Sunspot

"It's become clear you're a liability, and there's only one thing Da Costa International does with liabilities. LIQUIDATION!"

—Sunspot^[src]

Sunspot is a Mutant Champion. Being a Mutant Champion, he has a Class Bonus against Skill Champions, but is weak to Tech Champions.

Bio[]

Roberto Da Costa is a hot-headed, suave Brazilian millionaire, and a highly respected leader to mutants and heroes alike. Backed up with the ability to absorb, store, and unleash enormous amounts of solar energy at will, Sunspot is a force to be reckoned with both behind the scenes and on the battlefield.

Mechanics[]

Solar Charges

Sunspot starts every fight with a limited number of Solar Charges that he consumes every time an attack connects with his Opponent. For every Solar Charge consumed Sunspot increases the damage of his strike significantly. If the attack was successful, Sunspot Incinerates his Opponent.

Flare State

For as long as Sunspot has Solar Charges, he also has Flare State. When launching a Special 1 Sunspot can gain an additional stack of Flare State. Each Stack of Flare State increases the number of Solar Charges Sunspot consumes when attacking his Opponent and greatly enhances his offensive power.

Incinerates and Perfect Block

While Sunspot’s Opponent is Incinerated, Well-Timed Blocks provide 100% Perfect Block Chance. This Perfect Block chance is maintained throughout the Opponent’s entire Special Attack or Combo. Each time this Perfect Block occurs, Sunspot Purifies an Incinerate on his Opponent which recovers his Solar Charges and generates some Power.

Stats[]

Max Rating	Max Health	Max Attack
609	2077	164
-	-	-
1542	5275	418
1902	-	-
3866	13227	1047
4764	-	-
7778	26521	2098
10632	-	-
13270	45253	3580
18140	-	-
33690	114943	9093
-	-	-

Abilities[]

Solar Charges – Max Stacks: 80

Sunspot is Immune to all Incinerate effects. Whenever Sunspot would be incinerated he instead generates 5 Solar Charges.
Sunspot starts a fight with his maximum Solar Charges. 1 charge expires every 3 second(s).

Flare State – Max Stacks: 10

Sunspot maintains Flare State for as long as he has Solar Charges.
If under the effects of Shock or when running out of Solar Charges, Flare State is disabled and all stacks are removed.
Whenever Sunspot’s attacks make contact with his Opponent he expends 1 Solar Charge per hit for each stack of Flare State. Each charge expended increases the damage of that hit by X.

Tier	Damage
	82
	209
	523.5
	1049
	1790
	4546.5

Incinerates

When Striking the Opponent, inflict an Incinerate for each Solar Charge expended, dealing X energy damage for 5 seconds.

Tier	Energy Damage
	16.4
	41.8
	104.7
	209.8
	358
	909.3

Incinerates remove Perfect Block chance and lower the Opponent’s Block Proficiency by 50%.
If a Strike fails to apply an Incinerate on the Opponent due to chance, gain 1 Solar Charge and 10% of a bar of Power. If an Incinerate is purified, gain 1 Solar Charge per Incinerate purified and 10% of a Bar of Power each time a Purify occurs.
As Sunspot gains Power the potency of any Power gained by Incinerates is reduced by up to 57%.

On Well-Timed Blocks

For as long as Sunspot’s Opponent is Incinerated, Well-Timed blocks grant 100% Perfect Block chance for the duration of his Opponents Combo or Special Attack.
When Sunspot performs a Perfect Block he Purifies 1 Incinerate Debuff on his Opponent.

When Charging a Heavy Attack

While Charging a Heavy Attack, Sunspot Purifies 1 Incinerate Debuff on his Opponent every 0.18 seconds.

Signature Ability[]

Gideon's Experiments - Passive

Sunspot increases his maximum number of Solar Charges by X.

Tier	Solar Charges
	1 - 30
	1 - 30
	1 - 30
	1 - 40
	1 - 40
	1 - 40

Special Attacks[]

Special 1 - Kick Off
Sunspot performs a dazzling combination of Capoeira kicks.

Gain an additional stack of Flare State.
Incinerates inflicted during this Special Attack last 9 seconds longer.

Dev Notes: This Special Attack is Sunspot’s bread and butter and should be his focus for the beginning of any fight. Each time this Special Attack is launched Sunspot is going to increase the number of Solar Charges he consumes on each hit. Make sure you keep an eye on how many Solar Charges you have to spend, if you launch too many Special 1’s and can’t reach your Special 2 for the big pay off or the Special 3 to reload your charges, you’re going to need to reset from the beginning.

Special 2 - Ultra-violent Radiation
After a flurry of attacks Sunspot drives his fist into the Earth, creating an eruption of molten lava.

The final hit expends up to 15 Solar Charges.
For each stack of Flare State, Sunspot gains a Prowess effect increasing the damage dealt by this Special Attack by 200%.

