Bayek

Last Updated: January 12, 2026

Bayek Overview

Bayek is a highly versatile Assassin who enables Perfect Veil teams while offering strong buffs, Accuracy manipulation, AoE control, and a unique anti-crit passive, making him a powerful hybrid support and damage dealer across both PvE and PvP content.

Bayek is best known as one of the founding figures of the Hidden Ones, with his story taking center stage in Assassin’s Creed: Origins. Wielding his hidden blade, he rallies the Brotherhood and emerges from the shadows to confront the threats plaguing the land. Now, Bayek enters Teleria as part of the Assassin’s Creed x Raid: Shadow Legends collaboration, bringing the creed’s justice to a new kingdom.

Bayek is one of the stronger Assassins released in Raid, bringing a kit that sets up Perfect Veil to enhance the value of fellow Assassins, while also operating as a hybrid damage dealer, buffer and debuffer. Aside from the shared Everything Is Permitted passive that other Assassins also have, Bayek brings a unique addition in Siwa’s Pride, preventing allies from receiving critical hits from enemies with equal or lower ACC. By manipulating Accuracy through buffs and debuffs, this effect can become incredibly impactful in both PvP and PvE scenarios.

Starting with his A3, Bayek brings a buff heavy skill that places Perfect Veil, Increase ACC, and Increase DEF on the team, followed by an Extra Turn to snowball his abilities. On their own, these buffs are excellent for setting up fellow Assassins or supporting general allies with increased survivability, and improved stats to land debuffs. When paired with his AoE A2 – which applies Decrease ACC, Decrease RES, and Provoke that extends to two turns against enemies with three or more debuffs – this is where his passive truly begins to shine, while leaving enemies more vulnerable.

In content such as Hydra, this combination offers exceptional control over the Head of Decay, makes enemy heads far easier to debuff, and helps your team resist incoming effects. Perfect Veil counters the Head of Torment’s Fear, and these effects are strong across many areas of the game where control, Accuracy manipulation, and team support are valuable. On top of this, Bayek’s A1 applies Leech, allowing allies to heal through the damage they deal.

Overall, Bayek fills multiple roles both offensively and defensively, bringing powerful buffs and debuffs suited to a wide range of content. He offers reliable AoE control, solid damage output, strong team support, and a unique passive that can completely shut down critical hits, making him an incredibly versatile champion.

Bayek Ratings

Core Areas

Dungeons

Hard Mode

Doom Tower

Faction Wars

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Arena Roles

Understanding Arena Roles

Champions normally form specific roles within an arena team. Our ratings define the roles that the champion fits and rates them on their ability to perform the roles. Below you can see a breakdown of all of our roles.

Cleanser

Champions with the Cleanser role will use their skills to remove debuffs and keep them from being re-applied.

Crowd Control

Champions with the Crowd Control role will use their skills to place soft (i.e. Provoke or Taunt) and hard (i.e Freeze or Stun) debuffs to disable enemy champions.

Damage

Champions with the Damage role will have skills that deal significant damage and are designed to defeat enemy champions.

Damage Absorption

Champions with the Damage Absorption role will have skills or effects that reduce the incoming damage your team takes. This can be through passive damage reduction or by applying skills such as Strengthen or Shields.

Healer

Champions with the Healer role will have skills that restore your champion's Health including Continuous Heals.

Debuffer

Champions with the Debuffer role will have skills that place debuffs that don't fall into Crowd Control or Skill Manipulator roles i.e. Decrease Defence. These champions may also have skills that remove Buffs.

Revive

Champions with the Revive role will have skills that bring your ally champions back from the dead including Revive on Death buffs.

Skill Manipulator

Champions with the Skill Manipulator role will have skills that increase enemy skill cooldowns or reduce your ally skill cooldowns.

Speed Manipulator

Champions with the Speed Manipulator role will have skills that affect the turn meter of your allies or enemies. This includes speed buffs and debuffs aswell as direct turn meter effects.