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Ninja Review
Ninja is a Legendary Attack Magic champion from the Shadowkin faction in Raid Shadow Legends. Ninja was introduced in Patch 4.40 on July 1st, 2021 as a special collaboration with Richard Belvins aka Ninja who is a well-known Twitch Streamer, Youtuber and professional gamer. Ninja can only be obtained for a limited time to all players for free by logging into the game for 7 days between July 16th 2021 and October 15th 2021 to acquire him! He will not be available to be summoned from Ancient Shards and Sacred Shards. Previously, Plarium released a champion based on a popular streamer who is known as Saito with Shadowkin theme but was placed into Undead Hordes faction.
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Ninja’s Shatterbolt (A1 Skill) allows you to place Decrease Defense debuff on an enemy, so your champions can deal much more damage to the target. This is great for boss raiding, especially since there aren’t any minions (sidekicks) such as Clan Boss. In addition, Ninja has an amazing crowd control skill that freezes all enemies in battle with his Cyan Slash (A3 Skill), which makes him a great candidate to stall enemies while your team takes some breathing room to recuperate. Ninja’s AoE Freeze is particularly useful for freezing the Dreadbombs in Bommal the Dreadhorn floors to reduce the damage done by the minion’s suicidal attacks by half! Apart from that, Ninja’s Hailburn (A2 Skill) is his signature move and he is the very first champion who has the HP Burn activation skill! Hailburn applies HP Burn debuff and activates them, it instantly deals damage based on Enemy MAX HP and Ignores 100% Defense, it can easily wipe out a single-target in a blink of an eye regardless how tanky they are!
Ninja also has a unique passive skill Escalation that boosts his stats whenever he combo his skills (A1, A2, and A3) on a single-target enemy. His Attack, Critical Rate, and Critical Damage stats skyrocket when he completes all 3 skill attacks individually on the same enemy, which makes him one of the best champions for boss raiding. Ninja is a solid investment as a free champion if you could obtain him before the Time-Limited event ends!
Ninja Skills
Shatterbolt
Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 45% chance of placing a 60% [Decrease DEF] debuff for 2 turns. Also fills this Champion’s Turn Meter by 15% when used against Bosses.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +5%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +5%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Damage Multiplier: 3.7 ATK
Hailburn (Cooldown: 4 turns)
Attacks 3 times at random. Each hit has a 75% chance of placing [HP Burn] debuff for 3 turns. Also places a [Perfect Veil] buff on this Champion for 2 turns. When used against Bosses, will instantly activate any [HP Burn] debuffs, including [HP Burn] debuffs placed by this Skill.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +10%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
Level 6: Cooldown -1
Damage Multiplier: 2 ATK
Cyan Slash (Cooldown: 5 turns)
Attacks all enemies. Has a 75% chance of placing a [Freeze] debuff for 1 turn. When targetting a Boss, will only attack the Boss (not all enemies) and will ignore 50% of the target’s DEF. Will also decrease the cooldown of the Hailburn skill by 1 turn.
Level 2: Damage +15%
Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
Level 5: Cooldown -1
Damage Multiplier: 3 ATK (AoE), 3.95 ATK (Boss)
Escalation (Passive)
Increases Ninja’s ATK by 10% (up to 100%) and C.DMG% (up to 25%) each time a single enemy is hit by all three of Ninja’s Active Skills in a single Round. This effect can occur multiple times against the same enemy. When fighting Bosses, will increase Ninja’s ATK by 20% (up to 100%) and C.DMG by 10% (up to 25%) instead.
Ninja Build Guide
| Arena, Campaign, Clan Boss, Dungeons, Doom Tower, Faction Wars | |
Recommended ArtifactsPvE: Bloodthirst, Lifesteal |
Stats AllocationWeapon (ATK) |
Stats PriorityATK Nuker & Debuffer: ATK%, C.RATE, C.DMG, SPD, ACC |
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Ninja Masteries Guide
Arena, Campaign, Clan Boss, Doom Tower, Dungeons, Faction Wars
Here is Ninja’s All-Rounder Mastery Build that caters for all content in the game, suitable for early-mid-late game players. If you want to specialize Ninja for a certain area in the game, visit the reference section for a different mastery build!
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Ninja References
This section covers Ninja’s build specialized for specific areas in Raid Shadow Legends.
Ninja All-Rounder Build
Here is Ninja’s artifacts and masteries by Ayumilove optimized for all content in the game as an all-rounder build! Ninja is equipped in Lifesteal Set and Accuracy Set to enable him to replenish his Health quickly whenever he attacks his enemies and provides him additional Accuracy stats to inflict his HP Burn debuff! The stats to prioritized on Ninja are Health, Speed, Accuracy, Critical Rate and Defense. Accuracy is a must for Ninja as his bulk of damage comes from his activation of HP Burn debuff. In addition, Ninja is pretty squishy, so having sufficient Health and Defense allows him to survive longer in battle. If you are building him for end game content such as Doom Tower Hard, you will need at least 350 Accuracy, 200+ Speed, 50~60K HP, 2~3K Defense to make him sufficiently beefy. Once you achieve these stats, then you can focus on other stats such as Attack, Critical Rate and Critical Damage to boost his base damage up.
Ninja Arena Nuker Build
Here is Ninja’s artifacts and masteries by YST optimized for Arena as an Arena Nuker! Ninja is equipped in Savage Set to enable him to ignore a portion of enemy defenses to deal maximum amount of damage to his opponent. The stats to prioritized on Ninja are Attack, Critical Rate, Critical Damage, Speed and Accuracy. You will only need 250 Accuracy for Dungeon, Doom Tower Normal and Faction Wars content for Ninja to land his HP Burn debuff. For Arena, Ninja needs to have at least 3K Attack, 100% Critical Rate, 200~300% Critical Damage to deal high amount of damage to his enemies. Speed is crucial too to allow him to take his turn first to use his AoE Freeze to crowd control them before his enemies begin their turn.
Ninja Champion Lore
Most of those who live beyond the borders of Yakai consider the Ninja a mere confabulation, a propaganda piece designed to aggrandize the superhuman capabilities of some Shadowkin. Some say they have witnessed the brilliant azure glow of the Ninja, but never seen his face, so quick and nimble were his movements. The few scattered reports have been dismissed as unreliable. The rest of Teleria sleeps all the more soundly at night believing the Ninja to be a series of coincidences and exaggerations.
But for the Shadowkin, there is no uncertainty as to the Ninja and his greatness. He is the hero of countless poems and songs. Depictions of his adventures adorn the walls of palaces and taverns alike, and news of his latest exploits are eagerly awaited in hamlets, towns, and the very corridors of power. So elaborate and spectacular are his alleged triumphs that even his greatest fanatics find their credulity sometimes strained. But such is the nature of the folk hero. Critics dismiss everything wholesale, but believers are convinced there is more truth than lies to the heroic sagas.
Most likely, the Ninja is a highly atypical example of the Mikage Demonspawn, based on the single wing that grows from his shoulder, but that is simply the least-outlandish of the theories. His tale begins as a foundling infant who appeared before the acolytes of the Charn-Yo Proving Ground, one of the most prestigious centers of martial arts in Yakai and indeed all the world. Charn-Yo warriors are taught to blend spirit and muscle in pursuit of an ultimate fighting technique theorized by the grandmasters but never truly achieved. The strange babe appeared in a flash, his looks a brilliant blue hue unlike any had ever seen, with such an otherworldly aspect to him that the students were awed by it and even the elders were intrigued.
He was raised by the disciples of Charn-Yo, and grew to consider the whole school his family. He picked up new techniques quickly, his appetite for new skills and knowledge endless. In the sparring ring he insisted on full-contact practice against opponents far superior to him, enduring blow after blow to toughen his body and his will, refusing to give up or to allow his mentors to go easy on him. When he was too bruised and battered to continue to practice the sword, he rose and proceeded to the target range, where he would take up a bow and a satchel of throwing knives and work on his aim. He was not a perfect pupil, for at times he was wilful and petulant as all young men sometimes are. His occasional pranks were legendary themselves. But no one could deny his skill and fitness, and soon his masters knew that he was their best chance yet to realize the true potential of the Charn-Yo arts.
Ninja was taught to tap into his own life-force, his fighting spirit, his ego, his charisma, all the things that fueled him with a will to greatness. To turn excitement and eagerness into raw energy, to give fiery life to that potential energy within — this was the ultimate fighting art that Ninja’s mentors had theorized about long before. They had searched for ages for a pupil with the potential to finally bring the art to full fruition, and they saw Ninja as their best opportunity yet. The road was long and hard. He struggled, but built his confidence, and when he first was able to wreath his sword in his own brilliant blue spirit-energy, he erupted with joy. With his mastery of blade and bow, he created his own fighting style, manifesting the flaming soul of the weapons themselves and enhancing each slash and shot with his own inimitable power.
His former mentors and all the pupils of Charn-Yo bade Ninja a fond farewell, for there was nothing left to teach him, only his example for them to follow. As to what he did next, one need only ask around at any teahouse or farmstead in Yakai to hear a dozen tales of the Ninja. He annihilated the entire Mountain Stream Viper Gang in a single night, shot the Winged Horror of Dilwan from the sky, and rescued trapped survivors of the Flooding of the Jonban with his great strength and agility. He seems to prioritize spectacle, challenge, and personal satisfaction when deciding on what deed of heroism to perform next. They say he is making history even now, and every rumormonger in the land has their eyes and ears tuned to find new traces of his famed feats of martial prowess.
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this guy keeps owning me in arena…that whenever i see him in any team i run…hate the fact i cant get him
a petition to bring Ninja back
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@tenst
Depends on what you use ninja for. I use him as my primary damage dealer on clan boss. And just adding the last books which reduced the cooldown on his a2 and a3, took his damage from 11M to 18M on nightmare clan boss. It will also help significantly on all other bosses and doom tower. If you primarily use him for arena then maybe just booking his a3 till 100% chance for applying the freeze is enough
*scyl not school
I currently have 7 legend books and I’m not sure when or where to use them. My most useful unit is currently ninja, but I also have Dracomorph who is better rated and also needs less books. I also have Foil, Yannica and school is coming up in a month.
Where should I spend them? Should I even spend them or should I wait?
Also, do books always give random results or is there a trick to how you use them?
should reconsider rating ninja higher in nether spider. his aoe freeze prevents the spiderlings from counterattacking/healing mama spider, and his a2 is insane against her just like it is against every boss. I put him in lifesteal gear last doomtower rotation against the nether spider and he was able to solo her all the way up to doomtower hard 60. Yea I had to manual it, but the gear I put on him wasn’t god tier and any champ that can solo a boss in doomtower hard should get a better rating imo. Btw thanks for the site and everything you do here! Always my go to reference and your effort is much appreciated!
Should reconsider rating ninja higher against the nether spider. His 100% aoe freeze prevents the spiderlings from counterattacking/healing mama spider, and his hailburn just wrecks the big spiders hp. My ninja in lifesteal gear was able to solo nether spider all the way up to doomtower hard 60 last rotation…and I don’t have god-tier gear.
I don’t get why the mastery guide suggests methodical instead of kill streak. Wouldn’t a 12% damage increase on all attacks be better in almost all situations than 10% more damage on just A1? Afai can tell, methodical is only better for clan boss
Yeah. This guy is totally brilliant in the Clan Boss.
It’s time to upgrade this guy to S tier. He is insane in clan boss, doom tower bosses, and dungeons. There are very few legendaries better than him.
@christos it’s a screenshot cropped and pasted onto another screenshot.
I don’t even attempt to arena battle of ninja is on their side
Ninja is not very effective against hydra. Too much randomness in his a2. Personal experience there
Do I need to speed tune him differently in Batman Forever team if I use him as the faster dps as his A1 add 15% to the turn meter? Or he should be fine as long as his speed is between 239 and 245? Should I assume that he should never use Retaliation or Avenging gears in unkillable team?
Super Bug after yesterday update, Ninja cannot be resurrected.
I made my starter (Kael) 6 stars, is Ninja worth it as my second 6 star? I don’t have any other legos.
Swiftpary for Him is it Worth?
I know you can only have one HP Burn active, but does Ninja’s instant activation make using another burner a viable option?
Hi im christos how did they do some of the graphs on this page where the masteries r on the left side of the page did they use bluestack or what ever i play on my computer i like that set up and would like to know how to do it thats cool pls shoot me a email thx
@Tom Chapman Barros-Wing: Ninja is best used for activating HP Burn against a single-target enemy rather than multiple enemies in battlefield (e.g. Spider’s Den). Hence, if you want to speed run Doom Tower Boss such as Celestial Griffin, then he will be a good option. Ninja is particularly not that great in Spider’s Den since he does not apply AoE HP Burn and does not freeze spiderlings on auto-battle since his AI prioritizes the boss. If you are using him to manual a battle just to bypass a floor easily, then he is a good option to crowd control the spiderlings with his AoE Freeze.
Does this guy have synergy with Achak the Wendarin at all? I have Achak and Sicia Flametongue in my Spider 25 team, and I haven’t built Ninja yet. I wonder if he would do much for me at this point (end game), but then there’s always the promise of yet faster dungeon times. I don’t know. Anyone tested this?
@James: When Ninja uses his default attack on Clan Boss, it will boost his Turn Meter by 15%.
Dumb question, but if you use him for clan boss, does his a1 fill his turn meter or does it not? M
Maybe it’s gonna mess up my speedtuning since I’m building him out for clan boss.
Other than slowly maxing him out with masteries or when you get 800 rubies, max out masteries and ascend up to 5. I don’t think he is overall strong anyways so my second game I run I took advantage of getting him after 7 days and use him to help farm and build stats on my starters. Works great at level 30 to collect stars. My main game at level 60 I do not use him and have him maxed at level 50 with all masteries. Good character to have to start to quickly build up others.
Im a early game player , i have my ninja on lvl 50 and 3* and 200 spd but other stats are not great , i have lifesteal and perception on him and got lucky with spd stats , i even have relentless gear but in early games it already get 2 turn each time , the downside is c.rate 30 and def 980 , is spd worth the less damage and def or not ? Shoul i max the gear becuse i play free and there are 4 lvl 12 gear i havnt maxed yet , is the spd worth the silver or should i change gear with some higher c.rate and def ?? Thank you
I really appreciate the resources you provide, thanks much. That being said, and perhaps a minor unimportant detail here but, the pic shows level 1/40 Ninja, Leggos start at rank 5, may need a post release pic for him there. Thanks again for all the great stuff though, helpful in so many of my choices and moves within the game.
Deadwood Jedi did a video on Ninja v Kael showing them in the exact same gear. The only difference was that Kael was fully booked, ascended and 6 star level 60 whereas Ninja was level 50 not ascended not booked naked. It was an eye opening video on just how good Ninja is for new and mid game players. I farmed so much silver that I “fixed” my Ninja to level 50 3 ascensions and no books with lifesteal and speed gear all at level 12. I have 1 ring as well. Now i’m currently farming with Ninja solo. He’s amazing.
His main advantage seems to be that he has a very large fanbase that might join the game. As a very beginning of the game champion he’s great. Mission accomplished
this guys vs Gurgoh which is a void leggo wins by all means better freeze ability shorter cooldown and waaaay better dps
u may want to update the picture. u show a lvl 50 un ascended version.
I have him at level 5 but until I can book him up I will not take him up to level 6. $$ solves everything which I will not pay for the books. Otherwise not a bad mid level Rare Champ.
With all the non-5 star ratings… Is he really deserving of an overall S rating? Initially, I agreed with him as an S on paper, but after running him in various aspects of the game, IMHO he’s an A rated champ. Def not on par with other. s rated champs.
@trigonomotry: I think that’s why the developers paired him with “counter-attack” gear
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@RelativeNewbie: I tested Ninja along with HP Burn champions such as Drexthar Bloodtwin, Ultimate Galek and Mordeai. He does not bring much to the table apart from dealing high amount of damage. With the Spiderling’s in the way, he could not use all 3 hits on the boss. His skill ignores defense on the boss on auto and does not freeze the spiderlings, hence he could not crowd control the enemies. Plus, he does not apply HP Burn to all enemies in the battle, which makes the run really slow. However, the only way I see him beneficial is unless you are using Ninja on manual to get through the stages till Stage 20 to start farming. I couldn’t see the possibility of soloing with these 2 champions on auto at higher stages of Spiders Den, unless you could enlighten me on the strategy how to gear them to provide sufficient sustainance to survive the spiderling bites and Poison debuff.
Not sure, but wouldn’t Ninja be better than 2 stars in Spider? He’d hit only the big spider with his a1 and a3 (big damage there) and his a2 would pop hp burns. Pairing him up with Drexthar…could conceivably solo Spider with just those two.
As soon as I found out he was a self-obsessed youtuber who wasn’t even Oriental (there’s more to Japan than the Ninja) I used him as food…best thing I ever did…even if they buff him I stand by my principles…(Oh God PLEEAASE don’t buff him…!) xD
@LordWixx
It’s not a legendary that you have 0.5-12% to get from a shard, it’s a single free legendary that everyone gets. Even now i see them everywhere already, and he is in half of my teams as well, it kills variety and team building in a game about variety and team building.
Honestly the biggest disappointment in the game for me so far.
@MikeSmith Ninja is totally worth investing time and books on especially with WM on there. Instead of farming dungeons, use gems to unlock all masteries to have the beat Ninja experience.
well excluding clan boss since each of its turns are a round
@trigonometry are you thinking of turn instead of round? on a boss the round would be the entire fight.
I don’t understand Ninja’s passive. How can you hit an enemy with all three of his active abilities in one round?
I have several Epics I believe are better. Currently my Ninja is at level 50 with lifesteal / speed gear. Should I invest the time?… Level 60 is easy – no $$ involved but to make any character good you have to book them up and that will probably not happen as I will not buy tombs/books. First Legionary character I have gotten so far after several months of playing.
@Boz I am not sure about you saying a Legendary being better than several of your Epics is defeating the purpose of the game bruh.
I’m using Retaliation and Resilience on Ninja. For the team I have Scyl of the Drakes, Miscreated Monster, Norog, Godseeker Aniri and Ninja. Retaliation on Ninja for the decrease defense factor, MCM, Godseeker Aniri and Scyl for survival then Norog for the damage reduction/unstoppable hits (Norog can’t be stopped because of passive.) Pretty good team honestly.
@Bjorn: The first rating for Spider’s Den was based on reading his kit but after obtaining him and testing him out in Spider’s Den, Ninja is not really good in that area.
Did your rantings drop in the last day or two? Thought you had him high up on Spider’s Den but only 2 star now….
And that free legendary instantly makes several of my summoned epics inferior. Kinda defeats the point of the game.
Ultimate Galek In mastery, war master only comes on when skill activated. Use Flawless Execution c.damage +20 as it’s continual n better out put as he needs Crit. Also doubles with 1st Skill c rate.5% Need to get better gear but c rate +43, c damage 109%, acc 128, Hp18.148, attack 1.398 Def. 836, Speed 41 Resist 86
What do you think about using the reflex set for CB if I have a good enough healer and protection team around him?
With the passive boosting damage, I would think having him max out his passive quickly provides a lot of damage right away thanks to the CD resets coming from the reflex set. Also, it increases the amount of times he uses Hailburn. I have him only at rank 5 lvl 50 (no books) with only half of his gear maxed and he already outperforms my maxed out Kael because he’s using Hailburn so often.
Hi Ayumilove us this site all the time but I wanted to highlight opportunist in masteries 12 % damage with freeze as Ash yt has highlighted what do you think about 5he masteries.
Anyone has tested him on Spider ? Like together with Drexthar and Achak ?
@BOOBA: Yes you can use Perception Set and Speed Set on Ninja provided you have a champion who could provide healing to him. Also, to further increase his survivability in Clan Boss, I would recommend having a Shield buff champion and Ally Protection champion. Otherwise, it will be difficult to sustain in a long battle as the Clan Boss gradually increases his damage. Lifesteal Set is always the recommended artifact set for Clan Boss battle for early-late game unless you have very good champions that can protect him.
@David: I don’t think it will help much since enemies can’t attack him if he is under Perfect Veil buff unless he is soloing the mobs. I would recommend using Lifesteal Set for early-mid game for Clan Boss and Dungeons against the Bosses so he can recover quickly from the Boss AoE attacks.
@Jeremiah: I have updated the mastery typo “Steadfast” to “Pinpoint Accuracy”. Thanks!
@Steven i would wait until you have enough books to book him out. if you dont pull another great until then you could use the books on him. play around a few weeks.
I am a free to play at the start of the game I have 6 Legendary books and only Ninja is it worth it to waste the books on him. Or wait for me to pull another Legendary?
retaliation is a good set for this champion?
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He’s a beast, lifesteal and perception armor great crit damage
Ninja is a beast with high crit damage and speed using live Steel and perception I was able to start running him on Brutal 12 six solo level very quickly he’s a beast.
Any value in putting him in the Retaliation gear he came with?
If I’m just mid-game and only have an Apothecary for healing, can I get away with Perception and Speed sets and cranking up Ninja’s accuracy up high with some crit rate or should I just give him Perception + Lifesteal set?
I’m referring to CB usage, btw
@BearKyn I used Ninja with Sicia, both good hp burners. Ninja’s A2 activates any and all HP burn debuffs already placed on the CB and immediately places another HP burn. Then I use Sicia’s A2 which instantly activates any HP burn for 1 turn.
Great duo if you ask me
Should I unlock WM or GS mastery for Ninja?
Just got him. Will he be good in a Stun Set?
Thanks a lot for the great job on this site!
@BearKyn
you can only have one active hp burn debuff however you can extend that to have multiple turns so having many people placing it wont be useful however having vizier or vogoth etc extend it several times will be useful as you will activate all the turns in one shot
A2:Hailburn Will this skill work with HP Burn from other Champions?
Can you stack HP Burns?
I have Kallia and Old Hermit Jorrg that I would like to try to team with Ninja to see how they play together. Even just Jorrg looks like a good second for Ninja
@The Doctor, @Avencia: Thanks for the input! I have updated the description for Ninja.
Hello, Plarium answered in a Q&A that Ninja is only attainable through the 7 day login event, and will not be available in shards now, or in the future. After October 15th, he is unattainable.
He can’t be obtained from shards. The only way to obtain him is through the event