He Bo

He Bo
Summary
Title:	God of the Yellow River
Pantheon:	Chinese
Type:	Ranged,Magical
Class:	Mage
Pros:	Medium Crowd Control, High Area Damage
Difficulty:	Easy
Release date:	May 31, 2012
Favor:	5,500
Gems:	200
Voicelines:	He Bo voicelines
Voice actor:	Christopher Sabat
Stats
Health:	425 (+75)
Mana:	298 (+56)
Speed:	360 (+0)
Range:	55 (+0)
Attack/Sec:	0.86 (+0.9%)
Basic Attack
Damage:	34 (+ 1.45); + 20% of Magical Power
Progression:	None
Protection
Physical:	9 (+2.6)
Magical:	23 (+1.3)
Regen
HP5:	6 (+0.45)
MP5:	4.9 (+0.4)
*Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level

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"Draw bouts of water in succession to drown your enemies in crushing waves."

He Bo is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore[]

As God of the Yellow River, He-Bo tamed the massive and turbulent waters with humility and sacrifice. Now, the forces of the great river are at his command!

Throughout history, no river has been the source of more nourishment or more destruction than China's Yellow River. Its basin valley was the cradle that birthed Chinese civilization, feeding fields with water and millions of tons of collected sediments, which give the river its yellow hue. The river is also treacherous and prone to flooding, destroying shoreline settlements and drowning thousands.

Long ago, Feng Yi, a mortal man living along the riverside, watched in dismay as a storm stirred the waters and gorged the banks. It would not be long before the mighty river consumed his village. Both humble and wise, Feng Yi tied rocks to his belt before casting himself into the waters. This act of sacrifice did more than appease the angry river, it promoted Feng Yi to Godhood over it. Thus, he became He Bo.

Much time passed, and He Bo grew proud of his great river, so proud that he declared the Yellow River the biggest body of water anywhere. A passerby asked if He Bo had seen the North Sea, but He Bo dismissed the comment, for heavy rains were falling and the river was roaring and full. As time wore on, thought of the North Sea tickled his mind, so he made the journey. There, the Dragon King of the Northern Sea warmly met him. Viewing the endless expanse of water, He Bo was humbled and returned to his River wiser.

For He Bo, there are no greater virtues than wisdom and humility. With the force of the Yellow River at his command, He Bo will remind his enemies what it means to be humble.

Abilities[]

Passive - Steady Flow

	Each time He Bo uses an ability, he gains the Steady Flow buff which increases his Magical Power. The timer refreshes when another ability is used.		Notes: Provides up to 15% Magical Power.
Magical Power Buff: 5%		Duration: 5s
Max Stacks: 3		Ability Type: Buff




Ability Video

1st Ability - Water Cannon

	He Bo fires a short burst of water from his hands, damaging all enemies in front of him. Lane Minions and Jungle Camps take an extra 20% damage.		Notes: Deals 100/150/204/258/312 (+100% of your Magical Power) damage to lane and jungle minions.
Damage: 80/125/170/215/260 (+80% of your Magical Power)		Ability Type: Cone, Damage
Range: 35		Cost: 40/45/50/55/60 mana
Cooldown: 4 seconds



Ability Video

2nd Ability - Atlas of the Yellow River

	He Bo unfurls his scroll in a line, releasing the flood waters. Allies on the water are immune to Slows and move faster, while enemies are Slowed.		Notes: The scroll on He Bo's back will disappear while active.
Slow Debuff: 20/25/30/35/40%		Speed Buff: 20/25/30/35/40%
Lifetime: 7s		Ability Type: Line, Buff
Range: 80		Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana
Cooldown: 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 seconds


Ability Video

3rd Ability - Waterspout

	He Bo calls forth a geyser, causing it to burst out with tremendous force at his target location, damaging enemies while knocking them into the air.		Notes: Can move freely in all directions while deploying this ability.
Damage: 70/120/170/220/270 (+60% of your Magical Power)		Ability Type: Circle, Knockup, Damage
Range/Radius: 55/10		Cost: 65/70/75/80/85 mana
Cooldown: 10 seconds



Ability Video

Ultimate - Crushing Wave

	He Bo transforms into a wave and crashes forward, damaging all enemies in his path.		Notes: He Bo is untargetable and immune to crowd control while channeling this ability. He Bo can only hit each enemy once during the ability.
Damage: 370/450/530/610/690 (+115% of your Magical Power)		Ability Type: Line, Damage
Range: 55		Cost: 100 mana
Cooldown: 90 seconds



Ability Video

Videos[]

God Reveal[]

Achievements[]

	Killer Wave As He Bo kill three or more enemy Gods with a single crushing wave.

