Sunsinger
Sunsinger is a subclass of Warlock. It is unlocked when the player reaches level 15. Sunsinger is the PvE and team focused subclass with emphasis on Solar damage. They will be able to use their magical abilities to enhance both themselves and their allies. Radiance, Sunsinger's Super, is a powerful ability grant massive offensive and defensive buffs. With the the Fireborn upgrade you can even self-revive. Sunsinger can dish out massive amounts of solar/burn DoT damage with Scorch and grenades.
Abilities
| Type | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Firebolt Grenade | Grenades | A grenade that unleashes bolts of Solar Light at nearby enemies. |
| Fusion Grenade (Sunsinger) | Grenades | An explosive grenade that causes bonus damage when attached to its target. |
| Glide | Jumps | Jump and then press (X) or (A) again while in the air to activate Glide. |
| Radiance | Supers | Fill yourself with Solar Light, dramatically increasing the effectiveness of all your abilities. |
| Scorch | Melee Abilities | A powerful melee attack that ignites enemies, causing fire damage over time. |
| Solar Grenade | Grenades | A grenade that creates a flare of Solar Light which continuously damages enemies trapped inside. |
Upgrades
Ability Upgrades
| Ability | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Balanced Glide | Glide | Upgrades Glide to provide bonuses to both speed and control. |
| Brimstone | Scorch | Killing enemies with Scorch causes them to explode |
| Fireborn | Radiance | Radiance can now be activated from beyond the grave. Doing so returns you to life. |
| Flame Shield | Scorch | Killing an enemy with Scorch reduces incoming damage for a short time. Increases armor by 1 |
| Focused Burst | Glide | Upgrades Glide to provide an initial boost of speed. |
| Focused Control | Glide | Upgrades Glide for better directional control while in air. |
| Radiant Skin | Radiance | While active, Radiance reduces incoming damage. |
| Solar Wind | Scorch | Hitting an enemy with Scorch knocks them back. |
| Song of Flame | Radiance | While active, Radiance reduces all cooldowns for nearby allies. |
Miscellaneous Upgrades
| Description | |
|---|---|
| Angel of Light | Aiming your weapon while in the air holds you in place for a short time. Increases Agility by 1. |
| Gift of the Sun | Gain an additional grenade. |
| Radiant Will | Increases the duration of Radiance |
| Sunburst | Killing an enemy with Scorch has a chance to generate Orbs of Light. |
| Touch of Flame | All grenades ignite enemies, causing damage over time. |
| Viking Funeral | Targets afflicted with Ignite take more damage from all sources. Stacks up to 3 times. |
Training Upgrades
| Agility | Armor | Recovery | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancestral Order | +2 | +2 | +2 |
| Arcane Force | +2 | +2 | |
| Arcane Spirit | +2 | +2 | |
| Arcane Wisdom | +2 | +2 | |
| Chaos Order | +5 | ||
| Divine Order | +4 | +2 |
- Note that Sunsinger shares Training upgrades with Voidwalker
Sunsinger Builds
PvE Builds
There are two main roles this build has. Preventing enemies from recovering shields, and helping teammates use their abilities more often. Using Radiance in front of a group of foot enemies or cannon fodder allows you to rack up melee kills and begin generating orbs of light at a rapid pace, where Flame Shield will prevent dying from the close range. At the same time, Song of Flame allows reduced cool-downs for your teams grenades and melee attacks, and therefore your super can lower all three of your teams abilities. Combining that with Touch of Flame will give DOT to enemies, making their shields stay down while your team gets the finishing blow.
PvP Builds
1. Firebolt Grenade, Radiant Skin, Flame Shield, Touch of Flame and Viking Funeral
- When in radiance spam your firebolts and finish people off with your primary. Try to get a melee kill as it will give you a flame shield and the melee will be a one shot. You can usually kill bladedancers too if you have the shield with a grenade, shotgun and melee combo.
Recommended Stats
Discipline is a very important stat for Sunsinger. Maximum Discipline allows the player to throw 9 and half grenades during a single Radiance use.
Recommended Gear
Heart of the Praxic Fire will allow the player to throw more grenades during Radiance.
Some recommended gear for Sunsinger are exotics (ex. Light Beyond Nemesis) that cause you to generate many orbs of light, or increase your super ability, which could be great in the crucible and working with teammates in story, strikes, raids, etc.
Strategy
PvE Strategy
PvP Strategy
Mechanical Notes
Damage over Time effects are incapable of triggering other effects. This has negative implications towards certain class upgrades. For example, Brimstone is triggered by killing an enemy with Scorch. However, only the initial damage counts for the kill - the Damage over Time effect from Scorch's Ignite will not trigger Brimstone. Similarly, Solar Grenade's damage comes in two parts, a small initial damage burst and a Damage over Time effect in the area. Only enemies caught in the initial burst will trigger the Touch of Flame upgrade.
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