These are the mistakes to avoid in RAID: Shadow Legends.
RAID: Shadow Legends can look relatively simple at first glance. You collect champions, level them up, and progress through Campaign, Dungeons, Arena, and Events.
But the longer you play, the faster you realize that RAID has an enormous number of systems that the game barely explains properly in the beginning. That’s exactly why new players tend to make the same mistakes over and over again – and many of those mistakes can slow your progression down significantly. The good news is that most of them are actually pretty easy to avoid once you understand what really matters early on.
And if you’re starting a fresh account anyway, it’s also worth activating the current RAID quests on Lootday beforehand. Many of the early progression goals naturally overlap with things you’ll already be doing as a beginner.
Leveling too many champions at once
This is probably the single most common beginner mistake in RAID. Many new players immediately try to level multiple Epics, Rares, and other champions at the same time because the game constantly keeps giving you new characters.
The problem is simple: Your resources in the early game simply aren’t enough for that approach.
XP, silver, Skill Books, and Ascension materials are all extremely limited early on. Players who spread their resources everywhere often end up making very little meaningful progress on any champion at all.
It’s far more efficient to focus heavily on one strong carry first – your starter champion. For most accounts, Kael is considered the best all-around option for this role in 2026.
Spending Gems on the wrong things
RAID gives new players a surprisingly large number of Gems early on and because of that, many beginners waste them far too quickly.
One of the classic mistakes is spending Gems on single Ancient Shards, unnecessary refreshes, or random small purchases that don’t really help long term.
Many experienced players instead save their early Gems for:
- the Gem Mine
- important masteries
- energy refills during worthwhile events
Players who stay patient here usually build their accounts much more efficiently over time.
Accidentally using good champions as food
Almost every RAID player has sacrificed a champion they later regretted losing. New players especially often struggle to recognize which Rare or Epic champions may become valuable later on.
That’s why it’s usually smarter to be cautious early and avoid instantly feeding away champions just because they seem weak right now.
Many Rares in particular retain surprising long-term value for things like Faction Wars, Clan Boss, Doom Tower, or specific Dungeons.
Underestimating Speed and Accuracy
A lot of beginners focus almost entirely on raw damage at first. But in RAID, stats like Speed and Accuracy are often significantly more important.
Even the strongest champion becomes useless if they’re too slow or if all their debuffs constantly get resisted. Especially during the early and mid game, proper Speed tuning often determines whether a Dungeon team runs smoothly or completely falls apart.
The same applies to Accuracy on debuff champions like Kael. Players who ignore these stats usually make the game much harder for themselves than it needs to be.
Farming for perfect gear too early
Another very common mistake: New players spend way too much energy early on chasing “perfect gear.”
The reality is: You do not need perfect endgame artifacts during the early game
What matters much more are functional builds with the correct main stats.
A decent Speed set with usable stats will help your account far more than endlessly min-maxing substats on low-level gear. Perfect gear only becomes truly important much later.
Ignoring Clan Boss for too long
Many players focus almost entirely on Campaign and Arena at first. But long term, Clan Boss becomes one of the most important areas in the entire game.
Even if your damage is low initially, you should start participating in Clan Boss as early as possible.
The rewards eventually become one of the best consistent sources for:
- Shards
- Skill Books
- Gems
- valuable resources
Kael is especially strong for beginners here because his Poison debuffs are incredibly effective against Clan Boss.
Avoiding tracking mistakes on Lootday
If you’re playing RAID through Lootday, there’s one additional thing worth paying attention to. A lot of tracking issues are not actually caused by bugs, but by small mistakes during the initial setup of an offer.
That’s why you should always make sure to:
- open the game directly through the Lootday link
- avoid interrupting the download process
- avoid switching devices during setup if possible
- use a genuinely new account when an offer requires it
Especially for progression-based games like RAID, proper tracking is important to ensure completed milestones get recognized correctly. You can take a look at the most common mistakes on Lootday here.
RAID: Shadow Legends becomes much more enjoyable once you avoid the most common beginner mistakes. Most problems don’t happen because players are “bad” at the game, but because RAID simply explains many of its systems very poorly at the start.
If you focus on steady progress, utilize your resources wisely, and avoid trying to optimize everything simultaneously, you will advance much more smoothly in the long run and that is precisely what usually makes the biggest difference in RAID.