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Smite God: Vulcan

Choose a Build: Conquest Mid / Solo Lane

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Vulcan Build

Core Items

Shoes of the Magi

Obsidian Shard

Rod of Tahuti

More Power

Bancroft's Talon

Soul Reaver

Doom Orb

Chronos' Pendant

Book of Thoth

Warlock's Staff

Situational Items

Breastplate of Valor

Void Stone

Ethereal Staff

Divine Ruin

Viable Actives

Aegis Amulet (Old)

Purification Beads (Old)

Girdle of Inner Power

Combat Blink

Heavenly Wings

Vulcan's Skill Order

Backfire

1 X

2 4 6 7 10

Inferno Cannon

2 A

1 15 16 18 19

Magma Bomb

3 B

3 8 11 12 14

Earthshaker

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

2 4 6 7 10

Backfire

1 X

Vulcan blasts a fireball out of his Forge, pushing him back and dealing damage to all enemies in its path, marking the first god that is hit. The Inferno Cannon prioritizes the marked target and deals 15% more damage to that god.

Ability Type: Projectile, Dash
Damage: 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Mark Lifetime: 4s
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7s

1 15 16 18 19

Inferno Cannon

2 A

Vulcan constructs an Inferno Cannon that shoots fireballs in a cone that deal damage to the target every second. The Inferno Cannon lasts until destroyed or another is placed. This inherits Vulcan's penetrations but does not apply on-hit effects. Inferno Cannon takes 50% additional damage from non-god sources.

Ability Type: Pet
Damage: 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 (+40% of your Magical Power)
Health: 220 / 300 / 380 / 460 / 540
Protections: 5 / 15 / 25 / 35 / 45
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s

3 8 11 12 14

Magma Bomb

3 B

Vulcan tosses a bomb that explodes in a radius on impact with the ground, damaging and knocking back nearby enemies.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+80% of your Magical Power)
Radius: 15
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 10s

5 9 13 17 20

Earthshaker

4 Y

Vulcan launches a rocket that explodes on impact with the ground. The rocket starts at 80% strength, and increases in damage the further it travels from Vulcan.

Ability Type: Ground
Damage: 400 / 520 / 640 / 760 / 880 (+130% of your Magical Power)
Radius: 30
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Vulcan Build

Shoes of the Magi

Book of Thoth

Bancroft's Talon

Obsidian Shard

Rod of Tahuti

Soul Reaver

Vulcan Build

Shoes of the Magi

Breastplate of Valor

Void Stone

Rod of Tahuti

Obsidian Shard

Bancroft's Talon

Introduction

Hello there! I'm Jordenito

Hello there. I am Jordenito. I've been playing SMITE ever since Chang'e was introduced. I consider myself an average player, and though I'm not that great in the actual game, I believe I write guides much better than actually playing. I find it very easy to understand the core mechanics of a god and their play style and to write a guide about it, than actually playing that god.

And this is Vulcan

is not what he used to be. If you haven't kept up with the pace of the game for the last months, you won't recognize him much. He is no longer the boring tank of uselessness who sits behind his turrets all day. Vulcan is now a Mage. And a manly one, at that. A powerful one. He can now forge a victory. And he has become my favorite solo/mid laners in the entire game. He has a very unique kit and he is one of the most fun gods to play, in my opinion.

NOTE: I don't care how you vote my guide, but please, if you downvoted, leave a comment below saying what you think was wrong, so I that I could take it to my attention and fix it.

Advantages / Drawbacks

Advantages

High Burst Damage

Ridiculous Harass

Unmatchable Zoning

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Drawbacks

Turret is Underwhelming

Useless Passive

Inconsistent

In Short
Volcanic Burst

expansion

Skills

Vulcan's entire kit revolves around bursting enemies from a distance while immediately disengaging and leaving them zoned out.

Overview

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Heavy Shot: I refuse to acknowledge the existence of Vulcan's passive. His auto attacks are clumsy and the animation is annoying and slow, on top of the fact that auto attacking doesn't really fit into your kit, and the actual effect of this ability underwhelming.

Backfire: Your main wave clearing and burst damage. You can also utilize it to escape from enemies and doge certain abilities. Because of its low cooldown, you can also use it to poke enemies in lane and still be able to clear the wave.

