ARTICLE
SMITEMS - THE
ITEMS IN SMITE
By Robert Sirio
When you hop into SMITE you wonder ‘hmm, what items should I put in my build?’ Well there are many to
choose from. However, some of the items that one can purchase is based solely on their power.
P
hysical power gods/
Items Purchasable
Items Purchasable
goddesses, such as
Only By Physical
Only By Magical
Warriors, Hunters, Assassins,
• Death’s Toll
• Vampiric Shroud
and Physical Junglers can only
• Heart Seeker
• Shoes of Focus
purchase certain items and
• Hydra’s Lament
• Shoes of the Magi
magical power gods/goddesses
• Transcendence
• Obsidian Shard
such as Guardians, Mages,
• Titans Bane
• Spear of the Magnus
Healers, and Supports can only
• The Executioner
• Void Stone
purchase their set of items.
• Jotun’s Wrath
• Polynomicon
There is no hybridization in builds
• Brawler’s Beat Stick
• Pythagorem’s Piece
between Physical and Magical
• Qin’s Sais
• Bancroft’s Talon
power because auto attacks
• Ninja Tabi
• Rod of Asclepius
and spells scale on a god’s or
• Warrior Tabi
• Telkhines Ring
goddess’s set power. That being
• Devourer’s Gauntlet
• Demonic Grip
said this limits the amount of
• Bloodforge
• Warlocks Sash
available items because the others
• Soul Eater
• Ethereal Staff
can’t be purchased. However, there
• Frostbound Hammer
• Doom Orb
are still plenty of items to choose
• Runeforge Hammer
• Divine Ruin
from but some people don’t
• Ancile
• Gem of Isolation
experiment with builds because
• Runic Shield
• Book of Thoth
they either follow recommended
• Regrowth Shield
• Soul Reaver
builds or choose one from
• Void Shield
• Celestial Legion Helm
Smitefire. This eliminates more
• Shifter’s Shield
• Dynasty Plate Helm
items being used in the games
• Rage
• Chronos Pendant
played. There needs to be more
• Golden Bow
• Rod of Tahuti
diversity in builds rather than
• Malice
looking up a guide to build one.
• Deathbringer
The way items get categorized
gives a person an idea of how
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• Asi
• Odysseus’ Bow
The SMITE Community Magazine Issue #6
The GameOn Magazine