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Arc Warlock

Subclass breakdown

Sections

Subclass details

Supers

  • Chaos Reach
    Jolted
    Unleash a long-range channeled beam of concentrated Arc energy. Sustained damage on a single target creates a jolting lightning strike at their position. [Super] while active to deactivate your Super early, saving Super energy.

  • Stormtrance
    Jolted
    Chain Arc Lightning from your hands to electrify targets with devastating streams of Arc Light that intensify over time. Casting Stormtrance creates a jolting shockwave underneath you. [Sprint] : Teleport forward, consuming a small amount of Super energy.
Grenades

  • Skip Grenade
    A grenade that splits upon impact, creating multiple projectiles that seek targets.

  • Arcbolt Grenade
    A grenade that chains bolts of lightning to nearby targets.

  • Flashbang Grenade
    Blind
    An explosive grenade that damages and blinds nearby targets.

  • Storm Grenade
    A grenade that calls down a focused lightning storm.

  • Pulse Grenade
    A grenade that periodically damages targets within its explosion radius.

  • Flux Grenade
    An explosive grenade that attaches to targets.

  • Lightning Grenade
    A grenade that sticks to any surface and emits bolts of lightning.
Movement

  • Burst Glide
    Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with a strong initial boost of speed.

  • Strafe Glide
    Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with strong directional control.

  • Balanced Glide
    Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with both moderate speed and directional control.
Melee

  • Ball Lightning
    Amplified
    Fire an Arc projectile forward that releases a perpendicular lightning strike after a short time. While amplified, Ball Lightning releases additional lightning strikes before detonating.

  • Chain Lightning
    Amplified
    Jolted
    An extended range melee that jolts your target and chains lightning to nearby targets. While amplified, it creates an additional set of chains.
Class abilities

  • Healing Rift
    Conjure a well of power that continuously heals those inside it.

  • Empowering Rift
    Conjure a well of power that increases weapon damage for those inside it.
Aspects

  • Electrostatic Mind
    Amplified
    Ionic Trace
    Jolted
    Blind
    Defeating targets with Arc abilities or defeating jolted or blinded targets creates an Ionic Trace. Collecting an Ionic Trace makes you amplified.

  • Arc Soul
    Amplified
    Cast your Rift to create an Arc Soul that fires at targets in front of you. Allies can pass through your Rift to get an Arc Soul. Your Rift charges faster when allies are near. While amplified, your Arc Souls are supercharged and gain increased fire rate.

  • Lightning Surge
    Bolt Charge
    Jolted
    While sliding, activate your charged melee ability to blink forward, calling down lightning strikes that jolt targets as you rematerialize. Targets that are hit by your lightning strikes grant you stacks of Bolt Charge.
Fragments

  • Spark of Brilliance
    Blind
    Defeating a blinded target with precision damage creates a blinding explosion. +10 Intellect ▲

  • Spark of Haste
    While sprinting, you have greatly increased resilience, recovery, and mobility.

  • Spark of Instinct
    Jolted
    While critically wounded, taking damage emits a burst of damaging Arc energy that jolts targets.

  • Spark of Discharge
    Ionic Trace
    Bolt Charge
    Arc weapon final blows have a chance to create an Ionic Trace. Collecting an Ionic Trace grants you a stack of Bolt Charge. -10 Strength ▼

  • Spark of Feedback
    Taking melee damage briefly increases your outgoing melee damage. +10 Resilience ▲

  • Spark of Ions
    Ionic Trace
    Bolt Charge
    Jolted
    Defeating a jolted target or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.

  • Spark of Recharge
    While critically wounded, your melee and grenade energy regenerates more quickly.

  • Spark of Shock
    Jolted
    -10 Discipline ▼ Your Arc grenades jolt targets.

  • Spark of Frequency
    Amplified
    Bolt Charge
    Melee hits increase your equipped weapon's reload speed and stability for a short duration. While amplified, the effects are increased and you gain increased stacks of Bolt Charge from all sources.

  • Spark of Momentum
    Bolt Charge
    Sliding over ammo bricks reloads your equipped weapon and grants you a small amount of Bolt Charge.

  • Spark of Beacons
    Amplified
    Blind
    While you are amplified, your Arc Special or Heavy ammo weapon final blows create a blinding explosion.

  • Spark of Amplitude
    Amplified
    Rapidly defeating targets while you are amplified creates an Orb of Power.

  • Spark of Focus
    After sprinting for a short time, your class ability regeneration is increased. -10 {primary stat} ▼

  • Spark of Volts
    Amplified
    Bolt Charge
    +10 Recovery ▲ Finishers make you amplified and grant you a stack of Bolt Charge.

  • Spark of Resistance
    +10 Strength ▲ While surrounded by combatants, you are more resistant to incoming damage.

  • Spark of Magnitude
    Your lingering Arc grenades (Lightning Grenade, Pulse Grenade, and Storm Grenade) have extended duration.

