King Arthur

King Arthur
Summary
Title:	Wielder of Excalibur
Pantheon:	Arthurian
Type:	Melee,Physical
Class:	Warrior
Pros:	High Crowd Control, High Area Damage
Difficulty:	Average
Release date:	January 7, 2019
Favor:	5,500
Gems:	200
Voicelines:	King Arthur voicelines
Voice actor:	Xander Mobus
Stats
Health:	485 (+83)
Mana:	230 (+40)
Speed:	370 (+0)
Range:	16 (+0)
Attack/Sec:	1 (+0%)
Basic Attack
Damage:	39 (+ 2); + 100% of Physical Power
Progression:	1x damage, .33x in AoE. Lunge when no target is in range.
Protection
Physical:	17 (+3)
Magical:	30 (+0.9)
Regen
HP5:	9 (+0.8)
MP5:	4.4 (+0.4)
*Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level

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"Wield the power of Excalibur to hack and slash your foes with powerful combos."

King Arthur is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore[]

It is often in the time of greatest strife, when a land and its people rest on the precipice of destruction, that a hero shall rise to deliver them from ruin. So it was in the ancient land of the Britons, a realm torn asunder by darkness and war, that the greatest king they would ever know would come. He was Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, King and Warden of Camelot.

His coming was prophesied by the great wizard Merlin, glimpsed in a comet burning though the night sky, herald of the monarch who would unite all Camelot and usher her into a new age of peace and prosperity. Though little older than a boy when King Uther fell and the mantle of ruler was passed down to him, Arthur would rise and take hold of his destiny as savior of his people. Benevolent and adept in statecraft, honourable and cunning in war, Arthur was the symbol of a new Briton.

In his hand is Excalibur, that mythic blade of divine power that only the most just of rulers may wield. Ever since the fateful day she first came into his possession, the sword has never left Arthur's side, and countless are the foes he has brought low with her, the blade's power amplified even further by his exemplary prowess in battle.

Arthur has withstood any foe who has sought Camelot's downfall, be it the numberless hordes from beyond the seas or the sinister plots of those from within his own house. No matter the scheme, or the enemy, with the aid of his mage Merlin and his knights, Arthur has prevailed, for so long as he draws breath, Camelot's lord shall not rest until her safety is won.

Now, the great King hears the call of Avalon, and answers.

Abilities[]

Passive - Steadfast

	Each ability that damages a god results in a stack of Steadfast, reducing damage taken and increasing energy gain. Each time King Arthur uses an ability he swaps between his Standard and Combo Abilities. All abilities are Instant Cast. Attack Speed and Item Passives do not benefit his Basic Attacks. Attack Speed increases his energy gain.		Notes: The Basic Attack lunge has a range of 15. Grants up to 4% Damage Mitigation and 80% more Energy Gain at max stacks.
Damage Mitigation: 1% per Stack		Bonus Energy Gain: 20% per Stack
Duration: 15s		Max Stacks: 4
Attack Speed Conversion: 33%		Ability Type: Buff



Ability Video

1st Ability - Overhead Slash (Hamstring)

	Standard: King Arthur deals a devastating overhead blow in Melee range that creates a slashing attack that travels forwards. Enemies hit by the Melee strike take bonus damage from the Slicing attack. Combo: King Arthur swipes low, crippling and damaging enemies that are struck.		Notes: Overhead Slash's melee hit has a range of 20. Overhead Slash deals 78/155.25/238/326.25/420 (+78/81/84/87/90% of your Physical Power) damage in melee range. Hamstring's hitbox sweeps left to right in a cone infront of King Arthur.
Slash Damage: 60/110/160/210/260 (+60% of your Physical Power)		Melee Bonus Damage: 30/35/40/45/50%
Combo Damage: 60/115/170/225/280 (+60% of your Physical Power)		Cripple Duration: 1.25s
Energy Gain: 3		Ability Type: Line (Cone)
Range: 70 (30)		Cost: 35/40/45/50/55 mana
Cooldown: 14 seconds

Ability Video

2nd Ability - Battle Stomp (Uppercut)

