There’s a quiet ceremony to playing Solarion — you pull a bowstring and the world brightens for a heartbeat. The Solarion is Trove’s phoenix-archer: part artillery, part support, part living spotlight. When you master the rhythm of charge → place light → release, whole rooms stop meaningfully existing and the phoenix takes care of the rest. In 2025 Solarion remains compelling because its kit rewards prediction, positioning and the clever use of on-demand area control through its Guiding Light pillars and Prismatic Blast ultimate.
This Trove guide walks you through the Solarion Abilities, and the three builds: Sniper, Sustained Prismatic, or speed-Farm — with practical rotations, gem choices, emblem/flask picks and endgame tuning.
The Solarion Abilities & passive
Learning Solarion is mostly learning interactions: what gives energy, what refreshes DoT, and how the phoenix behaves when you place a Guiding Light or detonate a Solar Flare.
Solar Flare: your charged primary. Hold the button to expand the explosion radius; the longer the charge, the wider the blast and the stronger the initial DoT applied to targets. Solar Flare also generates Radiance and refunds energy when its DoT ticks on enemies. This makes fully-charged Solar Flares the primary tool for both single-target spikes and room-wide pressure.
- charge Solar Flare for big initial punches; in multi-target contexts, a slightly longer charge can be more efficient than several short taps.
Guiding Light: placeable pillars that create expanding healing/damage zones. You can have up to 3 Guiding Lights at once and they stack DoT while healing allies — and they cause Phoenix eggs to hatch faster if you use them around a downed phoenix egg. They’re the class’s zoning tool: put them at chokepoints, under bosses, or behind safe windows to force enemies into painful territory.
- Guiding Light is your control tool — pre-place at expected pathing points in Delves. Use it to manipulate where mobs approach.
Prismatic Blast: the ultimate. Toggle it to fire continuous blasts around you at the cost of energy; each blast grants a stacking damage buff up to 5 stacks that persists until the ultimate ends. Because Solarion regains energy from its DoT effects (Radiance interactions), well-placed Solar Flares and Guiding Lights feed your Prismatic Blast uptime. The class gem (if equipped) can also cause Prismatic Blast pulses around the phoenix, allowing range maintenance while still dealing AoE around the pet.
- coordinate Prismatic Blast with pillars and Solar Flares to sustain long high-output windows. Class gem choices can dramatically change the ultimate’s feel.
Phoenix Radiance: the phoenix applies DoT with its attacks and refunds energy to the Solarion through Radiance. When the Phoenix dies it leaves an egg that will heal/respawn after some time; Guiding Light will accelerate egg hatch/explosion behavior. Much of Solarion play is about keeping the phoenix active and using its DoTs to feed your energy loop.
- keep your phoenix alive or plan to reposition to take advantage of egg explosions; your DoT economy fuels energy-dependent windows.
The Solarion Builds: Sniper, Sustained Prismatic, or speed-Farm
Sniper Solarion Build
This build squeezes maximum damage from charged Solar Flares and times Prismatic windows for boss vulnerability phases. You’ll play from medium range, pre-place a Guiding Light where the boss’s feet will be (prediction is key), then charge and detonate a Solar Flare right as the boss is susceptible. Push Crit and Primary Damage, but keep enough Light to scale against heavy-HP endgame targets.
- Core stats: Primary Damage → Crit Chance → Crit Damage → Light.
- Gems: Empowered picks: Explosive Epilogue (for burst chaining) or Pyrodisc (if you want mobility while keeping AoE). Lesser gems into Crit and PD.
- Emblems & Flask: Martial + Surestrike for maximum window damage; a damage flask or Death-Defying Vial depending on solo risk.
- Short rotation: Predict boss path → place Guiding Light(s) on that path → charge Solar Flare offscreen → pop full-charge into the pillar window → activate Prismatic Blast to soak stacked damage buffs and finish with another flare if safe.
- Why it works: The pre-placed DoT + charged impact stacks both immediate and ticking damage while the ultimate multiplies output across several hits..
Sustained Prismatic Build
If your content requires longer uptime and stable presence (Delves, extended boss phases), the Sustained Prismatic build is your friend. Here you lean into energy economy: Guiding Lights and small Solar Flares feed Divine Radiance to refill energy, letting you keep Prismatic Blast active for long windows. This playstyle is safer, more forgiving, and excellent for team content where maintaining pressure matters more than raw one-shot numbers.
