Faction Wars is a new feature introduced in Raid Shadow Legends where you use champions belonging to a specific Faction to clear the Faction Crypt floors to farm Glyphs and Forge materials. Glphys are used to enhance artifacts substats to enhance champions stats significantly. Forge Materials allows you to craft Resilience Set (HP +10%, DEF +10%) and Perception Set (ACC +40, SPD +5%) artifacts. Each Faction Crypt has 3 floors guarded by a boss at Floor 7, 14 and 21. Completing all Faction Crypt floors with 3 stars rewards Lydia the Deathsiren who is a powerful Legendary Champion!
After completing this Normal difficulty challenge, you will unlock Faction Wars Hard Mode difficulty where you will face even more powerful Crypt Keepers and their minions, but reap better rewards such as higher rarity glyphs, crafting materials for Faction Wars specific relics, and new Mythical Champion for fully completing this hard challenge, Polara Fireheart!
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Raid Shadow Legends – Faction Wars Overview
- There are 21 stages in Faction Wars and 3 are Boss stages located in Stage 7, 14 and 21.
- You will need to complete each stage before you can proceed to the next stage.
- If you successfully complete the stage while meeting the Faction War challenges, you gain more stars. As a result, more rewards are unlocked at specific amount of stars.
- Raid each Faction’s Crypt to earn Glyphs (HP, ATK, DEF, SPD, RESIST, ACC) and materials for forging artifacts (Perception, Resilience, Deflection, Swift Parry) at the Forge.
- Glyphs are used to enchant your Artifacts to increase their substats, making them even more powerful.
- Faction Wars also provides a one-time reward upon achieving a certain star threshold. The more stars you gain from Faction Crypts, the more rewards you gain!
Faction War Challenges (Star Requirement)
★✰✰ Clear the Stage.
★★✰ Clear the Stage with at least 3 Champions without losing a Champion.
★★★ Clear the Stage with 5 Champions without losing a Champion.
Top 3 Common Mistakes in Faction Wars
- Skipping Faction War: If you did not do Faction War daily, you’re losing the opportunity of getting Glyphs that can substantially boost your champion’s stat that gives you an edge in all areas of the game as well as not being able to farm Forge materials to craft equipment (Swift Parry, Resilience, Perception and Deflection). Do the highest difficult stage that your team is capable of or less difficult one that is easy to speed run if you do not have much time to play the game.
- Bad Team Synergy: If you build up your team with all massive damage dealers of 5 star rating or vice versa, you will not be able to proceed far as higher difficulty stage will easily survive the attacks with their massive HP and DEF stats. A well-balanced team is a solution to tackle all stages and it requires at least 1 Attack Champion for dealing AoE (Area of Effect) damage or high single-target damage, 1 Support Champion and debuffer for Crowd Control. The remaining 2 champions can be in either of these 3 roles depending on the enemy composition in each stage to help speed up the Faction Wars run.
- Skipping Advanced Quests: Advanced Quests provides additional Faction War keys if you participated 5 battles of Tag Team Arena 3v3 regardless of win/lose. If you avoided them because you do not have the champions to win the battle, then you are losing these free keys everyday! It’s okay to lose in Tag Team Arena because gaining keys is much more important to improve your champions, and eventually, your champions become stronger in all areas. You could keep your Tag Team Arena Defenses low so you can be in a lower tier to farm Gold Bars easily too!
List of Faction War Boss Skills and Guide
Below are 5 Faction War bosses (Red, Purple, Green, Blue and Yellow) and each of them has unique skills that require a different strategy to counter them. In addition, some bosses have sidekicks that supports them. It’s recommended to remove the sidekicks as soon as possible to make it easier to defeat the boss.
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Faction War Purple Boss Skills
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How to beat Purple Faction War Boss?
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Faction War Green Boss Skills
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How to defeat Faction Crypt Boss?
How to defeat The Disruptor Faction Crypt Boss? (Yellow)
The Disruptor is all about stopping your team in its tracks, as he’s armed with a whole host of control debuffs, which are Provoke, True Fear and Freeze. The Disruptor places Provoke debuff with his Consuming Furor (A1 Skill) and True Fear debuff with his Fearsome Lash (A2 Skill), and has a 20% chance of Freezing any champion that hits him. The Freeze debuff can’t be resisted, so be ready to remove it or live with it. To defeat the Disruptor, you will need champions that can place the Block Debuffs buff on all allies, or clear the debuffs he places on you. If you don’t have Champions available that can manage that, equip your Crypt team with high Resist Artifacts. Don’t forget to control and kill the Crypt Keeper’s minions, as they will put out tons of healing to keep the Boss alive!
