Bastet

Bastet

Assassin · Physical · Melee · Egyptian
Builds and guide for SMITE® 2, patch OB47

Bastet Jungle build

Top players on Bastet Jungle: 56.3% win in 1,601 games, past month (SmiteBrain, Master+ ranked)
Recommended for Conquest, in buy order. For Joust, Assault or a specific enemy team, open it in the tool.
  1. STARTBumba's Hammer
  2. 1Jotunn's Revenge
  3. 2Transcendence
  4. 3Pendulum Blade
  5. 4Barbed Carver
  6. 5The Crusher
  7. 6Heartseeker
Relic: Sundering Arc
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What top players buy

ItemIn buildsWin rate
Jotunn's Revenge96%56.2%
Heartseeker75%59.1%
Barbed Carver61%57.4%
The Crusher58%59.5%
Pendulum Blade53%59.1%
Transcendence37%57.0%

Best matchups

Princess Bari 75%Hercules 72%Baron Samedi 71%Hachiman 69%Nox 68%

Hardest matchups

Gilgamesh 39%Mercury 43%Amaterasu 44%Izanami 44%Artemis 45%
Top-player items, win rates and matchups: SmiteBrain, Master+ ranked, past month.

How to play Bastet

Bastet is a melee assassin from the Egyptian pantheon who deals physical damage. Top players play Bastet in the Jungle.

In your kit, Pounce (leap; return leap) is your way in and out of fights. Ensnaring Claw (line cat root) is your main crowd control. Razor Whip (cone bleed) adds damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Cat Call (spirit cats, sync), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Nightstalker: lifesteal; reveal gods.

Community guides level Razor Whip, Ensnaring Claw and Pounce first. Max Razor Whip first, then Ensnaring Claw, then Pounce.

Your job is to find and defeat a fragile target, usually the enemy mage or hunter. Do not start fights head on: wait for someone to use their escape or step out of position, then strike. In the jungle, clear your camps quickly and help other lanes by ambushing enemies who have used their escape.

Start with Bumba's Hammer, then buy Jotunn's Revenge. Buy it early, because it grows with every kill and assist. Your core is Transcendence and Pendulum Blade, and you finish with Barbed Carver, The Crusher and Heartseeker. A good relic is Sundering Arc. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of the Watchful Pride, it reworks Pounce (leap), Razor Whip (cone bleed, disarm), Ensnaring Claw (line cat stun) and Huntress of Bast. It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Princess Bari, Hercules and Baron Samedi, and struggle against Gilgamesh, Mercury or Amaterasu. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.

Skill order

Levels 1 to 5: Razor Whip, Ensnaring Claw, Pounce, Razor Whip and Cat Call. Max Razor Whip first, then Ensnaring Claw, then Pounce, and put points in Cat Call whenever you can.

Pounce315161819
Razor Whip14679
Ensnaring Claw28101112
Cat Call513141720
From a SmiteFire guide by lestimics, updated 2026-11-03.

Abilities

Ability numbers at max rank: SMITE® 2 by Hi-Rez Studios, patch OB47, via the SMITE 2 Wiki. Descriptions are our own wording.

Community guides

Recent SMITE 2 guides from SmiteFire, best rated first. Where top-player data is thin (off-roles, new gods), their builds also nudge the recommended build.
Jungle guide by lestimics rated 8.7/10 from 12 votes · updated 2026-11-03

Build 1

  1. STARTBluestone Brooch
  2. 1Shifter's Shield
  3. 2Gladiator's Shield
  4. 3Genji's Guard
  5. 4Glorious Pridwen
  6. 5Draconic Scale
Relic: Shell of Rebuke or Purification Beads

Build 2

  1. STARTBluestone Brooch
  2. 1Jotunn's Revenge
  3. 2Pendulum Blade
  4. 3Barbed Carver
  5. 4Titan's Bane
  6. 5Heartseeker
Relic: Blinking Abyss or Purification Beads