Sverdsmeltr, Guardian Ember of the King

Sverdsmeltr, Guardian Ember of the King
In Other Languages
Chinese	熔戈者，护王余火
Japanese	スヴェルドメルター ，王を守る余炎
General Information
Code	SFR01
Type	Sarkaz
Class	Boss
Attack	Melee/Ranged
Damage	Physical/Arts
Targeting	Ground
Trait
First Form	[Suppression] Uses Haunting Flames to incapacitate one Operator on the field, causing them to be unable to act and take continuous Arts damage. If an Operator is defeated or retreats while affected by Haunting Flames, that Operator will be sealed, and cannot be redeployed until the Haunting Flames are destroyed. [Payback] When HP drops to 0, all surrounding Operators will immediately be engulfed by Haunting Flames. Periodically releases <Condensed Heat> towards a friendly unit (if no eligible targets, this will be released towards the Objective Points instead). [Condensed Heat] These flying flames released by Sverdsmeltr have low DEF and inflict continuous Arts and Burn damage to surrounding Operators. When they reach their target or the target leaves the field, they will self-destruct and deal Arts damage in a large area. Drains a Life Point upon reaching the Objective Point.
Second Form	Sverdsmeltr summons his Reforged Retinue and flies into the air. During this period, he will periodically release <Condensed Heat> towards a friendly unit nearby. When all Reforged Retinues are defeated or when Sverdsmeltr falls below 50% HP, Sverdsmeltr will absorb all remaining Reforged Retinues and restore HP. Afterward, he will land on the ground, where he deals long-ranged AoE Arts attacks and gains the following abilities: [Extinction] Incapacitates one Operator on the field, causing them to be unable to act and releasing <Condensed Heat> at them. This <Condensed Heat> has higher HP and damage, and destroying it will allow the targeted Operator to resume acting. [Sunwielder's Sanctuary] After using [Extinction], gains a shield that absorbs a fixed amount of Arts damage. While this shield holds, this unit has greatly increased DEF and deals Arts and Burn damage to surrounding friendly units.
Related Enemies
Other Information
Appearance	Design of Strife

Sverdsmeltr, Guardian Ember of the King is a boss enemy in Arknights.

Enemy description

From the youngest general of the Punishment Clan, to the final Diαblo. Facing the siege, he guarded the king's remains for three days and nights. Finally, in the final flame's light, he saw his promised homeland.

Overview

Living up to the Diablos' terrifying reputation as the last of his kind, Sverdsmeltr possesses terrifyingly high HP, ATK, and DEF along with high RES which makes him capable of overwhelming entire squads of Operators by himself. In addition, he wields a wide variety of dangerous abilities for both offense and defense, which are only exacerbated when faced in higher-difficulty stages.

• Sverdsmeltr cannot be Critically Wounded before triggering Payback (see below).
• Suppression: Sverdsmeltr targets the last deployed Operator and snares them with a Haunting Flame with a cooldown of 5 seconds after he spawns and 30 seconds (25 sec. at Level S) after. However, he will not snare a target already affected by a Flame.
  • The Haunting Flame has 8000 HP, 100 ATK (but does not attack), 750 DEF, 0 RES, and an aggression level of 1; a unit snared by the Flame will be disarmed, Silenced, and cannot restore/recover SP, and takes 150 Arts damage every second.
  • If the target leaves the map while being ensnared by a Haunting Flame, they will be encased in a coffin that prevents them from being redeployed until it is destroyed, upon which they can be instantly redeployed (although their DP cost will ramp up as usual). The coffin has three times the Flame's DEF and prevents the deployment of other units on the tile it occupies.
• Payback: When Sverdsmeltr's HP is reduced to 0, he will survive, immediately snare all Operators in a radius of 1.7 tiles with Haunting Flames, and become invulnerable for 30 seconds, during which he summons a Condensed Heat every 5 seconds, which targets the last deployed Operator and attempts to fly towards them, indicated by a line connecting the Condensed Heat to their target.
  • The Condensed Heat has 3000 HP, 100 ATK (but does not attack), 50 DEF, 80 RES, a speed of 0.25 tiles/second, and considered as an aerial enemy. The Condensed Heat will be immobilized for the first second of its duration before accelerating at a rate of 50% of its base speed every 0.5 seconds, stacking up to 10 times.
  • The Condensed Heat deals 200 Arts damage and Burn Damage every 0.5 seconds to friendly units within a radius of 1 tile. If it manages to come within 0.4 tiles of its target or the target leaves the map, it will self-destruct to deal 2000 Arts damage to friendlies within 2 tiles.
  • If no valid targets are available when the Condensed Heat is spawned, it will instead fly towards the closest Protection Objective and will actually deduct 1 Life Point if it manages to do so!
• At Level B, after Payback ends, Sverdsmeltr will be defeated. At Levels A and S however, Sverdsmeltr will fully restore his HP over the duration of Payback before entering the second phase and gaining the following properties:
  • Does not attack and loses Suppression.
  • Has Low-Altitude Hovering.
  • Immediately summons 1 (2 at Level S) Reforged Retinues.
  • At Level S, if there are valid targets within 3 tiles, he will summon a Condensed Heat every 5 seconds.
  • When Sverdsmeltr's HP in the second phase reaches 50% or all Reforged Retinues are defeated, whichever comes first, he will "absorb" all Retinues on the field, instantly defeating them and restoring 20% of his maximum HP for each Retinue absorbed. After this, Sverdsmeltr gains the following properties:
    • Loses the Low-Altitude Hovering and can attack.
    • While not blocked, Sverdsmeltr uses a ranged AoE Arts attack with a range of 3 tiles which deals half of his ATK and affects friendly units in a radius of 1 tile.
    • Extinction: An upgraded version of Suppression that snares the target with a unique Haunting Flame that is invulnerable but harmless, and summons a special Condensed Heat targeting the victim which must be destroyed to free the snared Operator. Extinction will be used 2 seconds after entering the third phase and every 25 seconds after, and will not target an operator already snared by a Flame.
      • The special Condensed Heat has 5000 HP, will explode when destroyed to deal 300 Arts damage to friendly units within 2 tiles, and will deal 10000(!) Arts damage if it manages to self-destruct.
    • Sunwielder's Sanctuary: At Level S, whenever Extinction is used, Sverdsmeltr will also gain a Barrier that absorbs 10000 Arts damage, which stacks if Sunwielder's Sanctuary is activated again while a Barrier is already active. While the Barrier is present, Sverdsmeltr's DEF will be tripled and all friendly units within 1.3 tiles will take 300 Arts damage and 200 Burn Damage every second.

Stats

Lv.	HP	ATK	DEF	RES	MSPD	Atk. int.	E-RES	ERST
0	40000 A+	1500 A+	1500 A+	50 A	0.4 D	4.5 C	0 E	0 E
1	70000 A+	2200 S	1500 A+	60 A+	0.4 D	4.5 C	0 E	0 E
2	100000 S	3000 S+	2000 S	60 A+	0.4 D	4.5 C	0 E	0 E
Addendum
Level 0/B stats are used in Land of Garrisoned Bone, Sin of Rebellious Flame, and Twilight of Smoldering Ash. Level 1/A stats are used in Flame Convergent Sacrifice, Reignited Cinders, and The Last Diαblo. Level 2/S stats are used in Ashes of A Dynasty, Home In The Flames, and The End of Punishment.

Weight	8
Life Point penalty	5

Vulnerabilities

Silence	Stun	Sleep	Freeze	Levitate	Tremble
Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Vulnerable