BORDERLANDS 3 AMARA BUILDS
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BUILDS FOR AMARA THE SIREN
*No DLC: Does not require this DLC / DLC: Requires this DLC
Leveling Up
Level 1 to 32
No DLC* • Gun-based
PLAYSTYLE
This build path focuses on her Fist of the Elements tree, which boosts her gun, and elemental damage. If you want the closest thing to Maya from Borderlands 2, this is the way to go. Since this is a gun-based build, you’ll be dealing tons of gun, and elemental damage while using her Phasegrasp action skill that holds enemies in place.
SOLO
Amara is the perfect solo character, and this build ensures that her survivability is ensured thanks to the ridiculous damage you’ll be dealing with your elemental weapons while locking enemies in place. Staying on the move is recommended though, but thanks to Phasegrasp, you won’t have to worry too much about enemies being in your face. Additionally, thanks to some investment in Clarity, Amara will constantly regenerate her health too.
COOP
This is a great build for co-op play as well thanks to Amara’s ability to lock enemies in a place. She does a lot of fire damage thanks to boosted elemental stats, making her one of the strongest characters on the team. She also has self-healing, but can’t heal her teammates, not at this point in the game at least. She can stand her ground, and any help given to her only allows her to deal more damage.
SKILLS
Level 0 – 2: Unlock Phasegrasp
Level 2 – 7: 5 Points in Infusion
Converts 40% of your Gun’s Damage into your Attuned Element.
Level 7 – 12: 5 Points in Tempest
Amara deals additional Elemental damage by 30% and Shock damage by 40%.
Level 12 – 17: 5 Points in Anima
Amara’s action skill status effect deals 40% additional damage, with a duration increased by 100%, and other status effect damage is increased by 20%.
Level 17 – 20: 3 Points in Indiscriminate
Bullets have a 30% chance of ricocheting off enemies and do 50% of the damage. Enemies impacted by her action skill have a 60% chance of being ricocheted and do 75% of the damage.
Level 20 – 21: 1 Point in Steady Hands
Increase accuracy by 15% and weapon handling by 16%.
Level 21 – 22: 1 Point in Deep Well
Magazine size for elemental weapons is increased.
Level 22 – 27: 5 Points in Sustainment
Dealing direct elemental damage heals you by 20% of the damage dealt.
Level 27 – 28: 1 Point in Forceful Expression
Bonus Elemental Damage of 18% of damage dealt.
Level 28 – 32: 4 Points in Clarity Amara constantly regenerates health. The lower her health, the more powerful her regeneration.
Action Skill: Phasegrab
Augment: Allure
Element: Soulfire
Face Slap
Level 50
No DLC* • Melee
PLAYSTYLE
Amara’s real strength comes from her massive arms that she can summon in different ways to pulverize enemies. This build is all about doing massive melee damage, and rarely using her guns. If that sounds like a fun time to you, then the melee build is made for you.
Amara’s game plan here is pretty simple. You want to close in the distance using slide and start dealing melee damage directly to enemies. Thanks to several skills, not only is your melee faster, and has more range, but does an insane amount of damage. Our go-to action skill is Fracture, which spawns a bunch of fists from the ground in a straight path, dealing tons of elemental damage on the way. It’s a simple playstyle, and Amara’s massive arms do most of the work.
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SOLO
At level 50, this is one of the best builds that Amara can make use of. Her melee capabilities are through the roof, and she does ridiculous damage to not only enemies but bosses as well. It’s hard to overstate how much damage each punch does, and thanks to Blitz, she can blink between enemies thanks to the increased movement speed and added elemental damage. Amara also regenerates her life so if you’re down on health, you can take a step back and catch your breath.
COOP
This is one of the best co-op builds available to Amara, and she rarely needs any support. Amara also has a kill skill that gives teammates increased movement speed, so allowing her to finish off enemies is defintely encouraged. Thanks to her regeneration capability, she doesn’t need direct healing support either. Amara is still essentially a tank and can stand her ground and deal tons of damage along the way.
GEARS
Slot 1: Pointy Psycho Stabber
Slot 2: Redundant Face-puncher
Slot 3: Ruby’s Wrath
Slot 4: Arctic Relentless Night Hawkin
Grenade: Porcelain Pipe Bomb
Shield: CQC Nova Berner
MOD: Rope-a-Dope Breaker
Artifact: Unleash the Dragon
SKILLS
Most of the points go into the Brawl skill tree that increases Amara’s survivability, and melee potential.
