Amius the Lunar Archon Guide | Raid Shadow Legends

Amius the Lunar Archon stands as a tragic figure at the heart of Sintranos in Raid Shadow Legends, a city once radiant and prosperous in the realm of Kaerok but now consumed by corruption and shadow under the influence of Siroth. Once a regent driven by noble intentions, his fall from grace began with forbidden sorcery, an act born of desperation to save his beloved city but ultimately twisting him into a dark embodiment of both hope and despair. From his throne in the foreboding Eclipse Tower, Amius reigns over Sintranos, where brave warriors must navigate treacherous streets, confront menacing double bosses, and secure three hidden Eclipse Keys scattered across the city’s four districts. These keys unlock the path to the tower’s apex, where a decisive battle against Amius offers not only the chance to vanquish his corrupted rule but also to restore Sintranos to its former splendor. Yet even in victory, vigilance is paramount, for the cycle of darkness perpetually threatens to rise anew, ensuring that this fight is not merely about survival but about breaking the tide of evil and reviving the lost glory of a once-great city.

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Amius the Lunar Archon Stats

Amius has two sets of stats, one for Normal difficulty and another for Hard difficulty. To successfully apply debuffs on Amius, you’ll need 400 Accuracy for Normal and 500 Accuracy for Hard. Surviving his devastating nuke attacks requires a minimum of 70K HP and 2K Defense on Normal, while Hard demands 90K HP and 3K Defense. As for speed, your champions should either be faster than Amius or slower but within a 40-speed difference to avoid having the boss outspeed and overwhelm your team in battle.

Amius Boss Stats | Raid Shadow Legends Guide
Normal Mode Level: 350 HP: 3,363,174 Attack: 16,143 Defense: 8,968 Speed: 200 Crit Rate: 50% Crit Damage: 100% Resistance: 350 Accuracy: 450	Hard Mode Level: 350 HP: 4,203,968 Attack: 20,179 Defense: 11,210 Speed: 250 Crit Rate: 50% Crit Damage: 100% Resistance: 450 Accuracy: 550

The Ultimate Handbook for Beating Amius!

Avoid Cooldown Reduction Effects with Amius Abyssal Construct

• Do not use any abilities, masteries, or accessories that reduce skill cooldowns. These reductions can prematurely trigger Amius Abyssal Construct’s (A1) ability in his alternate form, causing it to randomly nuke a champion on your team while ignoring enemy defenses. Additionally, reducing skill cooldowns can reduce cooldown with Amius’ passive skill in his base form, disrupting your champions’ attack sequence.
• Avoid using Cycle of Magic support mastery, Refresh accessory, Reflect artifact, Impulse Artifact, Merciless Artifact, and any other cooldown reduction abilities.

How to Counter Amius’ Buff/Debuff Manipulation Abilities

• Amius has the ability to dramatically alter the course of a battle by manipulating buffs and debuffs. In his Maniacal Bedlam form (A3 Alternate Form), he can convert any buffs on your champions into debuffs, while in his Rampant Chaos form (A3 Base Form), he can transform debuffs applied to himself into buffs. This allows him to become stronger and deal more damage to your weakened champions in unexpected ways.
• To counter this, it’s wise to avoid using abilities or masteries that extend the duration of buffs and debuffs, as you’ll want these effects to expire quickly—before Amius switches forms and turns them against you. Only apply positive stat buffs or negative stat debuffs if you’re confident you can defeat Amius before he transforms.
• If you must use positive stat buffs on your champions, do so during Amius’s Base Form and ensure they have a maximum cooldown of 2 turns (avoid using Lasting Gifts masteries). Conversely, if you need to apply negative stat debuffs to Amius, do so during his Alternate Form, again with a maximum cooldown of 2 turns (and avoid Master Hexer masteries). This strategy minimizes the risk of Amius exploiting these effects when he changes forms.

Key Strategies for Surviving Amius’s Attacks

• Focus on these four key abilities to take down Amius: Decrease Attack, Heal Reduction, Healing, and Taunt/Veil/Ally Protection. They are vital for surviving his relentless attacks.
• Decrease Attack mitigates the damage from Amius’ alternate form nukes. Inflict Decrease Attack during Amius Base form only when his passive skill is on 1 turn cooldown. When he transforms into his Alternate form, he won’t be able to do much AoE damage to your champions. Recommended champions are Stag Knight, Fayne, and Aox the Rememberer.
• Applying Heal Reduction stops Amius from healing himself during form transitions. Use Heal Reduction specifically when Amius is in his Alternate form and has two Eclipse buffs active on him. Recommended champions are Minaya, Kallia, and Scion.
• Use Healing keeps your champions alive. If you’re short on healers, rely on artifact sets like Regeneration Set, Immortal Set, or Guardian Set to maintain your team’s health.
• To influence which champion Amius targets during his alternate form, use abilities that apply Taunt or Veil. These skills can redirect Amius’s attacks to a durable champion, ideally one with high awakening levels. For Taunt, recommended champions include Khafru the Deathkeeper, Emic Trunkheart, and Ambassador Lethelin. For Veil, consider using Duchess Lilitu or Tatura Rimehide. If you do not have either Veil or Taunt champions, you can use Ally Protection buff to share damage across 2 champions, so the damage is halved and allowing your champion to survive from Amius single-target nuke!

Essential Tactics for Defeating Amius

• Select champions capable of ignoring enemy defense or dealing damage based on the enemy’s maximum HP to quickly eliminate Amius in his base form. Boost their damage output by equipping them with Savage, Lethal, or Cruel sets, which help bypass enemy defenses. Pair this with the Helmsmasher mastery to further reduce enemy defense. Ideal champions for this strategy include Sun Wukong, Georgid the Breaker, and Onryo Ieyasu.
• Another option is to use champions who deal damage based on the enemy’s maximum HP. This type of damage scales with the enemy’s HP, meaning higher HP results in greater damage dealt. Recommended champions for this approach are Armiger, Coldheart, Marius the Gallant, Gnut, and Acrizia.
• If your team lacks champions capable of bypassing defense or dealing damage based on the enemy’s maximum HP, consider using champions who can apply HP Burn or Poison debuffs. These debuffs are effective against high-HP enemies like Amius because they scale with the target’s maximum HP. Strong options for inflicting HP Burn include Drexthar Bloodtwin, Ninja, Artak, and Elenaril. For applying Poison debuffs, consider using Dark Kael, Occult Brawler, or Fenshi. Additionally, equipping your champions with the Toxic Set can help apply Poison debuffs to Amius.

Prevent Endless Revival Loops

• Focus on defeating Amius in his base form to secure victory. Avoid using Brimstone Blessing or Soul Reap Blessing, as these can unintentionally kill him in his alternate form, triggering a revival with 30% HP and 50% Turn Meter. This endless loop can extend the battle indefinitely, making it harder to win before reaching the 1,500-turn limit. However, if you are lacking damage dealers, you can opt for Brimstone to assist with taking down the boss but it will take some RNG/luck for it to defeat it in his base form.
• On the other hand, you can use champions who can perform Block Revive such as Lydia the Deathsiren to counter Amius’s revive on death when he is in his alternate form.

Take advantage of the Champion’s Awakening

• The Amius Abyssal Construct (A1 in Alternate Form) can instantly knock out your champion in one hit by ignoring 100% of their defenses if they have no awakening levels. To counter this, it’s crucial to include champions with high awakening levels on your team. These champions should be able to draw the attack towards themselves, which can be achieved using abilities like Taunt, Veil, or Perfect Veil buffs.
• Each awakening level on a champion reduces the amount of defense that Amius can ignore by up to 50%. Here’s how the reduction works based on the number of awakening stars:
• ★★★★★★ (6 stars): Reduces Amius’s Ignore Defense by 50%
• ★★★★★✰ (5 stars): Reduces Amius’s Ignore Defense by 40%
• ★★★★✰✰ (4 stars): Reduces Amius’s Ignore Defense by 30%
• ★★★✰✰✰ (3 stars): Reduces Amius’s Ignore Defense by 20%
• ★★✰✰✰✰ (2 stars): Reduces Amius’s Ignore Defense by 10%
• ★✰✰✰✰✰ (1 star): Reduces Amius’s Ignore Defense by 5%
• ✰✰✰✰✰✰ (0 stars): No reduction in Amius’s Ignore Defense (0%)

