UPDATED Beginner's Guide | RAID: Shadow Legends 2024

[@wingedzer0]

Long time player here, but appreciate this non the less to build our community! One small correction - Rings are not unlocked on 4 star ascension, it's unlocked once a champion is ranked up to 4. Amulets and banners are locked behind ascensions. (viewable by yellow star vs purple on the accessories).

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man!

[@Eazy_Bruh]

I just started RAID, but got really lucky and my cousin gave me an account he used often as an alt, it has all free preomational heroes and stuff, I had ninja and randa on mine but he said I gotchu, lol Its so awesome to see ASH of all people playing this, I used to watch this dude a decade ago when CR (Clash Royale) was so huge.

[@sasaantonijevic42]

I play since March last year. With your help my second accound is much more better than my first Raid Account. Your tipps are working really huge for my grown. Sorry if my english is not perfect. Waiting allways for new clips from you. Thanks.

[@likelemmyidabasest3882]

Great job, Ash. Watch these every year, and every year your job gets more complicated. Great resource and intro to the community, wish I'd found your content before I had 30 lvl 50's and no 60's... We live and learn, happy new year!

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for tuning in ;)

[@desecratedcake3875]

day 3 of playing i decided to buy a 4.99 primal shard (came to 1.99 with google play coupon) and pulled a mythical. OP af

[@Charcdaking]

Damn that's lucky. Only 1/200

[@tobiasdye7007]

Shine on bro

[@Twomps]

My first sacred i pulled gnut. First prism, I pulled a faction unity. I think plarium may up the initial odds to entice newer players imo

[@YFirstMillion]

Ya good luck building it

[@YFirstMillion]

Good luck building it

[@jaredmartarano8800]

This was a great guide. I might consider myself mid game, but it never hurts to refresh some things I just don't use and their importance. Thanks Ash!

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for tuning in ;)

[@aroron1135]

Another fantastic guide, Ash! Great summary of everything currently available in RAID:SL and the mechanics! One helpful battle hint I'd like to share that I don't see covered: When auto-battling in any content, you can click on one of the enemies to have your team focus that one first. This is great when your team is up against a team with a champion who resurrects or a tough debuffer/unkillable buffer, so you don't have to manual the battle until that enemy champ is put down. Sending amazing New Year vibes to you and your kiddo!

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man!

[@KidaleSmith]

53:15 what he doesn't mention, and i'm sure most people miss because it's not talked about in the EARLY very early game, Flat States are more powerful when your base attack is below 450 (which is basically until you've reached level 40, anything after you'll want to switch to %

[@metroid74]

Only a few minutes in and honestly the video started from youtube auto play. That being said, I very much enjoy these types of videos. I think maybe they can come out at times other than the new year but I get that. I’ve been playing since 2019 and I love watching these every year from most CCs. Helps keeps me in the know for some of the content I might have missed and let’s me know a new players perspective as it has vastly changed. Thank you and keep up the great work.

[@familyguyeditz]

It would be so cool if you made a free to play series where you guide people step by step to mirror your account through the game. Keep up the good videos.

[@TheRealEOC]

Play the game yourself shlawg

[@Faydwarf]

i love that you mention the pop ups, i made a reveiw on google play that i really love the game but the pop ups are really over the top. they actually replied with "well we just want players to get the best value out of our deals and some are not always permanent" like yeah bruh any time i go back to bastion i need an add to remind me u want money lol

[@nomadicgamer9466]

I'm over a year long player and I enjoyed this video!! :) I love these types of things. Your videos and so many in this community are invaluable. Keep up the amazing work!