Inferno Cannon: While the the turret has damage in spades, because it is so squishy, its not its main use. You can zone enemies with it thanks to the mark from Backfire, zone a jungle entrance and use it as a ward, body block with it and clear waves while you leave your lane.

~~Magma Bomb~~ Meatball: Use it to clear waves, poke enemies, steal away jungle camps and the mid camps through the wall, interrupt abilities like and set up abilities, namely Backfire. If you are quick enough, you can try to knock enemies into your ultimate.

Earthshaker: Since it's nearly impossible to land it on an aware enemy without any help of CC from your team mates, you can use it to zone enemies and force them to go a certain direction. If the enemy is sitting under tower with low health, just shoot the missiles behind him, force him to go forward and finish him off with Meatball and Backfire. You can also use this ability to clear a wave if needed or steal a GF/FG.

Leveling Order

If you start in the solo lane, pick up first as it helps you clear jungle camps faster than at level 1. If you are going to the mid lane, start with .

Maxing allows you to clear waves the most efficiently, and also reduce the cooldown on this ability by .5 seconds every rank. You might lose some poke by not maxing first, but clearing waves is more important and even so, you can still fire which can guarantee the hit of , and you don't have to worry about not having to clear the wave because of its short cooldown.

Max second. It just guarantees more damage, poke and burst than infenro cannon does, which is why we max it last.

Whenever possible, put a point in your missiles.

Ability Combo

You won't find your ultimate in any skill combo. That's the thing about . It cannot be assisted by any of your abilities, at least if you want to hit it at maximum range. There is really only one true skill combo for , and sadly, your ultimate is not in it. But, it is still enough to take down 50% of someone's health.

explanation

Tips & Tricks

Despite the fact that your ultimate is weak at point blank, do not underestimate it. When in danger, do not hesitate to use it when facing enemies very close. At point blank, it does roughly the same amount of damage as Magma Bomb. And if you can hit both Magma Bomb and Backfire, you just might 100-0 them with your ult. Remember; he who hesitates - looses.
Backfire has a short delay between using it and actually firing. If you are being chased, the best way to use the so called 'dash' from it is to cast it, wait a little bit, and then turn around just before it fires off. That way, you won't suffer from backpedaling much, you will benefit the most out of the drawback from Backfire and you can easily hit them for a lot of their health, especially if they are chasing you down in a narrow jungle path.
Again, when being chased, do not turn around to put your turret. It is misleading. What you can do, is put it in the direction in which you are running. It can easily serve as a skill-shot blocker. And if enemies do not attack it, it'll damage them. And if they do stop to attack it... well, then you've successfully ran away!

Stats

Before you jump into itemization, you should understand why and how to build Vulcan to achieve maximum effectiveness. Here are the stats that are a must, useful and useless.

Core Stats

Power: As a burst Mage, power is the top priority. More power = stronger abilities = more kills. Remember, there is nothing such as too much power.

Penetration: Without penetration all of that power wouldn't be as intimidating.

Profitable Stats

Cooldown Reduction: While Vulcan doesn't really have such long cooldowns, you always want to have as many abilities available as possible.

Lifesteal: Since Vulcan doesn't have any innate sustains, lifesteal can help you endure long fights.

Protections: If you feel like you can't keep yourself safe and being focused to much, a little bit of defense will help.

Health: Great for overall survivability and against certain gods as well.

Useless Stats

Attack Speed: You are not , nor . You do not use auto attacks. (shut up... heavy shot doesn't count).

Items

And now, for your armor! Being the manly smith that you are, here are the instructions on how to forge your armor and weapons so you could melt your enemies in less time than it takes for the airlines in all of Europe to get blocked because of a volcano eruption!

Core Forging

Shoes of the Magi: Power, mobility and penetration. What else can you ask for a burst mage?

Rod of Tahuti: A must have for any mage, as the awesome amount of power it gives you is just absurd.

Obsidian Shard: The best and most efficient penetration item for Vulcan, as he doesn't fare well with on-hit effects.

Forging Power

warlock's sash

Warlock's Sash: Massive amounts of health without giving up on power, for both damage and survivability.

Doom Orb: If got ahead of your enemies early on, this a great choice for cheap power.

Book of Thoth: Sheer amounts of power and all of the mana you'll ever need!

Soul Reaver: For completely annihilating enemies from 100-0 with your missiles!

Bancroft's Talon: Raw, cheap power and some lifesteal as an icing on the cake.

Chrono's Pendant: Decent power and lots of CDR to help you spam as many meatballs as possible.

Situational Forging

Divine Ruin: A divine item if you want to ruin (get it?... no?... okay...) a day for sustain-based gods like Aphrodite or Kali.

Ethereal Staff: If you went for Warlock's Sash and need even more health, go for it.

Breastplate of Valor: Both lots of physical protection and CDR. Also synergizes well with .

Void Stone: For when there are too many mages on the enemy team. Though, the passive doesn't really fit your platstyle.

Active Forging

Aegis: Against burst-centered enemies and abilities like

Purification Beads: For when there is too much CC than you can handle on the enemy team.

Girdle of Support: Great overall damage bonus for your team.

Combat Blink: If a mini-push-back on a 5 seconds cooldown isn't enough for you, this should do the job to get you out of sticky situations.

Heavenly Agility: Either that or , depending on your team comp, are great against enemies with lots of slows and mobility.

Unforgeable Items

Spear of the Magus: If you can pull off your 3-2-1 combo, the only real benefit would be to your turret, which anyway isn't that effective.

butwhataboutyourultima...

Gem of Isolation: Because you don't have ticks, only single-hitting abilities, you don't have a way of reapplying the slow, as opposed to someone like .

Laning

And now, for actual gameplay! Here you shall learn how to kill the petty minions in order to achieve gold and with it forge your way to victory!

Clearing Waves

Vulcan's clear in the early game is mediocre. His overall damage is, and so his push isn't really effective. But from level 4 onwards, Vulcan's clear increases rapidly in effectiveness.

Clearing Waves: In the early stages, you'll need all 3 abilities to help you push the lane. is your most efficient way of clearing as it can hit the whole wave. is useful to finish off either the ranged or the melee minions and is like a duplicate of your auto attacks. Beyond the early game, a single will be enough.

But this doesn't end here. As you are quite slow, you might lose some waves when roaming to other lanes, to the jungle, or just returning to base.

24/7 Farm: Your turret allows you to farm while being outside of the lane. All you need to do before leaving the lane is place it in a place where it won't take aggro from the enemy minions but still be able to hit them. If the enemy laner is away from the lane as well, your turret will ensure your push and might even get your minions to his tower.

Be careful from enemies with wide AoE wave clearing abilities, like tornadoes or . If you use on the wave while there is an ability like that behind you, you'll get pushed back to it and take unnecessary poke. Also, these abilities can easily kill your turret while still clearing the wave, so if you want to place your turret wait for this ability to be used.

Poking

Never forget, one of his strongest aspects and the most important elements Vulcan brings to the table in lane is:

Poke: Your meatball is one of the best pokes in the game. It has ridiculous range, great damage and and really useful CC. Don't think that poking starts and ends with the meatball. Because of the low cooldown on and its wave clearing efficiency, you can use your Magma Bomb > Backfire > Inferno Cannon combo on the enemy god as poke and still clear the wave easily.

Mid Camps

The mid camps are the most important jungle camp. They give the most gold and experience and getting them also denies them from the enemy team. Vulcan's mid camp control is one of the best in the game, because:

Burst Damage: Your burst damage of into is enough to clear the mid camps, and thanks to the range and stun on the meatball, you can also steal the mid camps through the wall with it. Additionally, if you really want the mid camps, you can just use when you see enemies clearing it. Who knows, you might get a free kill. Vulcan can do all of that from far away and being completely safe.

Now, because of the massive knock back on , if you just throw it on the mid camps, or any jungle camp for that matter, without pulling them first and getting them close to each other, you won't be able to hit all creeps with , so it's best to first use auto attacks to pull them close to you and to each other, through the meatball and use immediately before the meatball hits.