	Standard: King Arthur stomps on the ground with heavy force, causing enemies around him to take damage and become slowed. Combo: King Arthur charges forward, stopping on first god hit. At the end of the charge King Arthur unleashes an uppercut, knocking up enemies into the air.		Notes:
Stomp Damage: 40/65/90/115/140 (+40% of your Physical Power)		Slow: 20/25/30/35/40%
Slow Duration: 2.5s		Uppercut Damage: 50/95/140/185/230 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Energy Gain: 4		Ability Type: Circle (Dash)
Range: 20 (35)		Cost: 40/45/50/55/60 mana
Cooldown: 14 seconds

Ability Video

3rd Ability - Twin Cleave (Bladestorm)

	Standard: King Arthur unleashes two cleave attacks while charging forward. Enemies hit by a cleave take damage and have their protections reduced. Combo: King Arthur swings Excalibur around him, charging forward and damaging enemies 5 times before winding up a final strike that deals more damage. King Arthur is immune to Knockup for the duration.		Notes: Twin Cleave has a dash range of 30. Twin Cleave can deal up to 70/120/170/220/270 (+60% of your Physical Power) damage and reduce up to 14% protections. Bladestorm also grants immunity to pulls, knockbacks, roots and slows for the duration. Bladestorm can deal up to 80/230/380/530/680 (+115% of your Physical Power) damage. Twin Cleave provides up to 3 energy while Bladestorm provides up to 9 energy.
Cleave Damage: 35/60/85/110/135 (+30% of your Physical Power)		Protection Shred: 7%
Spin Damage: 10/30/50/70/90 (+15% of your Physical Power)		Final Damage: 30/80/130/180/230 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Energy Gain: 1.5		Ability Type: AoE (Dash)
Radius: 10 (20)		Cost: 40/45/50/55/60 mana
Cooldown: 16 seconds

Ability Video

Ultimate - Sundering Strike (Excalibur's Wrath)

	35 Energy: King Arthur winds up a massive jab, charging forwards slightly before striking. Enemies hit by this jab are stunned for 1s. 80 Energy: King Arthur charges forward with Excalibur drawn. If King Arthur hits an enemy god, he launches them into the air and unleashes a barrage of 6 attacks, after which he launches them back to the ground dealing damage to the target and any enemy below.		Notes: Excalibur glows a distinct color when at 35 and 80 energy. Sundering Strike has a dash range of 12. Excalibur's Wrath deals a total of 110/260/410/560/700 (+110% of your Physical Power) and 17/19/21/23/25% Max HP damage. Excalibur's Wrath makes King Arthur immune to crowd control for the duration.
Jab Damage: 100/155/210/265/320 (+65% of your Physical Power)		Damage Per Hit: 10/25/40/55/70 (+10% of your Physical Power)
Max HP Damage: 2% Per Hit		Landing Damage: 50/100/150/200/250 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Max HP Damage: 5/6.5/8/9.5/11% Landing Hit		Ability Type: Line (Dash)
Range: 45 (35)		Cost: 35 (80) Energy & 40 mana
Cooldown: 20 seconds

Ability Video

Videos[]

God Reveal[]

Achievements[]

	The Legend of Excalibur As King Arthur, cast Excalibur's Wrath and Sundering Strike within 10 seconds of each other.

	True Strike As King Arthur, hit an enemy with any damaging ability while their protections are reduced by Twin Cleave.

Trivia[]

General[]

King Arthur was the first god released in 2019.
King Arthur was the last god released in Season 5.
King Arthur was the first Arthurian god released in the game.
King Arthur makes an appearance in Morgan Le Fay's defeat screen.
King Arthur is currently the only god whose basic attacks have mobility applied to them.
King Arthur was the first god to have basic attacks not benefiting from Attack Speed, the second being Jormungandr.
King Arthur is the only god where his abilities are all instant cast regardless of what targeting mode is currently used.
King Arthur is one of the few gods to have 2 ultimates, the other two being Cu Chulainn and Tiamat.
There is an announcer pack themed after King Arthur, You can hear it here:King Arthur Announcer pack.

