Ares

Ares
Summary
Title:	God of War
Pantheon:	Greek
Type:	Melee,Magical
Class:	Guardian
Pros:	High Crowd Control, High Defense
Difficulty:	Easy
Release date:	October 4, 2012
Favor:	(Free) 0
Gems:	(Free) 0
Voicelines:	Ares voicelines
Voice actor:	Jason Douglas
Stats
Health:	485 (+90)
Mana:	200 (+37)
Speed:	365 (+0)
Range:	12 (+0)
Attack/Sec:	0.9 (+1.25%)
Basic Attack
Damage:	38 (+ 1.55); + 20% of Magical Power
Progression:	1/.75/1/1.25x damage and swing time
Protection
Physical:	20 (+3)
Magical:	30 (+0.9)
Regen
HP5:	8 (+0.67)
MP5:	4.6 (+0.42)
*Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level

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Ares is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore

Feared by his enemies, reviled by his father, adored by the Goddess of Beauty, and worshipped by warriors, Ares, a tortured and lonely soul, is the bloodthirsty Greek God of War.

Ares is not loved by the people. He represents everything they fear and despise: war, strife, chaos, and murder. It’s said that the sky darkens when Ares takes the field. That he rides to battle on a chariot drawn by fire-breathing steeds and delights only in the clash of battle and smell of bloodshed.

Ares is not loved by his father. Zeus has many sons, but only two with his wife Hera. However, the thunder God has long suspected Hera of having an affair that led to the birth of Ares, perhaps as revenge for all of Zeus’ infidelity. For this, Zeus is disgusted by him.

Ares is not loved by his sister. Athena and Ares are both Gods of War. Where Ares represents violence, force, and slaughter, Athena is the embodiment of intelligence, strategy, and leadership. Ares is quick to act and leave a bloody trail. Athena is thoughtful and careful with lives. Often they have been on the opposite sides, most notably at the Battle of Troy, where Athena viciously wounded him and forced Ares to retreat.

Ares is the lover of the Goddess of Beauty. Though Aphrodite is married to Ares’ brother, Hephaestus, Ares takes what he wants, and Aphrodite gives in willingly. Their union created offspring almost as terrible as Ares himself: Phobos and Deimos, Fear and Terror.

Ares is loved only by the Spartans, who revere the God for his masculinity, his merciless warrior spirit, and tenacity against all odds. The Spartans, however, know the unpredictable fury of their patron, and bind his statues in chains. This is, in part, to prevent Ares’ spirit of victory from escaping Sparta, and a vain effort to keep the God of War contained.

Abilities

Passive - Blessed Presence

	Each completed aura item that Ares owns grants him 30 additional Magical Power.	Notes: All items that grant Aura effects can be found here: Aura items.
Ability Type: Buff





Ability Video

1st Ability - Shackles

	Chains extend from Ares' shield, doing damage to all enemies in its path. Hitting a god shackles them to Ares, Cripples them, preventing movement abilities, dealing the same damage every second while slowing them and buffing Ares. While shackled, Ares can fire another chain for free within 2s.		Notes: Can grant up to 45% bonus movement speed. Can deal up to 125/225/325/425/525 (+75% of your magical power) damage per shackle. Can be used through walls.
Minion Damage: 70/90/110/130/150 (+15% of your magical power)		God Damage per Tick: 25/45/65/85/105 (+15% of your magical power)
Slow/Speed: 15% per unique Shackle		Duration: 4s
Max Shackles: 3		Ability Type: Projectile
Cooldown: 15 seconds		Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana


Ability Video

2nd Ability - Bolster Defenses

	Ares strengthens the defenses of himself and all nearby allies, granting Protections and reducing Crowd Control durations. For each shackled enemy, the Protection Buffs are increased.		Notes: Grants 41/46/51/56/61 Protections at max stacks. The CC Reduction only affects crowd control applied after activation.
Protections: 20/25/30/35/40		CC Reduction: 10/15/20/25/30%
Lifetime: 8s		Shackle Bonus: 7
Ability Type: Buff		Radius: 35
Cooldown: 15 seconds		Cost: 40/45/50/55/60 mana