	So Steady As He Bo have full stacks on Steady Flow for over 30 seconds.

Trivia[]

General[]

He Bo and (Release)Sun Wukong were the first chinese gods in the game.
He Bo was one of the 9 playable gods in the Alpha build of SMITE's first presentation to the public at PAX Prime 2011.
He Bo was one of the 17 playable gods in SMITE closed Beta.
In November of 2013 He Bo received a remodel, changing his Default, Cascade, and Mastery skins. These skins had their 3D model, animations, and voice pack changed while the He Bro skin preserved its original animations.
He Bo was voiced by the famous voice actor Christopher Sabat, known for his role as the voice of Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z.

He also has voiced Anhur, Royal Champion Mount, Fenrir, Chompy Chibi Fenrir, DJ Ohm Ganesha, Geb, Moonlight Love Chang'e's bunny, Countess Chang'e's bunny, Spellbound Chang'e's bunny, Zeus and Zappy Chibi Zeus.

One of He Bo's jokes, ▶️"Rolling on the river. Row, row, row your boat. I do not like these songs.", is a reference to the songs Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival and the nursery rhyme Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
One of He Bo's taunts, ▶️"The glass is half empty, but it floats on the mighty river." is a reference to the common expression Is the glass half empty or half full?.
He Bo's dance emote is based on the 1960's dance fad, "The Swim".

God Skins[]

He Bro

This skin was also voiced by Christopher Sabat.
One of this skin's jokes, ▶️"Right it's just like.. Dude, you got the best Barrels ever dude. Just like, you pull in and you just get spit right out of 'em. You just drop in, just smack the lip. Baam! You jump down. Say blaah! Then after that, you just drop in. You just ride the Barrel and get pitted man. So pitted." is a slightly altered version of an interview of a Surfer Dude that spawned an internet meme.
This skin shares its theme with Sun Kissed Amaterasu, Beach Babe Aphrodite, Wave Rider Awilix, Bae Watch Cu Chulainn, Sandcastle Slasher Da Ji, Life's a Beach Geb, Hunkules Hercules, Pool Party Jing Wei, Chef's Special Khepri, Danger Noodle Kukulkan, Summer Fun Medusa, Summer Eclipse Morgan Le Fay, Challenger/Ace Nu Wa, Heatwave Pele, Poolseidon/Coolseidon Poseidon, Land Shark Sobek, SPF 666 The Morrigan and Coral Coast Yemoja.

Rocky Road

In the full artwork of this skin's card art, Sweet Tooth Sol and Belly Ache Ymir are visible in the background.
This skin shares its theme with Baked Perfection Awilix, Feaster Bunny Bakasura, Chaacolate Chaac, Confectionary Khepri, Gummy Worm Medusa, Sweet Justice Nemesis, Playful Bunny Nu Wa, Sweet Tooth/Sweetie Pie Sol, Thanatoast Thanatos and Belly Ache Ymir.

Infinity Wave

This skin was also voiced by Christopher Sabat.
One of this skin's death quotes, ▶️"You can't take.. the sky from me..", is a reference to the theme music from the TV show Firefly.
One of this skin's taunts, ▶️"Why so Sirius?", is both a pun and a reference to a quote made by The Joker from the movie The Dark Knight.
One of this skin's jokes, ▶️"Infinite cosmic power... itty, bitty texture space.", is a reference to a quote made by the Genie from Disney's Aladdin.
This skin shares its theme with Gemini Agni, Cosmic Power Anubis, Galactic Void Chernobog, Cosmic Fortune Ganesha, Cosmic Conqueror Hercules, Nebula Medusa, Cosmic Conjurer Merlin, Galaxy Maverick Ne Zha, Galaxy Shaper Nox, Cosmic Sol, Cosmic Executioner Thanatos, Galaxy Forger Vulcan and Galactic Gentleman Yu Huang.