How to defeat The Mirroer Faction Crypt Boss? (Purple)
The fight against The Mirrorer is a race, and one of the most dangerous encounters in Faction Wars. He will place Fear on your whole team, with the chance of it increasing for each buff he has. He will also steal all the buffs from your team and transfer any debuffs he has on to your Champions instead. Finally, his trickiest skill is the swap of HP percentage with the target with the highest HP. The cooldown for the HP swap is 12 turns, so keep an eye on it. The Crypt Keeper’s minions will place Provoke and Leech on your Champions, making it nearly impossible to take him down fast enough. Only start working on killing the boss once both minions are out of the picture. To win the battle you will need to plan the placement of buffs and debuffs around his Mirror Universe Skill, where he swaps your buffs for his debuffs. This skill has a 3-turn cooldown, and if you play your cards right, you can avoid the swap. You can also select single-target nukers to kill the Mirrorer before he swaps HP with your Champion.
How to defeat The Protector Faction Crypt Boss? (Blue)
The Protector is all about supporting his two minions. The damage they inflict depends on their target’s HP, so they will always hit hard. To defeat this team you will need Champions that can control the minions to prevent team attacks. However, the trick is only to control but not kill them, otherwise, the Protector will place a Block Damage buff on himself. With minions out of the way, you will easily defeat this Crypt Keeper.
How to defeat The Dueler Faction Crypt Boss? (Red)
The Dueler lives up to his name: he prefers to stun all enemies and leave just one target to fight against. Resistance won’t help you here, because the Stun and True Fear placed by his Staggering Recovery Skill cannot be resisted. But it can be blocked or removed, so you’ll need Champions that can place Block Debuffs or remove debuff from their allies. You will also need a healer on your team because this boss ignores his target’s DEF and inflicts damage based on the target’s MAX HP. Ally Protection can help reduce the damage, but it won’t take long for him to tear down his target. Just nuking down the boss isn’t an option, as he fills his Turn Meter based on the damage he takes. He’s guaranteed to take at least a few turns, so if you want to get 3 stars in this fight, you’ll need to focus on durability over damage.
How to defeat The Incinerator Faction Crypt Boss? (Green)
The Incinerator wants to see your team wither. He will place Poison debuffs on your team with his first two skills, all while decreasing their Turn Meters. He also puts out HP Burn when he’s attacked. To conquer the Incinerator, bring the Champions that can block debuff or remove debuffs. A powerful healer will help your team a lot, too. Do not forget about the minions. They’ll protect the boss with Block Damage and Block Debuffs, making him very difficult to hurt. Taking them out first should be a priority.
List of Champions by Faction and Ranking
Raid Shadow Legends – List of Champions by Faction is categorized into 14 Factions (Banner Lords, Barbarians, Dark Elves, Demonspawn, High Elves, Knight Revenant, Lizardmen, Ogryn Tribes, Orcs, Skinwalkers, The Sacred Order, Undead Hordes, Dwarves, Shadowkin) and sub-categorized based on Champion Tier. The list is sorted in alphabetical order to ease searching by champion name.
Telerians |
Gaellen Pact |
The Corrupted63 Demonspawn |
Nyresan Union |
Banner Lords Champions
Barbarians Champions
High Elves Champions
Sacred Order Champions
Ogryn Tribes Champions
Lizardmen Champions
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5★ Faction | Lizardmen
4★ Faction | Lizardmen |
3★ Faction | Lizardmen
2★ Faction | Lizardmen1★ Faction | Lizardmen |
Skinwalkers Champions
Orcs Champions
Demonspawn Champions
Undead Hordes Champions
Dark Elves Champions
Knights Revenant Champions
Dwarves Champions
Shadowkin Champions
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5★ Faction | Shadowkin
4★ Faction | Shadowkin |
3★ Faction | Shadowkin
2★ Faction | Shadowkin1★ Faction | Shadowkin |
Sylvan Watchers Champions
Faction Guide Videos
Chronus Fallz: Why You Should Play Faction Wars | Raid: Shadow Legends
Chofly: Faction Wars Basic Guide
MurderInc: The Key to Success in Faction Wars | Raid Shadow Legends
Anyone tried [Heal Reduction] on Stage 21 Boss in Orcs FW? Not sure if he’s immune to that particular debuff. Not many Orc champs have it though.
