Vulcan

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Vulcan

Giant crowd control bot

Vulcan.png
Mobility Ground
Giant Yes
Cost 400
Unlock cost 200
Units 1
HP 37561
Attack 86
Target Ground Only
Attack Interval 0.1s
Splash Damage 15.0m
Burst Damage 86
Max DPS 860
Range 95m
Speed 6m/s
Description
A giant unit that sprays fire over a large area. The bane of all light units.
Values are normalized to the supply cost of the unit to make it easier to compare units.
The Splash Index tries to calculate the effectiveness vs spam by multiply attacks with slash area and a penalty for damage below 350.
Unit Cost

400 - 600

HP Value

62.6 - 93.9

Burst Value

0.1 - 0.2

DPS Value

1.4 - 2.2

Splash Index

36.9

v1.0

Summary

The Vulcan is a giant unit that specializes in destroying large groups of grounded units with powerful AoE damage.

Vulcans are one of the strongest counters to enemy armies that feature a large number of chaff units, and are especially deadly against Crawlers, who will die to the Vulcan's attacks before ever reaching melee range. Vulcans cannot attack air units and struggle to damage units with high HP stats (e.g. Rhinos, Fortresses). Although a Vulcan takes a long time to kill durable units, a Vulcan with increased damage (veterancy, items, or the Scorching Flames damage upgrade) has enough damage to effectively kill more durable units with multiple models such as Steel Balls or Sledgehammers that would normally be able to withstand a Vulcan's attacks.

The Vulcan's tech upgrades focus on improving its ability to deal damage and absorbing damage for other units, similarly to the Fortress. The Vulcan has good synergy with units with high damage per shot such as Marksmen because Vulcans can easily clear chaff units that would otherwise interfere with their targeting, while allowing the supporting units to freely attack single targets the Vulcan would struggle to kill on its own. If the player has upgraded their Marksmen, running Vulcans with the Best Partner upgrade can be a strong unit combination. The Vulcan's Incendiary Bombs are one of the few ways to damage units shielded by deployable shields or the Fortress' Barrier - the Vulcan will shoot bombs in front of the shielded units, and they will take damage when they walk over the flames.

Tech Upgrades

Icon Name Cost Description
Ignite.png
Ignite 200 Attacks ignite the target unit. Ignited units lose 6% HP per second for 2s
RangeEnhancement.png
Range Enhancement 300 Increases attack range by 40m
Range 135
IncendiaryBomb.png
Incendiary Bomb 300 Launches a barrage of Incendiary Bombs every 16s to ignite the ground beneath the enemy's feet. Incendiary Bombs have a max range of 180m and a minimum range of 40m
Missiles can be intercepted, burn for 15s
ScorchingFlames.png
Scorching Flames 250 Increases Vulcan's ATK by 125%
Attack 194
ShootingSquad.png
Best Partner 200 At the beginning of the combat, summon 1 Marksman at the same level as Vulcan to fight with you
StickyOilBomb.png
Sticky Oil Bomb 250 Fire every 16 seconds to launch a sticky bomb with a deceleration effect to distant enemies. Sticky Oil Bombs have a max range of 180m and a minimum range of 40m
Missiles can be intercepted
ArmorEnhancement.png
Armor Enhancement 200 HP is increased by 35% and 60 damage is blocked when attacked. The damage blocking effect increases by 60 with each level
HP 50707

Update Notes

0.7.40
  • HP reduced from 38851 to 36909.
0.7.34
  • ATK reduced from 87 to 81.
0.7.31
  • ATK adjusted from 88 to 87.
0.7.30
  • Attack adjusted from 90 to 88.
  • The splash damage range adjusted from 10m to 12m.
  • Rotate speed increased from 50 degrees/second to 60 degrees/second.
0.7.25
  • HP adjusted from 35242 to 37005.
  • Attack adjusted from 88 to 90.
  • The experience required for leveling up have been adjusted from 2200 to 2000.
0.7.20
  • Attack adjusted from 89 to 88
  • [Best Partner] price adjusted from 150 to 200
0.7.17
  • Range adjusted from 100 to 95, attack adjusted from 85 to 89, HP adjusted from 35961 to 35242
  • [Sticky Oil Bomb]: Price adjusted from 300 to 250
  • [Armor Enhancement]: HP bonus adjusted from 30% to 35%
0.7.13
  • The EXP required to level up Vulcan have been adjusted from 1600 to 2200.
0.7.12
  • Vulcan's attack adjusted from 86 to 85.
0.7.9
  • HP adjusted from 37073 to 35960 (-3%)
0.7.8
  • Vulcan's attack adjusted from 88 to 86.
  • Weakened [Extended range Vulcan] card, the effect is adjusted to: Vulcan's range increased by 20m, attack power increased by 50%, but HP decreased by 35%.
0.7.7
  • Vulcan's attack power reverted from 90 to 88
0.7.6
  • HP increased by 3%.
  • Increase attack by 5%.
0.6.176
  • Best Partner Tech price 100 -> 150; Scorching Flames Tech price 300 -> 250.
  • Changed Armor Enhancement
  • Decresed HP from 37829 -> 35938
0.6.175
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