The Sydney Shredder

This skin was released to commemorate the creation of the oceanic servers.
This skin uses He Bro's rig.
This skin shares its theme with Crikeydile Sobek.

Lord of the Amazon

This skin could have been slightly based on the myth of Cobra Norato.
Both this skin and Quetzakukulkan Kukulkan were originally granted to players who migrated their LevelUp Brazil account to the International version.
This skin is, currently, the only skin whose default voice is in Brazilian Portuguese instead of English.
This skin shares its theme with Amazon Athena.

Pixel Rush

The original concept art for this skin was created by Joseph Pegg.

He also made the original concept arts for The Crusher Cabrakan, Draco Knight Tyr and Grove Keeper Xing Tian and was hired to make the concepts of Blight Guardian Athena, Star Commander Bellona, Storm Tech Chaac, Blood Axe Chaac, Oni Musha Hachiman, Cyber Samurai Hachiman, Seraph Horus, Sylvan Sentinel Hou Yi, Blinky Chibi Janus, Chilling Death Odin, Spectral Blade Pele, Freedom Overload Poseidon, Unichrome Set and Brimstone Demon Thor.

This skin shares its theme with Bit Blaster Apollo, Bit Battler Ares, Pixel Beast Cernunnos, Pixel Chaos Discordia, Pixel Buster Freya, Bit Fortune Ganesha, Pixel Lancer Skadi, Pixel Hammer Thor, Bit Slayer Tsukuyomi and Bit Builder Vulcan.

Molten

The actor who voiced this skin, Nazeeh Tarsha, also voiced Rez in the SWC Champion skin, Gilgamesh, Fun-pocalypse Hachiman, Howler Demon Hun Batz, Lost Soul King Arthur, Kittykarna Kumbhakarna and Critical.DMG Ne Zha.
This skin shares its theme with Volcanic Agni, Molten Destroyer Cthulhu, Molten Shogun Erlang Shen, Molten Doom Kuzenbo and Igneous Terra.

Toxic Tide

The actor who voiced this skin, Cory Yee, also voiced Spell Chanter Apollo, Oni Guardian Ares, Iroh Bacchus, Splinter Hachiman, Malworm Jormungandr, Crimson Authority King Arthur and Yu Huang.
This skin shares its theme with Toxic Overload Achilles, Necro Fumes Agni, Half-life Baron Samedi, Detoxify Maui, Caustic Skies Nu Wa, Meltdown Sol, Necro Alchemist Vulcan, Toxic Current Yemoja and Nuclear Winter Ymir.
There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, you can hear it here: Toxic Tide Announcer pack

Skins[]

Default
	Release Date	May 31, 2012
	Type	Standard
	Cost	Free
	Requirements
	Voicelines	He Bo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Cascade
	Release Date	May 31, 2012
	Type	Standard
	Cost	100 or 9500
	Requirements
	Voicelines	He Bo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

He Bro
	Release Date	May 1, 2013
	Type	Standard
	Cost	600
	Requirements
	Voicelines	He Bro voicelines
	In Game Model

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

Rocky Road
	Release Date	April 21, 2020
	Type	Standard
	Cost	750
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Rocky Road He Bo 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, or via direct purchase. This skin was part of the Grim Omens event.

Infinity Wave
	Release Date	October 1, 2014
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Infinity Wave He Bo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Odyssey 2015 event. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

The Sydney Shredder
	Release Date	October 15, 2014
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Nepal Earthquake Relief Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	The Sydney Shredder He Bo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained by redeeming a PAX Aus 2014 skin code or as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Lord of the Amazon
	Release Date	August 16, 2016
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (International Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Lord of the Amazon He Bo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was originally granted to players who migrated their LevelUp Brazil account to the International version. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Pixel Rush
	Release Date	October 24, 2017
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	500
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Pixel Rush He Bo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Odyssey 2018 event. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Molten
	Release Date	August 6, 2018
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Polynesian Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Molten He Bo voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Divine Uprising event. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Toxic Tide
	Release Date	September 21, 2021
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	400 (Toxic Tide Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Toxic Tide He Bo 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	July 10, 2013
	Type	Standard
	Cost	200 or 9500
	Requirements	God Rank 1
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Legendary
	Release Date	July 10, 2013
	Type	Standard
	Cost	300 or 12500
	Requirements	God Rank 5
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Diamond
	Release Date	August 19, 2014
	Type	Standard
	Cost	400 or 15000
	Requirements	God Rank 10
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Changelog[]

