Here is how I suggest we get the tiering system done for
SMITE. Yay or Nay this if you find a response acceptable.
I suggest we make the pages and scale them to their lore pages, a closer look pages if available for characters, the comics which are a prequel to the game, and we use the quotes and interactions. Pretty much all sources available to us to use. This also includes official press information from the game developers social media accounts. I also believe that using at least the Cosmic skins quotes availabe should help us to scale appropiately/as close as possible, as many of the characters that do have cosmic skins state that they have never experienced so much power, with the cosmic skin power that they've obtained they are either are the center of the universe or are the universe, they have infinite power, and they are able to command both time and space as well as being cosmically aware of events within the universe. Also when releasing at least Olorun (I haven't found any information yet on the other cosmic skins) they used a
quote that he uses in game so I do think that the cosmic skins do have merit to the characters and their voicelines can be used as is.
We should also try to use a key guide. From what I've been researching and reading, the gods are all giants in their true forms at least 20 feet in height (link shows Xbalanque, Ra, Zeus, and Odin). The comic did also say that the gods come from a higher plane of existence compared to the mortal plane.
I also suggest looking at the
timeline for the SMITE verse to verify ratings as I have been discovering that Ares is pretty high on the tier list just from his feats in the timeline with him beating Ra sensless (a being close to his father Zeus) and killing Chaac, God of Rain with his own weather/rain manipulating axe. And to the person who's been asking about Ragnarok Hades is canon to the lore/timeline so if you wanted to make a key for him on his page you could given that it gets approved.... We also find out pretty early in the timeline that Zeus is
t even dead just in the Underworld and thats one of the reasons Olorun even showed up in the first place to rescue him and the other gods there (but still take his seat upon that throne).
Starting with the highest tiers and ending with the lowest tiers and the justification as to why I think they should be placed at such a tier:
1. Multiversal not Low Multiversal (as on the tiering system page that means Universal+ and we know that
SMITE has infinite timelines and numerous universes) Tier 2-C to 2-B for Olorun, Ruler of the Heavens. The New King of the Gods and an a
ll-encompassing symbol of divinity and creation according to his
a closer look page, is a
God of Gods, and King of the Gods. According to his a closer look page we know the following: 1. He doesn't have the weakness of needing followers to maintain his powers like the other gods. 2. He is the creator of the universe and has another manifistation that is the creator of the universe. There is no differentiation between Olorun being the creator of the universe and him being at full power to create the universe. He and his tripartite aspect Olodumare both create universe(s) but he is the ruling aspect. 3. Upon his arrival in the timeline lore he radiated so much power Hera felt that even Zeus would be humbled by it.
" Long have I been content to simply bear witness." His voice was like the soft growl of distant thunder. He radiated a power greater than any she had ever felt. Even Zeus would have found himself humbled before such a being as this). 4. He as time and space manipulative powers as he exclaims when using his ultimate that both time and space are within his domain. He also can read the essences/minds of the gods according to a statement he made to Baron Samedi while he and Baron were talking to each other in the Underworld (
"I do not have to imagine. I can read their hearts as easily you might read a mortal's soul." ). For his Infinite Ruler Skin I would peg that at Tier 2-B to 2-A since due to the quote from him
"I see all in every universe and even I can not stop myself!" (Olorun) with this quote being directed to himself and from his
promotional material stating his reign is over all so this should include everything/everyone within the SMITE lore.
2. I say for all are primordial characters like Chronos, Chernobog, Terra, Nox, Ymir and the others we put them at 3-A for a low end to Low 2-C or 2-C for a high end based upon "However, the Official SMITE Magazine in one of its storylines confirms the existence of countless timelines, with the character of Chronos being narrated as being the same in all of the numerous timelines having shaped creation before said numerous universes even existed, making SMITE a verse that comfortably sits in the Multiverse Tier" which is on the SMITE page for this wiki. It has been stated in this thread that Chronos isn't even participating in the war between the gods and in the lore for Chernobog we know he actively kills his worshippers indicating that at least these two do not need the worship that the God-kings and their pantheon so desperately require. Also according to the lore for many of the greek and roman characters (especially Discordia) their pantheons are essentially one and the same so with Terra's
lore that her children the Titans were born with more supreme power than her and her husband Ouranos, and then the Gods defeating the Titans we should assume that the Gods should be ranked higher than the 4-A that they currently reside at. Now is this not to say that all of the primoridals are necessarily equal to Chronos. This is just a suggestion. And as we see with Ymir in the SMITE verse he has made a return to the living and seeks revenge against Odin and his kin primordials can't truly be killed (even stated in his lore).
3. As for the God-Kings I suggest making them all 4-C or 4-B as a low end to either 3-B or Low 3-A possible high end.. They all scale to each other as being roughly equal in power and ability. Zeus makes constellations, Odin fashioned the Earth, Sky, Seas, Amaterasu and Ra are both gods/goddesses of the Sun. I put them in the possible high range of 3-B to 3-A because of the lore for Terra stating that her children the Titans were stronger than the primordials but were defeated by the gods. Even though the gods had to gang up on the Titans, Jupiter/Zeus had kill Cronus by himself to release his swallowed brethren and then they waged the titanomancy. Even Khepri is stated to be strong enough to move the sun within his
lore.
4. For the Pantheon tops like brothers and sisters and sons and daughters I'd suggest 4-C to 3-A depending on the feats. Ares in the Comics beat up Ra an rough equilivant to his father Zeus and
killed Chaac with his
own weapo. Loki with Zeus Thunderbolt fought against Neith, Athena, and Hermes all together and managed to kill Hermes, faught and easily be Hel, and fought against Thor and his army.
5. For everyone else I can only sugges somewhere between 4-B to 3-A depending upon their lore and skins, especially the cosmic skins. Many of these gods can contend with and even beat the pantheon tops and god-kings without any powerups and amps. Ao Kuang, Loki, and Hel managed to tag-team and kill Zeus and these are not pantheon heads. And the characters that do gain cosmic skins (Agni, Hercules, Anubis, Sol, Chernobog, Nox, Khepri, Medusa, Ah Puch, Sun Wukong, and others) have quoted that they have access to unlimited power or infinite power and that they've never experienced so much power. Others state that they are either the center of the universe or are the very universe. Agni and Anubis both state they have universal power and that they can rule the universe.
Again this is only a suggestion so take it with a grain of salt. Make better suggestions or compremises that help move the discussion along.