Breakdown

Orb generation

Spark of Amplitude
Rapidly defeating targets while you are amplified creates an Orb of Power.
Ability cooldown

Ionic Trace
... When picked up, Ionic Traces grant ability energy.
Grenade cooldown

Spark of Recharge
While critically wounded, your melee and grenade energy regenerates more quickly.
Melee cooldown

Bolt Charge
... Receiving a stack of Bolt Charge grants you melee energy.
Final blows

Spark of Discharge
Arc weapon final blows have a chance to create an Ionic Trace. ...

Spark of Beacons
While you are amplified, your Arc Special or Heavy ammo weapon final blows create a blinding explosion.
Defeating an enemy

Ionic Sentry
Defeat targets with Kinetic or Arc weapons or Arc abilities to charge up an Arc turret that periodically chains lightning between nearby targets, granting a stack of Bolt Charge with each hit. ...

Spark of Brilliance
Defeating a blinded target with precision damage creates a blinding explosion. ...

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

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.

Spark of Amplitude
Rapidly defeating targets while you are amplified creates an Orb of Power.

Amplified
... Rapidly defeating targets with Arc damage makes you amplified.
Finishers

Spark of Volts
... Finishers make you amplified and grant you a stack of Bolt Charge.

Keywords

Bolt charge

Accumulate stacks of Arc Bolt Charge. While you have Bolt Charge, sustained weapon damage generates stacks of Bolt Charge. At maximum stacks, any ability damage generates a powerful bolt of Arc lightning at the target's location. Receiving a stack of Bolt Charge grants you melee energy.

Ionic Sentry
Defeat targets with Kinetic or Arc weapons or Arc abilities to charge up an Arc turret that periodically chains lightning between nearby targets, granting a stack of Bolt Charge with each hit. ...

Lightning Surge
... Targets that are hit by your lightning strikes grant you stacks of Bolt Charge.

Spark of Discharge
... Collecting an Ionic Trace grants you a stack of Bolt Charge. ...

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.

Spark of Frequency
... While amplified, the effects are increased and you gain increased stacks of Bolt Charge from all sources.

Spark of Momentum
Sliding over ammo bricks reloads your equipped weapon and grants you a small amount of Bolt Charge.

Spark of Volts
... Finishers make you amplified and grant you a stack of Bolt Charge.
Ionic trace

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

Electrostatic Mind
Defeating targets with Arc abilities or defeating jolted or blinded targets creates an Ionic Trac... Collecting an Ionic Trace makes you amplified.

Spark of Discharge
Arc weapon final blows have a chance to create an Ionic Trac... Collecting an Ionic Trace grants you a stack of Bolt Charge. ...

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.
Jolted

The target is energized with destructive Arc Light. They take additional damage while jolted and chain lightning to nearby targets. Jolt damage causes Overload Champions to be stunned.

Chaos Reach
... Sustained damage on a single target creates a jolting lightning strike at their position. ...

Chain Lightning
An extended range melee that jolts your target and chains lightning to nearby targets. ...

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

Spark of Instinct
While critically wounded, taking damage emits a burst of damaging Arc energy that jolts targets.

Lightning Surge
While sliding, activate your charged melee ability to blink forward, calling down lightning strikes that jolt targets as you rematerialize. ...

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.

Spark of Shock
... Your Arc grenades jolt targets.

Stormtrance
... Casting Stormtrance creates a jolting shockwave underneath you. ...
Amplified

Your movement speed and weapon handling are greatly increased. After sprinting for a short time, your movement speed is further increased. Rapidly defeating targets with Arc damage makes you amplified.

Ball Lightning
... While amplified, Ball Lightning releases additional lightning strikes before detonating.

Chain Lightning
... While amplified, it creates an additional set of chains.

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

Arc Soul
... While amplified, your Arc Souls are supercharged and gain increased fire rate.

Spark of Frequency
... While amplified, the effects are increased and you gain increased stacks of Bolt Charge from all sources.

Spark of Beacons
While you are amplified, your Arc Special or Heavy ammo weapon final blows create a blinding explosion.

Spark of Amplitude
Rapidly defeating targets while you are amplified creates an Orb of Power.

Spark of Volts
... Finishers make you amplified and grant you a stack of Bolt Charge.
Blind

Combatants are disoriented and cannot fire their weapons. Opposing Guardians' HUD is removed and their vision is obscured. When blinded, Unstoppable Champions are stunned.

Ionic Sentry
... : Deploy the Ionic Sentry, blinding nearby targets on initial impact.

Spark of Brilliance
Defeating a blinded target with precision damage creates a blinding explosion. ...

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

Flashbang Grenade
An explosive grenade that damages and blinds nearby targets.

Spark of Beacons
While you are amplified, your Arc Special or Heavy ammo weapon final blows create a blinding explosion.
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