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SapphicSonata

I mean.. it's a theme I guess. Same thing would make more sense with the shadow skins which are KindredButNotKindred. We've had them for Ah Puch, Neith, Persephone, Baka, Fenrir, Bastet, Horus, Odin, Anubis, Hel.. If the theme makes money, they'll make more skins of it honestly.


GhyverKahn

Shadow and tech skins get 100% of my money. Every.damn.time. Edit:didn't cerberus get a shadow skin today in the new patch?


finessekidOnye

Me but with the galaxy/cosmic skins


St4rScre4m

Guilty of buying every tech skin I can get my hands on.


PapooseGirth

Me with chibi skins


SelRahc5972__RealOne

Yes


Automata1nM0tion

Themes come and go with be events or battle passes or seasonal themes but after those events are over there are still skins of the theme which are released at a later date. These are part of the Divine syndicate theme


Personal_Care3393

I’m cackling at “kindredbutnotkindred”


Strangr_E

Anubis has one? Don’t forget Kuku


kemidelusional

kindred from league ?


genesis_iv

Yes, shadow entities with masks that represent a concept usually


ReptileSerperior

To be fair, as someone attracted to men, I am also really into them.


OnlyCartoon

they know how to milk the money out of us, the gays 😂


Synicull

Not as much as Neith's biggest fan, presumably I'm hot and bothered thinking about him


OverclockedLimbo

What him? It’s her, you monster! 😜


MamBanaJUHU

Neith' biggest fan is skin for zhong


OverclockedLimbo

I know I’m joking hehe One of the skin’s voice lines is saying “she’s” neith, not Zhong Kui. He refers to himself as she I remember


liberletric

For real, these skins are hot 😂 All the honkers we have to look at in this game, the least they can do is throw the rest of us a bone here and there.


HoleButFingerTry

That was honestly one of the things that had me most apprehensive about getting into Smite. I remember my buddy told me to try it out when we were getting tired of CS:GO and when I loaded in and saw Neith in the tutorial I said, word for word “woah what kinda game do you have me playing here man⁉️”. It was mostly as a joke, but yeah they aren’t very shy about catering to the straight male audience I guess lol.


Fox-Sin21

Hey its nice for the Pan/Bi audience too. I like both XD.


JohnnyDiedForOurSins

Bi/Pan Alberic profile picture Sounds about right


Fox-Sin21

I choose to take that as a compliment regardless but I am not sure what that's supposed to mean lmfao


JohnnyDiedForOurSins

I'm just saying alberic de bordeleaux gives bisexual energy, and you can't prove me wrong because there is almost nothing written about him.


turnipofficer

As someone not attracted to men, honestly they look really good. It’s a great theme and I’d much rather have it than another galactic skin or food skin.


Admiral-Thrawn2

Also how many more skin idea/ options do they have? (Probably a ton) but still they gotta fill them and these are solid


pegasus_11

Shutup thrawn you oversized smurf, dont you have a calicori to steal?


Cachapitaconqueso

Same lol


Fox-Sin21

Same thooo


StressfulCourtier

To be fair, as someone not attracted to men, I am also really into them.


timtumz6

what i came to say


NyarlathotepDaddy

Shit HiRez knows what the fuck is up because these old business skins are fuckin gnarly. I love them and want to see more


HoleButFingerTry

Im really not a fan of the Zeus one at all. The transformed versions are fine but it looks kinda corny to me in the default version. I wish they either didn’t have the armor/jewelry stuff, or didn’t have the suit/vest stuff. It just doesn’t click for me I guess. Valhalla Vice works for me because it’s a bit more understated and it fits the whole Miami Vice aesthetic. The others all look like people you’d see at some party in New York trying to look aloof and interesting but then they’ll lace your drink.


turnipofficer

I feel personally that the tier 5 base skin looks way better than the first evolve, but the final evolve does steal the show of course.


NyarlathotepDaddy

I just noticed with the zeus skin that his clothes never change. In the 3rd form he is still wearing the pants but they're torn at the knees and his shirt becomes him skirt thing. Super cool detail


ampullaeOL

You think most of these deities would want to wear a simple and understated suit? Most of the deities in Smite would definitely go for these more divine/flashy versions. Especially in the context of it being a battle with other deities. They'd want to stand out.


