The long-awaited Rocket Arena is finally here, and one of the most pressing questions for new players is how to set up the best character builds, right from launch. Today, we are going to build out three different builds for Amphora to help new players get a head start playing this really cool character and tar🍒get the right artifacts to enhance the different playstyles that might match different situations and playstyles. Remember for the ranked mode to Equip artifacts before getting started!
EA has done a really nice job at launch, providing ten different characters and ten different maps, with an aggressive rollout to support additional characters, maps, and game modes in the coming weeks. Amphora is the first character in the loading screen,🐬 and as such, deserves your attention right out of the gate. She is from Crystal Reef, and definitely a water-based character whose torpedoes and homing mines are not to b🍷e trifled with. Her base abilities include Charged Torpedo, Hydro Form, and Bouncy Mines, and are highlighted a bit more in the video below. Given those abilities, below we highlight a high DPS build, a fast recharge build, and a speed build.
High DPS Build
For playstyles that focus on high damage per second builds, look no further than the loadout below. Here, players must decide between cooldown reduction artifacts, or pure damage enhancement, which will vary by character. For Amphora, her hardest hitting ability is her bouncy mines, so all efforts to get that ability ready to use fast and often will result in the highest level of lethality. The Blastbird just adds raw damage to every hit, where the Supercavitator gets Amphora access to her cooldowns faster, every time. Finally, we add the Crystal Crown, so every time the Hydro Form is used, the Bouncy Mines come back just ꦍa little bit faster.
First Artifact - Blastbird - Deal 3% more damage
Second Artifact - Supercavitator - Reduce all active ability cooldowns by 50%
Third Artifact - Crystal Crown - Using your special ability reduce🌳s your secondary ability 30%
Fast Recharge Build
If fast recharge is all you care about, we have you covered! For Amphora, this isn’t a bad approach, given her unique abilities. Here, the loadout is actually very similar to the high DPS build, except for the first artifact, which we’ll swap out for the Reef Buoy. This cool artifact is a perfect combination for the Crystal Crown, and becomes the perfect chicken and egg situation, enabling faster cooldowns on both abilities. Throw in the Supercavitator, and you're cooldowns are virtually n📖on-existent!
First Artifact - Reef Buoy -﷽ Taking damage reduces specia🌜l ability cooldown up to 15%
Second Artifact - Supercavitator - Reduce all active ability cooldowns by 50%
Third Artifact - Crystal Crown - Using yo𝓡ur special ability reduces your secondary ability 30%
Speed Build
In a game like Rocket Arena, speed can be the name of the game. With the below build, your character will start out with the best abilities to traverse the map, engage, and disengage enemies at will, helping to achieve the maximum level of KOs. Gemstone Elixir helps increase all base ground movement speed, and the Boost Capacitor increased that air movement speed. What about getting knocked out of the fight? Zephyr Vest has you covered and will give you a 40% movement speed boost after arena returns, ꩵhelping you get back into the fight with a ven💖geance.
First Artifact - Gemstone Elixir - Ground movement speed increased by 15%
Second Artifact - Boost Capacitor - Air movement speed increased by 10%
Third Artifact - Zephyr Vest - Mo⛄ve 40% faster after arena returns fo♎r 6 seconds
These builds will set you up to r🃏ank up quickly with Amphora, and dominate the arena.