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Zeus
SkinArt Zeus Default
Summary
Title: God of the Sky
Pantheon: NewUI Pantheon Greek Greek
Type: Ranged,Magical
Class: NewUI Class Mage Mage
Pros: High Area Damage
Difficulty: Average
Release date: May 31, 2012
Favor: 5,500 Favor
Gems: 200 Gems
Voicelines: Zeus voicelines
Voice actor: Christopher Sabat
Stats
Health: 380 (+71)
Mana: 245 (+44)
Speed: 360 (+0)
Range: 55 (+0)
Attack/Sec: 0.87 (+0.99%)
Basic Attack
Damage: 35 (+ 1.5)
+ 20% of Magical Power
Progression: None
Protection
Physical: 8 (+2.7)
Magical: 30 (+0.9)
Regen
HP5: 6 (+0.45)
MP5: 4.6 (+0.45)
*Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level

"Utilize your shield and hurl lightning bolts. Detonate charges to fry your foes."

Zeus is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore

King of Gods, Zeus strives for fairness and justice, but will not hesitate to call down the thunder when there’s smiting to be done!

Zeus’ father, the Titan Cronus, immediately swallowed his children after birth so that none could overthrow him as he had his own father. When Zeus was born, Rhea, Zeus’ mother, hid the child from Cronus and gave the Titan a rock in swaddling clothes, which he swallowed instead. In secret, Zeus grew up on the isle of Crete until he was old and strong enough to challenge his father. During their battle, Zeus slit open Cronus’ stomach, allowing his swallowed brothers and sisters to escape, slaying the Titan. Then, Zeus released the Cyclops and other beings Cronus had kept imprisoned. In gratitude, the Cyclops awarded Zeus control over lightning.

With his two brothers, Poseidon and Hades, the three Gods drew lots to decide command of creation. Poseidon became king of the sea, Hades the underworld, and Zeus the sky. From his golden throne atop Mount Olympus, Zeus now rules Gods and Men with his wife Hera, upholding justice, hospitality, oaths, and honesty to all under his domain.

Yet, Zeus is a restless God, and while he holds high expectations for others, he does not keep those standards for himself. Chiefly, Zeus is nearly infamous for several infidelities to his wife which have resulted in dozens of children beget by other women, most famous of which are Hercules, Artemis, and Athena. Such wanton unfaithfulness is the source of great jealousy from Hera, though as King, Zeus can ultimately do as he wishes.

Weather is dictated by the Thunder God’s mood. When in a fair temperament, the sky is clear, bright and warm. When Zeus’ anger flares, black clouds roll in, lightning streaks the sky and thunder shakes the very ground. Lately, Zeus has been furious.

Abilities

Passive - Overcharge
In hand lightning bolt attacks against enemies will apply a charge. Basic attacks against targets with charges deal increased damage. Charges last 5s. Notes:
 Bullet Damage Increase per Charge: 30%  Bullet Ability Type: Debuff

Ability Video

1st Ability - Chain Lightning
Zeus fires a bolt of lightning that arcs between enemies, doing damage and applying a charge on each hit. Notes:
 Bullet There is a delay of 0.3s before each arc.
 Bullet Can hit and bounce off of pets and deployables.
 Bullet Damage: 40/70/100/130/160 (+50% of your magical power)  Bullet Arcs: 4
 Bullet Slow: 30% for 2s  Bullet Ability Type: Projectile
 Bullet Cooldown: 10 seconds  Bullet Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 mana

Ability Video

2nd Ability - Aegis Assault
Zeus throws his shield forward, dealing damage to nearby enemies. The shield remains for 5s, and Zeus may target it with Basic Attacks or Chain Lightning. Each Basic Attack or first Chain Lightning arc that hits the shield will deal additional static damage and apply a charge in the area. Notes:
 Bullet Has a projectile speed of 70.
 Bullet Initial Damage: 60/105/150/195/240 (+50% of your magical power)  Bullet Static Damage: 50/60/70/80/90 (+30% of your magical power)
 Bullet Ability Type: Ground Target  Bullet Radius: 20
 Bullet Cooldown: 12 seconds  Bullet Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana

Ability Video

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3rd Ability - Detonate Charge
Zeus detonates any charges that have accumulated on enemies, doing damage, multiplied by 1/1.7/2.4 depending on the number of charges. Notes:
 Bullet Deals 93.7/127.5/161.5/195.5/229.5 (+42.5% of your magical power) damage with two charges and 132/180/228/276/324 (+60% of your magical power) with three. Has a prefire time of 0.3s

 Bullet It cannot be used without marked targets.

