Titus Blackplume – Demon Lord Clan Boss Guide
In this guide we’ll break down everything you need to know about building a Titus Blackplume team for Demon Lord Clan Boss. Stay tuned for our guides for Titus in the Hydra and Chimera Clan Bosses as well.
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CRAZY DAMAGE POTENTIAL
Titus is currently one of the strongest damage dealers for Demon Lord Clan Boss that we have ever seen, capable of literally breaking the boss by exceeding the 2.14 BILLION damage cap (see screenshot above for an example).
The reason Titus deals so much damage is his A2: the short version is that the bigger your Shields are, the harder he will hit—potentially for MILLIONS of damage with every use of this skill.
For a full breakdown of the mechanics behind this, check out our Titus Champion Spotlight.
For this guide, the key thing to know is that: BIG SHIELDS = BIG DAMAGE!!
NERFS?
Longer-term players will remember the old Corpulent Cadaver teams; these worked in essentially the same way as Titus, but Cadaver was nerfed a couple of years ago due to his performance in Hydra Clash. There was a similar team built around Yannica, and this was also nerfed.
As of the time of writing, Plarium has officially stated that they will not nerf Titus. This means that Titus is currently the only champion with significant damage scaling from Shield buffs, and he should not be changed in future. BUT… The community is very skeptical about Plarium’s “no Titus nerf” stance, so have a back-up plan just in case they change their minds.
SHIELDS ARE THE KEY
There are currently 3 different types of Shields in RAID: Shadow Legends:
- Shields from gear sets.
- Shields from abilities.
- Shields from the Volcardiac Heart Mythical Relic.
Each of these Shields can be extended and grown (see the next sections!) and each will contribute to Titus’ damage.
Ideally, you want each of these Shields present in your Titus team (though good luck getting the Mythical Relic!). It will work with only one type, but bringing a second type of Shield is not hard and will effectively double your damage.
NOTE: the Shield set is the ideal set for Shields from gear sets, since it gives a strong Shield. Bolster is NOT viable, since it cannot be extended, and will therefore disappear after 3 turns no matter what.
SHIELD GROWERS
Now that you have at least 2 types of Shield in your team, the next step is to grow these Shields, since the bigger the Shield, the bigger the damage boost for Titus.
There are very few champions in the game who can do this: for Demon Lord, you are looking at Vault Keeper Wixwell or Underpriest Brogni.
WIXWELL
Vault Keeper Wixwell if by far the best option for Demon Lord, bringing much stronger Shield growth than other options, alongside the Increase Defence buff and the Decrease Attack debuff to drastically mitigate incoming damage against the Shields. His Intercept buffs can also prevent Stuns from the Demon Lord.
The gearing for this team is also incredibly simple, and you will easily hit the one-key for even UNM if you have enough Buff Extenders (discussed in the next section of the guide!).
Wixwell’s ability to grow Shields comes from the number of buffs on your team, so look for champions who bring the buffs he’s missing to grow your shields faster.
An example Wixwell team is: Vault Keeper Wixwell; Lady Mikage; Mad Hatter; Renegade; Titus Blackplume.
BROGNI
Underpriest Brogni is also viable, albeit a weaker and more demanding option than Wixwell. Brogni’s ability to grow shields depends on his own damage dealt, so he will perform much better against the Hydra where he has multiple targets and decapitated head damage boosts. In his favour, he will do more personal damage than Wixwell thanks to his passive damage reflection and Max HP procs, and he also brings Block Debuffs to prevent the Demon Lord placing Stuns or Decrease Speed etc.
Unlike Wixwell, you will have to find Decrease Attack, Increase Defence, and Buff Extension elsewhere in your team composition.
Brogni’s ability to grow Shields comes from his damage, so build him with 100% C.RATE% and as much ATK and C.DMG% as possible. 6-piece Merciless is ideal for both the Ignore Defence and chance for Cooldown Reduction.
An example Brogni team is: Lady Mikage; Underpriest Brogni; Mad Hatter; Krisk the Ageless; Titus Blackplume.
BLOODSHIELD AND OTHER OPTIONS
From our testing, these are viable options for Hydra Clan Boss, but not for Demon Lord. Without Wixwell or Brogni, you are better off using a different Demon Lord team than trying to use Titus.
