Amara: Siren

Explore the best Borderlands 3 Amara Siren builds, focusing on Elemental Area of Effect and Boss Killer strategies using Fist of the Elements, Brawl, and Mystical Assault skill trees.

Amara, Borderlands 3's Siren, excels at dealing Elemental damage. Her playstyle can be adapted for melee combat using the Phaseslam Action Skill, or for battlefield control and elemental spread with Phasegrasp.

Elemental Area of Effect Build

This build focuses on dealing massive Elemental Damage and spreading status effects using Phasegrasp. It offers great survivability and pairs well with Elemental SMGs.

Fist of the Elements Tree

• Anima (5/5): Action Skill Status Effect Damage +40%, Status Effect Damage +20%, Status Effect Duration +100%
• Tempest (5/5): Shock Damage +20%, Elemental Damage +30%
• Wildfire (5/5): Chance to spread Status Effects +40%
• Dead (1/1): When an enemy is Grasped, Gun Damage +15% for 8 seconds. Current Gun reloaded if ally kills Grasped enemy.
• Indiscriminate (3/3): Ricochet Chance 30%, Ricochet Damage -50%, Action Skill Ricochet Chance 60%, Action Skill Ricochet Damage -25%
• Deep Well (1/1): Magazine size on Elemental Weapons +20%
• Catharsis (3/3): When killing an enemy with an Elemental effect on them, triggers an explosion.
• Sustainment (3/5): Life Steal: 16% per damage dealt with Elemental weapons.
• Forceful Expression (1/1): Bonus Elemental Damage dealt +18%

Brawl Tree

• Personal Space (3/3): Bonus Damage dealt based on position to enemy up to 36%
• Clarity (3/5): Health regeneration up to 3% based on Health missing, doubled during Action Skill.
• Samsara (3/5): Grants Samsara (Max of 5 stacks) when dealing Action Skill damage granting Gun Damage +5%, Health Regen +5% per stack.
• Helping Hand(s) (5/5): Damage Reduction +40% after Action Skill use.
• Mindfulness (3/3): Grants Mindfulness (Max of 25 stacks) upon receiving damage granting Shield Regen Delay -23%, Movement Speed +4.2% per stack.
• Vigor (3/3): Kill Skill: Team Movement Speed +10% for 8 seconds.
• Guardian Angel (1/1): When entering Fight For Your Life, gain Second Wind with full Health and create a Nova, Cooldown of 120 seconds.

Boss Killer Build

This build is designed to quickly defeat bosses using the Phasecast Action Skill. Survivability is lower, but single-target enemies are eliminated rapidly.

Mystical Assault Tree

• Fast Hands (3/3): Reload Speed +21%, Weapon Swap Speed +48%, Mode Switch Speed +48%
• Violent Tapestry (2/5): Grants Rush (Max Stack of 10) upon applying Status Effects granting Status Effect chance +1.2% for 20 seconds.
• Alacrity (5/5): Grants Reload Speed +2% (3% in Action Skill) during Rush for 8 seconds.
• Transcend (3/3): Accuracy +51%, Critical Hit Damage +27% for 12 seconds after using Action Skill.
• Restless (3/5): Action Skill Cooldown Rate +15%
• From Rest (3/3): Fire Rate +12%, Charge Time +63%
• Laid Bare (3/3): Damage Increase +24.9% for 8 seconds after using Action Skill.
• Wrath (3/3): Gun Damage +20.1%, +201% during Action Skill for 8 seconds.
• Awakening (3/3): Rush Stack Effectiveness +30%
• Avatar (1/1): Can use Action Skill once per Cooldown, kills during this Action Skill refunds 10 Rush Stacks.

Fist of the Elements Tree

• Anima (5/5): Action Skill Status Effect Damage +40%, Status Effect Damage +20%, Status Effect Duration +100%
• Steady Hands (3/3): Handling +42%, Accuracy +39%
• Tempest (5/5): Shock Damage +20%, Elemental Damage +30%
• Wildfire (2/5): Chance to spread Status Effects +16%
• Deep Well (1/1): Magazine size on Elemental Weapons +20%