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man! Glad you like it ;)

[@Belsteak]

For me the most important advices I can give to new starters : - Pick Kael, he is better than others and more useable in the long term because of his poison debuf. The others are not bad, but kael is the most usefull. - Look for any promo codes that will give you new champions and or money. Take a list and look how much time they are valid. Some only works in the few days of the creation of the account... - Rush the campaign and grow your character in order to get potions and advance for the quests as all potion keeps are open for 5 days... After you will need to wait or pay to advance quests... - don't buy any shard pack with the gem. Use the gem to upgrade the masteries of your start champions. it's 800 for one full set and will make your champ work much better. You may wait a bit before using the gems as you will get at least one legendary champ very fast. - don't buy new space in the market unless you see a blue shard. There are nothing worth buying there except shards and some usefull green champ duplicates - don't use books of higher level for low level champ. Higher book are difficult to get, don't spoil them. - climb in the arena, it's the only way to build your great hall and give you bonuses that apply everywhere and become very usefull to climb the difficulties as accuracy becomes very important when you meet bosses. - be lucky as some champ give direct advantages in comparison to others... The champ that can solo are a plus as you can level food with them and you only need to stuff them in order to get items and money... For the rest man, when you open your tavern and we see how much chicken potions, books... you are very mean to show us so much as we are starving for those ressources... :p

[@victordough6859]

This video would have helped me 2-plus years ago when I started playing RAID Shadow Legends. I'm still stuck on some FW stages and haven't gotten my Lydia yet.

[@ZEROBREW]

Fantastic guide as always. I'm directing all newbs to the game to watch this as mandatory watching.

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man! I appreciate it :)

[@rjb6919]

Wow, been playing on and off for a couple of years, and still finding out areas I've missed!! I mean, Faction Guardians - how did I miss that!!! Always good to go back to basics - found this useful so thanks Ash!

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for watching! Glad it helps ;)

[@tiagomoreira2929]

Ash, great video as always, it’s still amazing how u can get these videos better each time you do them! Just one thing to point out… I’m and end game player as you, so I get you on that, but those mystery shards on market are essential for new player, to get rates for Rhazin fusion, good rares like Apothecary, food for champs, and points for Champion Chase or even Summon Rush, easy 300-1000 points every tournament/event if u pick them… so those can bring a huge advantage to new players, even mid game ones, or end game in some cases, especially when people are free to play 🙏🏽

[@ChristopherFinley-qv6qx]

Very informative video, excellent work. I am pretty new to the game still learn how to be efficient. I will certainly come back to this video a few times as I learn more. I learned the importance of equipping the right things will optimal stat boosts (i.e. SPD for boots, and % over flat), I didn't even notice that before.

[@GorchaxGaming]

Beginner roadmap!!! Best one so far. One of few who guides which 'order to progress' and what you need to get along the way. Make a ftp guide 'Noob to dragonslayer' playalong thing using only farmables/loginrewards and it'd be the best thing since mac 'n cheese!

[@Lacerated1DJ3]

Thank you for this guide! I am overwhelmed by all the stuff and do not know where to focus. This guide removed some of that stress for me.

[@Zevrael]

Good stuff, thanks for taking the time to do this.

[@kevinharvey9500]

What an amazing guide. I haven't played in few years and this has been extremely useful and uplifting.....thanks!

[@jamesharris3972]

Great guide! Always appreciate your videos. You're the number 1 Raid CC in my opinion!

[@deezydeuce]

Great video for starting/early-game players.

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for tuning in ;)

[@WASCHlaberschtU]

Very well put together and generally informative video! Helped a lot as a new player!

[@revaba1815]

Rly Rly Rly Rly Rly REALY Helpfull beginners guide ASH! Wish ive seen this vid earlier. Big thanks for all the valuable info 💪🏽

[@dcbourne]

This helps with some good principles. As a new player, I would have preferred to see the experiences from a new player point of view with a new roster, and how to work from player level 1 to 10, then 11 to 20, 30 to 40 etc.. I want to see how the game progresses and what to be aware of.

[@staytuned3774]

Hi ash quick question dose sole reap proc with destroy set and if so doesn't that mean you can acentuly 6 star blessing without having to 6 star sole reap

[@mcfatsac]

I love these beginner guides I just came back for a year break. Only thing I could say is maybe use an account that’s more relatable when doing these.