SMITE Version 11.9.8127.3 (September 19, 2024)

General

Increased Base Health from 400 to 425
Increased Health per level from 71 to 75

Atlas of the Yellow River

Decreased Cooldown from 14s to 14/13.5/13/12.5/12s

SMITE Version 11.2.7915.4 (February 20, 2024)

Water Cannon

Increased Damage to minions from 15% to 20%
Decreased Mana cost from 40/50/60/70/80 to 40/45/50/55/60

SMITE Version 10.10.7739.5 (September 26, 2023)

Atlas of the Yellow River

Increased Cooldown from 12s to 14s

SMITE Version 10.9.7702.7 (September 12, 2023)

Water Cannon

Increased Cooldown from 3s to 4s

SMITE Version 10.2.7456.4 (February 21, 2023)

Waterspout

Decreased Base Damage from 80/130/180/230/280 to 70/120/170/220/270
Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 65% to 60%

SMITE Version 9.12.7365.1 (December 13, 2022)

General

Increase Base Movement Speed from 355 to 360
Increased Base HP Per Level from 70 to 75

Water Cannon

Both Lane Minions and Jungle Camps take an extra +15% damage from this ability

SMITE Version 9.4.7059.9 (May 3, 2022)

Steady Flow

Decreased Magical Power Buff per stack from 5% to 4%

(Decreased Total Magical Power % buff from 15% to 12%)

Crushing Wave

Decreased Base Damage from 370/450/530/610/690 to 350/430/510/590/670
Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 115% to 105%

SMITE Version 9.3.7020.3 (March 22, 2022)

Waterspout

Removed the self root on He Bo while firing this ability
Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 75% to 65%

SMITE Version 8.7.6665.1 (July 13, 2021)

Water Cannon

Increased Base Damage from 60/110/160/210/260 to 80/125/170/215/260

SMITE Version 7.10.6230.4 (October 20, 2020)

Water Cannon

Decreased damage from 70/120/170/220/270 to 60/110/160/210/260

Atlas of the Yellow River

Decreased Slow from 25/30/35/40/45% to 20/25/30/35/40%
Decreased Movement Speed Buff from 25/30/35/40/45% to 20/25/30/35/40%

SMITE Version 7.5.6039 (May 19, 2020)

General

The Sydney Shredder and He Bro skins have been re-enabled. Fixed an issue where some of their abilities had no hit box.

SMITE Version 6.7.5510.3 (June 25, 2019)

Water Cannon

Decreased damage from 70/125/180/235/290 to 70/120/170/220/270.

Atlas of the Yellow River

Decreased Movement Speed and Slow from 30/35/40/45/50% to 25/30/35/40/45%.

SMITE Version 5.10.4812 (June 12, 2018)

General

Increase Base HP from 365 to 400.
Decrease HP per level from 68 to 67.

Water Cannon

Decreased damage from 90/140/190/240/290 to 70/125/180/235/290.

SMITE Version 5.4.4654 (March 13, 2018)

Atlas of the Yellow River

Increased cooldown from 10s to 12s.

Waterspout

Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 85% to 75%.

SMITE Version 5.1.4571.1 (January 30, 2018)

General

Now all mages have magic prot scalings of .9 per level.
Increased Movement Speed from 350 to 355.

SMITE Version 4.12.4165.1 (July 5, 2017)

Water Cannon

Decreased Post-Fire time to match animation.
The time from when Water Cannon is cast to when He Bo can cast another Ability has been cut in half.

SMITE Version 3.10.3438 (June 7, 2016)

Waterspout

Mana cost reduce from ~~70/80/90/100/110~~ → 65/70/75/80/85.

SMITE Version 3.7.3369 (April 26, 2016)

Atlas of the Yellow River

Increased slow debuff from ~~20/25/30/35/40%~~ → 30/35/40/45/50%.
Increased speed buff from ~~20/25/30/35/40%~~ → 30/35/40/45/50%.

