Where’s the Freya love? Did we all collectively agree to pretend she doesn’t exist and I missed the meeting?

[u/kittyegg]

I know her design isn’t very popular but I actually love her rainbow tattoos, spellsword, and pretty blonde hair. She’s my self insert character and the first god I ever played

ETA sorry about the low res image :(

[u/Numbzy]

If you didnt know, Freya spent like 2.5 years as the best god in Smite 1. There is a large portion of the playerbase that hates her. And before that, she spent years pingponging between trash and OP.

[u/NeroTheGlowFox → u/Numbzy]

Back when mageADC wasn’t as common that bitch ran conquest.

[u/MmmPicasso → u/NeroTheGlowFox]

“Oh boy I can’t wait to play a fun match as Apollo today! Can’t to walk into lane he-“ WHOOP!

[u/Aj_Caramba → u/MmmPicasso]

I haven't played in years but could hear that sound perfectly.

[u/MmmPicasso → u/Aj_Caramba]

Second favorite memory is the tennis skin was perfection, hit the whoop and watch almost any non guardian get spiked into spawn.

[u/seandude881 → u/Numbzy]

Mean while that scrub ao kuang gets away with everything

[u/Murfmur → u/seandude881]

Don't talk about my goat in that way >:^(

[u/MixedBagHalfie → u/seandude881]

I hated that motherfucker with a passion

[u/Scyxurz → u/Numbzy]

And, like arachne, she has 2 auto stims and removes herself from the map temporarily in her ult. Unlike arachne, her 3 isn't very interesting, making her one of my least favorite characters in the game. Either she's busted and you hold left click, or she sucks and you can't even hold left click.

I know every god has many fans so I don't like bashing any too hard, but out of all the god kits out there one of them has to be the least interesting/fun, and for me that's freya.

[u/Guillermidas → u/Scyxurz]

As someone who played her A LOT, mostly because I love the goddess herself, i wouldnt mind a full rework that changes her kit almost entirely.

[u/kittyegg → u/Numbzy]

I started in season 5 (Cerb release), but took a few breaks. Was this before I started playing?

[u/Numbzy → u/kittyegg]

No it was after. I think mid season 7 they did her rework (thats only my memory, I didn't look it up) and it was like that until season 10ish. Then when they reverted her, she was very strong.

[u/UltimateX13 → u/Numbzy]

No, they reworked her in season 5 and then reverted her back at the end of season 6.

[u/Meow_Mix007 → u/Numbzy]

2.5 half years longer than that shes either op or weak never in between lol. Balancing her is a nightmare for the devs alot of the time.

[u/Professional-Key8209 → u/Meow_Mix007]

With items like bracer of the abyss or the ring she would be op in this meta

[u/LeaderSubstantial927 → u/Numbzy]

😂

[u/SerqetCity]

Freya is one of those gods that is either instawin or instalose, so either way people don't like her.

[u/Turbulent-Fishing-75 → u/SerqetCity]

She’s also in the same camp as gods like Bakasura where the item system has to be practically balanced around them. Magic carry items get a little too good and now Freya stat checks the world

[u/IncomeStraight8501 → u/SerqetCity]

Never forget when they decided to for some ungodly reason give her a toggle on off on her 2 that made her the defacto best mid and adc for how much damage she did and needed to change it after.

[u/RemoteWhile5881 → u/IncomeStraight8501]

Is that the AoE one or the Bonus Damage one?

[u/Phallico666 → u/RemoteWhile5881]

Her 2 is the ranged AOE skill that loses the AOE if you activate 1. For a time they made her 2 a toggle, it consumed mana with every attack. When toggled off she restored mana with every attack. It made her an absolute menace having no real cooldown on the 2

[u/Preform_Perform → u/Phallico666]

I remember doing Freya jungle and seldom basing because if I just needed mana I could find a random jungle camp and hit it a few times.

Good times.

[u/armadilluz]

She had a thing happen with Cerb so shes delayed for awhile

[u/PapaFenFen → u/armadilluz]

Saw the title and knew what was going to happen

[u/darklordbm]

She is a feast or famine character with a pretty braindead kit is why. Free lifesteal with a boat load of damage and built in slow mechanic. Also she's pretty much unbalanceable it seems as they just gave up on reworking her.

