Bacchus

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***"Chug and belch away heavy crowd control with belly and wine."***

**Bacchus** is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

## Lore

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die. None adhere more vigorously to this creed than Bacchus, the Roman God of Wine, lewd behavior, and madness.

After spending much of his formative years with his impressively intoxicated mentor Solinus, whom Bacchus loves like a father, the God of Wine is now a wanderer and teacher. He's journeyed across all of Asia, through India, and finally back to Rome, spreading the “Mysteries of the Vine,” a ritual involving incredible amounts of wine to lower inhibitions, freeing one from social constraints, oppression of gender, sexual taboos, and the stresses of life. Quite the successful ritual, if ever there was one.

Much of this ritual seems to have come from Solinus, who is widely known to have vast, secret knowledge and the ability to predict the future, though only while completely drunk. The king Midas, covetous of this knowledge, captured Solinus, endeavoring to extract it by providing the scholar the finest food, drink, and entertainment he could muster. Bacchus finally tracked down his mentor in the court of Midas and discovered him well fed and cared for. Quickly, Midas lied, claiming Solinus had been lost and the king had taken him in. Seeing through the ruse, Bacchus offered the monarch a boon. Midas asked that anything he touched be turned to gold. Without hesitation, Bacchus granted this. He tested his new gift on a twig and stone and found them turned completely to gold. Elated, Midas called a feast, but found his food turned to gold in his hands and his daughter solidified at his touch. Starving and crazed, Midas begged Bacchus to remove the “gift.” Bacchus acquiesced, allowing the greedy king to wash his hands in the Pactolus river. As the golden touch left his hands, the river sands transformed to glittering gold.

Of course, the product of continuous overindulgence in alcohol and deviant behavior, Bacchus could simply be insane.

## Trivia

### General

* Originally Bacchus was going to be released as his Greek counterpart, Dionysus, judging by some of the files in the game still referring to him as such.
* The actor who voiced Bacchus, Chris Rager, also voiced Soldier of Fortune/Hired Gun Ares and Life's a Beach Geb.
* In June of 2017, Bacchus received a remodel changing his Default, Regal Reveler, Enemy and Mastery skins. His Brynhildr, Father Chrishmash, The King, and Hoot 'n Holler preserved Bacchus' old 3D model and animation.
* Bacchus' default taunt and joke voicelines change depending on how much of his Drunk-O-Meter is filled, becoming more slurred and rowdy.
* One of his jokes ▶️*"I don't often drink wine, but when I do- No, wait, I always drink wine!"* is a reference to the Dos Equis advertisements.
* One of Bacchus' idle animations resembles him doing a Field Sobriety Test, specifically the one-leg-stand test and the finger-to-nose test.
* Bacchus was the first playable god in the game to have an intoxication CC.

### God Skins

* **Brynhildr**

* This skin is based on an Opera Singer.
* The name of this skin is a reference to the character Brunhild who appears in the Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen.
* His low on Health line ▶️*"It is not over until I sing."* is a reference to the proverb It ain't over till the fat lady sings.
* One of his taunts ▶️ "I'm all about that bass! No treble, no treble!" is a reference to the Meghan Trainor song All About That Bass.

* **Sashimi Neko/Sushi Neko**

* This skin is one of the few to add a tail to a god that previously didn't have one. It shares this trait with Saurian Conjurer Ah Puch, Death Dragon Anubis, Chaacolate Chaac, Biohacker Chernobog, Labyrinth Keeper Heimdallr, Dragonguard Horus, Pendragon King Arthur and Crystal Colossus Ymir.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Alejandro Saab, also voiced Modern Android Achilles, Slash Kuzenbo, Dragon Prince Ne Zha, Beamy Chibi Ra, The Marksman Rama and Prince of Lightning Zeus.
* This skin shares its theme with Catlas Atlas, Kittykarna Kumbhakarna and Pandamonium Odin.

* **Classic**

* This skin shares its theme with Classic Apollo, Classic Ares, Classic Artemis, Classic Athena, Classic Eset, Classic Hades, Retrocles Hercules, Classic Ao Kuang Kukulkan, Old Wa Nu Wa and Classic Sobek.

* **Iroh**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Nickelodeon to promote the show Avatar.
* This is the first skin where Bacchus doesn't jump belly first or belch with his abilities.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Cory Yee, also voiced Oni Guardian Ares, Splinter Hachiman, Toxic Tide He Bo, Malworm Jormungandr, Crimson Authority King Arthur and Yu Huang.
* This skin shares its theme with Aang/Avatar Aang Merlin, Azula Pele, Momo Ratatoskr, Toph/Fire Nation Toph Scylla, Korra/Avatar Korra Skadi, Zuko/Blue Spirit Susano and Avatar Roku Yu Huang.

