on Enemy gods.		Notes: Apollo's basic attacks while the buff is active have +20% projectile speed.
Attack Speed Buff: 100%		Buff Duration: 5 Basic Attacks
Ability Type: Buff




Ability Video

1st Ability - So Beautiful

	Apollo strums a single chord on his lyre. It's so beautiful it hurts, and all enemies in a long range line take damage.		Notes: Has a projectile speed of 150.
Damage: 90/150/210/270/330 (+90% of your Physical Power)		Ability Type: Line, Damage
Range: 55		Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana
Cooldown: 11 seconds



Ability Video

2nd Ability - Serenade

	Apollo uses his amazing voice to Mesmerize all nearby enemies and bolster himself with additional protections. Any damage done breaks the effect.		Notes: Mesmerize only breaks from damage dealt by gods.
Mesmerize: 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1/2.3s		Protections: 10/15/20/25/30
Buff Lifetime: 5s		Ability Type: Circle, Mesmerize
Radius: 20		Cost: 75 mana
Cooldown: 17/16/15/14/13 seconds


Ability Video

3rd Ability - The Moves

	Apollo runs forward and slides on his knees, dealing damage, knocking aside all enemies and adding a stack of Audacity for each enemy hit. At the end of the slide, the movement speed is decreased for enemies and increased for himself and allies.		Notes: Has a knockback strength of 250, a prefire time of 0.15s and dash time of 0.58s. Only the dash portion deals damage. Grants 1 Audacity stack per minion hit.
Damage: 70/115/160/205/250 (+60% of your Physical Power)		Movement Speed Buff/Debuff: 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%
Buff Duration: 3s		Ability Type: Dash, Buff, Damage
Range/Radius: 45/20		Cost: 70 mana
Cooldown: 15 seconds


Ability Video

Ultimate - Across The Sky

	Apollo rides his chariot across the sky, choosing when to land, dealing damage every .15s for .6s as he lands. Enemies hit by the last tick of the landing will also be knocked up.		Notes: Has a maximum duration of 44 seconds regardless of remaining mana. Apollo is immune to crowd control while channeling and untargetable, but not invulnerable while in the air. Won't go on cooldown if Apollo dies before taking off. Deals up to 280/380/480/580/680 (+100% of your Physical Power) damage and costs up to 1560/1780/2000/2220/2440 mana for the full duration. If current mana is lower than the cost, Apollo will land automatically at the nearest valid point near the targeter.
Damage per Tick: 70/95/120/145/170 (+25% of your Physical Power)		Ability Type: Circle, Knockup, Damage
Range/Radius: 60/20		Cost: 20 mana + 35/40/45/50/55 mana per second
Cooldown: 110 seconds



Ability Video

Videos[ | ]

God Reveal[ | ]

Achievements[ | ]

	My Chariot Awaits As Apollo hit an enemy with every tick from Across The Sky.

	Serenade As Apollo serenade at least three enemy Gods at once.

Trivia[ | ]

General[ | ]

Apollo is one of the twelve olympians along with Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus and either Dionysus or Hestia.
Apollo is Artemis' twin brother.
In Apollo's Victory Screen animation, there is a point where Apollo sets his lyre on fire. This is a reference to the famous stage act performed by the American guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
The actor who voiced Apollo, Phil Parsons, also voiced Cursed King Cernunnos, Chiron, Star Eater Khepri, Abyssal Sorcerer Poseidon and Titanium Tracker Xbalanque.
Apollo received a remodel with SMITE Version 9.1.6950.5, the patch released on January 25, 2022, which replaced his Default, Slickshot and Mastery skins. Nothing else was changed.

God Skins[ | ]

Elite Agent

This skin is based on a Secret Agent.
This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with a helicopter.
This skin's death animation and death line ▶️"Apollo? Apollo! Apolloooooo!" are references to the Metal Gear series.
Both this skin and Default Apollo are voiced by Phil Parsons.

The actress who voiced Control, Jennifer Green, also voiced Heartbreaker Nox and Kaiju Sobek's news reporter, Denise.

Several of this skin's quotes are references to the British film series James Bond.
This skin shares its theme with Covert Ops/Crimson Ops Bastet and Scarlet Dangerfield Neith.

Classic

This skin shares its theme with Classic Ares, Classic Artemis, Classic Athena, Classic Bacchus, Classic Eset, Classic Hades, Retrocles Hercules, Classic Ao Kuang Kukulkan Old Wa Nu Wa and Classic Sobek.

Dark Apprentice

This was the first skin Apollo received after his remodel.
This skin shares its theme with Void Sorceress Yemoja.

Team SoloMid

This skin was released as an homage to the winner of Smite launch tournament Team Solomid.
This skin was available for direct purchase between May 28, 2014 and September 10, 2014. Each sale added $1 for the TSM Invitational LAN Tournament.
This skin's model served as base to other Apollo skins.
This skin shares its theme with Team SoloMid Sun Wukong.

