Tempted to proclaim yourself the best
SMITE player in the world? Unless you are one of these five people, there is now demonstrable evidence that you are not on top. The first World Championship for
SMITE is over, and
the team known as Cognitive Prime has taken home the title and half of the $2.6 million prize pool. Worldwide viewers for the stream over the weekend came out to 78,000 people, which doesn't quite compare to the turnouts at better-known competitive gaming championships like
League of Legends. But
SMITE's prize pool was larger than the pools for any
LoL tournament; in fact, it's the
third largest e-sports prize pool ever, behind
Dota 2's The International tourney's 2013 and 2014 pools.
Coinciding with tournament was the reveal of
SMITE's newest god, Hou Yi, Defender of the Earth. He justifies this lofty title with a variety of ranged attacks, movement tricks, and a high resistance to critical hits. Check him out in action just past the break.
[Thanks to Sorenthaz for the tip!]