 Bullet Damage: 55/75/95/115/135 (+25% of your magical power)  Bullet Ability Type: Instant
 Bullet Cooldown: 10 seconds  Bullet Cost: 60 mana

Ability Video

Ultimate - Lightning Storm
Zeus conjures a Lightning Storm, striking enemies in the area every second. Applies a charge with each hit. Notes:
 Bullet Can deal up to 500/650/800/950/1100 (+275% of your magical power) damage.
 Bullet Damage per Hit: 100/130/160/190/220 (+55% of your magical power)  Bullet Lifetime: 5s
 Bullet Ability Type: Ground Target  Bullet Radius: 30
 Bullet Cooldown: 90 seconds  Bullet Cost: 100 mana

Ability Video

Videos

God Reveal

Achievements

Achievement Combat Zeus Detonate
Detonate
As Zeus kill three or more gods at once who have three charges on them with Detonate.
Achievement Combat Zeus WatchItBounce
Watch It Bounce
As Zeus kill an enemy god on the fourth bounce of Chain Lightning.


Trivia

General

  • Zeus is one of the twelve olympians along with Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon and either Hestia and Dionysus.
  • Zeus was one of the 9 playable gods in the Alpha build of SMITE's first presentation to the public at PAX Prime 2011.
  • Zeus was one of the 17 playable gods in SMITE closed Beta.
  • Zeus and Hades were the first Greek Gods introduced to the game.
  • Zeus was voiced by the famous voice actor Christopher Sabat, known for his role as the voice of Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z.
  • In August of 2014 Zeus received a remodel, updating his VP and changing his Default and mastery skins, his Stormbringer and Almighty preserved their original animation.
  • One of Zeus' jokes, "Are you ready, for 1.21 gigawatts?!", is a reference to the American science fiction movie Back To The Future.

God Skins

  • T Zeus CCSkin IconThunderhead
  • This is one of the few recolor skins that were released after the god was released.
  • This skin was released along with Zeus remodel.
  • T Zeus PureLightning IconStormbringer
  • T Zeus Young IconAlmighty
  • This skin depict a young Zeus.
  • T Zeus XBo IconX
  • This skin was a promotion skin for the Xbox player.
  • T Zeus UncleSam IconUncle Zeus
  • T Zeus DJ IconHeaven's Rave
  • Being part of this set of skins means it has a [VXG] command that will play along with other skins of the same set.
  • T Zeus Mech IconSky Tech
  • T Zeus InfernalLord IconInfernal Lord
  • T Zeus ZappyChibi IconZappy Chibi
  • T Zeus Dark IconSWC 2016
  • T Zeus Gold IconMasterys
  • This were the first mastery skins introduced in the game.

Skins

Default
Default Skin card Release Date May 31, 2012
Type Standard
Cost Free
Requirements
Voicelines Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Thunderhead
Thunderhead Skin card Release Date August 7, 2014
Type Standard
Cost 100 Gems or 9500 Favor
Requirements
Voicelines Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Wrath of Olympus
Wrath of Olympus Skin card Release Date August 18, 2015
Type Standard
Cost 250 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Stormbringer
Stormbringer Skin card Release Date June 21, 2012
Type Standard
Cost 400 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Almighty
Almighty Skin card Release Date July 10, 2013
Type Standard
Cost 400 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Zappy Chibi
Zappy Chibi Skin card Release Date July 30, 2019
Type Standard
Cost 400 Gems (Heavenly Ruler Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Zappy Chibi Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin was part of the Battle for Olympus event.
 Bullet This skin could only be obtained from certain Treasure Chests.

X
X Skin card Release Date May 12, 2015
Type Exclusive
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom ability effects.
 Bullet To obtain this skin one must link their Hi-Rez account with an Xbox account that has a Smite profile: Link.

