# SMITE Laughs of the Past | 12.1 Update Notes

- Product: SMITE (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/smite)
- Vendor: Titan Forge Games
- Date: 2025-02-04
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/386360/view/505067472486928130
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/smite/releases/2025-02-04-laughs-of-the-past-12.1-update-notes

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- **changed** — All 3 ranked modes are now Hard Reset with routine Soft Resets planned throughout the year
- **changed** — Duality increased Passive Damage from 25% to 30%
- **changed** — Hydra's Lament increased Physical Power from 30 to 40
- **changed** — Rage increased Passive Physical Power per stack from 3 to 5
- **changed** — Spear of Desolation decreased Cost from 2350 to 2300 and increased Passive Ultimate Cooldown Reduction from 6s to 10s
- **changed** — Spear of the Magus decreased Cost from 2400 to 2300
- **changed** — Typhon's Fang increased Passive Magical Power from Lifesteal from 1.5x to 1.75x
- **changed** — Dawnbringer now always grants 10% increased Protections and Movement Speed, with stacking potential increased per enemy god capped at two times
- **changed** — Breastplate of Regrowth increased Passive Physical Power from 15 to 20 and Passive Duration from 4s to 5s
- **changed** — Absolution decreased Cost from 2250 to 2150 and increased Health from 250 to 300
- **changed** — Tablet of Destinies decreased Max Stacks from 70 to 60
- **changed** — Erlang Shen's Spot Weakness increased Duration from 5s to 6s
- **changed** — Erlang Shen's Pin reduced Cooldown from 16s to 16/15.5/15/14.5/14
- **changed** — Guan Yu's Conviction increased Boosted Healing amount from 1.7x to 2x
- **changed** — Guan Yu's Taolu Assault increased Protection Buff and Debuff Durations from 5s to 6s
- **changed** — Osiris's Fragmented increased Attack Speed from 30% to 40%
- **changed** — Osiris's Lord of the Afterlife increased Negative CDR from 20% to 40%
- **changed** — Baba Yaga's Home Sweet Home decreased Cooldown from 90s to 90/85/80/75/70s
- **changed** — Tiamat's Primordial Onslaught increased Damage Scaling from 35% to 40%

##### Game Modes

- **Ranked**

- All 3 ranked modes are now Hard Reset. We are planning to do routine Soft Resets throughout the year. Keep an eye on patch notes for updates!

##### Items

- **Buffs**

- Duality

- Increased Passive Damage from 25% to 30%

- Hydra’s Lament

- Increased Physical Power from 30 to 40

- Rage

- Increased Passive Physical Power per stack from 3 to 5

- Spear of Desolation

- Decreased Cost from 2350 to 2300

- Increased Passive Ultimate Cooldown Reduction from 6s to 10s

- Spear of the Magus

- Decreased Cost from 2400 to 2300

- Typhon’s Fang

- Increased Passive Magical Power from Lifesteal from 1.5x to 1.75x

- Dawnbringer

- Now always grants 10% increased Protections and Movement Speed, with the potential of increasing per enemy god now only stacking up to two times.

- Breastplate of Regrowth

- Increased Passive Physical Power from 15 to 20

- Increased Passive Duration from 4s to 5s

- Absolution

- Decreased Cost from 2250 to 2150

- Increased Health from 250 to 300

- **Nerf**

- Tablet of Destinies

- Decreased Max Stacks from 70 to 60

##### Gods

##### Buffs

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- Erlang Shen

- Spot Weakness

- Duration increased from 5s to 6s

- Pin

- Reduced Cooldown from 16s to 16/15.5/15/14.5/14

- Guan Yu

- Conviction

- Boosted Healing amount increased from 1.7x to 2x

- Taolu Assault

- Protection Buff and Debuff Durations increased from 5s to 6s

- Osiris

- Fragmented

- Attack Speed increased from 30% to 40%

- Lord of the Afterlife

- Negative CDR increased from 20% to 40%

- Baba Yaga

- Home Sweet Home

- Decreased Cooldown from 90s to 90/85/80/75/70s

- Tiamat

- Primordial Onslaught

- Increased Damage Scaling from 35% to 40%

- Outburst

- Increased Damage from 50/80/110/140/170 to 50/85/120/155/190

- Grounding Dive

- Increased Damage from 40/80/120/160/200 to 65/105/145/185/225

- Freya

- General

- Increased Base Attack Speed from 0.95 to 1

- Pulse

- Increased Bonus Damage from 20/30/40/50/60 to 25/35/45/55/65

- Martichoras

- Acid Rain

- Increased Trail Damage Scaling from 10% to 12%

- Poisoned Barb

- Increased Explosion Damage from 30/65/100/135/170 to 35/75/115/155/195

- Artio

- Decompose

- Increased Protection Debuff from 3% per Stack to 4% per Stack

- Increased Max Stacks from 4 to 5

- Ganesha

- Turn of Fate (Revert)

- Increased Max Stacks from 4 to 5

- Ohm (Revert)

- Decreased self Slow from 25% to 15%

- Susano

- Gathering Storm

- Increased Bonus Damage Scaling from 30% to 35%

- Storm Kata

- Damage Scaling increased from 50% to 55%

- Typhoon

- Decreased Cooldown from 100s to 90s

- Serqet

- Catalyst

- 2 Poison Damage Scaling increased from 70% to 85% Physical Power

- 3 Poison Damage Scaling increased from 100% to 115% Physical Power

##### Nerfs

- Cabrakan

- Refraction Shield

- Increased Cooldown from 10s at all ranks to 12/11.5/11/10.5/10s

- Tremors (Revert)

- Decreased Damage from 20/30/40/50/60 + 40% to 18/28/38/48/58 + 35%

- Tectonic Shift

- Increased Cooldown from 75s to 80s

- Awilix

- Feather Step

- Decreased Damage from 50/85/120/155/190 to 45/80/115/150/185

- Gravity Surge

- Increased Cooldown from 80/75/70/65/60s to 90/85/80/75/70s

- Xbalanque

- Poison Darts

- Increased Cooldown from 14s to 15s

- Decreased Damage Scaling per Dart from 40% to 35%

- Poseidon

- Whirlpool

- Increased Cooldown from 15/14/13/12/11s to 15/14.5/14/13.5/13s

- Release the Kraken!

- Increased Cooldown from 90s to 100s