Ability Video

3rd Ability - Searing Flesh

	Flames pour forth from Ares' shield, engulfing enemies in a cone in front of him causing damage every .5s for 4s. Ares is immune to Knockback for the duration.		Notes: It will also knock back enemy minions hit. Can deal up to 120/160/200/240/280 (+56% of your magical power) plus 8/8/16/16/24% max health damage.
Damage per Tick: 15/20/25/30/35 (+7% of your magical power)		% Max Health per Tick: 1/1/2/2/3%
Ability Type: Cone		Cooldown: 12 seconds
Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 mana



Ability Video

Ultimate - No Escape

	Ares throws chains out to all enemy gods in an area around him. All enemies hit by the chains are pulled to Ares after 2.5s, taking damage and are Stunned.		Notes: Chains and pulls targets through walls. Ares is immune to crowd control and can move while channeling.
Damage: 200/275/350/425/500 (+40% of your magical power)		Stun: 1s
Ability Type: Area		Radius: 35
Cooldown: 100 seconds		Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 mana



Ability Video

Recommended Items

Starter

Core

Damage

Defensive

Relic

Consumable

Core

Damage

Defensive

Relic

Consumable

Videos

God Reveal

Achievements

	Meltmaster As Ares incinerate two gods in one match with Searing Flesh.

	Two Chains? Nah, Five. As Ares hit and pull five enemy gods at once with no escape.

Trivia

General

Ares has been a free starter character for every new player account created since May 15, 2018. Accounts made before this date must still unlock him (5500 / 200 ).
One of Ares' jokes, "Sword, check. Chains, check. Shield, check. Body bags, check", is possibly a reference to the song Murmaider by Dethklok.

God Skins

Diamond Sword

Ares' Diamond Sword skin is a reference to another game developed by Hi-Rez Studios, Tribes: Ascend.

Primal Fire

This skin was based on the video game series Monster Hunter.
This skin required a new rig to be build due to Ares model being too old to be used as base.

The same thing had to be done for Dragon's Light Sobek.

This skin share its theme with Primal Storm Susano and Wyrm Slayer/Dragonsbane Ullr.

Soldier of Fortune/Hired Gun

For every purchase of the Nepal Earthquake Relief Ches between May 12 and May 17, Hi-Rez donated $2 to the American Red Cross' Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts.
The actor who did the voice for this skin, Chris Rager, also voiced Bacchus.
This skin share it's theme with Full Metal Vulcan and G.I.Zhong Zhong Kui.

Fernando

This skin is a reference to another game made by Hi-Rez Studios, Paladins.

As a cross-promotion, those who purchased the Paladins Founder's Pack not only received the Fernando skin for Ares, but also the God of War skins for Fernando in Paladins.

The actor who did the voice of this, J. Michael Tatum, also voiced Chaacolate Chaac, Hug Bug Khepri and Fernando from Paladins.

Spectral Sword

Ares' Spectral Sword skin is a reference to the Dark Souls series.
His jump animation in this skin also changes to him rolling in a similar way to how it's done in these series.

Abyssal Knight

This skin was based on the Cthulhu Mythos created by the Autor H. P. Lovecraft.
This skin shares its theme with Abyssal Acolyte Agni, Abyssal Executioner Chaac, Eldritch Ra, Abyssal Sorcerer Poseidon and Abyssal Warrior Sun Wukong.

Skins

Default
	Release Date	October 4, 2012
	Type	Standard
	Cost	Free
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Destroyer
	Release Date	October 4, 2012
	Type	Standard
	Cost	100 or 9500
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Diamond Sword
	Release Date	September 25, 2013
	Type	Standard
	Cost	400
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom ability effects.

Primal Fire
	Release Date	July 9, 2018
	Type	Standard
	Cost	750
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Primal Fire Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.

SWC 2015
	Release Date	December 3, 2014
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	None
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained as a bonus for purchasing a SMITE World Championship Digital Ticket [1].

Soldier of Fortune
	Release Date	May 12, 2015
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Nepal Earthquake Relief Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Soldier of Fortune Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

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. It could also be obtained from the Founder's Packs on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions.

Fernando
	Release Date	March 29, 2016
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	None
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Fernando Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained as a bonus for purchasing the Paladins Founder's pack.

Spectral Sword
	Release Date	January 10, 2017
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Blighted Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Spectral Sword Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

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.

