SMITE - Top 15 Most OP Release Abilities of All Time! 

And as an honorable mention don't forget when they accidentally put an extra digit into anubis's ult scaling and he legitimately erased people

Just to put all this into perspective, Heimdallr wasn’t even on this list. That’s how broken these abilities were.

Honorable shout out to The Morigan's ultimate on release for being so broken it could crash your game.

"Guan Yu also counted as an ally when he healed himself." Typical Hi Rez.

I’ve been playing since 2012 in the closed beta. So I’ve experienced every single one of these abilities firsthand. This video brought back some PTSD

My man said internal testing at Hirez That's the best joke I've ever heard

When fenrir was released people just bought a power pot at Lvl 1, went to the enemy's jungle, and hit a brutalize for a oneshot. It was stupid. it was glorious and he just kept doing that shit for the entire match, brutalize used to oneshot basically everyone.

Everyone’s forgetting about the menace that storm kata used to be. 420 damage with 180% scaling, and he didn’t even have to dash to use it? And hit basically everyone cuz of how big the ability is? This definitely deserved a spot on the list

don't forget the manticore, who was APPEARENTLY so busted that even highrez themself thought he was too op and didnt even release him

Pele was the first broken release i witnessed. She blinked> wiped the floor with you and your partner > Dipped.

I like this video. Never seen someone just talk about abilities.

That wasn’t Bellona’s original Scourge, originally, on release it was 100% lifesteal on the third hit. Way more busted, I remember people would build crit and get effectively 33% lifesteal...

Can we bring back release guan for a late april fools?! I would like to experience that...

Smite history is really interesting to me and you do an amazing job of explaining what went on. Keep up the good work and congrats on almost 50k!

Ive been patiently waiting for another Top 5/10/15 for a while, worth the wait, your videos always get me really excited for my conquest match, you’re actually the one who got me hella into conquest.

I feel like susano deserved a spot,he did 420 base dmg with 180% scaling on his storm kata on release with it double procing bluestone and a fast as hell dash.

Fenrirs brutalize would one shot if you hit one auto beforehand. This was at level 1...

Heimdallr is an op ability release

Nike's passive deserves an honourable mention. 12% power and 7% movement speed for the team and the minion goal required 50 fewer minions. The power was 4x what it is now and the movement speed was 3x. She basically won games by existing.

Baba yaga's ult is the single most OP ability we have ever seen. if you hit all four shots it can do a THIRD of the enemys carry's health! (thats right i said a third and its not a typo, you may think a quarter is reasonable for an ult but NOPE, bab yaga is in sicko mode!!!) all while making yaga slow moving and unable to use relics :O i hope hirez nerfs soon or the entire fun of healer meta is gonna be ruined :(

Medusa could overcap attack speed with her 1. Imagine a 4 attack speed medusa triple critting you in less than a second, healing off of lifesteal items and triple poisoning you. After you've beem basically stunned by her twice since her ult checking if you looked at her or not wasn't working that well

Just started playing in February and Found your channel and it has genuinely helped me learn the game faster and entertained me with all your vids

You forgot any of ao kwangs release habilities. The 3 could also proc poly and one shot

The reason release guan yu scales off magic was because everyone used to be split that way. Left click attacks were physical and ALL abilities were magic. I used to run crit/attack speed/movement speed ymir. Deathbringer, rage, Qins, fatalis. Watch the 1000+ crits roll in after you hit with an ability

I think original rat passive should get an honorable mention opal acorn and emerald acorn were so ridiculously good, it allowed him to flex between a susano like burst assassin or be a camazotz like sustain and poke assassin in the solo lane. Don't know if I could replace anything in the top 15 with it however. Great video

A lot of people forgot that Sol's 3 stunned I miss it yo

Guan Yu's 3 is ridiculous, I wasn't playing the game yet at that time, but he's insane

I would have liked to see mention of release Ravana back when he could ult the weakest link and proceed to fight the entire enemy team 1v5 since he could only take damage from the person he ulted. Not to mention he couldn't miss because it was a lock on ability unlike now.

In before Jesus is added to the game and his passive being upon his first death the enemy team immediately loses the game for killing Christ. Just like how the Roman's fell after killing him, so too shall your team

Sylvanas heal? It healed minions and damaged enemy minions.