[@peterbrown8455]

As someone about 9 months in I don't know if I needed to watch this, but I did learn a few things while I worked on revamping my CB team to an unkillable finally (progressive chance maneater TYSM GAME).

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for watching ;)

[@needMoreInput]

The main thing I wanted to k now as a new player is what do people do with the common and uncommon heroes. Do you sell them or use them for food. Are their stars to low for the food purpose. I do not think he touched on this anywhere in the video, given inv can be a problem it should not have been overlooked and I still do not know what to do with them.

[@bytemevv-4616]

_I didn't hear ASH say this for New Players at the Tavern to level up Champs..._ _Because Legendary Champs are extremely rare,_ _...DO NOT USE LEGENDARY CHAMPS AS BOOKS & AS FOOD !!!_

[@Philly1224]

I would add to this that you most likely don’t want to use epics as food unless you KNOW the champion is not good and won’t be needed. I almost fed a Geomancer (who is a god epic) before I knew better and it would have ruined my progress.

[@bytemevv-4616]

_When I first started no one told me about Legendary Login Champs..._ _Some of those Login Legendary Champs in general as you know cannot be resummoned,_ _...On my starter account I fed "Ninja" to a lesser Legendary Champ, YIKES !_

[@Philly1224]

Oof.. that’s harsh.. I can’t imagine feeding ninja :(

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man!

[@ConnorCoultrup]

This is the content I want, I love it. Thank you for putting content like this together.

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man! Glad you like it ;)

[@mrmahga6004]

Absolutely love your content and positive vibes brother! On that, you should be the first to do a mid game strategy guide. I'm almost a year in, I have some pretty amazing Champs (Cardiel was my first pull), but resources and timing get me sometimes. I'm stuck on whether to 6 star another champ or 5 star a few Champs for FW or focus on tournaments, or etc. BTW, I used your initial starter video to get to where I'm at now. Thanks!

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man! Glad you like it ;)

[@MateoOld]

Haven’t played in 3 years and getting back in hopefully I can take something from this!

[@Nemesis_ftp]

Well made video, explained everything for people that are interessted in playing Raid. That kind of video should be for every new bigger game coming out :)

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man! Glad you like it ;)

[@wheresthepudding946]

Favorite part of raid is that there are so many different champions. Getting a new legendary and adding them to your teams or just trying them out in the arena is always good vibes

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for watching ;)

[@robonowski9216]

Thank you first & foremost for all the content and information that you bestow upon us regarding the insights that you have learned & acquired regarding this game! I recently created an alt account for fun & to see if I have better luck with my shard pulls. My very first ancient shard got me one of the better epic Dwarves and that being Fylja!

[@gregchappell6462]

This was a great video! Well done! Wished you had done it a year earlier when I first started the game; would have definitely speed up my learning curve. LoL 😂 Thank God I did happen to randomly find you & your channel. As I said before... You are the sole reason I still play this game! Your videos were the difference & I love watching them! You Da Man, Ash!

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for watching, Greg ;)

[@gregchappell6462]

@@ASH-RAID my pleasure! Keep 'em coming!

[@joshuayoung6217]

This was super helpful. Thanks man, it’s appreciated.

[@wobe2000]

good man just started playing and the video dropped at aperfect time

[@raywilliams1441]

Excellent video. I learned important stuff and that's priceless to me.

[@freestylers_1113]

Hey so In an another game I have to do a task I have to complete 3 Battles in this game so how do I do that do I have to play the campaign or something or what I have to do??

[@DMAC-22]

Wish I found this guide a few months ago. Ash is my main go to guy for building champs now.. no pressure Ash!!! Struggling with farming good gear and fully booking elite or legendary champions, now I am a few months in???

[@skaterboy1425able]

Played when it first came out, but now i decided to try it again and seeing some new mechanics might keep me just for finding more progress.

