Sun Edge

This article is about holosmith version. For the skill variant available with Weaponmaster Training, see Sun Edge (non-holosmith).

Strike your foe and inflict vulnerability. This attack deals more damage based on your heat level. — In-game description

Sun Edge

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Holosmith

Weapon

Main hand sword

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

 →  → 

Game link

API

43476

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0.5½  

Sun Edge

Strike your foe and inflict vulnerability. This attack deals more damage based on your heat level.

 Damage: 323 (0.88)^?

 Damage: 215 (0.586)^?

 Damage Increase above 50% Heat: 20%

 Damage Increase above 50% Heat: 10%

 Vulnerability (10s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Vulnerability (6s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Shaped Charge — Deal increased strike damage for each stack of vulnerability on your target.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Holosmith

• Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit — Increases maximum heat capacity. While above 100% heat, periodically gain might. Some skills and traits gain additional heat tiers.

Notes

• This skill cleaves.
• The full chain completes in 2.37 seconds ± 0.02 seconds.
• The recharge time reduction from the final hit of the chain is always 1 second, regardless of how many enemies are hit, and it does not happen if all enemies hit are Invulnerable.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 21, 2024	Fixed an issue that caused some players to use the engineer version of certain sword weapon skills instead of the holosmith version, even when the holosmith elite specialization was equipped.
November 29, 2022	(PvE only) Increased damage bonus while above 50% heat from 10% to 20%. Increased damage bonus while above 100% heat from 20% to 30%.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.88 to 0.586. Reduced vulnerability duration from 10 seconds to 6 seconds
May 08, 2018	Removed an unused skill fact about bonus damage.
November 07, 2017	Removed heat bonuses that increased critical-hit chance. Added a new heat bonus that increases damage by 10% while above 50 heat and 20% while above 100 heat.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Sun Edge has been added to the game.