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Brawl[]

The Brawl tree focuses on melee and close combat.

Starting Skill

Action Skill Effect
Phaseslam
Phaseslam
Amara leaps into the air and Slams the ground, dealing damage to all nearby enemies and knocking them up.

Cooldown: 35 seconds
Damage: 98

Tier 1

Skill Type Ranks Effect
RootToRise
Root to Rise
Passive 5 Amara gains increased max health.
Max Health: +8% per rank
PersonalSpace
Personal Space
Passive 3 Amara's weapon shots deal bonus damage based on the distance to her target. The closer the target, the greater the bonus.

Bonus Damage: up to 18% of damage dealt per rank

  • The in-game description incorrectly states up to 12% per rank.
Clarity
Clarity
Passive 5 Amara constantly regenerates health. The lower her health, the more powerful the regeneration. After using an action skill, this bonus is doubled for a few seconds.

Health Regeneration: up to 1% missing health/sec per rank
Duration: 5 seconds

Tier 2

Skill Type Ranks Effect
BlightTiger
Blight Tiger
Element - Converts Amara's action skill to corrosive damage.
ArmsDeal
Arms Deal
Passive 5 Amara deals increased splash damage and takes reduced splash damage.

Splash Damage: +4% per rank
Splash Damage Reduction: +12% per rank

Samsara
Samsara
Passive 3 Whenever Amara deals damage to an enemy with her action skill, she adds a stack of Samsara. For every stack, Amara gains increased gun damage and health regeneration for a few seconds. Stacks decay after a few seconds.

Gun Damage: +1.7% / +3.3% / +5.0% per stack
Health Regeneration: +1.7% / +3.3% / +5.0% of max health/sec per stack
Max Samsara Stacks: 5
Duration: 20 seconds

HelpingHands
Helping Hand(s)
Passive 5 For a few seconds after using her action skill, Amara's arms remain active and grant her damage reduction.

Damage Reduction: +12% / +21% / +28% / +35% / +40%
Duration: 15 seconds

Tier 3

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Fracture
Fracture
Action Skill - Amara summons a handful of fists that erupt from the ground, dealing damage to enemies in front of Amara.

Cooldown: 28 seconds
Damage: 88

Revelation
Revelation
Augment - Amara's action skill now creates a nova when it damages enemies, dealing damage to all nearby enemies.

Action Skill Damage: -15%
Nova Damage: 18

Mindfulness
Mindfulness
Passive 3 Whenever Amara takes damage, she gains a stack of Mindfulness. Stacks decay after a few seconds.

Movement Speed: +1.4% / +2.8% / +4.2% per stack
Shield Regeneration Delay: -9% / -17% / -23% per stack
Max Mindfulness Stacks: 25
Duration: 5 seconds

FindYourCenter
Find Your Center
Passive 1 Amara gains increased melee damage. Additionally, for a few seconds after using her action skill, Amara gains increased melee range.

Melee Damage: +100%
Melee Range: +75%
Duration: 20 seconds

Vigor
Vigor
Passive 3 Killing an enemy with Amara's action skill grants all allies increased movement speed for a few seconds. This effect stacks.

Team Movement Speed: +3.3% / +6.7% / +10.0%
Duration: 8 seconds

Tier 4

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Downfall
Downfall
Action Skill - Amara leaps into the air and shoots an elemental beam below her briefly, followed by a slam.

Cooldown: 47 seconds
Damage: 95
Beam Damage: 14/second

OneWithNature
One With Nature
Passive 5 Amara gains increased max health and elemental damage resistance to her action skill element.

Max Health: +5% / +10% / +15% / +20% / +25%
Elemental Damage Reduction: +12% / +21% / +28% / +35% / +40%

Tier 5

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Glamour
Glamour
Augment - Enemies damaged by Amara's action skill become confused and temporarily attack their allies. However, action skill cooldown is increased. If Amara targets an enemy with Phasegrasp, enemies near the grasped target are confused as well.

Damage: -10%
Confuse Duration: 8 seconds
Cooldown: +20%

DoUntoOthers
Do unto Others
Passive 1 Whenever an enemy damages Amara, she automatically throws an energy orb back at them, dealing action skill elemental damage. This skill has a short cooldown.

