The Primogenitor: New Mythical Champion Revealed

A brand-new Mythical Champion has been revealed for RAID: Shadow Legends, bringing an incredible combination of survivability, team support and devastating damage!

The Primogenitor joins the Knights Revenant faction as a Magic Affinity Mythical Champion, capable of transforming between two very different forms.

His Base Form focuses on keeping allies alive, controlling enemy debuffs and punishing incoming attacks. His Alternate Form transforms him into a powerful DEF-based damage dealer, capable of ignoring Stoneskin, applying Block Revive and tearing through enemy teams.

Let’s take a closer look at everything this new Mythical Champion brings to RAID!

The Primogenitor has two distinct forms, each designed for a different role in battle.

Base Form: HP Champion

His Base Form provides strong defensive support through Stoneskin, Continuous Heal, Increase RES and enemy debuff control. He can transfer debuffs onto enemies, swap HP with opponents and punish attackers through his passive.

Alternate Form: DEF Champion

His Alternate Form focuses on dealing damage through powerful single-target attacks, DEF reduction and Ignore DEF mechanics. He can bypass defensive buffs, prevent revivals and spread damage across entire enemy teams.

Both forms share a 40% Ally DEF Aura, which applies exclusively to Mythical Champions in all battles.

The Primogenitor’s Base Form has an impressive 24,615 base HP, 1,222 DEF and 108 SPD.

His abilities focus on survival, healing and disrupting enemy strategies.

A1: Eviscerating Swing

Attacks all enemies and transfers every debuff from The Primogenitor onto all enemies.

This ability offers an unusual way to deal with debuff-heavy teams. Rather than simply cleansing himself, The Primogenitor sends those negative effects straight back to his opponents.

The attack scales from HP, and upgrading the skill increases its damage and grants an additional 20% Ignore RES.

This has potential in PvP encounters and PvE battles featuring large amounts of incoming debuffs.

A2: Twisted Creation

Cooldown: 3 Turns

Attacks all enemies and places:

• 50% Decrease RES on all enemies for 2 turns.
• 30% Decrease SPD on all enemies for 2 turns.
• 50% Increase RES on all allies for 2 turns.
• Two 15% Continuous Heal buffs on all allies for 2 turns.

This is an excellent combination of offensive disruption and defensive support.

Decrease RES makes enemy Champions easier to control, and Decrease SPD reduces their ability to cycle through abilities.

At the same time, The Primogenitor strengthens his allies’ resistance and provides sustained healing.

A3: Bred For War

Cooldown: 5 Turns, reduced to 4 when upgraded

Swaps HP with an enemy Champion. Against bosses, this ability fully heals The Primogenitor instead.

He then places a Stoneskin buff on every ally except himself for 1 turn.

This is one of the most interesting abilities in his Base Form.

The HP swap gives him a way to recover during difficult fights and potentially disrupt an enemy with high remaining HP.

Against bosses, the full heal provides another layer of survivability.

The Stoneskin effect is particularly valuable in Arena, protecting the rest of his team from incoming damage and many forms of control.

Passive: Geneforged Resilience

The Primogenitor’s Base Form passive provides several powerful immunities.

He cannot have his stats decreased or destroyed through enemy skills, Blessings or Gear Sets. He is immune to Provoke debuffs and effects that increase his skill cooldowns.

His passive has another dangerous effect.

Every time The Primogenitor takes a hit, he deals 25% of the damage received to all enemies.

This damage ignores 100% of the targets’ DEF, cannot trigger counterattacks and does not count as a hit.

This gives him a consistent source of retaliation damage, particularly against teams that rely on frequent attacks.

Combined with his healing and defensive abilities, this passive makes him an interesting candidate for difficult survival encounters.

The Primogenitor’s Alternate Form exchanges his supportive abilities for powerful offensive mechanics.

His base stats change to 19,650 HP, 1,608 DEF and 98 SPD, with 63% base Critical Damage.

Every damaging ability in this form scales from DEF, making his high defensive stat particularly valuable.

A1: Pulverizing Momentum

Attacks one enemy twice.

Each hit ignores 15% of the target’s DEF. If the target has DEF equal to or lower than The Primogenitor, he places an extra hit.

Each hit fills his Turn Meter by 10%.

