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Smite god tier list: Best characters across all character types

Whether you're looking for a mage, guardian, hunter, assassin or warrior pick - this list is for you!

Guide by Connor Makar Staff Writer

Published on July 19, 2022

Smite is a MOBA that has been trucking along for some time now, maintaining a healthy playerbase and remaining constantly updated with new characters and balance patches ever since its release back in 2014. As such, regardless of whether you’re a long term player or someone jumping in for the first time, a tier list separating the best and worst gods is crucial.

As such, we’ve created our own Smite tier list so you know exactly what characters are best right now in this third person MOBA. We’ve also highlighted the best god for each character archetype, so you can jump to the one that best fits your playstyle.

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Smite tier list
Smite best Assassin: Lancelot
Smite best Guardian: Cabrakan
Smite best Hunter: Xbalanque
Smite best Mages: Agni
Smite best Warrior: Arthur

Smite tier list

Here’s a brief breakdown of all the characters in Smite, ranked in order of how good they are in-game.

S-tier
A-tier
B-tier
C-tier
D-tier

S-tier

Agni
Arachne
Arthur
Baksura
Bastet
Cthulhu
Kukulkan
Lancelot
Odin
Set
Tsukuyomi
Yemoja

A-tier

Ah Puch
Ao Kuang
Apollo
Athena
Cabrakan
Geb
Heimdallr
Hera
Isis
Jing Wei
Merlin
Mulan
Raijin
Ratatoskr
Susano
Thor
Tyr
Ullr
Yu Huang Kali
Zhong Kui

B-tier

Ares
Artio
Baron Samedi
Cerberus
Chang E
Cu Chulainn
Cupid
Da Ji
Discordia
Erlang Shen
Fenrir
Ganesha
Hercules
Hou Yi
Janus
Kumbhakarna
Kuzenbo
Ne Zha
Pele
Persephone
Poseidon
Rama
Ravana
Terra
Thoth
Vamana
Vulcan
Xbalanque
Zeus

C-tier

Achilles
Arthur
Aphrodite
Bellona
Cernunnos
Chronos
Chiron
Hachiman
He Bo
Horus
Hun Batz
Izanami
Khepri
Medusa
Neith
Nemesis
Olorun
Ra
Scylla
Serqet
Sobek
Sol
Sun Wukong
Slyvanus
Thanatos
The Morrigan

D-tier

Ametarasu
Artemis
Ah Muzen Cab
Anubis
Awilix
Bacchus
Camazotz
Chaac
Fafnir
Guan Yu
Hades
Hel
Chernobog
Jormungandr
Loki
Nox
Nu Wa
Nike
Osiris
Skadi
Xing Tian
Ymir

Smite best Assassin: Lancelot

Lancelot from Smite — Jump on the horse and get some kills!

A mounted assassin that takes on enemies fast and hard, Lancelot is a brilliant assassin among the cast of Smite. As long as you can manage the health of your horse, and get to grips with controlling your stead, you’ll be able to be a brilliant component of your team’s success

Skill Order

Level one: Piercing Thrust / Shining Gallop
Level two: Skilled Strikes / Crashing Dive
Level three: Mount up / Quick Turn
Level four: The Grand Joust

Skill max priority: Piercing Thrust / Shining Gallop, Skilled Strikes / Crashing Dive, Mount up / Quick Turn, The Grand Joust.

Smite best Guardian: Cabrakan

Cabrakhan from Smite — One of the scariest tanks in the entire game.

Cabrakan is a tanky, aggressive, Crowd-control heavy pick that sets up the rest of your team for big plays. As a skilled Cabrakan player, you’ll be a godsend (zing) for the other players allied with you. Trust us, they’ll love you for it.

Skill Order

Level one: Tremors
Level two: Seismic Crush
Level three: Refraction Shield
Level four: Tectonic Shift

Skill max priority: Refraction Shield, Seismic Crush, Tectonic Shift, Tremors.

Smite best Hunter: Xbalanque

Xbalanque from smite — A great pick for lovers of big damage characters.

Xbalanque is by a good margin the hardest hitting hunter in the game right now, and an absolute powerhouse. An ADC requiring some support from your team due to their squishy nature, Xbalanque is a great pick for those who want to deal massive amounts of damage and carry their team. Main character syndrome.

Skill Order

Level one: Poison Darts
Level two: Rising Jaguar
Level three: Branching Bola
Level four: Poison Darts
Level five: Darkest of Nights

Skill max priority: Poison Darts, Branching Bola, Rising Jaguar, Darkest of Night

Smite best Mages: Agni

Long ranged damage, great escape potential, unreal late game damage, and an all around nice guy. If you like to be that annoying damage carry in the backline, yeeting over huge amounts of hurt to the enemy team, you can’t get much better than Agni.

Skill Order

Level one: Flame Wave
Level two: Path of Flames
Level three: Flame Wave
Level four: Noxious Fumes
Level five: Rain Fire

Skill max priority: Flame Wave, Path of Flames, Rain Fire, Noxious Fumes.

Smite best Warrior: Arthur

King Arthur from Smite — King Arthur is king of the warriors.

Of all the warriors in the game, Arthur is likely the best at laying down the hurt constantly and with great force as a melee DPS. He’s a little tricky to nail down at first, but with great damage output, good CC, and awesome potential for team-wide combos, it’s well worth the time investment.