Hou Yi — Defender of the Earth
Hou Yi is a Chinese Physical god in SMITE 2, classified as Carry. Primary scaling is Strength. In the current OB46 Arena snapshot, Hou Yi sits in B tier with a 47.2% Arena win rate (appearance rate 7.9%). Hou Yi's aspect, Aspect of the Mark, AA carry with ricocheting basics (+30% bonus damage per bounce, 2 bounces). Ricochet applies/spreads Mark. Mark deals bonus damage based on missing HP.
Abilities
- Passive — Suntouched: When Critically Hit or taking more than 20% of your Health in a single blow, become Suntouched, reducing active cooldowns and Marking the enemy who triggered this effect. While Suntouched, you cannot be Critically Hit or send another Mark.
- 1st Ability — Ricochet: Fire an arrow that ricochets off walls, dealing Physical Damage to enemies it passes through. Deals increasing Physical Damage with each ricochet
- 2nd Ability — Mark of the Golden Crow: Mark an enemy causing your other abilities to apply additional effects. While Strength is higher than Intelligence, Marked enemies take bonus Physical Damage based on their missing health. While Intelligence is higher than Strength, Marked additional…
- 3rd Ability — Divebomb: Leap into the air before selecting a location to dive onto, dealing Physical Damage to enemies where you land
- Ultimate — Sunbreaker: Shoot down 9 suns every 0.5 seconds onto a target area, dealing Physical Damage and Slowing enemies hit. The first sun stays, acting as a wall that Ricochet can bounce off of
Base Stats
- Health: 596
- Mana: 296
- HP5: 1.7
- MP5: 2.25
- Physical Protection: 18.43
- Magical Protection: 26.68
- Attack Speed: 1.48
- Move Speed: 365
OB46 Changes
- Suntouched
- Cooldown Reduction reduced from 2s to 1s
- Mark of the Golden Crow
- Bonus damage reduced from 0/2/3/4/5/6% for every 10% missing health to 0/2/2.5/3/3.5/4%