Barbarians
Barbarians have arguably become the most powerful and well rounded faction in Raid in 2025, thanks largely to the Asgard Divide champions inspired by Norse Mythology. Alongside some quality rares and epics, this may well be the first faction most players defeat.
For normal difficulty, Scyl of the Drakes will hard carry when you get her from login rewards, and many players will also have received a free Loki. High Khatun is viable, and rares such as Warmaiden and Soulbond Bowyer are fantastic too.
For hard difficulty, we expect you to essentially throw in all your Asgard Divide champions and profit. If that’s not enough, Armanz the Magnificent will neuter any challenging wave you might face.
Strength
Scyl of the Drakes is a F2P MVP
Warmaiden provides an incredible budget Decrease Defence option
The Asgard Divide champions are all top tier
Armanz is broken
Weakness
You might have to wait 6 months for Scyl to push high stages
Relying on rares in Stun sets and Scyl can result in bad RNG ruining your runs
Faction Wars
We advise every player to try and progress in faction wars as soon as you can and even if you can only do early floors. Faction Wars rewards you with Forge Materials to craft artifact sets such as Perception and also incredibly valuable Glyphs which boost your sub stats on artifacts further than what you can roll.
Tier List
Faction Wars is often one of the most challenging areas of the game for players to progress when playing Raid: Shadow Legends. Often you are forced into choosing to invest in champions you might not otherwise invest to enable you to complete the faction. This comes with the difficult decision of who you should use. Our tier lists are designed to help you identify what the best champions are to fill the roles required to complete Faction Wars.
Stages
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