Apollo's Axe

An Apollo's Axe (アポロンアックス, Apollo Axe^?) is an Axe-class weapon found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

In Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Apollo's Axe
Visual effect of Flare Burst
In-Game Description
"Axe: Unleashes Flare Burst" (TLA)
Trade Info
Weapon class	Axe
Buy value	15200
Sell value	11400
Artifact?	Yes
Statistic Boosts
Attack Boost	158
Unleash effect
Effect name	Flare Burst
Extra damage	54
Side effect	May restore the user's HP by the amount of damage done
Acquisition
• Forged from Salamander Tail (TLA)

Apollo's Axe is acquired by bringing a Salamander Tail item to Sunshine the blacksmith in Yallam so that he may randomly forge it into this or several other items that you then may buy. Being an axe, one can be equipped by Isaac, Felix, Garet, and Piers.

This weapon is especially notable for being one where standard attacks are based on the Mars element (the damage done is affected by how the wielder's Mars power compares to the target's Mars resistance). Its Unleash effect is Flare Burst (フレアバースト, Flare Burst^?), unleashing at the standard rate of 35% of the time, which adds 54 points of damage before modifying damage based on the Mars element, and then has a chance to restore the user's HP by the amount of damage done. The Unleash visually resembles the Adept attacking the target and letting out a large fiery explosion on impact, with leftover orbs of energy converging into the Adept.

A strong late-game weapon whose innate Mars attacks make it score extra damage against, as a prime example, most of the monsters in Treasure Isle, and its Unleash's side effect gives it occasional potential to benefit the user at the same time as the enemy getting damaged. Of course, it has nothing on the end-game weapons with damage-multiplying effects that are considered the game's best, and it might not even be as good as Gaia's Axes and Stellar Axes, but on an Adept in the Brute class series, it can be a valid placeholder weapon. The chance of forging the Apollo's Axe from a Salamander Tail is 15%

Cultural references

Apollo is a god in Greco-Roman myth. Besides being the god of prophecies, oracles, plagues and archery, he was also the god of healing, which can be referenced in Flare Burst's healing effect. In Hellenistic times, especially during the 3rd century BC. C., he started being considered as the sun god, hence Apollo's Axe Mars alignment