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Smite 1 Tier List 2026 — Every God Ranked by Class

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This tier list is built from data, not opinion. It ranks all 129 gods playable in Smite 1 ranked by two numbers measured over 214,929 ranked Conquest matches since patch 12.1: how often the god wins, and how often players pick or ban it. Each number becomes a percentile against the rest of the roster, and the average of the two decides the tier. Where a popular 2026 editorial tier list disagrees, the god’s note says so.

Smite 1 will not shuffle this list. Patch 12.1 “Laughs of the Past” went live on 23 January 2025 with a hard reset of all three ranked modes, and it was the last balance update the game received: in October 2024 Hi-Rez had already said it would concentrate on Smite 2 and leave Smite 1 only light updates. Every match counted here was played on the same balance, and there is no next patch to wait for.

Hover a god to see the measured win rate and pick + ban rate. SPLIT counts gods whose two numbers disagree by more than half the roster: a high win rate on a god nobody picks, or a heavily banned god that loses. Gods marked ✦ are rated Easy by Hi-Rez itself; 31 of the 129 carry it, and four of them are S-tier. Morgan Le Fay is missing on purpose: Hi-Rez pulled her from ranked queues in August 2024, and she has not played a ranked match on this patch.

Mage owns both ends of the board. Eight of the fifteen S-tier gods are mages, and so are nine of the fourteen in D. Guardian holds the single best score, Cabrakan’s 0.99, banned in 55.7% of matches. Assassin has the highest class average, 0.54, but only two S picks. Hunter has the lowest, 0.47, behind a clear pair of Skadi and Xbalanque. Warrior is the only class with no S and no D at all: twenty gods between 0.68 and 0.24.

GUARDIAN TIER LIST

S
CabrakanCabrakanGebGebXing TianXing Tian
A
KuzenboKuzenbo✦AresAres✦YmirYmir✦KumbhakarnaKumbhakarna✦JormungandrJormungandr
B
SobekSobek✦SylvanusSylvanusArtioArtioKhepriKhepriAthenaAthena✦CthulhuCthulhuFafnirFafnirTerraTerraBacchusBacchusBake KujiraBake KujiraGaneshaGaneshaCerberusCerberus✦
C
CharonCharonMauiMauiAtlasAtlas✦
D
YemojaYemoja
S-TIER3/24AVG SCORE0.52SPLIT6/24
// META READ
DOMINATES

Guardian holds the single highest score on the board: Cabrakan at 0.99, banned in 55.7% of ranked matches and still winning 54.8% of the 20,504 he plays. The other two S-tier guardians are a long way behind him in the draft: Geb 0.85 and Xing Tian 0.80 are picked or banned in 20.02% and 16.74% of matches, against Cabrakan’s 65.24%. The 0.14 between Cabrakan and Geb is the widest gap inside any S tier.

THE MIDDLE

Seventeen guardians fill A and B between 0.69 and 0.43. Kuzenbo 0.69, Ares 0.68, Ymir 0.62 and Kumbhakarna 0.61 are all rated Easy by Hi-Rez, and Ymir is picked in 14.2% of matches, more than any other guardian. Athena 0.50 is the split of the class: banned in 14.9% of matches, second only to Cabrakan, on a 47.72% win rate, spread 0.75. Terra 0.48 runs the other way, with 51.78% wins on 4.77% presence.

LEFT BEHIND

Four guardians sit below B. Charon 0.29, Maui 0.26 and Atlas 0.24 all win between 49.08% and 49.65%; what sinks them is presence under 5.4% of matches. Yemoja 0.04 is the floor of the class, 46.17% over 6,364 games, and the 0.20 drop from Atlas to her is the widest gap between neighbours here.

HOW IT FEELS

One god, then everyone else: Cabrakan sits 0.14 clear of the next guardian and is banned in more than half of all ranked games. Past him, twelve B-tier guardians fit inside 0.14, the largest B tier of any class.

