RAID: Shadow Legends Relics Tier list

Relics have quickly become a key part of every champion’s build–and more are constantly being added!–so we have created a dedicated tier list for the website so you can quickly check how any new Relic you earn/craft stacks up against other options.

This tier list will be regularly updated as new relics are added, new strategies emergy, and balance changes occur.

We will also bring changelogs, breaking down why we are placing Relics in specific places on the tier list, to help you understand what makes them valuable.

Last Updated: June 2025

The criteria for each different tier on this list is as follows:

SS Tier = The best relics which can completely change the course of a battle.

S Tier = Very strong relics which significantly boost champion performance.

A Tier = Strong relics which make a noticeable difference to champion performance.

B Tier = Decent relics which are good filler options for champions.

C Tier = Weak relics which are decent filler options for less important champions.

D Tier = Bad relics which are not worth using.

June 6th 2025 – The first major update to the Tier List. Stay tuned for the 8 new Chaos Awakes Relics which will be added soon.

Golden Elixir – From B up to S: Due to the unique power of this relic for unlocking solo strategies for the new Event Dunegon, it needs to go up.

The Collective – From S down to B: It turns out this can remove protected buffs, making this an extremely niche relic.

Irethi Coronet – From S up to SS: It’s just such a crazy budget option for damage, it deserves to be SS.

Valkanen’s Grasp – From B down to C: After more testing, this just doesn’t do much damage. Very niche.

May 2025 – First release, so everything is new! Make sure to check out the “How the Tiers Work” section for details on what qualifies for a tier placement, then check out the dedicated Tier Sections below for short explanations about each Relic.

Volcardiac Heart

• Best Use: Amazing for go-second arena champions–particularly high-RES tanky revivers such as Wight Queen Ankora.
• Rating: S Tier: This unique shield reflects damage and gives a great survivability boost.

Hallowed Hilt

• Best Use:Use on your fastest champion in arena for the SPD. Fervor is a unique buff too; use it on a healer/buffer with 9-piece Protection set for even more damage.
• Rating: SS Tier: The Fervor buff is a small but useful bonus but it’s the huge SPD stat on this relic that makes it so strong.

Aspect of Siroth

• Best Use: Rotos the Lost Groom, who gets an Extra Turn from his passive anyway, thereby negating the Turn Meter Reduction.
• Rating: A Tier: Can save you in the arena against champion such as Georgid who are relying on landing that first initial kill. The turn meter loss is quite punishing, however.

Wand of Submission

• Best Use: The best option for most arena champions, due to countering OP enemies such as Armanz.
• Rating: SS Tier: Arguably the best arena relic in the game, reflecting crowd control has the double whammy of both protecting your champions from control while also controlling the enemy.

Gilded Dragonstone 

• Best Use: Budget option for DEF-based damage dealers (e.g. Harima) or tanky champions (e.g. Ultimate Deathknight).
• Rating: B Tier: Decent survivability increase plus boosted damage for DEF-based damage dealers.

Demonic Effigy

• Best Use: Use on tanky reviver champions such as Wight Queen Ankora.
• Rating: C Tier: Much weaker than we first thought. Revivers are nearly always very strong, so you nearly always want a stronger relic on them.

Golden Elixir

• Best Use: Best used on tanky champions who can get maximum benefit from the healing.
• Rating: S Tier: Has become a cornerstone for keeping solo champions alive in tough boss fights.

Mask of Rage

• Best Use: Food to power up better relics.
• Rating: D Tier: Used as food to power up better relics.

Unholy Grail

• Best Use: Use the free one on your starter champion, but replace it ASAP.
• Rating: D Tier: Used as food to power up better relics.

Journal of Necrotos

• Best Use: Champions with strong Turn Meter boosts, such as Arbiter, or strong heals, such as Tagoar.
• Rating: A Tier: Significant boost to two effects which are ubiquitously useful.

Rod of Blasphemy

• Best Use: Food to power up better relics.
• Rating: D Tier: Used as food to power up better relics.

Stormcaller

• Best Use: Damage dealers with multi-hitting AoE attacks, such as Marius.
• Rating: SS Tier: Significant damage boosts and a huge amount of Stuns as well. Best used on champions with multi-hit AoE attacks.