2017 Challenger

This skin is a recolor of the Team SoloMid skin.

Hopper/Hopper P.I.

These skins are part of a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Netflix to promote the show Stranger Things.
The actor who voiced this skin, Brent Mukai, also voiced Jim Root Chaac, Kero Kero Danzaburou, Cosmic Fortune Ganesha, Maui and Detoxify Maui.
These skins share their theme with The Demogorgon Bakasura, Eleven/Starcourt Eleven Scylla and The Mind Flayer Sylvanus.
There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, you can hear it here:Hopper Announcer pack.

Curse Voice

This skin was a cross promotion with Curse.
This skin uses most of Team SoloMid assets except for the jacket.
Both this skin and Default Apollo are voiced by Phil Parsons.
Most of this skin's lines break the fourth wall.
This skin share its theme with Curse Agni.

Divine Machina

This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with an Avian Machina.
The actor who voiced this skin, Joe Ochman, also voiced Nightbringer Demon Xbalanque.
This skin shares its theme with Molten Machina Fenrir, Rune Machina Ganesha, Winged Machina Nike, Hydro Machina Poseidon, Honorable Machina Tyr and Striking Machina Ymir.

Spell Chanter

This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with a floating field of magic.
All his directed taunts are aimed at mages.
The actor who voiced this skin, Cory Yee, also voiced Oni Guardian Ares, Iroh Bacchus, Splinter Hachiman, Toxic Tide He Bo, Malworm Jormungandr, Crimson Authority King Arthur and Yu Huang.
This skin shares its theme with Spell Blaster Charybdis and Spell Slinger Sol.

Vicious

This skin is based on the punk subculture, specifically English musician Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols.
His line for when he uses So Beautiful ▶️"Look at these sexy pistols!" is also a reference to this band.
His line when buying a defensive item, ▶️"These misfits got nothing on me!" is a reference to the American punk rock band Misfits.
His direct tuant to Raijin ▶️ "*Sigh* We could have made a good team, man." is aimed at his Devil Horns skin.
This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with a Bomb.
This skin was voiced by Max Mittelman.
This skin shares its theme with Stingpunk Ah Muzen Cab, Voodoo Rock Baron Samedi, Portal Punk Janus, Mini Metal Jing Wei, World Tour Nemesis, Devil Horns Raijin, Cherrybomb Sol and Heavy Metal Thor.

Winner's Circle

This skin is based on a race car driver.
The animations of this skin were reused from the Elite Agent skin.
This skin replaces Apollo's chariot with a race car.
This skin was part of the Racer Rumble event.
Both this skin and Apollo are voiced by Phil Parsons.
This skin shares its theme with Hot Rod Racer Sol.

Skins[ | ]

Default
	Release Date	March 28, 2013
	Type	Standard
	Cost	Free
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Slickshot
	Release Date	March 28, 2013
	Type	Standard
	Cost	100 or 9500
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Battle Bard
	Release Date	March 15, 2016
	Type	Standard
	Cost	250 or 25000
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Elite Agent
	Release Date	July 15, 2014
	Type	Standard
	Cost	600
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Elite Agent Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Classic
	Release Date	January 25, 2022
	Type	Standard
	Cost	200 or 5500
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Dark Apprentice
	Release Date	May 17, 2022
	Type	Standard
	Cost	750
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Dark Apprentice Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Heavenly Light event. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests, or via direct purchase.

Team SoloMid
	Release Date	May 28, 2014
	Type	Promotional
	Cost	600 (Team SoloMid Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was available for direct purchase between May 28, 2014 and September 10, 2014. Each sale added $1 for the TSM Invitational LAN Tournament.

2017 Challenger
	Release Date	November 8, 2016
	Type	Promotional
	Cost	None
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the SWC 2017 Digital Loot Pack bundle before January 2017.

Styx Ferrymen
	Release Date	November 14, 2023
	Type	Promotional
	Cost	None
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin could only be obtained by rolling an ESports Chest roll from the World Champion Battle Pass.

Hopper
	Release Date	July 13, 2021
	Type	Crossover
	Cost	750 (Stranger Things Battle Pass)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Hopper Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Stranger Things Battle Pass.

Hopper, P.i.
	Release Date	July 13, 2021
	Type	Crossover
	Cost	None
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Hopper Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects This skin could only be obtained by purchasing and achieving enough levels in the Stranger Things Battle Pass.

Curse Voice
	Release Date	December 17, 2014
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	Requires Skin code
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Curse Voice Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin is unlocked with a special code awarded for playing a minimum of 5 matches while using Curse Voice.

Divine Machina
	Release Date	December 3, 2019
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	600
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Divine Machina Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Odyssey: Underworld event. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Spell Chanter
	Release Date	June 2, 2020
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	1200 (Adventuring Collection Bundle)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Spell Chanter Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Adventuring Collection Bundle.