WARRIOR TIER LIST

A
SurtrSurtrShivaShivaSun WukongSun WukongOdinOdin✦NikeNike✦
B
AmaterasuAmaterasuChaacChaacGuan YuGuan YuCu ChulainnCu ChulainnHorusHorusMulanMulanErlang ShenErlang ShenHerculesHercules✦
C
AchillesAchillesVamanaVamanaOsirisOsirisTyrTyrGilgameshGilgameshBellonaBellonaKing ArthurKing Arthur
S-TIER0/20AVG SCORE0.48SPLIT6/20
// META READ
DOMINATES

Warrior is the only class with no S-tier god: its best, Surtr at 0.68, is outscored by 26 gods from other classes. He is also the most present warrior, picked or banned in 16.03% of matches. Shiva 0.67 is the best-winning, at 53.16%, and Sun Wukong 0.67 the steadier of the pair, spread 0.13 against Shiva’s 0.54.

THE MIDDLE

Odin 0.64 and Nike 0.63 close the A band, both rated Easy by Hi-Rez; Nike’s 53.09% is the third-best warrior win rate. Eight warriors fill B between 0.59 and 0.41. Amaterasu 0.59 and Guan Yu 0.52 win 53.13% and 52.11% on under 7% presence, while Hercules 0.41, also rated Easy, is picked in 11.25% of matches at 47.35%.

LEFT BEHIND

Seven warriors sit in C and none in D, the only class with an empty bottom tier. Achilles 0.39 is still banned in 6.5% of matches on a 47.68% win rate. King Arthur 0.24 closes the class with 45.54%, the lowest warrior win rate, over 12,925 games.

HOW IT FEELS

The flattest class in Smite: all twenty warriors fit between 0.68 and 0.24, and no two neighbours are more than 0.07 apart. Nothing here is a must-ban, and nothing is a throw.

ASSASSIN TIER LIST

S
RavanaRavanaLokiLoki✦
A
ArachneArachneSusanoSusanoHun BatzHun Batz✦MercuryMercuryBastetBastet✦LancelotLancelot
B
Ne ZhaNe ZhaKaliKaliAwilixAwilixThorThorFenrirFenrirPelePeleCamazotzCamazotzCliodhnaCliodhnaThanatosThanatosRatatoskrRatatoskr✦SerqetSerqet
C
TsukuyomiTsukuyomiBakasuraBakasura✦Da JiDa JiNemesisNemesis
D
SetSet
S-TIER2/24AVG SCORE0.54SPLIT6/24
// META READ
DOMINATES

Ravana 0.93 leads the class on a 52.64% win rate and 30.79% presence. Loki 0.81 is the other S: banned in 18% of matches, more than any other assassin, while his win rate is a modest 50.67%. The 0.12 between them is the widest gap in the class.

THE MIDDLE

Seventeen assassins fill A and B between 0.75 and 0.43. Arachne and Susano tie at 0.75, each banned in 14.1% of matches; Hun Batz and Mercury tie at 0.68, Mercury on the better win rate, 52.14%. The B band holds the disputes: Thanatos 0.45 is banned in 15.1% of matches despite the lowest win rate in ranked, 45.06%, and Fenrir 0.52 is the most-picked assassin, at 15.42%, while winning 48.39%.

LEFT BEHIND

Five assassins fall below B. Tsukuyomi 0.38, Bakasura 0.34, Da Ji 0.31 and Nemesis 0.29 all win between 48.52% and 49.45%. Set 0.18 is the only D: picked or banned in 2.95% of matches, the lowest presence of any assassin.

HOW IT FEELS

The highest class average on the board, 0.54 across 24 gods, but only two of them reach S; seventeen of the rest sit between 0.75 and 0.43. Below Ravana and Loki, comfort on a god matters more than its tier.

MAGE TIER LIST

S
HadesHades✦Maman BrigitteMaman BrigitteZhong KuiZhong Kui✦Nu WaNu Wa✦HeraHeraRaRaAphroditeAphroditeChronosChronos
A
EsetEsetHe BoHe Bo✦Ao KuangAo KuangAh PuchAh PuchAgniAgniDiscordiaDiscordiaRaijinRaijinPoseidonPoseidon✦
B
ZeusZeusJanusJanusVulcanVulcanAnubisAnubis✦TiamatTiamat
C
Baron SamediBaron SamediIx ChelIx ChelOlorunOlorunScyllaScylla✦Chang'eChang'eThothThothKukulkanKukulkan✦
D
SolSolYu HuangYu HuangNoxNoxThe MorriganThe MorriganFreyaFreyaMerlinMerlinHelHelBaba YagaBaba YagaPersephonePersephone
S-TIER8/37AVG SCORE0.49SPLIT2/37
// META READ
DOMINATES

