I like THIS! Instead of just giving the origin story of the God. Writing about the god in the smite universe makes these videos much more interesting even if it's for a short while.
+YohSou They usually do it as a lore filler on gods who don't have my lore or lore that's too hard to explain Ullr's lore was mostly on why he joined the game
This was a very well done God Reveal, there were multiple clips when talking about each ability to see it from different ways and his kit was explained very clearly. Nice job
So Raiju hides in the enemy's...um....Navel? That's pretty specific, considering he has his choice of not 1 but 6 other possible orifices to wriggle into.
+Charm its based on his lore where if you were struck by lighting it was because Raijin was trying to wake up Raiju who likes to hide in peoples navels (its why its considered bad luck to sleep belly up during a storm). this moment brought to you in part by Japan one of the weirdest places on earth
+Proximuhtyz HD hi rez wants to have the Xbox updates within a week of PC updates for the Xbox Smite Pro League. Not sure why Xbox players should have to wait, we put in just as many hours and enjoy the game just as much as PC playera
+Brian Walker their main focus is PC. It has the higher player base and so more money. But since the Xbox and how they deal with it isn't up to them Microsoft controls it not them. Because they can control PC. They can do what they want a lot faster
I've been sticking to LoL lately, but Smite has come a long way ever since I stopped playing. I remember it always be really fun though, and that's one thing it always had over LoL. It was always fun. It had a great and cool style, and was great for casual play. The characters had personality. You could even have fun when you were losing, and that's not something you see in a game everyday. Maybe I should consider coming back. I miss this game.
dude I am not joking , I am in the exact sane position as you got tired of smite all my friends were playing LoL so I shifted to LoL but smite has come a long way
"Raijin uses his hidden ultimate ability, he beat his drums in an odd time signature manner, once enemies are caught within the radius, they get slowed for 7/4 time sig of their base movement speed, and once raijin activates the "tech-death blast beat" ability in 300 beats per minutes, the enemy loses 300 hp per 1 second of exposure"
As someone who has been playing for almost 3 years this game: no, Raiju isn't OP, but he's in the need of nerf. He's supposed to be a frontline Mage, but he doesn't have enough protections nor a heal to mesh with it, yet he has the highest scalings for Mage in the game, meaning a good Raijin will build full damage unlike others frontline mages like Zhong who are going to buy some defense instead of full damage.
+animehbkscm It's likely and I really hope to also see him, but that doesn't guarantee his appearance in the game. There have been multiple siblings and gods appearing in lore videos that aren't in the game. This doesn't mean they won't appear but can't be guaranteed either.
+MeiaLua if you have ever seen lore on fujin then you'd know that they look very similar anyways, fujin is just green and has different clothes. in lore they look like twins anyway. and he's different enough to make a fun god out of that is separate from raijin. but i do think fujin will come way later
I just started playing Smite on PS4 today (used to play it on PC but never really got invested in it since I would usually be preoccupied with playing League with my friends) and as a challenge I bought 400 gems and randomly selected two gods I would commit to mastering...Raijin and Fenrir were those two.
I think a lot people see Enel or the Teen Titans variant of Raijin, which I think was just called Lightning (now that I think about it, he may have been based on something else entirely). If they intended to add Fujin then they should have made him the skinny to Fujin's fat, both muscular and terrifying but one leaner and the other stocky. Good compare and contrast, like Ravana and Kumbhakarna though that may be a reason for them to avoid doing it again. This could simply be taken as proof they aren't going to add Fujin since he seems to be an exact copy of Raijin at the moment but no telling with them, I mean look at Herc's head. I'll admit I was initially upset too but all the comedy gold mined from it since has more than accommodated for the shrinkage.
+AthenaWhisper But you can still make big and scary looking guy look good in-game. His current model is TOO bulky. He looks very slow and clunky. They could've made his movements and his model more smooth, without making him look sleeker.
Saba Bibilashvili Look at him. He's supposed to look big and strong, but in-game he looks...squared. And small. Seriously he looks like an angry demon midget. They could've made him look big and bad without making him look so clunky and compressed. The way he walks looks very forced as well. He is still a god, so his movements should look more...godlike. Maybe make him walk like Agni or make small thunderclouds appear at his feet as he walks around. About his drawings depicting as overweight...well, in-game he also doesn't look that well-built to me. They added bulkiness but they didn't add size. They need to make him bigger as in taller so that he actually looks like a big bad demon god. Right now he looks funny. Look at those tiny drums...they look adorable...not very intimidating at all. Look I'm gonna be honest with you. You know what a bear is, right ( You KNOW what kind of bear I mean)? They should've made him look like one. Maybe give him a musclegut or just make him look buff. Then he'd really look like a badass demon god and not an angry little baby drummer. I also think his skills look really underwhelming they should look way more powerful. His first skill looks pathetic...you call that lightning? His Raiju skill also looks kinda underwhelming...
this pantheon isn't disappointing. I bet there's a decent chunk of anime fans who play and from that we know how Japanese mythology has a really unique and weird flavor to it. I can't wait to see more of them in smite.