Cooldown: 8 seconds

JabCross
Jab Cross
Passive 5 Whenever Amara deals melee damage to an enemy, she gains increased action skill damage and weapon damage for a few seconds.

Weapon Damage: +3% per rank
Action Skill Damage: +15% per rank
Duration: 10 seconds

GuardianAngel
Guardian Angel
Passive 1 When Amara enters Fight For Your Life, she immediately gains a Second Wind, restores her health, and creates an action skill elemental nova that knocks back nearby enemies. This skill has a long cooldown.

Max Health Restored: 50% of max health
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Tier 6

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Blitz
Blitz
Passive 1 Melee override. Amara dashes a short distance forward and performs a special melee strike, dealing elemental melee damage. If a Blitz melee attack kills an enemy, its cooldown is immediately reset.

Melee Damage: +100%
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Mystical Assault[]

The Mystical Assault tree focuses on general damage output.

Starting Skill

Action Skill Effect
Phasecast
Phasecast
Amara sends forward an Astral Projection of herself, dealing damage to everything in its path.

Cooldown: 28 seconds
Damage: 92

Tier 1

Skill Type Ranks Effect
DoHarm
Do Harm
Passive 5 Killing an enemy grants Amara a stack of Rush. Activating her action skill consumes all Rush stacks. For every stack of Rush consumed, Amara's action skill damage is temporarily increased.

Action Skill Damage: +0.9% per rank and stack consumed
Max Rush Stacks: 10
Duration: 20 seconds

FastHands
Fast Hand(s)
Passive 3 Amara's reload speed, weapon swap speed, and mode switch speed are improved.

Reload Speed: +7% / +14% / +19%
Weapon Swap Speed: +16% / +28% / +36%
Mode Switch Speed: +16% / +28% / +36%

ViolentTapestry
Violent Tapestry
Passive 5 Applying an elemental effect grants Amara a stack of Rush. Activating her action skill consumes all Rush stacks. For every stack of Rush consumed, Amara's Elemental Effect Chance is temporarily increased.

Effect Chance: +0.6% per rank and stack consumed
Max Rush Stacks: 10
Duration: 20 seconds

Tier 2

Skill Type Ranks Effect
SoulSap
Soul Sap
Augment - A portion of damage dealt by Amara's action skill is returned to her or a nearby ally as health.

Life Steal: 30% of skill damage dealt

Alacrity
Alacrity
Passive 5 Amara gains increased reload speed for every stack of Rush. After consuming Rush stacks, this bonus is increased for a few seconds.

Reload Speed: +0.4% / +0.8% / +1.2% / +1.6% / +2.0% per stack
Reload Speed: +0.6% / +1.2% / +1.8% / +2.3% / +2.9% per stack after action skill use
Duration: 8 seconds

Transcend
Transcend
Passive 3 Amara gains increased accuracy and critical hit bonus for a few seconds after activating her action skill.

Accuracy: +17% / +29% / +38%
Critical Hit Bonus: +9% / +18% / +27%
Duration: 12 seconds

Restless
Restless
Passive 5 Amara gains increased action skill cooldown rate.

Cooldown Rate: +5% per rank

Tier 3

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Deliverance
Deliverance
Action Skill - Amara sends forward an Astral Projection of herself, dealing damage to everything in its path. Whenever the Astral Projection hits an enemy, it releases homing elemental projectiles that trigger her action skill elemental effect on enemies.

Damage: 86
Elemental Projectiles: 3 per enemy hit
Cooldown: 28 seconds

StillnessOfMind
Stillness of Mind
Augment - Enemies damaged by Amara's action skill become phaselocked until they are damaged or the duration ends. However, action skill cooldown is increased. If Amara targets an enemy with Phasegrasp, enemies near the grasped target are phaselocked.

Damage: -25%
Max Duration: 6 seconds
Cooldown: +15%

Ascendant
Ascendant
Passive 1 All action skill Augments gain increased effects.