Root to Rise boosts her maximum health by 40%, while Clarity allows her to regenerate health. Find Your Center is another great skill that boosts melee damage by 100%, and increases Amara’s melee range by a whopping 75% after she uses her action skill.
Blitz is an amazing skill that boosts her damage by 100% and also allows her to dash to a target dealing elemental damage.
Action Skill: Fracture
Augment: Revelation
Element: Shockra
Fist Fight
Level 50
DLC* • Melee
PLAYSTYLE
If you’re a fan of massive astral hands and a general melee playstyle, then this build is for you. It combines the Enlightened Force DLC skill tree to maximize her melee potential, making Amara a force to be reckoned with.
As usual with other melee builds, you want to be up close with enemies, and use your action skill, Fracture in this case, to summon tons of fists to pulverize enemies. It’s not a mechanically difficult build to wield, and all you need to do is stay on the move and keep hitting enemies till they’ve despawned into oblivion.
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SOLO
This melee build potential is further boosted thanks to the DLC tree, and Amara can easily take on any enemy type, and boss. Thanks to a simple game plan, tons of damage, and movement speed, Amara can easily outperform most enemies at this level. Amara also regenerates her life so if you’re down on health, you can take a step back and catch your breath.
COOP
This build is also very viable for co-op play and allows Amara to become a valuable asset to the team. Thanks to her melee playstyle, she’ll be dealing direct damage and be at the front of the battlefield acting as a tank. Amara also boosts the movement speed of the team thanks to Vigor, and she doesn’t need any direct healing support from her teammates. When not up close, Amara also deals tons of damage thanks to Fracture, which spawns a bunch of fists from the ground in a straight path.
GEARS
Slot 1: Pointy Psycho Stabber
Slot 2: Redundant Face-puncher
Slot 3: Ruby’s Wrath
Slot 4: Arctic Relentless Night Hawkin
Grenade: Porcelain Pipe Bomb
Shield: CQC Nova Berner
MOD: Rope-a-Dope Breaker
Artifact: Unleash the Dragon
SKILLS
Clarity regenerates Amara’s health, while Ebb and Flow heal Amara for how much melee damage she does. Both of these skills serve a great purpose and boost Amara’s survivability by a substantial amount.
Find Your Center boosts melee damage by 100% and increases Amara’s melee range by a massive 75% after she uses her action skill.
Do unto Others reverses any damage taken with an elemental orb, and Heavy Rain increases the area damage of the projectile, and its speed.
Action Skill: Fracture
Augment: Revelation
Element: Shockra
Bone Breaker
Level 72
No DLC* • Balanced
PLAYSTYLE
If you want a little bit of everything while keeping a major focus on gun and melee damage, then this is the perfect build for you. Thanks to her affinity with elemental weapons, and general high melee damage, this build makes her a powerful character who doesn’t need to play in a fixed style.
For this build, you’ll want to stay on the move, and use Ties that Bind which holds an enemy in place, and links enemies close to it. The damage you do to the held enemy is also shared between linked enemies. This means you can move around the battlefield and do direct damage or use your action skills to hold enemies in place. Both of these approaches work fine and are effective for this build.
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SOLO
This is a great build for solo play thanks to how balanced it is. You can hang back and do gun damage, and you can get into the face of your enemies, and punch their lights out. Amara has a few skills that allow her to heal, and her augment also heals her when she damages foes with her action skills. Additionally, you’ll be doing tons of elemental damage which is why you can practically use any decent weapon here.
COOP
This is a fantastic co-op build as well. Vigor gives Amara, and the entire team a movement speed boost, while Soul Sap heals you and the team while you use your action skill. She’s always a great addition to the team, and her melee potential is crazy useful. Finally, the action skill selection allows the entire team to not only focus on damage but spread it around the battlefield to easily take on multiple foes at the same time.
GEARS
Slot 1: NoPewPew
Slot 2: Maggie
Slot 3: Trevonator
Slot 4: Butcher
Grenade: It’s Piss
Shield: Re-Volter
MOD: Phasezerker
Artifact: Pearl
SKILLS
Find Your Center is a great skill that allows Amara to get in close to an enemy, and deal tons of melee damage while boosting her melee attack range by over 70%.
Clarity, Sustainment, and Soul Sap keep her health up, while Vigor boosts her movement speed.
