Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty and as a result, her traditional role in SMITE 2 is as the quintessential support. Her abilities are all themed around love and while she can deal damage, her strength lies in buffing allies.
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Aphrodite is an iconic character from Smite 1 which can be used in several roles, for example midliner Sololane and support, thanks to its various healing abilities, stunning and immunity to cc they make her a great character to help and fight in many ways in the games.
Abilities
Passive: For each god, whether enemy or friendly, near Aphrodite she gains stacks of Physical Defense and Magical Defense in stacks of 4 per god.
First ability (Kiss): Aphrodite Throws a kiss in a straight line that, when it hits an allied god, they become soul mates, gaining movement speed and reducing the cooldown of this ability, However, if it hits an enemy god, it will cause magic damage, stun them, and your soulmate will become jealous, which causes them to gain an increase in their damage.
Soulmates gain 50% of Aphrodite's Mana regeneration and 8% of her protections, If you are stuck to a god for 5 seconds and then switch allied gods, both gods will have the Jealousy Buff.
Second ability (Back off): Aphrodite slams her staff into the ground dealing magic damage, slowing and pushing away enemy gods around her, if she is attached to a Soul Mate, this god will also do the same as Aphrodite with the difference that he did not push the enemy gods
If an enemy is hit by both areas, the second area will do less damage
Third ability (Love Birds): Aphrodite fires projectiles forward in the form of birds that deal constant magic damage per tick to enemy gods hit, When casting this ability, Aphrodite and her Soul Mate will begin to heal themselves repeatedly little by little.
Fourth ability (Undying love): Aphrodite and her Soul Mate become immune to CC and gain the Jealousy Buff for a short time, also if this ability is cast again while it is still active, Aphrodite will fly directly towards her Soul Mate's location and the cooldown of the third ability will be reset.
Build
Aphrodite can be used in several roles, I will show some builds for solo and support and optional items.
Support
Solo
Optionals items
How to play?
As you can see from her abilities Aphrodite can help her allied gods in many ways and annoy enemy gods, I will give you some tips for using it
The first ability or the kiss, is a great tool to gain Buff and heal allied gods during the game, this makes it so that when used as support Aphrodite You can support your lane partner so that in the early game they can play more aggressively and take quick advantage of this. Also remember that it can be used to stun enemy gods which can help kill one or escape from one.
Taking advantage of the Soulmates mechanic, Aphrodite can constantly change soul mates to give them the Jealousy Buff for a team fight or to slowly heal her team individually, Plus using the second ability together is a great way to push waves of Minions quickly.
Her ability card is a great tool to help save allied gods or to save herself, as it can be used to help an allied god not get killed by strong CC or escape of certain death when using the ability for the second time while attached to an allied god.
Aphrodite is a magical Goddess who can be played in mid-lane and solo-lane but she is the strongest support in Smite 2 right now due to her kit with a mix of heal movement speed and awesome ultimate that is one of the strongest survival ultimate in Smite 2.
Aphrodite passive
Center of Attention: Aphrodite gets physical and magical protection for each friendly or enemy God nearby.
Aphrodite abilities:
Kiss: Fire a kiss projectile at enemies or allies, if you hit allies you link them with you and become a soulmate giving you both increased movement speed, and reduced kiss cooldown. If the kiss hits and enemy he will get stunned and take magical damage, when you kiss an enemy the ally you are linking with becomes Jealous, increasing the damage dealt.
allied you are linking with gains 50% of your MP5 and 10% of your Protections
Back Off: Deal Magical Damage, Slow, and Push away enemies around you, if you have a Soul Mate, Deal Magical Damage, Slow, and Push away enemies around them as well, if enemies get hit by you and your soulmate they take reduced damage from the 2nd area.
Love Birds: Fire a projectile that heals you and deals Magical Damage overtime, if you have a soul mate while firing this ability he will start getting healing and they active cooldowns will decrease per tick.
Undying Love: You and your Soul Mate become Damage Immune, CC Immune, and gain the Jealousy effect for a short duration.
Reactivate to Leap to your Soul Mates location, if you already used your 3 ( Love Birds) it will reset while ulting and you can refire it again.
These are some build for Aphrodite as a support and mid-laner
This is the support build a mix of magical and physical items and actives that can help your teammates in the game
This is the full damage build for mid-lane
A mix of cooldown, penetration, and intelligence.
