Hex Mambo

 is a team participating in the Smite Pro League. The team is owned and operated by Hi-Rez Studios.

History
Hex Mambo was created by Hi-rez in 2022 to promote SCC branding. The team roster was chosen due to qualification in the SCC Play-ins tournament. The original roster consisted of Itori, Dzoni, Zyrhoes, Trixtank, and Echrome.

2022 Season
Hex Mambo had a great year in the SCC. The original roster of Itori, Dzoni, Zyrhoes, Trixtank, and Echrome looked like a promising one. However promising it was, after losing their first game of the year against the Highland Ravens, Itori would no longer be on the team and Deathwalker would take his place. It would take a bit for Hex Mambo to show dominance in EU SCC, as they ended the spring phase with 3 wins and 2 losses. Coming into the Spring Masters tournament, Hex Mambo would do well but ultimately fall against NA SCC teams Eldritch Hounds and Kaolin Wardens. The Summer phase was when everything started to take shape for Hex Mambo. The team would end the phase undefeated, no one would take a single set from them. Their closest competition was a tie between the Highland Ravens and Aaru Scorpions at a 60% win rate in EU SCC and the Eldritch Hounds in NA SCC with a 100% win rate. While strong and having a lot of star power, no one expected what came next. Come Summer Masters, the team would announce the Trixtank could not play on LAN and so Rottwen would sub for him. Dzoni would also not be able to travel but instead would play on ping from his country of Serbia. Their first match would be against the Solar Scarabs, who had been humiliated last tournament by an SCC team and had a roster crisis with their top player leaving. The team would still lose to the Scarabs in a 0-2 set, and they would have to fight their way through the loser's bracket. The team would 2-0 Xibalba Storm and have a chance for a rematch against the Solar Scarabs. The team would beat the Scarabs 2-1, while Deathwalker performed a play that would later be awarded as the Play of the Year. The team would face the Jade Dragons and lose 1-2 in a competitive set. The team had made a splash in Summer Masters and did better than anyone could have expected concerning their circumstance. As the fall season came, nothing had changed from the Summer season. Hex Mambo was still dominating EU SCC, with the only thing to note was Deathwalker's brief comp ban which resulted in Zyrhoes moving solo and Sap7 subbing mid. This only affect one set and it was a set against the Highland Ravens that resulted in a 2-1 victory for Hex Mambo. The EU SCC Road to Worlds was the same as well. This was the last stretch for Hex Mambo, as after this they would face the best of the best in SCC and the bottom SPL teams. Hex Mambo dominated the tournament and was ready for their next challenge. Their first game during the Smite World Championship Day 1 Tournament would be against the Solar Scarabs. Once again, Hex Mambo won the set 2-1. Their next opponent would be the Oni Warriors, who had been having an inconsistent season. Hex Mambo would 3-1 the Oni Warriors, and guarantee themselves a seat in the table that was the Smite World Championship. As the SPL teams were picking their opponents, Hex Mambo was picked last. They were defaulted to face the Olympus Bolts in the quarterfinals. Hex Mambo was a team that wanted to see how far they could get. The Olympus Bolts were a struggling team that wanted to prove their worth. In the end, the Olympus Bolts wanted it more and so Hex Mambo lost in a 0-2 set. The team, while losing in the quarterfinals, had a great year.

2023 Season
Post-SWC, Hex Mambo would fracture. Everyone had left, with Dzoni being the only one to carry the Hex Mambo name. Julio, Angry, Cozyx, and Spudio would join in solo, mid, support, and ADC respectively. Unfortunately for the team, on April 14th Angry would be banned due to inappropriate and homophobic language. The team would pick up Hawkk in his stead. Just as in their 2022 iteration, the team would dominate EU SCC. Throughout playing five sets, the team only lost one and it was against the Solar Scarabs. Their performance showed that they were still one of the teams to beat, and this was shown during the Summer Masters Tournament. Throughout the SCC portion of Summer Masters, the team would climb up the ranks and defeat four SCC teams in 2-0 sets. The team passed the barrier from SCC and was now in SPL territory. Their first SPL opponent would be the Gilded Gladiators, who were the spiritual successors of Season 9 Solar Scarabs. The first game was great from Mambo, and while the second one was rough, the Gladiators were still in no position to win. Hex Mambo had once again beaten an SPL team, this time in a 2-0. The team was rewarded with their next opponent being the Oni Warriors. The team, being by far the best in the league, was a tough opponent. Hex Mambo fought hard and almost won game 1. After the Oni Warriors positioned horribly and decided to save a teammate, Hex Mambo managed to get a quadra kill on the Warriors. They rushed Titan and were it not for the poor positioning of their backline, they would have won. If any backliner had been inside the Titan room instead of in the outer edges, the game would have guaranteed been over. However, this didn't happen and Hex Mambo ended up losing 0-2. In the end, the team once again joined the conversion of great teams. A couple of days after their defeat, Hawkk released a tweet stating that he's hungry for the SPL, and would be willing to move for opportunities. As of now, the fall season has not started.