Opinion
The name, ‘Ullr,’ appears to have
gone through a couple changes
over time and cultures.
The Germanic pagans appear to
have referred to one, Wulþuz,
while the old English seem to have
used “Wuldor” or wuldorfæder
“glory-father”, though there
is some smoke surrounding
the English use of “Wuldor” in
wood-engraved depiction of him
which finds him riding a large
magic bone at sea.
In chapter 31 of “Gylfaginning in
the Prose Edda,” written in the
13th century by Snorri Sturluson,
Ullr is referred to as a son of
Sif (with a father unrecorded
in surviving sources) and as a
stepson of Sif’s husband; the
a bow wielding hunter to a close
ranged dual axe assassin by way
of his “Ultimate ability,” or his #4
move.
major Germanic God, Thor.
So you basically get the idea,
There is oddly not a lot of right? He was renowned as an
information on Ullr from expert hunter that did so while
mythology, though we do know riding skis.
he is the bearer of the title,
“Glorious one” or “King of glory”. Now let’s look at Ullr in Smite.
Archaeologically,
there’s
a He is labeled in the MOBA
scabbard in Europe that refers (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena)
to “The Glorious One” (Ullr), community as a “Hunter” or
and “Servant” or “Slave,” which “ADC,” which stands for “Attack
would lead one to think it was a Damage Carry”. These characters
scabbard belonging to a servant “carry” the teams attack or
or slave of Ullr. So, he at least had physical damage; in contrast
his best friend that was devoted to mages who carry the magic
to him-- and that’s all we need, damage side of things.
right?
He is depicted as a strong
woodsman with a medium
Moving on, let’s look at what he bow, dual one-handed axes,
is depicted as.
and while there are no skis to
Most accounts of Ullr refer to be found (other than during his
him having a bow (which we see game winning animation), he
in Smite), as well as skis.
does sport snow boots which are
He is included on winter sports much better for fighting in!
medallions in Europe and is Quick, agile, and hard hitting, he
viewed as a “skiers guardian”.
is a tough ADC to beat.
Interesting that he can shoot a
bow while on skis; he must be a Let’s get more specific. I’ll start
God or close to one! I sure can’t do with his ‘Change stance’ move.
that. There is also a 16th century Ullr has the ability to swap from
try to get the upper hand by
closing the gap, he is also right
at home with his axes. Because
of this attacking him one on
one requires some tact or brute
force.
reference to a name specifically.
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This makes him extremely hard
to counter. If you are a ranged
character, he is right at home
with his bow and if you are a
close combat character and
I mostly play as mage class gods
and I find Ullr frightening to get
into a scuffle with due to him
being able to close the gap and
attack my defense and health
lacking God.
Ullr has some tricks up his sleeve,
such as his “Thrown axe” which
stuns an opponent for as long
as 1.8 seconds (which in heated
battle is a LONG TIME), his “Glory
bound” jump ability, or his “Hail
of arrows,” which drops arrows
from the sky on unsuspecting
targets.
I should also note that when
he changes stance, each of his
moves (1-4) change as well.
To elaborate, his #1 move goes
from a penetrating arrow that
goes through anything while
dealing damage to a thrown axe
that stuns;
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