Light Mael of Sunshine

Published February 27 2023

Updated December 17 2023

## Skill Effects

Flare, Spike, Sunspot, Sunspot Explosion, Increases All Stats, Increases Damage Dealt, Brilliance of the Sun, Immune to Stat Decrease, Decrease Damage Taken, Remove Stance(s), Increases All Stats

## Association

[The Four Archangels] Mael of Sunshine has a skill which can deal great damage based on the number of Brilliance of the Sun effects applied

## Ultimate

**Number of Sunspots applied: 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 3**
**Sunspot Explosion Multiplier: 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% / 35% / 50%**
**Damage Multiplier: 500% / 550% / 600% / 650% / 700% /750%**

## Unique

\* **Brilliance of the Sun: Damage taken -20%**

## Hero Guide

### Summary

[The Four Archangels] Mael of Sunshine or more commonly known as Light Mael, is the third Light attribute unit in Grand Cross after Light Eternal Rebirth Elizabeth and Light “The One” Ultimate Escanor. He was released during the 3rd Anniversary Holy War Festival Draw event (February 27 - April 03, 2023). Light Mael can only be acquired during Festival Draws. Like all Festival pick-up events, he is a guaranteed reward after completing the loyalty gauge for spending 900 Diamonds.

He is presented the way he was during the First Holy War when he was part of the Goddess Clan and a member of The Four Archangels. He was also known as the “Angel of Death.”

His kit focuses on dealing massive damage while decreasing the damage taken by himself and his allies, increasing Mael’s already high stats and the damage dealt for each ally of the Goddess race. Furthermore, he prevents his allies from getting their stats reduced by the enemy in PVP, making them retain their solid strength even against enemies who rely on deadly debuffs such as Encroach. He also introduced the fourth and final Grace, Sunshine, which increases the damage dealt by him or the unit he’s linked to.

### Pros

* His and his allies’ stats can’t be reduced (including extra increases) in PVP.
* He can reduce the damage taken from his enemies.
* His stats and the damage he deals increase for each Goddess ally on the field and with each that has Brilliance of the Sun effect.
* He can reduce the damage dealt by his enemies.
* As a link, his Grace can also significantly increase the damage dealt.

### Cons

* Despite part of his Unique not working on PVE, he can still be a great choice even for endgame content such as Nidhoggr (reference teams here)
* Unlike most units, his Ultimate Move isn’t entirely required for him to be completely useful.
* He requires a team to be made of all Goddesses for Brilliance of the Sun to be applied
	+ In the same line a ally enters into the battle from the Subslot they won't get Brilliance of the Sun as it only gets applied at the beginning of the fight
* Sunspot is a Red debuff, hence it can be cleansed or blocked out by immunity.

## Skill Review

**Sun Cutter -** His first skill deals massive damage even at rank 1. It introduces the new effect, “Flare,” which increases the damage dealt by this skill based on how many allies of the Goddess race has Brilliance of the Sun.

**Solar Ray -** Mael does AOE damage with the Spike multiplier, increasing his Crit Damage and adding the Sunspot effect. Sunspot decreases the damage dealt by enemy units affected by it by 20% for two turns. Sunspots can be stacked a maximum of 3 times.

**Ultimate Move: Rising Sun -** Mael’s Ultimate Move can Remove Stances and place Sunspot stacks on all enemies based on the number of dupes; the Sunspots applied by this skill will become gray debuffs when he’s at 5/6. Furthermore, it uses Sunspot Explosion, which deals extra damage for each stack of Sunspot on the enemy, allowing him to deal massive damage on the enemy while reducing their damage output if they somehow survive.

**Unique: Arbiter of Light -** Mael’s Unique increases his offensive and defensive capabilities. It allows him to increase the damage he deals and increase all his stats for each Goddess race ally on the field. It also grants him and his allies the Brilliance of the Sun effect, which decreases the damage they take by 20%. On top of this, Mael and his Goddess allies can’t have their stats reduced, rendering them immune to Encroach, Extort, etc. (he can still be affected by Darkness, Decrease Damage Dealt and other effects that doesn't affect unit's stats). This makes his Unique a better version of Light "Ultimate" The One Escanor's Unique since it includes the stats they can gain from buffs across the battle and is applied to all his allies. Unfortunately, the immunity to stat decrease doesn’t work outside of PVP.