Vicious
	Release Date	May 10, 2016
	Type	Limited
	Cost	None
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Vicious Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin could only be obtained by gaining at least 8500 fantasy points in the Season Ticket 2016.

Winner's Circle
	Release Date	April 12, 2017
	Type	Limited
	Cost	1000 (Racer Bundle)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Winner's Circle Apollo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained by purchasing the Racer Bundle from the Racer Rumble event.

Golden
	Release Date	June 20, 2013
	Type	Standard
	Cost	200 or 9500
	Requirements	God Rank 1
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Legendary
	Release Date	July 10, 2013
	Type	Standard
	Cost	300 or 12500
	Requirements	God Rank 5
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Diamond
	Release Date	August 19, 2014
	Type	Standard
	Cost	400 or 15000
	Requirements	God Rank 10
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Changelog[ | ]

SMITE Version 10.13.7832.2 (December 12, 2023)

So Beautiful

Increased Physical Power Scaling from 85% to 90%

Across the Sky

Decreased Mana Cost from 40 mana + 40/45/50/55/60 mana per second to 20 mana + 35/40/45/50/55 mana per second

SMITE Version 10.9.7702.7 (September 12, 2023)

Across the Sky

Increased mana cost from 10 + 35/40/45/50/55 to 40 + 40/45/50/55/60

SMITE Version 10.9.7702.2 (August 29, 2023)

Audacity

While this effect is active, Apollo gains 20% increased basic attack projectile speed

So Beautiful

Increased Projectile speed from 110 to 150
Increased scaling damage from 80% to 85%

Serenade

Now gains Magical Protections as well as Physical Protections

10/15/20/25/30

Across the Sky

Decreased landing time from 0.8s to 0.6s
Decreased tick time from 0.2s to 0.15s
Decreased mana cost per second from 40/50/60/70/80 to 35/40/45/50/55

SMITE Version 10.6.7598.5 (June 13, 2023)

Serenade

Increased Mesmerize duration from 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0s to 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1/2.3

The Moves

Increased Movement Speed Buff/Debuff from 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% to 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%

SMITE Version 9.4.7059.2 (April 19, 2022)

Across The Sky

Decreased Physical Power Scaling from 30% to 25% per tick

SMITE Version 9.1.6950.5 (January 25, 2022)

Apollo will have a completley new model, card art, rig and animation set in this update.
Mastery and Recolor Skins have all been updated to the new model.

SMITE Version 8.4.6501.9 (May 4, 2021)

Audacity

Decreased the stacks gained from damaging an enemy god with an ability from 2 to 1

Serenade

Decreased Movement Speed Buff/Debuff: 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% to 10/12.5/15/17.5/20%

Across The Sky

Increased Mana Cost: 10 mana + 40 mana per second, to 10 mana + 40/50/60/70/80 mana per second.

SMITE Version 8.3.6455.11 (April 6, 2021)

Serenade

(revert) Decreased Physical Protections from15/20/25/30/35 to 10/15/20/25/30
Decreased Mesmerize duration from 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1/2.3 to 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0s

SMITE Version 8.2.6416.14 (March 9, 2021)

Across The Sky

Decreased Power Scaling from 40% per tick to 30% per tick.

SMITE Version 7.12.6319.9 (December 15, 2020)

So Beautiful

Increased Damage from 80/140/200/260/320 to 90/150/210/270/330

SMITE Version 7.10.6230 (October 6, 2020)

The Moves

Decreased setup time from 0.2333s to 0.15s
Decreased dash time from 0.65s to 0.58s.
He travels the same distance in less time, and starts traveling quicker

SMITE Version 7.7.6121.3 (July 14, 2020)

Serenade

Increased Physical Protections from 10/15/20/25/30 to 15/20/25/30/35.
Adjusted Mesmerize duration from 1.1/1.4/1.7/2.0/2.3s 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1/2.3s.

Across The Sky

Increased scaling from 30% to 40% (120 to 160%).

SMITE Version 7.2.5895.5 (February 25, 2020)

General

Divine Machina Skin – Updated ultimate sound FX for better clarity.

SMITE Version 6.8.5557.1 (July 24, 2019)

Audacity

Each damaging ability now adds 2 stacks of Audacity for each enemy god hit.

The Moves still adds 1 stack of Audacity for hitting enemy minions.

The Moves

Increased duration of the buff and debuff from 2 to 3s.

SMITE Version 5.18.5022.1 (October 1, 2018)

General

Fixed issues with the animations on Winner's Circle Apollo.

SMITE Version 5.16.4960.4 (September 4, 2018)

Serenade

Increased Mesmerize duration from .7/1.1/1.5/1.9/2.3s to 1.1/1.4/1.7/2.0/2.3s.