Mage owns S: eight of the fifteen S-tier gods are mages. Hades 0.98 has the highest win rate in the game, 55.45%, and Maman Brigitte 0.96 is banned in 38% of matches, second only to Cabrakan. Nu Wa 0.92 is the most-picked god in ranked, at 19.44%, and Ra 0.86 is picked in 18.67%. Zhong Kui 0.93, Hera 0.86, Aphrodite 0.85 and Chronos 0.80 complete the eight.

THE MIDDLE

Eight mages hold A. Eset 0.77 has the second-highest win rate in the game, 55.26%, and He Bo 0.77 wins 53.24%; both stay out of S on presence near 12%. Ao Kuang 0.75 is the reverse, banned in 25.5% of matches on 49.93% wins. B is the thinnest band of the class, five names, and it holds Janus 0.51: in 34.14% of matches as a pick or ban, winning 45.97%, the widest split of all 129.

LEFT BEHIND

Sixteen mages sit in C and D, nine in D alone, more than every other class combined. Merlin 0.09 and Kukulkan 0.21 post the second- and third-lowest win rates in the game, 45.16% and 45.38%. Baba Yaga 0.04 is the least-seen god in ranked, in 2.23% of matches, and Persephone 0.04 shares the floor of the class with her.

HOW IT FEELS

The most polarised class: eight S and nine D among 37 mages, so the pick matters more here than anywhere. Win rate and presence also agree most often on mages; only two of the 37 are split.

HUNTER TIER LIST

S
SkadiSkadiXbalanqueXbalanque
A
AnhurAnhurArtemisArtemisDanzaburouDanzaburou
B
CharybdisCharybdisApolloApollo✦UllrUllrChernobogChernobogCupidCupid✦RamaRamaHou YiHou YiHeimdallrHeimdallrNeithNeith✦MedusaMedusa✦
C
IzanamiIzanamiMartichorasMartichorasCernunnosCernunnosIshtarIshtarHachimanHachiman✦ChironChiron✦
D
NutNutJing WeiJing Wei✦Ah Muzen CabAh Muzen Cab
S-TIER2/24AVG SCORE0.47SPLIT3/24
// META READ
DOMINATES

Two hunters make S, 0.01 apart: Skadi 0.91 with the best hunter win rate, 54.01%, and Xbalanque 0.90, nerfed in 12.1 yet picked in 15.82% of matches at 53.23%. Behind them is a 0.14 drop to Anhur 0.76, the widest gap in the class.

THE MIDDLE

Anhur 0.76, Artemis 0.70 and Danzaburou 0.62 are the whole A band. Ten hunters fill B between 0.59 and 0.44, and they include the two biggest splits of the class: Chernobog 0.54 wins 53.66%, the fifth-best rate in the game, on 4.71% presence, while Neith 0.45 is the most-played hunter, picked in 18.98% of matches, at 47.11%.

LEFT BEHIND

Nine hunters fall below B. Six sit in C between 0.38 and 0.26, where Martichoras 0.31 wins 50.18% but appears in 3.34% of matches. The three in D, Nut 0.19, Jing Wei 0.16 and Ah Muzen Cab 0.13, all win under 49%.

HOW IT FEELS

The lowest class average on the board, 0.47. Two hunters are clearly ahead; below the 0.14 drop, thirteen fit between 0.76 and 0.44.

✦ = RATED EASY BY HI-REZ · SPLIT = WIN RATE AND PICK+BAN RATE DISAGREE BY MORE THAN 0.50 · HOVER A GOD FOR STATS · RANKED CONQUEST, ALL RANKS, PATCH 12.1 ONWARD · DATA: SMITE-MASTER.COM, 28 SEP 2026

How we ranked (methodology)

The data is a snapshot of smite-master.com taken on 28 September 2026: ranked Conquest, all ranks, every match since patch 12.1, collected from Hi-Rez’s match data. For each god we take the win rate and the pick + ban rate (the share of matches in which the god was picked or banned), turn each into a percentile against all 129 gods, and average the two into a score from 0 to 1. S starts at 0.80, A at 0.60, B at 0.40, C at 0.20, and D is everything below. The result is 15 S, 27 A, 46 B, 27 C and 14 D.

