Bacchus

How to play Bacchus

Bacchus is a melee guardian from the Roman pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players play Bacchus in the Support role.

In your kit, Belly Flop (leap area knock-up) is your way in and out of fights. Belch of the Gods (cone channel stun) is your main crowd control. Chug (get drunk, heal, empower attack) adds damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Intoxicate (area damage intoxicate), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Drunk-O-Meter: gain buffs when drunk.

Community guides level Belch of the Gods, Belly Flop and Belch of the Gods first. Max Belch of the Gods first, then Belly Flop, then Chug.

Your job is to start fights and protect your team, not to get kills. Move in when your team is close enough to follow up, then stay near your hunter and protect them from anyone who jumps on them. Your build makes you very hard to kill, so you can stand in front and absorb damage. As support, stay with your duo lane partner early and use your crowd control to set up kills.

Start with Bluestone Brooch, then buy Gauntlet of Thebes. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Stampede and Shifter's Shield, and you finish with Genji's Guard, Kinetic Cuirass and Freya's Tears. A good relic is Blink Rune. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of Revelry, it reworks Chug (drink, attacks cleave). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Guan Yu, Kali and Atlas, and struggle against Ishtar, Gilgamesh or Chaac. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.