[@LadyAlfhild1]

very helpful thank you! How do you get more energy?

[@tim8577]

Brilliant as usual Ash..... soooo helpful. Thanks

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks Tim! Glad you like it :)

[@sectech30]

I love your guides, they have helped me so much. Thank you for your continued efforts and great content

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man! Glad it helps ;)

[@jamesb8195]

Great Content bro Cheers for always thinking of players from every level!

[@lorenzovandewalle4703]

I started 2 weeks ago , ty for the guide !

[@shieldedsoldier]

Thank you for going through this for us noobs!!! Learned alot and wrote it in a notebook 😆

[@shaneatwell5686]

a really good video iv only been playing 34 days and i learnt so much from this video thanks so much Ash 🙂

[@rmcsonics]

Thank you Ash, I've played this game for 3 years and still don' t know what to focus. I don't want to spend more than 15-30 mins in this game per day. I've been absolutely destroyed in arena and have never been able to figure out what to do besides Clan Boss.

[@priestguardian2587]

Raid has so much depth to its game and can be a bit overwhelming to a brand new player of this genera. I believe this will certainly answer some questions a new player may ask and come back to when they have a second or 3rd question ;)

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for watching ;)

[@broute]

Yay. Love the long form videos!! Hope the vid comes in handy for this year's F2P account. (That lasts about 2 months then I go back to the main.)

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man! Glad you like it ;)

[@loucypher3914]

Thanks Ash! One of your best videos. Helps a lot, especially for F2P gamers. And gamers like me, who are already playing this game for about a year and still suck. ^^

[@MichaelWintherAndersen]

Ty for nice guilde only 1 small error that I noticed in the game saying all nukers need 100 percent crit on the stats, and here you mentioned kayle. He is one of the few you only wanna have to 85 percent crit rate, due to him having 15 percent crit on hits aoe ability which basically is the only one you need crit percentage for.

[@KuschDR]

When would you recommend we 252/252 the campaign?

[@robfrydryck127]

Thanks for taking the time to make this. but honestly, this looks more like a job (with no pay) than a game.

[@evilbrad3]

Great guide thank you!

[@donaldg5633]

I get Visix this month. (of course I pulled her already, but whatever) I have all hard modes dungeons completed to level 10 except fire knight (on stage 6). The point is I have passed the "beginner" phase, but man I still love these videos! The long videos I can listen to in the background are always my favorites! Thank you!

[@Neuvillete4.6]

How? Are you lucky or are you a spender

[@Sam-uu2nx]

That's insane progress if you're not a whale

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for watching ;)

[@donaldg5633]

@@Neuvillete4.6 Both really. Mid spender. I get the monthly gem pack and keep the raid card active, but I only ever buy packs when the deal comes up as "Legendary Offer" on the pack calculator. I never buy from the "illegal shop". I've never spent more than $100 in a month. I've been sober since 9/2022 and I put my drinking money to other uses nowadays. The very first leggo I ever pulled was Duchess too. She was a huuuuge carry for sure. So for whatever reason, I've definitely had really good luck.

[@donaldg5633]

@@Sam-uu2nx A bit of both really. I replied my spending habits on Jahlee's comment. I also get way into the math and strategy. I'm a firm believer that tier lists (while highly entertaining) don't matter in reality. Just cause a champ is low on everyone's list, doesn't mean they won't be a rockstar for my account. Tramaria for example. A ton of hate on her, but at the time the speed lead, aoe decrease speed, aoe stun, and full team cleanse was something I didn't otherwise have access too until I pulled her. If that makes sense.

[@MaryWebb-n9h]

Thank you for all of this

[@marcinkapinski9537]

50:00 Foli looks a lot like Guyver - it's a titular character from obscure 90's sci fi movie.

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for watching ;)

[@manuelmorillo9344]

Great video... Are you going to do a mid game and/or end game guide?

