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Smite (2014)

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Recorded in 4v4 Siege mode via the Match Of The Day, In With The Nu. A MOTD where you can pick either Zeus or the new Nu Wa in siege mode.

This is one remodel most people were kinda upset by and understandably so, she is one of the newer Gods and perhaps not the most needy. However her back-dooring potential was nuts and used to great effect in higher tier/pro games and well it was inevitable she had to be changed.

The New Nu Wa is still very good however. I enjoyed her and did rather well, this being my third time playing the New Nu Wa. Keep in mind they did nerf her stun on her clay soldiers+shining metal so now it's reasonable, before in PST it was kinda crazy almost as long as a Ymir stun.

The changes are:

New Passive-Strength of Wood: After 5 successful basic attacks, Nu Wa's next basic attack will root enemies for 1.5s. Really good and handy at times.

Mysterious Fog:Nu Wa condenses moisture into fog at her location which then rolls forward away from her. She and all allies are stealthed while inside the fog, and have 10% increased movement speed. Attacking breaks the stealth effect. Enemies that run into the fog take 50/100/150/200/250 (+50% of your magical power) damage, and continue to take 20% of that damage again every second they are in the fog.
Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana.
Cooldown: 15 seconds.

Her fog is clearly nerfed but now Nu Wa can play more mind-games with it since it's not as predictable.

Clay Soldiers: Nu Wa conjures 1/2/2/2/3 Clay Soldiers from the earth that last up to 10s. These soldiers have health equal to 200 plus 20% of Nu Wa's maximum health, and deal 20/30/40/50/60 damage with basic attacks. Enemies hit by their initial charge will take damage and have their magical protections reduced by 5/10/15/20/25 for 2s.
Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 mana.
Cooldown: 18 seconds.

Not nearly as much are summoned as before but they are still pretty good and come in handy for stuns when Shining Metal is used on them.

Shining Metal: Nu Wa launches a mass of shining metal, dealing 90/140/190/240/290 (+50% of your magical power) damage to all enemies it hits. If it hits one of her Clay Soldiers, it explodes, dealing 30/60/90/120/150 (+50% of your magical power) additional damage and stunning enemies for 1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5s.
Cost: 60 mana.
Cooldown: 10 seconds.

This ability is probably one of her best but you need the clay soldiers out to get that stun is the problem. At the least it does add strategy since you can aim it to blow up only one, use it to clear waves, etc.

Fire Shards: Nu Wa flies up into the clouds, gaining visibility on all enemy gods, and summoning fire shards from the sky to deal 100/175/250/325/400 (+50% of your magical power) damage to each of them.
Cost: 100 mana.
Cooldown: 110 seconds.

This one...Her global is the most controversial of her new abilities, some people argue SMITE is all about aiming your skills and some find this cheap. However it's usually pretty weak and predictable. Not to mention so easy to counter if you buy Aegis as demonstrated in the live stream reveal of New Nu Wa. The best part IMO is how it gives you vision of all Gods.

It can hurt later in the game once Nu Wa has leveled it/has lots of items but eh doesn't hold a candle to her old ultimate which I do miss.

As for this game itself? Man it was an interesting one which I am thankful for since...Last few games were boring or ended in ten minutes via surrender due to someone getting fed. This one...We started out with an edge and then we lost a player....Yeaaah lots of leavers today and trolls, let us not speak of the dreaded 0/7/0 Zeus I sadly met today...But this game was different you see, a rather level playing field. One of those games where you are happy you didn't surrender just because things looked awful.

Lastly, to all fans of old Nu Wa I recommend you vote this up and spread the word that Hi-Rez should totally add this Nu Wa skin into the game: http://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/2cm922/retrotopaz_nu_wa_recolor_completed/

Lol, and hopefully one day they let us choose the old voice! Miss it...But yeah, way better than what we got now. Please there's only so much Ginger Pocahontas jokes I can take here!

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