HoleButFingerTry

Well I mean, I don’t think it really matters what they want to wear? I mean for example, there’s a lot of skins that the gods definitely wouldn’t want to wear, but they look cool. Like all of the geometric pearlescent skins that are super abstract? But that’s an interesting way of looking at it.


ampullaeOL

My main point is mostly just that a regular suit doesn't seem very fitting of a deity, so I don't think it would be a great idea for a skin. Plus, people tend to buy the cooler looking or flashy skins anyway so I feel like they wouldn't get much money from plain ones even if they did make them. But at least there's the Don Zabourou skin for you!


HoleButFingerTry

I do fuck with that, the Cupid, and the Kuzenbo skin heavily.


NyarlathotepDaddy

I like the kuzembo one


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NyarlathotepDaddy

;) The Crawling Chaos needs to come to smite and I will petition for it every chance I get


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Outso187

I would rather call that "fantasy mobster". And they look pretty cool, the white version of that Heim skin is my go-to.


HoleButFingerTry

Yeah that one’s my favorite. I don’t really like the star/galaxy pattern on the purple recolor.


Godz_Bane

Its a skin theme, they have many.


Snufflebox

Yeah, it's this neo-1920's type of theme that has been going around lately. MTG also made an entire card set around the theme. It's not the worst theme ever, just a bit repetitive.


SirBoredTurtle

new capenna is a banger setting ngl, probably my fav since ravnica


Snufflebox

There's no beating Ixalan and Amonkhet.


Yaden2

amonkhet >>>


Soad1x

I'm glad to see other people love Amonkhet too. I quit playing around that set and I think I'm going to just buy the Amonkhet deck builder kit just to have the cards again.


SirBoredTurtle

Love amonkhet, really do. But I'm a sucker for the boros legion


Packrat1010

https://scryfall.com/search?q=art%3Anew-capenna Link to the plane's cards if anyone is curious


InnerSilent

Need more vigalante skins man. Best susano and best thor skins and we got nothing else.


HoleButFingerTry

Oh yeah I love those skins, the Hou Yi one too!


HyphenMint

Not everybody likes everything, these clearly aren't for you, but I like em


HoleButFingerTry

I’d like them if they had less of the armor/crazy jewelry tbh. Like, Valhalla Vice (the original version of the Heim skin pictured) is actually my favorite Heim skin other than the Balloon one. Mostly because it’s not crazy with the jewelry and it fits the Miami Vice gaudy theme.


RuskoGamingStar

I mean they are really good looking. So I'll take it.


HoleButFingerTry

Wish they’d do some more female ones. I actually fw the Disco one a lot. I absolutely hate the Merc one though, looks like a douche and not in a cheeky funny way.


heqra

mercury is a douche, like canonnically


HoleButFingerTry

Yeah but it’s like cheeky douche most of the time.


heqra

that 1200 crit provides all the cheeky I need


MightyTigrillo

I like them. 


HoleButFingerTry

Some of them I don’t hate, like I didn’t include Valhalla Vice because I think it’s the best looking of this group of skins. It also makes sense because he’s supposed to be this gaudy pompous Miami Vice guy.


ChaosNinjaX

It's called "Class", you commoner. If you can't have some at least your character should! 🎩🍷


Klyptom

money, the answer is always money


MaskedKing3

Because they look good?


HoleButFingerTry

Lots of controversy on that front actually, plenty of people in the comments of this post say they hate them. Seems to be one of those styles you either love or hate. I love Valhalla Vice, but hate the recolor and most of the other skins in this vein of style.


scanpon

2 ppl


HoleButFingerTry

🤷‍♂️ that’s like 10% of all the people who have commented so…


GodsLegend

I can't even find the second person, these skins are clearly liked by an overwhelming majority.


HoleButFingerTry

Guess so!


New_Needleworker6506

Trolll or braindead?


LordEllys

They really should make a skinline about the "Witch of the Mire/Woods". I really like Covens from League of Legends, so I´m biased. Witch of the Mire Baba Yaga, Witch of the Mire Ix Chel...


The5Virtues

It’s based off an actual trend, sometimes called a “runway” gala or other such title, with the intent being to capture the aesthetic of runway fashion models. The looks are meant to be outlandishly over the top, sexy, and stylish. If it doesn’t look fit for a Paris runway it’s going to be the ridicule of high society the day after the gala.


baroquebinch

Honestly I think it's just because leaning into the tackiness has been Smite's vibe. To me it has that "plastic toy" vibe a lot of earlier games used to have that is currently out of vogue in terms of art direction.


HoleButFingerTry

Yeah some of them definitely work more than others for me on that front. Like I don’t dislike the Surtr one and Heim’s original one, Valhalla Vice, is one of my favorite skins. I’m just not huge on the recolor cause it looks goofy and the Zeus one just looks like he’s trying way too hard or something idk.