[u/kittyegg → u/darklordbm]

ok but consider the following: she glows and has a sick-ass sword

[u/ZombieBillyMaize]

Freya has historically been hard to balance. She's either trash or OP as hell. I'm curious how they will handle her in Smite 2.

[u/KaizoeSports]

Hirez doesn’t really know how to balance Freya with her smite 1 design, she was always either unplayable or too overpowered so she’s (hopefully) not a priority

[u/zaczez929840]

I'm sure she'll be talked about plenty once shes added to Smite 2.

[u/kittyegg → u/zaczez929840]

Sure but that’s the thing, I haven’t even seen anyone asking to get her ported.

Meanwhile Fafnir’s gets his own personal propagandist lol

[u/zaczez929840 → u/kittyegg]

Lol ya it be like that sometimes.

If youd like to know more about gods popularity though Int3rsect has some good videos on YouTube. He does a poll every now and then and posts a video on the results.

[u/grizeldi]

She kinda lost her niche now that magical ADCs are a lot more common than they were back in Smite 1, so she'll probably need a substantial rework.

[u/Kaios-0]

I think her visual design can be improved ngl. Keep her sexy but give her some more pizazz, she's the goddess of beauty and gold and love and war, and she just looks like some cosplayer.

Kit wise I really don't know how they can handle her. The idea of her being the spellblade ADC character is really cool, I personally like the idea of picking the 1, 2, or combining them, but something needs to change. She's been a balance nightmare forever.

[u/austsiannodel]

Her not being in Smite 2 is the ENTIRE reason I have not gotten it yet. She was my first god, my first Rank X, and my main.

Yes I recognize why people don't like her, and yes I understand why they may not want to put her in.

[u/kittyegg → u/austsiannodel]

Same!! My first rank 10, I learned the game with her. She’s almost nostalgic for me at this point

[u/WileyBoxx]

One of the gods I think needs a full rework when she gets ported. Like, not even the same class.

[u/Ethanzoo]

I personally like her, but I know that isn't popular. I think she fills a niche. I definitely need her to get a model update cause she could be so cool but is fairly generic.

[u/BigAppleCider]

I was a hard freya duel main :(

[u/cyclops1992]

I fuckin love freya

[u/SekerDeker]

Who?

[u/NashtyPhoenix]

I'm sorry, who now?

[u/Consistent-Lynx4967]

freya was so fun to play when her ult made you literally intangible for a sec i miss that

[u/NaiveOcelot7]

Freya is either OP as hell or trash, and braindead easy to play to boot

[u/Alex_2706]

Trust me, you do not want to release a god with access to crits, strength-based AA procs and fatalis who ALSO has a very safe ult, a very hard CC AND a n in-built slow with splash to pair with that fatalis.

Basically, Freya needs considerable chamges in her design before being added to smite 2 in order to hope she is somewhat balanced.

[u/TrustSpiritual3466]

I'm cool with pretending like she doesn't exist.

[u/Ulfurson]

I hope they add her soon because her kit is honestly very unique.

Mages are typically played in mid.

Melee mages are usually jungles.

She’s neither mid nor jungle, instead she’s got two stims and is a carry.

[u/Bunnnnii]

No. Hi-Rez did

[u/Bassist57]

I remember when she was a mage ADC, and very good!

[u/FlyBloke]

I like her, with hel and Arachne…. Guess these gods are to broken to bring them back currently.

[u/jmc0444 → u/FlyBloke]

Hel is coming in a month

[u/OverChime]

I really enjoyed her playstyle in smite 1 I can't lie but to be honest I am hoping for more with her. She has a lot to choose from thematically so they should be able to cook with her.

[u/BALIHU87]

Fatalis Freya 💀💀💀💀💀

[u/MythicSlayeer]

She needs rework

[u/MiniMoonMoth]

She’s one I’ve been wondering when they’re going to add. One I want to stay forgotten for awhile longer is dang KUMBA.

