Hou Yi
| Hou Yi | |
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| Summary | |
| Title: | Defender of the Earth |
| Pantheon: |  Chinese
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| Type: | Ranged,Physical |
| Class: |  Hunter
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| Pros: | High Single Target Damage, High Area Damage |
| Difficulty: | Hard |
| Release date: | January 14, 2015 |
| Favor: | 5,500 
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| Gems: | 200 
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| Voicelines: | Hou Yi voicelines |
| Voice actor: | Austin Tindle |
| Stats | |
| Health: | 480 (+78) |
| Mana: | 240 (+38) |
| Speed: | 370 (+0) |
| Range: | 55 (+0) |
| Attack/Sec: | 0.95 (+1.2%) |
| Basic Attack | |
| Damage: | 40 (+ 2.8) + 100% of Physical Power |
| Progression: | None |
| Protection | |
| Physical: | 13 (+2.8) |
| Magical: | 30 (+0.9) |
| Regen | |
| HP5: | 8 (+0.68) |
| MP5: | 5 (+0.35) |
| *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level | |
"Aim, Fire. Each arrow finds its mark bring down even the nine suns."
Hou Yi is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.
Contents
Lore[edit | edit source]
In a time long past, an unexpected calamity came to be. From whence none knew, ten suns rose above the horizon. Such incessant light and heat ravaged the earth, wilting fields of grain, drying rivers, even melting forged metal. Bent beneath the scorching rays, the people begged the Emperor-God Di Jun to aid them. In reply, he called the great archer, Hou Yi.
Armed with a mystical red bow and a quiver of white arrows, Hou Yi traveled to Earth. What he found was a barren land. Shielding his eyes, he peered to the sky where the ten suns cruelly flared.
Nocking arrow to bow, Hou Yi loosed a warning at the suns hoping to frighten them away, but they impassively remained. So Hou Yi drew again and fired a killing shot. Pierced, the sun exploded in color and a giant red raven with three legs fell to the earth, slain by the white arrow.
Eight times more Hou Yi drew arrow to cheek. Eight shots more he let fly. Eight more bursts rent the sky, and eight more ravens fell dead. But one sun he left, and so fearful of Hou Yi's archery, this sun behaved, dipping below the horizon.
Now armed with the power of the red ravens he smote, sending light and fire against those that threaten the world, be it monster or beast, dragon or sun, man or God, Hou Yi is the Defender of the Earth.
Abilities[edit | edit source]
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Videos[edit | edit source]
God Reveal[edit | edit source]
Achievements[edit | edit source]
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Trivia[edit | edit source]
General[edit | edit source]
- Chang'e is Hou Yi's wife. As imagery goes, Hou Yi would come to represent the sun, while Chang'e represents the moon.
- Hou Yi was the first god released in 2015.
- The actor who voiced Hou Yi, Austin Tindle, also voiced Super Chronos 64 Chronos.
- One of Hou Yi's jokes, "I've got 99 problems, but a sun isn't one!", is a reference to the song 99 Problems by Jay Z.
- Both of Hou Yi's jokes about formerly liking peaches are references to one of his myths, where it's said that he met his ultimate demise when Feng Meng - Hou Yi's protégé - and others beat him to death with a club made from the wood of a peach tree.
- One of Hou Yi's idle animations is a reference to the "Praise the Sun" gesture from the video game Dark Souls.
God Skins[edit | edit source]
Moon's Groom/Handsome Hunter
- This skin was released in conjunction with Sun's Bride Chang'e.
- Players using this skin will always appear on the left-most side of the loading screen. This is done so that, if paired with a player using Sun's Bride Chang'e, they will be displayed together.
- The actor who voiced this skin, Jeff Plunk, also voiced Krampus Cernunnos and Dread-Lord Fafnir.
Hou Ru Kai
- This skin is based on the Uruk-hai from the book series Lord of the Rings.
- The actor who voiced this skin, Mick Lauer, also voiced Cernunnos.
- This skin shares its theme with Warchief Raijin.
Spirit Sun
- This skin changes Hou Yi to his completely opposite element.
- One of his jokes, "Power level 1000.. what!? No, no one really measures power like that." could be a reference to the Over 9000 meme.
Grim Eclipse
- This skin was part of the event Escape from the Underworld.
- The actor who did the voice for this skin, Bruce DuBose, also voiced Royal Fury Anhur, Thor and Valkyrie Bride Thor.
- This skin shares its theme with Grim Weaver Arachne, Grim Horseman Guan Yu, Grim Wraith Hades and Grim Shadow Nox.
Heaven's Arrow
- This skin is based on an Angel.
- The actor who voiced this skin, Jonah Scott, also voiced Modern Messenger Mercury and Frostfire Ullr.
