Sunblast was The Firestorm's disciple, but he disagreed with his teacher a lot. Those disagreements ended up in the battlefield, where The Firestorm kicked Sunblast so hard that he flew off and landed onto the sun. The Firestorm thought that was the end of Sunblast, but he was wrong!
Role: Denier
Overview
Sunblast is a good Fire denier with many nice gimmicks. This includes CDA, Possession, Guard Down and Stamina Removal. He also has access for decent relic slots, Guard Down so that his denials and his allies' attacks always hit, and a decent trait. His drawbacks are a lack of PER and Trait Disable, which is a very important thing for deniers to have. He also has high cooldowns and stamina costs which is not ideal, and his lack of single target moves make him very weak to dodge area. Overall, Sunblast is a decent denier with some pretty heavy drawbacks.
Pros:
- Access to 3 forms of denial in Possession, CDA and Stamina Removal
- Guard Down, so moves will never miss
- Good relics slot in staff
- Good speed
- Decent trait
Cons:
- High cooldowns and stamina costs
- Low life
- Easily denied
- Trap doesn’t go well with low life
- Many AoE skills, making him weak to Dodge Area
- Stamina removal doesn't go well with possession
Recommended Movesets
Solarflare On A Diet
- Block Out The Sun / Dazzling Fireshow (Sun for 40 Special dmg + Possession + 50% Stamina Removal, 27s, 3 CD) / (Fireshow for CDA + Sunburn, 28s, 2 CD)
- Stop, It's Firetime! (AoE CDA + Sunburn, 42s, 3 CD)
- True Power of Pyrotechnics (AoE 30 Fire dmg + Guard Down + Daze, 40s, 2 CD)
- Cover the World In Darkness (AoE 30 Special dmg + Possession + 20% Stamina Removal, 35s, 3 CD)
Recommended Runes: 3 Speed
Recommended Relics: Pumpseed's Staff, Cane of the Atlantis; Nabuline's Trap, Mantis Claws Trap
Counters
- With his Hardened trait, he is fairly weak to deny effects. Use deniers that are faster than him like Jasastur and Saulot.
- His moderate cooldowns allow CDA monsters such as Pierceid and Patient Cyber to counter him.
- Hookuai is a great counter due to his Control Immunity and his high damaging Water move that costs 0 stamina and has a 0 turn cooldown, which just ruins Sunblast's whole gimmick. Hookuai also has access to CDA which just further screws Sunblast over.
Trivia
- Sunblast is the older brother of Solarflare.