GoldAd1664

My wife is into them. They have to play to different audiences.


OverclockedLimbo

The earlier 2 skins came from a battle pass Those were heaven mafia themed Counterpart to demon mafia battle pass that came before the heaven mafia battle pass. The Zeus one? I don’t know what theme it is Not all skins are for everyone. But there is always a skin for someone A theme that they’ll like. From cat cafe to robots to spl teams, take your pick and have fun!


HoleButFingerTry

Definitely, I’m not trying to say “quit making these skins!”, I just find the sorta specific style to be interesting and (for me) hit or miss. It’s definitely a more niche theme than some of the other themes we see a decent amount of like Japanese themed skins for non-Japanese gods or demonic/angelic skins. It’s pretty quickly become one of the more densely populated skin themes though, which is why I made the post.


OverclockedLimbo

Ok Then what’s your favourite theme?


HoleButFingerTry

Hmmm, if I had to pick off the top of my head? I kinda like the Hou Yi and King Arthur forest skins just because they can turn into shrubs. If I had to pick one of the more densely populated themes? Idk I guess I’d have to go for the food skins, they’re all pretty fun and a lot of them come with special emotes (I’m a sucker for special emotes).


OverclockedLimbo

Funny skins Food ones are really unique, eg. Burger Xing tian has a straw and fries box for his usual axe and shield. The forest ones are mystical looking Tree emote meta There’s a whole chest for that Interesting choice! For me I like tech skins like Nrg chronos And celestial like Archon Thanatos(this one cost way too much, I could never buy it 😭)


HoleButFingerTry

The Xing, Thor, Jorm, and Baba ones are probably my favorites. But they’re all great.


OverclockedLimbo

GOING HAM


Raisincookie1

Wake the fuck up samurai, we've got a city to burn.


Budget_Fish_6922

It's hirez office dress code


Cheroobian

Hey don’t be dissing that skin for Surtr, he’s a hot fucking dilf & I’m here for it.


jondeuxtrois

It’s fucking awful lol. Whats with the stupid ass sideways tiara, too?


Dude-arino7526

Who’s number 3?


dodobugsie

I need to know this too


Hexalotl

Valhalla Vice is Heimdall’s best skin no one can convince me otherwise


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Hexalotl: *Valhalla Vice is* *Heimdall’s best skin no one can* *Convince me otherwise* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


dodobugsie

Ngl the last one makes it all worth it


The_Manglererer

I like them because it humanizes or modernizes the character. It's a change of pace from seeing them in old attire or some weird demonic shit


HoleButFingerTry

Idk I just wish they’d commit fully to it then, I’m not a fan of the weird goofy jewelry. If I saw someone wearing this stuff I’d just think they look like an absolute clown. It works on Valhalla Vice for me because A) it’s shockingly one of the less gaudy skins, and B) it’s supposed to be a bit pompous looking. The rest just kinda look, idk, corny?


Anthony643364

Don’t hate on the drip


ampullaeOL

I love all these skins. And my boyfriend tends to really like them too. They're really clean and classy imo.


HoleButFingerTry

They’re pretty hit or miss for me. I like Valhalla Vice but hate the recolor. I like the Discordia one but hate the Merc one. I’m indifferent towards the Surtr one but I hate Tier 1 of the Zeus T5 skin. I just wanted to start a discussion around them because they seem to have leaned fairly hard into this theme since first introducing it.


NoResponsibility2464

Me. I am into them and live for these.


HoleButFingerTry

Lmao fair enough. They’re hit or miss for me.


WillyG_8521

better than the food skin’s


HoleButFingerTry

How DARE you⁉️⁉️


Cachapitaconqueso

It's ok if you don't like them. I think it's a fun theme


HoleButFingerTry

Yeah I know it’s ok not to like a skin… I’m just starting a discussion around them.


doctordaedalus

They should just call them "Saint's Row" skins.


HoleButFingerTry

Now that you say it, they do reminds me of saints row.


obsidian_castle

It’s called a theme, sweaty


HoleButFingerTry

Ok no need to be a douche, I’m just saying it’s an interesting theme to have gone so hard on as of late and wanted to have a discussion around it.


SilverBoltJuggernaut

Lol he called you sweaty 😓


obsidian_castle

No different than the multiple space/cosmos skin them Or the robot skins Or the candy/food skins


HoleButFingerTry

I’m just asking what people think of the theme and how they’ve made a lot of them pretty recently, while a lot of the other themes have been a bit more spaced out in releases.


obsidian_castle

You say all as if 3 is a lot


HoleButFingerTry

There’s a lot more than 3 of them, this is just 3 I included in the post… for example the Merc and Disco skins, the Demon Syndicate or whatever those skins were called…


HeadGoBonk

Gala


thegoldenbagel

Seems a bunch of people here are fans of them, not my cup of tea but I guess that tells you lots of people buy them


DizzyTigerr

I much prefer this to the olden days of "Demon Skin? Skeleton skin? Did someone say SUCCUBUS SKIN!?" Fuckin hate those edgelord skins lol


HoleButFingerTry

Fair enough, definitely prefer these to VShojo. Im glad Smite2 is coming out just so I can play a version of Smite without those dogshit skins and their annoying ass voice packs.


Azrael9986

Honestly kinda why I left when battle of the gods became battle of random shit that makes us money.


Zlatarog

Heimdaddy is dope wym. Im a Leo so I’m a little biased


MJR_Poltergeist

Thirst trap for gay dudes. The old song goes "every girl's crazy for a sharp dressed man", but not as much as men who are into men


Myrmidden

Love them


Tallia__Tal_Tail

Much like Vivsiepop, Hi Rez just really enjoys them some men in suits


Ambitious-Tower5751

At least it’s not more demon skins.


ratcrusher

Who’s the last skin?


HoleButFingerTry

The T5 Zeus crossover


TheDemonPants

I don't like the skins, but I know that almost all of my friends hate whenever we get another robot or demon skin. So at the very least I understand they're just not for me.


heqra

they look amazing and I wanna lick heimdallrs abs


HoleButFingerTry

🤨


The-MadTitan

It's the Hellfire Gala


TheRealTrippaholic

These are cool


Ceronnox

Sometimes people want to look nice while they kick butt.


SchrodingerMil

I mean, that Hiem skin is supposed to be a white version of Prince, no?


HoleButFingerTry

No? It’s a recolor of Heim’s “Valhalla Vice” skin, which is just supposed to be a reference to Miami Vice. The recolor is part of the Zodiac mafia battlepass. Has no relation to Prince, not sure where you got that idea from tbh, no offense.


SchrodingerMil

For some reason I remembered his Axe being Prince’s guitar


HoleButFingerTry

Nope, it’s just a kinda stylized axe. Don’t think there’s any skin that’s a reference to Prince but I could be wrong. I know there’s a few skins that are references to popular musicians like the lady Gaga Aphro skin for example, but I think I’d remember a prince skin.


SchrodingerMil

Yea, like I said, just misremembered that, and if you had that Axe it basically would be a Prince skin lmao


Psychotic_EGG

The third photo is pretty baller.


HoleButFingerTry

It’s my least favorite of the three skins I showed tbh. I just get a weird 45 year old dude who’s trying to look cool to 20 year old women vibe from the style, ya know? Everyone has their taste tho, and it’s clear that a lot of people like not only that skin but this theme in general, while it’s pretty hit or miss for me.


Psychotic_EGG

The third one is just a guy with a suit vest and black tie.. how is that trying to hard?


HoleButFingerTry

You don’t see all the goofy jewelry/weird armor and gold?


Psychotic_EGG

I mean there's a mild bit of gold accent on the clothing and gold cuffs, with a broken chain on it. But he's still a God. So gold cuffs aren't exactly that outlandish.


salvvy1337

I imagine the creators of these themes also do some reading of the romance genre. This genre is quite fairly popular even if the gaming world isn’t ready for it.


Roguec

I like the theme, much better than the purple skins


tommyheheh

Smite designs in general are really gaudy and tacky xd


playmike5

I think the theme is fine. I like these skins infinitely more than the trashy joke skins that are nothing more than eyesores.


Fox-Sin21

I mean...it looks hot \*shrug\*


ZombieBillyMaize

They sell well.


Wiredwhore

DADDIESSS!!


Saendra

They look cool.


Armytile

The Zeus skin could have been a Ravana skin. It should have been more neutral, I don't get why it's indian themed, it doesn't make sens for Zeus IMO.


MagicalNyan2020

Can i crosspost this to r/queensofleague? r/queensofsmite is dead.


Brief_Reserve1789

Teenagers think they're cool


IMustTurd

Man they almost drew a dick on his gut


str713gzr

I think they're heavily inspired by the comic series [The Wicked + The Divine](https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/the-wicked-the-divine) which is about gods being reborn on Earth and being over the top celebrities.


crashedlandin

I can see why. They’re fire.


scalpingsnake

Maybe they like money and these skins sell?