Soul Sap Lifesteal: +20%
Allure Radius: +100%
Glamour Duration: +50%
Revelation Damage: +25%
Stillness of Mind: Breaks 0.75 seconds after being damaged

Tier 4

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Reverberation
Reverberation
Action Skill - Amara sends forward an Astral Projection of herself, dealing damage to everything in its path. Astral Projection deals increased damage for every enemy it hits.

Damage: 88
Damage Bonus: +50% per enemy hit
Cooldown: 30 seconds

FromRest
From Rest
Passive 3 Amara gains improved fire rate and charge time.

Fire Rate: +4% / +8% / +12%
Charge Time: +21% / +34% / +44%

LaidBare
Laid Bare
Passive 3 Enemies take increased damage from all sources for a few seconds after being damaged by Amara's action skill.

Damage Increase: +8.3% / +16.7% / +25%
Duration: 8 seconds

Wrath
Wrath
Passive 3 Amara gains increased gun damage. This effect is increased after she activates her action skill for a few seconds.

Gun Damage: +6.7% / +13.3% / +20.0%
Gun Damage: +6.7% / +13.3% / +20.0% after action skill use
Duration: 8 seconds

Tier 5

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Tandava
Tandava
Action Skill - Amara sends forward an Astral Projection of herself. When it hits a target, it explodes, damaging all nearby enemies.

Cooldown: 28 seconds
Damage: 91

Remnant
Remnant
Passive 3 When Amara kills an enemy with a gun or action skill, she creates a homing projectile that seeks out a new enemy dealing her action skill elemental damage. Any Overkill Damage is added to the projectile's damage.

Remnant Damage: 9 / 18 / 26

Awakening
Awakening
Passive 3 Amara's Rush stacks gain increased effectiveness.

Rush Stack Effectiveness: +10% per rank

Tier 6

Skill Type Ranks Effect
AvatarAmara
Avatar
Passive 1 Amara's action skill can be activated while it's cooling down. This skill may only be used once per completed cooldown. Additionally, increases Amara's max Rush stacks. Additionally, if Amara's action skill kills an enemy, it refunds half of her Rush stacks.

Bonus Rush Stacks: +10

Fist of the Elements[]

This skill tree focuses on elemental damage.

Starting Skill

Action Skill Effect
Phasegrasp
Phasegrasp
Amara summons a giant fist that bursts from the ground and locks the targeted enemy in place for a few seconds. Some enemies are immune to being grasped and instantly take damage instead.

Duration: 7 seconds
Cooldown: 16 seconds
Grasp Immune Damage: 28

Tier 1

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Anima
Anima
Passive 5 Amara's elemental status effects deal increased damage over time and have increased duration. Her action skill status effect deals further increased damage.

Status Effect Damage: +4% per rank
Status Effect Duration: +20% per rank
Action Skill Status Effect Damage: +8% per rank

SteadyHands
Steady Hand(s)
Passive 3 Amara gains increased weapon handling and accuracy.

Handling: +14% / +24% / +32%
Accuracy: +13% / +23% / +31%

Infusion
Infusion
Passive 5 Convert a portion of damage dealt by Amara's weapons into her action skill element.

Converted Damage: +8% per rank

Tier 2

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Soulfire
Soulfire
Element - Converts Amara's action skill to incendiary damage.
Tempest
Tempest
Passive 5 Amara deals increased elemental damage. Shock damage is further increased.

Elemental Damage: +6% per rank
Shock Damage: additional +2% per rank

  • The game incorrectly states that shock receives an additional +4% per rank, while it is in fact +2%.
IlluminatedFist
Illuminated Fist
Passive 1 Amara gains increased melee damage and her melee damage is converted to her action skill element.

Melee Damage: +75%

Wildfire
Wildfire
Passive 5 Whenever Amara applies an elemental effect to an enemy, it has a chance to spread to a nearby enemy.

Spread Chance: 8% per rank

Tier 3

Skill Type Ranks Effect
TheEternalFist
The Eternal Fist
Action Skill - Amara summons a giant fist that bursts from the ground and locks the targeted enemy in place for a few seconds. Whenever the grasped enemy is killed, up to 3 new targets can be sought out and grasped.

