- “A Blaze of Glory!”
- —Smolderdash's official catchphrase
Smolderdash is one of the Core Skylanders in Skylanders: Swap Force. She is of the Fire element.
Background
Development
Smolderdash went through a number of concepts as an elegant fire spirit, including designs in which she alternately wielded a smiling sun orb, fans, a giant bladesaw, or a blazing racket. Her fiery hair, clothing, and headdress were reiterated many times, and glowing lines were originally planned to run across her body.[2]
Personality
Smolderdash is as steely and determined as they come. She whips her enemies into shape, and doesn't take no for an answer.[3]
Biography
Smolderdash had always wanted to be a royal defender of the Fire Temple - home of the First Flame, a sacred torch that had been ignited by the original Fire Source. Unfortunately, she had been born during an eclipse and was believed by her people to be cursed, which prevented her from such an honor. But when Kaos stole the flame and used it to light the candles on his birthday cake, it was Smolderdash who went after it. Blazing like a comet, she dashed into Kaos' Lair, repelled the troll security force with her flaming whip, and retrieved the sacred flame just before Kaos blew out the candles. Smolderdash returned home as a champion of her people and was finally granted the honor of becoming a royal defender. But she graciously declined, having set a new goal for herself - to help fight against Kaos as a member of the Skylanders.
Story
History
Smolderdash dreamed of becoming a defender of the Fire Temple and a protector of the First Flame that burned within. But there was a problem - since she was born during an eclipse, her people thought she was cursed, so they wouldn't let her. That all changed when Kaos stole the First Flame to light his birthday cake candles. Heroically, Smolderdash tracked him down and gave him a proper thrashing. Realizing then that she was destined to be more than a mere Fire Temple defender, she set off to join the Skylanders.[4]
Stump Smash Crosses the Bone Dragon
Smolderdash was one of the Skylanders who attempted to fight the Bone Dragon, but was turned to stone during the struggle. She was later returned to normal along with the other present Skylanders.
Skylanders: Trigger Happy Targets the Evil Kaos
Smolderdash, Trigger Happy and Food Fight were assigned to defeat a Water Viper that was attacking the Mabu Market. After their mission, they were called back to Eon's Citadel by Spyro to see Master Eon. The Magic segment to the Mask of Power was revealed to be hiding somewhere on Wool Mountain under the guise of a sheep, and Master Eon enlisted Smolderdash, Spyro, Trigger Happy and Food Fight to find it before Kaos does. Once they found and claimed the Segment, they returned to Eon's Citadel.
Afterwards, Smolderdash aided the other Skylanders in retrieving the pieces of the Mask of Power from Kaos, but were outmatched when the evil Portal Master used the Mask of Power to steal their abilities.
Gameplay
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 280 (max. 560)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 12 (max. 42)
- Critical Hit: 8 (max. 58)
- Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 135
- Defense: 50
- Agility: 85
- Luck: 60
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 0 (max. 0)
- Speed: 0 (max. 48)
- Armor: 0 (max. 30)
- Critical Hit: 0 (max. 50)
- Elemental Power: 0 (max. 50)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 140
- Defense: 50
- Agility: 85
- Luck: 60
Abilities
| Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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| Flame Whip | Solar Orb |
Smolder Dash
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 Press Attack 1 rapidly to perform whip combos. |
 Press Attack 2 to shoot a fiery orb. Press Attack 2 again to detonate it. |
 Perform the powerful Smolder Dash when you press Attack 3 while in Eclipse mode! | ||||
| Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
| Eclipse | Solar Powered | Sunrise | Whip It! | |||
 Press Attack 3 to become solar charged for a short time, making all attacks more powerful. Eclipse needs to recharge for a short time after it is used before it can be used again. |
 Speed is increased. Time to blaze through the Skylands! |
 Hold Attack 1 to charge a sun attack, release to jump into the air and slam a huge sun into the ground. |
 Press Attack 1 to attack with more powerful whips that do increased damage. Whip it good! | |||
| Sun Forger |
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| Super Giant | Solar Flare | Sun Splitter | ||
 Hold Attack 2 to charge a sun into a super giant sun, release to throw it forward which deals more damage and hits more enemies. |
 Critical Hit is increased. Unleash the power of a solar flare! |
 Press Attack 2 to shoot a blazing sun at enemies. Press Attack 1 to strike the sun with a whip attack causing the sun to speed up. Super Giant suns split into three smaller suns when hit. |
| Sun Forged |
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| Solar Blast | Sunny Armor | Sun's Core | ||
 Hold Attack 1 to charge a sun attack, release to jump into the air and slam a huge sun into the ground causing five smaller suns to shoot out towards enemies. |
 Armor is increased. So bright and cheery that enemies attacks don't do anything to damper the mood! |
 Press Attack 2 to shoot a blazing sun at enemies. Press Attack 2 to strike the sun with a whip attack and gain a fiery aura that damages nearby enemies. |
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Solar Sphere (Active) | |
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1 enemy |
Mana cost: 3 | |
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Sunrise (Active) | |
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1 enemy |
Mana cost: 2 | |
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First Flame (Passive) | |
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When you're inflicted with damage that can cause you to be defeated, grants the [Invincible] Effect on yourself for 2 turn(s). (The target will be defeated if the Invincible Effect is removed.) |
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Solar Power (Leader) | |
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Increases your ATK by 20% in battle. |
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Skylanders can use abilities depending on their level.
