ALPHARETTA, GA – Merlin, the Master Wizard of Arthurian lore, is available now in SMITE 2.
Merlin arrives alongside a wide range of balance changes, fresh skins, and a brand-new Prisms feature that offers a colorful twist on character customization. This patch also delivers crucial quality-of-life upgrades, refined movement mechanics, and a deeper, more strategic Conquest experience.
The Open Beta 6 update for SMITE 2 is live now on Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series.
Merlin: The Master Wizard
Merlin storms onto the Battleground in SMITE 2 with triple stance magic: Arcane, Fire, and Ice.
- Overload (Passive): Casting abilities builds Overload stacks, converting each stack into extra damage on Merlin’s next basic attack.
- Eclipse/Radiate/Frostbolt (Ability 1): Wield three distinct projectiles—Eclipse expands with Arcane magic, Radiate channels scorching fire, and Frostbolt punishes slowed enemies with extra damage.
- Vortex/Dragonfire/Blizzard (Ability 2): Arcane energy pulls enemies inward, Fire stance summons twin dragons to reduce protections, and Blizzard slows foes under a barrage of icy flakes.
- Flicker (Ability 3): Blink in any stance for quick repositioning and a new-to-SMITE-2 stance-specific boon—healing recent damage in Arcane, applying Burn on Fire, or reducing ability cooldowns in Ice.
- Elemental Mastery (Ultimate): Switch between your elemental stances and detonate stance-specific explosions (knock-up, burn, or slow) in a double-hit area of effect. Harness your elemental potential to outplay foes, then watch them scramble for cover.
Merlin's all-new Aspect, Aspect of Pandemonium, will arrive on March 28. This gameplay-changing Aspect randomizes Merlin's abilities when he switches stances, creating wild magic and maximum chaos.
New System: Prisms
Prisms introduce a fresh way to recolor select skins with new color schemes and VFX:
- Unlock Prisms for each eligible skin, starting with the all-new StumbleBlade Susano, customizing its look with dynamic, alternate palettes.
- Players must own the base skin to unlock the Prism version, which reimagines both the character model and its visual effects.
No matter what your favorite color may be, Prisms let you highlight your main with even more style.
Gameplay & Conquest: Key Highlights
- Improved Movement: Gods can now pivot and accelerate more fluidly, enabling sharper turns and outplays in heated battles.
- Conquest Improvements:
- Reduced base health on jungle bosses (Fire Giant, Gold Fury, etc.) for faster takedowns.
- Adjusted Totem buffs and first-blood gold to ensure fairer, more dynamic early fights.
- Updated jungle camp environment art for Manticore, Chimera, and Satyr, bringing fresh visuals to the map.
- QoL:
- Role-based God filters reflect actual player usage, streamlining picks and new-user navigation.
- New Aspect:
- Yemoja’s Aspect of Downpour makes a splash by transforming her supportive Mending Waters into an offensive juggernaut—bouncing between enemy gods, damaging their shields, and building stacks of Intelligence for Yemoja. Though Moonstrike no longer stuns, its increased scaling ensures that even without hard crowd control, Yemoja’s watery onslaught remains every bit as tide-turning. This new midlane-focused Aspect goes live March 31.
- New Items:
- Runeforged Hammer: Turn hard crowd-control into a punishing extra strike, forging runes for bonus damage.
- Ancile: Take 10% less basic attack damage and silence enemies with your next damaging ability.
- Blood-soaked Shroud: Scale lifesteal with kills, rewarding risky, high-engagement mages.
Forge Your Path in OB6
From Merlin’s unstoppable elemental trifecta to vibrant Prisms and streamlined gameplay tweaks, the OB6 update caters to every realm of competition. Stand ready to harness the power of Arcane, Fire, and Ice in the Battleground of the Gods.
Full Open Beta 6 Update Notes are available here: https://www.smite2.com/news/open-beta-6-update-notes/
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