Persephone

Persephone
Summary
Title:	Queen of the Underworld
Pantheon:	Greek
Type:	Ranged,Magical
Class:	Mage
Pros:
Difficulty:	Hard
Release date:	August 20, 2019
Favor:	5,500
Gems:	200
Voicelines:	Persephone voicelines
Voice actor:	Allegra Clark
Stats
Health:	370 (+75)
Mana:	280 (+55)
Speed:	360 (+0)
Range:	55 (+0)
Attack/Sec:	0.95 (+0.95%)
Basic Attack
Damage:	34 (+ 1.7); + 20% of Magical Power
Progression:	7.5 AoE Harvest Activation
Protection
Physical:	9 (+2.7)
Magical:	30 (+0.9)
Regen
HP5:	7 (+0.45)
MP5:	5 (+0.42)
*Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level

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"From death, new life is created. Overwhelm your enemies with your beautiful Flowers."

Persephone is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore

Persephone is the Goddess of Vegetation and the Harvest. Daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the others gods often felt fit to decide her fate for her. Demeter enrolled her in helping with her Mysteries while Zeus took it upon himself to give her away. Hades, her husband to be, came up from the underworld and took her away. Demeter, saddened by the loss of her daughter and helper, wept and refused to continue bringing life to the earth. Cornered by a dying world, Zeus forced Hades and Persephone to part.

Before leaving the underworld Hades offered her a seed of a Pomegranate grown in the underworld. Persephone was clever. She understood what was being offered. Those who eat the food of the underworld are bound to it and must return. Hades was offering her a choice. A choice she was happy to accept. Every six months Persephone leaves the underworld, soothing Demeter's grief and bringing life back to the world.

The time has now come for Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, to return and take her throne besides Hades. She has seen the gods struggle against themselves at the expense of those around them. She can no longer watch as droves of mortal souls arrive; their lives cut short while they struggled for each and every victory as the gods they pray to cause their suffering. Soon all gods will see why she is called 'Clever Persephone'.

Abilities

Passive - Pomegranate Seeds

	Persephone gains Pomegranate Seeds when her Harvest plants wither. If she has more than 25 Seeds she can spend these to resist death, continuing to fight at full mana for 8s but dealing 60% reduced damage and moving 20% slower. This can be cancelled before the revive occurs. Additional seeds are sold when she enters the fountain for 3 gold a seed. Persephone can hold 100 Seeds.	Notes: Execute effects will bypass it, however it won't consume the seeds. Can be cancelled before it activates, preserving the seeds.
Ability Type: Passive





Ability Video

1st Ability - Bone Rush

	Persephone calls forth a skeletal warrior of the underworld. This warrior charges forward 35 units or until it comes into contact with a god. It charges with such force that when it stops it topples, sending bones flying forward and damaging enemies in its path. The skull from this warrior flies forward and becomes a Harvest Skull when it lands.		Notes:
Damage: 100/150/200/250/300 (+80% of your Magical Power)		Ability Type: Line
Range: 55		Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana
Cooldown: 12 seconds



Ability Video

2nd Ability - Harvest

	Persephone places a Skull (max 6/6/8/8/10) and can activate it with a Basic Attack to heal herself. She stores up to 6 Skulls. After 2.5s it turns into a Sprout that explodes when activated, damaging and slowing enemies. After 16s it turns into a Flower that chases down enemies when activated for 2.2s before biting them. After activation or 120s it withers. Enemies recently hit by Harvest take reduced damage from additional hits stacking 3 times.		Notes: Has a prefire of 0.1s. Flowers have a base movement speed of 600. Skulls require a distance gap of at least 2.5 units between them to be placed.
Heal: 22/29/36/43/50 (+10% of your Magical Power)		Explosion: 60/100/140/180/220 (+75% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 30%		Bite: 70/115/160/205/250 (+85% of your Magical Power)
Reduced Damage: 40/64/78%		Ability Type: Circle
Range: 50		Cost: 18/21/24/27/30 mana
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Ability Video

