Vulcan

←  Vamana
 Xbalanque  →
**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Blast fire using your inferno cannon and shake the earth with your explosive rocket."***

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

## Lore

When the Gods of Rome ride chariots across the sky, it is Vulcan that made them. When they reach for weapons to wield in battle, it is Vulcan that forged them. When the very earth rumbles and mountains erupt in searing flame, it is Vulcan's rage that burns. Smith of the Gods, Vulcan crafts with fire and forge as an artist would with paint and brush.

As an infant, so hideous was Vulcan that his disgusted mother, Juno, cast him into the sea from the heights of Mount Olympus. So great was the fall, it smashed one of Vulcan's legs, a wound from which he would never recover. Beneath the waves, a sea nymph, Thetis, rescued the child-god and raised him as her own. As Vulcan grew, he ventured to the surface and discovered fire and the art of smithing. His natural talents emerged and he forged wondrous jewels for his adopted mother.

Summoned to a gala on Mount Olympus, Thetis wore Vulcan's glittering gifts, but when Juno discovered Vulcan had made them, she jealously demanded he return to Mount Olympus. Angrily, Vulcan refused. In his stead, he sent a magnificent throne of gold and gems that imprisoned Juno when she sat upon it.

For three days Juno was so entombed, and would have remained so had not Jupiter, Vulcan's father, interjected. To Vulcan he offered an exchange, Juno's freedom for the hand of Venus, the most beautiful Goddess of Love. Vulcan agreed.

Though his vengeance was served cold, the fire of spite still burns in Vulcan's chest. Unable to truly forgive, he loses himself at the forge. None of the wondrous chariots, jewelry or weapons he crafts can ever fill the hurt in his heart, but each one is worthy of a God.

## Trivia

### General

* Vulcan was the first god released in SMITE Open Beta.
* Vulcan's greek counterpart, Hephaestus, is one of the twelve olympians along with Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus and either Dionysus or Hestia.
* Vulcan is Venus' husband.
* Vulcan received two significant revision on SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 and SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1887, which transformed him from being a Melee Guardian into a Ranged Mage. For more information about the old kit, see Vulcan#Replaced abilities.
* Vulcan's dance emote is based on the dance, Y.M.C.A.
* Vulcan is one of the few gods who has a dash that only lets them go backwards, with the next one being Tiamat.

### God Skins

* **Sentry**

* This skin is a reference to another game made by Hi-Rez Studios, Global Agenda.
* This skin along with Diamond Sword Ares, Fernando Ares, Enyo Bellona, Infiltrator/White Death Loki, Trickster Loki, Leona JPF Nemesis are based on another game produced/distribue by Hi-Rez.

* **Chef Vulcan**

* This skin was one of the skins chosen by the community to be in the game. This also happened to Midnight Dove Awilix, Spirit Guide Artio, and Fallen Lord Chronos.
* The artist who worked on the concept art for this skin, Robdraws (Robert Koziel) also made the original concepts for Black Knight Osiris, Dragon's Light Sobek and High Noon Sylvanus.
* This skin shares its theme with Chichen Pizza Xbalanque.
* There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, You can hear it here:Chef Vulcan Announcer pack.

* **Necro Alchemist**

* This skin shares its theme with Toxic Overload Achilles, Necro Fumes Agni, Half-life Baron Samedi, Toxic Tide He Bo, Detoxify Maui, Caustic Skies Nu Wa, Meltdown Sol, Toxic Current Yemoja and Nuclear Winter Ymir.

* **Titan**

* This skin has matching card art with Cloud 9 Chaac, Fnatic Anhur and Team SoloMid Sun Wukong.

* **Vulcap'n Redbeard**

* This skin is based on the pirate, Black Beard.
* This is the first skin to give Vulcan a custom voice pack.
* This skin shares its theme with Dread Captain Artemis, Pirate Admiral/Pirate Queen Chang'e, Skaliwag Kali, BuccaNeith/Sea Shanty Neith, Dreadbeard Poseidon, First Mate Serqet, High Seas Sobek, Swashbuckler Susano and PrivaTyr Tyr.

* **Full Metal**

* This skin is a possible reference to the film, Full Metal Jacket.
* This skin shares its theme with Shell Shock Agni, Soldier of Fortune/Hired Gun Ares, Steel Falcon Horus, Last Commando Rama, Squirrel Squad Ratatoskr, Infantree Sylvanus and G.I. Zhong Zhong Kui.

* **Badlands**

* This skin is based on the movie Mad Max.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Jonathan Bullock, also voiced Archangel Chernobog and Galactic Void Chernobog
* This skin shares its theme with Wasteland Cu Chulainn, Road Rebel Hercules and Warlord Kumbhakarna.