@Kiko: I have added Dyana Gloompiercer to the Sylvan Watchers faction list!
Sylvan Watchers Dyana Gloompiercer ?
My advice would be to always level good champs that will bleed into faction wars and other content. Levelling a mid champ solely for faction wars feels like a waste.
Make sure the champs you level will see play elsewhere. even more now that Cursed City is a thing
I am getting the red boss on Sylvan Watchers 21, not the green boss
the info for the factions isnt updated, the undead hoard is not in the red boss they are in blue. might wanna change it
never mind he’s an orc
You left out Grohak from the barbarian faction, and you gave him 5 stars on his page.
The FW Purple Boss stage Cheats, eveery time I get there I take off autoplay and the 1st few hits give me the option of hitting the minions after that it goes into autoplay automatically which is BS and I lose my whole team my Kael lasts pretty long cause he’s 36 lvl to 6*. I’ve done it multiple times and it does that every time I’m done with that part of the game!
Can you add which boss is at the end of Sylvan Watchers’ FW crypt please? Thank you! Great work as always!
What would be really nice is for this list to be set in an excel spreadsheet for easy download and print as a quick reference guide.
You have a lot of info pages that could benefit from this.
Amazing website, keep up the great work. Most useful site I have ever come across.
O chefe azul que revive os aliados posso matar um e deixar o outro vivo diminuindo o dano recebido e facilitando o atordoamento mas a dúvida é posso usar bloqueio de ressurreição nos aliados do chefe?
Stage 21 Boss for: SHADOWKIN – Faction War RED Boss Skills
What do I need to do to get a willstone to drop in the faction wars ???? Have been running faction wars for months…. not one single willstone ???? I cant forge any equipment. My forge is useless, I’m losing intrest in the game because of this. Please help.
Stage 21 Boss for: Orgryn Tribe / Dark Elf
Ogryn is spelled wrong under the green boss.
I thought I was crazy trying to search for it. 🙂
Hey just letting you know that truath is missing out of the dark elves list, not sure if hes just a new champion kind regards me hahah
Have you stopped updated the list of champs? Not sure how new Deliana is, but I noticed she doesn’t appear on this list. Just curious if she will be added. Thank you for the guides!
Also missing trugorr
Archbishop pinthroy is not on this list.
Hello,
i’d like to report Sir Artimage is missing from Banner Lords ranking here in Faction Wars page.
Thanks in advance.
Did they increase key requirements in faction wars? Mine seem higher than they used to be.
What exactly are the Bosses speeds on level 21? I’m having trouble finding this information and based on my Dwarfs 21 team it looks like more than 190 but I would like an exact information. Thanks for the bosses guide!
I think you should link Manibal’s playlist of FW guides he did with Azazel.
It’s the absolute best and most complete guide out there on youtube.
Ahhh, yes, sweet organization has returned, many thanks, this site is my main RSL crutch! 😀
@everyone: I have updated this Faction War page by categorizing the champions based on their Faction followed by their rating. If you aren’t able to view the latest changes, try clearing the browser cache.
@Miccalea: Thanks for the notice! I’ll be updating the quick jump links shortly. I’m currently implementing a new way to do the listing quickly, as it’s becoming much more difficult to manage hundreds of champions.
@Sobe69: Could you kindly send me a screenshot of the error to my e-mail? On my side it looks fine to me. Try clearing your Internet Browser cache and force clear cache (CTRL+F5) on your browser to see if it resolves the issue.
Edit: Okay, I understand the issue now! I listed the champions incorrectly, which is based on the Rarity of the champions. I’ll be updating the page again with the champions categorized under each faction. Apologies for any inconvenience caused!
Hi Ayumilove.
It seems like your DB list of champions sorted by faction and ranking is not working properly now. It just gives a very long list sorted by stars.
I hope that wasn’t intentional.
And, while I’m here, I have to say that I’ve appreciated what you have done so very much.