* **Father Chrishmash**

* This skin and Hel's Jingle Hel skin were the first holiday skins added to the game.
* This skin shares its theme with Nutcromancer Ah Puch, Gingerdread Baba Yaga, Krampus Cernunnos, Slay Bells Chiron, Sugar and Slice Da Ji, Wreck the Halls Fenrir, Snowman Geb, Jingle Hel Hel, Jingle Shells Kuzenbo, Nice and Naughty Nu Wa, Festive Ratatoskr and Season's Spirit Sylvanus.

* **The King**

* This skin is a reference to the 20th century American singer Elvis Presley.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Ian Sinclair, also voiced Duke dan de Lyons Anhur, Demonic Pact Anubis, Druidstone Geb, Nature's Guardian Rama, Devil Horns Raijin, Tyr, PrivaTyr Tyr and Sock PuppeTyr Tyr.

* **Hoot 'n Holler**

* This skin is based on a stereotype of an American.
* The actor who voiced this skin, J. Michael Tatum, also voiced Dragon Knight/Dragon Templar Ao Kuang, Stargazer/Adjudicator Anubis, Fernando Ares, Chaacolate Chaac, Father Time Chronos, Lord Slashington III Fenrir, Guan Unicorn Guan Yu, Oni Musha Hachiman, Hercules, Derpules Hercules, Hug Bug Khepri and Sun Wu Xing Sun Wukong.
* This skin's line for when placing a ward ▶️*"I'd rather build a wall."* is a reference to one of the, then candidate for president, Donald Trump's campaign promises.

* **Enemy**

* Aphrodite, Classic Apollo, Neith and The Morrigan make appearances in the skin's card art.

* **Super Chill**

* This was the first skin Bacchus received after his remodel.
* This skin was released on patch 4.20, a reference to cannabis culture.
* There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, You can hear it here: Super Chill Announcer pack.
* This skin shares its theme with Peace Out Artemis, Fun Guy Merlin and The Magic Dragon Tiamat.

* **Evil Spirits**

* This skin is based on a shaman.
* This skin looks a lot like the character Grohk from Paladins.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Todd Haberkorn, also voiced Griffindwarf Fafnir, G.E.B. 1 Geb, World Kitty Jormungandr, Sir Pentsworth IV, Esq. Kukulkan, Croaki Loki, Raven Warlock Odin, Black Knight Osiris, Such Cold Skadi's Dog, Brimstone Demon Thor, Rakshasa Vamana, Lil' Mana Vamana and Shinobalanque Xbalanque.

* **Blobchus**

* This skin is based on Gelatinous Cube, monster from the game Dungeons & Dragons.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Michael A. Zekas, also voiced Primal Storm Susano and Deathy Chibi Thanatos.

* **Sunny Side Up**

* The intro line ▶️ *"Ah, the best part of waking up.. is Bacchus in your cup!"*, is an alteration of Folgers Coffee's famous slogan.
* One of his taunts ▶️ *"Here's your side of cinnamon toast punch!"* is a reference to the breakfast cereal, Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
* In the full version of this skin's card art, Bacchus is attacking Thanatoast Thanatos and behind it is possible to see Rocky Road He Bo, Gummy Worm Medusa and Sweet Tooth Sol.
* This skin shares its theme with Thanatoast Thanatos.

* **Denton**

* This skin was released as a dedication to an ingame minion/figure known as "Denton" who has been in the game since beta phase and was often featured in several god's victory and/or defeat screens.
* This skin is part of the Year 10 theme to celebrate nostalgic figures/characters/moments from 10 seasons of Smite.

* **Bearly Buzzed/Bearly Alive**

* This skin is based on cartoon bears such as Yogi Bear and Winnie-the-Pooh.
* This was the first skin released after Bacchus' remodel.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Jim Foronda, also voiced Renegade's Robot companion KATT, Wolf Man Fenrir, Snowman Geb, Vanguard Hercules, Presidential Punisher Janus, Sunstar/Starbreaker Ra, Last Commando Rama, Eliminator Ravana, Shredder/Super Shredder Ravana, Susano, Grim Reaper Thanatos, Ragnarok Force X Thor and Rambo Ullr.
* In the full version of this skin's card art, Bizzy B Cupid appears flying and Ratatoskr is inside the log that Bacchus is sitting on.