Roaming

Roaming: Roaming with Vulcan doesn't necessarily mean that you have to physically go to another lane. Thanks to the massive range on , you can just go to the jungle near the lane, fire your ultimate and return to your own lane. You can always gank and initiate with your other abilities, but if you fell like playing safer...

Roaming could be done if one of the below things happen:

You have cleared your wave and the next minion wave is quit far from your lane.
Your lane opponent is MIA.
There is a team fight going on.

From solo lane, you should only roam to the middle lane and the jungle near your lane, unless there's a team fight going on.

From middle lane you can roam to anywhere, as it is closer to everything.

Pushing A Tower

Pushing a tower doesn't mean split pushing. Oh god know, please don't split push with Vulcan. It's the worst idea possible. Pushing a tower means pushing the tier 1 tower in your lane.

flame strike

Killing a Tower: You must know for sure that your enemy laner has gone to base or is far away from your lane, and you must have vision. This is achieved by warding and placing your turret in a jungle entrance. Clear the wave as fast as you can and be ready to fall back when you see danger incoming.

The Smith's Role

The Smith's Roles

All there is left to know is how to play with your team and what are your roles in fights so you could coordinate with your team to melt your enemies effectively.

Dealing Damage

Vulcan isn't really a hyper carry in team fights. He deals his damage from far away in a more delicate and safe way, as opposed to someone like He Bo who just goes into the enemies' faces and dumps his everything on them.

Bruising: This is done with your basic abilities, and namely, your combo. These cannot really 100-0 someone, but they can easily damage one to the point where they'll be forced to retreat, thus creating a number advantage for your team. Because of the way Vulcan deals his damage, he can't really chase and finish off his kills after bruising his enemies with the combo, so team work is needed to do so.

This is all done with your basic abilities. But, your ultimate, is a whole different story.

100-0: At level 20 and with the right build, your ultimate can instantly evaporate any squishy target and change the course of a team fight in a single moment. But, you can only fire it with help from exterior CC, in a crowded team fight, or in an objective fight like the fire giant or gold fury. Coordination with your team is key, as well as timing and prediction.

For example, in Gold Fury or Fire Giant fights, where the enemy team is fighting the objective, you shouldn't fire the missiles as soon as you see them. You must know how much health the objective has left, because if you delay it as long as you possibly can, you will most likely get a kill because the enemies will have lower health.

All of the above is done with correct timing, but most importantly, positioning.

Back-lining: Vulcan excels at attacking from range. In fact, all of his abilities are ideal for use at range. The push-back from Backfire is extremely useful for kiting enemies and staying safe. Your turret is the most effective at its max range because enemies will have to get closer to it to kill it. The meatball is easily hit at max range and least avoidable. And your ultimate... you know.

Vulcan is a god that is very bad at defending himself and plays poorly when out of positioned. Because the somewhat reliance on Backfire for both damage and safety, and because of the lack of damage from your ultimate at point blank, keeping your distance from enemies is the best thing you can do.

Zoning

The goal of zoning enemies is to prevent them from being able to approach the fight and contribute to it. Thus, you create a number advantage in your favor.

Vulcan's way of zoning isn't with CC or summoning objects that physically prevent enemies from going towards a certain place. Vulcan zones enemies with pure damage.

Aggressive Zoning: This is done with your ultimate. Because of its insanely long range and massive instant burst damage, it just creates a "No Entrance" zone for enemies. You can use this to force enemies into running towards certain directions they don't want to.

For example, suppose you are in lane against the enemy , and you have successfully poked him with your meatball and Backfire and now he has 30% health and is sitting under tower.

What do you do? Simple. Go backward until is at max range and shoot it behind him, so that he would have to move forward. Immediately after firing, run towards him and finish him off with a quick 3-2-1 combo.

Defensive Zoning: This is where your turret takes place. When placed in a jungle entrance or a certain area, enemies that try to pass by it will either get damaged and revealed on your screen, or they'll get stalled by trying to kill it. In both cases, if possible and safe to do so, prepare a quick Meatball > Backfire combo for them while they are unprepared.

You can also utilize your ultimate for zoning, but it's more situational because you need to be far to make it effective. Nonetheless, it is done by firing it towards the area where your team mates are, and so you will deter enemies from approaching them and thus "peel" them away.