* **Warmaker**

* The backstory for the skin is based on Vulcan's original lore, but in a Sci-fi setting.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Jason Charles Miller, also voiced Righteous Hammer/Fallen Arbiter Chaac, Lord Bifrost Heimdallr and Cybernetic Ullr.
* This skin shares its theme with Powersurge Awilix.

* **Hammerhead**

* This skin is named after the Hammerhead shark.
* This was the first Vulcan skin where he doesn't have any mechanical prosthetic.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Cyrus Rodas, also voiced Seraph Horus and Striking Machina Ymir.
* This skin shares its theme with Nautilal Legionnarie Achilles, Siren Song Cliodhna, Finrawr Fenrir, Claw of the Deep Khepri, Depths of Atlantis Nox, Depths Defender Odin, King of the Deep Poseidon, Aquatic Nightmare Ra, Terror Of The Deep Scylla and Deep Sea Skadi.

* **Galaxy Forger**

* This skin shares its theme with Gemini Agni, Cosmic Power Anubis, Galactic Void Chernobog, Cosmic Traveler Cliodhna, Cosmic Fortune Ganesha, Infinity Wave He Bo, Cosmic Conqueror Hercules, Dark Matter Khepri, Nebula Medusa, Galaxy Maverick Ne Zha, Galaxy Shaper Nox, Cosmic Sol and Galactic Gentleman Yu Huang.

* **Space Cadet**

* This skin shares its theme with Galactic Invader Ah Puch, Star Slayer Anhur, Deadnaut/Intruder Bot Cupid, Space Scoundrel Danzaburou, Space Monkey Hun Batz, Nu Horizons/Aurum Nu Wa, Interstellar Olorun and Solar Navi-Gator Sobek.

* **Bit Builder**

* This skin shares its theme with Bit Battler Ares, Pixel Beast Cernunnos, Pixel Chaos Discordia, Pixel Buster Freya, Bit Fortune Ganesha, Pixel Rush He Bo, Pixel Lancer Skadi, Pixel Hammer Thor and Bit Slayer Tsukuyomi.

* **Cannon Crusader**

* This skin shares its theme with Righteous Hammer/Fallen Arbiter Chaac, Griffindwarf Fafnir and Dragon Priestess Nox.

## Skins

* Default
* Ironsmith
* Warforged
* Sentry
* Chef Vulcan
* Necro Alchemist
* Titan
* Vulcap'n Redbeard
* Full Metal Vulcan
* Badlands
* Warmaker
* Hammerhead
* Galaxy Forger
* Space Cadet
* Bit Builder
* Cannon Crusader
* Soul Hammer
* 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 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 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 was part of the Heavenly Light event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests, or via direct purchase.

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  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 was part of 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 could only be obtained by purchasing the Neo Olympia Battle Pass.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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

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

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

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

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 Requirements
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could 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 the Dark Dominion Battle Pass.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.12.7798.1 (November 14, 2023)**

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Increased Base Damage from 45/70/95/120/145 to 45/75/105/135/165

* **Earthshaker**

* Increased minimum damage from 75% to 80%

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

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Decreased Cooldown from 14s to 10s

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

* **Backfire**

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 80% to 70%
* Increased Cooldown from 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 to 8/7.5/7/6.5/6

**SMITE Version 9.10.7292.5 (November 1, 2022)**

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Increased Cooldown from 13 to 14s

**SMITE Version 9.9.7253.5 (September 20, 2022)**

* **Backfire**

* No longer counts as a movement ability (can be fired when crippled)

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Decreased Cooldown from 15s to 13s
* Decreased Mana Cost from 65/70/75/80/85 mana to 50/55/60/65/70

**SMITE Version 8.10.6841.2 (October 19, 2021)**

* **Earthshaker**

* Decreased Cooldown from 90s to 90/85/80/75/70s

**SMITE Version 8.6.6618.4 (June 15, 2021)**

* **Magma Bomb**

* Increased base damage 70/120/170/220/270 to 80/130/180/230/280

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

* **Earthshaker**

* Increased Damage at close range from 60% to 75% of the max dmg

**SMITE Version 7.4.5984.3 (April 21, 2020)**

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Fixed an issue where Vulcan's turret FX persisted too long after being killed.

**SMITE Version 6.5.5418 (April 30, 2019)**

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Fixed camp minions not animating on death if killed by turret.

**SMITE Version 5.18.5022.1 (October 1, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed Chef Vulcan intro audio continuing to play while muted.

**SMITE Version 5.14.4910 (August 6, 2018)**

* **Backfire**

* Now goes through walls.

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Now Cannon deals damage as if the target had 25% less magical protections.

**SMITE Version 5.11.4838 (June 26, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Vulcan's inferno cannon would be invisible on the Joust map while playing in Spanish or Portuguese language.

**SMITE Version 5.5.4677.1 (March 27, 2018)**

* **Backfire**

* Increased Base damage from 80/120/160/200/240 to 90/130/170/210/250.
* Increased amount of damage that Inferno Cannon deals to marked targets from 10% to 15%.

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Increased Magical Power Scaling from 35% to 40%.

**SMITE Version 5.2.4599 (February 13, 2018)**

* **Magma Bomb**

* Increased Magical Power Scaling from 70% to 80%.

**SMITE Version 5.1.4571.1 (January 30, 2018)**

* **General**

* Now all mages have magic prot scalings of .9 per level.

**SMITE Version 4.23.4469.1 (December 5, 2017)**

* **Earthshaker**

* Updated FX to be less scary for allies of Vulcan.

**SMITE Version 3.12.3494 (July 6, 2016)**

* **New Passive – Master Craftsman**

* Whenever Vulcan successfully hits an enemy god with an ability he gains +20 MP5 and 15% Movement Speed for 5s.

**SMITE Version 3.5.3322.1 (March 29, 2016)**

* **Earthshaker**

* Increased point blank damage from ~~50%~~ → 60%.
* Reduced the travel time at max range.

**SMITE Version 2.15.3014 (October 6, 2015)**

* **Backfire**

* Fixed issue with ability preemptively hitting collision.

**SMITE Version 2.10.2868 (July 21, 2015)**

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Fixed being able to place Cannons inside collision.

* **Magma Bomb**

* Warm up is now team colored.

* **Earthshaker**

* Warm up is now team colored.

**SMITE Version 2.0.2573.3 (February 11, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed the Sentry skin turrets always showing crowd control immune glow on.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2476 (December 17, 2014)**

* **Magma Bomb**

* This ability no longer stuns as it knocks up.
* Range reduced from 65 to 60.
* Added a ground target warning indicator where the Magma Bomb is going to land.

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

* **General**

* Voice has been updated.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2326 (October 1, 2014)**

* **Backfire**

* Fixed an issue where if this ability is used while walking forward, Vulcan became stuck bent over until the player stopped moving.

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

* **Magma Bomb**

* Fixed missing impact sound fx and hit particles.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2173 (June 12, 2014)**

* **General**

* Added targeters for Sentry skin.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1968 (February 6, 2014)**

* **Magma Bomb**

* Recovery time reduced from 0.2 to 0.1.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1918.2 (January 8, 2014)**

* **General**

* Basic attack animations now include trails on his hammer as he swings it.
* The shockwave basic attack projectile is now blue for his Sentry skin.
* **Backfire**
* Pre-Hit reduced from 0.5 to 0.25.
* Increased magical damage scaling from 70% to 80%.

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Pre-Hit Delay reduced from 0.49 to 0.4.
* Post-Hit Delay reduced from 0.24 to 0.1.

* Magma Bomb

* Post-Hit Delay reduced from 0.4 to 0.2.
* This ability can now be placed inside of walls.
* Increased magical damage scaling from 60% to 70%.

* **Earthshaker**

* Post-Hit Delay reduced from 0.7 to 0.2.
* Added a vertical beam to the targeting fx to make it easier for Vulcan to see at distance.
* Fixed an issue where the red outline in the warmup FX wasn’t visible for enemies.
* This ability can now be placed inside of walls.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1888.2 (December 20, 2013)**

* **Heavy Shot**

* Slow increased from 15% to 20%.

* **Backfire**

* Damage Increased from 65/95/125/155/185 (+70% of your magical power) to 80/120/160/200/240 (+70% of your magical power). Cooldown changed from 9/8/7/6/5 to 7/6.5/6/5.5/5s.

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Health per rank changed from 100/150/200/250/300 to 220/300/380/460/540. Protections per rank changed from 5/10/15/20/25 to 5/15/25/35/45.

* **Magma Bomb**

* Damage scaling increased from 40% to 60% of Vulcan's Magical Power.

* **Earthshaker**

* Increased projectile speed for long range shots from 45 to 50. (Shot has the same minimum time of 1.5s, but the maximum time at full distance is reduced slightly). Increased magical scaling from 120% to 130%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1887 (December 18, 2013)**

* **General**

* Vulcan has had an ability overhaul, and is now positioned as a Mage. His base stats have been adjusted accordingly. Vulcan’s Basic attack is now ranged.

* **Backfire (No Change)**

* Vulcan blasts a fireball out of his Forge, pushing him back and dealing 65/95/125/155/185 (+70% of your magical power) damage to all enemies in its path, marking the first god that is hit. The Inferno Cannon prioritizes the marked target and deals 10% more damage to that god.
* Cost: 40/45/50/55/60 mana.
* Cooldown: 9/8/7/6/5 seconds.

* **Inferno Cannon (No Change)**

* Vulcan constructs an Inferno Cannon that shoots fireballs in a cone that deal 45/70/95/120/145 (+35% of your magical power) 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.
* Cost: 65/70/75/80/85 mana.
* Cooldown: 15 seconds.