Zhong Kui's release ult, still gives me nightmares...

You forgot to mention Bellona's flail also used to let you heal of off towers. I watched someone solo FG at 10 minutes solo as release bellona with that heal. She was insane. So for Guan Yu to take that top spot...that should tell you how broken he was

Who remembers the Medusa's first ability viper shot back then? It had 100% attackspeed on every point

Can you make a vídeo about "habilities recicled"? Like, Aracne's Grab, now is on Sylvanos. And Old Guan Yu ult is now Amaterasu Ult

Excellent video. made me very nostalgic

I would mention Raijin's 2, when it was released, there was this thing (most likely unintended) when it could double proc Soul Reaver (if you hit a marked enemy with your 1 or 3, you would get the Soul Reaver proc from these abilities but also your 2). This meant it dealt an extra 30% of the enemy health as TRUE DAMAGE (Soul Reaver use to deal 15%) on a 40 second cooldown if I remember well. On a tanky dude, it could easily raise to 1200 extra true damage, which was insane for a non ultimate ability. You would get deleted no matter the health and protection you guy, nothing you could do about it

You forgot to mention that Bellona's 3 used to proc the heal on towers

The infamous bongo man takes both second and first place, you really got to wonder just what was Hi-rez thinking when they made Guanyu.

Release guan footage hitting me right in the nostalgia

Susanoo 1 used to have 220% scaling and the dash was just a dash. Reworked Ravana had 50% dmg reduction for like 8 seconds on his ult and it had like a 70 second cooldown. Arthur ult used to do around 30% max health true damage and hit for like 600 before scaling. Cu Chulain passive used to give him all abilities when it procced and he had like 20 power for free at lvl 1

Don't forget that Bellona's scourge heal used to proc on tower hits too! You could build full atk speed and just face tank towers. Also, Ah Puch definitely deserves a spot on this list. He wasn't good in conquest, so some people might not remember, but he absolutely broke every other game mode. I remember rushing him to diamond and I finished with a 2.23 kdr and 73% winrate. Absolutely busted. Pretty sure he's the only Drybear god that didn't make this list too lol His base damage was just way higher, and his ult had a STACKING slow. Check this clip from back in 2015 (look at the size of those corpse heals!): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gQvecZlgfOE.html

8:26 I think the most op thing about the shiled was that the cc didnt destroy it like nowdays.

what about the bug with soul reaver and Raijins 2 ? Didn't it double the Soul Reaver effect?

Just ask: where is Nox? I think she was brouken god too, especialy with her 2 and 3 (when she wasnt take dmg when she was in shadow).

Honoroble mention to Sylvanus healing his own minions and damaging the opposite. it was very op on release.

something not a lot of people know, Sol's 3 could hit towers on release, although that was a bug and not intended

Hirez: Guardians don't build magical damage so 200% scaling should be fine Common sense: but what if they do build a lot of magical damage? Hirez: then um... oh... 2000+ damage uh... whoops

Idk why people never talk about release Xing Tian. I started playing on season 2 and he is still the most broken release god I've ever experienced. Maybe it's just because me and my friends were low level, but I clearly remember him tanking all of my teams abilities and then killing the entire team by himself. I remember pressing "y" and seeing 700 dmg from his 1, 1200 dmg from his ult, 400 dmg from his 3, etc

Pre Zues rework and before magic and physical items were split. You could build crit for basic attacks. It was insane, criting for around 900 and detonate for more then 2000 dmg. Basically every god could be really busted. YMIR for example was hilarious, that was the real face punch ymir.

Dont forget bout Raijin 2, it used to be burst damage instad of a tick like now, did way more damage and could proc soul reaver twice. People used to build soul reaver first item and use the 2 and the 3 and one shot you

I love that Nemesis was also released as a warrior

release ares ult shoulda been on here imo. not only did it do more damage, but you could move full speed while channeling it. meaning you could, with some movement speed built, pull someone from one end of lane to the other.

You missed a few things. Khepri release Ult had a much longer range. Nemesis shield didn't break upon taking hard CC. Geb release shield also provided Knockback immunity.