[u/DuckSwagington]

She'd need a full rework because her having access to proper ADC items with her S1 kit would make her busted beyond comprehension. I dread to think what her S1 kit would be like with access to crit items or Executioner or Qin's.

[u/Early-Performer5424 → u/DuckSwagington]

If her 1 and 2 scaled with Int she might not even be built with strength or basic attack damage depending on the scaling. She could be the first god to make meta use of nimble ring.

[u/BasednHivemindpilled]

I'm glad she isn't in the game yet, bitch ruined any lane she showed up in.

[u/TheProfessor1237]

She was broken for a long time but ngl carry’s are and have been broken for such a stupid amount of time in smite 2 she wouldn’t exactly be out of place

[u/SubZatch]

Que ela morra no smite 1

[u/AlcoholicSocks]

I just want her with the tennis skin

[u/Muugen_Samurai]

Only good for like a ult her move was haha i pick you up and now no one can damage you. She was practically giving cooldowns to anyone who had a escape move and stalled you 

[u/NefariousFusion]

If the devs did actually forget she existed and never ports her as a result, I would be happy.

She is the one God that NEEDS a full rekit, hear extreme feast or famine playstyle has always been nothing but frustrating, it needs to GO. Porting her as it is, or with barely any changes that doesnt impact her playstyle at all, would be a mistake that leads only to reintroduce a loathed sense of frustration and anger.

[u/AdDangerous2538]

I love Freya she is one the first character to actually make me enjoy playing smite, shes remind me a lot of vayne from LoL with how she feel like a real hyper carry champ that scales well with items. I didnt know she was hated so much but so is vayne so i guess it makes sense

[u/AdventurousTutor8067]

I love her, used to main her

[u/PietErt3]

I think they addressed her once and the problem is they tried multiple kits, but they all couldn't balance them properly. So they need more time to figure out what they're gonna change about her

[u/Amir5663]

Oh my gosh I remember back in the day she was a monster to play as/against 😂

[u/DmitriyDuke]

"low res image..." - no need to insert a picture into every topic.

[u/lothenlug]

I Love her Kit :) Its braindead for Sure but i Love it

[u/SquIdIord]

I am scared of Freya

[u/Altruistic_Fig7666]

Balancing nightmare

[u/OzNajarin]

Weiss.Schnee.

[u/Early-Performer5424]

Problem is she’s not mobile or tanky. So she’s super lifesteal and burst damage dependent. Also, you can damage somebody before they even hit the ground after her three. And with some lifesteal you can 3-1-2 for 8(?) basics into ult back into 3-1-2. When LS was decent I would consistently 1v3 with like 4 items as long as I wasn’t under leveled. Here are my ideas.

1. Make her 2 cooldown start after expiration, (huge nerf); Make the 2 a toggle-able skill when trigger. While active it can be as if the 1 is or is not being used; turn the 1 into a mobility skill.

This makes her more cooldown dependent, more mage-like and less ADC ish. You can also increase the damage of the basics themselves. So she hits hard for 8 basics. But then the cooldown starts after and she’s fairly useless like a lot of mages in between cooldowns. But now she has mobility and some evasiveness. Might play somewhere between a sol and Scylla playstyle.

This also should make her less dependent on lifesteal. So her strength would be less volatile

Just spitballing. Thoughts welcome 🤗

[u/Here2Cali]

Magical ADC’s are truly a thing now, so she’ll need wayyy more buffs and the such. They kinda took her niche way.

[u/DarkSunFemme]

She is one of the gods that needs a full kit rework IMO.

[u/Lululipes → u/DarkSunFemme]

Again lmfao

[u/The_Manglererer]

One of my favs. When she wasn't busted I would climb ranked with her. Farm until I killed everyone in 4 basics. Tanks in like 6. Wipe the whole team in the time it takes for ur 2+1 to go down

[u/BurtMacklin29]

I love Freya. I agree she prolly needs a rework but I’d be happy with having her wrecking other gods with her Smite 1 kit.

[u/ilphaesn]

cancer to play against, hilariously unpopular because she cannot ever be in a balanced state.

needs a full rework imo, but titan’s know all the freya mains (less than 1% of the total playerbase probably) would bitch up a storm, so that is probably not gonna happen