Pro Tips for Early King Arthur: Legends Rise Players

If you’re new to King Arthur: Legends Rise, getting started can feel overwhelming. From hero progression to dungeon mechanics, understanding the right strategies can make or break your early experience. In this guide, we’ll break down expert tips to help you maximize your progress as a free-to-play player and avoid common mistakes.

Understanding Hero Summoning

In the Lake Avalon Summoning Portal, you can summon Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary heroes. However, not all legendaries are game-changing early on, and some uncommons are surprisingly powerful.

Early-Game Heroes to Focus On

• Best Starting Damage Dealers:
  • Kay – The best free-to-play AoE damage dealer.
  • Cormac (with Frost Relic) – One of the strongest AoE damage dealers.
• Best Early-Game Healers and Supports:
  • Morgan (Legendary – Free Hero) – The strongest legendary in the game if leveled correctly.
  • Turin – A reliable healer available early in the game.
  • Gillian (If Pulled) – The best healer in the game with her Frost Relic.
• Hidden Gems (Uncommon Rarity Heroes to Watch For):
  • Anguish – A powerful damage-over-time (DoT) dealer, extremely useful in later content.

Check the Relic Shop Daily

• Some heroes perform much better with different relics than their base version.
• Visit the Relic Exchange Shop daily to find rare relics for heroes like Cormac (Frost Relic) or Gillian (Frost Relic).

Sell duplicate relics to get Relic Currency for better purchases.

A common mistake is rushing to level up legendary heroes first. Instead, follow this priority order:

1. First Rank 6 Hero → Damage Dealer
   • Kay or Cormac (with Frost Relic) should be your first six-star hero.
   • They will help you clear story mode faster, unlocking more resources.
2. Second Rank 6 Hero → Support or Healer
   • Turin or Gillian (if pulled) is a solid second choice.
   • Healers are crucial for surviving tougher fights.
3. Third Rank 6 Hero → Utility or Tank
   • Morgan (with Chevalry Rank 3)
   • Tristan for his attack speed boost in battles like Plane of Beasts.

Avoid Wasting Resources on Mythic Mana Orbs

• Mythic Orbs are very limited early on.
• Instead of grinding lower-level dungeons endlessly, buy the Mythic Orb Pack from the Special Offers store.
• This saves time and lets you get your first Rank 6 hero much faster.

Vigor System: The Key to Efficient Battles

• Vigor is shared across all heroes in a battle, not individually.
• Best Gear Set for Supports: Equip Vigor Gear on Morgan, Turin, and Gillian to generate more Vigor per turn, allowing faster skill use.
• Damage Dealers: Focus on Attack, Critical Rate, or Speed gear.

Plane of Beasts: Optimizing Multi-Hit Damage

• Plane of Beasts requires multi-hit attacks to break the boss’s barriers.
• K is perfect for this, as she has multi-hit abilities on both her A1 and A2.
• Target the boss directly instead of wasting turns on side enemies.

Gorgos Dungeon Strategy (Farming Gold and XP)

• Gorgos gets a massive damage reduction buff as the fight progresses.
• The best strategy is to use damage-over-time (DoT) heroes.
• Key Picks:
  • Rosier (Flame Relic) – High DoT damage.
  • Anguish – One of the best DoT heroes.

Story Mode should be your main focus early on.

• Goal: Reach Chapter 5-7 Hard Mode as soon as possible.
• Why? Unlocks gear crafting, keepsakes, relic upgrades, and late-game dungeons.

When to Play Adventure Mode?

• Adventure mode is secondary and should only be played when required to upgrade your castle.

Weather can buff or nerf heroes depending on conditions:

• Daylight and Heat Buffs: Faster attack speeds, critical damage increase.
• Night Buffs: Some heroes (like Morgan) get stronger at night.

Tip: Turin and Morgan pair well together because Turin’s Chivalry ability can change the weather to night at the start of a battle.

Best Dungeon for Early Gear: Nest of Phalhyde

• Priority Dungeon
• Drops: Attack, Critical, and Speed sets—ideal for damage dealers.
• Also provides materials for forging top-tier sets later in the game.

Avoid: Fortress of Apocalypse early on. It only drops Defense, Lifesteal, and Resistance sets, which are not useful in most scenarios.

Special Summons vs. Rate-Up Banners

• Special Summons – Pull whenever you get 10 tickets (guarantees at least 1 Rare).
• Rate-Up Summons – Never summon unless you can reach pity (60 summons).

Pro Tip: If you don’t reach 60 summons before the banner ends, your pity counter resets to zero on the next banner.

• Never let your stamina cap out. Always use it to farm dungeons or story mode.
• Complete daily missions. These give free resources crucial for upgrading heroes.
• Use “Skill Order” Settings.
• Example: Morgan should only use her A2 for better damage rotation.
• Prioritize buying Vigor Gear – Helps sustain Vigor generation in battles.
• Sell duplicate relics – Use the currency to buy high-value rare relics.