Reminds me a bit of Jhin from League of Legends, Anyone else? Passive: 4 stacking attacks, First ability: Linear Skillshot stopping at enemy champion Second Ability: Damages one enemy and bounces around nearby enemy targets Ultimate: Fires 4 long range shots stopping at enemy.
+Da Whale-Badger i love polymonicon, just apply raiju to a hunter, hit the basic attack and there you have a dead hunter (well with the passive stacked)
Id love to see a "Taiko no Tatsujin" skin for this god XD Just some nerdy guy with drum sticks and talking about "High score" and instead of playing 2 he plays 4 drums in same time XD Ohh god that would be better then Retro Sona and Mini Boss Veigar
...it's just a lore. Do you expect them to completely redesign his twin brother for something you really don't care that much for? Besides, if he comes out, they will obviously redesign him.
HP is good but I found armor lasts better. And no matter what they do you don't lose much between Etheral Staff and Warlock's sash. Though the Staff should provide people MORE DMG THAN IT DOES.
+Rodiacreed Thunder =/= Lightning, also Raijin is seen with the lightning god in mogao cave 249 in Dunhuang, China but it seems largely ignored in Japan.
NOW THIS GOD .... I like.
These Japanese deities seem great so far
shinto has a crapload of opportunities for interesting characters to play
Eugene InLaw I'll admit , I don't know much of them
Samuel Potter if you know LoL than you know at least 1 already
+Eugene InLaw All those demons oh too dream
+Eugene InLaw who tahm kench?
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat skin when?
+JITCY9107 they should modify the game so you can play this character with the DK bongos
+JITCY9107 Donkey Konga :D
+JITCY9107 I thought the same thing when I first saw him.
that would be cool
+JITCY9107 Only if it changes the music to the DK Rap.
I like THIS! Instead of just giving the origin story of the God. Writing about the god in the smite universe makes these videos much more interesting even if it's for a short while.
+YohSou Something they used to do (at least in the written lore), glad they are bringing it back. I would hate to see them go the same way as LoL.
+YohSou They usually do it as a lore filler on gods who don't have my lore or lore that's too hard to explain
Ullr's lore was mostly on why he joined the game
Lore lady announcer pack pls
+Caketake She's already Arachne and Ne Zha XD
+Wat we already have nox who sounds better imo
TreWillz nah, Nox just sounds like she's having an orgasm every other line. plenty of room for more announcer packs.
that's the most evil orgasm i ever heard. DARKNESS
exit light, ENTER NIGHT
This was a very well done God Reveal, there were multiple clips when talking about each ability to see it from different ways and his kit was explained very clearly. Nice job
So Raiju hides in the enemy's...um....Navel?
That's pretty specific, considering he has his choice of not 1 but 6 other possible orifices to wriggle into.
+Charm its based on his lore where if you were struck by lighting it was because Raijin was trying to wake up Raiju who likes to hide in peoples navels (its why its considered bad luck to sleep belly up during a storm).
this moment brought to you in part by
Japan one of the weirdest places on earth
It's from the same place as a giant foot demon that destroys your home until you give him a foot rub (pretty sure that's true.)
piplup229 Only in japan huh...
what if the god don't have a belly button?
+Charm Better than crawling up your rectum.
You can't say i'm wrong.
As a drummer, I love this god :D
BERTEN same man hes the only god i can play when lagging haha 😂
can't wait for this guy to come to Xbox in a few years
sad reality
He will be on Xbox in Mid March. Scott is going to have us all caught up thru 3.3 by end of March 1st week of April
+Brian Walker hope not PC should get updates first just like in mmorpgs that come from other countries.
+Proximuhtyz HD hi rez wants to have the Xbox updates within a week of PC updates for the Xbox Smite Pro League. Not sure why Xbox players should have to wait, we put in just as many hours and enjoy the game just as much as PC playera
+Brian Walker their main focus is PC. It has the higher player base and so more money. But since the Xbox and how they deal with it isn't up to them Microsoft controls it not them. Because they can control PC. They can do what they want a lot faster
ill be waiting for "Rockstar Raijin"
+bachaun go on the site of smite datamining
gl. im still waiting for rock star appollo.