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for the suggestion ;)

[@nathancaruthers1720]

Did you go for Gwendolyn the silent ash? If so can you put out a little guide on her

[@ASH-RAID]

I will make it happen on my guides channel soon ;)

[@nathancaruthers1720]

@@ASH-RAID thanks man🙂

[@cmichaux5188]

Love this Ash, thank you so much. I've been playing almost alittle over 6mnths and have some good characters and some great ones. Watching your videos have been helping alot, however this video is Great info for me because I try to grind along with actual money ✝️☝️🎯💪🏽

[@jamiemac12580]

Awesome video How about some tips from getting out of the early game. I've got 10 6* champs and 15 ish 5* champs, but stuck on around lvls 13-16 on the four main dungeons and got a bit stuck on unlocking higher stages

[@Diezeldee]

Great stuff ash! I remember last January when I started Raid. You were the first CC I went too for help, knew you’d help from my days of CoC. Keep it up

[@Shnookie3.14]

Slowly I am becoming a beginner game master. I do referrals for my clan mates for a gempack. 45 days and im at 50. Always do dailies, missions and challenges. These will keep you in energy, silver, gems and double xp.

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for tuning in ;)

[@lindsysomers8228]

I've only been playing for a few months now, and I totally agree, starting out is sooo overwhelming, but now I'm at the point where I'm trying to decide which epic champions to upgrade (because I only have 5 legendary, 3 of which were free), and this is the only channel ive watched with good, relevant, helpful information. And it's not boring or one of those idiots just reading stats. So thank u! If u get a chance, who would u recomend ranking up out of these: Ractor Drath, Alure, Sachi. I have Minaya ans Scyl, so should I bother with Drath?

[@geoffok]

Is artifact rarity better or stars? Does it ever change?

[@ChaosIncarnated]

What's the Tavern QOL update you spoke of?

[@mekko1413]

You can get 3 ancients per month from the market. So typically in the first week or so I collect my 3 ancients.

[@justanaveragejoe3447]

Just got inslin and I'm realllllly enjoying him

[@ASH-RAID]

Congrats!

[@jeremyrissman3167]

Ash, could you go over all possible sub stats for gear?

[@Sylvernova]

😳😳😳Oh my...I've been acknowledged 🤯

[@ASH-RAID]

Lol... Thanks for tuning in ;)

[@ZEROBLOOM]

Hey Ash... How can you tell what needs accuracy and what doesn't? I have a hard time with this for some reason. ✌️👊 Love what you do!

[@pekhamhalder5332]

you can visit hellhaides stages tool to look up the accuracy requirement for a certain stage...in a general rule of thumb...you multiply the stage number by 11 to get the accuracy requirement

[@GreyDuxG]

this helped soo much!! :D

[@richycancun8372]

Thanks Ash for the updated guide starting Raid. I'm going to use this with my somewhat new account. I have some pretty cool champs but I want to optimize my account.

[@ASH-RAID]

Good luck!

[@duckylolzor]

Should I rank to 6* before ascending? Or does it not matter?

[@blaba9354]

Quite immediatly. Thats the only honest advice.

[@christianemmanuelf.domingo793]

My fav is the sacred order faction, can u make a f2p guide how to fold insane nightmare with common or at least rare champs using just sacred order?

[@kiko2323j]

Hi ASH, just 1 question..is acc chestplate good artifact..??? Beacouse you can get there also lot of accuracy..

[@GlizzyGobl1n]

Going to be using this for my fifth account. I'm going to attempt the free to play challenge

[@MrMarkMayr]

Thanks for the guide! I do have a question though. If I put multiple divine item sets, or a shield set and a divine set on a champion, do the shields add?

