Special weapons
Traces
Traces ranked by endgame role, perk package, competition, and total score.
WEAPON | INFO | PERKS | ANALYSIS | |||||||||||||
🖼️ | Name | Season | Energy | Source | Stun | Ammo | ⬆️ | Barrel | Mag | MW | Perk 1 | Perk 2 | Origin Trait | Notes | # | Tier |
 | Chronophage | 29 | Void | Encore |  | 37 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Repulsor BraceShoot to Loot | Destabilizing RoundsDesperate Measures | Radiolaria Transposer | excellent pairing with artifact, volatile is very good for Harsh Refraction purposes | 1 | S |
 | Unsworn | 29 | Strand | Sundered Doctrine |  | 47 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Shoot to LootTear | Chaos ReshapedHatchlingDetonator Beam | Subjugation | only kinetic slot StL trace, excellent with Tablet of Ruin, wish it had Slice | 2 | S |
| Hollow Denial | 17 | Void | Presage |  | 65 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Lead from GoldAdaptive Munitions | Repulsor Brace | Extrovert | actually pretty decent with Volatile Flow in a trace-focused build for barrier stun, high ammo gen | 3 | A |
| Retraced Path | 15 | Solar | Dares |  | 47 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Shoot to LootAdaptive Munitions | IncandescentDemolitionistDisruption Break | Hot Swap | best anti-barrier trace option, also solid for solar Verity use cases | 4 | A |
| Keraunios | 28 | Arc | Tenet of Bravery |  | 44 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Shoot to LootFourth Time's the Charm | Chain ReactionJolting FeedbackDetonator Beam | Classy Contender | decently fast jolt application, also has StL + Chain for pickups, just not as strong with artifact | 5 | A |
| Acasia's Dejection | 29 | Solar | Root of Nightmares |  | 49 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Burning AmbitionReconstructionField Prep | IncandescentChaos ReshapedDetonator Beam | Harmonic Resonance | best Burning Ambition weapon for ignition builds | 6 | A |
| Path of Least Resistance | 19 | Arc | Seraph's Shield |  | 41 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Shoot to LootAdaptive Munitions | Voltshot | Ambush | great trace for tapping and using Voltshot, overall not very special though | 7 | A |
| Incisor | 24 | Strand | Trials |  | 60 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Slice | HatchlingAttrition Orbs | One Quiet Moment | one of the most precise Slice applicators in the game, otherwise basically useless | 8 | B |
| Action Item | 28 | Stasis | Tenet of Bravery |  | 41 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | RimestealerDeconstructDemolitionist | Crystalline CorpsebloomHeadstoneDetonator Beam | Nail, Meet Hammer | certainly a better stasis synergy trace than Appetence, not great with Harsh unfortunately | 9 | B |
| Warlord's Spear | 26 | Arc | Iron Banner |  | 54 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Loose ChangeEnvious AssassinHigh-Impact Reserves | Jolting FeedbackDetonator BeamDesperate Measures | Skulking Wolf | basically Keraunios without StL and a better origin | 10 | C |
| Appetence | 29 | Stasis | Starcrossed |  | 43 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | Demolitionist | Headstone | Dragon's Vengeance | almost no relevant perks | 11 | C |
| Ribbontail | 27 | Strand | Tenet of Bravery |  | 48 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Light Battery | Reload | WellspringEnvious Arsenal | TearRedirectionDetonator Beam | Tenacity | the worst 1st column i have ever seen on a weapon released this late | 12 | C |