## Skins

* Default
* Regal Reveler
* Brynhildr
* Sashimi Neko
* Classic
* Iroh
* Father Chrishmash
* The King
* Enemy
* Hoot 'n Holler
* Super Chill
* Evil Spirits
* Drunkyard
* Blobchus
* Sushi Neko
* Sunny Side Up
* Denton
* Bearly Buzzed
* Bearly Alive
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests, via direct purchase.  This skin was part of the Battle for Olympus event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could be obtained by obtaining at least 6 items from the Bacchanalia event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin could also be obtained as a rare roll from the Enemy Chest.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could be obtained by completing all quests from the Camp Lazy Day event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by accumulating 42000 Odyssey points in the Odyssey 2018 event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Divine Uprising event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin is part of the Jade Corruption event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing and achieving enough levels in the Heroes of the Wild Battle Pass.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin has a unique special emote.  This skin could only be obtained by unlocking all 8 items from the Summer of Smite 2017 event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin has a unique special emote.  This skin could only be obtained by unlocking all 6 items from the Charon's Journey event.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.6.7598.5 (June 13, 2023)**

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Decreased Cooldown from 14s to 12s

**SMITE Version 10.3.7494.12 (March 28, 2023)**

* **Chug**

* Decreased Healing from 0/30/40/50/60/70 (+15% of your Magical Power) to 0/22/29/36/43/50

* **Beltch of the Gods**

* Decreased Healing Reduction from 50% to 40%

**SMITE Version 10.1.7415.3 (January 24, 2023)**

* **Chug**

* This ability now heals Bacchus for 0/30/40/50/60/70 (+15% of your Magical Power) when used

* **Belly Flop**

* Decreased Cooldown from 16/15.5/15/14.5/14s to 14s at all ranks

**SMITE Version 9.8.7220.3 (August 23, 2022)**

* **Belly Flop**

* Decreased Mana Cost from 70/75/80/85/90 mana to 60/65/70/75/80

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Added Damage to Lane Minions 3/4/5/6/7 per tick (12/16/20/24/28 total)
* Increased Stun Duration from 1s to 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5s
* Decreased Mana Cost from 70/75/80/85/90 mana to 60/65/70/75/80
* Increased Healing Reduction Debuff Duration from 4s to 5s

**SMITE Version 9.4.7059.2 (April 19, 2022)**

* **Intoxicate**

* Decreased Base Damage from 250/325/400/475/550 to 230/300/370/440/510
* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 70% to 60%

**SMITE Version 8.9.6801.5 (September 21, 2021)**

* **Belly Flop**

* Decreased Cooldown from 16s to 16/15.5/15/14.5/14s

**SMITE Version 8.4.6501.3 (April 20, 2021)**

* **Chug**

* Decreased Mana cost from 40 to 20 at all ranks
* Decreased Cooldown from 10s from 8s
* Fixed Protections description to clarify the ability provides 0 protections at rank 0

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Increase Base Damage from 25/40/55/70/85 to 30/45/60/75/90 per tick

**SMITE Version 7.11.6266 (November 3, 2020)**

* **Chug**

* Now provides Bacchus with a Buff of 0/7/14/21/28/35 Magical Power per rank
* Decreased Mana Cost from 40/45/50/55/60 mana to 40 at all ranks

**SMITE Version 7.8.6152.1 (August 11, 2020)**

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Increased Base Damage from 20/35/50/65/80 to 25/40/55/70/85 per tick.

**SMITE Version 6.8.5557.1 (July 24, 2019)**

* **Chug**

* Fixed upper body sometimes remaining stiff after using ability.

**SMITE Version 6.4.5372.6 (April 2, 2019)**

* **Drunk-O-Meter**

* Decreased Damage Mitigation from 7% to 5% while Tipsy and from 14% to 10% while Smashed.

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Decreased base damage from 25/40/55/70/85 to 20/35/50/65/80 per tick.

**SMITE Version 6.1.5286.8 (February 11, 2019)**

* **Chug**

* Chug is now available at Level 1 and has a Rank 0.

* Rank 0 Chug does not provide any Protections.
* Rank 0 Chug costs 35 Mana.

* Chug now provides 40% Drunk-o-Meter at all Ranks.

**SMITE Version 5.20.5103.3 (October 29, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed Evil Spirits Bacchus having no audio for his Taunts and Jokes while drunk.

**SMITE Version 5.7.4730 (April 24, 2018)**

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Increased Damage from 20/35/50/65/80 to 25/40/55/70/85.
* Healing Reduction is now applied when Bacchus is at any level of his Drunk-O-Meter.
* Increased duration of healing reduction from 3s to 4s.

**SMITE Version 4.24.4493.1 (December 19, 2017)**

* **Chug**

* Decreased mana cost from 40/65/90/115/140 to 40/45/50/55/60.