When you play Aphrodite make sure you are always linked with your allies to heal them and they get benefits from your passive and protection.
in team fights you have to play carefully on the backline don't get too close to enemies and keep kissing your allies because when you land a kiss on your teammate it will reset the ability cooldown and you can spam kissing and healing your team.
Choose the perfect time to use your ultimate because it can change the match for your team's side by saving one with your ultimate.
Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty, she is from the Greek Pantheon.
In the game she is represented as a magician and very beautiful girl, who shows love to her allies and rejects the love of her enemies. She has a kiss that provides her with a bond with allies and abilities to heal and protect them.
Passive: Center of Attention
It grants to Aphrodite protections based on nearby gods, both enemies and allies.
First Skill: Kiss
This ability allows her to link to allies providing various benefits to the allies, it provides her movement speed. You can also use it to throw it at the enemy, stunning them and dealing a small amount of damage. If you kiss an enemy while you have an ally linked, the ally will become jealous and gain a temporary damage boost. If you switch links from one ally to another, both will gain jealousy and the temporary damage increase.
Second Skill: Back Off!
Deals damage, pushes and slows enemies around you, if you are linked it also creates an area on your ally of less damage and also slows enemies.
Third Skill: Love Birds
Summons a set of doves that apply temporary damage to enemies they hit, also healing herself and the linked ally.
Definitive Skill: Undying Love
Makes Aphrodite and her linked ally immune to damage and crowd control. If she casts the ability again she will dash towards the ally. Above all, keep in mind that it resets the cooldown of Love Birds.
Aspect:
At this moment she does not have Aspect.
Skills levels priority
3 > 4 > 2 > 1
We will prioritize healing with Love Birds, because it is also her main source of damage, we will continue with Undying Love because it will provide us with opportunities to make good plays, next skill priority is Back Off! a very useful ability to make combos, finally the least useful ability to upgrade is Kiss because it is not as relevant as the others to survive, equally the stun is very useful.
Role position
Supp/Mid/Solo
Her main role is Supp, but you can play her in Mid and Solo, in Mid and Solo she have to play more carreful because Aphrodite is quite weak to Jungle ganks.
Supp Early game: Don't separate from the Adc, upgrade Love Birds first but at level 2 should upgrade Kiss to be able to link.
Mid and Solo Early game: At an early stage you are not good so play safe, prioritize to upgrade Love Birds and then Back Off! because you're alone on the lane most of the time, try to make experience objectives to take advantage of the enemy, also try to hit Love Birds + Back Off! to all the waves minions so that she can clean them more easily.
Supp, Mid and Solo Late game: Try always to get linked your allies to heal and save them, always try to take advantage of the damage you can inflict while doing it.
Example of Supp builds:
Example of Mid builds:
Example of Solo builds:
Good against / Bad against
She is good against characters that don't have much chase because with her skill combo, she will never be able to be reached, on the other way if the enemy has a lot of chase, it will be difficult for her to survive, she is also bad against anti-healing skills and items.
She is a bad choice against: Bachus, Medusa and Chaac.
She is a good choice against: Zeus, Agni, Hades.
Combos and personal opinion
We start the combo with the stun (Kiss), then we use our main source of damage (Love Birds), then try hit basic and quickly use Back Off! to do as much damage as possible.
The combo with ultimate (Undying love) would be Kiss + Love Birds + Ultimate + Love Birds + Basic + Back Off! + Basic. If we see that they are moving away and we are not going to be able to hit them with Back Off!, there is no need to try to hit basic.
She's my favorite goddess, I love her skill combo, I also love her skins and especially that her healing scales with Intelligence, thank you very much! This Aphrodite is more versatile, it's a good balance between the Aphrodite I started playing back in 2016 and the one they reworked a few years ago in Smite 1. I think she's really good and fun now in Smite 2, thanks for the good work.
Aphrodite is one of the best deities to play right now in Smite 2, the combination of good cc, damage and great heals in the late game make her too decisive at all ranks. She is a character that is quite adaptable to various roles within the game and can be used as support, mid, solo and even jungle.
Abilities
Passive: Center of Attention
Aphrodite gains 4 magical and physical protections for each allied or enemy god near her. It is a very good passive, especially in the late game.
1 Skill: Kiss
This ability has two different effects depending on whether you hit an ally or an enemy. If you hit an ally you will give them an increase in movement speed and Aphrodite will be linked to them, granting them 50% of her mana regeneration and 10% of her protections. If the kiss hits an enemy it will deal magic damage and stun them for 0.8 seconds. When changing linked allies, they enter a state called "Jealousy" that will give them an increase in damage of up to 15%.
