Live Arena Relics Ranked in Raid: Shadow Legends – Everything You Need to Know!

The new relic system was added in December 2024 alongside the new Chimera Clan Boss, and today we are getting 8 new Relics added to the game that you can earn through Live Arena! In this article we’re breaking down everything you need to know about the Live Arena Relics and their new bonuses and unique effects.

Here’s a full breakdown of what they do, how to get them, and which ones are worth chasing.

• These are a brand new set of 8 relics (2 Rare, 2 Epic, 2 Legendary, 2 Mythical).
• These are crafted exclusively with Runed Obsidian, which is earned from Live Arena.
• Like all exclusive Relic sets, you will have a maximum 50% chance to craft them when using their materials, but you will always have a base 50% chance to craft Standard Relics as well.
• We currently do not know how difficult it will be to acquire these materials from Live Arena.

1. Royal Digit (Rare) – ⚔️ Damage/Tank Relic

📌 “Chance to Decrease Incoming Damage by 10%.”

• Reduction Chance: 20% (scaling up to 50% at max rank).
• Stats: ATK, HP, C.DMG.
• Gemslots: one Triangle.
• 🔥 Best Use: A damage dealer who needs help staying alive.
• 🏆 Rating: 2.5/10 – This is a weak relic, offering minor damage reduction alongside a damage-focused main stat and gem socket.

2. Draught of Ire (Rare) – ⚔️ Damage Relic

📌 “Deal extra damage when using your default skill when all other skills are on cooldown.”

• Damage bonus: 5% (scaling up to 15% at max rank).
• Stats: HP, ATK, ACC.
• Gemslots: one Circle.
• 🔥 Best Use: Good for champions with powerful A1 attacks (e.g. Arix) when are locked out in arena.
• 🏆 Rating: 3/10 – This damage relic has weak stats and socket, and an extremely niche effect. You might build this on an Arix for Live Arena to counter lockout champions, but even that might be a stretch.

3. Moondeath Orchid (Epic) – ⚔️ Damage Relic

📌 “Deal pure damage equal to a % of ATK to enemies that resist debuffs from you. This damage cannot be critical.”

• Pure Damage: equal to 20% ATK (scaling up to 100% at max rank).
• Stats: ATK, HP, SPD.
• Gemslots: one Square, one Diamond.
• 🔥 Best Use: Gives bomb champions some backup damage against high-RES enemies in arena.
• 🏆 Rating: 5/10 – The bonus damage is highly weighted towards higher ranks which are hugely inaccessible at the moment. It’s a nice relic for Bomb champions, but unfortunately the best bomb gems are circles, which can’t be placed into this one.

4. Preserved Aberration (Epic) – 🐍 Poisoner Relic

📌 “Ignore a % of your target’s DEF for each Poison debuff you have placed on them.”

• Ignore DEF: 2% per active Poison (scaling up to 8% at max rank).
• Stats: ATK, ACC, C.DMG.
• Gemslots: one Triangle, one Diamond.
• 🔥 Best Use: Use on champions who not only place a lot of poisons but also hit hard, such as Fayne or Nell Blackteeth.
• 🏆 Rating: 7.5/10 – At higher ranks this can give more Ignore DEF than the Cat’s Gaze, but only certain champions can use it. It also has strong competition from the much more accessible Irethi Coronet. This relic is one to watch though.

5. Harp of Kasbiel (Legendary) – 🙌 Utility Relic

📌 “Wearer’s Turn Meter fills each time they use a skill that doesn’t deal damage.”

• Turn Meter boost: 5% per non-damaging skill (scaling up to 15% at max rank).
• Stats: HP, RES, SPD.
• Gemslots: one Pentagonal, two Diamond.
• 🔥 Best Use: Any support champion that has moves that don’t attack; becomes even stronger when combined with Reflex sets or other cooldown-reducing effects.
• 🏆 Rating: 8.5/10 – Great gem sockets, stats, and an effect that adds a significant boost to the amount of turns your support champions can take.

6. Ax Serpentis (Legendary) – ⚔️ Damage Relic

📌 “You single-target attacks deal more damge for each Exposed Neck present in the battle..”

• Damage bonus: 5% per Exposed Neck (scaling up to 15% at max rank).
• Stats: HP, C.DMG, ATK.
• Gemslots: one Square, one Triangle, one Circle.
• 🔥 Best Use: Strong single-target damage dealers for Hydra (e.g. Turvold).
• 🏆 Rating: 4/10 – Only useful for Hydra and only for single-target damage. Main stat HP makes it even more limited. In the best case scenario (at max rank) you could get 60% more damage in single-target… Or you could use a low rank Irethi Coronet for a consistent 30% boost to everything.

7. Infernal Polytope (Mythical) – 🙌 Utility Relic

📌 “Fully resets all cooldowns on the wearer’s skills when their HP drops below a certain %. Cooldown: 3 turns.”

• HP Threshold: 15% HP (scaling up to 40% at max rank).
• Stats: HP, SPD, DEF.
• Gemslots: one Pentagonal, one Diamond, one Square, one Circle.
• 🔥 Best Use: Very strong for revivers with a Swift Parry set or a cheat death mechanics (e.g. Starsage Galathir) in arena. Also great for tanky damage dealers who can survive a strong hit and then turn the battle around (e.g. Gizmak the Terrible).
• 🏆 Rating: 9/10 – Very powerful effect that can be consistently triggered on many types of champion. Secondary SPD stat is particularly useful. More relevant to arena that PvE content.

8. The Deathdealer (Mythical) – ⚔️ Damage Relic

📌 “Wearer’s attacks will always be critical hits, but the wearer will receive more damage.”

• Damage Taken Increase: 200% more damage receieved (scaling down to 100% at max rank).
• Stats: ATK, HP, SPD.
• Gemslots: two Triangle, two Pentagonal.
• 🔥 Best Use: A damage dealer who will be protected by Unkillable, Block Damage, or other powerful defensive effects.
• 🏆 Rating: 6.5/10 – More testing is required to see if this relic is actually useable. The advantage here is that you can avoid building Crit Rate on the wearer, investing your substats into other stats instead. However, the relic lacks Crit DMG, Ignore DEF, or other damage boosting effects. It will also be very difficult to keep champions with it alive unless you have champions such as Fyna to protect them.

🏆 Must-Have Relics:

1. Infernal Polytope: Powerful reset effect and stats/gems, particularly for support champions.
2. Harp of Kasbiel: Great extra Turn Meter and stats/gems, particularly for support champions.

✅ Solid Relics:

1. Preserved Aberration: big damage boost to damage dealers with Poison.

⚠️ Situational Relics:

1. The Deathdealer: doesn’t currently seem worth the tradeoffs. Potentially strong with a team built around it.
2. Moondeath Orchid: good for bomb champions but needs high investment.

❌ Weak Relics:

1. Ax Serpentis: far too niche and it’s effect pales in comparison to even epic relics.
2. Draught of Ire: good budget relic for anti-lockout HP champions, but fairly weak overall.
3. Royal Digit: filler relic for early game.