God Skins[]

Pendragon

The name of this skin is a reference to the title of his father Uther Pendragon.
This skin along with Saurian Conjurer Ah Puch, Death Dragon Anubis, Sashimi Neko/Sushi Neko Bacchus, Biohacker Chernobog, Labyrinth Keeper Heimdallr, Dragonguard Horus, Draconic Devastator Thanatos and Crystal Colossus Ymir are the only skins in the game to give a tail to a god who previously did not have one.
This skin shares it's theme with Death Dragon Anubis, Dragon Knight Ao Kuang, Divine Dragon Bellona, Brutal Dragon Fenrir, Dragonguard Horus, Dragon Priestess Nox, Dragon's Dagger Pele, Dragon Queen/Dragon Empress Scylla, Jade Dragon Set, Dragon's Light Sobek and Draconic Devastator Thanatos.

Deathbringer

The actor who voiced this skin, Kellen Goff, also voiced Jormungandr, as well as Splyce Jormungandr, Inu Gami Fenrir, Freaky Tiki Ah Puch, Labyrinth Seeker Heimdallr, Infernal Lord Zeus, Brimstone Cerberus, Gecko Gladiator Xing Tian, and Eclipse Summoner Hel's Moon Guardian.
This skin has the same name as the item Deathbringer.

In fact the design of his sword is similar to that of the item.

This skin shares its theme with Tormented Soul Medusa, Master Soulbinder Merlin, Spectral Blade Pele, Sunken Sorcerer Poseidon and Iron Tyrant Xing Tian.

Convention 2020

The color scheme chosen for this skin is a homage to the Celtic origins of the Arthurian Legends.
This skin shares its theme with Convention 2016 Anubis, Convention 2012 Artemis, Convention 2019 Cerberus, Convention 2018 Cernunnos, Convention 2014 Guan Yu, Convention 2013 Kali, Convention 2017 Khepri, and Convention 2015 Tyr.

X-Calibur

The skin is based on the jaeger Gipsy Danger of the movie Pacific Rim.

The Green Knight

This skin is based on the Arthurian myth of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
This skin shares its theme with Knight of Mordred Achilles and Lady of the Lake Freya.

Mastery

the wallpaper version of this skin's card art has knights resembling Knight of Wisdom Athena and Vanguard Hercules in the background.

Skins[]

Default
	Release Date	January 7, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	Free
	Requirements
	Voicelines	King Arthur voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Excalibur's Light
	Release Date	January 7, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	100 or 9500
	Requirements
	Voicelines	King Arthur voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Pendragon
	Release Date	June 11, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	750
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Pendragon King Arthur voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests, via direct purchase. This skin was part of the Battle for Olympus event.

Deathbringer
	Release Date	February 21, 2019
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	None
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Deathbringer King Arthur voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin could only be obtained by linking your account to Twitch Prime before March 25 2019. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Convention 2020
	Release Date	October 1, 2019
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	None
	Requirements
	Voicelines	King Arthur voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Season 6 HRX Digital Loot Pack bundle before January 2020.

Lost Soul
	Release Date	January 21, 2020
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Lost Souls Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Lost Soul King Arthur voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

X-Calibur
	Release Date	September 8, 2020
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Odyssey: Reckoning Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	X-Calibur King Arthur voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

The Green Knight
	Release Date	March 9, 2021
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Spring Holiday Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	The Green Knight King Arthur voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Golden
	Release Date	January 7, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	200 or 9500
	Requirements	God Rank 1
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Legendary
	Release Date	January 7, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	300 or 12500
	Requirements	God Rank 5
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Diamond
	Release Date	January 7, 2019
	Type	Standard
	Cost	400 or 15000
	Requirements	God Rank 10
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Changelog[]

SMITE Version 8.6.6618.8 (June 29, 2021)

Overhead Slash

Decreased Base Damage from 60/115/170/225/280 to 60/110/160/210/260

Hamstring

Decreased Base Damage from 60/120/180/240/300 to 60/115/170/225/280

Sundering Strike

Decreased Jab Damage from 100/160/220/280/340 to 100/155/210/265/320

Excalibur's Wrath

Decreased Landing Hit Base damage from 50/110/170/240/290 to 50/100/150/200/250
Decreased Landing Hit HP damage from 5/7/9/11/13% to 5/6.5/8/9.5/11%
Added ‘per hit’ to the 2% HP damage

SMITE Version 8.5.6555.13 (June 1, 2021)

Steadfast

Decreased Damage Mitigation from1.5% per Stack to 1% per stack (6% to 4% total)

SMITE Version 8.2.6416.4 (February 23, 2021)

General

Fixed an issue where King Arthur could proc item effects with his basic attacks. Arthur should not be able to proc any item effects through basic attacks

SMITE Version 6.13.5787.6 (December 11, 2019)

General

King Arthur will be banned on Infinite Mana Match of the Day Modes.