Elevate
	Release Date	July 5, 2017
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Elevate Bundle)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Abyssal Knight
	Release Date	December 5, 2017
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Abyssal Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Abyssal Knight Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

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.

Hired Gun
	Release Date	January 30, 2018
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	3500 FP
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Soldier of Fortune Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Season Ticket 2018 Fantasy Points store.

Godslayer
	Release Date	December 19, 2018
	Type	Limited
	Cost	None
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Godslayer Ares voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin has an animated loading screen card. This skin could only be obtained by accumulating 150 Odyssey points in the Hera's Odyssey event.

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

Extra Information

Legendary
	Release Date	November 20, 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

This changelog is incomplete. You can help by expanding it with any missing old entries from previous Patch Notes.

SMITE Version 5.6.4707.1 (April 11, 2018)

No Escape

No longer requires Line of Sight to grab onto enemies.

SMITE Version 5.2.4599 (February 13, 2018)

Shackles

Increased Minion Damage from 50/70/90/110/130 to 70/90/110/130/150.

Bolster Defenses

Decreased Mana from 60/65/70/75/80 to 40/45/50/55/60.

SMITE Version 5.1.4571.1 (January 30, 2018)

General

Increased Movement Speed from 360 to 365.

SMITE Version 4.8.4062.1 (May 9, 2017)

General

Increased Base Physical Protection from 17 → 20.

SMITE Version 4.5.3978.2 (March 28, 2017)

Shackles

Increased Minion Damage Dealt from ~~25/45/65/85/105~~ → 50/70/90/110/130.

SMITE Version 3.2.3246 (February 16, 2016)

General

Added achievements ‘Meltmaster’ and ‘Two Chains? Nah, Five.’.

SMITE Version 3.1.3217 (February 2, 2016)

No Escape

This ability no longer increases in stun duration for amount of targets pulled.
Increased cooldown from ~~90s~~ → 100s.

SMITE Version 2.3.2660 (April 1, 2015)

General

Fixed sword and shield persisting after death.

SMITE Version 2.1.2598.1 (February 25, 2015)

Blessed Presence

Fixed typo: Changed Ares' to Ares.

SMITE Version 1.0.2215.6 (July 15, 2014)

Blessed Presence

Fixed an issue with Ward Stone activating this passive, as it’s intended only for each “completed”, or tier 3, aura item.

SMITE Version 1.0.2173 (June 12, 2014)

Bolster Defences

Fixed a bug where the bonus from a shackled god was not expiring at the end of the shackles duration.

SMITE Version 1.0.2151.3 (May 28, 2014)

Shackles

Shackles now cause Arachne’s eggs to hatch.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2015.1 (March 5, 2014)

Searing Flesh

Now applies knockback to minions.

No Escape

Will now properly interrupt targets pulled by it.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1948 (January 29, 2014)

Bolster Defenses

Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.3 to 0.1.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1928.2 (January 16, 2014)

General

His model has undergone artistic improvements.
Ares now has a basic attack progression of 1/.75/1/1.25.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1918.2 (January 8, 2014)

Shackles

Fixed an issue where the 15% speed buff stack would only apply once.

No Escape

Now always triggers the cooldown, even if interrupted before completing.
The additional stun duration for each enemy hit by this ability has been reduced from 0.3s to 0.2s.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 (November 20, 2013)

Shackles

The Shackle damage and cripple is now removed from targets when he dies.
Fixed an issue where sometimes firing another Shackle wouldn’t actually fire.
Successive Shackles after the first can now be fired at twice the previous rate.
The ground target now properly highlights only one god at a time.

Bolster Defenses

Aura protections granted increased from 10/15/20/25/30 to 20/25/30/35/40

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1738 (September 18, 2013)

Shackles

An issue has been fixed that had Shackles lifestealing at 100% instead of 33%.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1666 (August 7, 2013)

General

Basic attacks switched from dealing/scaling physical damage to magical.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1543 (May 30, 2013)

Shackles

Improvements to FX

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1403 (March 13, 2013)

Shackle

Fixed a bug when up very close, you’ll not be able to apply another Shackle.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1376 (February 28, 2013)

Shackles

Movement abilities are no longer usable when players are shackled.