[@RichardTanner-v6c]

i am new to the game, about a month in. and i have been watching your videos daily. at this point in the game as a ftp player i am at a plateau. currently running galek (6 star full mastery) vergis (6 star working on masteries) giscard (5 star working on masteries and leveling) sun wukon (6 star working on masteries) and meatcarver tolog as main healer (5 star, working on masteries). any suggestions as to who to keep an eye out for and replace current champ in main team. at this stage i started working on masteries because i stopped progressing in dungs. ps. about 2 cycles of the mission lists to hit arbiter. any and all suggestion/tips appreciated.

[@DatGuyKK]

New here - what’s the difference between increasing your attack by 100% (doubling) and having 100% C.dam

[@dylanpickles7174]

hey what about bomb champs i pulled gnishak during guarantee and got it in first 2 shards so would i put crit dmg on gloves

[@raiderfunk7005]

Hey Ash i pulled the best blessing a 6 star harrier blessing what's ur opinion if its worth building

[@simonc1042]

4 years in, so I may not count as a beginner anymore, but I still found this useful. Do you know if there is any way in the game to see how many shards you have pulled since your last legendary? I swear I must be near the end of the mercy system for Voids. I still only have lonely little Visix.

[@dasuniversum5875]

unfortunately not in the game itself but you can use rsl helper i think they should add this feature in the game

[@Neuvillete4.6]

I think I'm close but I'm still not getting any legendary for months now

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks man! Glad you like it ;)

[@jaxsonpickett7128]

The only correct guide: spend money, and I mean a lot.

[@bowling300.]

Get familiar with challenges and missions. And plan them well before you go nuts, that will save you alot of hard times!❤ thrust me, find the list over them and screen shot them and , the resources you get is really powerfull. But if you dont plan them you can get stuck werry often for a long time! And that will slow down your progression badly! I em talking about weeks and months type, not days and hours!

[@ASH-RAID]

Thanks for tuning in ;)

[@tank5968]

Hey Ash will you be joining in on the 2024 free to play challenge that Hellhades is doing? I'd be interested in what kinds strategies you would use in a no legendary account.

[@andrelinoge6810]

I'm new to the game and I am having trouble getting an aura champion. Any pointers?

[@BrokenSoul79x]

there should be a QOL update that allows you to prevent using higher level books on lower lvl champs..

[@kylekirkparick426]

I'm still new, about a month in, so try to bear with me. It's faster though, to just have a single champion with your farmer, if say you just ranked your first champ to 6star and want to get them where they need to be to be level wise in order to be useful... isn't it? I would do that with Elhain when I got her up to 4&5 star. Still working toward that first 6star. Basically, is that really that bad of a time waster if I just want to level up one champion quickly for a specific reason?

[@sebastianschmidt7268]

Bless RNG. The first purple shard of the normal campaign reward dropped me a Taras after less than a week of playing raid.

[@fubisu1902]

Very good guide Ash. I am not a starter, what am I doing here?

[@GorchaxGaming]

Ok. New player here (just got rathalos yesterday) i have kael at 6* full masteries. And I started with a promo code so I got deacon o am doing ok on normal clanboss but I feel I want to progress. Alot of guides recommend warmaiden, diabolist and valerie as starting team. Almost everyone recommends warmaiden. And then eventually, the 30day reward High Kite' or whatever. Here are my questions. I May be missing something, but deacon should basically replace BOTH high c'thun AND warmaiden.. no? If so, what should I slot in instead of those two? I am talking buffs/debuffs/roles here, not specific champs (unless farmable). Second, what should be my next 'easy progression step? Dragon, spider or somethibg else? Would i need to add new roles for these? I am kind of hardstuck at dragon 12ish and sprider 10ish or so.

[@GorchaxGaming]

Followup: my young son started at same time, bit he's got 6* elhain and the Frankenstein. What role (from the basic team mentioned) would Frankie replace? He feels like outside of spider good ole flathead dont add enough to the teamcomposition

[@christianzendejas7938]

Great video! I play this game a lot and just started like a week ago. But I just found out that you can actually play on your pc too. So my question is if I download this game onto my pc do I start by making a fresh account on it or just link it to the account that’s on my phone?