I started playing when Geb was released and I remembered these *balanced* abilities

I miss pre-release rattatoskr, now he just doesn't seem fun to play.

Zeus’ stun on his 3 was pretty game changing ngl

The fun thing is, I remember that Rat was considered really bad pre-rework for a time... But then some Pro used him in Solo lane to counter another guy and since nobody played Rat they didn't know how to counter him and he won lane. And then I believe people started to find ways to use him better..

How about ah puch release ult? That shit slowed for every corpse hit up to 70%, with gem of iso you were just litterally unable to move, and only could jump away, use beads or wait death. It also lasted during ah puch death, so you could blink-ult enemy backline, sacrifice and basically win a teamfight by yourself. So broken.

Medusa 1 coulda been in here maybe, but great list!

To be completely accurate, you'd have to go all the way back to the first release to beta players, where most abilities could end up being a one shot mechanic, cough cough arachne.. But one that comes to mind is release patch Chang'e her 3rd ability could easily ignore 3 ults if timed correctly. Really old smite, like the first two years, had even more broken abilities than these, but yes you're correct vanilla Guan-Yu was probably one of if not the most broken single character many people remember.

Being around smite since alpha, Im gonna have to say that IMO i think fenrir's brutalize should've been number 1. While true that guan's 3 had a massive amount of scaling and such, there would be ways to circumvent it late game. back when fenrir released, you could buy a power pot and girdle and literally kill anyone in the game at level 1 with your 3 (unless they built like a tier 2 breastplate at lv 1) They only way to survive was an aegis amulet. While the public barely found this out right before the nerf, it was common to buy your pot and girdle, run straight to the enemy jungle and kill the first person you see for free gold.

God i miss 1v5ing with bellona frosbound and full attack speed with 1 life steal item just 3 and auto for life Old bloodforge was good on her also such good times Kind of...

Tsuku took OP to a whole new level

the top 4 needed to be release guan yu. his dash slowed for 40% regardless off rank and had no cooldown basically ratatoskr's old dash mechanic but no limit on the use, his heal also had no cooldown hel's heal as much as you want, his 3 scaling and base damage overshadows most magical carries entire kits including this ult and his ult is basically a ymir ult that slowed and stunned while jumping around with immunity frames basically a better amaterasu ult. Well i just finished the video you need to add the dash and heal since if you dash into an enemy you lost 2 seconds off ALL your abilities and if you healed you lost 2 seconds off ALL your abilities basically 6 sec heal becomes 3.6 seconds with full cdr which you got teir 2 boots (they gave you 10 cdr at the time) and chronos pendant with the cooldown buff as in lvl 6 he had infinite healing and infinite dashes.

Guan was so fun at release :D still is good too tho.

You forgot ares ult release. In his ult, he would move insanely fast and could pull enemies from T1 tower to the mid of the lane

I've been playing since console beta and the only one I distinctly remember was squirrel the other oppressive as shit thing was when they released kaldur with his auto attack bot companion skadi and those are the only 2 times the game felt almost near unplayable if you cued with out one on your team or against one

Heimdallr and Achilles deserves a spot on here for sure imo

I think you should make another top just to include Tiamat. I still think she's more broken than the latest 2 before and the latest 2 after her release

yo how old is the baron clip at 3:20 ? why is his one hitting for literally 1000 damage

Been playing since closed beta and oh boi was there a lot of broken stuff back then.... My worst (and probably funniest?) memory I have is Loki and oh boy that guy was a pain back then, he ulted you and put only the 3 on ya and you'd be dead, doesn't matter how many kills he had, he'd kill you in an instant, unless you got the reaction of a god and could use bead (aegis)..

I'm surprised that there's no old zeus' in this list. His shield applied charges and the detonate damage was ridiculous

I forgot if reworks counted or not, but rework Freya’s 1. It’s burst was crazy. And if you were near a minion wave......dear god.

Lets not forget Zhong's Ult, back when it healed allies and made him immune to CC.

Remember when Raijin could double proc Soul Reaver? Back when it did like 15% max health damage on a codown?

My worst experience was release Susano, that bastard deleted everything

Man I've been on the brute force of these abilities and used them when they released and boi do I have PTSD whenever I see Guan Yu. I just get flashbacks of him murdering me instantly and without warning.