Dev Notes: The best I was able to do was achieve 8 Stacks of Flare State before launching this Special Attack. When Sunspot lands the final hit of this attack with 1600% increased damage… it really is Ultra-violent.

Special 3 - SPF 10,000
Following a quick adjustment of his stylish suit, Sunspot aims to close the deal by unleashing a devastating blast of solar energy.

Sunspot recovers up to his maximum Solar Charges.
For every 20 Solar Charges recovered Sunspot Inflicts 1 Incinerate Debuff dealing X Energy Damage over 12 seconds.

Tier	Energy Damage
	164
	418
	1047
	2098
	3580
	9093

Dev Notes: This Special is great for long fights. If you find you’re running low on Solar Charges but you still want to build to a higher number of Flare States, skip the Special 2 and rush for the Special 3 to reload all your Solar Charges while keeping your active Flare States.

Synergy Bonuses[]

Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
New Mutants		Mutant Champions: Ability Accuracy is increased by 30% during Special Attacks. Increased to up to 60% based on Sunspot’s Signature level. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
A.I.M. Technology		Science Champions: Increase the Duration and Ability Accuracy of any Exhaustion, Fatigue, Heal Block, Petrify, Slow, and Weakness Debuffs by 10%. Increased to up to 40% based on Sunspot’s Signature Level. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Leading Avengers		Avengers and New Avengers: When fighting Villain Champions, reduce the Potency of any Power Sting and damage over time effects by 10%. Increased to up to 40% based on Sunspot’s Signature Level. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +125 Critical Rating. Increased to up to +325 based on Sunspot's Signature Level.
Friends - Level 3		All Champions: +130 Armor Rating. Increased to up to +330 based on Sunspot’s Signature Level.
Incoming Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Fire and Forget		Black Widow (Claire Voyant), Sunspot: Whenever the Opponent is immune to Incinerate they’re inflicted with a Slow Debuff for 8 seconds. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Teammates - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Perfect Block Chance.
Disco Inferno		Dazzler: Performing a Dazzling Dash inflicts an Incinerate Debuff dealing 20% of Attack as Energy Damage over 10 seconds. Other Synergy Champions: Incinerate and Plasma Debuffs gain 15% duration. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Teammates - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Perfect Block Chance.
Fire Cleanses		Synergy champions except for Kushala: Incinerate effects are 15% more potent. Kushala: For each Damaging effect on the Opponent, Heavy Attacks deal extra damage equal to 5% of Kushala’s base attack. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Mutant Agenda - Level 3		Mutant Champions: Special Attack hits gain +12% Attack Rating.
Sharp Dressed Men		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Suit Up		Synergy Champions: +7% Health. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
High Thermal Calibration		Solvarch: At the start of each fight, gain an Energize Passive increasing Combat Power Rate by +20% for 14 seconds. Other Synergy Champions: 15% increased Incinerate Debuff potency. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
She’s At It Again		Synergy Champions: Start the fight with an indefinite +5% Prowess Passive.
Questionable Good		All Champions: +4% Health. Synergy Champions: Against #Villains, gain 4% increased Attack Rating. Against #Hero, gain +100 Armor Rating and Block Proficiency.
5. Fry in Skillet		Venompool: Illogical DNA grants Immunity to Incinerate effects. Synergy Champions: +4% Health & Attack Rating. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
SelfFriends		Warlock: Special Attacks generate -70% less Power in Opponents. Sunspot: Incinerates have 25% increased duration. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
A.I.M. Alumni		Synergy Champions: +5% Attack Rating and +400 Critical Damage Rating. These bonuses are doubled while at Combo Meter 25+. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

High Damage Output
- When expending any of Sunspot’s Solar Charges he deals an additional 50% of his attack rating as bonus damage for each stack of Flare State.

Guaranteed Perfect Blocks
- Sunspot has access to a reliable and effective Perfect Block for as long as his Opponents are Incinerated.

Power Gain
- By charging Heavy Attacks or performing Well-Timed blocks on Incinerated Opponents, Sunspot charges Power.

Weaknesses[]

Dependent on Incinerates
- If Sunspot’s Opponent is Immune to Incinerates he will struggle to maintain his high damage output and will be much more reliant on launching his Special 3 to maintain Flare State.

Shock
- If at any point Sunspot is affected by a Shock he loses all Stacks of Flare State and is unable to consume any Solar Charges when attacking his Opponent.

Recommended Masteries[]

Parry + Stupefy
- If Sunspot can reliably stun his opponents for a long duration he can charge his Heavy Attack for much longer and loop Special 1’s without losing too many Solar Charges.

Willpower
- Sunspot doesn’t have any defensive utility outside of his perfect blocks. Anything that can soften the blow from any debuffs will help keep Sunspot in the fight longer.

Despair
- Sunspot inflicts a lot of Incinerates on his Opponents, mixed with the Despair Mastery he can quickly stop any regenerating champion.

References[]

↑ CHAMPION SPOTLIGHT – SUNSPOT

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