**Grace: Grace of Sunshine -** His Grace is pretty straightforward. Mael (or the unit he’s linked to) deals 20% extra damage when they attack. Hence, Mael is one of the most potent offensive units in the game.

## Gear Recommendation

Since Mael is an offensive unit and provides an already high defense to his allies, his preferred gear is Attack/Crit Damage, although Attack/Defense also works well on him (and it can be helpful if you don’t want to lose CC)

### Equipment set

* Onslaught (Attack) / Congeniality (Crit Damage)
* Onslaught (Attack) / Iron Wall (Defense)

### Sub-Stats

* Bracer / Ring: Attack
* Necklace / Earring: Defense
* Belt / Rune: HP

## Usage

Mael is a great unit that you can use in PVE and PVP. In PVE, he’s so strong that he can find use even in late-game content such as Demonic Beast Battle or late stages of the Story. However, it’s in PVP, where he shines since his Unique is used to its maximum degree by having its full effect available.

### PVP

Mael should be used mainly in a full Goddess team to maximize his Unique and increase his damage output to the greatest extent. The ideal formation is Light Mael, LR Blue Festival Ludociel, and Light Queen Elizabeth with Green Ellatte or Blue Tristan as a Sub. You can try other combinations, but using Mael in a Goddess-only team is strongly recommended.

### PVE

Mael can be helpful in all game stages, from Fort Solgres to endgame content such as Demonic Beast Battles, being a vital part of the best meta team for Nidhoggr. Despite them being immune to his Sunspots (the ones from his debuff), his damage output and the increase in offensive and defensive capabilities for his entire team are valuable.

**Story Mode -** Mael can quickly end most of this content thanks to his excellent damage output, including the most challenging parts of the Story (such as Original Demon).

**Death Match -** In Death Match, Mael can easily fit in any team, ranging from Red Demon up to the Original Demon.

**Demonic Beast Battles** - As stated before, most of the Demomic Beasts are immune to almost all Debuffs, which will prevent him from placing Sunspot and not be able to inflict the extra Sunspot damage from his Ult Move but will still be able to deal good damage here. In Hraesvelgr, he can fight easily due to the massive increase in stats he will get over time, thanks to LR Blue Festival Ludociel and Light Queen Elizabeth. Even with low-rank cards, Mael can hit the damage cap across all Floors and even damage him significantly in Phase 4 of Floor 1. It’s possible to complete it without Blue Megellda.
For Eikthyrnir, it’s still recommended to use Green Jormundgand because of the Attribute Rotation phases, which can be problematic since it’s recommended to use Red Sariel, this in turn will force you to use either Green Ellatte or Green Princess Elizabeth.
In Skoll and Hati Demonic Beast Battle, the designated unit (Red Thonar) is still recommended because she provides an extra degree of utility. Although, Mael can do incredible damage and deal with all phases of Skoll and Hati efficiently and consistently.
While Nidhoggr is his best Demonic Beast Battle since Red Freyja/Green Summer Freyja counts as a Goddess race unit when she has her Holy Relic. Being the most challenging content and Demonic Beast Battle in the game to date, Mael provides a consistent source of damage without the risk of it being removed by losing buffs such as Dark Traitor Meliodas. On top of it since all four allies are on the battlefield at once in Demonic Beast Battles, Mael's Flare skill will reach it's peak since all allies will have Brillance of the Sun.

**Farming -** He can also be helpful at farming Gold Fort Solgres or similar thanks to his massive damage, clearing small mobs quickly.

Despite his restrictions, Light Mael is one of the best units in the game. He can easily compete with the top damage dealers or surpass them, providing a great offensive and an effective defense to his allies. He’s a unit that you should look forward to having on your roster.

## Story

**Mael**「マエル」 is one of the Four Archangels of the Goddess Clan. During the Holy War 3,000 years ago, Gowther and his "son" reforged Mael and everyone else's memories, giving the Archangel a new identity as a member of the Ten Commandments and the illegitimate son of the Demon King, under the name of **Estarossa**「エスタロッサ, *Esutarossa*」.

Source: https://nanatsu-no-taizai.fandom.com/wiki/Mael