RAID: Shadow Legends Early Progression and Champion Leveling Priorities

Your first priority in RAID: Shadow Legends is upgrading your starter Champion to 6 stars (Level 60). A maxed starter serves as your primary campaign farmer, giving you the stats required to solo farm Stage 12-3 on Brutal difficulty while carrying three lower-tier "food" Champions. This setup creates a reliable engine for earning silver, generating experience, and ranking up your future roster.

Campaign Farming and Energy Focus

Early energy management should focus almost entirely on pushing through the Campaign to unlock Brutal difficulty. Spending early energy on low-level Dungeons or Arena matches is inefficient compared to the experience and silver yields of higher Campaign stages.

• Target Stage: Stage 12-3 on Brutal difficulty offers the best balance of experience per energy spent and high silver rewards.
• Farming Method: Send your 6-star starter Champion into battle alone alongside three sacrificial Champions (food). As the food units level up, sacrifice them to rank up your primary and secondary roster.
• Silver Management: Use the silver accumulated from Campaign stages to upgrade artifact pieces for your primary farmer whenever progression slows down.

Gear and Stat Priorities for Early Farming

When gearing your starter Champion, focus on primary stats over completed set bonuses. Individual artifacts with high-value primary stats yield better performance than a completed item set with weak or irrelevant bonuses.

Prioritize upgrading these three artifact slots first. Keep your starter Champion's Speed high enough to guarantee they act before enemy waves in your target farming stage, and replace low-rarity gear incrementally as you clear higher difficulties.

Building Your Secondary Roster

Once your main farmer can clear Brutal Stage 12-3 solo, begin leveling secondary Champions to support your account in dungeons, faction crypts, and boss battles. Look for Champions that cover three primary utility roles:

1. Defense Down: Champions that reduce enemy defense significantly increase your farmer's damage output, shortening clear times.
2. Support and Healing: Units providing shields, continuous healing, or revives keep your main attacker alive during prolonged fights.
3. Crowd Control (CC): Champions equipped with Stun, Freeze, or Sleep abilities prevent dangerous enemy waves from attacking.

Daily Quests and Mission Roadmap

Follow the in-game Mission tab as your long-term progression guide. Missions provide structured objectives—such as reaching specific gear upgrade levels or clearing targeted stages—that reward essential resources without wasting energy. Completing Daily Quests alongside these missions ensures a steady supply of energy, silver, and shards to sustain your ongoing account development.