Sun Elf

A sun mage: charge the Sun Dial on Dusk turns, unleash it as +5 on Dawn turns – timing beats luck.

• Sun Dial: on Dawn up to +5 on one attack – Solar Flare! reaches 15
• Harness the Light heals on defense (~1.5) and charges the dial

• No prevention ability: incoming damage is only healed back afterwards
• The Dawn burst depends on the dial and is only available in the round the dial is full

• Light Staff

  Standard route

  Reliable damage route for turns without special setup.

  Take it as soon as 3× 🪄 Stave is mostly on the table after roll 1 (98% across all three rolls): safe damage beats rerolling working dice for a harder route.

  3× 🪄 Stave · 4 damage

• Ray Absorption

  Healing

  Healing instead of damage this turn.

  Only take it once you have taken enough damage for the healing to land in full – at full health the turn is wasted.

  4× 🔷 Charge · healing: 2 damage

• Scorching Staff

  Standard route

  Reliable damage route for turns without special setup.

  Take it as soon as 1× 🪄 Stave + 3× 🔷 Charge is mostly on the table after roll 1 (72% across all three rolls): safe damage beats rerolling working dice for a harder route.

  1× 🪄 Stave + 3× 🔷 Charge · 5 damage

• Radiant Energy

  Control

  Control route: damage plus an effect against the opponent's next turn.

  Worth it when the opponent is hunting their strong route next turn (31% across all three rolls): the effect beats a few extra damage points there.

  3× 🪄 Stave + 2× ☀ Sun Power · 6 damage · sun-marked

• Ray of Light

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of Small straight (4 in a row) is missing after roll 1 (59% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  Small straight (4 in a row) · 7 damage

• Solar Burst

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of 4× ☀ Sun Power is missing after roll 1 (10% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  4× ☀ Sun Power · 8 damage

• Sun Beam

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of Large straight (5 in a row) is missing after roll 1 (25% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  Large straight (5 in a row) · 9 damage

• Solar Flare!

  Finisher

  Ultimate: the board's highest damage value with the hardest requirement.

  Do not force 5× ☀ Sun Power (1% across all three rolls): only when the requirement is reachable after roll 1 is giving up the safe route worth it.

  5× ☀ Sun Power · 10 damage · sun-marked

• Sun Dial: Max 5, starts at 1 (Dusk): +1 every upkeep; at 5 it flips to Dawn. On Dawn: add the dial value to an attack, then −4 and back to Dusk. Charging past 5 = 1 healing per overflow point. Automatic in upkeep; Ray Absorption +3, Scorching Staff +2, Solar Burst +2, Sun Beam +2, ultimate +3, a Light Staff four-of-a-kind +1. Put the +5 bonus on the biggest available attack (Sun Beam 9→14, Solar Burst 8→13) – never on a 4-point Light Staff.
• Charged Gem (positive): stack limit 1 – spend immediately or restock is wasted.
• Charging past 5 only pays when the overflow is needed as healing; otherwise strike first.
• Sun Dial: Automatic in upkeep; Ray Absorption +3, Scorching Staff +2, Solar Burst +2, Sun Beam +2, ultimate +3, a Light Staff four-of-a-kind +1.
• Sun Dial: Put the +5 bonus on the biggest available attack (Sun Beam 9→14, Solar Burst 8→13) – never on a 4-point Light Staff.
• Charged Gem: Ray Absorption, the Scorching Staff sunpower, Solar Burst, ultimate.
• Charged Gem: Spend immediately – stack limit 1, every unused turn wastes restock.

Harness the Light: 3 dice – 0 prevention, but heal 1 per stave (~1.5), dial +1 per charge pair and sunpower. She tanks through regeneration, not blocking.

• Cursed Pirate

  Cursed Pirate adds the attack denial that Sun Elf lacks.

• Moon Elf

  Moon Elf adds the attack denial that Sun Elf lacks.

• Treant

  Treant takes over damage and fills the open team role.

• Cursed Pirate

  Cursed Pirate lands ~5 damage per turn off Cursed Doubloons without a long ramp – more than Sun Elf heals back.

• Pyromancer

  Pyromancer lands ~6 damage per turn once Fire Mastery is up – more than Sun Elf heals back.

• Gunslinger

  Gunslinger lands spikes up to 10 damage once Reload is up – more than Sun Elf heals back.

• Storm

  Storm pushes damage through that Sun Elf barely stops with Harness the Light.

• Doctor Strange

  Doctor Strange pushes damage through that Sun Elf barely stops with Harness the Light.

• Huntress

  Huntress keeps Sun Elf tied up with Bleed, and Sun Elf already needs tight rolls.