AFK Arena Stage 22-26 Level 220 Shemira Team Clear Guide

To clear Stage 22-26 in AFK Arena using a level 220 Shemira carry, run a 220/200/200/180/180 Resonating Crystal level split. Funnel your Hero's Essence and primary gear into Shemira so she can absorb incoming hits for energy, cast Tortured Souls, and sustain through enemy burst damage. Your remaining four heroes exist solely to stall the enemy frontline, supply energy, and lock down priority threats while Shemira wipes the field.

Resonating Crystal Level Benchmark

The mid-game carry strategy relies on an uneven level split. Shemira takes all available leveling resources to reach level 220, while your supporting cast remains between level 180 and 200:

Slot & Role	Level	Heroes	Purpose on Stage 22-26
Primary Carry	220	Shemira	Absorbs controlled damage, reaches full energy, and clears the enemy team with Tortured Souls.
Primary Frontline / Stall	200	Brutus, Lucius	Soaks early high-damage burst to prevent your backline from folding within the first 5 seconds.
Primary Energy Battery	200	Rowan	Dispenses early healing and provides rapid energy refills to trigger an early Shemira ultimate.
Opener / Haste Buffer	180	Lyca, Arden	Provides teamwide opening haste or delivers multi-target root crowd control.
Flex Control / Support	180	Fawkes, Tasi, Rosaline	Banishes or ban-locks a dangerous target, or doubles Shemira's ultimate output.

Units at level 180 rely on their initial skill activations, crowd control, or haste buffs rather than raw stats. Raising your frontline tank and central energy battery to level 200 is necessary to keep them alive long enough to support Shemira's first ultimate cycle.

Hero Positioning and Battle Execution

Survival during the first eight seconds determines whether this composition clears the stage. If Shemira sits too safely in the backline, she generates energy too slowly. If she faces extreme burst directly, she dies before casting.

Place Shemira on the frontline: Position her in slot 1 or slot 2 facing an enemy with predictable, moderate damage. Taking continuous non-lethal hits generates the energy required to fire Tortured Souls quickly.
Assign your dedicated tank to the highest threat: Place Brutus or Lucius directly opposite the opponent's strongest burst dealer. Brutus can buy critical stall time through his invulnerability passive.
Place Rowan in the center backline (Position 4): This allows his potion cart to dispense health and energy to both frontline units and the outer backline positions.
Deploy support enablers: If using Rosaline, line her up to follow Shemira without stepping into incoming area damage. If using Arden or Lyca, place them in the remaining backline slots to guarantee opening roots or haste.

Equipment and Artifact Priority

Equip Shemira with your highest-tier Graveborn gear, prioritizing Mythic boots for bonus haste, followed by weapon and chest pieces.

Dura's Call: Use this on Shemira if she struggles to generate energy before dying, or place it on Rowan to accelerate potion delivery.
Dura's Blade: Use this on Shemira if she reliably casts her ultimate but fails to deal enough damage to finish high-defense targets before the timer expires or before incoming damage ramps up.

Troubleshooting Common Clear Failures

Shemira dies before casting: She is receiving concentrated focus fire. Move her to the opposite frontline slot or place her in the backline behind a stalling tank.
Backline supports die immediately: Enemy openers are outpacing your team. Add Lyca to your lineup to secure opening haste and energy, allowing units like Arden or Fawkes to disable priority threats before they attack.
Ultimate gets interrupted: Knockbacks and stuns can cancel Shemira's cast animation. Position a control hero directly across from the disruptive enemy unit to break their opening skill rotation.
Incomplete board wipes: If enemies survive Tortured Souls and pick off your surviving units, swap your flex slot to Rosaline to enable back-to-back ultimate casts, or retry to achieve favorable critical strike RNG.