Best trace rifle?

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

I legit have all of them but isnt the Lens like >>>>> better than the rest>>? convince me otherwise lol......


pretty much any scenario too....

[kwong20287]

So coldheart and divinity is worse? I've used coldheart and prometheus lens. I think coldheart does more damage.

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

Originally posted by kwong20287:

So coldheart and divinity is worse? I've used coldheart and prometheus lens. I think coldheart does more damage.

Lens feeds through so it allows a snowball burst of dmg..... coldheart is ok v one boss but u run out of ammo and it falls off....

[Verios44]

Divinity - its a support tool, treat it as such. Its raw damage is meh, so dont rely on it for damage. It can enhance any fireteam though, so its use is support.

Coldhart, prometheus lens - these two are your damage dealing trace rifles, and good in many situations

Wavesplitter - havent used it personally but its tamp up mechanic seems interesting

[Kashra Fall]

The wavesplitter tmk is the strongest/best, but it is heavily based around RNG if you don't have orbs of light handy. If you do? It's strong as hell.

[kwong20287]

Originally posted by DRUNK_CANADIAN:

Originally posted by kwong20287:

So coldheart and divinity is worse? I've used coldheart and prometheus lens. I think coldheart does more damage.

Lens feeds through so it allows a snowball burst of dmg..... coldheart is ok v one boss but u run out of ammo and it falls off....

Yeah, ran out of ammo for coldheart a couple of times. Prometheus lens is the only one that gives you back ammo I think.

[Dark, House of Luck]

For Ad clear, Lens
For Boss Damage, Wavesplitter if you have orbs, otherwise Coldheart
For Support, Divinity.

But at the end of the day the only one worth bringing into end game content is Divinity. The others just too weak compared to other exotic weapons.

[Lil C]-[ew C]-[ew is ☂д☂]

Question but are trace rifle only acquired owning dlcs? Because as f2p I haven't seen not a single on drop but I don't play too much of crucible and gambit modes.

[kwong20287]

Originally posted by Lil C-ew C-ew is ಥ﹏ಥ:

Question but are trace rifle only acquired owning dlcs? Because as f2p I haven't seen not a single on drop but I don't play too much of crucible and gambit modes.

It pretty random, but only divinity should be a DLC trace rifle now.

[Talon]

Originally posted by Verios44:

Divinity - its a support tool, treat it as such. Its raw damage is meh, so dont rely on it for damage. It can enhance any fireteam though, so its use is support.

Coldhart, prometheus lens - these two are your damage dealing trace rifles, and good in many situations

Wavesplitter - havent used it personally but its tamp up mechanic seems interesting

The damage ramp up reminds me of the laser weapons from Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Namely the laser beam variants as the ones made by Maliwan had the same mechanic to them. The longer you keep it trained on an enemy, the more damage it does.

[Hex]

If you have orbs of light on ground to chew on when needed, Wavesplitter will put Lens in the trashcan.

[Stardama69]

Prometheus isn't weak, it melts everything it touches and the ammo is plentiful

[kwong20287]

Originally posted by Hex:

If you have orbs of light on ground to chew on when needed, Wavesplitter will put Lens in the trashcan.

So masterwork breakneck and wavesplitter a good paring?

[Lusus Symphonia]

Overall boss killer: Divinity, it's like a whopping 25% damage buff for the whole team.

[krashd]

I have Prometheus Lens and Wavesplitter and I prefer Wavesplitter.

Prometheus is fun because it rarely needs to be reloaded, every kill tops up the ammo from your reserve and it takes about 1 ammo to kill a rank and file baddie which sends 3 or 4 ammo back into the weapon from reserve. Useful? Kinda, but trace rifles are quick to reload when needed and unless you are holding down the fire button on a boss they don't eat through ammo as fast as you'd think. So the ammo top up eventually just becomes a neat novelty.

Wavesplitter on the other hand turns into the Ghostbusters proton pack whenever you walk over an orb of light making it a no-brainer if you pair it with a masterworked primary weapon or you're in a fireteam with people who sh*t out orbs all over the place like well fed guinea pigs.

[SandTag]

Originally posted by DRUNK_CANADIAN:

I legit have all of them but isnt the Lens like >>>>> better than the rest>>? convince me otherwise lol......


pretty much any scenario too....

coldheart is the only one with real boss dps, however after the auto reloading nerf its overall potential is vastly limited, it is out-performed by izinagi`s as a dps based special weapon and performs poorly in the crucible.

Prometheus lens has AOE ontop of its laser, its overall damage output stats off quite high and does not require continued damage to be effective, it is excellent for crowd control but once again it becomes a question of "is it better than X" and sadly it is not, it must be active for quite a while for its bubble to reach full size so a well rolled smg could clean up more in that time.

Divinity is the first useful one, it has obscene buffs, not only being the strongest buff but its application is fast and it has buckets of range and it also makes a huge crit spot on the target, synergising with the exotic whisper of the worm, it sees most frequent use in gambit, gambit prime and raids. in the crucible its effect is quite powerful against supers as it lowers their damage output and its judgement perk will oneshot them after a short delay, it is most effective against things like bottom tree striker in this regard as it stops them oneshotting with their melee and kills them quickly however for neutral game it is somewhat underwhelming.

Then there is wavesplitter, a strange one, it needs orbs of light in PvE to perform well and without a catalyst is is quite impractical to use at the moment, if orbs are available it will out-perform lens in most scenarios but it is still not a valuable dps tool. It has no luck variance in crucible and performs the best out of all of the trace rifles in pvp.