God Match Ups

bakasura

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is hands down, your nemesis. No, not the goddess, nemesis as in your worst enemy. He is literally THE counter to .

Why you ask? hmm... lets look at his characteristics. First up, he eats everything. he is not picky about his food whatsoever. He likes to eat turrets, lava, and especially your meatBALLS. He can easily deny your poke with the heal from eat minions. And if you are caught off guard for even one second and he has his ultimate, you are dead.

is just meant for anti-vulcaning. Want to use to attack or escape? well F U, because it cripples. Want to use your to protect you or zone him out? too bad, his autos become cone. Want to throw meatballs at him? good luck, he has 1.5 CC immunity. And 1.5 seconds is not to be mocked of. With his true damage via , he can tare you up into every metal you are made of. If he vomits all of your face, the only real ability that becomes viable is . And we all know that you ultimate isn't good at close ranges.

What Should I Do?

First up, protections are of no use. His true damage can get up to 70 per auto attack when fully maxed. And usually, that happens around level 9. Do not build Physical Protection against him.

Now, protections are of no use, but health is. True damage ignores all defenses, but it's still 70 damage. And if you have 2500 health, that's gonna be a problem for him. So, it is highly suggested that you build warlock's sash + against him.

Also, when he reaches level 5, keep your distance from him. His early game is on M.T Olympus as opposed to you, which is where your magma come from (smartypants, magma is when it's below the ground, lava is when it bursts out of those high-volcanic mountains). You should stay more than a jump away from him since he has and his high movement speed with .

When you see him jump, firstly, don't panic. It's the worst thing you could do. What you should do, is immediately after you see him jump, throw at the ground target location and use . For more inexperienced players, just use skip and use .

Also, many actives can be used against him. I mean, of course, he has high mobility and speed, but even he cannot out run someone with sprint. Also, you might laugh, but are great for a panic- if he ults you.

poseidon

bastet

cat call

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I hate . I hate her so much. She is like second to being anti-Vulcan, just after Baka.

Her early game is superb. If she wants to, she can just press 4 and kill you. And her razor claws do so much damage... and her - it's the best jump in the entire game.

She can just jump at you, scratch you, call her pets and jump back again... Aaand you are f***ed. You'll have to blow your entire kit just on killing those cats, because appearntly and are not enough to kill 3 cats. You need an atomic missile to actually finish the job.

What Should I Do?

Much like I've mentioned, and you can apply it to any kind of god with a jump/dash; you can pre-throw at yourself so that if they jump at you they might be hit by it. It is very hard to execute but it can completely deny their attempts at attacking you. You can also just away just before she jumps.

Now, as for her cats... early game it's a fire-everything-you-have or die situation. Do not be afraid to use your entire kit, including to kill them if you think they will kill you. Remember, much like , if there is one thing I can say about for sure, is that he is not ultimate reliant. Sure, it does insane damage, but your kit is so perfectly synchronize and does enough damage on its own that it's okay to fight without . And keep in mind that your meatball also stuns them.

Another tips against her cats is that if you happen to be near your turret or you can whip it out, drag the cats towards the turret's range if safe to do so. will help you a lot in killing those bastards.

She is pretty similar to if you haven't noticed, in the sense that how do you handle her. Much like the Great Devourer, you should keep your distance, especially early game, from the Goddess of Cats. More than a jump distance.

Also, she mainly clears waves with razor claws. Do not go behind the enemy wave to fire until she has used her razor claws. It might be a 4 second DoT, but eventually, it'll take down at least a quarter of your health if not more.

chang'e

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is an annoying god. Like, for real. More annoying then your meatballs. Her entire kit is all about trolling.

Her early game is bad, no doubt (not as much as yours but still close), but she, also, is one of the best harassers in the game.

The thing about Vs. is that for you to hit , you must be in a fairly straight line behind the enemy wave. Where as 's main wave clear ability demands her to be near your wave, but from the side. And she can hit all of it. And because of the positioning that you need for , she'll most likely hit you with it, followed by a to heal herself and her minions.

