THEORY
Name
Escape
Icon
Type
Passive
Description
Not even death can contain Inanna. On dying, she is
from the
suspended from a hook for several seconds, seeking a nearby
Underworld
replacement. Any god that dies in this time will claim her spot,
Spinning Blade
Ability 1
bringing her back with a percentage of her maximum health.
Inanna whirls her spear around her, hitting all
nearby enemies. If cast again within a short time, the
damage will double. The cooldown will be reduced
Feast of War
Ability 2
by one second for every autoattack she lands.
Every point taken in Feast of War will grant Inanna
passive lifesteal. When activated, she gains a bonus
to movement speed, while the lifesteal bonus
Relentless
Ability 3
doubles and also applies to her abilities.
Relentless is a ranged leap that sees Inanna heaving
herself into the air. On landing, Relentless does damage
in a circle around her and applies a root effect.
Rend the Earth
Ultimate
Channeling her limitless rage, Inanna takes three slow
steps forward, swinging her spear in a huge arc with
each step. The last hit knocks up all affected enemies.
the tale of Ebih, a mountain that stood in her way and
for her in SMITE. She takes to the fields of battle
greatly angered her. After raving at the mountain for
armed and armored, with spear in hand and a love
its insolence, and after being warned that destroying
of fighting in her heart, to crush her enemies.
it was too much for her, Inanna marched on it and
As a Warrior, Inanna’s place in
struck it repeatedly until Ebih was nothing but flat
any conflict is at the very center. To
earth. Her travels even led her to the inescapable
this end, her Passive will serve her
underworld, the realm of her sister Ereshkigal, where
well, both in her role as a frontline
she made herself at home. She was summarily
fighter and a battle strategist. On death, Inanna’s
killed and hung for days on a hook by Ereshkigal’s
body will be claimed by her sister and prominently
underlings, but even then Inanna couldn’t be stopped.
displayed on a hook. During this time, the area
Once resurrected, she left ‘the land of no return’,
around Inanna will be marked, with the goddess
and when made to present someone to take her
herself reaching out for a suitable stand-in. During
place, settled on the only being not mourning her
the next several seconds, any god that dies in range
passing--her long-suffering husband, Dumuzi.
will be drawn into the underworld in place of her,
Thus, the Lady of Heaven escaped even death.
leaving her free once more. However, it should be
Inanna is a very strong and self-sufficient
warrior in mythology, and there’s no better role
30 The Official SMITE Magazine Issue #19
noted that fair is fair; if it’s an ally that dies, Inanna
will come back ready for a fight, and with a higher
The GameOn Magazine