Sunspot

Gain a fire aura, and damage nearby foes when you attune to fire. Also triggers on overload skills. — In-game description

Sunspot

Specialization

Fire (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Minor

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

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Sunspot

Gain a fire aura, and damage nearby foes when you attune to fire.
Also triggers on overload skills.

 Combat Only

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Tempest —   Overload Fire activates this trait at the beginning.
  •  Unstable Conduit grants its aura at the end, so they do not conflict.
• Evoker —   Conflagration activates this trait,   Ignite does not.
  • This trait has a 5-second cooldown when specialized in fire attunement.

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Sunspot (PvE)			Gain a fire aura and damage nearby foes.
Sunspot (WvW, PvP)			Gain a fire aura and damage nearby foes.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 09, 2025	This trait now has a 5-second cooldown when specialized in fire attunement.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.6 to 0.1.
July 16, 2019	Fixed an incorrect damage tooltip. Casting Overload Fire now triggers the trait Sunspot.
December 11, 2018	The damage of this trait has been increased by 20%. It no longer critically hits foes.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Added: Gain 3 seconds of fire aura when you attune to fire.
May 20, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused the damage skill fact for this trait to be inaccurate.
March 26, 2013	The Sunspot, Electric Discharge, and Earthen Blast traits no longer trigger when changing attunements while out of combat.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Sunspot has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Sunspots are temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun that appear as dark spots compared with surrounding regions.