Also, against a smart , a non-point-blank is useless. Why? because - AKA the 'Oh ****!' button. She can deny your burst and your ult with it as soon as she says that giant red mark on the floor.

What Should I Do?

You can almost never avoid her in lane. It's something you'll have to deal with. What you can try to do, is use when it's off cooldown. It quite the hard thing to do, since has a short 5 second cooldown, but so does when it's max level. Just wait for her to use on your wave and then go to use . In the meanwhile, you can just auto attack from the side or throw meatballs.

Also, her heal is good, but it isn't great. She's no . roughly heals 1/3 of a minion's health, if not less. So try to focus on one set of minions at a time. Either the melee ones or the ranged ones (it's best to focus the archers). That way she wont deny your wave damage early on.

Again, it is best to engage against her when is on cooldown, but it's gonna be somewhat hard if she builds CDR and especially late game, since it has flat 12 second cooldown, and with max CDR 7.2.

And, of course, how can we not... - against her amazingly-balanced ultimate. And it's best that your team stays spread out if you don't want to be stunned for 5 seconds.

isis

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doesn't have a lot to offer against . She heavily relies on her to clear waves, and a well aimed meatball can easily interrupt it, especially since she needs to be near the archer minions to clear the wave effectively.

But even with , her swing chain will allow her to clear waves in a decent way. But you can out-push her if you interrupt .

(I'm getting side tracked, here, it's more about you than about isis, move on).
Remember, is an excellent defensive god. She is not a god you'd want to chase and she is very good at shutting down enemies that try to attack her. But don't mix up between a defensive god and a god that is dangerous to chase after. Yes, they can come hand-in-hand, like , but you are different. Vulcan is a character that is highly dangerous when being chased, but a poor defensive one. I.e, if Merc plays aggressive towards you, he'll have the advantage. It's tougher to hit at point blank than at max range, is no differnet. But if he chases you by foot, you can easily blast his face with while getting one step closer to freedom , or place an on the way.
Bottom line, is a very good defensive god, as she has lots of cc that's suited for point-blank range.

What Should I Do?

You can always use in your favor. If you find yourself in a narrow jungle-path and a giant yellow is coming at your way, just use defensively to step back or aside. Ditto about it and .

Like I've mentioned, if you can interrupt her , you are good to go. You'll actually fare better from just interrupting her than just hitting the ranged minions. But don't try to do that all the time, she is very mobile when she flaps those wings.

When she channels her , you can turn it to your favor. Place in one spot and then move to another within the range of the turret while trying to dodge the gust. Your turret will deal damage to her when she tries to attack you. You can trick.

The obvious tip - stay away from her ultimate. Once she has placed her , step away from it ASAP. It can deal insane damage when fully charged. Try to hit enemies that aren't within the circle, if they are viable targets (not tanks or bruisers).

You can also use to your favor - enmies will most likely gather up in it. And it has about the same radius as (you see to where I'm going). Step back and fire the towards the and see for yourself if a magic hoop can overpower a giant rocket.

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does not need no justice! is a god that you are fairly good against. His early game clear is much worse than yours.

Additionally, his actual clear demands himself to be in your wave, meaning that you can easily hit the wave and him simultaneously with , thus marking him for your turret.

Also, you can easily interrupt his when he clear waves with your meatball of fate. And you say his passive reduces the duration of stuns? well, that doesn't matter, because prevents him from being stunned for more than one second, and the last time I checked, the stun on lasts one second!

And if you are real smart, you can predict his long ranged justice jump and hit him with your own ultimate!

What Should I Do?

Do not be afraid to push him. His wave-clear is poor compared to yours, especially early game. You can interrupt his when he clears, mark him with ... you can abuse him.

Be careful though when you push him to tower. If he has blink, he can easily combo it with to carry you to his tower, and does not body-block juggle.

There is one thing you could do, but it takes immense skill, timing, and some luck; you can bait him into trying to blink > you, but instead, pre-throw at a point blank range. Since your meatball has a fairly long travel time, by the time he tries to juggle, he'll be hit and stunned by it and his will be interrupted. You can also do the same thing with - if you see he's about to jump at you, throw at yourself.