+bachaun Raijin against the machine
+bachaun I'm waiting for Freddie Mercury Apollo or Mercury. The only reasons for Apollo is because he's a music god.
+bachaun You asked for Rock, you got Metal son.
KISS skin soon, I'm calling it
Data mining already found a skin for him.... You should check it out.
+piplup229 Link
+piplup229 link pls
***** Are you blind or something ?
+obi_nation blink 182 skin, calling it
I've been sticking to LoL lately, but Smite has come a long way ever since I stopped playing. I remember it always be really fun though, and that's one thing it always had over LoL. It was always fun. It had a great and cool style, and was great for casual play. The characters had personality. You could even have fun when you were losing, and that's not something you see in a game everyday. Maybe I should consider coming back. I miss this game.
dude I am not joking ,
I am in the exact sane position as you
got tired of smite
all my friends were playing LoL so I shifted to LoL
but smite has come a long way
The real question is when is his brother Fujin coming
I argeed
Not quite my tempo.
+MrNikkusama ba-dum-tss
+MrNikkusama His losing screen animaton actually references that movie :3
+MrNikkusama
I dunno, he could very well be my forte.
Jizo, Fujin, Agyo, Ungyo, Inari, Kannon, Benzaiten, Ebitsu, Shitenno, Tengu, Michizane, Masakado. All new 10 gods from Japan.
"Raijin uses his hidden ultimate ability, he beat his drums in an odd time signature manner, once enemies are caught within the radius, they get slowed for 7/4 time sig of their base movement speed, and once raijin activates the "tech-death blast beat" ability in 300 beats per minutes, the enemy loses 300 hp per 1 second of exposure"
PATA-PATA-PATA-PON! FEVER! oh wait ..
Dude lmao
+Uriel i used to play that game lmao
+TrollingToTheMax It was a very fun rythm game lol
+Uriel Yeah I liked it lmao
Don Don CHAKA CHAKA!
If Susano ( Amaterasu's brother) is not a god I will be disappointed.
I mean, they still haven't added Set or Fenrir so...
+Addison Ng Fenrir is already in Smite
+Joel Birch He's gonna be the very next god. I think he's supposed to be an asssassin (Don't quote me, but that would make sense)
+Addison Ng IKR still waiting for the Fenrir to come out.
+Joel Birch susano probably is the next god.
This is one of the best i've heard the Lore Lady. Voice direction is much better now. Keep it up.
Izanagi when
Once we reach out to the truth.
loved the new smite god reveal how you went in depth with him build and all. please keep that up for now on.
Not a bad build but you forgot doom orb
+Alden Grant keep living inside the box
+Alden Grant keep living inside the box
+Alden Grant Hi Rez tends to recommend awful builds.
And Polynomicon...
The build isn't awful though.
Oh, I'm gonna have some fun with this guy.
Love the Steve Moore victory animation, too. Nice touch!
His ult is like Chiron v2
+Leesil yes but it s better
+Sylvihno Mario And he's not a weird horse man!
Zarozapa CnJ I know. But he's still a creepy horse man. You and I both know that he just poops wherever he damn wants to.
+Leesil And he get's 4 shots instead of 3.
+Leesil with three different beat(type) of shot
This is a great god holy crap this guy looks really great props to the guy that made him.
So many noobs saying this guy is op...he is not. He is balanced/ i dare to say he is at the weak side of mages.
As someone who has been playing for almost 3 years this game: no, Raiju isn't OP, but he's in the need of nerf. He's supposed to be a frontline Mage, but he doesn't have enough protections nor a heal to mesh with it, yet he has the highest scalings for Mage in the game, meaning a good Raijin will build full damage unlike others frontline mages like Zhong who are going to buy some defense instead of full damage.
+Tobias Cibira (YTguardian) ikr?
I just hope they don't go overkill with the nerfs like they did with Sol and Khepri... Aside from that, Rajin looks like fun.
+Zack Marsh They didn't overkill Sol & Khepri at all. They are still high-tier picks.
+Regan Bell I feel like Khepri was nerfed really too much. Sol needs damage reduction on that ability that used to slow.
Season 3 God Reveals looks so well done. Very good animations , lore coverage and informative. Keep it up Hi-rez !
so will Fujin be in the game too ?!
pray for that
+P-chan P-chan He's got art already in the lore section of this video so yes, he will be in the game.
+animehbkscm That art was a recolor plus a slightly different headdress. I wouldn't count on it (remember Xbal's brother?)
+animehbkscm It's likely and I really hope to also see him, but that doesn't guarantee his appearance in the game. There have been multiple siblings and gods appearing in lore videos that aren't in the game. This doesn't mean they won't appear but can't be guaranteed either.