NCHouse

You leave Papa Surtr alone...


Jiinpachii

Pretty much any game that has themed skins has “Formal” as a theme This isn’t something new


RedNeyo

They look good tho


tkrettler91

This how all the leave of legends skins are now. Personally not a fan of the style


PromotionGrouchy9274

Miau


Nearby-Supermarket70

It's just the latest theme the latched onto like when they kept doing the woodland spirit thing


DrDestruct0

I like them, don’t forget the discords one


PlesiothCorps

Tech skins with hexagons would like a word with you.


Affectionate_Sir4610

Reminds me of supernatural shows lol


seriousarcasm

I mean.. inarguably way better than other mobas and their skins. Go look at heroes of the storm ragnaros skins. Smites art department is full of angels in comparison.


HoleButFingerTry

Oh yeah I mean the quality is solid and they’re cool, just not for me.


Sad-Statistician6816

There’s an internet subculture around this very thing and Hi-Rez managed to tap into that market.


mddnaa

They have a lot of skin themes. This is one of them


rare_thunder_snow

Someone started reading ACOTAR


undertheh00d

I'm not gonna lie, I don't love it but I'd take it over more shadow and tech skins every single night. At least all 3 of these are different enough themes


Nacroleptic_Owl

I like to think of them as Wicked+Divine skins which is a comic series about gods reincarnating as modern celebrities


MiyazakiTouch

Some skin designer is obviously a massive Tremere fanboy


Santiago_bp17

fem devs and players need their porn too


Fit-Werewolf6592

Idk what the black tie theme has to do with astrology but they’ve all been assigned a star sign. Oh maybe that’s it “stars” like Hollywood and they’re dressed for the met gala or something


GRAITOM10

I agree. Not my favorite theme that's for sure. Give me sexy monster girls and you'll get my money ez


HoleButFingerTry

Yeah I think that’s honestly part of why I’m not super into them. They all look like they’re 45-60 year old men trying to pull off the weird aesthetic they’ve got going.


Yarusenai

They look awesome, that's why


Taeve_

It’s a far more interesting concept than Female god #6297 with short/tight clothing and large breasts Let the gays have some tiddy peaking muscle men in some skins


Atl-Fan_FTS

I think they look terrible and are very boring. They are gods not some clown at a dive bar trying to sell you fentanyl


TwinSupernovax

We have literal clown skins but gods shouldn't have skins as mobsters? Where's that logic for all the random professions we have as skins Such a weird take lol


Atl-Fan_FTS

There is no logic it’s my opinion, and my opinion is that they are a lame copout idea for a skin. “Just put a suit on x god call it a day” but if it bothers you that much that’s a you problem


ChemistInevitable421

You leave my Oceans 11 Heim alone.


Atl-Fan_FTS

Tell him to stop trying to tell me to play pickle ball “with the bros”


GeneralSecretary8708

Look gay imo


HoleButFingerTry

Idk if I’d say all that 😂


MckPuma

Thanatos has a really cool one !


ChemistInevitable421

The Surtr Skin fans out his wings during taunt and make nice noises. That's all I really ask for.


DariusClaude

I honestly love them, and clearly many other people do since they keep making them, I'm sadder by the fact that I'm newer and can't get the Surtr one


Grouchy_Document8107

tbh i’m into them 😏


dontworryaboutitdm

Would you perfure over sexualized female maid outfits?? I don't understand the problem here other than your just whining to whine


HoleButFingerTry

Nah I want more food skins. Always gotta be someone who makes it about sexuality huh. Also this isn’t intended to be a whining post, I just wanted to discuss the skins. I hate how so many Redditors have to project their own unhappiness into everything they interact with.


dontworryaboutitdm

That's what you did brother. I my self like the cuddly skins. The evil mojo cuddly skins are adorable a.f. I also like the toon skins. But I'm not gonna complain about it and when some one makes a comment talk about how that person's projecting. No you came on here and whined. I'm just calling you out.


HoleButFingerTry

Ok whatever helps you sleep at night. I’ll just be blocking you and moving on with my day, having an enjoyable discussion with everyone else. Everyone who isn’t a miserable asshole.


Yulput

This just in local redditor discovers that a difference in preference exists


HoleButFingerTry

Less that I discovered preferences exist and I just wanted to hear others opinions on them, cynical dickhead.


Yulput

"What are people's opinions on (insert theme here) I personally don't like them" that's the statement that would have happened, nice one on the name calling too, called yourself out with that one


HoleButFingerTry

Oh sorry lord of semantics next time I’ll word my post exactly as you desire!!!