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I thought he had reach in front of him, not 50 degrees to his right
All Basic Attacks on every melee god is a frontal cone. If we have a longer range it will increase the size to the left and right that you can hit.
Awilix has a similar "hitbox" type interaction. Through SMITEs history we found that giving this leeway on Basics makes them feel more responsive and correct most of the time, versus the alternative.
(Fun note, I actually broke this on a god during development to where it would work more like what is "expected" and wow, it was awful.)
AJ went more into detail here : https://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/evbynl/season_7_melee_autos_wider_than_intended_tried/ffutzq9/?context=3