The Official SMITE Magazine Issue 1 | Page 67

Opinion So let’s go through his kit and Arguably expensive in mana see why Bacchus can tank the costs but if you manage your alcohol more than anyone else. passive well you can have a nontroubled life whilst using the 1) Chug: Bacchus takes on shots most out of Chug. of wine as often as 6 seconds but initially a 10 second cooldown. 2) Belly Flop: With a stomach the This gives his passive a certain size of some of the smaller gods amount of % his Drunk-O- Belly Flop can be an amazing Meter passive which grants him skill giving one of the biggest you get enough time to follow up or get yourself and allies out of there. Viable escape tool as well because you can jump over walls to escape. bonuses in itself. Chug also gives him 6 seconds of protections for both Physical and Magical. This skill is what allows Bacchus to be the highest statistical tank, being the only one to survive a Thanatos execution whilst being under threshold. possible knockups in the game. If your passive is above 30% (that’s one or two shots of Chug) they are also slowed for 20% for 2 seconds. Great setup for basically any crowd control skill in the game as well as your own such as Intoxicate or Belch of the Gods. one aspect be the reason your team gets a deicide but it can be stopped by any almost any form of crowd control. Again, if you’re over the 30% threshold on your passive you will debuff the enemy for 3 seconds, reducing the healing they receive by 25% for 3 seconds. Decently sized AoE that allows you to get 2 enemies close to each other in lane, possibly more especially at the Gold Fury/Fire Giant objective. Love the fact that Whilst I find this a great skill to chain after Belly Flop, most gods are mobile enough to get out of this ability before its full effect unless you position yourself Fantastic ability whilst going into a fight or being forced into one as you can give yourself an extra 35 protections on Physical and Magical at max rank which is almost an item’s worth in itself. Issue 1 • May 2014 3) Belch of the Gods: Burping for a total of 2 seconds with 4 evenly spread damage ticks every 0.5 seconds, this coned skill can in 67 • GameOn Smite Community Magazine