+MeiaLua if you have ever seen lore on fujin then you'd know that they look very similar anyways, fujin is just green and has different clothes. in lore they look like twins anyway. and he's different enough to make a fun god out of that is separate from raijin. but i do think fujin will come way later
his winning animation is the steeve moore crazy drummer spin thing that's so cool
Taiko Drum Master Raijin/ Arcade Raijin / Donkey Konga Raijin / Traditional Cuban Conga player Raijin
"Lord raiden!"
-some monk that bicycle kicks someone
announcer pack of the girl please
Joaquin Torres lore lady
The Lore Lady needs to drop a mix, NOW. Did you hear that skies bit?
They must find a way to make him raiden
when using his 3, he talks in gibberish like when Raiden from mk does his superman attack
lliart half way there already
+Akosa117 RULES OF NATURE
***** NANOMACHINES SON
I just started playing Smite on PS4 today (used to play it on PC but never really got invested in it since I would usually be preoccupied with playing League with my friends) and as a challenge I bought 400 gems and randomly selected two gods I would commit to mastering...Raijin and Fenrir were those two.
The design could have been so much more sleeker, why do they always make them so bulky?
+Sackboy3895 Because that's how Raijin is depicted, he was never slim or sleek, he was big and scary looking.
+AthenaWhisper and yet kali was deformed...
I think a lot people see Enel or the Teen Titans variant of Raijin, which I think was just called Lightning (now that I think about it, he may have been based on something else entirely). If they intended to add Fujin then they should have made him the skinny to Fujin's fat, both muscular and terrifying but one leaner and the other stocky. Good compare and contrast, like Ravana and Kumbhakarna though that may be a reason for them to avoid doing it again.
This could simply be taken as proof they aren't going to add Fujin since he seems to be an exact copy of Raijin at the moment but no telling with them, I mean look at Herc's head. I'll admit I was initially upset too but all the comedy gold mined from it since has more than accommodated for the shrinkage.
+AthenaWhisper But you can still make big and scary looking guy look good in-game. His current model is TOO bulky. He looks very slow and clunky. They could've made his movements and his model more smooth, without making him look sleeker.
Saba Bibilashvili Look at him. He's supposed to look big and strong, but in-game he looks...squared. And small. Seriously he looks like an angry demon midget. They could've made him look big and bad without making him look so clunky and compressed. The way he walks looks very forced as well. He is still a god, so his movements should look more...godlike. Maybe make him walk like Agni or make small thunderclouds appear at his feet as he walks around.
About his drawings depicting as overweight...well, in-game he also doesn't look that well-built to me. They added bulkiness but they didn't add size. They need to make him bigger as in taller so that he actually looks like a big bad demon god. Right now he looks funny. Look at those tiny drums...they look adorable...not very intimidating at all. Look I'm gonna be honest with you. You know what a bear is, right ( You KNOW what kind of bear I mean)? They should've made him look like one. Maybe give him a musclegut or just make him look buff. Then he'd really look like a badass demon god and not an angry little baby drummer. I also think his skills look really underwhelming they should look way more powerful. His first skill looks pathetic...you call that lightning? His Raiju skill also looks kinda underwhelming...
love the reference in the win screen :D
One Piece fans rejoice.
weebs no stop
PyroAssassin573 YOU CANT STOP THE SSTORM!
+Breton Charles Why? Because of the drums look like Enels thingy? Other than that I see no resemblance
+Breton Charles Um not sure if Enel or Dragon or what
+Breton Charles should've collabed w one piece and used ebisu's character model tbh
This God seems really cool but very tricky. Can't wait to try him out
Is it me or have the lore sections gotten a lot better over years
holy shit that end screen was fantastic
That's a pretty interesting ultimate.
Might have to step onto the field and play some drums after so long.
Raijin and Fujin are my top favorite mythological gods
To the Smite God Reveal team: Well done. You're presentation skills have only improved.
this pantheon isn't disappointing. I bet there's a decent chunk of anime fans who play and from that we know how Japanese mythology has a really unique and weird flavor to it. I can't wait to see more of them in smite.
Finally a lore that explains(kinda) why they're fighting.
His mask and ultimate is badass.
I know I'm 5 years late but where is his brother fujin?
HIS WIN SCREEN IS "DRUMMER IS IN THE WRONG GIG"?!
Maining Raijin now
Reminds me a bit of Jhin from League of Legends, Anyone else? Passive: 4 stacking attacks, First ability: Linear Skillshot stopping at enemy champion Second Ability: Damages one enemy and bounces around nearby enemy targets Ultimate: Fires 4 long range shots stopping at enemy.
i love how all the storm gods show up
We need Fujin too! ♡
Still waiting! :)
Hopefully soon!
