Kael is one of the four starting champions in Raid: Shadow Legends, and widely recognised as the best option, this is down to his incredibly versatile toolkit.

While all of the other starting champions are also great, and capable of helping you in all areas of the game, Kael is the only one who brings poisons to the table, so not only can he serve as an arena nuker/campaign farmer, he can also carry you through clan boss and Dragon!

Abilities:

A1 – Dark Bolt [ATK] Attacks 1 Enemy. Has an 80% chance of placing a 2.5% poison debuff for 2 turns.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 4: Damage +5%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 6: Damage +10%

A2 – Acid Rain [ATK] Cooldown: 3 Turns.
Attacks all enemies. Has a 15% chance of inflicting a critical hit. Fill the turn meter of this champion by 25% for each enemy killed.
Level 2: Damage +5%
Level 3: Damage +5%
Level 4: Damage +5%
Level 5: Damage +5%

A3 – Disintegrate [ATK] Cooldown: 5 Turns.
Attacks 4 times at random. Has a 40% chance of placing a 5% Poison debuff for 2 turns.
Level 2: Damage +10%
Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +5%
Level 4: Damage +10%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +5%
Level 6: Cooldown -1

Aura – Increases Ally HP by 15% in all battles.

As mentioned above, Kael is VERY versatile as a start champion and can be geared differently depending on where you are using him, for an early game account you will want to have a pretty dynamic build due to limited champion pools, for this you will want to aim Life-steal, with 85% Critical Rate, with enough accuracy/speed for the level of content you are doing.

For sole arena/campaign farming, the Life-steal may not be necessary, instead, you can build with a more damage based approach, focusing more on Critical Damage/ATK, with less Accuracy, while maintaining 85% Critical Rate for his A2 nuke. Sets like Savage & Cruel will really shine here.

For Clan Boss & Dragon, you will want Life-steal, Defensive stats relatable to the level of content you’re doing, and the same with Speed and Accuracy. Your main focus is applying poisons and surviving for as long as possible to keep them applied.

Please refer to our Champions page for advice with Masteries.