RAID: Shadow Legends has made some significant changes to the game with their latest update titled as “Cursed City”. Allowing players to get a free and farmable Mythic grade champion is not an easy thing to do, coming from how premium those champions feel to use! Of course, Plarium has been one of the top pioneers when it comes to innovating the turn-based RPG genre. New factions, new champions, and new currencies are just some of the permanent additional highlights that have been with the recent update. RAID: Shadow Legends is available to be downloaded and installed as a free-to-play game on both the Google Play Store and iOS App Store.            

Difficulty levels have spiked only higher with the introduction of new Mythical champions and gear sets! Well, it’s not time to tackle a different beast of a boss altogether – Mythical rarity boss Amius, the Lunar Archon! The guardian of the Cursed City and the ultimate titan of the ruins, this fiery boss has a plethora of active and passive abilities. Standing as the last fortress between you and the amazing rewards, his abilities need to be understood in-depth if you want to succeed in this content. In this guide, we will be sharing all of his abilities, as well as devising different strategies to counter him effectively. Keep in mind, if you’re a new player or mid game player, this content just might not be easy enough for you to handle as it needs a developed roster of champions. 

Amius, the Lunar Archon – Skills and Abilities

Here is a list of Amius the Lunar Archon (Base Form) skills: –

Waxing Potence (Active)

Attacks all enemies. Increases the damage inflicted by this skill by 10% for each buff on Amius. Also, heals Amius by 100% of the damage dealt. Includes damage dealt to [Shield] buffs.

Lunar Storm (Active)

Attacks all enemies. Before attacking, increases the duration of all buffs and decreases the duration of all debuffs on Amius by 1 turn. Heals Amius by 20% of his MAX HP. The heal increases by 5% for each buff that has its duration increased. Also fills Amius’ Turn Meter by 10% for each debuff that has its duration decreased.

Rampant Chaos (Active)

Removes any [Block Buffs] debuffs from Amius and replaces them with a [Block Debuffs] buff, lasting for 3 turns. Also removes any debuffs negatively affecting stats, and replaces them with their mirrored buff equivalent, such as [Decrease ATK] being replaced with [Increase ATK]. Debuffs such as [Heal Reduction] and [Weaken] will be replaced with [Continuous Heal] and [Strengthen] buffs respectively. All mirrored buffs last for 3 turns. Then, places a [Stun] debuff on all enemies except Mythical Champions for 1 turn, and forces all Mythical Champions to change Form. Finally, fills Amius’ Turn Meter by 10% for each debuff converted into a buff by this skill.

Robed in Moonlight (Passive)

Whenever an enemy is healed, Amius also heals by 25% of the value of the original heal (doesn”t work on heals from swapping HP and equalizing HP). Heals Amius by 100% of the damage inflicted against [Shield] buffs. If a [Shield] is removed by damage, Amius will heal equal to the full value of the [Shield]. Whenever an enemy decreases a skill’s cooldown with an Artifact, Accessory, Mastery or skill, also decreases the cooldown of Amius’ Archon”s Ascendance [P] skill by 1 turn. 

Archon’s Ascendence (Passive)

[Active Effect] At the start of Amius’ turn, places an [Eclipse] buff on him for 3 turns. This buff cannot be blocked, removed, transferred, spread, or have its duration increased or decreased by enemies or allies. [This skill will be on a 4-turn cooldown at the start of the battle and whenever Amius transforms into his Base Form.] [Passive Effect] Revives Amius with 30% HP and 50% Turn Meter when killed while under an [Eclipse] buff. This effect only activates if Amius is killed in his Alternate Form.

Almighty Immunity (Passive)

Immune to [Stun], [Freeze], [Sleep], [Provoke], [Block Active Skills], [Block Passive Skills], [Fear], [True Fear], [Petrification] debuffs. Also immune to HP exchange effects, HP balancing effects, and cooldown increasing effects.

Almighty Strength (Passive)

Damage from skills that scale based on enemy MAX HP cannot exceed 5% of the Boss” MAX HP when attacking the Boss.

Awakened Weakness (Passive)

Decreases the damage inflicted by the Boss for each Awakening Level on the target Champion (2.5% for Levels 1-2 and 5% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 25%). Increases the damage received by the Boss for each Awakening Level on the attacking Champion (5% for Levels 1-2 and 10% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 50%).