3rd Ability - Flourish

	Persephone floods the ground around her with life giving energy that propels her from the ground directly forwards or backwards; based on the direction she is moving. Harvest plants inside the area immediately grow to their next stage and activate. After using this ability the next Harvest cast is pre-germinated and spawns as a Sprout.		Notes:
Range: 45		Ability Type: Leap
Radius: 20		Cost: 70 mana
Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11 seconds



Ability Video

Ultimate - Grasp of Death

	Persephone conjures a mass of Entrapping Vines that she throws forwards, entrapping the first enemy god or wall it touches. Entrapped gods are crippled, rooted, and have reduced Attack Speed. Vines then spawn from the Entrapped target that seek nearby enemy gods. Upon finding an enemy god it binds them, crippling them and preventing them from moving away. Entrapping Vines are destroyed if hit by 5 Basic Attacks, ending all effects.		Notes:
Damage: 175/245/315/385/455 (+75% of your Magical Power)		Vine Damage: 65/90/115/140/165 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Attack Speed Reduction: 15%		Duration: 5s
Ability Type: Line		Radius: 55
Cost: 100/110/120/130/140 mana		Cooldown: 90 seconds


Ability Video

Videos

Teaser

God Reveal

Achievements

	Grasping Vines As Persephone, trap the entire enemy team with one use of her Grasp of Death ability.

	Master Harvester As Persephone, accumulate 150 Pomegranate Seeds over the course of a single match.

Trivia

General

Persephone is Hades' wife.
Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, therefore sister to Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Hercules and more.
Persephone's release was teased by the full card art of the Prince of Darkness Hades' skin.
Persephone is the first god with a leap ability that lets her leap backwards through walls.

God Skins

Cute Cultivator

In this skin her skeletons are replaced by scarecrows.
The design of Persephone's flowers are similar to the Smiley Flowers from the Yoshi's Island game series.

NecRomancer

The original concept for this skin was created by Juniper Alicia Lara.
In this skin her skeletons are wearing tuxedos.
Her plants are replaced with Roses with teeth.
This skin shares its theme with Enchanted Boyfriend Cu Chulainn.

Oblivion Ruler

In the wallpaper version of this skin card art the boat that she is in could be a reference to the ferryman of the underworld Charon.

The background of the card art could also be a reinterpretation of Hades.

This skin shares its theme with Oblivion Hound Cerberus and Oblivion Queen Discordia.

Masteries

In the wallpaper version of this skin's card art Cerberus can be seen in the background.

Skins

Default
	Release Date	August 20, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	Free
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Persephone voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Withering Bloom
	Release Date	August 20, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	100 or 9500
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Persephone voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Cute Cultivator
	Release Date	October 15, 2019
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	600
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Cute Cultivator Persephone 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.

NecRomancer
	Release Date	February 11, 2020
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Valentine's Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	NecRomancer Persephone 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.

Oblivion Ruler
	Release Date	July 28, 2020
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	1200 (Crescent Moon Bundle)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Oblivion Ruler Persephone voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the New Moon event.

Golden
	Release Date	September 17, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	200 or 9500
	Requirements	God Rank 1
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Legendary
	Release Date	September 17, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	300 or 12500
	Requirements	God Rank 5
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Diamond
	Release Date	September 17, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	400 or 15000
	Requirements	God Rank 10
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Changelog

SMITE Version 7.6.6084.2 (June 16, 2020)

Pomegranate Seeds

Persephone is now slowed by 20% for the duration of this effect.

SMITE Version 7.5.6039.3 (June 2, 2020)

Pomegranate Seeds

Decreased the amount of Damage Persephone Does while in her Undead State from 50% to 40%.

SMITE Version 7.5.6039 (May 19, 2020)

Pomegranate Seeds

Fixed an issue where she could be targeted in her passive death state.

Harvest

Fixed an issue where plant AoE damage reduction on subsequent hits was not working as intended.

SMITE Version 7.3.5945.6 (April 7, 2020)

Grasp of Death

Decreased projectile speed from 150 to 120.

SMITE Version 7.3.5945 (March 24, 2020)

Harvest

General

Decreased prefire time on this ability from .2s to .1s.
Decreased minimum distance between Harvest placements from 5 units to 2.5 units.