2 Skill: Back Off!
When using this ability, Aphrodite generates an area around her that deals magical damage and pushes enemies. If Aphrodite has an allied god linked at that moment, an area will also be generated around that ally that will only deal magical damage.
3 Skill: Love birds
Aphrodite fires doves in a rectangular area in front of her that when hitting an enemy will do continuous damage over time every 0.5 seconds for 3 seconds, in addition this ability heals and reduces the cooldowns of Aphrodite's abilities and her linked ally for the same duration.
4 Skill: Undying Love
By activating this ability, Aphrodite and her linked ally become immune to all types of damage and crowd control for up to a maximum of 2 seconds depending on the level of the ability. This ability is probably the most important of his entire kit as it makes it possible for your allies to survive big enemy ultimates, giving them a good advantage countering important plays of the enemy team.
Skill order
Builds
Below I will leave some usable builds for each role that can work with Aphrodite according to her role.
Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Beauty is a ranged magical character that excels at healing and buffing allies to give her team the edge in a fight. She is primarily played as either a mid of support in conquest and this guide will teach you her kit and how to best utilize her.
Center of Attention (Passive)
Aphrodite gains 4 magical and physical protections for each friendly and enemy god nearby.
Kiss
Fire a kiss projectile at an allied god to link a soul mate, giving you both increased movement speed, and reduce Kiss's cooldown. If the kiss hits an enemy god, they take magical damage, are stunned and your soul mate becomes jealous, increasing their damage dealt. Your soul mate also gains 50% of your mana regen and 10% of your protections. You will need to be linked to a soul mate for 5 seconds before switching to make a god jealous.
Back Off!
Deal Magical damage, slow and push away enemies around you. If you have a soul mate, this ability will activate around them as well. An enemy hit by both areas will take reduced damage from the 2nd area.
Love Birds
Fire a doves projectile that deals magical damage repeatedly over time to enemies hit. Aphrodite and her soul mate will also heal over time and have their active cooldowns decreased per tick.
Undying Love (Ultimate)
You and your soul mate become damage immune, CC immune and gain the jealousy effect for a short duration. Aphrodite can reactivate this ability to leap to her soul mate. Activating this ability also refreshes the cooldown on Love Birds.
I would recommend Aphrodite be played in a support role as she shas good CC by being able to stun enemies with her kiss while simultaneously buffing her allies, as well as using Back Off! to disrupt the enemy team and force them out of position, or in a defensive position she can force the enemy away from her own teammates. As a support she will also constantly be around her teammates to buff them as well as utilize her passive. Build items that provide intelligence and defense to increase your healing as well as provide teammates a portion of your protections. Items Like Stampede, Rod of Asclepius and Gem of Focus will help out a lot in this role.
Aphrodite should always start an interaction by being linked to a teammate as long as one is nearby. She can then follow up in a fight by using kiss again to stun the enemy and buff her ally with jealousy. With the enemy stunned her and her ally can jump onto the enemy and use Back Off! to deal damage and further separate the enemy from their own team. Aphrodite can now use Love Birds to deal more damage, lower her and her allies cooldowns as her other abilities have been used now, and she and her ally have probably taken some damage at this point that can be healed. If the enemy team does enough damage to your team, or they use their ultimate, Aphrodite can use Undying Love to heal and protect her teammate and ensure survival and win the fight.
When in a large team fight try to stay close to your allies so that you can be ready to counter any push by the enemy and keep your damage dealers alive, while also switching kiss onto any ally who gets to low. If you are unsure of who to stay on primarily when your team is all together, keeping your ally who does the most damage alive is a safe bet. The more you play the better a feel you will get, for which ally is best suited to being your primary choice.
If this playstyle sounds like one you'd enjoy, try picking Aphrodite in your next game and spread some love by keeping your teammates alive and healthy while you cruise to a win. Enjoy!
Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, returns in SMITE 2 as a versatile support-mage hybrid, offering exceptional healing, crowd control, and utility to her team. Her abilities allow her to sustain allies and disrupt enemies, making her a valuable asset in various team compositions.
Abilities
Passive – Center of Attention Aphrodite gains increased protections and movement speed for each allied god within a certain radius, enhancing her survivability when near teammates.
