Early Elite analysis of new Proton gear
I dedicated some time to testing the lockbox gear specifically in Elite content this weekend, and wanted to put out some early results for folks to check out and compare against. Below is the results from what I found to be the most "nominal" run.
Build was on a World Razor, relatively standard "meta" Uncon/UD/PFA setup. Equipped gear included:
- The new "You Are Dismissed" universal console
- (1) of the new Aetherian Proton turrets (only here for Ecclectic Collector)
- The new Aetherian Proton Omni-Directional Beam
- (4) of the new Aetherian Proton Beam Arrays
- The "All Aspects Accounted For" Space Trait
- The Aetherian Beam Enhancement Space Trait
Proton damage was buffed by an epic MK XV Pahvan Crystal Battery console. Beams were additionally buffed by (2) epic MK XI Isomags [+Beams].
Total DPS for the ISE run was just under a million (994,029). Of those numbers;
Proton Beam Array -Fire at Will III: 212, 966 damage
You Are Dismissed: 87,931 damage
Protonic Crush (from all sources, summed): 1,282
Proton Release (Aetherian Beam Enhancement): 614 (yikes)
All Aspects Accounted For: 487 damage (double yikes)
Conclusions are relatively inline with what's been put out by others already. Proton weapons themselves are totally viable, just at a disadvantage to most other weapon types due to low support (no Twinkling Lights, no Complex Plasma Fires, etc etc). The Proton Crush proc, even when buffed with all possible increases to it's trigger rate, is inconsequential.
The two new space traits do not appear to perform well. These numbers are very average to what I have seen so far in Elite, although in Advanced content both traits seem to perform slightly better in the 2K-3K range of a 540k total. I don't see any reason to pick them up or use them outside of for them theme & flavor.
The standout, as we already know, is the "You Are Dismissed" console. It hits hard; very hard. This run was the only run in Elite where I had it hit for less then 100k. That being said, on this particular test-build I had sacrificed a total of three Universal consoles for Proton weapons testing (the Pahvan Battery and two Isomags I mentioned earlier), moving a lot of power from consoles over to weapons. "You Are Dismissed" was the highest-parsing console on this build, with its 87k beating out Full Broadsides 84k and Chronophages 64k.
Tl;DR - Proton weapons fun and usable, You Are Dismissed console is "must-buy", and the traits can be easily skipped out on.
Posted Feb 22, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC