RAID: Shadow Legends Beginner Gear Guide: Which Artifacts to Keep

In RAID: Shadow Legends, keep bottom-row gear (Gloves, Chest Plates, and Boots) that has percentage-based primary stats or Speed, along with any item that rolls a Speed sub-stat. Immediately sell bottom-row artifacts with flat HP, ATK, or DEF primary stats to free up vault space and conserve silver for high-value upgrades.

Filtering Bottom-Row Primary Stats

Top-row gear (Weapon, Helmet, and Shield) always features fixed flat stats as primary attributes: Weapon gives flat ATK, Helmet gives flat HP, and Shield gives flat DEF. However, bottom-row gear offers variable main stats that heavily impact champion scaling.

Flat main stats on bottom-row items do not scale as your champions level up, making them poor investments for early and mid-game content like dungeons and Clan Boss.

Gear Slot	Target Primary Stats	Primary Stats to Sell
Gloves	Crit Rate %, Crit Damage %, HP %, DEF %	Flat HP, Flat ATK, Flat DEF
Chest Plates	HP %, DEF %, ATK %	Flat HP, Flat ATK, Flat DEF
Boots	Speed (Highest Priority), HP %, DEF %, ATK %	Flat HP, Flat ATK, Flat DEF

Speed-primary boots are the most valuable bottom-row items for almost every champion. They allow your team to act faster, cycle through skill cooldowns, and apply crucial debuffs before enemies turn.

Evaluating Sub-stats and Broken Sets

When filtering gear, sub-stats often matter more than set bonuses:

Prioritize Speed Sub-stats: Keep any artifact with a Speed sub-stat regardless of its set bonus. Speed is the most influential stat in turn-based combat.
Secondary Target Sub-stats: Look for Crit Rate and Accuracy sub-stats to help damage dealers hit reliably and support champions land debuffs.
Use "Stat-Stick" Gear: Early on, equipping individual items with superior main stats and Speed sub-stats yields better results than forcing a full set bonus made of weak or flat-stat pieces.

Early Set Priorities and Silver Management

When completing set bonuses early in your progression, focus on basic, reliable sets:

Speed Sets: Help turn-meter manipulators, debuffers, and support champions act first.
Life Sets: Provide extra survivability for fragile damage dealers during campaign runs.
Offense Sets: Offer straightforward attack boosts to clear campaign stages faster.

Upgrading gear to level 12 or level 16 costs a significant amount of silver. Only commit silver to items that have a percentage-based primary stat (or Speed on boots) and at least two or three useful sub-stats. Run regular inventory clean-ups after dungeon farming to sell weak items and keep your resources ready for high-rarity drops.