Opinion
Belch of the Gods has probably
set up about half as many kills
compared to Belly Flop and
it feels lackluster at times.
Because apart from the
obvious real hard crowd control
(repositioning/direct stunning
skills) others forms of crowd
control such as knockups/
cripples also stop your burping
spree go on. Even a small
knockup from Sun Wukong
will stop that burp happening,
which for the enemy team is
a nice stop because plenty of
kills happen due to stuns, let
alone an AoE stun. But on the
other side it is essentially a built
up stun, because for 2 seconds
you are burping and you only
need to hit the last tick of the skill
to land the effects. So is it really
fair to have your stun cancelled
out after spilling out laughable
damage for 1.5 seconds and
nothing else? I’d say not really,
but the rewards of a well timed
and well placed Belch are worth
the risk of an easy cut off.
How can Bacchus be used, is he
capable of the Jungle Athena/
Ymir or Guan Yu standards?
Bacchus is capable of being more
than the tankiest tank tanking,
but he doesn’t fall far from it.
He doesn’t quite pull off that
pure mage aspect that Athena
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and Ymir put out but he does
make a very nice magical bruiser
similar to how Zhong Kui can be
used. If you mix certain items his
damage output becomes more
than peeling but becomes a wary
poke, which can all change with
the bonuses of skill combinations
Bacchus gets from his passive.
Spear of the Magus can be used
on people for the full effect on
Belch of the Gods leading to a
devastating Intoxicate to the
face. Polynomicon can make a
nice dent in someone’s health
bar even if your skills aren’t
cutting them down fast enough.
Mystical Mail can add up to
some decent amounts if you’re
in the thick of the battle for long
enough and manage to stick to
the enemy.
But in terms of the main mode
Conquest, he is mainly limited to
the Support role without a huge
amount of skill to do otherwise.
His lane clear is almost nonexistent, both in lane and in the
Jungle but his gank potential is
great considering he can jump
over walls. However in the Joust
world he can be used in that
bruiser role, soaking up that
damage whilst dishing out those
crowd controlling skills with
some damage on top.
Well readers, that’s what I think
about Bacchus, the God of wine.
He has made me drunk enough
to give him the #1 spot on my
favorite God’s list and rightfully
deserved. After this I think I need
a drink, do you? §
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