Amius the Lunar Archon Skills

Amius the Lunar Archon Skills (1st form)

• Waxing Potence Attacks all enemies. Increases the damage inflicted by this skill by 10% for each buff on Amius. Also, heals Amius by 100% of the damage dealt. Includes damage dealt to [Shield] buffs. Damage Multiplier: 3 ATK
• Lunar Storm (Cooldown: 3 turns) Attacks all enemies. Before attacking, increases the duration of all buffs and decreases the duration of all debuffs on Amius by 1 turn. Heals Amius by 20% of his MAX HP. The heal increases by 5% for each buff that has its duration increased. Also fills Amius’ Turn Meter by 10% for each debuff that has its duration decreased.
• Rampant Chaos (Cooldown: 3 turns) Removes any [Block Buffs] debuffs from Amius and replaces them with a [Block Debuffs] buff, lasting for 3 turns. Also removes any debuffs negatively affecting stats, and replaces them with their mirrored buff equivalent, such as [Decrease ATK] being replaced with [Increase ATK]. Debuffs such as [Heal Reduction] and [Weaken] will be replaced with [Continuous Heal] and [Strengthen] buffs respectively. All mirrored buffs last for 3 turns. Then, places a [Stun] debuff on all enemies except Mythical Champions for 1 turn, and forces all Mythical Champions to change Form. Finally, fills Amius’ Turn Meter by 10% for each debuff converted into a buff by this skill.
• Robed In Moonlight (Passive) Whenever an enemy is healed, Amius also heals by 25% of the value of the original heal (doesn”t work on heals from swapping HP and equalizing HP). Heals Amius by 100% of the damage inflicted against [Shield] buffs. If a [Shield] is removed by damage, Amius will heal equal to the full value of the [Shield]. Whenever an enemy decreases a skill’s cooldown with an Artifact, Accessory, Mastery or skill, also decreases the cooldown of Amius’ Archon”s Ascendance [P] skill by 1 turn.
• Archon’s Ascendance (Passive, Cooldown: 4 turns) [Active Effect] At the start of Amius’ turn, places an [Eclipse] buff on him for 3 turns. This buff cannot be blocked, removed, transferred, spread, or have its duration increased or decreased by enemies or allies. [This skill will be on a 4-turn cooldown at the start of the battle and whenever Amius transforms into his Base Form.] [Passive Effect] Revives Amius with 30% HP and 50% Turn Meter when killed while under an [Eclipse] buff. This effect only activates if Amius is killed in his Alternate Form.

Amius the Lunar Archon Skills (2nd form)

