Read moreI think it will be defined per god. Intelligence makes Chaac tanky because it buffs his Rain, and his Rain abilities are what makes Chaac tanky.
But when they talked about Cern. They implied Intelligence was used to make his abilities do more damage.
So case by case feels likely. I think we will see gods fall into one of 4 categories.
I am a Strength Scaling God, Strength makes me do more damage. The end. This is probably most AA Hunters and Face Roll Warriors.
I am an Intelligence Scaling God, Intelligence makes me do more damage. The end. This is probably most Mages.
I am a Hybrid God, Strength and Intelligence make different parts of my kit do more damage. Maybe Strength favors Autos and Intelligence favors abilities. This may be Ability Hunters and AA Mages.
I am a weirdo. Strength or Intelligence makes me do more damage. But the stat that doesn't boost my damage instead gives me somet...
This is all largely correct. Gods would have a primary stat that care about, and this determines most of their scaling, very similarly to Smite 1. Strength additionally is generally associated with how to make a gods Basics deal the most damage.
However, these can be used to scale different things, and some abilities may favor one scaling type over another if the god is Hybrid. Chaac's ult hits hardest with Intelligence, and he gains bonus Healing and Protections from his 2 in our current testing; so intelligence is used for a variety of things on him.
Each god will be a case by case basis on if and how they leverage having 2 potential scaling stats.