Today, we're diving into the details of Aeshma, an Epic Poisoner and Debuffer from the Knight Revenant faction in Raid: Shadow Legends. Aeshma is a Magic affinity champion who brings a unique skill set to your team, making her a valuable asset in various game modes. Let's break down her abilities, optimal builds, and where she truly shines.
Champion Overview
Name: Aeshma
Faction: Knight Revenant
Rarity: Epic
Role: Attack
Affinity: Magic
Appearance and Aesthetic
Aeshma sports an eerie, undead mummy look with a hint of Freddy Krueger’s style in her long, claw-like fingernails. Her design perfectly captures the dark and mystical vibe of the Knight Revenant faction, adding an intimidating presence to your roster.
Aeshma Skills and Abilities
Ichor Sickles
Attacks 1 enemy 2 times. Each hit has a 20% chance of placing a 5% [Poison] debuff for 2 turns.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +10%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Damage Multiplier: 1.9 ATK
Wasting Affliction (Cooldown: 4 turns)
Attacks all enemies. Has a 75% chance of placing a 25% [Weaken] debuff for 2 turns.
Level 2: Damage +10%
Level 3: Damage +10%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
Level 6: Cooldown -1
Damage Multiplier: 4 ATK
Languish (Cooldown: 4 turns)
Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 75% chance of decreasing the duration of all enemy buffs by 1 turn. Also has a 75% chance of increasing the duration of all enemy debuffs by 1 turn.
Level 2: Damage +10%
Level 3: Damage +10%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
Level 6: Cooldown -1
Damage Multiplier: 6 ATK
Venom for Blood (Passive)
Heals this Champion by 3% of their MAX HP whenever an enemy receives damage from a [Poison] debuff.
Gear Sets
For Aeshma, the key is to balance her offensive capabilities with enough accuracy to ensure her debuffs land consistently. Here are a few recommended gear sets:
Supersonic Set (9-piece)
While this set isn't the most conventional choice, it does have unique bonuses:
Resistance: Increases her resistance, making her harder to debuff.
HP and Speed: Adds to her survivability and speed, making her faster in taking turns.
Turn Meter Fill: Increases her turn meter by 2% for each buff on each enemy.
Decreased Turn Meter Effects: Reduces the effectiveness of enemy turn meter decrease effects by 30%.
Increased Turn Meter Fill Effects: Enhances turn meter fill effects on her by 30%.
Total Speed Bonus: Grants a total of 32% speed increase, which is crucial for getting more turns.
However, more standard gear sets are also recommended:
Perception Set: Boosts accuracy and speed, which are essential for landing her debuffs consistently.
Savage or Lethal Set: Increases damage by ignoring a portion of enemy defense, useful for maximizing her damage output.
Relentless Set: Provides a chance to gain extra turns, increasing her ability to apply poisons and debuffs.
Stats Prioritization
Accuracy: To ensure her debuffs land.
Speed: To enable her to take turns more frequently.
Crit Rate and Crit Damage: To enhance her damage output.
Attack: To maximize the damage of her abilities.
Aeshma Masteries
Focus on masteries that boost her accuracy and damage. Here’s a suggested mastery setup:
Offense Tree
Tier 1: Deadly Precision - Increases Crit Rate.
Tier 2: Keen Strike - Increases Crit Damage.
Tier 3: Life Drinker - Heals by 5% of damage inflicted when attacking with 50% HP or less.
Tier 4: Single Out - Increases damage inflicted to targets with less than 40% HP.
Tier 5: Cycle of Violence - Has a 30% chance of decreasing the cooldown of a random skill by 1 turn if the damage inflicted by the skill exceeds 30% of the target’s MAX HP.
Tier 6: Warmaster - Has a 60% chance of inflicting bonus damage when attacking. Bonus damage is equal to 10% of the target’s MAX HP on Champions and 4% on Bosses.
Support Tree
Tier 1: Pinpoint Accuracy - Increases Accuracy.
Tier 2: Charged Focus - Increases Accuracy when no skills are on cooldown.
Tier 3: Swarm Smiter - Increases Accuracy for each enemy alive.
Tier 4: Lore of Steel - Increases the base stats of all Artifact sets that increase base stats by 15%.
Tier 5: Master Hexer - Has a 30% chance to extend the duration of any debuff cast by this Champion by 1 turn. It will not extend Stun, Sleep, Freeze, Fear, or True Fear debuffs.
Tier 6: Sniper - Increases the chances of placing any debuff from skills or Artifacts by 5%.