Bonus Targets: up to +4
Grasp Immune Damage: 28
Cooldown: 20 seconds

Allure
Allure
Augment - Amara's action skill creates a singularity that pulls in enemies.

Action Skill Damage: -20%
Duration: 2.5 seconds

Dread
Dread
Passive 1 Amara's gun damage is increased for a few seconds after an enemy is grasped. Whenever any player kills a grasped enemy, their current weapon is instantly reloaded.

Weapon Damage: +15%
Duration: 8 seconds

Tier 4

Skill Type Ranks Effect
TiesThatBind
Ties that Bind
Action Skill - Amara summons a giant fist that bursts from the ground and locks the targeted enemy in place for a few seconds. Enemies near the grasped target are linked, and any damage dealt to a linked target is shared between all other linked targets.

Link Damage: 35% of damage dealt
Grasp Immune Damage: 34
Cooldown: 17 seconds

Indiscriminate
Indiscriminate
Passive 3 Amara's bullets that damage enemies have a chance to ricochet and deal decreased damage to other nearby enemies. Ricochet chance and damage are increased if the target is currently affected by Phasegrasp or Stillness of Mind.

Ricochet Chance: 10% per rank
Ricochet Damage: -50%
Action Skill Ricochet Chance: 20% per rank
Action Skill Ricochet Damage: -25%

DeepWell
Deep Well
Passive 1 Amara gains increased magazine size with elemental weapons.

Magazine Size: +20%

Catharsis
Catharsis
Passive 3 Whenever Amara triggers an elemental effect on an enemy, when that enemy dies that enemy explodes, dealing her attuned element damage along with any other element that is currently inflicted upon that enemy. This skill has a short cooldown.

Catharsis Damage: 4 / 8 / 13
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Tier 5

Skill Type Ranks Effect
FistOverMatter
Fist over Matter
Action Skill - Amara summons a giant fist that bursts from the ground and locks the targeted enemy in place for a few seconds. After grasping the targeted enemy, large fists appear and constantly smash the area, dealing damage to nearby enemies.

Damage: 35
Grasp Immune Damage: 39
Cooldown: 28 seconds

Sustainment
Sustainment
Passive 5 Amara gains Life Steal whenever she deals elemental damage with her weapon.

Life Steal: 4% of damage dealt per rank

Conflux
Conflux
Passive 5 Whenever Amara applies an elemental effect to an enemy, she gains a chance to randomly electrocute, burn, or melt that enemy.

Extra Effect Chance: 7% per rank

Tier 6

Skill Type Ranks Effect
ForcefulExpression
Forceful Expression
Passive 1 Amara's guns deal bonus elemental damage based on her action skill element.

Bonus Elemental Damage: 18% of damage dealt

Enlightened Force[]

Starting Skill[]

Skill Type Effect
Phaseflare
Phaseflare
Action Skill Amara summons an Orb of Elemental Energy that deals constant elemental damage to nearby enemies. Pressing V near the Orb causes it to fly towards an enemy and damage them. Additionally, every time Amara uses a melee attack on the Orb, it gains Increased Damage based on the damage dealt to it.
Pressing F causes the Orb to return to Amara.
  • Impact Damage: 27
  • Area Damage: 5 per second
  • Duration: 30 seconds
  • Cooldown: 48 seconds

Tier 1[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Trust In Yourself
Trust In Yourself
Passive 5 Whenever an enemy breaks Amara's shield, she gains increased Reload Speed, Charge Speed, and Weapon Swap Speed for a short time. This effect is doubled if Amara's shield is broken by a melee attack.
  • Reload speed: +4%
  • Charge Speed: +8%
  • Weapon Swap Speed: +16%
  • Duration 24 seconds
No Mistakes In Nature
No Mistakes In Nature
Passive 5 Whenever Amara inflicts a Status Effect on an enemy, she gains increased Melee Damage for a short time.
  • Melee Damage: +13%
  • Duration: 12 seconds
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain
Passive 5 Amara's weapons gain increased Projectile Speed and Splash Damage.
  • Projectile Speed: +14%
  • Splash Damage: +7%

