How to Approach Live Arena Drafts in RAID: Shadow Legends

In RAID: Shadow Legends Live Arena, look for the champion that enables the opponent’s plan before choosing your ban. Then check whether your picks can answer that plan or provide a backup if your first option is countered.

Choose a ban based on the draft

The draft advice in the supplied material is to focus on an opponent’s key enabler, such as a speed booster, reviver, or crowd-control champion. If the opponent appears to be building around one of these roles, consider banning that champion rather than a secondary damage dealer. This is a draft heuristic, not a guaranteed path to a win.

For a speed-focused team, the draft suggests considering a ban on the speed lead or turn-meter champion instead of the damage dealer. The reasoning is that removing an enabler may interfere with the opponent’s plan to act first. Make the choice based on the picks you actually see; the material does not establish one universal ban.

Keep a response to likely counters

As you pick, track the roles both teams are taking. If you rely on buffs, account for the possibility that the opponent may bring a champion who can strip or steal them. If you choose a popular damage dealer, consider whether you have another pick that can still contribute if that damage dealer is countered.

The draft also suggests these possible responses:

• Against a team built around high damage, consider defensive support or protection.
• Against a slow, durable team, consider damage that bypasses defense or a source of true damage.
• If you do not have a speed lead, consider a tankier, go-second approach.
• In later picks, consider utility such as healing or cleansing debuffs.

These are options to evaluate, not requirements for every draft. The supplied material does not identify specific Champions or establish which choices are strongest.

Review the draft after a loss

After a loss, review the picks and ban choice. Ask whether you identified the opponent’s main enabler, had an answer to the opponent’s plan, and kept a backup role available. Use that review to adjust future drafts rather than assuming the same composition will fit every matchup.