The Telos Boltace is the Arbiters of Hexis' Syndicate variant of the 
Boltace. When equipped, the velocity or duration of certain maneuvers is increased, and Slide Attacks vacuum in nearby enemies.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily 
Puncture damage.
Advantages:
- Third highest base damage of all tonfas, behind
Kronen Prime and Ohma.
- Second highest critical chance of all tonfas, behind Kronen Prime.
- Highest status chance of all tonfas.
- Tied with Kronen for the second fastest attack speed of all tonfas, behind Kronen Prime.
- Provides a 20% passive boost to Bullet Jump velocity, Roll distance, Aim Glide duration, and Wall Latch duration.
- Slide attacks trigger Stormpath, creating a 14 meter vortex that pulls in and staggers enemies. A second slide attack shortly after the vortex will launch and suspend nearby enemies in a Lifted status.
- Stance slot has polarity, matching Gemini Cross.
- Innate polarity.
Disadvantages:
Comparisons:
- Telos Boltace (Normal), compared to Boltace (Normal):
- Higher base damage (210 vs. 176)
- Higher critical chance (20% vs. 6%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2x vs. 1.5x)
- Higher status chance (35% vs. 28%)
- Lower disposition (1.05 vs. 1.25)
- Higher attack speed (1.08 vs. 0.92)
- Different polarities ( vs. None)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (11 vs. 4)
Acquisition[]
- The Telos Boltace can be acquired by reaching the Rank of Maxim with the Arbiters of Hexis, and spending 125,000 to purchase. As with all Syndicate Weapons, the Telos Boltace cannot be chosen as the free offering upon ranking up to Maxim rank.
- Syndicate weapons can also be acquired via Trading, but only for unranked copies without Forma or Orokin Catalyst installed.
- Players must have a Mastery Rank of at least 11 to acquire the Telos Boltace, either through trading or through the Syndicates themselves.
Notes[]
- Slide attacks trigger Stormpath, creating a 14 meter vortex that pulls in and staggers enemies.
- Having the Telos Boltace in your loadout boosts Bullet Jump velocity, Roll distance, Aim Glide duration, and Wall Latch duration by 20%.
- In Conclave, only the Aim Glide and Wall Latch bonuses are granted.
Tips[]
- Stormpath and the high status chance can be put together to hit several enemies with the AoE's of Gas and Electricity status effects.
- Nezha can use Stormpath to drag enemies into the path of Fire Walker to charge Pyroclastic Flow efficiently.
Trivia[]
- Originally, the Telos Boltace released energy waves similar to Exalted Blade on slide attacks.
- The concept for the original effect was designed by player TunaMayo.
Gallery[]
Telos Boltace in Codex.
Media[]
Warframe Telos Boltace, Crafted to Slide Right In - 3 Forma thequickdraw
Warframe Leveling - Telos Boltace Episode 1
TELOS BOLTACE Builds - What is Stormpath? 2 forma - Warframe
Telos Boltace Skins
See Also[]
- Boltace, the original melee version.
- Telos Boltor, the primary version.
- Telos Akbolto, the secondary version
Patch History[]
Update 27.4 (2020-05-01)
- Fixed tilted position of the Telos Boltace when holstered on Mesa’s back.
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 8 to 11.
- Damage increased from 85 to 210.
- Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
- Status Chance increased from 25% to 35%.
- Critical Chance increased from 10% to 20%.
- Slam Attack increased from 170 to 420
- Slide Attack decreased from 510 to 420
- Parry Angle set to 60.
Hotfix 22.8.3 (2018-01-11)
- Fixed the Telos Boltace Stormpath ability not working with the Maruta Tonfa Skin equipped.
Hotfix 21.4.2 (2017-08-11)
- Fixed the Telos Boltace pull not working for Clients.
Update 20.3 (2017-04-26)
- Fixed the Telos Boltace spin attack slowing down the user and allies.
Update 20.1 (2017-04-05)
- Fixed the initial spin attack pull of the Telos Boltace pulling enemies through the Rift.
Hotfix 20.0.4 (2017-03-27)
- Increased the time between Telos Boltace’s slides from 6 to 8 seconds. This means after doing first slide attack you now have 8 seconds to do the next slide that does the radial blast+damage.
- Added 100 Impact damage to the Telos Boltace Stormpath attack.
- Fixed the Telos Boltace not functioning properly with Mirage’s Hall of Mirrors.
- Fixed other player Telos Boltace Stormpaths overriding your own vortex/blast timing.
Conclave:
- Added 20 Impact damage to the Stormpath attack of the Telos Boltace.
Hotfix 20.0.2 (2017-03-24)
- Updated the Telos Boltace description to match its new mechanics introduced in Update 20.
- Fixed the Telos Boltace’s mechanics not functioning after being revived.
Update 20.0 (2017-03-24)
- The Slide attack will now create a vortex that staggers and draws enemies towards the player. The following Slide attack (after a vortex) will radial blast and ragdoll enemies away from the player. This 'back and forth' will be on a cooldown.
- Reduced particles from the Telos Boltace slide attack.
- Fixed an issue with Telos Boltace appearing incorrectly when equipped on Mesa.
Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)
- The Telos Boltace must now be equipped to receive the spin attack benefit.
Update: The Silver Grove 2.0 (2016-09-15)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