Infinite thank you’s
the quick jumps aren’t working and not sorting anymore 🙁
To me, it would seem the most useful sorting for the information on this page would be:
Faction
Star Rating
Alphabetical
Or even:
Faction
Rarity
Star Rating
Alphabetical
Either way, not sorting by faction makes it much more difficult to quickly compare and contrast champions for a prospective team composition.
I see the same problem.
Why is it not sorted by faction anymore? Is it just me that sees it?
Mycolus is missing from the Ogryn Tribes section on this page
heigh elves has purple boss?
@Markurius Yep. Just noticed that as well. Hopefully he’ll be up soon. Lol, because mine I just 6 starred
Thank you for your help!
Been visiting this web site for over a year, really really a great site. Very appreciate all you efforts and advices.
Toragi the frog is missing?
@HW3: To defeat the Blue Boss, you will need a champion who can perform Block Revive, so the boss will not be able to revive the champion. For Sacred Order faction, I use Fenax to perform the Block Revive on the boss minion. For Banner Lords, you can crowd control those minions with Stun or Decrease Turn Meter or kill them quickly before they can perform the Ally Join Attack.
@LevKaz: I have updated the Faction ranking page with all the new champions, which includes the new Dwarf Legendary champion Underpriest Brogni!
I am missing several dwarves I have. Will you update the guide in the near future? Probably on other races there will be new heroes missing, too….
The blue boss – I have banner lords and sacred order stuck on 60 stars each, they get devoured as soon as they hit the last room in the stage
@all: I have included the Faction War boss skills and strategy guide on how to counter them.
@Astaroth: Wagonbane is now listed in the Faction Wars champion list!
@Dosmond: I have removed the duplicate link for Yannica. Thanks 🙂
@Nathanial Stewart: I have removed the extra Elenaril from the list! Thanks for highlighting the error.
Thank you for your excellent guides, Ayumilove! Just a brief note – Elenaril is listed under both 4* and 3*. Thanks again!
leaving a comment here as i noticed on high elves, Yannica is listed under both 4 and 5 star
Wagonbane (new rare from Vergumkaar fusion) has a 4star rating for Ogryn Tribes faction wars but isn’t on this list 🙂
this is super helpful , thx very much
@all: I have taken 4 days going through all 400+ Champions and updating the Faction Wars rating for them. If you see any champion missing, feel free to comment below.
@Tyler Kelly: Grizzled Jarl has been added into the list.
@GooN: Rae has been added into the list.
Dark Elves – Rae? Am I blind?
Grizzled Jarl is 5 star for dwarves and not on the list.
Don’t understand
for example: HIGH ELVES CHAMPION RANKING
where is Apothecary? Tayrel? Thenasil?
in return it is Heiress? Vergis?
Don’t understand
I will tell you Apothecary’s rank for Faction wars. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SPEEEEEED, BOOOOOOOST, HEEEEAAALL Just like the rest of the game he’s practicallly an S-Tier Legendary in a triple SSS tier Rare Skin.
The Undead Hordes faction is missing Zelotah (epic, support).
I’d say he’s a 5 star for FW, he comes with a 4 turn CD shield on all allies and 15% continuous heal for 2 turns each out of the box as well as an a3 that hits all targets that has a 50% (75% if target has debuffs) chance to put sleep on the target.
He might not be Bad-EL but he still deserves a top tier spot.
@Maître Chang: I haven’t rated all the Champions in-game for Faction Wars. That’s the reason its not listed here yet.
Sorry asking again Ayumilove, I think you did not see my comment.
Why is Apothecary not listed in the High Elves champions for faction wars? Is Battlesage a way better option?
Thanks!
@Lord Eukaryos: I have removed the duplicate Lizardmen champion list. Thanks!
@Lethany: I’m currently updating other parts of the sites such as the buff/debuff section to have unique sub-categories to ease the searching of champions. Also, added some new champions that are not in the game yet.
Is this stil under development or abandoned?
I feel like high elves are missing some love.
Do you know that Lizardmen appear twice in this list ?
Bannerlords missing rares conqueror and vanguard
Hello! Many said it already but great job for this site!
May I ask why Apothecary is not listed in the High Elves champions?
Thanks!
@roy537: That’s a good idea! I’ll put that it into my to do list 🙂
Hi Ayumilove! I would suggest sorting and ranking the champions per faction on this page 🙂 That would make forming your FW team way easier.