Tier 2[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Glow Up
Glow Up
Action Skill - Instead of dealing Splash Damage to enemies, Amara's Orb grants nearby allies Health Regeneration. Amara may also press V while near the Orb to send it to a downed ally, granting them a Second Wind.
  • Impact Damage: 29
  • Healing: 6 health per second
  • Duration 28 seconds
  • Cooldown: 28 seconds
Go With The Flow
Go With The Flow
Passive 3 Whenever Amara Freezes an enemy, she gains increased Movement Speed and Weapon Damage for a short time.
  • Gun Damage: +7%
  • Movement Speed: +3%
  • Duration: 16 seconds
Unweave The Rainbow
Unweave The Rainbow
Passive 3 Amara's deals Bonus Damage of her attuned element whenever she deals Melee Damage or Splash Damage to frozen enemies.
  • Bonus Damage: +11% of damage dealt
Ebb and Flow
Ebb and Flow
Passive 3 Whenever Amara kills an enemy with a melee attack, she gains a portion of the damage dealt back as health.
  • Life Steal: +21% of damage dealt
Cold Hearted
Cold Hearted
Action Skill Element - Converts Amara's Action Skill to Cryo Damage.

Tier 3[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Shooting Star (skill)
Shooting Star (skill)
Action Skill - Amara summons an Orb of Elemental Energy that deals constant elemental damage to nearby enemies. Pressing V near the Orb causes it to fly forwards towards an enemy and damage them which also increases the amount of Overall Damage the Orb deals to enemies. Additionally, the Elemental Orb continually fires Elemental Projectiles at the last enemy Amara damaged. Pressing F causes the Orb to return to Amara.
  • Impact Damage: 21
  • Area Damage: 4 per second
  • Duration: 26 seconds
  • Cooldown: 44 seconds
Combo Breaker
Combo Breaker
Passive 1 Killing an enemy with Melee Damage has a chance to reset Amara's Action Skill Cooldown.
  • Reset Chance: 20%
Expedite
Expedite
Action Skill Effect - Whenever Amara kills an enemy with her Action Skill, she gains increased Action Skill Cooldown Rate until she activates her Action Skill again.
  • Cooldown Rate: +30% per enemy killed

Tier 4[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Joyfull Freedom
Joyfull Freedom
Passive 5 After activating her Action Skill, Amara gains increased Melee Damage for a short time.
  • Melee Damage: +14%
  • Duration: 12 seconds
Burn Both Ends
Burn Both Ends
Passive 5 After activating her Action Skill, Amara gains Increased Threat for a short time, drawing the attention of all enemies in a huge radius.
Whenever Amara is dealt damage by an enemy, she gains Increased Damage for a short time. This effect stacks.
  • Damage: +1%
  • Max Stacks: 15
  • Duration: 8 seconds

Tier 5[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Light Fantastic
Light Fantastic
Action Skill - Amara summons an Orb of Elemental Energy that deals constant elemental damage to nearby enemies. Whenever Amara damages an enemy, the Elemental Orb automatically travels to that enemy. Whenever Amara kills an enemy, the Elemental Orb gains Increased Damage. Pressing F causes the Orb to return to Amara.
  • Impact Damage: 18
  • Area Damage: 4 per second
  • Duration: 24 seconds
  • Cooldown: 44 seconds
Body and Mind
Body and Mind
Passive 3 Kill Skill. Amara's melee attacks deal Bonus Splash Damage for a short time.
  • Splash Damage: 4
  • Duration: 12 seconds
Free The Soul
Free The Soul
Passive 1 Kill Skill. Whenever Amara kills a frozen enemy, splinters fly out from that enemy and home to nearby enemies, dealing Cryo Damage. This skill has a short cooldown.
  • Damage: 35
  • Cooldown: 3 seconds
Atman
Atman
Passive 3 Amara gains increased Skill Damage.
  • Skill Damage: +9%

Tier 6[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Clear The Mind
Clear The Mind
Passive 1 Kill Skill. After killing an enemy, Amara ignores enemies Elemental Damage Resistance for a short time. This does not effect Elemental Immunity.
  • Duration: 8 seconds

Notes[]

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