RAID: Shadow Legends has introduced significant updates to Konstantin the Dayborn and Ultan of the Shell, elevating their utility and performance across multiple game modes. Let’s take a detailed look at these rebalances, their potential impact, and how to make the most of their updated kits.
Konstantin the Dayborn: A Ruthless Arena Nuker
Konstantin's rework focuses on amplifying his offensive capabilities, particularly when paired with his counterpart, Vlad the Nightborn, in synergy-heavy compositions. His updates provide flexibility and increased power for PvP teams.
Skill Changes in Detail
A1 – Sword of Suns
Now places a 60% [Decrease DEF] debuff on a single enemy for 2 turns.
When Vlad is on the team, this debuff becomes unresistible, ensuring reliability against high-resistance champions.
Gains an extra hit if the target is already under any debuff, enabling more damage potential and synergy with debuff-heavy teams.
Impact: The added [Decrease DEF] ensures stronger setup for nukers, while the bonus hit makes him deadly in prolonged fights, especially against tanky opponents.
A2 – Rune Shatter
Attacks all enemies twice, with each hit ignoring 15% of their DEF.
Gains an additional 10% DEF ignore for each [Leech], [Decrease DEF], or [Block Active Skills] debuff on the target.
When all three debuffs are present, Konstantin ignores a staggering 75% of the target’s DEF per hit.
Impact: This ability transforms Konstantin into a DEF-shredding machine, perfect for taking down high-DEF champions in Arena and against Wave mobs in Dungeons. The interaction between his kit and Vlad’s abilities makes them a devastating duo.
A3 – Quietude
Before attacking, steals all buffs from the target and transfers all debuffs from himself to the target.
When Vlad is on the team, this skill becomes irresistible, ensuring it works even against champions with resistance-heavy builds.
Cooldown resets if Konstantin secures a kill with this ability.
Impact: This skill combines utility and offense, removing enemy advantages while punishing them with heavy damage. The reset mechanism makes Konstantin lethal in a well-set-up AoE debuff strategy.
Aura
His updated Aura now boosts ally ATK in Arena battles by 35%, providing a simple yet effective enhancement to his team’s offensive capabilities.
Why This Matters
Konstantin’s changes make him a reliable choice for fast-paced Arena teams. His synergy with Vlad unlocks irresistibility and unmatched DEF-ignore potential, ensuring a high success rate against tanky enemies or teams relying on resistance and shields.
Ultan of the Shell: The Crowd-Control Tank Reborn
Ultan’s rebalance emphasizes survivability, self-healing, and crowd control. His kit now includes significant utility, especially when paired with Oella, making him a versatile option for PvE and PvP battles.
Skill Changes in Detail
A1 – Under the Skin
Each hit now has a 50% chance to apply a 60% [Decrease DEF] debuff for 2 turns.
If Oella is on the same team, Ultan will ignore 50% of the target’s RES, ensuring the debuff lands consistently.
- Each hit also has an 80% chance to remove [Increase DEF] buffs, bypassing resistance entirely.
Impact: This ensures that Ultan remains effective even against buff-heavy teams, with reliable debuff application and removal, especially when paired with Oella.
A2 – Resurging Reversal
Removes all debuffs from Ultan and heals him for 20% of his MAX HP.
Provides an additional 20% heal per debuff removed, offering incredible survivability in debuff-heavy battles.
Places a [Shield] buff proportional to his ATK for 2 turns, with the Shield's value increasing by 5% per debuff removed.
Final hit ignores [Shield] buffs on enemies and deals 20% more damage per debuff removed.
Impact: This skill is the cornerstone of Ultan’s survivability and utility. It allows him to heal and shield himself while punishing enemies for stacking debuffs on him. The damage scaling makes him viable in both PvE and PvP.
A3 – Somnolence Spores
Attacks all enemies and places a 100% [Sleep] debuff and a 30% [Decrease SPD] debuff for 2 turns.
When Oella is on the team:
- [Stun] replaces [Sleep], ensuring enemies are completely incapacitated.
- The skill also ignores 50% of each target’s RES, ensuring debuffs land consistently.
- Grants Ultan an Extra Turn whenever a [Sleep] or [Stun] debuff expires, while filling his Turn Meter by 15%.
Impact: This skill offers incredible control over enemy teams, allowing Ultan to disrupt enemies, gain Extra Turns, and maintain momentum in both PvE waves and PvP matches.
Synergies and Strategies
The reworks for Konstantin and Ultan highlight their synergy potential with Vlad and Oella, respectively.
Konstantin + Vlad: Combine Vlad’s AoE debuffing capabilities with Konstantin’s DEF-ignore mechanics for a deadly offensive setup.
Ultan + Oella: Oella enhances Ultan’s utility, providing consistent debuff application and increasing his effectiveness as a tank and crowd-controller.
Where to Use Them
Konstantin the Dayborn
Arena: Dominates as a nuker in high-resistance meta teams.
Faction Wars: Shines in debuff-heavy compositions.
Dungeons: Excels in debuff-heavy team setups for quicker clears.
Ultan of the Shell
Doom Tower: Crowd-control abilities make him a strong option for wave clearing.
PvP: Combines survivability and disruption to frustrate enemy teams.
Faction Wars: Adds sustain and utility, making him a reliable choice.
Conclusion
The updates to Konstantin the Dayborn and Ultan of the Shell are game-changers, offering enhanced synergy and flexibility for your teams. Whether you need a hard-hitting nuker for Arena or a tanky crowd-controller for Doom Tower, these champions now bring exceptional value to your roster.
Jump into RAID: Shadow Legends and test these updates to see how they reshape your strategies!
