Vulcan Cannon

[Whaler]

How am I supposed to survive as a melee character against Vulcan if his cannon hits me for 1400 damage in three hits. For reference, I was playing Bellona.

[Fury2112]

avoid the cannon...

[RecalledDread]

The Cannon should only be getting 1, maybe 2 shots at you at most.

You have a dash, dash past it to one side, and carry on.
If you are ranged, poke it, you can stand just outside the radius and hit it with basic attacks

Bellona also has an ult to stun Vulcan AND jump over turret if needed (and the situation is right for the ult use).

[Chiselion]

Build hp and prot also.

[Storm]

You have to realize it only has a 90 degree cone of firing range. Don't run straight at the turret, run through the edge and you'll take a single shot, two at most, if it's in a tight corridor.

[Arrancar]

Don't stand in front of it lmao.

[Ragnoraok]

Focus your attack on the cannon. Also, this is sort of unrelated to your question, but judging by your post, I can tell that you are somewhat new at least when it comes to the matchup against Vulcan. Most Vulcans will get the majority of their kills from players chasing Vulcan without magical protections. Keep in mind that his passive gives him speed boosts and that his kit is designed around AOE control. All he has to do is put his turret down, run around until he builds his passive, use his magma bomb to further slow your advances, and if you are closing the distance, he can use Backfire. Needless to say, his ultimate is a great deterrent against suicide dives.

The best option for ganking Vulcan is to make sure that you are right on top of him before he responds. Then, you can cc and burst him before he runs away. Unlike ganking other mages, a decent Vulcan player will kill most assassins or gankers who try to run up on him from a distance.

[kaune]

gods with robots in their kit are complete and total bullsht. gg pvp ai robots with aim bot auto aim. skill.

[SD97]

I recently went up against a Vulcan solo and I can tell you the turret actually made life hell for me in that lane for the first few levels. Its just that the 90 degree angle covers the entirety of the lane, and so walking up to him is impossible, I will be half health by the time I reach him. If I go to the side, he gets to freecast on me for some extra poke as i clear the minions and the turret and he can simply put down another turret by the time I have cleared. If I try to go for poke, I take minion aggro and he will anywayrun away with backfire and then kill me with magma bomb. Thank the lord, I was SWK, I can destroy the turret from so far away, but I do think I would have run into problems if I was some melee range like Bellona or Amaterasu. I know Vulcan is not a very tough opponent in solo, but I always run into problems because of that free damage he gets from his turret and his 1 and 3 when I go to the side to destroy it. I legit think he should be ignored in the early game for the most part, because chasing him down is a death sentence at least until u have got magical protections or u dont take damage from minions and even then his passive and his 1 will just make him run away. Honestly, fighting Vulcan is such a pain.