I really wanted to see release susanoo storm kata but he's been beat by #15 SELF BUFF so the battle was already lost

Actually you didn’t mention that bellona was able to heal of towers with her 3. When she was released. And of course she could solo GF at early lvl. Plus u didn’t mention that nemesis had been released with bug. Her shield in reality reflected 100% dmg. It was bug. Though don’t remember the healing. Was it 50% or also 100%.

Heimdal should be on here. His ult had 120% scaling and I got hit for 1700 with it before. He could basic for about 1100 and his 1 did about 700 damage late game.

What about herc heal that healed for, i think, 125% of dmg taken????

Honorable mention to the recent gilgamesh infinite stun! Get kicked once and be stunned for every frame you moved

I’m surprised none of Susanoo’s abilities made it on here, namely his one. Easiest ability in the game to hit, every hit proc’d hydras (so he had 3 hydras procs in one ability), both hits did 90% SCALING, and his dash was longer abd almost instant travel speed, plus it gave him a stack on his OP passive that gave him movement speed for on cooldown abilities. He had the best burst and poke in the game, he’d teleport in (which was faster and longer range on a shorter cooldown), press 1 twice and do 360-400 damage plus 180% of his physical power, and then dash away with no hope of ever catching him. That’s not even including the rest of the kit

Thank god im just getting into smite

Every god after Bellona can have a case made at how they were busted at release

Executes should negate the pull rather than bypassing khepri ult entirely. As unfun as people say khepri ult is i find it much more unfun when thanatos drops from the sky and instakills me because I was under 40%hp

I still remember sol and khepri as op in Release.

Surprised Medusa's Viper Shot wasnt on this list.

I clicked just to see where Fenrir ranked and woulda disliked if he wasn't decently high, although imo still way too low. I've played since Alpha and Fenrir on release was INSANE you just land brutalize on someone and back then the items were huge for building crit & power - gotta remember items back then were pretty diff than current items! Dev gloves were standard among other things and anything not a tank would often get crit and die before all 4 hits plus it healed you to full and if you got whacked with a CC you could ult and change the tide of battle while resetting your brutalize for more wrecking. Upon release games were just who had the better Fenrir and it was truly just Fenrir vs Fenrir in Arena or Conq - it didn't matter he was just a monster. Also definitely agree on release Guan - I LOVED playing him back then, you did build 1 defensive item on him btw the thing that buffed his passive healing which made him insane plus tons and tons of damage. Some mentions I thought that would be worthwhile were release Chronos - easy pentakill god with his insane ability to box anything down and dive without death, Hades scaled way too hard with lifesteal, pen and power and could easily devour a full team with just a 1 into the ult and lastly old Vulcan had a thumper cannon that would do damage + slow and your ult buffed both turrets and with that he could solo a duo lane or hold a lane and leave to help another, definitely more balanced now but he was insanely powerful if you abused the turrets properly

Old hercules: Mitigate wounds 12 second cooldown. heals for 15/25/35/45/55 every second for 4 seconds when initiated. The percentage damage done within the 4 seconds that is returned as healing 30/55/80/105/130% (+1% for every 2% health missing) and he wasnt in the video. whack.

I think release sylvanus heal, chiron passive, herc 3, arthur ult, medusa 1 could all be here

That old conquest map looks nice.

If you can somehow keep someone on Ganesha's ult for the full duration, it deals 3150 + 504% magic scaling.

My first penta was with attack speed release bellona

there was a bug on kepris ult that gives you 10k damage, you could kill gods with one basic atack. xd

I just started Smite in 2019 so I’m only familiar with release Arthur, Merlin, Yemoja, and Heim. I don’t think Jorm was op when he first came out but I could be falsely remembering.

God can you Imagine pre rework Scourge with release Berseker Shield? Holy shit.

Can you do a history release Xing Tian

New Wa’s ult used to hit each person for 1k+ dmg late game lol now it hits for 400 tops

Bellona. I remember back when she was released, I didn't have enough favour, so I spent 200 gems to buy her. I once 1vs1ed an equally leveled Tyr, I had 5% hp, he had 90%. I won. The experience was worth 200 gems.