SCORCH STACKS and IGNITION🔥 [Destiny 2 Solar 3.0] A Deeper Dive Into The System

In this video I'll be tackling the topic of Scorch Stacks and Ignition in Destiny 2 Season of the Haunted with the Solar 3.0 subclass rework. A lot of the information surround the mechanic is not readily available in game so I'll do my best to breakdown the basics, and take a deeper look into the finer nuances for those who wish to expand their understanding. Enjoy! 🍻

Time Stamps
0:00 Stacks and Ignition
3:19 Ignition Stops Scorch
3:58 Scorch Weapons
5:05 Ignition Cooldown
5:44 Stacks And Damage Not Linked
6:43 Scorch Stack Degradation

[orionmedivh]

Great work on this one!
But I still have some doubts on how scorch diminishes though, if the scorch stack drops immediately after it's applied, why are we seeing several static scorch damage numbers before it started to decrease? Also 20 scorch takes 7 ticks to go away, 40 scorch takes 11, and 60 scorch takes 14, which is linear but not double or triple. That just baffles me.

[IronworkerGaming]

Mrs Ironworker has informed me that I gotta get the lawn mowed before it rains. I'll be back in a bit to check out your thought and comments! 👍🍻

[mmonsulich]

This has confirmed a lot of my presumptions about how scorch and ignite work and why they feel so bad. They need a small rework to make it more consistent.

[TargetSniper]

This is hands down the best solar 3.0 info video ever made. I’ve shared this with my entire discord and you’ve earned my sub. Keep this up you are incredible!

[aut]

Ignition rarely proc in normal content but when it does, it kills me in the process.

[derekquintero]

Thank you for keeping up the work! You're amazing and have helped a lot of guardians! Without doubts one of my favorite content creator

[trevorjones]

Honestly scorch is THE MOST AGGRAVATING THING EVER why in the world is solar the ONNLLYY SUBCLASS THAT NEEDS STACKS like what was going through your mind fr volatile and jolt are so much easier to proc why do I need to build up stacks to ignite something and to kill something with ignitions you need to apply just enough stacks to where it doesn’t die to the damage your dealing or the scorch itself but from the ignition it’s absolutely the stupidest thing ever

[zhalosupercell]

Aw man thank you so much, this testing is extremely helpful and very well conducted. Appreciate the work! :)))

[Tasferin]

I know its two separate sandboxes, but I was watching an Aztecross vid, and he was testing out like scorch in PVP or something, and It seems to be a combination of your theories.
Essentially, all the stacks are instantly apply, take about .5 to .75 seconds to begin their damage, then after the 4 tics, which seem to be about .5 to .75 per damage rotation, the stacks begin to RAPIDLY degrade. Like.... Seriously, 1 stack everything .1 seconds fast. It just rapidly goes down through the numbers. Apparently in PVP you can even see how many stacks have been applied to you, so you know how close to kaboom you are.

I only bring it up, because it actually explains things extremely well about the degradation / loss of scorch and how it works.

[stephbenson]

in a vacuum, it might be more damage on paper to let a heavy scorch run its course rather than proceeding to ignition, but in pretty much all practical scenarios it's better to just pile on the scorch and get as many ignitions as possible
instant damage is better than gradual damage, and you can begin applying scorches again anyway

[zombies]

Ophidia Spathe with Knife Trick is a great way to create an ignition on stronger enemies, as landing 5 knives will ignite them. Also, with a one two punch shotgun you can actually throw both sets of knives in a single perk activation for huge burst damage, then dodge and repeat for another set of 2 buffed knife tricks and another ignition.

[cynicalPixels]

Says alot about the game, when you need a 10min video to explain a mechanic..

[TVanH]

what you’re saying is a scorch/ignition build is worthless. Good thing I spam abilities with solar 3.0!

[gentle_singularity]

The only thing that feels good right now with the scorch mechanic is the incandescent perk. Everything else blows.

[ryanb]

This is very helpful as I need to get ignitions for bounties and didn’t even know what triggered them

[shinydreemurr]

Another thing of interest about scorch and ignition is the original source can effect its potency and properties somewhat. Incindiary snap for example can make the scorch and ignition benefit from buffs to melee damage or activate things like melee wellmaker from either scorch or ignition. Incandescent can activate siphon mods, trigger unrelenting and more.

[cesarzavala]

Nice to know about this but now I will never use amber of ashes, ignitions are so rare to proc that I rather investment that fragment into something else

[SepticEmpire]

I wish more guns like sunshot and Polaris worked with 3.0 not cuz their solar but just cuz I like them and in the case of Polaris it really needs it if not a straight up buff

[EtotheFnD]

Super thorough....Super Nerdy....Super Thank You

[nickstasi]

YOU THE MAN!! IT IS LUDICROUS, PUNISHING FOR NEW STYLE GAMEPLAY BEARING 0 ANALYTICS TO THE FUNCTIONS. In this i.e scorch, stacks, dmg, and igniting.