Bring out the best of your heroes with the right Artifact.
In Marvel's Avengers, the right gear is the key to winning. Slapping on random gear will get you nowhere and will result in you getting downed a lot. Major Artifacts are the most helpful gear in Marvel's Avengers, and having the right one on the right character will help win the fight.
1. Black Widow
Best: Vishanti Appendix XIII
Due to Black Widow’s skill and abilities being ten times more efficient when she’s invisible, the Vishanti Appendix XIII artifact suits her best. The artifact, when activated, allows any character to become invisible, while also increasing % Chance Melee Critical Attacks thanks to the Eclipsed Ambition perk. Combining that with Black Widow’s skills that activate once she becomes invisible, she becomes a powerful player in-game.
Second Best: Tactigon
Black Widow’s Assault Heroic produces Shock status damage. Combining that with the Tactigon, which grants a % chance of increased status damage as well as increased damage on enemies affected by any status, Black Widow’s Widow’s Bite heroic will produce a large amount of Shock damage to any enemy affected by the status damage.
2. Spider-Man
Best: Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will
Spider-Man, when built correctly, can deal lots of damage, especially AoE damage. It’s important to get as much damage as possible when performing all of his attacks, so what better way to do it, than with the Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will. This artifact boosts the duration of all active Damage buffs by 4 seconds, while also giving Spider-Man a Damage Boost.
Second Best: Tactigon
Spider-Man’s Web effects are a great addition to the game. Unfortunately, only PlayStation players can use it. Still, the Web status damage benefits from the Tactigon, which allows all of Spider-Man’s attacks to do double the damage, thanks to the Tactigon perks.
3. Thor
Best: Tactigon
Thor is a heavy Intrinsic character, due to his nature as an all-powerful god Thor constantly deals an incredible amount of Shock damage from his thunder and lightning. So, what better way to boost that damage up? Use the Tactigon artifact.
Second Best: Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will
Thor’s Shock damage can still hurt twice as much with the Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will. It won’t boost all of your status damage like the Tactigon will, but it will boost any Damage buff you have on your, plus giving you a Damage Boost.
4. Ms. Marvel
Best: Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will
Ms. Marvel’s ability to polymorph and grow bigger makes her a damage dealing powerhouse, capable of dealing lots of AoE damage. To make the most out of Ms. Marvel’s damage, having the Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will gives her damage a huge boost.
Second Best: Ring of the Nibelung
Ms. Marvel does the most damage when her Ultimate Heroic, Embiggen, is triggered. It’s always worth it to have your Ultimate Heroic full all the time by getting Heroic Orbs. The Ring of the Nibelung, when activated, generates Regen Packs, Intrinsic Orbs, and Heroic Orbs, allowing Ms. Marvel’s Heroics, especially her Ultimate, to go back to full.
5. Kate Bishop
Best: Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will
Kate Bishop, along with Hawkeye, are primarily range characters. Players can build Kate to deal a lot of range damage, allowing players to stay safe at a distance while providing covering fire to teammates. With that said, the Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will grants Kate additional damage with her arrows, making her a formidable range character.
Second Best: Darkhold
Kate can deal more additional damage with the Darkhold artifact, which charges all of the Heroics of the player, at the cost of health. It may not sound ideal, but as you’ll be far from the fight, you’ll be able to regen your health back to normal. While your health regens, you’ll be able to take advantage of your full Heroics, dealing damage while getting the invincibility frames when activating Heroics.
6. Hawkeye
Best: Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will
Same with Kate, Hawkeye can deal damage far from the fight, keeping the player safe. With the Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will, players can deal even more damage, helping their fellow teammates.
Second Best: Darkhold
Just like Kate again, Hawkeye can use his Heroic skills to assist his teammates from afar. Using the Darkhold will generate Heroic Orbs, allowing Hawkeye to regain full Heroic meters. All the while staying safe from the fight.
7. Black Panther
Best: Kimoyo Band
With the introduction of Black Panther came tons of gear. One of those is the Kimoyo Band. Black Panther can be outfitted with this artifact to summon Okoye, the leader of the Dora Milaje, to aid him in his fight. But that’s not all. If players equip Vibrainum gear on Black Panther, he can deal double the damage with any attack that deals Vibranium damage.
Second Best: Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will
Black Panther can do heavy damage if built correctly. To deal even more damage, equip your Black Panther with this artifact to get the most out of his damage.
8. Hulk
Best: Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will
Hulk does what he does best. Which is causing as much destruction to his enemies as possible. What better way to help with that, than with the artifact that boosts your damage?
Second Best: Ring of the Nibelung
Hulk’s Heroics are some of the best in-games, so it’s always a good idea to use them as much as possible. With the help of the Ring of the Nibelung, Hulk can immediately refill his Heroic meters to full, allowing him to use them more frequently.
9. Iron Man
Best: Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will
Iron Man can deal massive amounts of damage with his vast array of arsenals. If we’re going to use all of that to our advantage, why not amplify the damage? Using the Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will grants more damage to Iron Man’s attacks, regardless if its melee, range, or Heroics.
Second Best: Tactigon
If your Iron Man is built with high range damage and with status effects, the Tactigon is the second-best artifact for Iron Man. Using the artifact allows the status damage to double when activated, so Shock, Cryo, Plasma etc. status effects can deal even more damage.
10. Captain America
Best: Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will
Cap is a powerhouse that excels in both melee and range combat. Using the Sacred Norn Stone of Lethal Will allows the Captain to dish out more pain to A.I.M. bots.
Second Best: Ring of the Nibelung
Captain America has great Heroics, especially his Ultimate and Support. Use the Ring of Nibelung to regenerate your Heroic meters back to full, so you can use them again in tough fights.