**SMITE Version 4.22.4446 (November 22, 2017)**

* **General**

* God portrait has been corrected.

**SMITE Version 4.11.4145.1 (June 20, 2017)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where his armpit had golden textures on his Mastery Skins.

**SMITE Version 4.10.4119.1 (June 6, 2017)**

* **General**

* Bacchus has received a visual update.

**SMITE Version 4.1.3883 (February 3, 2017)**

* **Bellyflop**

* Fixed an issue where Bellyflop would not proc Stone of Binding.

**SMITE Version 3.20.3702.3 (October 25, 2016)**

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Healing Reduction debuff increased from ~~25%~~ → 50%.

**SMITE Version 3.14.3547.1 (August 2, 2016)**

* **Intoxicate**

* Reduced Intoxicates debuff duration from ~~8s~~ → 6s.

**SMITE Version 3.2.3246 (February 16, 2016)**

* **Belch of the Gods**

* The Screen Shake now only applies to Enemy Gods. Allies of Bacchus rejoice!

**SMITE Version 2.14.2983.1 (September 22, 2015)**

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Now pushes back minions while firing.

**SMITE Version 2.12.2920.2 (August 18, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed The King end of match lobby showing guitar floating.

**SMITE Version 2.11.2891.1 (August 4, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed some missing voice over lines when destroying objectives.

**SMITE Version 2.7.2766 (June 2, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed jump (spacebar) animation appearing twitchy on land.

**SMITE Version 2.3.2660 (April 1, 2015)**

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Fixed an old issue where players not in range of initial Burp would not have their screen shake. This affects allies and enemies.

**SMITE Version 2.2.2636 (March 18, 2015)**

* **Chug**

* Drunk-O-Meter gained increased from 22/28/34/40/46% to 33/35/37/39/41%.

* **Belch of the Gods**

* Bacchus is now knockback immune while channeling this ability.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2379.3 (October 29, 2014)**

* **Belly Flop**

* Fixed an issue that caused this to not deal damage if he landed in a cripple.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2347.1 (October 15, 2014)**

* **Drunk-O-Meter**

* Fixed an issue where Bacchus didn't receive 10% bonus Drunk-O-Meter if he gets kills within 2s of another kill.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2215.6 (July 15, 2014)**

* **General**

* Updated targeters for Father Chrismash

**SMITE Version 1.0.2188.3 (June 24, 2014)**

* **Chug**

* Mana cost reduced from 50/80/110/140/170 to 40/65/90/115/140.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.2027.1 (March 12, 2014)**

* **General**

* New loading screen card.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1948 (January 29, 2014)**

* **Intoxicate**

* Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.5 to 0.1.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1868.3 (December 5, 2013)**

* **Drunk-O-Meter**

* Fixed typo in the passive meter. We were a bit ‘Tipsy’.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1738 (September 18, 2013)**

* **Drunk-O-Meter**

* The amount of damage mitigated ha s been increased from 5% to 7% when Tipsy and 10% to 14% when Smashed.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1705 (August 27, 2013)**

* **General**

* Ground targeters have been customized.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1666 (August 7, 2013)**

* **General**

* Basic attacks switched from dealing/scaling physical damage to magical.

* **Drunk-O-Meter**

* The buff provided from the drunk state has changed from +5/15 Physical Power to +10/30 Magical Power.

* **Intoxicate**

* The buff provided by the ultimate has been changed from physical power to magical power.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1616.1 (July 10, 2013)**

* **General**

* Some visual adjustments have been made to his model.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1556 (June 5, 2013)**

* **Belly Flop**

* The amount of time between Bacchus jumping into the air and landing on the ground has been increased.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1349 (February 13, 2013)**

* **Drunk-O-Meter**

* When he is Tipsy, he takes 5% less damage and gains 5 physical power.
* When he is Smashed, he takes 10% less damage and gains 15 physical power.

* **Chug**

* Protections are increased by 15/20/25/30/35 for 6s after drinking.

* **Belly Flop**

* If Tipsy, slow by 20% for 2s after they land for all ranks.

* **Belch of the Gods**

* If Tipsy, stun enemies for 1s at all ranks.
* If Tipsy, debuff healing by 25% for 3s at all ranks.

* **Intoxicate**

* If Smashed, gain 20/30/40/50/60 physical power.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1267.0 (December 21, 2012)**

* **Chug**

* Using this ability no longer gives Bacchus additional physical power.
* Using this ability now gives Bacchus +5/10/15/20/25 protections, increasing with Focus up to 50.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1193.0 (November 19, 2012)**

* Bacchus has been added to the game.