The best champions in RAID: Shadow Legends

We have already ranked a lot of champions in our RAID: Shadow Legends Tier List, but if you are looking for the absolute best champions in RAID, this article is for you. There are approximately 500+ champions in RAID, but here we will focus on the cream of the crop.

Naturally the list will be dominated by Legendary champions for the most part, along with a bunch of Epic champions. There are 14 factions in RAID at the moment, with two more coming, so we will try to feature at least one champion per faction.

Read also: Raid: Shadow Legends codes

So let's see the 16 best characters in RAID:

Champion	Affinity	Type	Faction
Ba Satha		HP	Lizardmen
Dark Kael		Attack	Dark Elves
Duchess Lilitu		Support	Demonspawn
Kalvalax		Attack	Knight Revenant
Krisk the Ageless		Defense	Lizardmen
Lydia the Deathsiren		Support	Dark Elves
Lyssandra		Support	High Elves
Prince Kymar		Support	Demonspawn
Siphi the Lost Bride		Support	Undead Hordes
Valkyrie		Defense	Barbarians
Warlord		Support	Orcs
Arbiter		Support	High Elves
Archmage Hellmut		Support	Banner Lords
Bad-el-Kazar		Support	Undead Hordes
Cardiel		Support	The Sacred Order
Coldheart		Attack	Dark Elves

Ba Satha

Role: HP

What makes this champion special: The passive ability Soulkeeper. It places a certain stun debuff on revived enemies for one turn at level 3. Ba Satha also provides strengthen and heals for 2 turns and shields allies under status effects. He damage dealing moves come with an attack debuff and a stun debuff. Overall an excellent crowd controller that will help you control the pace of battles.

Aura

Increase HP in All Battles by 31%.

Death Roll

Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 40% chance of placing a 50% [Decrease ATK] debuff for 2 turns.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +5%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%

God Beast's Boon

Places a 25% [Strengthen] buff and a 15% [Continuous Heal] buff on all allies for 2 turns. Also places a [Shield] buff for 2 turns equal to 25% of this Champion's HP on allies under [Fear], [True Fear], [Freeze], [Provoke], [Sleep], or [Stun] debuffs.
Level 2: Shield +10%
Level 3: Shield +10%
Level 4: Cooldown -1

Staggering Heft

Attacks all enemies. Has a 75% chance of placing a [Stun] debuff for 1 turn and decreasing each enemy's Turn Meter by 30%.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +10%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
Level 6: Cooldown -1

Soulkeeper [Passive]

Whenever an enemy is revived, has a 75% chance of placing a [Stun] debuff on them for 1 turn. This effect cannot be resisted or blocked.
Level 2: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%

Dark Kael

What makes this champion special: An insane poison debuffer and that can reduce attack and critical rate. He is also able to extend debuff duration. You will find extremely useful clan bosses and dungeon bosses as he can be a great damage controller. His poison procs can make him extremely valuable against the Clan Boss.

Weaver of Woes

Attacks 1 enemy 3 times. Each hit has a 25% chance to instantly activate 2 [Poison] debuffs or 1 [Poison] debuff and 1 [HP Burn] debuff.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +5%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%

Binding Darkness – 4 Turn Cooldown

Attacks all enemies. Has a 75% chance of placing a 50% [Decrease ATK] debuff for 2 turns. Each critical hit also has a 75% chance of increasing the duration of all the debuffs on the target by 1 turn.
Level 2: Damage +10%
Level 3: Damage +10%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
Level 6: Cooldown -1

Reality Acid – 4 Turn Cooldown

Has a 75% chance of placing three 5% [Poison] debuffs and a 25% [Poison Sensitivity] debuff for 2 turns.
Level 2: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
Level 4: Cooldown -1

Delerium [P]

Decreases the C. RATE of enemies under 2 or more [Poison] debuffs by 15%. If there are multiple Champions on the team with this Skill, only one will activate.

Duchess Lilitu

What makes this champion special: She is great for mass 70% HP revivals of your team in Arena, Dungeons and Campaign 3-star farming. Duchess Lilitu also has a great 50% attack buff for all allies and debuff block, so her A2 is outstanding.

Aura

Increases Ally SPD in all Battles by 19%.

Abyssal Invocation [DEF]

Attacks 1 enemy 2 times, then places a Shield buff equal to 10% of this champion's MAX HP for 2 turns on this champion and the ally with the lowest HP.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +10%
Level 4: Shield +10%
Level 5: Shield +10%
Level 6: Shield +10%

Damage Rating

Multiplier: 1.7*DEF
Overall Grading*: Average

Shroud of Souls – 5 Turn Cooldown

Places a 50% Increase ATK buff and a Block Debuffs buff on all allies for 2 turns. Places a Perfect Veil buff on all allies except this champion for 2 turns.
Level 2: Cooldown -1

Spectral Rebirth – 6 Turn Cooldown

Revives all dead allies with 70% HP. Places a Veil buff on all allies except this champion for 1 turn. Places a 15% Continuous Heal buff on all allies for 2 turns.
Level 2: Cooldown -1
Level 3: Cooldown -1

Ethereal Ways (Passive)

Decreases the damage taken by all allies from AoE attacks by 25% (15% from Bosses) .

Kalvalax

What makes this champion special: A must have for poison teams for the Clan Boss and probably a perfect combo with Dark Kael. His damage output can be insane. The great part is that he does not rely just on his poison procs for damage dealing, as the damage output increases depending on the number of poisons affecting the target. I would come him extremely OP.

Oozing Greatsword

Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 40% chance of increasing the duration of all [Poison] debuffs on the target by 1 turn. Heals this Champion by 2.5% of their MAX HP for each [Poison] debuff on the target
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +5%
Level 4: Damage +10%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%

Corruption Locus – 3 Turn Cooldown

Attacks 1 enemy. Places an Extra Hit for each [Poison] debuff on the target (up to 3 extra hits).
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +5%
Level 4: Damage +10%
Level 5: Damage +10%

Storm of Vitriol – 4 Turn Cooldown

Attacks all enemies. Damage increases according to the number of [Poison] debuffs on each target.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +5%
Level 4: Damage +10%
Level 5: Damage +10%

Pestilence [Passive] – 1 Turn Cooldown

Places four 5% [Poison] debuffs on all enemies for 2 turns at the start of each round.

Has a 50% chance of placing a 5% [Poison] debuff on all enemies for 1 turn at the start of each turn.

Whenever an enemy places a [Poison] debuff on this Champion, instantly removes it and replaces it with a 15% [Continuous Heal] buff for 2 turns instead.