Vulcan

[e][h] Vulcan

Unit Information

Type:

Ground

Built From:

Mech Bay

Building Requirement:

Central Command

Cost:

Lum 200 The 125  5

Build Time:

45s

Hotkeys:

S

Macrokeys:

E + S

Health:

400

Armor:

10
Heavy, Mechanical

Speed:

3.5

Passive:

Vulcan Barrage
Devastation Unleashed
Impact Boosters

Introduced:

A26746

Attack1: X134 Minigun

Target:

Ground

Damage:

4

Attack Speed:

0.2

Bonus vs:

Light

Bonus Damage:

2

Range:

8

Battle-mech with a powerful area attack effective against lightly armored units. Damage increases the longer the Vulcan is in battle. Can use Jump Jets.

Veterancy

Veterancy		XP	Health		Damage		Attack Speed
Rank 0: Initiate	-	0	400		X1 4		X1 0.2
Rank 1: Veteran	›	1000	+80	480	+10%	X1 4.4	-	X1 0.2
Rank 2: Elite	››	2500	+80	560	+10%	X1 4.8	-	X1 0.2
Rank 3: Champion	›››	4500	+80	640	+10%	X1 5.2	-	X1 0.2

Abilities

 Vulcan Barrage

Caster: Vulcan This unit increases in firepower over time.

 Devastation Unleashed

Caster: Vulcan This unit's attacks deal area damage in a line.

 Jump Jets

Cooldown: 15s Hotkey: Z Range: 5 Caster: Vulcan Launches this units towerds a target location, stopping at the first enemy unit it impacts. Destroy trees in its path.

 Impact Boosters

Caster: Vulcan Requirements: Research Impact Boosters Increases the launch range of Jump Jets and allows it to deal 50 damage to and stun the first enemy unit it impacts for 3 seconds.

Upgrades

 Research Impact Boosters

Cost: Lum 100 The 100  60 Hotkey: S Researched from: Machine Lab Increases the launch range of Vulcan's Jump Jets ability and allows it to deal 50 damage to and stun the first enemy unit it impacts for 3 seconds.

Patch Changes

Balance Patch History
Patch	Release	Balance Changes
Closed Beta - Frigate Playtest 04/30	2024-04-30	Jump Jets no longer requires an upgrade. Jump Jets launch range decreased from 8 to 5. Jump Jets no longer deals damage to nor stuns the first enemy unit it impacts. Impact Boosters (new)
Closed Beta - Elephant Balance Patch 2/13	2024-02-13	Range increased from 7 to 8. The Vulcan’s Jump Jets ability will no longer be blocked by an enemy corpse.
Closed Beta - Elephant Playtest 01/30	2024-01-30	Build time decreased from 50 seconds to 45 seconds
Closed Beta - Devastator Balance Patch 12/13	2023-12-13	Vulcan supply cost decreased from 6 to 5.
Closed Alpha - Chronosphere Playtest	2023-10-03	Health decreased from 500 to 400. Armor increased from 0 to 10. Movement speed increased from 3.2 to 3.5. Preswing decreased from 0.8 seconds to 0.3 seconds. Slop range increased from 2 to 3. Weapon reworked to use 3 stages of power, up from 2. Damage changed from: 6 (+3 vs Light), 10 (+5 vs Light) to 4 (+2 vs Light), 6 (+3 vs Light), 8 (+4 vs Light).