Ionic Trace

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Ionic Trace is an Arc elemental pickup.

Description

A bolt of pure Arc energy that travels along the ground, seeking toward its creator. When picked up, Ionic Traces grant ability energy.

Notes

• Collecting an Ionic Trace restores 12.5% melee energy, 12.5% grenade energy, and 15% class ability energy.
• Ionic Trace was originally a passive ability, exclusive to the Warlock's Stormcaller subclass.

Sources

These effects can create Ionic Traces.

Striker (Titan)

Arc Aspects

• Touch of Thunder — Your Flashbang, Pulse, Lightning, and Storm Grenades have enhanced functionality.
  • Pulse Grenade: Creates Ionic Traces periodically as it damages targets and increases in damage over time.

Stormcaller (Warlock)

Arc Aspects

• Electrostatic Mind — Defeating targets with Arc abilities or defeating jolted or blinded targets creates an Ionic Trace.

Arc Fragments

• Spark of Discharge — Arc weapon final blows have a chance to create an Ionic Trace.
• Spark of Ions — Defeating a jolted target creates an Ionic Trace.

Exotic Weapons

• Coldheart (Trace Rifle) — Cold Fusion: This weapon shoots a steady cold-fusion-powered Arc laser, dealing more damage the longer it remains on a target.
  • Longest Winter: Periodically generates Ionic Traces while in its high-damage state.
• Delicate Tomb (Fusion Rifle) — Traitor's Vessel: Final blows with this weapon have a chance to generate Ionic Traces. Powerful foes and opposing Guardians always generate Ionic Traces.

Synergy

These effects synergize with Ionic Traces.

Arcstrider (Hunter)

Exotic Armor

• Chest Armor
  • Lucky Raspberry — Increases the chaining capabilities of Arcbolt Grenades. Damaging enemies with Jolt lightning strikes and collecting Ionic Traces both grant additional Arcbolt Grenade energy.

Stormcaller (Warlock)

Arc Aspects

• Electrostatic Mind — Collecting an Ionic Trace makes you amplified.

Exotic Armor

• Helmets
  • Fallen Sunstar — Ionic traces you create move faster and grant you additional ability energy. Nearby allies also gain ability energy when you collect an ionic trace.
• Leg Armor
  • Geomag Stabilizers — Collecting Ionic Traces grants you energy for Chaos Reach.

Armor Mods

Leg Armor Mods

• Elemental Charge — Collecting a Firesprite, Ionic Trace, Stasis shard, or Void Breach, or destroying a Strand Tangle has an escalating chance to give you Armor Charge.

Exotic Weapons

• Delicate Tomb (Fusion Rifle)
  • Tempest Cascade: Collecting an Ionic Trace overcharges this weapon's next shot, jolting targets on hit.
  • Ionic Interment (Catalyst): Collecting an Ionic Trace partially reloads the magazine from reserves.

Weapon Traits

• Collective Action — Collecting elemental pickups or throwing a Strand Tangle grants a stacking period of increased damage.
  • Elemental pickups include Firesprites, Void Breaches, Stasis Shards, Ionic Traces, and Strand Tangles.

Patch History

• 6.2.5
  • Fixed an issue where Ionic Traces Generated from Fallen Star granted Glaive shield energy.
• 6.2.0
  • Standardized a set of buffs and debuffs aligned to the Arc damage type:
    • Ionic Trace - A bolt of pure Arc energy that travels along the ground, seeking its creator. When picked up, Ionic Traces grant grenade, melee, and class ability energy.
    • Hovering over Aspects, Fragments, or abilities on the Arc subclass screen now displays a tooltip flyout detailing any relevant status effects.
  • No longer provide Super energy on pickup.
  • Reduced melee, grenade, and class ability energy return to compensate for expected increased uptime:
    • Base melee energy return reduced from 20% to 12.5%.
    • Base grenade energy return reduced from 15% to 12.5%.
    • Base class ability energy return reduced from 25% to 15%.

See also

• Ionic Trace (pre-Arc 3.0 version)