Bellona is the Ancient Roman goddess of war, which means she's an incredibly aggressive god in SMITE 2, with abilities mostly centered around dealing melee damage with her sword and shield. She's capable of holding her own in any fight, which is why she's primarily played in the solo lane, but that's not to say she can't chip in elsewhere as a team player.
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mypets5/6/2025
Won$4
Bellona is the Roman goddess of war, a fun and very versatile choice who excels in group control, adaptability and sustain.
Her basic attack deals physical damage to an enemy in front of her, and Bellona has 4 different weapons, depending on the most recent skill used.
Passive (Master Of War): when Bellona hits or is hit by basic attacks, she gains movement speed. Each skill modifies the style of the basic attack, with unique effects. If you use Sword and Shield, you gain protection stacks; Scourge gains attack speed stacks; Hammer gains strength stacks. The passive helps you a lot to sustain yourself in the lane, you can accumulate protection and speed in exchanges.
Skill 1 (Shield Bash): Bellona rushes forward with her shield and deals physical damage to enemies. For every god hit, you gain a stack of blocks. For every 3 successful attacks, you gain a stack of blocks, which generate damage. It's a good choice for starting fights or closing distances, the slowness is a great ally and helps you prepare basic attacks or other skills. I also like to use it to escape from certain situations if I'm low on life.
Skill 2 (Bludgeon): Bellona spins the hammer to deal physical damage to enemies around her and then strikes forward, dealing physical damage to enemies in a line. Very useful for wave clearing and area damage, as well as guaranteeing kills. The more enemies you hit, the more damage you deal.
Skill 3 (Scourge): it lashes out in a line, dealing damage and disarming enemies. I consider it an excellent strategy against opponents who rely on basic attacks, such as assassins. In addition, disarming can interrupt skills, which is very important to use in your game strategy.
Ultimate (Eagle's Rally): Bellona jumps forward and plants her flag, dealing physical damage and stunning enemies. The flag grants you and your close allies protection, strength and intelligence. Excellent for escaping and attacking, I like to use it to start fights or to counterattack when enemies advance. Using this skill can be decisive in your fight, and the strategic positioning of the flag is essential to ensure your best performance.
Regarding the order in which skills are leveled up, in general I prefer 2 > 3 > 1 > 4.
As for solo builds, I like to use items such as Berserker Shield for mixed defenses and attack speed, Qins Blade to guarantee additional damage, Dagger of Frenzy, Bumbas Spear... and some situational items such as Shogun's Kusari and Cloak of Discord. I think it's a great option to play, but with regard to some negative points I would say the dependence on skills, which generates the need to manage mana, as well as its vulnerability to CC.
A few tips: at first, always try to clear waves and secure your route, beating your opponent; know how to adapt to the situations that arise; positioning is always essential, such as when the flag is up, it will make all the difference. Finally, have fun! Playing Bellona is generally very satisfying and I find the learning curve very easy.
yan574365/6/2025
Won$4
Belona, in Roman mythology, is the goddess of war, or of the fury of war, its fury and carnage. Her presence on the battlefield was seen as an omen of imminent destruction and violence, which generated excitement for her soldiers and fear for her opponents.
Now about our Belona, we have an excellent goddess for those who want to play solo, mainly because of her consistent damage, good crowd control and, what I think is the main thing, ADC shutdown.
Before moving on to the skills, you need to understand that your god has 4 different weapons to attack with, which will vary according to the last skill used.
Greatsword - No special effects.
Sword and Shield - Provides 1 block stack, reflecting damage, when enemy god hits (with dash) and every 3rd auto. Here you have a maximum of 3 stacks.
Hammer - Attacks all enemies within range of the attack.
Scourge - Will heal you with every hit.
Skill 1 - Shield Bash: Gives a forward dash that slows you down, will switch you to Sword and Shield form.
Skill 2 - Bludgeon: Will spin around causing damage and ending with a big forward dash, will switch you to Hammer form.
Skill 3 - Scourge: Will deal damage and disarm your opponents, passing you into Scourge form.
Ultimate - Eagle's Rally: Jump forward and plant a flag in the ground, dealing damage and stunning enemies, as well as strengthening allied gods in the area with Intelligence, strength and protections.
Play style
Your skill 1 is excellent for initiating trades and clearing waves, always fight around your block skill, it's very strong. Your 2 skill can give you a good edge in fights, whether it's 1 v 1 or in a group.
The disarm is the big differentiator, very strong, especially when used on the right targets.
Her ultimate is an excellent strengthener for team fights, as well as her stun.
Build
I always follow Frgotenpower's builds
Level order
4 > 3 > 1 > 2
Ghorthan5/5/2025
Won$10
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BELLONA
Roman goddess of war, one of the most versatile gods in the game Smite 2 with powerful defensive and offensive abilities.
