Solar Flare

Unreleased


 * Not to be confused with the Solar Flare Beam, an ability of the Sunflower in the Garden Warfare series.

"For Solar Flare, basking the sun is where it's at. But watch out! With all that solar power, she'll bring a whole lot of bloom...and BOOM!"

- Dr. Zomboss

Solar Flare is the Sunflower Hero in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes who leads the and  plants against the zombies. Solar Flare's Signature Superpower is Sunburn, which deals 2 damage to a designated zombie or Zombie Hero, while also giving Solar Flare +1 for the rest of the game.

Origins
Solar Flare is based on Helianthus, commonly known as the sunflower. Her appearance and enthusiastic personality overall may be based on Human Torch, a comic book superhero in the Fantastic Four franchise. Her name is based on "solar," a term relating to the sun, and "flare," a sudden brief burst of bright flame or light. It may also refer to "solar flares," a brief eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface.

Statistics

 * Classes: ,
 * Superpowers:
 * Signature: Sunburn - Do 2 damage. You get +1 for the rest of the game.
 * Other:
 * Weed Whack
 * More Spore
 * Scorched Earth
 * Boss Fights:
 * Zombie Mission 05: KO at the OK Arcade
 * Zombie Mission 19: Game on! Flame on!
 * Zombie Mission 22: All Fired Up

Hero description
''When she's on fire, she's on FIRE. And so are the Zombies.''

Strategies
Solar Flare's signature superpower trick, Sunburn, is what makes her almost outclass every other Plant Heroes. If you got Sunburn as a start-up superpower, use it immediately, as adding one additional sun for the rest of the game can be devastating. Being a Solar hero, she is very versatile on the sun plants available, such as Metal Petal Sunflower, and sun-reliant offensive plants, like Morning Glory, to the advantage of also being a  Kabloom hero, containing stat-boosting tricks and powerful plants like Grapes of Wrath.

Her other superpowers, mainly Weed Whack and Scorched Earth, are all about debuffing the opposing side's zombies. More Spore, in tandem with plants like Buff-Shroom, acts out for more defensive properties and damage dealing utilities. Weed Whack and Scorched Earth may have the same properties but different ways usage. Weed Whack is mostly for a single dangerously buffed zombie, while Scorched Earth is mostly used for debuffing all ground zombies and potentially destroying them.

Solar Flare might be strong in the offensive and sun-producing, but she has one major con. She lacks any card with the Amphibious trait. Use any card that allows Solar Flare to damage any zombie in the water lane, such as Sour Grapes or Three-Headed Chomper, to counteract this flaw. The player may also want to bring direct damage tricks with them to directly counter Amphibious zombies.

Trivia

 * Solar Flare's fiery form may allude to the Fire Flower in the Garden Warfare series.
 * Her name could also be a reference to Solar Flare Beam, an ability for the Sunflower in Garden Warfare series as well.
 * Before the 1.2.11 update, Solar Flare's comic strip was the only comic strips that involves dialogue.
 * In Solar Flare's comic strip, one can see a Sun-shroom. However, Sun-shroom is not featured in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
 * The fire when she use Sunburn is the flame sprite from Plants vs. Zombies 2.