BUFF EXTENDERS
With your Titus and Shield Growth champion locked in, the only other core requirement to make the team function is to bring 3 champions who can Extend Buffs on a 3-turn cooldown.
The goal here simple: we must maintain the same Shield buffs (which we grow from the very start of the fight) on Titus at all times.
The method is also simple: if we bring 3 champions who can extend buffs by 1 turn every 3 turns, then every 3 turns we will have extended our buffs by 3 turns total, and they will never expire!
GREAT BUFF EXTENDER OPTIONS
Wixwell himself can extend buffs on a 3-turn cooldown, so you need two others for his team; Brogni will need three extenders alongside him and Titus.
Hellborn Sprite is an amazing accessible Rare option, who also brings Weaken, giving you a great debuff as well.
Krisk the Ageless is a classic example, who also brings Ally Protection, thereby soaking up 50% of the damage your Shields would take.
Mad Hatter was a fusion champion this year, so is a strong option many will have. His Ally Attack is not particularly useful for Titus, but his Weaken debuff is!
Demytha is an Epic option, who will also protect your Shields from some damage with her Block Damage buff.
Lady Mikage is a permanent Mythical fusion, who will supplement your team with Debuff Extension and Increase Crit Damage as well.
REFLEX SETS AND COOLDOWN REDUCTION
If you lack the ideal buff extension setup, you can potentially use a 4-turn buff extender like Lanakis the Chosen by building your extension champions in Reflex, Impulse, or 4-piece Merciless sets. Each of these sets gives you a chance to reduce your cooldowns, which can make up for a suboptimal setup if you run enough of them.
Reflex is always a great option for Wixwell, since it not only enhances his Buff Extension, but also his Shield Growth.
BUILDING THE TEAM
With Titus, Wixwell/Brogni, and 3 Buff Extenders, you now have an amazing Demon Lord team.
To push it further, look for champions with:
These will help your Shields take less damage, thereby letting Titus do more damage, faster, for longer.
Next, look for champions with:
These will help your Titus (and other champions) hit much harder, or use their key skills more often.
Finally, look for gear sets such as:
- 9-piece Protection on buffers, for 5% more damage per buff.
- 9-piece Feral on debuffers, for 5% more damage per debuff.
Additional damage boosts will push Titus’damage even further!
TEAM PRESETS
Set up your speeds and presets so that:
- You place your Shield buff(s).
- You then have your Buff Extenders increase their duration.
- Set your Buff Extension and/or Shield Growth abilities to top priority after the opener (if running any cooldown reduction).
- Turn off Titus’ A3 entirely, and have him prioritise his A2.
The goal of the setup is simply to make sure that your Shields are being Extended and Grown right from the start. It is essential that Titus does not use his A3, since his Ally Protection buff will cause him to take extra damage to his Shields.
Speeds are very forgiving with this setup, and there are no essential stat goals.
NUB’S TEAM
My team for UNM Demon Lord is: Vault Keeper Wixwell; Krisk the Ageless; Androc the Glorious; Hellborn Sprite; and Titus.
This is one of the strongest possible Titus teams right now, but you can easily replace them with other options, as discussed above!
Wixwell is geared in a Shield set, since I only have one good Shield set on my account and he will be in every single Titus team, keeping things simple.
Krisk brings Buff Extension, Decrease Defence, Decrease Attack, and Ally Protection. I have him in 9-piece Feral right now, though I may switch him to Protection for Chimera (his Shield buff being Protected will crucially stop the Chimera from removing it, limiting run RNG).
Androc is there for Buff Extension, Strengthen, and lots of buffs (these help Wixwell do more Shield Growth). I have him in 9-piece Protection to turn every buff he brings into 5% more damage.
Hellborn Sprite brings Buff Extension and Weaken. They also crucially fulfil the “Beat Demon Lord with a Rare Champion on your Team” advanced quest(!) and they’re in random gear.
Titus is in 6-piece Merciless and 2-piece Zeal. He also has a Cat’s Gaze Relic. As you can see, all of this is unnecessary since we have well exceeded the 2.14B damage cap(!).