The Scarab King is one of the trickiest bosses in RAID: Shadow Legends‘ Doom Tower, known for punishing players who don’t bring the right team. His counterattacks, debuff stealing, and damage reduction mechanics make him a nightmare for unprepared teams. However, with the right strategy, even mid-game and free-to-play players in this RPG can take him down efficiently.

The key to this fight is maintaining shields on your team, controlling the boss’s turn meter, and reducing his max HP. Without these strategies, your champions will struggle to deal enough damage before getting overwhelmed. This guide will walk you through the best team setup, the most effective gear, and some alternative strategies to make the fight as smooth as possible. Got questions about guilds, gaming, or our product? Join our Discord for discussions and support!

Understanding the Scarab King’s Mechanics

Before jumping into the best team composition, it’s crucial to understand what makes the Scarab King so dangerous. His abilities revolve around punishing unshielded champions and reducing your buffs:

• Counterattacks Unshielded Champions: If any champion attacks without a shield, he immediately counterattacks, which can quickly wipe your team.
• Steals and Removes Buffs: His A2, Vile Absorption, steals buffs from champions without shields and removes buffs from those who have them, applying Fear and True Fear in the process.
• Damage Reduction Passive: His Spectral Horror passive decreases damage taken based on his remaining max HP. This makes Destroy Set or Decrease Max HP abilities crucial.
• Turn Meter Control is Key: The more turns he gets, the harder the fight becomes. Reducing his turn meter ensures he never gets a chance to attack.

Best Team Composition for Scarab King

To consistently defeat the Scarab King, your team should include:

• A Shield Champion or Bloodshield Accessories: Ensuring 100% uptime on shields is mandatory.
• Turn Meter Reduction Champions: Prevents the boss from taking turns.
• Destroy Set or Decrease Max HP Champions: Reduces his damage resistance over time.

To this end, some of the recommended champions may include:

• Shield Providers:

• • Metalshaper (Best budget option, 100% uptime)
  • Miscreated Monster
  • Toragi the Frog
  • Valkyrie
  • Sigmund the Highshield

• Turn Meter Controllers:

• • Armiger (Great free-to-play option)
  • Alure (One of the best options with her A1)
  • High Khatun (Speed aura and turn meter control)
  • Lodric Falconheart

• Destroy Set or Decrease Max HP:

• • Armiger
  • Scrapper
  • Dark Elhain
  • Outrider

With that said, a solid budget team could be:

• Metalshaper (Shield)
• Armiger (Turn Meter Reduction & Destroy Set)
• Elfguard (Turn Meter Reduction)
• High Khatun (Speed Boost & Turn Meter Control)
• Another Armiger or a Support Champion

While not directly related to the Scarab King fight, you can also benefit greatly from reading our top 20 must-have free champions in the game. There are some champions in there that could even be good for this encounter!

Essential Gear and Stats for Scarab King Fight

Proper gear selection is just as important as champion choice. The right sets and stats will make the fight much easier.

• Your shield champion should focus on Speed, HP%, and Defense%, ensuring that shields are always active before anyone attacks. They can use Shield Set for a strong opening shield or simply have high speed and sustain to reapply shields frequently.

• Turn meter controllers like Armiger or Alure need Speed, Accuracy, and Crit Rate. Accuracy is critical to ensuring their turn meter reduction abilities land, with 100+ Accuracy required for Normal Doom Tower and 330+ for Hard.

• The champion equipped with a Destroy Set should prioritize Speed, Crit Rate, and Accuracy to attack frequently and land debuffs if needed. Armiger is an excellent candidate for this, as his A1 reduces turn meter and benefits from extra turns.

If you opt for Bloodshield accessories instead of a dedicated shield champion, ensure that all damage dealers have them equipped. These accessories grant shields based on damage dealt and prevent the boss from counterattacking. They are obtained through Clan vs Clan battles, so newer accounts may not have access to many.

Battle Strategy for the Scarab King Fight

The fight against the Scarab King is all about control. If the boss never takes a turn, you don’t have to worry about his counterattacks or buffs being stolen. The strategy revolves around cycling turns efficiently while maintaining shields and reducing his turn meter.

At the start of the battle, your shield champion should always take the first turn and apply a shield to the entire team. If using Metalshaper, his A2 places a team-wide shield on a 2-turn cooldown, making him one of the best options for this role.

Turn meter reduction champions must take their turns immediately after. Armiger, Alure, or Elfguard should continuously use their primary turn meter reduction skills to keep the Scarab King from moving. If running multiple turn meter controllers, their speeds should be tuned so that they alternate attacks without gaps in between.

Your Destroy Set champion needs to consistently hit the boss to lower his max HP. This is crucial because his passive reduces damage taken when his HP is high. The more max HP you destroy, the faster the fight progresses.

If using Bloodshield accessories instead of a dedicated shield champion, each attacker will need to generate their own shield before attacking. This means attack order matters. Your slowest champion should attack last to ensure they have a shield before Scarab King retaliates.

Speed tuning is critical. If your turn meter controllers aren’t fast enough, the Scarab King will eventually break free and take a turn, making the fight significantly harder. If you notice gaps in your control, increasing the Speed stat on your key champions will improve consistency.

Patience is key in this fight. With proper shield uptime, consistent turn meter reduction, and Destroy Set damage, the Scarab King will go down safely, even with a budget team.

Alternative Strategies If You Lack Key Champions

Using Bloodshield Accessories

If you don’t have a reliable shield champion, Bloodshield rings can keep shields up. These accessories grant a shield based on damage dealt and are earned from Clan vs Clan battles. If all champions have one, the Scarab King will never counterattack.

Poison Damage Strategy

Instead of relying on Destroy Set, you can use Poison damage. Some great champions for this purpose are Bad-el-Kazar, Urost the Soulcage, Aox the Rememberer. The biggest downside to this approach, however, is that it’s slower than the Destroy Set strategy.

Solo Champions for Scarab King

Some champions can solo the Scarab King with the right gear. The best ones include:

• Vergis (Shield + Heal)
• Vrask (Healing on attack)
• Scyl of the Drakes (Passive healing)

These champions need Regeneration Set or Immortal Set to sustain themselves through the fight.

Beating the Scarab King in RAID: Shadow Legends isn’t about raw damage—it’s all about control. Keeping shields up, reducing his turn meter, and chipping away at his max HP ensures victory. Even if you don’t have top-tier champions, budget options like Metalshaper, Armiger, and Elfguard can handle the job.

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