RAID: Shadow Legends F2P Early Account Setup Guide

When starting a free-to-play (F2P) account in RAID: Shadow Legends, your immediate priority is to pick an area-of-effect starter champion—such as Kael—and raise them to level 60 before investing heavily in other roster members. A fully leveled starter allows you to solo-farm campaign stages, generating the experience needed to upgrade future champions efficiently without spending real money.

Starter Selection and Campaign Soloing

Your first major progression milestone is building a single champion capable of soloing Stage 12-3 on Brutal difficulty. Clearing this stage repeatedly lets you level low-tier "food" champions, which are required to rank up your primary roster to 6 stars.

• Starter Choice: Kael is a strong starter option due to his area-of-effect attacks and Poison debuffs. His area damage clears campaign waves quickly, while Poison provides essential damage against early Clan Bosses.
• Mastery Priority: Save your initial Gems to unlock full Masteries for your starter champion directly from the champion menu. Purchasing full Masteries guaranteed through Gems offers more immediate account value than buying random shard pulls.
• Gear Focus: Equip your best damage-focused gear sets on your primary starter champion first rather than spreading equipment evenly across your entire team.

Energy and Daily Resource Management

Managing energy and daily reward systems prevents progression bottlenecks.

1. Prevent Energy Capping: Avoid letting your energy reach its maximum limit, as capped energy stops natural regeneration. Spend extra energy on the highest campaign stage your starter can reliably clear solo.
2. Complete Quest Chains: Clear every daily, weekly, and monthly quest to maintain a consistent income of Gems and Shards.
3. Check the Market: Open the in-game Market regularly to buy Silver-priced Ancient Shards whenever they appear.

Strategic Shard Usage

Opening shards as soon as you receive them slows long-term F2P progress. Hold all Ancient, Void, and Sacred shards until double drop-rate ("2x") summoning events occur. Saving shards for these event windows increases your chances of pulling Epic and Legendary champions while earning rewards from active event milestones.

Clan Boss Team Setup

Participating in Clan Boss battles daily provides a steady supply of gear and shards. Assemble an early team around champions that inflict two critical debuffs:

• Poison: Deals percentage-based damage every turn regardless of raw attack power.
• Decrease Attack: Reduces incoming boss damage, allowing your party to survive longer and accumulate higher total damage.

Avoid committing rare skill tomes or ascension materials to champions that do not assist with long-term campaign farming, dungeon pushing, or Clan Boss progression.