- This skin shares its theme with Midnight Dove Awilix, Archangel Chernobog, Inner Demon Hel, Seraph Horus, Celestial Isis, Celestial Guard Odin, Radiant Archon Ra and Archon Thanatos.
Sylvan Sentinel
- This skin's name could be a reference to Sylvanus.
- This skin shares its theme with Riftshaker Janus, Nature's Guardian Rama, Wolfsbane Skadi and Grove Keeper Xing Tian.
Iron Crow
- This skin was also voiced by Austin Tindle.
- His intro line "No one cared who I was until I put on the mask." is a quote made by Bane in the movie The Dark Knight Rises.
- One of his taunts "I use a bow because guns are too quick. You can't savour all the... little emotions." is an altered quote made by Joker in the movie The Dark Knight.
Totem Caller
- The names of the spirit animals are:
- Burrowsaur (Ricochet)
- Ghouliepaw (Mark of the Crow)
- Flutterfiend (Dive Bomb)
- Skybreaker (Sunbreaker)
- The actor who voiced this skin, Doug Cockle, also voiced Chernobog and is known for voicing Geralt of Rivia from the video game series The Witcher.
Skins[edit | edit source]
| Default | ||
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Release Date | January 14, 2015 |
| Type | Standard | |
| Cost | Free | |
| Voicelines | Hou Yi voicelines | |
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| Sunbreaker | ||
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Release Date | January 14, 2015 |
| Type | Standard | |
| Cost | 100 or 9500
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| Voicelines | Hou Yi voicelines | |
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| Searing Sun | ||
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Release Date | May 24, 2016 |
| Type | Standard | |
| Cost | 250
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| Voicelines | Hou Yi voicelines | |
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| Moon's Groom | ||
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Release Date | August 18, 2015 |
| Type | Standard | |
| Cost | 400
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| Voicelines | Moon's Groom Hou Yi voicelines | |
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| Extra Information | ||
 This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
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| Hou Ru Kai | ||
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Release Date | January 10, 2017 |
| Type | Standard | |
| Cost | 400
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| Voicelines | Hou Ru Kai Hou Yi voicelines | |
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| Extra Information | ||
| This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
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| Spirit Sun | ||
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Release Date | July 30, 2019 |
| Type | Standard | |
| Cost | 400 (Heavenly Ruler Chest)
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| Voicelines | Spirit Sun Hou Yi voicelines | |
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| Extra Information | ||
| This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Battle for Olympus event. This skin could only be obtained from certain Treasure Chests.
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| Grim Eclipse | ||
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Release Date | April 26, 2016 |
| Type | Exclusive | |
| Cost | 400
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| Voicelines | Grim Eclipse Hou Yi voicelines | |
| In Game Model | ||
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| Extra Information | ||
| This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Escape from the Underworld event.
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| Heaven's Arrow | ||
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Release Date | July 5, 2017 |
| Type | Exclusive | |
| Cost | 200 (The Flock Chest)
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| Voicelines | Heaven's Arrow Hou Yi voicelines | |
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| Extra Information | ||
| This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.
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| Handsome Hunter | ||
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Release Date | January 30, 2018 |
| Type | Exclusive | |
| Cost | 3500 FP | |
| Voicelines | Moon's Groom Hou Yi voicelines | |
| In Game Model | ||
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| Extra Information | ||
| This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Season Ticket 2018 Fantasy Points store.
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| Sylvan Sentinel | ||
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Release Date | March 13, 2018 |
| Type | Exclusive | |
| Cost | 200 (SMITE Birthday Chest)
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| Voicelines | Sylvan Sentinel Hou Yi voicelines | |
| In Game Model | ||
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| Extra Information | ||
| This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.
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| Iron Crow | ||
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Release Date | June 30, 2015 |
| Type | Limited | |
| Cost | None | |
| Voicelines | Iron Crow Hou Yi voicelines | |
| In Game Model | ||
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| Extra Information | ||
| This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin could only be obtained by gaining at least 7000 fantasy points in the Season Ticket 2015.
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| The Hunter | ||
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Release Date | October 29, 2018 |
| Type | Limited | |
| Cost | None | |
| Voicelines | The Hunter Hou Yi voicelines | |
| In Game Model | ||
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| Extra Information | ||
| This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Season 5 HRX Digital Loot Pack bundle before January 2019.
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| Totem Caller | ||
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Release Date | March 24, 2020 |
| Type | Unlimited | |
| Cost | Unknown | |
| Voicelines | Totem Caller Hou Yi voicelines | |
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| This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin could only be obtained by purchasing all 4 bundles from the Grim Omens event.