Blessings for Aeshma
We recommend two main blessings for Aeshma, depending on her role in your team:
Cruelty: This blessing is suggested for late-game use. It provides a boost to Aeshma’s overall damage output, particularly useful in prolonged battles where her poisons can stack and deal significant damage over time.
Phantom Touch: Recommended for use as a damage dealer. This blessing increases her single-target damage, making her more effective in scenarios where maximizing damage is critical, such as against bosses or high-HP targets.
Aeshma Performance in Various Game Modes
Clan Boss
Aeshma excels in Clan Boss battles due to her ability to stack poisons and extend debuffs. Her A3 skill is particularly useful for managing the boss’s buffs, while her passive healing keeps her in the fight longer.
Dragon’s Lair
Her AoE Weaken and poison abilities make her a solid choice for Dragon’s Lair, especially on higher difficulty levels where debuffs play a critical role in taking down the boss quickly.
Arena
While not a primary Arena nuker, Aeshma can be situationally useful in controlling enemy buffs and applying debuffs. However, there are more effective choices for Arena nuking in the Epic category.
Faction Wars and Doom Tower
Aeshma is a valuable asset in Faction Wars and certain Doom Tower secret rooms, thanks to her debuffing capabilities and sustainability.
Aeshma Lore
Aeshma grew up in a family of locksmiths, and was fascinated by her inherited trade and highly talented. Her skills were further magnified by her minor sorcerous abilities, ones that twinned with her family's trade, allowing her to conjure a key for almost any lock and visualize with absolute clarity the internal workings of any such device. While this could have made her one of the greatest locksmiths in all Anhelt, it seems that fate had other ideas, for while Aeshma was still an apprentice she contracted an unknown and incurable wasting disease.
She suffered for many months, until a client noted the bandages she wore and inquired after them. He told her he could put her in contact with a group who might be able to help cure her. Desperate, she agreed, not knowing this was the Knights Revenant.
Aeshma's initial dealings with the Cult of K'Leth gave her cautious hope, albeit those she spoke with seemed altogether too earnest and eager for her to join. Seeing no other hope for a cure, she agreed to attend an induction ceremony. The fact that it was to be conducted in the catacombs beneath the ruined city of Narbuk filled her with fear, and as she saw the ceremony starting to play out, those fears multiplied. Believing, correctly, that dark magics were involved, she fled, and became lost in the tunnels.
Her abilities preserved her. The underbelly of Narbuk was a maze of sealed chambers but every door Aeshma came across unlocked before her. Searching for a way out, she instead burst into a Soul Shepherd's chamber before collapsing from exhaustion.
The Soul Shepherd wondered just how it was that Aeshma had been able to reach him. Intrigued and seeing the afflictions of her flesh, he commanded a fresh body be brought, and was able to extract and transfer Aeshma's soul into it.
Aeshma awoke and found herself in a new body, seemingly free of the disease that had beset her. The fear she had felt toward the Knights Revenant faded as she was filled with joy and relief at having been cured. The Soul Shepherd asked Aeshma to arise, and unlock the door to his chamber. As she acquiesced, the key appeared at her fingertips.
It was clear Aeshma could be valuable to the cult. There seemed to be no reason for the inner circle to trust her however, until it became clear that her infection had transcended the natural and mundane and followed her soul to a new body.
No matter how many times Aeshma changed her body, or bound it up with scraps of enchanted healing cloth, she could never stop the disease from withering her muscles, claiming her sight, and reducing her to a paralyzed wreck. Her only hope was to change body again and again to outrun the infection. That was only possible as long as the Soul Shepherds supplied fresh bodies, and were willing to transfer her.
Aeshma was indebted to the Cult of K'Leth, bound to its service for as long as she wishes to outlast her curse. She protects Narbuk's depths and guides the Knights Revenant through its dank, crumbling crypts, fulfilling the role of Mistress of the Keys, a warden and guardian for whom no door remains barred for long. She is a bitter and frustrated soul, ever irritated and terrified by her affliction. One of her very few solaces is that she can pass on her illness with but a touch of her weeping skin. Ever since she took up a scythe she found in the Narbuk tunnels as a weapon and badge of office, she has brushed her skin over its blade before ever using it. A glancing cut can ruin a life and create another being indebted to the Cult.
Conclusion
Aeshma is a versatile and intriguing champion who brings a mix of poison and debuff mechanics to your team. While she may not dominate in every game mode, she excels in areas like Clan Boss and Dragon’s Lair, offering valuable support and damage. Investing in her can be worthwhile if you need a reliable debuffer and poisoner. Equip her with the right gear, prioritize accuracy, speed, and crit stats, and watch her contribute significantly to your battles. Happy Raiding!