• Abyssal Construct Attacks 1 enemy 2 times. Will ignore 100% of the target’s DEF. Damage increases by 20% for each debuff on the enemy. Decreases Amius’ Ignore DEF effect for each Awakening Level on the target Champion (5% for Levels 1-2 and 10% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 50%). If this attack kills an enemy, instantly activates Amius’ Maniacal Bedlam skill. Damage Multiplier: 2.5 ATK x 2 hits
• Bloodmoon Vortex (Cooldown: 3 turns) Attacks all enemies. Before attacking, increases the duration of all debuffs and decreases the duration of all buffs on all enemies by 1 turn. Increases damage inflicted by 5% of the target’s MAX HP for each enemy buff that has its duration decreased (stacks up to 50%). Also, decreases each enemy’s Turn Meter by 10% for each debuff that has its duration increased. Reduces Amius’ Decrease Turn Meter effect for each Awakening Level on target Champions (1% for Levels 1-2 and 2% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 10%). Damage Multiplier: 3.5 ATK + (0.05 Enemy Max HP * Total Decreased Turns Count By Skill) x 1 hit
• Maniacal Bedlam (Cooldown: 3 turns) Removes any [Block Debuffs] buffs from enemies and replaces them with a [Block Buffs] debuff, lasting for 3 turns. Also removes any buffs positively affecting stats, and replaces them with their mirrored debuff equivalent, such as [Increase ATK] being replaced with [Decrease ATK]. Buffs such as [Continuous Heal] and [Strengthen] will be replaced with [Heal Reduction] and [Weaken] debuffs respectively. All mirrored debuffs last for 3 turns. The buff removal is not affected by RES, but placing their debuff equivalent can be affected by RES. Then, places a [Sleep] debuff on all enemies except Mythical Champions for 1 turn. This debuff cannot be blocked or resisted by any means. Also, forces all Mythical Champions to change Form. Finally, fills Amius’ Turn Meter by 10% for each buff converted into a debuff by this skill.
• Scarlet Eclipse (Passive) Reduces the amount of healing that enemies receive by 50% when Amius is under an [Eclipse] buff. Ignores [Shield], [Block Damage], and [Unkillable] buffs when Amius is under an [Eclipse] buff. Finally, whenever an enemy’s cooldown is decreased with an Artifact, Accessory, Mastery or skill, instantly activates Amius’ Abyssal Construct skill against a random enemy.

Amius the Lunar Archon Common Skills

• Almighty Immunity (Passive) Immune to [Stun], [Freeze], [Sleep], [Provoke], [Block Active Skills], [Block Passive Skills], [Fear], [True Fear], [Petrification], and [Enfeeble] debuffs. Also immune to HP exchange effects, HP balancing effects, and cooldown increasing effects.
• Almighty Strength (Passive) Damage from skills that scale based on enemy MAX HP cannot exceed 5% of the Boss’ MAX HP when attacking the Boss.
• Awakened Weakness (Passive) Decreases the damage inflicted by the Boss for each Awakening Level on the target Champion (2.5% for Levels 1-2 and 5% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 25%). Increases the damage received by the Boss for each Awakening Level on the attacking Champion (5% for Levels 1-2 and 10% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 50%).
• Hidden Skill (Passive) Decreases the damage taken from Poison debuffs by 90%. Reduces [Smite] Damage by 70%. Immune to Decrease Speed debuf and Turn Meter reduction effects.

Amius the Lunar Archon Rotation

Hard Difficulty

• Rotation 1: Barbarians, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, Skinwalkers, Sylvan Watchers
• Rotation 2: High Elves, Ogryn Tribes, Sacred Order, Skinwalkers, Undead Hordes
• Rotation 3: Banner Lords, Demonspawn, High Elves, Orcs, Sylvan Watchers

Amius Video Guides

Official: Amius the Lunar Archon Strategy Guide | Raid Shadow Legends

Amius Hard Guide using Urogrim, Lorn, Khafru, Godseeker, Elenaril

Strategy: Defeat Amius Hard with Taunt, Heal Reduction, Poison, HP Burn, Brimstone, and Heal.
Faction Limitation: Ogryn Tribes, Sacred Order, High Elves, Undead Hordes, Skinwalkers

Amius Hard Guide using Pinthroy, Morag, Vrask, Doompriest, Geomancer

Strategy: Defeat Amius Hard with Brimstone, Strengthen, Hp Burn
Faction Limitation: Sacred Order, Lizardmen, Knights Revenant, Dwarves, Orcs

Amius Guide using Dark Kael, Venomage, Mithrala, Pythion, Wukong

Strategy: Defeat Amius Hard with Poison, Brimstone, Heal Reduction, Decrease Attack
Faction Limitaiton: Barbarians, Lizardmen, Skinwalkers, Dark Elves and Sylvan Watchers factions.

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