That was the very first RAID content creator video I ever watched when I started playing. My son basically forced me to start playing this game back when the Foli fusion event was happening. I didn't even come close to fusing him and I really wasn't totally sold on the game. If my son wasn't constantly on me to progress, I would have bailed on it early on. The first lego I pulled was Martyr and I remember not being impressed. My son told me to watch this Chosen video and that's when I realized the best champ in the game was on my roster. Fast forward to today... I still play the game, my son quit 2 years ago, I have probably 5 Martyrs right now and still use her for Faction Wars. Definitely brought back memories!! Thanks for making this vid!!
Martyr was my 2nd lego and 1st booked. She carried me through most of the early days and funnily enough still sits top of my roster (empower and blessings make her top on the sort). Find her useful in stone skin with fenax in 3v3 team. She applied counter attack and fenax goes to work with his A1
this is even before my starting point in the game :) I started within the Rotos fusion. YES. This guy was a fusion EDIT: Comparions like this provide a bit of context/history and might bring up some ideas to use OGs or buffed OGs for current stuff. I like this. At least to activate some fond(?) memories
Back in the day ash, remember this was back in the day... I remember, tks for bringing the og's,(big, big tks for all the brave youtubers) oldy og's but never the less, still BIG...
I'm a 6th month FTP player... so I'd really love a content like this, It was always good to know about the Tale as Old as Time champions compared to nowadays.... Epic Champs next please!
I've wanted a video like this for a while. Thanks. He had Skatorsis rated twice at 17 and 23, so 61 champs. After 4.5 years, I have 13 of the 61 listed and very few good ones in that. Please do more.
Interesting video. I always liked Sethalia, probably because she was my first Legendary Champ. On another note... I was redoing some Gear yesterday and thinking they should put out a Gear set that allows Revive as an option. That would be an interesting addition and give a nice boost when creating teams.
Hey ash, do you have a visionary guide? Was looking for it on your other channel. Also you need to put them in alphabetical order so it's easy to find champions lol love you bro!! Your the best content creator
You were talking to bad about the bottom list and inside I was crying out Tomb Lord is massive since he got reworked!! Then you called him out, thanks for the video Ash - really cool to remember where we came from.
I Would say Rae is one of the most important Characters on my Account, she hits like a truck and is a hard counter to Leo and Skullcrown if you give her soul reap and you still see a ton of them in Arena especially 3v3. She a 9s 12-3 farmer aswell. She toasts the early levels of Cursed city solo even on Hard. and with 6+ Slayer set she absolutely smacks.
I started back then but didn't play a month. I was a little hard on Raid because i was playing SW but I remember this video. Would love to see what i missed over the years.
Ahhh summoners war haha halfway through my first week I was like ok so this is just 100% sw clone. And then I sold every artifact I had without speed subs 😂
I've been playing since those days. I still don't have Bad, Zavia, Rae, Nick, or Lyss from the top 10. Now i think all of them are straight to the vault for my account.
Wow that's awesome! Ever since I started playing Raid my most desireable and most wanted was Gwynneth, which stands above my other current most wanted, Coldheart and Madame Serrie ❤🙌🏻🔥.
@@thenotoriousbenster3818 When I first started playing raid she was female champion to say that I sort of fell in love with. Her aesthetics are really good especially that butt, yes I said it the booty. There's something about that champion I just really love. Even Ash said that's a very good looking champion in a video about champions you can't pull from shards.
This was so cool and interesting. Absolutely do a rare/epic version, and more reactions to all different content from years ago. 100%. This is the most interesting raid video I think I've ever seen lol.
Zavia is insane for progression, I pulled her early and used her in Arena, all the dungeons, anything with waves, anything with bosses, even after four years in she's still probably my most used champ although obviosuly she's been replaced in some areas, I still use her a lot.
I remember these days, back when Executioner was considered great as well. With Lego's, due to the cost to pull ratio being so high, each Lego should have at least one area where they can be a star. Even if it's just one dungeon out of all of them, where they counter, or are immune to, boss mechanics. This also includes knowing how.to build a team around certain champs - like a designated go second PvP style champ, where you have to strategise who they are with but have high success rates if you get it right.
Started playing around the time a tournament was happening to win Fayne 2021 i think? Felt so thwarted for not winning her but soon after pulled Sir Nicholas and thought freeze was OP 😂
I still use Martyr to wreak PVP Gold III in live arena. Everyone underrates her and loses. Marty was my original campaign farmer. Still one of my top 10 heroes.
Love the throwback comparison. Very interesting. I started just before Foli and I remember St Nick came the Xmas before Foli. My first Lego was Kymar according to Plarium .. though I thought I got Abbess and Sethalia before him. 2 terrible Legos back then. Still middling at best.
Sethallia is one of my most used champs, Still in my main arena team, the buff strip and tm boost is great, massive heal on 2 turn cooldown and burn on A1 mean she can solo some doom tower bosses as well. (I use her over some pretty crazy champs, she is easy to build to be effective.)