Sprout

Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 80 to 75%.
Decreased time the base Harvest plant takes to evolve into a sprout from 4s to 2.5s.

Flower

Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 90 to 85%.
Decreased time the base Harvest plant takes to evolve into a flower from 24s to 16s.
Decreased chase time from 3s to 2.2s.
Increased movement speed from 440 to 600.

Grasp of Death

Decreased Base Damage from 195/270/345/420/495 to 175/245/315/385/455.
Decreased speed at which a tether will reach to grab you by 50%.
Decreased Attack Speed penalty from 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% to 15% at all ranks.

SMITE Version 7.1.5858.2 (January 28, 2020)

General

Fixed an issue where Death Recaps from some of Persephone's abilities were showing unintended text.

Grasp of Death

Fixed an issue where her Ultimate would sometimes fail to “Bind” enemies even when they were in the affected radius.

SMITE Version 6.13.5787.6 (December 11, 2019)

Pomegranate Seeds

Fixed an issue where her passive meter would skip numbers sometimes.

SMITE Version 6.12.5745.1 (November 12, 2019)

Pomegranate Seeds

Persephone will behave in a similar way as Khumba. If she is executed she will not revive from her passive, and her seeds/cooldown for that passive will not be consumed.
Persephone now gains 100% of her Mana back when entering her death state.
Added a brief lockout so players cannot accidentally cancel reviving themselves.

Harvest

Fixed an issue where the flower form of her plants were not hitting in the intended cone area.

SMITE Version 6.11.5701.1 (October 15, 2019)

Pomegranate Seeds

Persephone's Harvest plants now deal 50% damage while in her revived state to match Persephone's damage reduction.
Persephone now gains 100% of her Mana back when entering her death state.
Added a brief lockout so players cannot accidentally cancel reviving themselves.

Bone Rush

The damage area of Bone Rush is now a rolling line attack.

This means players close to the explosion are hit earlier than those far away.

Added an intro sound to give players better feedback this ability has been cast.
The damage area of Bone Rush now displays a warning targeter.

Harvest

Harvest's max count has been decreased from 10 at all levels to 6/6/8/8/10.
Harvest now displays a buff bar counter to indicate how many Harvest plants are active.
Added a new minimap icon for Persephone's Harvest plants.
Increased Harvest Explosion scaling from 75% to 80%.
Increased Harvest Bite scaling from 85% to 90%.
Decreased subsequent damage reduction from 50/75/87.5 to 40/65/78%.

Grasp of Death

Fixed an issue where if a player activated the Beads Relic when hit by the cage, the player would be unable to damage the cage afterwards.
Fixed an issue that resulted in CC Immunity not cleansing the vine grasp.

SMITE Version 6.10.5654.3 (September 17, 2019)

General

Fixed an issue where she was not properly leveling up while using auto skill.
Fixed an issue with her death animation displaying a skeleton at a time it wasn't intended.
Fixed Hades' name not capitalized in Persephone's lore.

Pomegranate Seeds

Added a more clear description to this ability specifying how it can be canceled.
Fixed issues where Kali, Scylla, Achilles, and Thanatos were not properly getting their rewards for killing a god if this passive was used. All of those gods should now get those bonuses upon killing Persephone, before she has the option to continue fighting with her passive.
Persephone will now retain her health bar when entering this state so players can more easily keep track of her.
Fixed an issue where she shouldn't be able to activate Purification Beads while rising from her passive.

Harvest

Adjusted the plants materials to make distinguishing friendly and enemy Harvest plants more clear.

Grasp of Death

Fixed an issue where enemies would sometimes not be affected by the bind CC, even when hit by it.
Fixed an issue where Fafnir Dragonbreath could not break the Entrapping Cage.

SMITE Version 6.9.5607.4 (August 20, 2019)

Persephone has been added to the game.

Pre-release

Bone Rush

Decreased base damage from 100/160/220/280/340 to 100/150/200/250/300.

Harvest

Decreased Explosion base damage from 60/110/160/210/260 to 60/100/140/180/220.
Increased Explosion scaling from 70% to 75%.
Decreased Bite base damage from 70/125/180/235/290 to 70/115/160/205/250.
Increased Bite scaling from 80% to 85%.