The Official SMITE Magazine Issue 8 | Page 38

THEORY NEW CROWD CONTROL: SHOCKED! time. As each subsequent attack on cooldown can be the difference connects, this energy keeps between victory and defeat. Integrated in Zeus’ passive is a building until it bursts, shocking new form of CC (crowd control): the enemy. “Tinagma”, Zeus’ synonymous with speed, and Shocked. A shocked character has passive, translates this conductive “Astrapi”, Zeus’ first active ability, a strong electrical current running effect into the game and makes embodies that perfectly. Upon through his nervous system, making him especially deadly in a one-on- activation Zeus throws a set them unable to gather the accuracy one duel. The ability to shut down number of attacks out, briefly needed for auto attacks. A shocked an enemy’s auto attacks for a short turning himself into a lightning character can move around and time is devastating, especially bolt machine gun. Each individual even use abilities, but is unable to when that is the enemy’s main attack is, for all intents and source of damage. This frequently purposes, an auto attack and happens as Hunters tend to be the speed at which the bolts are left alone in their lane after a released is influenced by Zeus’ use auto attacks as long as they are under the influence of Shocked. long war between the Olympians and the Titans, a war that became known as the Titanomachy, or War of the Titans. It is the Zeus during this war that this Reenvisioned is based on: A young Lightning has always been “AS EACH SUBSEQUENT ATTACK CONNECTS, THIS ENERGY KEEPS BUILDING UNTIL IT BURSTS, SHOCKING THE ENEMY.” Zeus from before he was the few minutes when the Supports attack speed. So a higher attack King of the Olympians, fighting rotate to assist the rest of