Damage Rocketeers Leapers or Bastions: How to get the BEST score in ARC Raiders Trials

Trials in ARC Raiders brings together the community to complete various challenges week by week to be placed on a competitive leaderboard. Raiders are tasked with participating in 5 different Trials (which rotate into a new set of Trials every week too), the goal is simple – gain as much score as possible in each Trial objective in an attempt to promote in Trial Rank. Of course, plenty of Raiders only want to cash in their quick 4000 score for the 3-Star rewards each week too. In this guide, we’ll go over the best ways to approach and Damage Rocketeers Leapers or Bastions to maximize your score (or get your fill and get out) and etch your place in the Speranza Hotshots

Trial Preparation

This trial can be done in all party sizes to an effective level, whether that’s gaining your 3-star rating (which requires 4000 score) or pushing to maximize your points for promotion.

Scoring

The scoring for “Damage” on a Rocketeer, Leaper or Bastion is simple. Each ARC gives the following score on a 2x event modifier:

• Rocketeers – 2200
• Leapers – 2200
• Bastions – 4100

What you’ll need

For this Trial, the objective requires destroying as many Leapers as possible within the raids time limit. As a result, you’ll mostly need essentials, and a good weapon to Damage Rocketeers, Leapers or Bastions. We recommend bringing:

• Anvil IV (Only use the Anvil if you’re going for a quick 4000 score for the 3-star rewards)
• Tactical MK.2
• Light Shield
• 5-10 Shield Rechargers
• 10-15 Bandages
• 160+ Heavy Ammo
• 2-5 Smoke Grenades
• 2-3 Ziplines or Snap Hook (Snap Hook prevents other players from following you)
• Some Barricade Kits

More expensive recommendations:

• Hullcracker or Jupiter
• 80+ Launcher Ammo or an Inventory of Energy Clips
• Multiple Wolfpack Grenades

For this Trial, we recommend bringing more powerful weapons such as the Hullcracker or Jupiter if you’re planning for a high score push. The Jupiter is especially fantastic as the location we’ll play from requires some range to at least tag the ARC. As a result, if you only bring one of these two weapons, you can also bring an Anvil for this purpose.

Map

The best map to push for the maximum score possible is Dam Battleground with the Night Raid 2x Modifier enabled. Check our Event Timers to know when your next chance is!

The BEST Route for Maximizing Score

This method works the same whether you’re solo or in a group. As you’ll have a fantastic vantage point for most the map.

First, you’ll want to head to the Pipeline Tower on the North side of the map. This location is perfect, especially if you’re solo.

This is where a Snap Hook or a Zipline is required, as you’ll want to get on top of the Pipeline tower. Once up, you’ll have a vantage point where you can see:

• Both Bastion spawns (one is directly underneath you)
• Majority of the Red Lake Leaper spawns
• Plenty of Rocketeers in the sky

Setting up some Barricade Kits and optionally, traps, while doing the Trial will keep you safe. Alternatively, before entering the Trial, you can die several times without shooting in a lobby. If you do this, you’ll be put into friendly lobbies.

It is very easy to pull any ARC with your Jupiter and/or Anvil to your location, sometimes destroying them before they even reach. Make sure to shoot Rocketeers and Leapers in their center-mass. For Bastions, you can either break their knee-joints with an Anvil, or destroy the top of the Bastion to reach the core. You can sit here for the entire match and extract when the time is right for maximum points!

Duo/Trio

For teamplay, if you’re in a PVE-friendly lobby, or willing to take the risk – you can split up as a party.

As shown earlier, this method utilizes the Pipeline tower still. However, you can send 1-2 players to the Control Tower to gain full map coverage. This isn’t a required strategy, though, but can squeeze out some extra points. The only negative is it leaves you open to being outnumbered if a PVP fight breaks out.

With this set-up you should easily be able to achieve anywhere from 20,000-80,000+ score on a good run.

Quick way to get the 3-star reward – 4000 score

Seeing as the Bastions give you 4100 score on a full kill in a 2x eventmodifier, simply head towards one of the two Bastion spawns at the beginning of the match and take one out! The quickest way to do this, is to bring a Deadline mine in. If you’re in a party, you can have one friend shoot the Bastion for aggro, allowing you to sneak up behind and place the mine on the Bastion. Failing that, using things like the Snap Hook to get on top of the Bastion or Smoke Grenades works too. A single Deadline is enough to destroy the Bastion dealing maximum damage! Once the Bastion is destroyed, you can head to the nearest extract for your rewards.

It may be called “Damage Rocketeers, Leapers or Bastions”, but fortunately, one does the trick too!

Check our ARC Raiders guides for more weekly Trials assistance or download our official Overwolf App Companion