- Core stats: Primary Damage → Light → Energy Regen / Sustain stats → Moderate Crit.
- Gems: Pyrodisc or Explosive Epilogue to convert small kills into sustained AoE; consider Vampiric or sustain picks if soloing.
- Emblems & Flask: Chronomancer for faster ultimate refresh or Martial + Beamer if you want summon synergy; use Elysian Bandolier for reduced downtime on farms.
- Short rotation: Place Guiding Lights across spawn funnels → use short charged Solar Flares to seed DoT → toggle Prismatic Blast and maintain pillars to keep energy up → reposition and refresh pillars as needed.
- Why it works: energy refund from DoT + pillar placement keeps the ultimate online and makes Solarion a persistent threat instead of a one-shot burst.
Farming Build
When the goal is materials, Solarion is surprisingly quick. Speed builds sacrifice some heavy stats for movement and attack speed while using Explosive Epilogue to blow open nodes. Short charges into lines of spawns, rapid pillar placement in spawn chokepoints, and toggled ultimate during densest nodes make Solarion an efficient farmer.
- Core stats: Movement Speed → Attack Speed → Primary Damage → Moderate Crit.
- Gems: Pyrodisc is a favorite for speed because of the movement speed buff the disc grants; Explosive Epilogue helps chain-clears.
- Emblems & Flask: Beamer / Trailblazer combos; Elysian Bandolier for minimal downtime.
- Short rotation: Run route → short-charge flares into spawn lines → pop pillars at chokepoints → let Empowered gem explosions finish clusters → move on.
- Why it works: reach + on-kill procs = fewer stops and higher geode/hour.
Emblems, Flasks & Allies
Emblems, flasks and allies are the multipliers that make a Solarion sing.
- Emblems: Martial + Surestrike is the canonical combo for burst-focused Solarion windows; Chronomancer is a strong alternative for sustained Prismatic builds since it shortens ultimate downtime. For speed builds prefer Beamer or movement emblems.
- Flasks: Damage Flask for sniper spikes, Elysian Bandolier for farming, Death-Defying Vial for risky solo content.
- Allies: ImageEarnie / Animated Jug variants are recommended picks because they supply Light and Physical Damage bonuses while offering survival synergies when enemies die nearby; Rapt Berserker is an excellent pure-DPS ally for burst runs.
Solarion Gear Stats priorities by slot
Solarion is primarily a primary-damage class with a unique late-game Light scaling component; below table assumes you know which build you’re following. Prioritize accordingly.
| Slot | Sniper / Spike | Sustained Prismatic | Speed / Farm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Primary Damage → Crit Damage → Crit Chance | Primary Damage → Light → Energy Regen | Attack Speed → Primary Damage → Movement |
| Hat | Crit Damage → Primary Damage → Light | Light → Primary Damage → Energy Regen | Movement → Attack Speed → Primary Damage |
| Face | Primary Damage → Crit Chance → Crit Damage | Primary Damage → Energy Regen → Light | Energy Regen → Movement → PD |
| Ring | Crit / PD / Light | Light → PD → Energy Regen | Movement / AS / PD |
| Banner | Light → PD → Crit | Light → PD → Energy Regen | AS / Movement / PD |
- push Crit/Crit Damage for Sniper; push Light and energy-sustain stats for Prismatic; push AS/MS for Speed builds
Progression roadmap — early → mid → endgame
- Early (1–PR5k): learn charge timing and Guiding Light placement. Push Primary Damage and some Crit.
- Mid (PR5k–PR20k): pick your role. Hunt for empowered gems (Explosive Epilogue / Pyrodisc) and your first useful class gem. Practice Prismatic windows in group settings.
- Endgame (Long Shade / Shadow Tower): invest Mystic/Cosmic gems into Light and PD lines, polish class gem and emblem combos, and nail pillar pre-placement for the most efficient clears.
Frequently Asked Questions
Final Thoughts
Solarion is a dancer in the light: you pre-place, you bait, and you paint the arena with burning strokes until the room goes quiet. It’s as much about planning as it is execution — learn the paths, place the pillars, manage the energy ticks, and your Prismatic windows will last longer than the fight. Once you master the loop, you’ll find Solarion both forgiving and terrifying: forgiving because the DoT economy sustains you, terrifying because a perfectly-timed crater of light is the most surgically satisfying thing in Trove.