Smite Season 4 Mage archetypes
Patch 4.19 this information could be outdated at a later date.
Season 4 saw big changes to magical items changing how build path works. Balance changes happened, changing how certain mages worked. Professional players even changed builds going for less damage overall. Mages at the moment are the biggest class within Smite. Huge variety of situational build choices. Each mage fits into general archetypes but can be built differently. Not every mage wants to build the same items as each other. Ability scaling with the design of each ability impacts the build path. Core build idea remained the same for many mages. Item knowledge however changed with some balance changes.
During season 3 I made a post about archetypes.
https://resistthesun.co.uk/2016/07/smite-build-every-god-archetypes/
Time to revisit that principle and update the mages. Couple big changes later have seen some shift towards new designs. New classification of each archetype.
- AA – Mainly using basics attacks for damage
- Burst – Massive amounts of damage very quickly.
- Combo – Combo abilities together
- Healer – Main focus is on providing healing
- Warrior – Want to be near the action dealing damage
Certain mages can fill other archetypes based what you want to do. Class is rather flexible, Agni can provide burst or abilities together. Aphrodite can a backline defensive warrior or pure healer mage. Certain mages can provide high amounts of control or damage.
Same ideas as before just different item choices. Basic attack focused mages want attack speed. Burst want power with penetration. Combo requires cooldown with penetration. Healers require survivable with bonus healing. Warrior needs survivable with some penetration.
| God name | Archetype |
| Agni | Burst, Combo |
| Ah Puch | Combo |
| Anubis | Burst |
| Ao Kuang | Burst |
| Aphordite | Healer, Warrior |
| Chang’e | Warrior |
| Chronos | Burst |
| Freya | AA |
| Hades | Burst, Warrior |
| He Bo | Burst |
| Hel | Healer, Warrior |
| ISIS | Burst, Combo |
| Janus | Combo |
| Kuku | Burst |
| Nox | Combo |
| Nu Wa | Burst, Combo |
| Posdeion | Burst, Combo |
| Ra | Burst, Healer |
| Raijin | Burst, Combo |
| Scylla | Burst |
| Sol | Burst |
| The Morrigan | Combo, Warrior |
| Thoth | Burst, Combo |
| Vulcan | Burst |
| Zeus | Burst, Warrior |
| Zhong Zui | Warrior |