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| Golden | ||
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Release Date | March 18, 2015 |
| Type | Standard | |
| Cost | 200 or 9500
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| Requirements | God Rank 1 | |
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| Legendary | ||
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Release Date | March 18, 2015 |
| Type | Standard | |
| Cost | 300 or 12500
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| Requirements | God Rank 5 | |
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| Diamond | ||
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Release Date | March 18, 2015 |
| Type | Standard | |
| Cost | 400 or 15000
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| Requirements | God Rank 10 | |
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Changelog[edit | edit source]
SMITE Version 6.11.5701.1 (October 15, 2019)
- General
- Fixed animation issue with out of combat forward-right walking.
SMITE Version 6.5.5418 (April 30, 2019)
Sunbreaker
- Hou Yi is no longer rooted and can move his camera freely while firing this ability.
SMITE Version 5.1.4574.1 (February 1, 2018)
- General
- Fixed an issue where Heaven's Arrow Hou Yi had incorrect audio when selecting the skin.
SMITE Version 4.21.4415 (November 6, 2017)
Ricochet
- Ricochet Bonus Damage now only applies to Gods.
SMITE Version 4.7.4031.1 (April 25, 2017)
Mark of the Golden Crow
- Updated the description of this ability with the correct range for this ability.
SMITE Version 4.6.4008.1 (April 12, 2017)
- General
- Increased Base Attack speed from
.9→ .95. - Increased Base Power from
38→ 40.
- Increased Base Attack speed from
SMITE Version 3.21.3730 (November 8, 2016)
- Sunbreaker
- Now Slows all targets inside it by 20% for .5s on every hit.
- Increased Slow on target's marked by Mark of the Golden Crow from
20%→ 40% and increased duration from.25s→ .5s
SMITE Version 3.16.3599.1 (August 30, 2016)
- Ricochet
- Base damage increased from
70/110/150/190/230→ 75/120/165/210/255. - Scaling increased from
60%→ 65%. - Bonus damage per ricochet decreased from
50%→ 40%.
- Base damage increased from
- Mark of the Golden Crow
- Removed the bonus 25% penetration provided at Rank 5.
- This ability now reveals all marked targets at all Ranks.
- Duration reduced from
15s→ 10s.
SMITE Version 2.15.3015 (October 9, 2015)
Divebomb
- Fixed an issue with the tooltip for this ability still displaying 30% Physical Power scaling instead of the intended 60%.
- Fixed an issue where this ability was still contributing 30% Physical Power vs targets marked by Mark of the Golden Crow.
SMITE Version 2.15.3014 (October 6, 2015)
- Ricochet
- Reduced Cooldown from
14→ 10s. - Fixed an issue with projectile accuracy from the sides.
- Reduced Cooldown from
- Divebomb
- Increased Physical Damage Scaling from
30→ 60%.
- Increased Physical Damage Scaling from
SMITE Version 2.13.2948.1 (September 1, 2015)
- Ricochet
- Improved highlighting accuracy.
SMITE Version 2.12.2920.2 (August 18, 2015)
- Ricochet
- Fixed not highlighting all targets on 2nd and 3rd trajectories.
SMITE Version 2.9.2834 (July 7, 2015)
- General
- Correctly updated the Iron Crow skin from Exclusive to Limited.
- Mark of the Golden Crow
- Fixed visual issue where Mark would not display on the target's client while using the Iron Crow skin.
SMITE Version 2.8.2808 (June 18, 2015)
- Divebomb
- Fixed taunting Hou Yi stuck in air.
- Fixed description still showing old ability text.
SMITE Version 2.8.2806 (June 16, 2015)
- Divebomb
- This ability has been reworked. When activated, Hou Yi will jump straight up into the air and pause, choosing a landing location.
SMITE Version 2.3.2660 (April 1, 2015)
- Ricochet
- The build up on this ability has been removed.
SMITE Version 2.2.2636 (March 18, 2015)
- Mark of the Golden Crow
- Fixed the tooltip incorrectly stating +15% instead of +25% penetration.
- Divebomb
- Fixed Hou Yi getting debuffed when gliding over Janus Portal.
SMITE Version 2.1.2598.3 (February 26, 2015)
- General
- Fixed a bug where, if Hou Yi was stunned during Divebomb, he could become immune to damage for the rest of the game.
SMITE Version 2.1.2598.1 (February 25, 2015)
- Divebomb
- Hou Yi can now glide over player deployables.
- Fixed Hou Yi still getting caught in Artemis Trap when descending.
SMITE Version 2.0.2573.3 (February 11, 2015)
- General
- Base Attack Speed increased from
0.85to 0.9. - Attack Speed per level increased from
1%to 1.2%.
- Base Attack Speed increased from
- Ricochet
- Increased projectile speed.
- Fixed a tooltip typo on cooldown.
- Divebomb
- Hou Yi no longer becomes immune to damage and healing while airborne.
- Increase the speed Hou Yi travels.
- Hou Yi is no longer rooted upon landing.
SMITE Version 1.0.2529.2 (January 14, 2015)
- Hou Yi has been added to the game.
