Are you searching for the ultimate support champion to elevate your team in Raid: Shadow Legends? Look no further than Riho Bonespear, the versatile and powerful Void Legendary champion from the Shadowkin faction. This guide will delve into Riho Bonespear's abilities, stats, and optimal builds, showcasing why she is a game-changer for any player lucky enough to have her on their roster.
Introduction to Riho Bonespear
Riho Bonespear stands out with her striking aesthetics and unique weapon—her namesake bone spear emanating an intense orange-red flame. As a Void Legendary champion, she is renowned for her robust skill set, making her a versatile asset in both PvE and PvP content.
Base Stats
Riho Bonespear's base stats are solid across the board:
Speed: 105
Base Attack: ~1,200
Survivability: Adequate, with respectable HP and defense
While her stats may not blow you away, they provide a reliable foundation for her abilities.
Riho Bonespear's Skills
Absorption
Attacks 1 enemy. Places a 15% [Continuous Heal] buff on the ally with the lowest HP for 1 turn. Also places a 7.5% [Continuous Heal] buff on all allies with 30% HP or less for 1 turn.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +5%
Level 4: Damage +5%
Level 5: Damage +5%
Damage Multiplier: 4.3 ATK
This ability ensures that the most vulnerable allies receive healing, enhancing the team's overall survivability
Pressure Points (Cooldown: 4 turns)
Places a [Stun] debuff on a target enemy for 1 turn, as well as a [HP Burn] debuff, a 60% [Decrease DEF] debuff, a 25% [Weaken] debuff, a 50% [Decrease ATK] debuff, and a 30% [Decrease C.RATE] debuff for 2 turns, then attacks the target.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +5%
Level 4: Damage +5%
Level 5: Damage +10%
Level 6: Cooldown -1
Damage Multiplier: 5.8 ATK
This array of debuffs can cripple enemies, making Pressure Points one of the most potent debuff skills in the game
Perfect Body (Cooldown: 6 turns)
Removes all debuffs from all allies, then places a [Block Debuffs] buff on them for 2 turns. Also heals all allies by 35% of their MAX HP, and by a further 5% for each debuff removed from them.
Level 2: Heal +10%
Level 3: Heal +10%
Level 4: Cooldown -1
Level 5: Cooldown -1
Level 6: Cooldown -1
This ability can turn the tide of battle, providing critical healing and debuff protection.
Reflect (Passive, Cooldown: 3 turns)
When receiving any debuffs, instantly transfers them from this Champion to the attacker. [Will not transfer debuffs that cannot be removed.]
This passive can counteract heavy debuff teams, reflecting their effects back at them.
Aura
Increases Ally ATK in Faction Crypts by 42%
Optimal Gear Sets
Triple Perception
Provides a total of +120 accuracy and +15% speed. Ensures Riho can land her debuffs reliably while maintaining high speed and survivability.
Relentless Set
Use Case: Hydra Clan Boss
Benefits: Reduces the cooldown of her A3 ability, allowing for more frequent cleanses and heals.
Specific Gear Pieces and Stats
Banner:
Preferred: HP for additional survivability.
Optional: Accuracy, if needed to meet accuracy thresholds.
Amulet:
Crit damage to boost her damage output.
Ring:
Defense for additional survivability (though the YouTuber wasn’t fully satisfied with the five-star ring they used).
Substats Focus
Primary Substats: Speed and Accuracy
Secondary Substats: HP and Defense for survivability
Optimization Tips
Accuracy: Ensure Riho has enough accuracy to land all debuffs.
Speed: Prioritize high speed to maximize turn frequency.
Survivability: Balance HP and Defense to keep her alive in battle.
Crit Rate and Crit Damage: Allocate gear to enhance her damage output after ensuring she’s survivable.
Masteries
General PvE Masteries
For general PvE content, consider masteries that enhance Riho's healing and debuff potential. Here’s the suggested mastery setup:
Offense Tree
Warmaster: For additional damage against bosses.
Support Tree
Pinpoint Accuracy: Increase accuracy.
Charged Focus: Additional accuracy when no skills are on cooldown.
Swarm Smiter: More accuracy for each enemy alive.
Lore of Steel: Increases the set bonuses of equipped gear.
Master Hexer: Extends the duration of debuffs.
Lay on Hands: Increases the amount of healing done by Riho.
Healing Savior: Increases healing when the target's HP is below 40%.
Merciful Aid: Increases healing when the target is under a debuff.
Lasting Gifts: Extends the duration of buffs cast by Riho.
Alternative Masteries for Specific Content
Alternative mastery paths for specific content like Clan Boss and PvP.
Clan Boss
Defense Tree: Focus on Retribution and Deterrence for counterattacking and removing debuffs.
Support Tree: As mentioned above, to enhance healing and debuff duration.
PvP
Offense Tree
Tier 1: Deadly Precision, Keen Strike.
Tier 2: Heart of Glory.
Tier 3: Single Out.
Tier 4: Life Drinker.
Tier 5: Bring It Down.
Tier 6: Warmaster.
Support Tree
Tier 1: Pinpoint Accuracy, Lay on Hands.
Tier 2: Healing Savior.
Tier 3: Charged Focus, Lore of Steel.
Tier 4: Swarm Smiter, Merciful Aid.