Uncle Zeus
Uncle Zeus Skin card Release Date June 29, 2015
Type Exclusive
Cost 400 Gems (Independence Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Uncle Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Heaven's Rave
Heaven's Rave Skin card Release Date March 1, 2017
Type Exclusive
Cost 200 Gems (Remix Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Heaven's Rave Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin comes with a special emote.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Noble
Noble Skin card Release Date August 16, 2017
Type Exclusive
Cost 400 Gems (Noble Bundle)
Requirements
Voicelines Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Sky Tech
Sky Tech Skin card Release Date March 27, 2018
Type Exclusive
Cost 200 Gems (Mega Mech Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Sky Tech Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Infernal Lord
Infernal Lord Skin card Release Date December 3, 2018
Type Exclusive
Cost 200 Gems (Fiery Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Infernal Lord Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

SWC 2016
SWC 2016 Skin card Release Date November 3, 2015
Type Limited
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines SWC 2016 Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the SWC 2016 Digital Loot Pack bundle before January 12, 2016.

Eternal Tormentor
Eternal Tormentor Skin card Release Date January 28, 2020
Type Limited
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines Eternal Tormentor Zeus voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained by purchasing the Season Pass 2020.

Golden
Golden Skin card Release Date May 23, 2013
Type Standard
Cost 200 Gems or 9500 Favor
Requirements God Rank 1
Voicelines [[]]
In Game Model
Extra Information

Legendary
Legendary Skin card Release Date July 10, 2013
Type Standard
Cost 300 Gems or 12500 Favor
Requirements God Rank 5
Voicelines [[]]
In Game Model
Extra Information

Diamond
Diamond Skin card Release Date August 19, 2014
Type Standard
Cost 400 Gems or 15000 Favor
Requirements God Rank 10
Voicelines [[]]
In Game Model
Extra Information

Changelog

SMITE Version 6.13.5787.6 (December 11, 2019)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue where the detonate achievement could not be earned.

SMITE Version 6.8.5557.1 (July 24, 2019)

  • Icons Zeus Passive Overcharge
  • Added text to show duration of charges.
  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Detonate Charge
  • After this ability is used there is now a delay time of 0.3s before the enemy is hit with damage.

SMITE Version 6.1.5286.8 (February 11, 2019)

  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Aegis Assault
  • Cooldown increased from 10 to 12.
  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Detonate Charge
  • Increased Damage from 55/75/95/115/135 to 60/90/120/150/180.
  • Increased Magical Power Scaling from 18% to 25%.
  • Reduced Multiplication for each charge from 1/2/3 to 1/1.7/2.4.
  • Icons Zeus LightningStorm Lightning Storm
  • Adjusted Damage from 120/140/160/180/200 to 100/130/160/190/220.
  • Increased Magical Power Scaling from 50% to 55%.

SMITE Version 5.9.4788.4 (May 30, 2018)

  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Detonate Charge
  • Decreased Mana Cost from 90 at all ranks to 60 at all ranks.
  • Icons Zeus LightningStorm Lightning Storm
  • Increased Base Damage from 100/120/140/160/180 to 120/140/160/180/200.

SMITE Version 5.3.4624.1 (February 27, 2018)

  • General
  • Adjusted the DJ Skins so that they all can move with their VXG emotes active.
  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Aegis Assault
  • Changed scaling from basic attack power to +30% magical damage.
  • Increased static damage from 10/15/20/25/30 to 50/60/70/80/90.
  • This means the static damage went from roughly 47/55/61/70/77 (+20% of your magical power) to 50/60/70/80/90 (+30% of your magical power).

SMITE Version 5.1.4571.1 (January 30, 2018)

  • General
  • Now all mages have magic prot scalings of .9 per level.

SMITE Version 4.20.4385 (October 24, 2017)

  • Icons Zeus ChainLightning Chain Lightning
  • Increased Magical Power Scaling from 40% to 50%.
  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Aegis Assault
  • Aegis Assault's static AoE will now be triggered when the Aegis is hit by Zeus' Chain Lightning.

SMITE Version 4.18.4332 (September 26, 2017)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue where Zeus' Basic Attacks had a larger hitbox than intended.