This creates a strong basic attack with built-in Turn Meter generation and the potential for additional damage.

Building high DEF will help activate the extra hit against more opponents.

A2: Mountain Shatterer

Cooldown: 4 Turns, reduced to 3 when upgraded

Attacks one enemy twice, with each hit ignoring 25% of the target’s DEF.

Against targets with DEF equal to or lower than The Primogenitor, the ability becomes considerably more dangerous.

Each hit ignores:

• 50% of the target’s DEF.
• Unkillable buffs.
• Stoneskin buffs.

If the attack kills the target, The Primogenitor places Block Revive on them and steals all buffs from every remaining enemy. The buff steal cannot be resisted.

This ability has enormous potential in Arena.

Stoneskin is one of the most frustrating defensive mechanics to deal with, and The Primogenitor has a direct answer to it.

The ability to bypass Stoneskin and Unkillable, prevent revivals and steal enemy buffs creates opportunities to dismantle defensive teams.

His high base DEF helps him meet the stat requirement for these additional effects.

A3: Synthetic Superpower

Cooldown: 4 Turns

Attacks one enemy twice.

Before attacking, The Primogenitor places a 60% Increase DEF buff on all allies for 2 turns.

Before each hit, he reduces the target’s DEF by 5%, stacking up to 30%.

The damage inflicted increases by 10% for every buff and debuff on The Primogenitor, stacking up to 100%.

If the attack kills its target, he gains an Extra Turn.

This ability combines team support with powerful damage potential.

The Increase DEF buff strengthens his allies and benefits his own DEF-based damage.

The stacking damage bonus creates another reason to build teams that provide multiple buffs.

With enough effects active, The Primogenitor can gain up to 100% increased damage from this skill’s special mechanic.

Securing a kill grants an Extra Turn, giving him an opportunity to attack again or switch forms.

Passive: Harbinger of Doom

His Alternate Form passive provides several dangerous offensive effects.

The Primogenitor ignores abilities that redirect attacks and ignores Poison Cloud buffs.

He is immune to damage from Reflect Damage buffs and passive Reflect Damage effects.

His passive has another powerful mechanic.

Whenever The Primogenitor attacks an enemy, every other enemy receives 25% of the damage dealt to the original target.

This additional damage ignores 100% DEF, does not count as a hit and cannot trigger counterattacks.

It effectively turns his single-target attacks into a source of additional damage against the entire enemy team.

This makes his Alternate Form particularly threatening against teams that rely on protecting one priority target.

Both forms have access to Metamorph, which operates on a 4-turn cooldown.

Activating Metamorph transforms The Primogenitor into his other form and grants an Extra Turn.

This gives players the freedom to move between defensive support and offensive pressure without immediately sacrificing their next action.

For example, The Primogenitor can begin a battle by providing Stoneskin and healing, then transform into his Alternate Form to target a dangerous enemy.

The Extra Turn makes switching forms much more flexible, opening up different combinations of abilities throughout a fight.

The Primogenitor has a wide range of abilities, but several areas stand out from his initial reveal.

Arena

Arena looks like one of his strongest potential areas.

His Base Form provides team-wide Stoneskin, healing and resistance support. His Alternate Form offers a direct answer to Stoneskin and Unkillable, alongside Block Revive and powerful damage.

His ability to ignore attack redirection and deal additional damage to surrounding enemies adds further pressure against defensive teams.

He looks particularly interesting for players facing difficult Stoneskin teams in high-level Arena.

Doom Tower and Dungeons

The Primogenitor’s Base Form has potential in longer PvE encounters.

His debuff transfer, healing, Increase RES and Decrease SPD provide several useful tools for difficult waves.

His immunity to stat destruction and cooldown increases can protect him against mechanics that normally disrupt a Champion’s performance.

His passive retaliation damage offers another way to wear down enemies during extended battles.

Cursed City

The Primogenitor’s combination of survivability, debuff control and DEF-based damage makes him an interesting option for Cursed City encounters that permit his faction and Champion type.

His ability to switch roles gives him flexibility across different enemy compositions.

Siege

Siege is another area where his kit looks promising.

Stoneskin protection, Block Revive, buff stealing and defensive immunities all have clear uses against difficult enemy teams.

His two forms provide options for both defensive setups and offensive attacks.