RWBY: Amity Arena/Characters

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Most hero units by May 2019.

The following is a list of characters that appear in RWBY: Amity Arena.

Protagonists

Team RWBY

• Ruby Rose:
  • Scythe Ruby - A melee unit with an area attack. Will dash toward distant enemies.
  • Sniper Ruby - A ranged unit that attacks distant enemies.
• Weiss Schnee:
  • Ice Weiss: A melee unit that can freeze enemies.
  • Summoner Weiss: A ranged unit that summons a tank on command.
• Blake Belladonna:
  • Ribbon Blake - A unit that can zoom to any location using her Ribbon.
  • Shadow Blake - A ranged unit that creates an afterimage to distract enemies.
• Yang Xiao Long:
  • Biker Yang - A melee unit that damages and pushes all enemies in front of her.
  • Rocket Yang - A ranged unit that cause splash damage.

Team JNPR

• Jaune Arc:
  • Vomit Boy Jaune -An average melee unit that is an all-around fighter.
  • Boundless Jaune - A unit that can restore the HP and strengthen the aura of friendly units.
  • Vanguard Jaune - Melee unit that can command allies to focus attacks.
• Pyrrha Nikos:
  • Pyrrha: A melee unit that throws a shield to damage everything in its path.
  • Rifle Pyrrha: Ranged unit that keeps her distance while attacking.
• Nora Valkyrie
  • Hammer Nora: A melee unit with an area attack. She can smash enemies into orbit.
  • Launcher Nora: Ranged unit that bombards enemies with 6 grenades.
• Lie Ren: A melee unit that dash strikes a distant enemy to cause massive damage.

Team SSSN

• Sun Wukong: A melee unit who can create clones of himself.
• Sage Ayana: Melee unit that slams his sword to damage and push enemies away.
• Neptune Vasilias: A ranged unit that shocks nearby enemies upon placement and when attacking.

Team CFVY

• Coco Adel
  • Coco Adel: Deals increasingly higher damage to the enemy with her minigun.
  • Kinetic Coco: Melee unit that damages and pushes the enemy with a spray of bullets
• Fox Alistair: Sows confusion among enemies to split them up.
• Velvet Scarlatina: A unit that copies a previously deployed unit.
• Yatsuhashi Daichi: Attacks and stuns enemies in his placement area.

Team BRNZ

• Roy Stallion: Throws saws that also hits enemies on its way back.
• Nolan Porfirio: Continues to deal electric damage with each attack.
• May Zedong: A ranged unit with an incredibly long attack range.

Team FNKI

• Flynt Coal: A ranged unit that pushes back enemies upon placement.
• Neon Katt: ​Melee unit that takes 1 DMG at a time until their own first attack.

Team ABRN

• Arslan Altan: A melee unit that pulls then knocks away units.

Team STRQ

• Raven Branwen: A melee unit that teleports allies to allies.
• Qrow Branwen:
  • Crow Qrow - A melee unit with an area attack. He can fly anywhere by transforming into a crow.
  • Harbinger Qrow - Melee unit that rapidly approaches and attacks enemies.

Antagonists

Salem's Inner Circle

• Arthur Watts: A melee unit that hacks and converts enemy structures.
• Tyrian Callows: A melee unit that poisons enemies.
• Hazel Rainart: Melee berserker that attacks target until either is eliminated.
• Tock: A melee unit that hits 10 times in one attack.

Cinder's Faction

• Cinder Fall:
  • Cinder: A ranged unit that rains arrows down on a designated area.
  • Flame Cinder: Melee unit that dashes at enemies and has an AOE skill to damage enemies in an area.
• Emerald Sustrai: A ranged unit that creates copies of allies when placed near them.
• Mercury Black: A melee unit that fires a targeted air blast.
• Roman Torchwick: A melee unit that can pull an ally or an enemy to his position.
• Neopolitan:
  • Parasol Neo - A melee unit that uses her parasol as a barrier to resist attacks.

Junior's Club

• Xiong Family: The two "idiots" attack with axes while Junior attacks from a distance.
• Malachite Twins: A melee unit that swaps around to fight longer.

White Fang

• Adam Taurus:
  • Blade Dash Adam: A melee unit capable of extreme speed and attack.
  • Moonslice Adam: Melee unit that absorbs and returns enemy damage.
• Albain Brothers: A melee unit duo that is fast and strong.
• Ilia Amitola: A melee unit that moves undetected.
• White Fang Goons:
  • White Fang Thugs - Deploys three White Fang Fighters that have low HP but hit hard.
  • White Fang Gunners - Deploys three White Fang gunners that are weak but shoot quickly.
  • White Fang Squad - Deploys a squad of both melee and ranged White Fang.
• White Fang Dropship: Moves to the enemy's turret or tower and drops a group of White Fang Thugs.
• White Fang Lieutenant: A melee unit with a powerful double strike.
• White Fang Watchtower: Three White Fang Gunners are hiding safely in the tower while attacking enemies.
• White Fang Barracks: Spawns White Fang Gunners to send into battle.
• Sienna Khan: A nimble melee unit that avoids damage and freezes enemies.
• White Fang Dropship Formation: Three White Fang Dropships fly in formation.