1:18 Will the real master of thunder please stand up?
OMFG the defect screen is sooo funny, i laughed for 20 minutes after that! I love you Hi-Rez
There he is 💚
Raijin celebration is in "This drummer is at the wrong gig" YT video.
Getting a pretty cool Raiko feeling from this. (Then again, Raiko was inspired from this god.)
ok they really need to make this voice actor an announcer pack!
Anyone notice that the beat he plays when he uses his ult is from "My milkshake"?
They should add fujin
If you know the movie "The Grudge," Amaterasu should get a skin of that creepy ghost lady thingy
It'll be cool if his ultimate made like a global rumbling thunder noise for all to hear.
Raijin, you're alright. That'll do
I'm assuming we will get izanami, susano, and amatersu as well. and hopefully set soon
I find using life-steal works really well with his 1 and his ultimate so I normally pick up Bancroft's or Pytagorem's
+Da Whale-Badger i love polymonicon, just apply raiju to a hunter, hit the basic attack and there you have a dead hunter (well with the passive stacked)
No MK Raiden skin? :(
Great art congrats!
They say he eats babies. But he don't so...that's good.
According to Japanese legend, when Raijin is angered, he devours the stomachs of children as they sleep.
Id love to see a "Taiko no Tatsujin" skin for this god XD
Just some nerdy guy with drum sticks and talking about "High score" and instead of playing 2 he plays 4 drums in same time XD
Ohh god that would be better then Retro Sona and Mini Boss Veigar
I love this god. Ao Kuang and Loki mains are going to hate him
Huh, lots of thinking needs to be made with this guy and has plenty of ways to get careless...i like dis
i guess he should have a animation during the jump skill and the ult should have a fourth drum, or each skill should represent one drum.
His ult is so nice.
I think i'M in Love *,* Wainting for Susanoo nad Tsukuyomi ^^
win screen is "this drummer is at the wrong gig" :D
So are we getting his brother next? Coz that would be awesome
their needs to be a dave lombardo skin for him
Drummer Raijin skin.
MOTD: Rock vs Pop
Gods: 1 team have Drummer Raijin, Heavy metal Thor, .. the other team have Kawai pop Bastet, Diva Aphrodite, ..
nice to see more Japaneses gods coming and can't wait for more
I can't wait to be THUNDERSTRUCK!
What about Takemikazuchi? He's considered more of God of thunder in Japan than Raijin. Raijin is more of an Oni than anything else.
Is it possible that Hi-Rez will ever add Ganesh to the game. It would be fanfastic.
Lore Lady rockin' in this vid!
they need to add fuijin
Ah yes, the 3 most well known Japanese Gods
Raiden, Fujin, and Bo Rai Cho
Huh so already we get to see what Fujin will look like in the game.
First time heard Raijin and Fujin from this mobile game “War Robots”
So, Fujin will be the same as this, but green and with bag? genious..
...it's just a lore.
Do you expect them to completely redesign his twin brother for something you really don't care that much for? Besides, if he comes out, they will obviously redesign him.
I picked this guy for arena and people went "Noo not rai he **** sucks"
I proceed to dominate that game. Feels like Patapon playing this guy.
my build: shoes of the magi, bancroft, soul reaver, rod of tahuti, spear of deso, and then a situation item, usually mantle.
finally a god with some unique skills
His ult is the same as Chirons though
+Commander Peridot true, alot of ults are just about dmg anyways... so i dont pay alot of attention to them
question
will this character be playable with the DK bongos controller for gamecube
HP is good but I found armor lasts better.
And no matter what they do you don't lose much between Etheral Staff and Warlock's sash.
Though the Staff should provide people MORE DMG THAN IT DOES.
what about raiden?
hopefully, some of you will get this
Josh Dunn skin for Raijin and a Tyler Joseph skin for Apollo
Is this the first time the lore worked its way into the battle of smite?
So hyped for this to come to Xbox.
Was Raijin playing YYZ on the drums in the end screen?
put the trophy hunter kali skin up for grabs again!
Lightning is pretty popular element for gods it seems. This is the 5th thunder god in Smite.
Maybe because in ancient civilizations, when a giant bolt of white death come from the sky, you might want to praise it i stead of ignore it.
probably because it's hard to study lightning and stuff without advanced equipment which people in the past didn't have.
+Rodiacreed Thunder =/= Lightning, also Raijin is seen with the lightning god in mogao cave 249 in Dunhuang, China but it seems largely ignored in Japan.