Volco

**Volco** is one of the Masters in Minion Masters. This master is unlocked with 1000 Shards or 525 Rubies.

## Caption

Volco is a former slave who wields the legendary Volcanic Hammer. It helped him break his chains, but the rage bubbling within the weapon has consumed him entirely and they have become almost as one.

## Description

Volco is not scared of swarms, but he hates flying enemies he can't reach.

## Abilities

### Basic Attack

* Deals 50 area GROUND damage with his hammer every 2.5 sec. Has a range of 10. Hammer Time! (DPS: 20)

### Perks

 **Tempers Flaring** (Unlocks at 20 XP)

* Summon an Ember of Flame every 20 seconds on a random bridge. When a friendly melee or ranged Minion picks up the ember all nearby friendly Minions gain **Rage**
	+ **Rage: +50% Attack Damage**

 **Burn The Bridge** (Unlocks at 60 XP)

* Add the card Burn The Bridge to Volco's deck.
	+ The closest bridge gets covered in flames, dealing damage to all ground minions.
	+ Damage: 200
	+ Duration: 5 sec
	+ Damage per sec: 40
	+ Mana cost: 1
	+ While only one unit is affected, the damage increases by 100%

 **Tempers Burning** (Unlocks at 120 XP)

* Melee Minions now gain **Berserker's Rage** from Embers of Flame
	+ **Berserker's Rage: +100% Attack Damage.**

*No results*

## History

* In Update 13 - Scratty Tech (13 Jan, 2017) Volco received the following changes:
	+ Basic Attack:
		- Damage increased from 40 to 50
		- Attack speed reduced from 3s to 2.5s
		- Range increased from 8 to 10
	+ Second perk(Burn The Bridges):
		- Damage per second increased from 20 to 40 (total damage increased from 100 to 200)
* In Update 17 - Draft in the house! (17 Feb, 2017) Volco received the following changes:
	+ Basic Attack:
		- Damage reduced from 50 to 40
	+ Second perk(Burn The Bridges):
		- No longer hits flying minions
* In Update 51 - Fire and Fury (8 Nov, 2017) Volco received the following changes:
	+ First perk reworked:
		- Before: If Volco holds both bridges, fire a firebolt that deals 60 damage to a random enemy whenever Volco plays a card
		- Now: When Volco holds the Marked bridge and plays a card, he fires a firebolt at the enemy Master dealing 60 damage
	+ Third perk:
		- **Rage** buff reduced from +100% damage to +50% damage
* In Update 70 - Burning Spirits (27 Jun, 2018) Volco's second perk received the following changes:
	+ Damage per tick reduced from 40 to 8
	+ Tick rate increased from every second to every 0.2s
	+ DPS, total duration and total damage remain unchanged
* In Update 1.18 (29 Oct, 2020) Volco was reworked:
	+ Basic Attack: unchanged
	+ Perk 1:
		- Before: When Volco holds the Marked bridge and plays a card, he fires a firebolt at the enemy Master dealing 60 damage.
		- Now: Add the card Burn The Bridges to Volcos deck.
			* Burn the Bridges mana cost increased from 0 to 2
	+ Perk 2:
		- Before: Add the card Burn The Bridges to Volcos deck.
		- Now: Summon an Ember of Flame every 15 seconds on a random bridge. When a friendly Melee Minion picks up the ember all nearby friendly Melee Minions gain **Rage**
	+ Perk 3:
		- Before: All friendly melee units have **Rage**
		- Now: Ember of Flame now gives **Berserker's Rage** instead.

* In Update 1.19 (3 Dec, 2020) Volco received the following changes:
	+ Basic Attack:
		- Damage increased from 40 to 50
	+ Perk 1:
		- Burn The Bridges mana cost reduced from 2 to 1.
* In Update 1.21 (4 Feb, 2021) Volco received the following changes:
	+ Perk 2 - Embers of Flame changed to give all minions **Rage**, instead of just melee minions
	+ Perk 3 - Embers of Flame still give **Berserker's Rage** to melee minions, but now also give **Rage** to other Minions.

* In Update 1.25 - Best Plan NO PLAN! (2 June, 2021) Burn The Bridges was changed from a **Spell** to an **Ability**.
* In Update 1.32 - Invasion (3 February, 2022), Volco's first perk was reworked from from Burn The Bridges into Burn The Bridge - it now only burns 1 bridge instead of both of them.
* In Update 1.37 - Kaboom Kingdom (July 7, 2022), Berserker's Rage was changed so that minions affected by it no longer inflict self-damage.
* In Update 1.38 - Wanderlust (August 4, 2022), Burn the Bridge was changed to now deal double damage while damaging only a single unit.
* In Update 1.47 - Into the Void (18 May 2023), Volco's first two perks were swapped (previously, Burn the Bridge was his perk 1 and Tempers Flaring was his perk 2)
* In Update 1.51 - Hail to the King (12 October 2023), the cooldown of Volco's perk 1 was increased from 15 to 17 seconds.
* In Update 1.51.1 - Mid Season Balance Patch (November 9, 2023), the cooldown of Volco's perk 1 was increased from 17 to 20 seconds.