Rating History ▼

Rating History ▲

This weapon will only be rated for Regular 1P/2P use, since it doesn't have any niche or league use.

Price (1/3): Considering that Illusens Staff, its superior in most ways, is now considerably cheaper than this I can't really give this a perfect rating anymore.

Power (5/5): This weapon is insane. 10.6 to 16 attack icons is neither great nor terrible, though the fact that 10 of them are fire definitely does help. If you're looking for this weapon though, you aren't seeking it just for attack, so let's move on to the next points. 66.6...% dual blocking... That's unique to say the least. If this was full blocking or did 66.6...% reflecting I'd have given this a 10/10 against water and dark weapons, however, the third point is what makes this an amazing weapon. If your health is below 25%, then this will heal you for 16.66...%, or 1/6 of your health. If your pet has enough HP then you'll manage to live forever with this weapon, which makes this one of the few reliable "immortal" weapons, with the others being Illusens Staff and Wand of the Dark Faerie.

Uniqueness (2/2): Let's get this straight. There's a few weapons that do similar things to this one, but none do the exact same.
Illusens Staff does 3 more damage, heals for 3.34% more, and defends and reflects, however it has worse icon types and the reflection is convoluted and not as worth it. Because of the faerie festival however its price has plummeted and thus is much cheaper than this weapon.
Wand of the Dark Faerie does 10 to 13 more damage, heals for 8.34% more, and has reflection, but has worse icon types and only defends for 1 icon type with its reflection, and costs multiple times its price for what I'd consider an ok-ish upgrade.
Rod of Dark Nova does 4 icons, fully blocks dark and fire, and heals 6 to 60 hp per turn. This is the closest we'll get to this item, and this item is better at dealing damage and healing, but only slightly worse at defending, and costs a fraction of the price.

Overall this is a must have if you don't have I-Staff or J-Wand. I-Staff is cheaper, but you need to consider if you want a better icon type or a different kind of defense. If you can get it and have checked the alternatives already, do so. Because of that its final rating is 8/10.

Rated on March 30, 2019. Updated January 30, 2024

I'm just really glad I didn't review this thing before we discovered the multiheal.

Power: Since this is one of a very small class of multiuse percentage-multihealing weapons that don't take up your healing slot, I think it's worth going over each "duty" this weapon does individually.

The raw attacking power of this thing is a little underwhelming. 10.6-16 icons is... alright. In terms of raw muscle, it's on par with the first few TWR items, like Corrosive Spear Wand, but in this day and age we've got Turned Tooth and Bowling Ball of Lost Cities, which will both outdamage this a majority of the time for a fraction of the price. On the plus side, 10 of those icons are fire, which are notoriously hard to block in 2P battles. To be honest, the attack is probably the most underwhelming part of this weapon, especially for one of its price point. If you're just Lens Flaring your opponent forever, you're not going to get that much value out of this.

The defense is very interesting. We've had items that block percentages of icons before: once-per-battle options like Downsize! and Thyoras Tear on one side, and multi-use weapons like Rod of Dark Nova and Alien Aisha Scrambler on the other. I can't remember any other items that block two-thirds of an icon type instead of 100% or 50%, but here we are. One-on-one, these defenses allow Blaze to destroy Sword of Skardsen and Kelpbeards Trident, and it will win against Wand of the Dark Faerie more often than not, though this is a bit more luck-dependent. Paired with a good shield, like Hubrid Nox Memorial Shield, it can operate as part of a powerful defensive combo. This is important in the context of the other thing this weapon does: heal.

The multihealing is probably the most eye-catching part about this weapon. The only other weapons with similar effects are Illusens Staff and Wand of the Dark Faerie, both of which cost much more than this, making this the cheapest percentage-multihealing constant by a big margin. If you've wanted a weapon like the Staff or Wand that can multiheal, but still haven't been able to afford either, you may have just found the next best thing. After all, with enough HP, this weapon can make your pet virtually invincible...

Price: The price of this item has been pretty turbulent recently, so I'll return to this section once the market cools off a bit. Still, this is the cheapest weapon of its kind. If you're looking for raw attacking muscle, though, there are much cheaper options.

Alternatives: Illusens Staff and Wand of the Dark Faerie are the only other weapons that attack, defend (and/or reflect), and multiheal without taking up your healing slot. The Wand in particular has a much stronger attack while packing a stronger heal, so it's still going to be better most of the time. This is cheaper than either of those items and no others exist, so your true alternatives are very limited.

If you're just looking to drop some money on a constant that does as much damage as possible for the price point, look towards something like a Sword of Skardsen, Kelpbeards Trident, or a Fan of Swords. Those items all have more raw attacking power than this one. If you're specifically looking to attack with Fire because you're a pyromaniac, look at Sword of Reif, but be careful: Sword of Reif is banned in some 2P leagues, like MBL.

Conclusions/Miscellaneous:

Something worth mentioning: when using Blaze with other items that block Dark or Water, be sure to put it in the right-most item box. Why? The item in the right-most item box will have its effect applied first (unless you use a ranged weapon, which will take priority; the most notable of these is Wand of the Dark Faerie, though others exist). This way, you can block 66.6% of all water and dark *before* you block the fixed number of icons that your shield will block, rather than having your shield block and then taking the percentage off whatever went through. This can save you a few points of damage in some situations.

Because Blaze and Illusens Staff are both not ranged weapons, you can actually stack their multiheals! If you're below 3.33% of your maximum HP and you use Blaze in the right-most box with Illusens Staff in the left-most box, you'll be healed to less than 20% of your maximum HP, which the Staff will then see, and it will proceed to heal you for 20% of your maximum. If you swap their order, you'll have to be under 5%; Blaze will see you under 25% after the Staff heals you, so it will heal you as well. You can heal yourself by 36.6% this way in a single turn (though this isn't really all that useful). Similarly, you can heal yourself by 33.3% with two Blazes if you're below around 8.4% of your maximum HP. However, since Wand of the Dark Faerie is a ranged weapon, it will always take priority and will always heal you before Blaze can, so neither Blaze nor Illusens Staff can stack their multihealing with the Wand.

Art-wise, I think the low resolution of Neopets items makes this look a little worse than it should; it certainly looks a lot better in the plot comic. I also think it'd have been nice if the thumbnail showed it on fire, considering that it's on fire in the plot comic and the battle log mentions it being on fire. Oh well. It still doesn't look bad.

Anyway, between the defense and the multihealing, I think I understand how Dacon was able to put down the rebellion in Sakhmet with this thing... but I have to chuckle a bit at a sword that's more notable for its defense and healing than its attack.

Rated on March 9, 2019. Updated January 30, 2024