The Moves

Increased Movement Speed from 5/10/15/20/25% to 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%.

SMITE Version 5.13.4890 (July 24, 2018)

Across The Sky

Fixed his description not saying this ability applied a knock up on landing.

SMITE Version 5.11.4838 (June 26, 2018)

Across The Sky

Enemies hit by the last tick of the ultimate landing be be knocked up.

Knockup is a straight up and low height.

SMITE Version 5.4.4654 (March 13, 2018)

So Beautiful

Increased Base Damage from 70/125/180/235/290 to 80/140/200/260/320.

SMITE Version 4.4.3956 (March 14, 2017)

So Beautiful

Decreased Base Damage from ~~80/135/190/245/300~~ → 70/125/180/235/290.

Serenade

Reduced Physical Protections from ~~10/20/30/40/50~~ → 10/15/20/25/30.

SMITE Version 4.1.3882 (February 1, 2017)

So Beautiful

Removed the effect that causes successive enemies take 15% reduced Damage.

Across The Sky

Increased Cooldown from ~~110/105/100/95/90~~ → 110s at all ranks.

SMITE Version 3.6.3346 (April 12, 2016)

So Beautiful

Reduced Mana cost from ~~70/80/90/100/110~~ → 70/75/80/85/90 at all ranks.
Reduced Cooldown from ~~15/14/13/12/11s~~ → 11s at all ranks.

Across The Sky

Decreased Mana cost from 10 + 60 Mana per second → 10 + 40 Mana per second.

SMITE Version 2.15.3014 (October 6, 2015)

The Moves

Increased the Knockback strength from 175 → 250.

SMITE Version 2.11.2893.1

So Beautiful

Fixed an issue where So Beautiful could do reduced damage at close range.

SMITE Version 2.9.2833.1 (June 30, 2015)

Across The Sky

Fixed a few Conquest map issues where Apollo could leave the map.

SMITE Version 2.5.2721 (April 28, 2015)

General

Increased base Physical Power from 36 to 40.
Increased base Physical Power per level from 2.5 to 2.6.

SMITE Version 2.4.2684.1 (April 15, 2015)

Across The Sky

Fixed incorrectly popping targets Magi's Blessing.

SMITE Version 2.1.2598.1 (February 25, 2015)

General

Fixed casting animations not playing for other players.

SMITE Version 2.0.2573.3 (February 11, 2015)

General

Base Attack Speed increased from 0.9 to 0.95.
Attack Speed per level increased from 1.2% to 1.7%.

So Beautiful

Damage from this ability is now reduced 15% for each enemy hit after the first.
Mana cost increased from 70/75/80/85/90 to 70/80/90/100/110.

Across The Sky

This ability no longer knocks up enemies.

SMITE Version 1.0.2347.1 (October 15, 2014)

Serenade

This ability no longer provides magical protection, only physical protection.

The Moves

Reduced Knockback impulse from 300 to 175, resulting in a much shorter duration.

SMITE Version 1.0.2188.3 (June 24, 2014)

Across The Sky

Fixed a bug that would cause Apollo to get stuck on the ground when activating his ult next to a Janus portal.

SMITE Version 1.0.2151.3 (May 28, 2014)

General

FX updates to better reflect ability behavior.
Fixed a visual issue with Apollo’s Lyre going through his back.
Fixed an issue with his body persisting too long after death.

SMITE Version 1.0.2091 (April 16, 2014)

General

Improved visual presentation of Chariot (smoothed client simulation).

Audacity

Fixed an issue with the passive meter not displaying how many shots he had remaining.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2044.1 (March 19, 2014)

General

New loading screen card.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2015.1 (March 5, 2014)

General

Variety of FX have been cleaned up at lower LODs.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1988.3 (February 19, 2014)

General

Made minor aesthetic changes to his Golden and Legendary skins.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1948 (January 29, 2014)

So Beautiful

Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.5 to 0.1.

Serenade

Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.3 to 0.1.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1805 (October 23, 2013)

Across The Sky

The camera is now rotatable during the fall.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1738 (September 18, 2013)

Across The Sky

The mana cost per second has been increased from 50 to 60 mana.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1705 (August 27, 2013)

General

Ground targeters have been customized

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1581 (June 20, 2013)

General

Some visual adjustments have been made to his model.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1490 (May 1, 2013)

Serenade

This ability now grants Apollo 10/20/30/40/50 additional protections for 5 seconds after firing.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1467 (April 17, 2013)

The Moves

The base damage has been increased from 50/85/120/155/190 to 70/115/160/205/250.
The physical power contribution has been increased from 50% to 60%.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1459 (April 11, 2013)

Across The Sky

The base damage per tick (4 ticks) has been increased from 60/75/90/105/120 to 70/95/120/145/170.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1433 (March 28, 2013)

Apollo has been added to the game.