Chronocube

• Best Use: Champions who can chain two top tier skills back-to-back in arena, such as Armanz stripping buffs with his A3 then stealing Turn Meter with his A2.
• Rating: SS Tier: Guaranteeing an Extra Turn is fight changing and enemies have no way to know it’s coming.

Gorecrescent

• Best Use: Champions who can one-shot through Stoneskin, then nuke a team, such as He-Man or Georgid.
• Rating: S Tier: Somewhat the opposite of the Irethi Coronet, this thrives in shorter fights against weaker enemies, such as Arena or waves.

Hand of Uncreation

• Best Use: Alternative to the Wand of Submission for arena. Well suited to go-second teams.
• Rating: B Tier: Very strong effects held back by low chances to activate; you can’t go into a fight relying on this to work.

Scroll of the Unseen 

• Best Use: Slow, high-damage champions, such as Trunda or Ninja. You must have Veil on them 100% of the time for value.
• Rating: B Tier: Can be a very strong damage boost in properly speed-tuned teams—but most players should opt for higher tier damage relics which are often stronger, easier to use, or both.

Orb of Transfixion

• Best Use: Arena champions who attack a lot to try steal Stoneskin, Block Damage, or other key buffs.
• Rating: B Tier: A useful effect held back by a low chance to activate.

Irethi Coronet

• Best Use: Any damage dealer who can place multiple debuffs and is used in longer fights (e.g. Clan Bosses).
• Rating: SS Tier: Tons of damage that’s easy to access without relying on relic ranks. A top performing relic for longer fights such as Clan Boss.

Malefic Talon

• Best Use: Filler for any damage dealer that uses C.DMG.
• Rating: B Tier: This is  the generic damage dealer stat stick. Great filler option, but nothing special.

Diadem of Undeath

• Best Use: OK for Ally Protectors; usually used as Relic food.
• Rating: D Tier: Used as food to power up better relics.

Tempus Sanguinis

• Best Use: Champions with powerful Turn Meter reduction, such as Alure.
• Rating: B Tier: Strong increase for TM reduction. Very nice against early bosses (Spider, Fire Knight, etc.) and for Faction Wars.

Molten Deathbell

• Best Use: Any champion with the relevant debuffs until you get top quality relics.
• Rating: A Tier: Control champions thrive off additional turn meter and the ACC stat is perfectly matched as well.

ALICE’S ADVENTURE

The Cat’s Gaze

• Best Use: Any non-HP-based direct damage dealer (up to 100% ignore defence total).
• Rating: SS Tier: Stacking Ignore Defence gives massive damage gains; the only downside is that going over 100% Ignore Defence has no benefit, so certain champions are better with other relics. It’s also more limited for HP-based damage dealers in arena due to its restriction.

Hatter’s Reserve

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: C Tier: A decent damage boost for HP damage dealers in arena, who lack many other options.

CHAOS AWAKES

Covetous’ Passion

• Best Use: Arena nukers or Dungeon farming. Not worth using against Clan Bosses.
• Rating: SS Tier: A strong alternative to the Cat’s Gaze. It works very well without needing ranks, which is a big plus.

Crown of Corruption

• Best Use:Any direct damage dealer or any go-first SPD champion; put it on your most important Arena champion!
• Rating: SS Tier: This is clearly intended to be an SS-tier damage relic, but it’s also SS-tier for any go-first champion in arena due to the sheer amount of SPD it gives. The damage boost is also heavily weighted towards ranks 5 and 6.

Skull of Treason

• Best Use: HP Burn champions with the Incinerate Blessing in Arena/Siege.
• Rating: S Tier: Absolutely broken for Arena/Siege when combined with the Incinerate Blessing. Half the value is locked behind ranks 5 and 6 though.

Gilded Pinion

• Best Use: Unbooked champions struggling to stay alive in Faction Wars or Cursed City.
• Rating: A Tier: It’s not sexy, but it’s effective. Decent damage reduction alongside decent stats and gem slots.

Gaze of Damnation

• Best Use: A damage dealer who reliably places Fear/True Fear.
• Rating: B Tier: Takes quite a while to ramp up the effects and it’s useless against most bosses. When it works though, it’s quite solid.

Grail of Agony

• Best Use: Lose to Armanz faster by having him simply kill you instead..
• Rating: C Tier: The HP loss is astronomical without massively leveling up this relic–and even then it’s potentially lethal.