If you know he has his justice-jump off cooldown and want to kill him, you can use . You need to fire it and try to predict where he'll jump and immediately go all-in on him with your famous wombo-combo. Generally speaking, he'll use to jump the furthest away from you and from the sides, as there's less space there. So, aim so that it'll be in the middle of the lane.

The obvious tips - is great if you are caught off guard, being juggled by .

Summary

Summary

This has been it... I think that's all I know about Vulcan.

If you happen to be a person with an actual artistic sense and talent unlike me, I'll be happy if you made a Banner for Vulcan or link me one.

Also, don't you think it would be awesome to make a painting of:
Vulcan on a date with his turret in a restaurant. They'll be eating Meatballs and today's special dish is going to be an 'Earth-Shake'm which they'll both drinkg - 2 straws one cup.

If you happen to have a video of yourself forging a volcanic game/victory Playing Vulcan, link it to me and I'll be more than happy to post it on this guide.

Any comments, notes, feedback, reviews or criticism are more than welcome.

If you want any of my BB-Coding templates that I've used in this guide, make sure to check this: Code Blue: BBCoding for Beginners

Thanks for reading the guide, hope you enjoyed, and I hope I didn't throw too many cheesy lines and puns at you at once.
Jordenito out.

Credits

Credits

Subzero008 & Piederman - The general format and style of this guide is vastly inspired by these two excellent guide-crafters.

TormentedTurnip - Also, some designs in this guide were inspired by Dr. Paco, mainly the Stats' section.

arka222 - for pointing out that you do not get lifesteal from Inferno Cannon (see video-proof down below).

Sanguis - The skill-sequence is thanks to him.

johijohi - For her lovely Guide to Making Guides that without it, this guide wouldn't look the way it does.

Change Log

Change Log

February 22nd, 2014

Guide Published!

February 24th, 2014

Added a 'God Match-Ups' section. Gods that have been added:
Bakasura, Bastet, Chang'e, Eset and Tyr.
Expect more god match-ups in the future.

March 24th, 2014

The build is now organized as "Core Items" ( Shoes of the Magi, Obsidian Shard & rod of tahtui, "More Power" items ( Bancroft's Talon, Polynomicon, Soul Reaver & Chronos' Pendant), and "Wanna Stack" (warlock's sash & Doom Orb), instead of "Glass Cannon" and "Health For Days". The "Beginner Build" has been changed accordingly; Obsidian Shard replaced Bancroft's Talon. The rest has remained unchanged.
Removed winged wand from the "Situational Items".
ethereal staf is now placed under the "Situational Items".
Book of Thoth has been replaced with Doom Orb.
Updated Focused Void Stone into Void Stone.
Chronos' Pendant is no longer under the "Unforgable Items".

April 22nd, 2014

Changed the picture in the top of the guide.
Replaced the 'Great Pusher' advantage with 'Passive Farmer'
Revised the expansion of the 'Advantages / Drawbacks'.
Replaced Lost Artifact with Tiny Trinket in the 'Beginner Start' under the 'Forging Your Start' subsection under the main 'Items' section
Added a 'Roaming' subsection under the 'Laning' main section.
Added a 'Roles in Team Fights' subsection under the main 'Game Phases' section. It is divided to 3: 'THE KILLER', 'THE ZONER' & 'THE BACKLINER'.
Added Apollo & Poseidon to the 'God Match-Ups section.
Added a 'BBCoding Templates' section which shows 3 of my BBCoding templates: Skills & Items, Advantages & Drawbacks, God Match-Ups, Skill Combo.

June 12th, 2014

Added Book of Thoth to the build, under the 'Wanna Stack?' category.
In the 'Glass Cannon' build, Doom Orb has been replaced with Book of Thoth.
Removed "Passive Farmer" from the 'Advantages' and removed 'Weak Early Game' and 'Squishy' from the 'Drawbacks'. Added a new drawback: 'Turret is Underwhelming'.
The 'Expansion' spoiler in the bottom of the 'Advantages / Drawbacks' section is now more comprehensive and in-depth.
Rephrased the skill explanations.
The skill order now says in the explanation that if you are going to the solo lane you should start with Inferno Cannon and if you are going to the mid lane you should start with Backfire. The BBCoded skill sequence now shows Backfire as the first skill.
Replaced the arrows in the 'Skill Combo' subsection with new, better looking ones.
Removed the 'Forging Your Start' subsection which was about starting items.
Rephrased most of the items explanations.
The 'Basic Map Knowledge' section has been removed. However, the 'Map Awareness' subsection has been moved to the 'Laning' section.
Removed the 'BBCoding Templates' section which contained BBCoding templates used in this guide. In the summary there's a link to a BBCoding guide which has all of my templates and more.
Made some visual changes to the skill and items icons.