Why two numbers: win rate alone flatters niche gods played mostly by their mains, and pick + ban rate alone measures fear, not results. A god has to do well on both to reach S. When the two disagree strongly (a spread above 0.50, true of 23 gods), the god counts as SPLIT instead of being quietly averaged away. The smallest sample is Baba Yaga’s 3,933 games; every other god has more.

We then checked the data against a popular editorial Smite 1 tier list, last updated in May 2026. Only 30 of the 123 gods it ranks land in the same tier here, and 56 sit two or more tiers apart. It rates Hades, Nu Wa, Skadi and Xing Tian C, all S by the data, and puts Yemoja, Set and Merlin in S or S+, all D here. The comparison shows up in the god notes; it does not change any score.

Who is the best god in Smite 1 in 2026?

By score, Cabrakan at 0.99: banned in 55.7% of ranked matches, the only god kept out of more than half of them, and still winning 54.8% when he gets through, even after a nerf in 12.1. Hades 0.98 has the highest win rate of all, 55.45%, and Maman Brigitte 0.96 is banned in 38% of matches. Ravana and Zhong Kui, tied at 0.93, complete the top five. The best god of each class: Cabrakan, Surtr, Ravana, Hades and Skadi.

Which gods are banned the most?

Cabrakan is banned in 55.7% of ranked matches, far ahead of Maman Brigitte at 38% and Ao Kuang at 25.5%. Hades (21.1%), Zhong Kui (18.3%) and Loki (18%) complete the top six. A ban is not a verdict, though: Thanatos is banned in 15.1% of matches while posting the lowest win rate in ranked, 45.06%, and Janus is picked or banned in 34.14% of matches on 45.97% wins.

Underrated gods: high win rate, rarely picked

These gods win well above average but rarely come up in the draft. Chernobog wins 53.66%, the fifth-best rate in the game, yet appears in only 4.71% of matches. Eset has the second-highest win rate of all, 55.26%, at 11.67% presence. Amaterasu (53.13%), Guan Yu (52.11%) and Terra (51.78%) all win above 51% while appearing in under 7% of matches, and Nike wins 53.09% at 7.74%.

Best gods for beginners in 2026

Start with the gods Hi-Rez itself rates Easy, marked ✦ in the list. Four of them are S-tier: Hades, Zhong Kui, Nu Wa and Loki. In A, He Bo wins 53.24% and Nike 53.09%, and Kuzenbo, Ares and Ymir are all A-tier guardians. Easy does not mean strong, though: Kukulkan wins 45.38% and Jing Wei sits in D, so the tier still matters.

FAQ

Will this tier list go out of date?

Not unless Hi-Rez patches Smite 1 again. Patch 12.1 in January 2025 was the last balance update; since October 2024 Hi-Rez has concentrated on Smite 2 and given Smite 1 only light updates. The numbers can drift slightly as more ranked games are played, but the balance behind them no longer changes.

Who is the best god in Smite 1 in 2026?

Cabrakan, with a score of 0.99: he is banned in 55.7% of ranked matches and still wins 54.8% when picked. Hades has the highest win rate of any god, 55.45%, and Maman Brigitte, Ravana and Zhong Kui complete the top five.

Does this tier list apply to Smite 2?

No. Smite 2 is a separate game on a different engine, with its own items, balance and patches every few weeks. Every number here comes from Smite 1 ranked Conquest on patch 12.1.

Why is Morgan Le Fay missing?

Hi-Rez disabled her in ranked queues in August 2024 while investigating an issue, and she has not played a ranked match on patch 12.1, so there is no data to rank her by. She is still playable in casual modes.

Where does the data come from?

From smite-master.com, which collects Smite 1 ranked Conquest results from Hi-Rez’s match data: 214,929 matches since patch 12.1, in a snapshot taken on 28 September 2026. God classes and the Easy rating come from the official Smite wiki.

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