Skills
Shield Bash.
Performs a frontal charge that damages enemies it hits and gains a block for each enemy God hit.
Bludgeon.
Performs a spin with a large mace that deals damage while rotating around, and then delivers a frontal impact causing increased damage.
Scourge.
performs a small linear frontal attack forward that disarms enemies for a few moments and when used as basic attacks will perform life steal.
Eagle's Rally
Performs a jump and positions a standard; if it lands on an enemy god, it will retune and deal area damage. If you stay in the area of the standard, you gain strength, intelligence, physical, and magical protection.
Passive , Master of War
It provides us with movement speed that accumulates when hitting with basic attacks or when you get hit, gaining a bonus depending on the weapon used.
Now let's take a look at the item build to use.
Initial item, "death's embrace".
provides Strength, increased total health, and lifesteal; in his passive ability, with each hit, he can restore health and mana and slightly reduce the cooldown of the abilities except for the last one.
Item 1, "Berserker's Shield".
provides physical protection, magical protection, and percentage attack speed, its ability gives us 6 when having 60% health or less the berserker state that gives us 50% protection and 25% attack speed for 8 seconds and activates after 8 seconds.
Item 2, "Mystical mail".
gives us physical protection and increases total health, and in passive ability, it deals area damage around 4 meters to all enemies.
Ítem 3, "Shogun's Ofuda".
provides magic protection, increases maximum health, and percentage attack speed; as a passive ability, it generates 15% attack speed for allies around you.
Ítem 4, "Ruinous Ankh".
provides magical and physical protection and reduces the healing of nearby enemies by 40%allows stacking the reduction with another item up to 75%
Item 5, "Tyrfing"
It gives us percentage attack speed and power, and in ability, each basic attack does 15 physical damage. If it's against a god, this can stack up to 4, generating 60 damage for 4 seconds.
Item 6, "Qin's Blade"
gives us percentage attack speed and strength, and in ability, it deals physical damage proportional to 10% of the enemy god's maximum health.
Rotation of skills by level.
Shield Bash: 3, 11, 14, 16, 19
Bludgeon: 1, 4, 6, 7, 10
Scourge: 2, 8, 12, 15, 18
Eagle's Rally: 5, 9, 13, 17, 20
how to play.
To play Bellona in her main role of "Solo lane," we must keep in mind that being a God who doesn't have much capacity at the beginning, we should focus on being defensive first, eliminating all enemy minions as quickly as possible so they can help us defeat the enemy God.
If the enemy is very aggressive, move forward to eliminate minions from a distance and then use the first ability to maintain constant defense and attack against the enemy, avoiding all the damage they deal to us.
if your health is greatly reduced, switch to the third skill with the whip and a lot of attack speed, you will be able to heal yourself just by attacking enemies, whether they are subjects or enemy gods, and deal a lot of damage to eliminate them all.
always stay alert to surprise attacks and don't hesitate to use the ultimate ability "Eagle's Rally" to escape and prioritize life, and not give more advantage to the enemies.
GABOSER4/23/2025
Won$10
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Loki3/11/2025
Won$4
How to play Bellona in SMITE 2!
In Smite 2, Bellona is a powerful warrior in solo lane and jungle. She can do a lot of damage and has abilities that give her sustain.
Bellona Aspect: Aspect Of Vindication: Bludgeon no longer deals Final Slam Damage, but whenever you gain Block stacks with Sword and Shield or gain Healing from Scourge, nearby allied gods also gain those benefits.
Abilities and passive:
Passive Master of War: Gain stacking Movement Speed when you hit or are hit by basic attacks. Gain additional effects depending on the basic attack weapon used.
Abilities:
Shield Bash: dash forward to deal Damage and Slow enemies. Gain 1 Block Stack for each enemy god hit, change to Sword and Shield basic attacks.
Bludgeon: spin to deal damage to enemies around you, then Slam to deal damage to enemies in an area, change to Hammer basic attacks.
Scourge: deal Damage and disarm enemies. change to Scourge basic attacks.
Eagle's Rally: leap forward to deal Physical Damage and Stun enemies, you and allied gods that stay in the area gain Strength, Intelligence, Physical Protection, and Magical Protection, you are CC Immune while Leaping.
Bellona works on solo lane and jungle, you can build her hybrid or full tank, but these builds, after testing, are the best in solo lane and jungle.
This one is for solo lane.
This one is for jungle.
Your job when you play Bellona is to focus enemy damage dealers ( mages or hunters), so you have to stay on the frontline and fighting them with your jungle.
For lane phase, you can handle any warrior in the game, so don't be afraid to fight them and take the lead on your lane.