SMITE Version 4.17.4314.3 (September 13, 2017)

  • General
  • Increased Base Movement Speed from 355 to 360.

SMITE Version 4.6.4008.1 (April 12, 2017)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue where Zeus Charges would not appear correctly.

SMITE Version 4.4.3956 (March 14, 2017)

  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Aegis Assault
  • Decreased initial Hit Damage from 80/125/170/215/260 → 60/105/150/195/240.

SMITE Version 3.5.3322.1 (March 29, 2016)

  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Aegis Assault
  • No longer knocks minions back.

SMITE Version 2.19.3115 (December 1, 2015)

  • Icons Zeus ChainLightning Chain Lightning
  • Increased bounce delay from 0.2s → 0.3s.

SMITE Version 2.17.3071 (November 3, 2015)

  • General
  • Fixed recall fx not playing on the ground.
  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Aegis Assault
  • Reduced projectile speed from 90 → 70.

SMITE Version 2.14.2983.1 (September 22, 2015)

  • Icons Zeus ChainLightning Chain Lightning
  • Decreased bounce delay from 0.4 → 0.2s.
  • Reduced damage from 45/85/125/165/205 → 40/70/100/130/160.
  • Increased cooldown 8s → 10s.
  • Now applies a 30% slow to targets for 2s.
  • Icons Zeus AegisShield NEW - Aegis Assault
  • Zeus throws his shield forward, dealing 80/125/170/215/260 +50% Magical Power as damage to nearby enemies. The shield remains for 5s, and Zeus may hit it with Basic Attacks or Chain Lightning to deal an additional 10/15/20/25/30 + Basic Attack damage and apply a charge. Cost: 60/65/70/75/80. Cooldown: 10s.
  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Detonate Charge
  • No longer slows if you have 3 stacks on a target.
  • Icons Zeus LightningStorm Lightning Storm
  • Zeus is no longer rooted while casting this ability.

SMITE Version 2.9.2833.1 (June 30, 2015)

  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Detonate Charge
  • Fixed an issue where rank 5 could incorrectly apply Disarm to targets.

SMITE Version 2.8.2806 (June 16, 2015)

  • General
  • Rework clap emote not animating.

SMITE Version 2.7.2766 (June 2, 2015)

  • General
  • Fixed lightning bolt in lobby misbehaving.

SMITE Version 2.4.2684.1 (April 15, 2015)

  • General
  • Fixed lightning bolts persisting while on the lobby pedestal.

SMITE Version 1.0.2326 (October 1, 2014)

  • General
  • Fixed some T-posing issues with his Almighty skin.

SMITE Version 1.0.2268.2 (August 19, 2014)

  • General
  • New art and icons for abilities.

SMITE Version 1.0.2247 (August 5, 2014)

  • General
  • Model, Skins and Loading Screen Cards have undergone major revisions.

SMITE Version 1.0.2188.3 (June 24, 2014)

  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Old Detonate Charge
  • Slow increased from 30% to 40%.

SMITE Version 1.0.2151.3 (May 28, 2014)

  • Icons Zeus ChainLightning Old Chain Lightning
  • Arc distance reduced from 40 to 34.
  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Detonate Charge
  • Targets with 3 Charges are no longer stunned, they are instead slowed 30% for 1.5s.

SMITE Version 1.0.2125 (May 6, 2014)

  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Old Detonate Charge
  • Reduced damage from 60/80/100/120/140 to 55/75/95/115/135 per charge.
  • Reduced scaling from 20% to 18% of your magical power per charge.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1988.3 (February 19, 2014)

  • General
  • Basic attack progression of 1/1/.5/.5 has been removed.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1968 (February 6, 2014)

  • Icons Zeus ChainLightning Old Chain Lightning
  • Recovery time reduced from 0.66 to 0.1.
  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Old Aegis Shield
  • Recovery time reduced from 0.25 to 0.1.
  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Old Detonate Charge
  • Recovery time reduced from 0.15 to 0.1.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1918.2 (January 8, 2014)

  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Old Aegis Shield
  • Removed the slow immunity.
  • Reduced the granted protections from 15/25/35/45/55 to 10/20/30/40/50.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1868.3 (December 5, 2013)