Tempus Morbidia

• Best Use: Food to power up better relics. Keep one copy just in case it gets buffed though.
• Rating: D Tier: Used as food to power up better relics. Keep one copy just in case it gets buffed though.

Sinners’ Cloak

• Best Use: Tanky champions in PvE (in PvP, enemies stack too much Ignore Defence).
• Rating: C Tier: If you have lots of HP and DEF, it’s decent damage reduction.

Murderfang

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: A Tier: One of the weakest mythical relics. Lots of gems, but it’s a pity this doesn’t trigger off every skill.

Chrysalid of Rebirth

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: SS Tier: A massive SPD stat plus an incredible effect. Best-in-slot for most revivers.

Essence Quencher

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: S Tier: This is a great generic damage boost, and is a top option for HP-based damage dealers.

Temporal Stagnator

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: A Tier: Amazing on champions like Krixia and Fabian, but not many others.

Infernosphere

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: A Tier: The only accessible RES boosting relic for high RES builds.

Valkanen’s Grasp 

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: C Tier: A very small damage increase. Can be sneaky in arena or help with Fire Knight or the damage reflection Chimera Trials.

The Fleshrender

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: D Tier: Used as food to power up better relics.

Blackshroud Fan

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: D Tier: Used as food to power up better relics.

Infernal Polytope

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: S Tier: Very powerful effect though you need several ranks to trigger it consistently.

The Deathdealer

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: S Tier: A very punishing downside balanced out by enabling you to build champions without C.RATE% but, more importantly, avoiding weak hits for negative affinity matchups.

Harp of Kasbiel

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: A Tier: A consistent amount of bonus turn meter for niche champions who rarely attack.

Ax Serpentis

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: C Tier: Extremely niche and underpowered. The gem sockets are decent though.

Preserved Aberration

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: B Tier: Currently overshadowed by the Arachnelixir, but it’s a good damage boost on it’s own for the niche champions who can use it.

Moondeath Orchid

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: C Tier: Too backloaded to ranks 5 and 6 to get good value.

Royal Digit

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: D Tier: Used as food to power up better relics.

Draught of Ire

• Best Use: Filler relic for HP damage dealers.
• Rating: D Tier: Used as food to power up better relics.

Torch of Thralldom

• Best Use: Faction Unity champions (especially damage dealers such as Tetsuya) since you’ll nearly always run them in a full faction team.
• Rating: SS Tier: A massive set of stat boosts for teams stacked with a single faction.

Mind of Marquat

• Best Use: Live Arena champions, as it can’t be seen in Draft, and players will likely be unfamiliar with how to play against Fatigue.
• Rating: S Tier: The unique Fatigue debuff can add a lot of control against enemies, though manual play is important to prevent champions waking up sleeping enemies.

Eternal Soulgaol

• Best Use: Keeping champions alive in Arena/Siege, Faction Wars, or Cursed City.
• Rating: A Tier: Lots of damage mitigation, particularly for shorter fights.

The Collective

• Best Use: Arena damage dealers alongside buff champions going for a 1-shot strategy.
• Rating: B Tier: A huge damage boost but it leaves your champion extremely vulnerable afterwards.

Hammer of Ending

• Best Use: Definitely a Faction Wars or Cursed City relic (enemies will often be tanky enough to survive a hit, and Stuns are incredibly useful).
• Rating: C Tier: In most situations, you’d rather have your damage dealer just do more damage.

Perched Shadow

• Best Use: Either for support champions (e.g. Iudex Artor), or for HP damage dealers (e.g. Arix).
• Rating: A Tier: Low chance to trigger, but the effect is incredibly strong and delivered when you need it most.

Arachnelixir

• Best Use: Every Poisoner with good ATK (e.g. Gnishak, Nell, etc.), but not otherwise.
• Rating: S Tier: Extremely overpowered relic compared to other rares (or, indeed, most relics in general) that adds a massive damage boost to Poisons (further multiplied by the Lethal Dose blessing). Expect roughly 300% more damage from your Poisons in Arena. We’d be surprised if this isn’t nerfed at some point, but it’s incredible on the relevant champions right now.

Codex Luminis 

• Best Use: Keeping champions alive against negative affinity Dungeons or Clan Bosses on progression.
• Rating: C Tier: Decent generic damage reduction.