1st Ability – Kiss Aphrodite blows a kiss to an allied god, linking with them as her Soul Mate and providing both with increased movement speed. If the kiss hits an enemy god, they are stunned, and Aphrodite becomes linked to the nearest allied god.
2nd Ability – Back Off! Aphrodite emits a shockwave around herself and her Soul Mate, dealing damage and knocking back enemies. This ability serves as both an offensive tool and a peel mechanism to protect allies.
3rd Ability – Love Birds Aphrodite releases a flock of doves in a line, dealing damage to enemies and healing herself and her Soul Mate over time. This ability provides significant sustain in both laning and team fight scenarios.
Ultimate – Undying Love Aphrodite grants herself and her Soul Mate temporary invulnerability to all damage and crowd control effects. This game-changing ultimate can negate enemy ultimates and turn the tide of battle.
Ability Leveling Order
Prioritize leveling Love Birds first to maximize healing and damage output. Follow up by maxing Kiss to reduce its cooldown and enhance the movement speed buff. Back Off! can be leveled next to improve its damage and utility. Upgrade Undying Love whenever available to maximize its protective potential.
Build
Strengths
Exceptional Healing and Sustain: Love Birds offers consistent healing for Aphrodite and her Soul Mate, making her invaluable in prolonged engagements.
Game-Changing Ultimate: Undying Love provides temporary invincibility, allowing for clutch plays and negation of enemy burst damage.
Utility and Synergy: Kiss enhances movement speed and links Aphrodite to an ally, providing buffs and enabling coordinated plays.
Area Control: Back Off! offers area damage and crowd control, effective for zoning enemies and protecting allies.
Weaknesses
High Dependence on Allies: Aphrodite effectiveness is amplified when linked to a competent ally without strong teammates, her impact can be diminished.
Vulnerability to Burst Damage: Despite her healing capabilities, Aphrodite can be quickly eliminated by coordinated burst damage if Undying Love is on cooldown.
High Mana Costs: Her abilities consume significant mana, necessitating careful resource management, especially in the early stages of the game.
Tips
Soul Mate Management Maintain the Kiss link with high impact allies, such as the carry or initiator, to maximize the benefits of your abilities.
Positioning: Stay near your linked ally to provide healing and protection, while keeping a safe distance from enemy threats.
Ability Timing: Use Back Off! strategically to disrupt enemy engagements and protect your Soul Mate.
Ultimate Usage: Reserve Undying Love for critical moments to negate lethal damage or crowd control effects on yourself and your ally.
Mana Management: Invest in mana regeneration items and be mindful of ability usage to avoid running out of mana during crucial fights.
Aphrodite is a highly versatile character in the game, capable of providing excellent support to her team. She can both heal and deal explosive damage, making her a dual-function character with diverse uses. Her ability to adapt to different situations makes her a valuable asset in any match, particularly for teams that require sustained support.
Her passive ability allows her to enhance magic power and regenerate mana, while also boosting her ally's damage output. This makes Aphrodite a great partner for high-damage characters, as her support can amplify their effectiveness. With Kiss, she can increase movement speed and stun an enemy if it hits, making it an indispensable tool for interrupting opponent actions or securing kills.
One of her most interesting abilities lies in her capacity to damage enemies at long range while simultaneously healing her teammates. This dual-purpose ability ensures she remains impactful throughout the game. Primarily a support character, her Back Off! repelling wave ability can be incredibly useful—not only does it deal damage to enemies, but it also pushes them back, providing much-needed crowd control.
Aphrodite is ideal for melee engagements and offering crucial support, especially during tough moments. Players focusing on team defense and positioning will find her an excellent choice.
Aphrodite in Smite 2 is one of the most powerful and beautiful deities for support. She has the ability to mainly bluff her enemies and at the same time heal herself and the team, but she is not bad on the battlefield. Aphrodite's abilities are very useful for keeping her team alive, giving them the chance to advance and win. One of the "Kiss" abilities allows her to bind to an ally and heal them while inflicting damage to an opponent near them. The Love Birds does more or less the same thing with increased damage to those in her same area of action. Another useful ability for her and the team is "Back Off!" which gives her the ability to push enemies away from her and the team, thus giving the team a chance to catch their breath.
She is a character mainly useful for supporting the team, but if played well she can also inflict the right amount of damage. Together with the team she can make the team really very strong. She is a great choice for ensuring team survival and balance and can bluff more challenging casts than her opponents.
For items to build, you should aim for those that provide resistance and magic damage... but also and especially those that work on healing.