Starting Powers
- Whips of Fire (Primary Attack): Press (Y) (Y) (Y) to perform a three hit flame whip combo.
- Power of the Sun (Secondary Attack): Hold (X) to carry a molten projectile with you and release (X) to throw it. Pressing (X) again while it is active will detonate it, damaging enemies nearby.
Upgrades
- Eclipse Mode (requires level: 3): Hold (Y) for a short time to enter Eclipse Mode. While in Eclipse Mode, your whip melee como will hit a wider area.
- Sun Splitter (requires level: 6): While a molten projectile is active, use (Y) to hit it with your whip, making it detonate into 3 more projectiles. If Smolderdash is in Eclipse Mode she will instead launch up in the air with the molten ball and slam back to the ground creating a large explosion.
- PerSUNal Space (requires level: 9): Holding a molten projectile with (X) for a short time will activate a flame shield, damaging enemies that get near to you.
Quests
Basic Quests
- Bad Guy Basher: Defeat 1000 enemies.
- Fruit Frontiersman: Eat 15 fruit.
- Flawless Challenger: Complete a non-Story Mode level at full health.
- True Gladiator: Win 10 PVP matches.
- Totally Maxed Out: Reach level 20 and purchase all Upgrades for this Skylander.
Elemental Quests
- Elementalist: Deal 7500 elemental bonus damage.
- Mega Melter: Defeat a total of 25 Ice Geargolems.
- Bombardier: Defeat 30 enemies with bombs.
Unique Quest
- Event Horizon: Knock a total of 50 enemies into the air with your Solar Orb.
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "A Blaze of Glory!"
- "Bringing the heat!"
- "The sun is rising!"
- "Golden as the sun!"
- "Lighting the way!"
- "The Sun shines through!"
- "You got burned!"
- "Can't contain the flame!"
- "Bright and shiny!"
- "The sun is mine!"
- "Sun rise!"
- "Eclipsing all others."
- "Beware the Flare!"
- "Put to the Torch!"
- "Just warming up!"
- "Heating up!"
- "Yes!"
- "Fire power!" - when leveling up
- "Sun Burst!"
- "Very bright!" - when checking stats
- "This should shine some light on things!"
- "This outta keep my head warm" - when wearing a hat
- "Fired up about this new hat!"
Character Trailers
Gallery
Trivia
- Smolderdash is the first female Fire Skylander in the series (second being Torch).
- This also makes fire the last element of the original elements to have a female character, with Smolderdash not being introduced until Swap Force.
- Her name is a play on 'balderdash', a word meaning preposterous or rubbish.
- Developer Nathan Wilens comments, "From the moment I started playing Smolderdash, I fell in the love with the precision, speed, grace, beauty and fire!" [5]
- Her official catchphrase "A Blaze of Glory!" is a play on the phrase "a blaze of glory", which doing something in a successful and impressive manner.
- Her voice actress, Grey DeLisle, is very well known for the voice of Vicky from The Fairly OddParents, Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Azula and Kya from Avatar the Last Airbender, Lana, Lola and Lily Loud from The Loud House, and Daphne Blake from the later Scooby-Doo series.
- She also voiced Mesmeralda in Swap Force and Beachcomber in SuperChargers, as well as Chill, Sprocket and Ninjini in the Academy TV series.
- In SuperChargers and the Academy series, Grey DeLisle was credited under her second name, Grey Griffin.
- She also voiced Mesmeralda in Swap Force and Beachcomber in SuperChargers, as well as Chill, Sprocket and Ninjini in the Academy TV series.
Smolderdash's Lost Islands version of backstory
- As a LightCore figure, her eyes and forehead light up. But within the game, any part of her that is yellow makes her glow. Also, despite her LightCore artwork, she doesn't wield a flaming whip in her hand, but in the game she does.
- Also, her LightCore figure form is shaped slightly different than the regular figure version. Her chin was a bit round and her arms and legs are a little wider than whereas the core figure of Smolderdash is very accurate.
- She has an Employee 2013 Special Edition variant called "Snowderdash" in which her fiery pedestal, eyes and the rest of the parts where they are originally orange and yellow are blue instead. Also, her jet black body is glittering silvery-white.
- She resembles the Flame Guard from Adventure Time.
- In Skylanders: Lost Islands, Smolderdash has a different backstory than the one on the official Skylanders website.
- She is the only Skylander with an attack that is the same as her name.
- However, in the 3DS version of Trap Team, Spotlight also has this feature.
- Concept art shows that Smolderdash was originally named "Eclipse".
- She, Trigger Happy, and Gusto are the only Skylanders to have the word, "glory," in their catchphrases.
- She resembles The Statue Of Liberty in New York, both sharing torches and tiaras with arrows on their ends.
- Smolderdash, along with Fiesta were going to appear in an updated expansion of Skylanders: Battlecast, with a single known Gear card "Heat Seeker", but due to the update's cancellation, they were scrapped.
- In Ring of Heroes, Smolderdash is much taller and more curvaceous, and has more details on her gloves and boots.
References
- ↑ Skylanders Swap Force Preview Inside the Halls of Vicarious Visions. (Date Posted - Sep.19, 2013 TheHDRoom.
- ↑ Strata: The Art of Skylanders Swap Force. (Date Posted: Feb. 19, 2024).
- ↑ Skylanders Universe: The Complete Collection, page 66
- ↑ Skylanders Official Sticker Book (2014), page 4
- ↑ Strata: The Art of Skylanders Swap Force. (Date Posted: Feb. 19, 2024).
