General

• When you play Bacchus you’re here to party. Unfortunately, chug doesn’t feel great to rank up and the buff from it feels lackluster. We want Bacchus players to chug right before they engage in combat, so we are adding an extra Magical Power buff to the effect. This should have our big boy swinging hard on his enemies like the good old days.

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

General

• This big boy is a perpetual meta pick in Non-Conquest game modes, with his ability to mitigate and dish out serious damage. He still is struggling in Conquest, though, even with his changes to Chug last year. We are increasing his Belch base damage back to a previous value to help him better compete vs other Duo Laners.

Belch of the Gods

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

General

• Chug
• Fixed upper body sometimes remaining stiff after using ability.

General

• Bacchus has been belching his way up the ranks, being a very potent threat in the early game.
• He currently brings high clear speed, high kill potential, and is hard to box in the early game. These issues all arose when we added the Rank 0 to his Chug.
• That change helped Bacchus' unique mechanic contribute more to the fun of Bacchus rather, but now he needs adjustments to offset this high strength.
• The amount of Damage Mitigation provided from the Drunk-O-Meter and the base damage of Belch of the Gods are coming down, giving opponents better opportunities to fight back against Bacchus.

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.

General

• Bacchus has always been an absolute unit in Joust and Arena, but he often struggled in Conquest where his kit didn't feel functional until later levels.
• Bacchus will now be able to get the party started even at level 1 by getting direct access to his Chug ability.
• This greatly improves Bacchus' early game potential in conquest as he can gain access to Magical Power, Bonus effects, and Damage Mitigation through his Drunk-O-Meter
• that usually wouldn't be filling up until later levels.

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.

General

• Belch of the Gods is becoming even more godlike this patch! This god struggles in the early levels of Conquest and these changes will hopefully let him better compete with other duo laners. Bacchus relies on building up his Drunk-o-meter early on, which takes an ability point that he would otherwise spend on damage. We are increasing damage on Belch of the Gods to give him better clear and poke damage to make up for this. Additionally, the anti-heal provided by this ability will now immediately trigger (instead of just when it stuns) and will last longer. This will help him have more identity as an anti-heal pick.

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.

General

• Similar to Noxious Fumes, Bacchus players who were maxing Chug could do themselves more harm than good. This should not be the case. Bacchus can now Chug for a much reduced cost, allowing players to feel good about ranking this ability.

Chug

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

General

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

Bellyflop

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

General

• Bacchus has been a constant threat in SMITE, but one of his numbers was very inconsistent with similar Abilities. Almost all gods who have built in anti-heals have it at 50% to facilitate counter-picking. We are bringing up Bacchus' debuff on Belch of the Gods to be more consistent across the game.

Belch of the Gods

• Healing Reduction debuff increased from 25% -> 50%.

Intoxicate

• Reduced Intoxicates debuff duration from 8s to 6s.

Belch of the Gods

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

Belch of the Gods

• Now pushes back minions while firing.

General

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

General

• Fixed some missing voice over lines when destroying objectives.

General

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

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.

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.

Belly Flop

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

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.

General

• Updated targeters for Father Chrismash

Chug

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

General

• New loading screen card.

Intoxicate

• Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.5 to 0.1

Drunk-O-Meter

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

Drunk-O-Meter

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

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.

General

• Some visual adjustments have been made to his model.

Belly Flop

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

Drunk-O-Meter (Passive)

• 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.

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.