  • General
  • Basic attacks will now apply an electrocution death to minions they kill.
  • Icons Zeus ChainLightning Old Chain Lightning
  • Now applies an electrocution death to minions it kills.
  • Icons Zeus LightningStorm Old Lightning Storm
  • Increased the buildup time from 0.6s to 0.9s
  • Reworded the tooltip to indicate each hit applies a charge.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 (November 20, 2013)

  • General
  • New loading screen card.
  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Old Detonate Charge
  • Reduced the magical damage scaling from 25% to 20%.
  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Old Aegis Shield
  • Movement speed bonus changed from 25% to 10/15/20/25/30% per rank.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1831.1 (November 7, 2013)

  • Icons Zeus LightningStorm Old Lightning Storm
  • This ability can now be placed anywhere and no longer requires line of sight to the center to place it.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1805 (October 23, 2013)

  • Icons Zeus LightningStorm Old Lightning Storm
  • The amount of time that Zeus takes to deploy this ability has been reduced from 1.2s to .6s.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1705 (August 27, 2013)

  • General
  • Ground targeters have been customized.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1616.1 (July 10, 2013)

  • General
  • Zeus' basic attacks now utilize a hit progression with a 1/1/.5/.5x timing and damage scale

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1581 (June 20, 2013)

  • General
  • Zeus's model has undergone visual improvements.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1557.2 (June 12, 2013)

  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Old Aegis Shield
  • The movement speed buff has been increased from 15% to 25%.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1520.2 (May 23, 2013)

  • General
  • His basic attacks now deal 35 (+25% of your magical power) magical damage.
  • Zeus no longer starts with physical power or gains physical power per level.
  • Icons Zeus Passive Old Overcharge
  • Basic attacks against targets with charges deal 30% increased damage per charge.
  • Icons Zeus ChainLightning Old Chain Lightning
  • The cooldown on this ability has been reduced from 10s to 8s.
  • The number of arcs on this ability has been changed from 1/2/3/4/5 to 4 at all ranks.
  • The base damage has been changed from 70/100/130/160/190 to 45/85/125/165/205.
  • The magical power contribution has been reduced from 50% to 40%.
  • Icons Zeus DetonateCharge Old Detonate Charge
  • The damage scaling based on the number of charges has been reduced from 1/2.5/4 to 1/2/3.
  • When this ability is used on an enemy that has 3 charges, they are also stunned for 1s.
  • Icons Zeus LightningStorm Old Lightning Storm
  • The magical power contribution has been reduced from 70% to 50%.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1433 (March 28, 2013)

  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Old Aegis Shield
  • Protections gained while this ability is active have been increased from 15/20/25/30/35 to 15/25/35/45/55.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1349 (February 13, 2013)

  • Icons Zeus AegisShield Old Aegis Shield
  • Gain 15/20/25/30/35 protections.
  • Movement speed is increased by 15%.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1316 (January 24, 2013)

  • General
  • All of Zeus’ FX have been modified for performance and appearance.
  • Icons Zeus ChainLightning Old Chain Lightning
  • The way that chain lightning passes between targets has been modified. The timing between each target is now consistent, independent of the distance.

SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1267.1 (December 23, 2012)

  • Icons Zeus LightningStorm Old Lightning Storm
  • This ability was incorrectly dealing physical damage and is now dealing magical damage.

SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1051.1 (September 6, 2012)

  • Icons Zeus ChainLightning Old Chain Lightning
  • Effects that were on gods when they jump now continue to effect them during jumps and dashes now. For example, Zeus’ Detonate will now affect players that are in the air.


Replaced abilities

2nd Ability - Aegis Shield
Zeus harnesses his lightning defensively, granting himself additional protections and increasing his movement speed. While the shield is active, basic attacks from enemy players have a percentage of the damage reflected back as magical damage and have a charge applied. Notes:
 Bullet Protections: 10/20/30/40/50  Bullet Movement Speed: 10/15/20/25/30%
 Bullet Basic Attack Reflect: 10%  Bullet Lifetime: 6s
 Bullet Ability Type: Buff  Bullet Cooldown: 15 seconds
 Bullet Cost: 75 mana

Ability Video


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