Atlesian Military

• James Ironwood: A melee unit calls Atlesian Knights and airstrikes.
• Winter Schnee: A melee unit that halts then obliterates its target.

Ace Operatives

• Clover Ebi: Melee unit that uses bolas to restrict his enemies.
• Vine Zeki: Ranged unit that pushes enemies away on deploy and grabs them from afar.
• Elm Ederne: Melee unit that can set up and fire two rockets straight.
• Harriet Bree: Melee unit that damages, knocks away, and dashes in to debuff enemies.
• Marrow Amin: Ranged unit that slows enemies and hits 2x with one boomerang.

Happy Huntresses

• May Marigold: A melee unit that hides allies and attacks enemies in a line.
• Fiona Thyme: Ranged unit that pulls an Armored Truck out of a Pocket Dimension.

Atlesian Technology

• Penny Polendina:
  • Penny 1.0: Creates a bladestorm at a target location that deals damage for a set duration.
  • Penny 2.0: Ranged air unit that amplifies damage to its target over time.
• AK-200: Two AK-200 droids ready for ranged combat.
• AK-130: Four AK-130 droids ready for melee combat.
• AK-135: Three AK-135 droids ready for melee combat.
• Spider Droid: Shoots a laser into a target for a set amount of time.
• Atlesian Paladin: A durable ranged unit that only goes after structures.
• Atlesian Airship: Deploys two AK-130 units every few seconds.
• Atlesian Gunship: A long range aerial unit.
• Atlesian Beam Turret: A building that attacks enemies in a straight line.
• Argus Shield: A wall that only hinders enemies.
• Atlesian Burrow Gun: A turret that hides until a ground unit is near.
• The Colossus: Building that holds then releases the Colossus.

Creatures of Grimm

• Ursa:
  • Ursa Major - A durable melee unit that only goes after structures.
• King Taijitu: Wraps around and deals continuous damage to enemies.
• Nevermore Chick: A ranged air unit that makes area attacks from above.
• Baby Death Stalker:
  • Baby Death Stalker Swarm - Deploys fifteen Mini Death Stalkers.
  • Baby Death Stalkers - Deploys five Mini Death Stalkers.
  • Death Stalker Den - Spawns one Baby Death Stalker every so often. If the den collapses, four will immediately spawn.
  • Burrowed Baby Death Stalkers - Calls for 15 baby Death Stalkers over time at a location.
• Boarbatusk: Rolls towards its enemies with great speed and power.
• Lancer:
  • Lancers - Deploys four small ranged air units with fast attack speeds.
  • Lancer Swarm - Deploys eigth small ranged air units with fast attack speeds.
  • Queen Lancer - This aerial tank unit summons lancers at regular intervals.
• Griffon: A melee air unit that closes in quickly and hits hard.
• Beowolf:
  • Beowolf Alpha - Leaps at a structure and deals heavy damage to it.
  • Beowolf Pack - Melee units that dash towards structures.
• Geist:
  • Petra Gigas - A tanky unit that deals great area damage upon death.
• Beringel: A melee unit that has a jump slam and area attacks.
• Baby Ravagers: Small flying melee units that attack quickly.
• The Apathy: A melee unit that keeps respawning to weaken enemies.
• Manticore: Ranged air unit that does AOE DMG to land units.
• Mutant Creep: A ground unit that will create an AoE attack upon coming in contact with any structure.
• Nuckelavee: A 2-in-1 unit that is able to target ground units and buildings simultaneously.
• Grimm Wyvern: Sends a Wyvern to fly through the arena causing damage and dropping an Ice Sabyr.
• Ice Sabyr: A melee unit that slows everything nearby upon death.
• Megoliath: A melee tank that pushes enemies out of the way.
• Centinel: Melee units that travels while burrowed underground.
• Seer: Air unit that uses its HP to control enemy units.
  • Having had its development delayed, the Seer unit was never not fully released before the game's closure.

Beacon Academy Staff

• Glynda Goodwitch
  • Glynda Goodwitch: Summons a temporary defense tower.
  • Frost Glynda: Ranged unit that fires piercing bolts and calls a storm to damage and slow enemies.
• Peter Port: A ranged unit that fires a spread for massive damage.

Novel Characters

• Carmine Esclados: A ranged unit that uses Dust storms to displace enemies.

Miscellaneous

• Zwei: A unit that flies to a target location and damages the surrounding area.
• Old Man Shopkeep: Structural unit that helps generate Aura every eight seconds.
• Maria Calavera: Melee unit that pulls both herself and the enemy towards each other.
• Jinn: A card that summons Jinn to stop the time of everything around the target ally.

Team Attacks

Team RWBY

• Ice Flower: A combo unit that can freeze enemies at close and long ranges.
• Freezerburn: A melee unit that uses fog to hinder enemies.
• Checkmate: Blake attacks together with Weiss then makes nearby allies invincible for a short time.
• Bumblebee: A combo unit that moves to a target location to displace and damage enemies.

Team JNPR

• Pomegrenade: A combo unit that launch in the air and crash on the enemies at close and long ranges.
• Flower Power: A melee unit that hits multiply targets rapidly.

Other Team Attacks

• Dr. Oobleck + Zwei: A combo unit that deals ranged damage in a straight line.
• Partners in Crime: A melee unit that can pull an ally or enemy to himself.