Here is a list of Amius the Lunar Archon’s (Alternate Form) skills: –

Abyssal Construct (Active)

Attacks 1 enemy 2 times. Will ignore 100% of the target’s DEF. Damage increases by 20% for each debuff on the enemy. Decreases Amius’ Ignore DEF effect for each Awakening Level on the target Champion (5% for Levels 1-2 and 10% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 50%). If this attack kills an enemy, instantly activates Amius’ Maniacal Bedlam skill.

Bloodmoon Vortex (Active)

Attacks all enemies. Before attacking, increases the duration of all debuffs and decreases the duration of all buffs on all enemies by 1 turn. Increases damage inflicted by 5% of the target’s MAX HP for each enemy buff that has its duration decreased (stacks up to 50%). Also, decreases each enemy’s Turn Meter by 10% for each debuff that has its duration increased. Reduces Amius’ Decrease Turn Meter effect for each Awakening Level on target Champions (1% for Levels 1-2 and 2% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 10%).

Maniacal Bedlam (Active)

Removes any [Block Debuffs] buffs from enemies and replaces them with a [Block Buffs] debuff, lasting for 3 turns. Also removes any buffs positively affecting stats, and replaces them with their mirrored debuff equivalent, such as [Increase ATK] being replaced with [Decrease ATK]. Buffs such as [Continuous Heal] and [Strengthen] will be replaced with [Heal Reduction] and [Weaken] debuffs respectively. All mirrored debuffs last for 3 turns. Then, places a [Sleep] debuff on all enemies except Mythical Champions for 1 turn. This debuff cannot be blocked or resisted. Also, forces all Mythical Champions to change Form. Finally, fills Amius’ Turn Meter by 10% for each buff converted into a debuff by this skill.

Scarlet Eclipse (Passive)

Reduces the amount of healing that enemies receive by 50% when Amius is under an [Eclipse] buff. Ignores [Shield], [Block Damage], and [Unkillable] buffs when Amius is under an [Eclipse] buff. Finally, whenever an enemy’s cooldown is decreased with an Artifact, Accessory, Mastery or skill, instantly activates Amius’ Abyssal Construct skill against a random enemy.

Almighty Immunity (Passive)

Immune to [Stun], [Freeze], [Sleep], [Provoke], [Block Active Skills], [Block Passive Skills], [Fear], [True Fear], [Petrification] debuffs. Also immune to HP exchange effects, HP balancing effects, and cooldown increasing effects.

Almighty Strength (Passive)

Damage from skills that scale based on enemy MAX HP cannot exceed 5% of the Boss” MAX HP when attacking the Boss.

Awakened Weakness (Passive)

Decreases the damage inflicted by the Boss for each Awakening Level on the target Champion (2.5% for Levels 1-2 and 5% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 25%). Increases the damage received by the Boss for each Awakening Level on the attacking Champion (5% for Levels 1-2 and 10% for Levels 3-6, stacks up to 50%).

Tips to Beat Amius, the Lunar Archon

If you’re done reading the above abilities, one thing might be clear in your mind – Amius, the Lunar Archon is the strongest enemy boss to be ever added in RAID: Shadow Legends till date! No other boss comes loaded with these many mechanics and dangerous abilities. Yes, conquering him might be difficult but we have devised some personalized tips that can help you prevail over this tyrant! Let’s check them out:

• Amius has a lot of healing and counter attacking going on with his skill set, allowing him to effectively counter any damage thrown at him. Either burst him down quick enough in his base form, or timely apply the Unhealable debuffs on him so that he does not replace them with Continuous Heal buffs. 
• Protection set of gear can be quite useful on your champions here as Amius, even in the base form, can deal a ton of damage. Further, make sure to have some sort of block debuff champion in your team as his 3rd ability in both the forms has a chance to Stun/Sleep your allies.
• Try to finish the fight early by brute forcing your way through his damage and heals, or things can get quite messy once he reaches his alternate form. With the ability to ignore unkillable, shields, and defense, this guy’s damage is quite literally unstoppable. He will hit like a truck, so make sure to have at least 2 healers if you’re going for the long haul fights.
• One great thing about this fight is that his passives also state Amius’s weakness. His damage is mitigated if you bring in awakened champions! Further, you can also bring in champions that can constantly debuff him. 
• Do not bring too many buffers outside of Block Debuffs and increased defense, especially if you’re looking for long fights. Amius can steal your champion’s buffs and replace them with debuffs, making him extremely annoying to kill. 
• Amius, in his alternate form, can revive himself back to full HP once killed. You can make use of champions like Rotos the Groom and Foli to ensure anti-revival is placed. One more thing to keep in mind when placing unique debuffs is to make use of poisons and HP Burns. Do not place them too soon or Amius will take a turn and replace them with buffs instead. 

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