SMITE Version 2.15.3014 (October 6, 2015)

Atlas of the Yellow River

He Bo and his allies are now immune to Slow effects while on the River.

SMITE Version 2.5.2721 (April 28, 2015)

General

Fixed Denton showing off to the right on He Bro and Sydney Shredder during Defeat.

SMITE Version 2.1.2598.1 (February 25, 2015)

Steady Flow

Updated tooltip to be more general.

SMITE Version 1.0.2298.3 (September 10, 2014)

Water Cannon

Base damage reduced from 90/145/200/255/310 to 90/140/190/240/290.

Waterspout

This ability no longer slows when it knocks up enemies.

SMITE Version 1.0.2247 (August 5, 2014)

Atlas of the Yellow River

No longer able to jump over part of the scroll.

SMITE Version 1.0.2215.6 (July 15, 2014)

General

Cascade Skin now properly has CC Immune glow.

Steady Flow

Magical Power bonus reduced from 7% to 5% per stack.

SMITE Version 1.0.2151.3 (May 28, 2014)

Steady Flow

Corrected a tooltip error with his magic power percentage.

SMITE Version 1.0.2125 (May 6, 2014)

Crushing Wave

Fixed an issue where sometimes damage wasn’t being dealt.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1968 (February 6, 2014)

Atlas of the Yellow River

Recovery time reduced from 0.26 to 0.1.

Waterspout

Recovery time reduced from 0.4 to 0.1.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1948 (January 29, 2014)

Steady Flow

Reduced Magical Power buff per stack from 10% to 7%.

Water Cannon

Reduced magical power scaling from 90% to 80%.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1918.2 (January 8, 2014)

Waterspout

Animation has changed.
This ability can now be placed inside of walls.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1887 (December 18, 2013)

General

Modest changes have been made to He Bo's 3D Model in order to better reflect the artist's vision for the character.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 (November 20, 2013)

General

Modified Default Voice Recordings.
Removed the two water spout animations during recall to avoid confusing players.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1838.1 (November 13, 2013)

General

He Bo’s model, FX, animations and 2D Art have undergone a significant makeover, in order to better fit his mythology and legend.
As part of this change, the “Flood Waters” ability has been renamed to “Atlas of the Yellow River”.
The Cascade skin has also been remade as part of this change.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1738 (September 18, 2013)

General

New Ground Targeters.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1640 (July 23, 2013)

General

Basic attacks changed from physical to deal 35 (+25% of your magical power) magical damage.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1490 (May 1, 2013)

General

FX have been improved for looks and performance.

Steady Flow

The amount of magical power increased after using an ability has been increased from 5% to 10%.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1467 (April 17, 2013)

General

The starting health has been increased from 340 to 365.
The health gained per level has been increased from 64 to 68.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1459 (April 11, 2013)

Flood Waters

The flood waters now give allies the movement speed increase as well as himself.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1349 (February 13, 2013)

Flood Waters

Speed buff/debuff is 20/25/30/35/40%.

Waterspout

Slow by 25% for 2s at all ranks.

SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1272.2 (January 1, 2013)

Waterspout

Magical power contribution has been reduced:

Old - 100%
New - 85%

SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1148 (November 2, 2012)

Crushing Wave

This no longer ignores deployables / obstructions.

SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1069.0 (September 19, 2012)

Crushing Wave

Aegis now cancels the ultimate and also consumes the cooldown.
This no longer goes through deployable walls.

SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1018.0 (August 17, 2012)

Water Cannon

FX changed to better indicate the length of the attack.

SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.997 (August 3, 2012)

Steady Flow

Magical power increase for each ability used has been reduced from 10% to 5%.

Water Cannon

Base damage reduced from 100/160/220/280/340 to 90/145/200/255/310.
Decreased the magical power contribution from 100% to 90%.

Waterspout

Reduced the amount of time He Bo is rooted while firing this ability to give him more mobility.

Crushing Wave

Base damage reduced from 400/480/560/640/720 to 370/450/530/610/690.
Decreased the magical power contribution from 130% to 115%.

SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.920.0 (June 15, 2012)

Water Cannon

Increased the base damage per rank from 80/130/180/230/280 to 100/160/220/280/340.