June 27th, 2014

Rephrased all of the skills, items and stats explanations.
Made some visual improvements to the stats and item section.
The Laning has gone over a complete overhaul.
Deleted the Game Phases section and instead added a team fight section.
Deleted the Apollo match up.
Removed Polynomicon from the build.
Replaced the High Skill Floor drawback with Very Hit or Miss.

July 12th, 2014
- Redone the 'Team Fight' section.
- Replaced the 'Very Hit or Miss' drawback with 'Inconsistent'. (was looking for that word for like a week and couldn't find it, because apparently, English hard.)
- Changed the color of the headlines.
- Replaced the green divider with a different one to better fit the style of the guide.

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(66) |

wrote:

This is an example of the typical peasantry that pervades this site nowadays, at the hands of a few malcontent individuals such as this peasant.

OMG Sub you are aware of the existence of this guide! XD

(105) |

Sounds like pwoob

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wrote:

tbh i think he is the best god and if he was gay i would suck his ****, vulcan is god vulcan is life you cant live without vulcan porn every night what do you think gays?

This is an example of the typical peasantry that pervades this site nowadays, at the hands of a few malcontent individuals such as this peasant.

(66) |

wrote:

tbh i think he is the best god and if he was gay i would suck his ****, vulcan is god vulcan is life you cant live without vulcan porn every night what do you think gays?

What. The. ****.

tbh i think he is the best god and if he was gay i would suck his ****, vulcan is god vulcan is life you cant live without vulcan porn every night what do you think gays?

(66) |

Hello to you, and thank you for your kind words! I really appreciate it.
I do happen to have more guides, you can check them out in my profile :)

(32) |

Hello sir, i have read your guide completely from top to bottom and i have to say it is pretty amazing. BBcoding is very good, decent amount of pictures, good categorization of the info. All in all an upvote from me and i think you would be happy to know that it really helped me get better with and i hope to play him more. Also you have the one thing that i always look in guides - originality and humor. Well done mate,looking forward to more of your guides. :)

(12) |

There is still erroneous information in the guide at various places regarding on-hit effects, please correct that.

Hey ! Excellent guide, useful information and easy-reading BB code, upvote !

Since the tank / mage rework, I havent seen any relevant Vulcan, mostly [I'm all mighty Rambo - please kill me] ones. Except last night thus, and from what I've learn here, he is probably one of your readers :D

I'll give it a try tonight, I use to LOVE tanky Vulcan and you may have restored my faith in the redhead smith (If I feed, it's all your fault and I hate you, be warned)

Thanks !

(12) |

No issues, I have not read the guide completely, might take a few days. If anything comes up I surely will point out. On the whole, this guide is v.good.

Just added a video showing life steal does not apply on turret hits:

(66) |

First up, sorry. I misread your comment, I thought meant for the turret to heal itself.
Secondly, you are right. I probably had some sort of illusion when I was playing Vulcan and had some lifesteal. I'll change it. Is there anything else you'd like to add other than that? (don't read it in the wrong tone :)

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Advantages / Drawbacks

Skills

Stats

Items

Laning

The Smith's Role

God Match Ups

Summary

Credits

Change Log

Vulcan - Turret Syndrome

Smite God: Vulcan

Vulcan Build

Core Items

More Power

Situational Items

Viable Actives

Vulcan's Skill Order

Backfire

Inferno Cannon

Magma Bomb

Earthshaker

Vulcan Build

Vulcan Build

Introduction

Advantages / Drawbacks

Skills

heavy shot

Stats

Items

warlock's sash

Laning

flame strike

The Smith's Role

God Match Ups

Summary

Credits

Change Log

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