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Fiberglass instead of carbon means more pop and less bite. At $100 the Pro Air Invikta is the cheapest way into elongated Selkirk power, as long as you do not need a raw-carbon spin number.
Cross-shopping? Most buyers weigh the AMPED Pro Air Invikta against the Vatic Pro Oni 16 — see them side by side, or browse every Selkirk paddle.
AI verdict — generated from measured specs
Last updated: July 2026
The Selkirk AMPED Pro Air Invikta scores 81.9/100 on our IQ index, built from all 15 Paddle DNA traits. Its signature is pop (90/100, 90th percentile of the database), backed by plow through at 86 and power at 88. The 16 mm X5+ honeycomb with FlexFoam perimeter core and FiberFlex+ fiberglass with ProSpin+ micro texture face at 8 oz put it in the pace-first — you win points by ending them bracket.
Where it gives ground is spin (78) and control (80). With a 115 kg·cm² swing weight and a 5 in handle it suits intermediate/advanced players, one-handed backhands, balanced doubles play. Skip it if you specifically want the opposite profile — maximum pop and minimum dwell time.
Closest paddles by DNA: Vatic Pro Oni 16 ($130), Gearbox GX2 Power Elongated ($250), RPM Pickleball Friction Pro Elongated V2 ($250). If budget matters, the Vatic Pro Prism Flash lands within 2 IQ points for $26 less. Overall: a reasonable pick in its price band rather than a category leader — buy it for the specific trait it wins on.
In depth
The AMPED Pro Air Invikta uses FiberFlex+ fiberglass rather than carbon. That single choice explains its profile: pop 90, power 88, spin only 78.
The sections below are analysis of measured specifications and Paddle DNA™ values, not a play-test write-up. Where we have hit with a paddle, those notes appear separately and are attributed.
Fiberglass flexes and rebounds more than raw carbon, returning more energy to the ball — hence pop 90, one of the highest figures in the database. What it cannot do is grip the ball the way a raw carbon face does, so spin sits at 78 while carbon rivals sit in the high 80s and 90s. If your game is built on topspin rolls, this is the wrong material.
The cut-out throat reduces drag and lets the head accelerate, which partly offsets the 115 swing weight of a 16.5 in shape. It does not make the paddle fast at the kitchen — maneuverability 72 is mid-pack — but it does make baseline drives feel easier than the raw swing weight implies.
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AI paddle match
Each pick is the database's best answer to one specific question, ranked by how far it moves the needle versus the AMPED Pro Air Invikta.
The matchups people actually cross-shop, each with a full 15-trait breakdown.
Every trait normalised 0-100 against the full database, so these numbers mean the same thing on any paddle page. How we measure →
Key attributes
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Paddle DNA™ match
Selkirk AMPED Pro Air Invikta
IQ 81.9 · $100
Ranked by DNA deviation
+11 spin · -5 pop · Higher IQ score (84.6 vs 81.9)
+16 spin · Higher IQ score (86.3 vs 81.9)
+8 spin · -6 forgiveness · Higher IQ score (83.4 vs 81.9)
+6 softness · -8 pop
+13 softness · -6 pop · Higher IQ score (84.1 vs 81.9)
+10 swing weight · -7 maneuverability · Higher IQ score (83.7 vs 81.9)
+13 spin · -4 pop · Higher IQ score (85.1 vs 81.9)
+6 swing weight · -14 softness
Each pick beats the AMPED Pro Air Invikta on one specific thing — price, power, control or forgiveness.
Vatic Pro Oni 1616 mm · hybrid · 8.2 oz · SW 115$13085
Gearbox GX2 Power Elongated14 mm · elongated · 8.4 oz · SW 123$25083
RPM Pickleball Friction Pro Elongated V216 mm · elongated · 8 oz · SW 117$25086
ONIX Evoke Premier16 mm · standard · 8.2 oz · SW 113$18082Want a different matchup? Compare any two paddles or browse the full paddle database.
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Alex built the Paddle DNA™ database behind PickleballLookup — 15 normalized traits measured against every paddle in the catalog. Every page on this site is generated from that data and editorially reviewed before publication.
Last updated July 2026 · How we score paddles