Vulcan

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 at all, and struggle to damage units with high HP stats (e.g. Rhinos, Fortresses). A Vulcan stuck targeting a durable single unit will be unable to target chaff until that unit is dead, which may limit its horde-clearing potential. However, a level 2 or 3 Vulcan (or a Vulcan with 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.

Vulcan

Giant crowd control bot

Mobility	Ground
Giant	Yes
Cost	400
Unlock cost	200
Units	1
HP	36054
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	60.1 - 90.1
Burst Value	0.1 - 0.2
DPS Value	1.4 - 2.2
Splash Index	36.9

v1.0

Tech Upgrades

Icon	Name	Cost	Description
	Ignite	200	Attacks ignite the target unit. Ignited units lose 6% HP per second for 2s
	Range Enhancement	300	Increases attack range by 40m Range 135
	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
	Scorching Flames	250	Increases Vulcan's ATK by 125% Attack 194
	Best Partner	150	At the beginning of the combat, summon 1 Marksman at the same level as Vulcan to fight with you
	Sticky Oil Bomb	300	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
	Armor Enhancement	200	HP is increased by 30% and 60 damage is blocked when attacked. The damage blocking effect increases by 60 with each level HP 46870

Update Notes

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 Page created