Third tier
Star Emperor
Star Emperor is the primary advancement option for Star Gladiators. The Star Emperor fully embraces the cosmic powers of the Star Gladiator, all but abandoning their roots in Taekwon Do to draw themselves closer to the cosmos. But while Star Gladiators were incentivized to focus solely on one celestial body, the Star Emperor spreads its wings a little wider. It gains access to a suite of new Sun, Moon, Star, and Shadow skills, but each of these skills shows its true potential only when combined with opposing cosmic alignments.
Each Star Emperor skill naturally gains the bonus of their Cosmic Alignment, even if that alignment is not currently active. However, unlike Star Gladiator skills, Star Emperor skills will also gain the Alignment effects of other Alignments that are active: If Solar Heat is active, all Star Emperor skills will be treated as Burning damage; if Lunar Protection is active, all Star Emperor skills will gain lifesteal, and so on. Thus while it is perfectly acceptable for Star Emperors to continue focusing their skill points on a single Cosmic Alignment of choice, they also have the option to dip into other Alignment skills, giving them a much wider array of utility than the Star Gladiator was capable of.
In addition, the Star Emperor has a pair of skills that are useful to all Star Emperors, regardless of alignment choice - yes, even those who chose the path of Cosmic Union. The first provides a massive buff to all stats for a short duration, but critically, also enables the use of Star Emperor skills without SP, allowing even Union builds to make use of the new skill tree they have advanced into. The second skill is a powerful AoE attack that has no preferred alignment of its own, but gains bonus effects from all other Alignment skills, and unlike other Star Emperor skills, it also has a bonus effect if used during Union.
The result is a remarkably versatile class: with so many options that are all built to synergize with each other, no two Star Emperors need look alike. It will no doubt take considerable time and effort for a budding Star Emperor to settle on the optimal build for their purposes, but no matter which direction their personality and preferences take them, they will find themselves almost invariably with a remarkably synergistic character that is more than ready to face the challenges ahead of them.
Where it sits
Skill list
Skills
Skill names and effects are kept in English because that is how they appear in game.
- Solar Flash
The user channels the power of the Sun into a single focused strike, dealing a small amount of damage and inflicting the Burning status. If the target is already burning, it instead consumes the Burning status from them to deal five ticks worth of Burning damage instantly. The damage of this skill is increased based on the user's Int, and is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
- Solar Prominence
The user channels the power of the Sun, unleashing it in a burst around them to deal damage to all nearby enemies. The damage is increased based on the user's Int, and is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
- Lunar Eclipse
The user channels the power of the Moon, infusing it into a single strike that then hides them from their enemies. Deals physical damage that is increased based on the user's Vit, heals the user for a percentage of the damage dealt, and puts the user in the Cloaking status for five seconds. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
- Lunar Advent
The user channels the power of the Moon, unleashing it to deal devastating damage to a single foe. Deals physical damage that is increased based on the user's Vit and heals the user for a percentage of the damage dealt. If used while in the Cloaking status, the damage is further increased. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
- Stellar Flicker
The user channels the power of the Stars, striking a single target for moderate physical damage and briefly marking them. The damage of this skill is increased by the user's Dex. Marked targets have their defense reduced. This defense reduction stacks additively with item based Defense Pierce. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
- Stellar Tempest
The user channels the power of the Stars, calling five of them to rain down and strike enemies in the area around them. Enemies in the area of the falling stars take a moderate amount of physical damage, which is increased by the user's Dex, and are marked for a brief time. Marked targets have their defense reduced. This defense reduction stacks additively with item based Defense Pierce. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
- Umbral Lash
The user channels the power of Shadow, unleashing a wave of darkness that strikes all enemies in a line between the user and a distant target. The damage dealt is increased by the user's Agi, and has a bonus Crit rate. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense.
- Umbral Howl
The user channels the power of the Shadow, summoning a massive burst of cosmic darkness to annihilate their foes. Deals massive damage in an area around the user, which is increased by the user's Agi, has bonus Crit Rate, and has a high chance to inflict the Blind status on enemies struck. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense.
- Cosmic Revelation
The user channels the power of the unified cosmos, enhancing their abilities for a short duration. For ten seconds, or until a certain number of skills have been cast, the user gains an increase to all stats and has the SP Cost of Star Emperor skills they use reduced to 0. While Cosmic Revelation is active, the internal cooldown for Cosmic Union autocasts is ignored.
- Cosmic Nova
The user channels the power of the unified cosmos, unleashing them in the area around themselves to strike all enemies in range. The damage dealt is increased by the user's Luk. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate. If used under Cosmic Union, Cosmic Revelation has its Cooldowns reset.
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