SMITE Version 6.11.5701.1 (October 15, 2019)

Sundering Strike (Excalibur's Wrath)

Fixed ability where Pridwen would not trigger when this ability was used.

SMITE Version 6.10.5654.3 (September 17, 2019)

General

Fixed a condition where he could escape Persephone's Grasp of Death.

SMITE Version 6.8.5557.1 (July 24, 2019)

General

Fixed Deathbringer skin from using Pendragon grunt sound when performing Twin Cleave (Bladestorm).
Fixed sword not glowing based on his Energy State when not using High Shader settings.

SMITE Version 6.6.5466 (May 29, 2019)

General

Fixed an issue where King Arthur could cause opponents to become untargetable for the rest of the game.

Steadfast

Reduced Bonus Energy Generation from 25% per stack to 20%. (80% down from 100% at Maximum Stacks.)

Sundering Strike (Excalibur's Wrath)

The sword now glows a distinct color when at 35 and 80 energy.

SMITE Version 6.5.5418 (April 30, 2019)

Excalibur's Wrath

Increased Per Slash Damage from 10/20/30/40/50 to 10/25/40/55/70.
Increased Per Slash True Damage from 1.5% to 2%.

The Slash True Damage now deals Physical Damage.

Decreased Final Hit Damage and AoE from 60/135/210/285/360 to 50/110/170/230/290.

The Final Hit and AoE True Damage now deals Physical Damage.

Overall damage changed from 120/225/390/525/660 + 14/16/18/20/22% of HP True Damage to 110/260/410/560/700 + 17/19/21/23/25% of HP Physical Damage.

SMITE Version 6.4.5372.6 (April 2, 2019)

General

Fixed an issue where King Arthur could still move while rooted when using basic attacks.
Fixed an issue where King Arthur could no longer build meter towards Ultimate.

Overhead Slash

Decreased Melee Bonus Damage from 50% to 30/35/40/45/50%.

Twin Cleave (Bladestorm)

Decreased Energy gained from 2 to 1.5 per hit.

Sundering Strike (Excalibur's Wrath)

Both abilities now cost 40 mana.

SMITE Version 6.2.5291 (February 21, 2019)

Uppercut

Fixed an issue where Arthur's Uppercut ability knockup was still aim-able.

SMITE Version 6.1.5286.8 (February 11, 2019)

General

Increased Base HP by 10.
Increased Base HP per Level by 3.
Basic Attacks have had a large pass to improve functionality and remove jitter players would experience, especially on higher ping environments.
Fixed an issue where King Arthur could be silenced permanently from Ganesha's Ohm.
Fixed an issue where King Arthur could crash players with his Ultimate.
Fixed an issue where King Arthur could speed up players animations with his Ultimate.
Fixed an issue where Basic Attacks could proc item effects they were unintended too.
Fixed an issue where Excalibur's Wrath could stun targets behind King Arthur.
Updated the Camera on Excalibur's Wrath to provide better vision while airborne.
Updated the Camera on Excalibur's Wrath for enemies to be less jarring.

Twin Cleave (Bladestorm)

Increased Energy gained from 1 to 2 per hit.

Sundering Strike

Decreased charge range from 16 to 12.

SMITE Version 5.25.5233 (January 22, 2019)

Sundering Strike (Excalibur's Wrath)

Fixed a client crash condition with Arthur's Ultimate.

SMITE Version 5.24.5226 (January 7, 2019)

King Arthur has been added to the game.

Pre-release

Bladestorm

Increased final damage scaling from 15% to 40%.

Excalibur's Wrath

Increased max HP damage per hit from 1% to 1.5%.
Reduced max HP landing damage from 15% to 5/7/9/11/13%.

Total max HP damage from 21% to 14/16/18/20/22%.