Personal Space boosts her weapon damage by over 54% depending on how close she is to enemies, which further boosts her melee damage potential.
Action Skill: Ties that Bind
Augment: Soul Sap
Element: Soulfire
Amara is a Psycho
Level 72
DLC* • Melee
PLAYSTYLE
Are you a fan of punching things? Do you like massive arms that turn enemies’ healthbars to zero? Do you happen to like Amara as well? Well, this is the build made for you. This is the closest thing to a melee Krieg build from Borderlands 2, and you’ll rarely make use of weapons here.
The playstyle of this build is pretty simple. All you have to do is get close to enemies, slap the hell out of them with your melee attack, and liberally make use of the Phaseflare action skill that summons an energy orb which you can also punch to do a lot of damage. Rinse and repeat, and Amara becomes a powerful siren that’s out to literally punch her opponents to death. For any flying enemies that plan on ruining your day, the Facepuncher shotgun is your best friend to deal with them.
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SOLO
Most of your skills and gear are specifically chosen to boost melee damage to the point where it’s almost laughable how easy things become. All Amara has to do is get close, hit melee, and that’s it. Not only that, but multiple skills boost Amara’s survivability by giving her more health and shield as she takes down enemies.
COOP
This build cements Amara’s position as the tank. She doesn’t need any help from the rest of the team and does enough damage on her own that other teammates might simply be there to finish off enemies. Thanks to skills like Clarity, Ebb and Flow, and Guardian Angel ensure that Amara is always alive, while Vigor boosts the team’s movement speed as well.
GEARS
Slot 1: Psycho Stabber
Slot 2: Facepuncher
Slot 3: Trevonator
Slot 4: The Butcher
Grenade: It’s Piss
Shield: Brawler Ward
MOD: Muse
Artifact: Unleash the Dragon
SKILLS
This build requires a lot of investment in the Enlightened Force DLC skill tree and skills like No Mistakes in Nature, Joyful Freedom, and Body and Mind directly increase your overall melee damage.
Similarly, Illuminated Fist converts melee damage into the attuned element, which in this case is Soulfire causing fire damage. Find Your Center is a great skill that allows you to move between targets at high speed, while significantly boosting your melee range upon kills.
Action Skill: Phaseflare
Augment: Expedite
Element: Soulfire
Hand of God
Level 72
DLC* • Gun-based
PLAYSTYLE
If you’re looking for a build that combines all her strengths while primarily focusing on gun damage, and movement speed this is the perfect build for you.
Your game plan is pretty straightforward. You want to remain constantly mobile and make great use of Amara’s Ties that Bind action skill that locks and links multiple enemies. This way you can focus gun damage on a target the damage of which is also shared with enemies close to it. Amara’s movement speed is a big aspect here, and making good use of that will allow you to boost overall survivability. Additionally, her ridiculous gun damage will melt health bars no matter who or what you’re going up against.
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SOLO
Amara is a damage powerhouse with this build, and she can easily dish out tons of gun damage on her own. You can also make use of melee occasionally, but your focus is to remain mobile, lock enemies in place, and destroy them with quick shots. The Soul Sap augment gives you some breathing room if you’re down on health, but in most cases, Amara won’t be downed so easily, even against bosses.
COOP
This is another great build for co-op that allows Amara to maintain some distance and offer tons of damage support using her weapons. Vigor helps the entire team and boosts movement speed upon kills so Amara is a useful addition to the team even outside her damage capabilities. For the most part, Amara doesn’t need direct support from her teammates, but anything to potentially damage larger enemies will help. Her action skill is pretty useful for incapacitating enemies, which the entire team can focus fire on.
GEARS
Slot 1: Rawan’s Call
Slot 2: Free Radical
Slot 3: Hellwalker
Slot 4: Kaoson
Grenade: Hunter-Seeker
Shield: Re-Volter
MOD: Purified Spectral Phasezerker
Artifact: The Pearl of Ineffable Knowledge
SKILLS
Vigor is a great skill that boosts Amara’s movement speed upon getting a kill. This is very important for the build and boosts her survivability a lot.
Fast Hands and Alacrity boost your reload speed substantially, making it pretty easy for Amara to use shotguns like the Hellwalker which does a lot of damage.
Avatar allows you to activate your action skill even during cooldown, while Clarity, Sustainment, and Soul Sap provide you with constant healing opportunities.
Action Skill: Ties that Bind
Augment: Soul Sap
Element: Blight Tiger
