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Bolt Charge is a verb for the Arc damage type inDestiny 2that lets players call down lightning strikes on their enemies. It’s an excellent way to deal more damage to big targets or clumped-up groups of smaller enemies, and if you’re playing as a Titan, you may make a very strong build that’s all about activating Bolt Charge as often as possible.
This guide is all about spamming your class ability to quickly generate and discharge Bolt Charge stacks. Unlikeprevious Arc Titan builds inDestiny 2, this doesn’t rely too much on melee or grenades, though weaving both of those abilities into the mix helps a ton when it comes to dealing with different enemies.
Aspects
The star of the show here is theStorm’s Keep Aspect, which generates Bolt Charge for you and your teammates when you use your class ability. While behind your Barricade, the fireteam generates Bolt Charge over time, and your weapons can discharge Bolt Charge when at max stacks.
Knockoutis the preferred secondary Aspect for this build thanks to its heal-on-kill effect. Use it along with Thunderclap to clear adds and regain health in chaotic situations.
Playing this build is simple:use your class ability to gain Bolt Charge, then keep damaging enemies to trigger its lightning strike. The build’s combination of Fragments, Armor Mods, and equipment will let you keep spamming your class ability for even more Bolt Charge procs.
Fragments
The four Fragments for this build have excellent synergy between each other. Together, they’ll give you the following benefits:
The synergy between the four is clear: lob a grenade to apply Jolt, then defeat that target to get an Ionic Trace. Pick the Trace up to get a stack of Bolt Charge, and if you’re amplified, you’ll get more stacks from all sources. These Fragments will work betterif you have a weapon capable of applying Jolt.
Abilities
Thunderclapis the preferred melee ability for this build simply because of how reliable it is. It can wipe out large crowds of red-bar enemies, and it’s especially useful for large swarms of flying targets.
As for the class ability, you canchoose between Rally Barricade or Thruster based on preference. Rally Barricade is an excellent ability with Storm’s Keep, as it’ll give the entire fireteam a chance to generate more Bolt Charge over time. Meanwhile, Thruster is good if you need to keep moving.
Rally Barricade lets you discharge Bolt Charge just by shooting enemies while you’re behind a Barricade. If you’re going to use Thruster, you’ll only be able to discharge Bolt Charge by using abilities (this includes Knockout’s empowered punch).
Class item
This Armor Mod setup focuses on restoring as much ability energy as possible. It does so via the following mods:
Don’t forget that Ionic Traces will restore ability energy too.
Weapons and Armor
Lodestar, the Exotic Trace Rifle from Episode Heresy, is the preferred primary weapon for this build, and that’s largely thanks to itsamazing DPS against weak enemies and its ability to apply Jolt when fully charged. Clear adds with its primary fire, and when it’s fully charged, turn the safety off and blast yellow-bar enemies from behind your Rally Barricade. Bolt Charge will stack very quickly from behind your Barricade, especially if you’re generating Ionic Traces via collateral kills with Jolt on your primary target.
Lodestar has unlimited reserve ammo, making it a very reliable pick. If you want to instead generate more Ionic Traces, useColdheart.
As for Exotic armor,An Insurmountable Skullfortis a great choice if you want to constantly have Thunderclap ready. This lets you clear adds and generate Orbs of Power very efficiently. Alternatively, you can try the following:
