Chimera Trials Breakdown – RAID: Shadow Legends
One of the most interesting things about the launch of the Chimera Clan Boss, is the new Chimera Trials system, putting an exciting spin on the fight to give you extra rewards based on how you tackle the encounter.
There are various different trials (3 per form), each with 3 tiers: Easy, Normal and Hard – you must complete the previous level before the next one unlocks.
Each time you complete a trial, you will unlock rewards, a boost to your score in Chimera Clash, but the boss will also gain significant stat bonuses in its Ultimate Form.
This means that you have to find a balance between increasing your damage, and rewards, and not making the boss too hard so that you fail earlier than anticipated.
Some Trials are also harder to complete on higher difficulties, whilst the concept of them remains the same, the amount required to activate them varies – These will be marked in Green Text with the various values shown.
Ultimate Form Empowerment
As mentioned above, each trial that is completed will empower the Ultimate Form of the boss, making it harder to stay alive – they are as follows.
- 1-3 Trials: Ignore [Unkillable] Buffs, ATK +5%
- 4-6 Trials: Ignore [Block Damage] buffs, C.DMG +5%
- 7-9 Trials: Ignore DEF 25%; C.RATE +5%
- 10-12 Trials: Ignore DMG Reduction from anything, except buffs and debuffs, ATK +10%
- 13-15 Trials: Ignore [Ally Protection] buffs, C.DMG +10%
- 16-18 Trials: Ignore DEF 50%, C.RATE +10%
- 19-21 Trials: Ignore [Strengthen] buffs, ATK +15%
- 22-24 Trials: Ignore [Shield] buffs, C.DMG +15%
- 25-27 Trials: Ignore DEF 100%, C.Rate +15%
Ram Form Trials
Trial #1
Easy:
Damage the Chimera while it is under a [Fear] or [True Fear] debuff. Only counts damage from skills.
Rewards:
Normal:
Damage the Chimera on all 5 of its turns in this Form using skills that scale based on enemy MAX HP, as well as [Poison], [HP Burn], and [Smite] debuffs.
Rewards:
Hard:
Deplete the Chimera’s Duel Bar within 5 turns.
Rewards:
Trial #2
Easy:
Place 2/3/4/5/6/7 unique debuffs on the Chimera within 5 of its turns while your Champions are under [Increase ACC] buffs.
Rewards:
Normal:
Damage the Chimera while it is under a [Weaken] debuff and your Champions are under [Increase C.RATE] or [Increase C.DMG] buffs. Only counts damage from skills.
Rewards:
Hard:
Damage the Chimera with a single skill while it is under [Weaken] and [Decrease DEF] debuffs. Will not count damage from counterattacks and skills that scale based on enemy MAX HP.
Rewards:
Trial #3
Easy:
Damage the Chimera within 3 of its turns while it is under a [Decrease DEF] debuff and your Champions are under [Perfect Veil] buffs.
Rewards:
Normal:
Place 2/3/4/5/6 unique debuffs on the Chimera and 2/3/4/5/6 unique buffs on your Champions within 3/2 of the Chimera’s turns.
Rewards:
Hard:
Block 3/4/5/6/7/8 [Stun] debuffs using [Block Debuffs], [Intercept] or [Stone Skin] buffs within 5 of the Chimera’s turns.
Rewards:
Lion Form Trials
Trial #1
Easy:
Damage the Chimera while it is under 1/2/3/4/5/6 or more debuffs and your Champions are under [Increase DEF] buffs. Will not count damage from counterattacks.
Rewards:
Normal:
Absorb damage using [Shield] buffs. Will not count surplus damage.
Rewards:
Hard:
Block damage using [Block Damage] or [Unkillable] buffs.
Rewards:
Trial #2
Easy:
Damage the Chimera within 3 of its turns while your Champions are under 5 unique buffs. Will not count damage from skills that scale based on enemy MAX HP.
Rewards:
Normal:
Damage the Chimera while it is under a [Decrease SPD] and [Decrease DEF] debuffs. Only counts damage from skills.
Rewards:
Hard:
Damage the Chimera with counterattacks and Ally Attack skills.
Rewards:
Trial #3
Easy:
Damage the Chimera while it is under a [Leech] debuff.
Rewards:
Normal:
Place 6/8/10 debuffs on the Chimera within 5/4/3/2 of its turns. One of the debuffs must be a [Decrease RES] debuff.
Rewards:
Hard:
Damage the Chimera using [Reflect Damage] buffs, [Pain Link] debuffs, or passive Reflect Damage effects.
Rewards:
Viper Form Trials
Trial #1
Easy:
Damage the Chimera while it is under a [Block Active Skills] debuff. Only counts damage from skills.
Rewards:
Normal:
Damage the Chimera within 2 of its turns while it is under [Block Buffs] and [HP Burn] debuffs and has no active buffs.
Rewards:
Hard:
Damage the Chimera while it is under 5/6/7/8/9/10 or more debuffs. It must not be under a [Block Active Skills] debuff.
Rewards:
Trial #2
Easy:
Damage the Chimera with [Poison] debuffs while it is also under a [Poison Sensitivity] debuff.
Rewards:
Normal:
Keep all of your Champions alive for 3 Chimera turns.
Rewards:
Hard:
Successfully revive 1 ally, or all allies when reviving multiple Champions.
Rewards:
Trial #3
Easy:
Damage the Chimera within 3 of its turns while it is under a [Decrease ATK] debuff, and your Champions are under [Increase SPD] buffs.
Rewards:
Normal:
Damage the Chimera with a single skill while your Champions are under [Increase ATK] and [Block Debuffs] buffs. Will not count damage from counterattacks.
Rewards:
Hard:
Resist 10/12/14/16/18/20 debuffs while the Chimera is under a [Decrease ACC] debuff and your Champions are under [Increase RES] buffs.
Rewards:
I made this google sheet to help people tracking what trails they can complete with which debuffs and buffs they need
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dj_CL6OjUECUWg3q4q7ln1l8bJsClZVi0cEdws1cdeE/edit?usp=sharing
Trials, not trails!
Thanks for the writeup! Please, give us the stats of the boss as well.
What am I missing here? So far I got 2 lousy keys, burned through them rather fast, didn’t make it past the poison, now I wait for 6 days to get 2more? Do I got that right? Don’t understand!! How in the hell is anyone supposed to get anywhere with 2 battles a week???
obv best to practice your keys and get the best possible dmg output. also with all the testing going on. i would assume u would have waited and found a good combo for max dmg. maybe take a step back before you jump in without looking
Is there a points breakdown for each level (rewards)?
I have a clan quest to complete 9 trials on hard or higher. I used two keys and made it to the end both times on hard. It still didn’t give me credit though. What gives?
Which trials to pick up really depends on their corresponding rewards (differs each rotation). So it would be really helpful to have a place to show the rewards to each trial based on rotation.
Yes! Also looks like 2 trials that provide basalt and gemstones is most important ones and should be targeted each rotation. That mean you will need separate team for each rotation more or less to hit 3 main trials and achieve max damage with other bonus trials you able to cover
Does anyone have a source that shows the amount of damage needed to achieve the “damage chimera” portion of these trials? I haven’t been able to find it and I know it varies based on difficultly.