Brakus the Shifter

Last Updated: June 4, 2025

Brakus the Shifter Overview

Brakus is a single target nuker who thrives in Arena thanks to his revive and retaliate passive, while also offering multi-hit utility, self-sustain, and Weaken for Fire Knight and niche Clan Boss setups.

Brakus the Shifter is a Force affinity Legendary from the Skinwalkers faction, introduced during the Halloween 2019 “Extreme Fusion” event. At the time, players were required to complete an intense series of events and tasks within a single week to earn him, making his release one of the most demanding fusions Raid has seen.

Brakus has since carved out a role as a solid progression single target Arena nuker, largely thanks to his unique passive that allows him to resurrect on death to strike back at the attacker. He can also self apply Increase ATK and place Fear on targets, adding further pressure against enemies. He pairs well with Swift Parry sets, giving him additional opportunities to survive and secure kills.

Beyond the Arena, Brakus has seen use in creative Clan Boss teams built around revive mechanics and serves as a strong Force affinity tank in Demytha/Heiress compositions. He also offers notable value in Fire Knight thanks to his six-hit A2 and three hit A3. The self healing built into his kit provides sustain, while his ability to apply Weaken synergises well with Decrease DEF champions to maximise team damage.

Brakus the Shifter 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.