* **Magma Bomb (No Change)**

* Vulcan tosses a bomb that explodes in a radius on impact with the ground, damaging for 70/120/170/220/270 (+40% of your magical power), stunning for 1s, and knocking back nearby enemies.
* Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 mana.
* Cooldown: 10 seconds.

* **Earthshaker (NEW)**

* Vulcan launches a rocket that explodes on impact with the ground, causing 400/520/640/760/880 (+120% of your magical power) damage. The rocket starts at 50% damage strength, and increases damage the further it travels from Vulcan.
* Cost: 80/90/100/110/120 mana.
* Cooldown: 90 seconds.

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

* **Backfire**

* Fixed an issue in which Vulcan could be stuck moving backwards.
* Fixed an issue in which Vulcan could sometimes get stuck in “hunchback” pose under some circumstances.

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Fixed an issue where it would target towers.

* **Magma Bomb**

* Updated the targeter to be more clear where the center of the blast will be.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 (November 20, 2013)**

* **General**

* New loading screen card.
* Vulcan received some visual FX upgrades to his melee attacks and other miscellaneous areas.
* Vulcan should no longer play his intro animation twice.

* **Backfire**

* The backward dash movement on this device has been re-enabled. It will also now slide against angled walls and surfaces, rather than come to a complete stop. Note: The movement now acts like a traditional dash. He will no longer have invulnerability frames, or lose the point in Domination while moving.

* **Inferno Cannon**

* The tooltip now indicates that this turret takes 50% additional damage from non-god sources.
* The Inferno Cannon’s current target will also now have a targeting beam drawn to them, similar to those of Towers.

* **[New #3] - Magma Bomb**

* Vulcan returned to the workshop and re-emerged with a new gadget. His Thumper XVI has been replaced with the Magma Bomb. The Magma Bomb is a ground target projectile that explodes on impact, damaging nearby enemies, dealing magical damage, and stunning and knocking back enemies within the explosion radius.

* **Volcanic Overdrive**

* The bonus protections have been removed and replaced with 30% damage reduction across all ranks.
* This ability now also grants CC immunity while active.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1740 (September 25, 2013)**

* **Thumper XVI**

* An issue has been fixed where this turret was only dealing damage to enemies within a cone. This will now deal damage in a 360 radius again, as intended.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1740 (September 25, 2013)**

* **General**

* Fixed an AI issue with turrets.

* **Backfire**

* The mana cost for this ability has been reduced from 50/55/60/65/70 to 40/45/50/55/60.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1739.1 (September 19, 2013)**

* **General**

* Fixed an AI issue with turrets.

* **Backfire**

* The mana cost for this ability has been reduced from 50/55/60/65/70 to 40/45/50/55/60.

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

* **Backfire**

* This ability no longer pushes him backwards.
* The cooldown of this ability has been reduced from 13s to 9/8/7/6/5s.
* The base damage of this ability has been decreased from 85/145/205/265/325 to 65/95/125/155/185.

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

* **General**

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

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1629.0 (July 17, 2013)**

* **Backfire**

* This ability now marks the first god that is hit for 4 seconds, causing the Inferno Cannon to prioritize that target and giving the turrets 10% increased damage to that target.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1403 (March 13, 2013)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Vulcan's turrets would remain visible for a few seconds after it died.

* **Volcanic Overdrive**

* The cooldown on rank 4 and 5 is now properly set to 90s.
* Mana costs on rank 4 and 5 is now properly set to 100.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1350 (February 20, 2013)**

* **Inferno Cannon**

* The delay between the Inferno Cannon being deployed and it firing its first shot has been reduced from 1s to .25s.

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

* **Forge**

* Vulcan's structures were scaling off of 20% health and protections since the last patch. The description has now been updated accordingly.

* **Thumper XVI**

* Slow by 5/10/15/20/25%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1328.3 (February 1, 2013)**

* **General**

* The amount of base protections the structures have has been reduced from 10/15/20/25/30 per rank to 5/10/15/20/25.

* **Forge**

* The amount of health transferred to the structures has been increased from 15% to 20%.

* **Inferno Cannon**

* Base damage has been reduced from 65/100/135/170/205 to 45/70/95/120/145.
* Magical power contribution has been increased from 20% to 35%.

* **Thumper XVI**

* Base damage has been reduced from 15/20/25/30/35 to 10/15/20/25/30.
* Magical power contribution has been increased from 10% to 15%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1328 (January 30, 2013)**

* Vulcan has been added to the game.

## Replaced abilities

  Health Transfer: 20%
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  Ability Type: Passive
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  Slow Duration: 2s
  Ability Type: Pet
  Cooldown: 15 seconds
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  Structure Attack Speed: 50%
  Ability Type: Buff
  Cost: 100 mana
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