Tier 5: Lasting Gifts.
Tier 6: Master Hexer.
Blessings
Brimstone
Reason: Brimstone is highly recommended for Riho Bonespear due to her high accuracy, which ensures the blessing's effectiveness.
Effect: Grants a 60% chance of placing a protected Smite, which is a powerful debuff.
Alternative Blessing for PvP: Polymorph
Reason: While Riho Bonespear is primarily a PvE champion, Polymorph can be valuable in PvP to disrupt enemy strategies.
Effect: Transforms an enemy into a sheep when they use an active skill, rendering them unable to act and stripping their buffs.
The protected Smite debuff adds another layer of damage output and control to her kit, enhancing her overall effectiveness in various game modes.
Versatility in Battle
Riho Bonespear excels in various game modes:
Hydra Clan Boss: Provides crucial heals, cleanses, and debuffs.
Doom Tower: Effective against bosses like Frost Spider, thanks to her burn and cleanse abilities.
Arena: While not a top-tier choice, she can fill dual roles of healer and debuffer in mid-tier teams.
Her ability to place multiple debuffs and cleanse allies makes her a valuable asset in most team compositions.
Riho Bonespear Lore
After the fall of the Mikage Autocracy, a new era began for the Shadowkin. Forever tainted by their subjugation by Demonspawn, many of the denizens of Yakai sought to resurrect their lost culture, and begin the process of restoring peace, harmony, and justice to their wayward society. In the establishment of the War Divinity, a new religious order born from the Church of Lumaya and dedicated to the violent resistance of Siroth, there existed a vehicle for the Shadowkin to publicly demonstrate their contrition and penance.
After the dismantling of the pirate fleets that the Mikage had unleashed upon Teleria’s seas for years, concerted efforts were made to restore trade with neighbors beyond the Skyiron Dominion. Though it was painful, many of the most violent and unpredictable leaders who had led the rebellion against the Mikage, and helped bring down the terrible regime, were killed or exiled to make it clear that a new era of stability was being ushered in. The cumulative effect of this regeneration is that the Shadowkin began to restore themselves in the eyes of the wider world, and were on the path to redemption. That was not something that all Shadowkin were seeking, however.
From the beginning of her life, Riho Bonespear was taught how to destroy. Sired by a Mikage Demonspawn general, and thereafter raised in its inner circle, she was one of their most potent tools in the violent oppression of the Yakai people. Bent, beaten, and broken into a creature of pure contempt and malice, her early life was spent being honed into an agent of chaos. Her ferocity and skill with a spear, coupled with her deft powers of manipulation and persuasion, made her an unforgiving adversary. Forever kept in the darkness and shadows, and specializing in destroying communities from within, Riho was tasked with infiltrating the nascent rebellion and ensuring its collapse no matter the cost.
She knew the rebels would suspect her, given her Demonic visage, and so when she found a resistance cell to infiltrate, she lied to them, spinning a tale of hate and anguish to convince them she wished the Mikage to fall. This was enough to persuade them not to execute her, and she proved herself to them in numerous raids against the Mikage. Soon, she was accepted into the rebellion’s leadership and there set about undermining and eroding the core pillars of their movement. Though she did much to scupper and delay the rebels’ plans, in the end she could not prevent the Mikage’s eventual demise. Knowing that her true identity could be at risk, and knowing what fate awaited her if it was discovered, Riho fled the rebellion, taking only her spear with her, hellbent on forging a path of devastation through Yakai.
Left without a purpose, and utterly alone in the world, Riho continues to do what she has always done: destroy. Out in the wilds, she roams from coast to coast, killing as many rebels and Yakai civilians as she can in a bid to punish those who ended the order she had invested her life into. Though that rage is primarily directed toward the rebellion, she shows no mercy to any Demonspawn or Mikage, as in her view it was their weakness that led to their defeat.
But as she wanders and continues to kill with abandon, questions about her place in the world have fermented in her imposingly horned head. Why had she supported the Mikage? If their rule was necessary, why had they fallen? Where will she go now, if she has no purpose left in Yakai? As she wrestles with these difficult questions, she cannot shake the feeling that somehow spending all that time within the rebellion has somehow poisoned her mind, that she has let their ideals of ‘freedom’ and ‘liberty’ corrupt what she once knew. Riho hasn’t failed to notice that the more she kills, the more she delivers vengeance to those who wronged her, the louder these questions seem to grow.
Though she does not know it yet, Riho Bonespear will soon reach a crossroads. The path she is on, one of death and destruction onto which she was placed as a child, is not granting her the satisfaction she seeks. The questions that plague her conscience will not quiet, and the rage that drives her will is starting to wane. Should she have the strength to push beyond what she was told about the order of the world, to see past the ideology of hate, power, and subjugation in which she was raised, she may yet find a purpose far greater than the one she had in the Mikage Autocracy. For the first time in her life, Riho’s future is in her own hands.
Conclusion
Riho Bonespear is an exceptional support champion, offering unparalleled utility and versatility. Whether you're tackling endgame content or climbing the arena ranks, Riho's comprehensive skill set makes her a worthy addition to any team. If you're fortunate enough to summon her, congratulations—you’ve secured one of Raid: Shadow Legends' premier champions.
