Smite

We picked up Smite in 2014 when Hi-Rez was still proving that you could make a MOBA with a completely different perspective. Just one hour streamed, but 710 average viewers and an 833-viewer peak meant people showed up for this one. Third-person combat felt radically different from the top-down camera lock everyone was used to. Spells had spatial awareness, positioning mattered tactically in new ways, and watching someone land a perfectly-aimed Poseidon ult felt visceral in a way League and Dota never quite achieved. That peak tells you the community was hungry for MOBA variety.