Raid it’s an ever evolving game and it’s cool to see how it’s come so far. Could you even imagine thinking there would be a 6 star mythical in the game back then 😂
well im rather new and got her on my first day. she is on my main team XD Adelyn as leader. then martyr and turrox , temptress and juliana. good enough to do the twins , sand devil , and run trough the campaign on brutal
They should have a prism crystal event where you can pick up all the fusions going back to the beginning so late players have a chance of getting them .
Memories sweet memories. Back when shard pulling videos were the best content. Hell I'd still watch them but the dopamine just isn't there anymore. Rae, her cooldowns badly need a buff. Same for Ignatius.
I believe Martir was so far above Valkyrie because party-wide Increase Defense was the god buff that you needed in your teams. This was when Defense champions were the real heavy lifters. + She has decrease atack and decrease defense (big version). That was huge back then. Also, shields back in the day just weren't seen as the best option.
I briefly played Raid when it was new... I had never gotten a single legendary in the 3 months (logins excluded, if there were logins, can't remember) I played. I started playing again in Feb 2024
The biggest shock on this list for me is Queen Eva, she was always god awful as anything other than a campaign farmer or VERY early spider not sure why she is 16 on this list. Even after her recent rework she is a very basic legendary but at least now she is capable of actual damage.
Ash is the new fusion worth it? I have never tried for a fusion and I'm free to play. I've amassed alot of resources to be able to pursue one, wondering if this is the one to go for? Or if I should test my patience and save
Bombs should scale off Max HP of the target + Attack value of the placer. Each bomb doing 1% Max HP of the target + the attack value of the champ placing the bomb. With no crits possible.
Ohhh... Badass-el-Kazaar... my first leggo. Things really have changed. Got lucky pulling him at that time. Then after a month later pulled Zavia. Lol.
I've thought along the same lines as you. They should rework some of those OG champs. Now I Pulled a UDK the other day and ngl I was a little bummed. Just bc hes not the meta nowadays. So everytime we pull shards I feel like most of us hope for one of the newer fusions from Gnut to now. All I get is older champs and its underwhelming to say the least. Who needs 5 Grohaks? Who need Astralith and Wurlim Foreskin😂 oh excuse me Frostking. Just makes it less appealing than ever to spend is all I'm trying to say.
Astralith is underrated, surely she has received buffs after this video went live right? I mean, her kit is not bad. Tyraku made a video where he pairs her with Tuhanarak (you can use Vizir too). Astralith destroys stoneskin teams.
They should buff my babe, Lysandra. She was my first leggo and i basically never knew any classic arena other than gold. an absolutly busted champ to give to a little lvl20 account and from then on, i feel like the game only gives me pvp champs...and i hate pvp
"Worst champion in the game is Astralith." I have 4 of those, making the dark elves the only faction with 2 legendary guardians. And I summoned 3 of those in same month.
Meta has two meanings. There is the acronym used in gaming, Most Effective Tactics Available. Then there is the use in media, meaning self referential. Something that refers to itself. This video is so meta
This is almost a year before Duchess released. Foli fusion was in the first 4 or 5 months of Raid, July 2019 (I think). Duchess wasn't introduce until Raid had been out for well over a year.
@@samrester6254 so I did start to play during the second year of Raid. I thought it was earlier. I got my Duchess pretty early (in the first 3 or 4 months), then I took long break from Raid when Tormin or Cillian fusion ended
Everyone who thinks the game as is, is trash. Try playing Raid in 2019.... remember no instant upgrade gear? Auto complete clan boss? Games not perfect but in a way better place.
Hell I think a lot of these CCs could take a lesson from Chosen and eliminate all the lead up to the videos. I swear to God I have to skip at least 30% of most videos with all the filler that is so unnecessary.
ASH, now we need to see the first HARRIER! rant pull video 😏
that's a great video... Ash's first Harrier pull, then you can cut to when he started getting annoyed at getting Harrier
Second this haha
Stop the nonsense please.
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The username 😂😂😂
That was the very first RAID content creator video I ever watched when I started playing. My son basically forced me to start playing this game back when the Foli fusion event was happening. I didn't even come close to fusing him and I really wasn't totally sold on the game. If my son wasn't constantly on me to progress, I would have bailed on it early on. The first lego I pulled was Martyr and I remember not being impressed. My son told me to watch this Chosen video and that's when I realized the best champ in the game was on my roster. Fast forward to today... I still play the game, my son quit 2 years ago, I have probably 5 Martyrs right now and still use her for Faction Wars.
Definitely brought back memories!! Thanks for making this vid!!
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Dang, this bring me back! The joy on my face when I pulled Zavia.
Started playing Raid since Tormin fussion
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I think Zavia was the first legendary I pulled when I first started around 2 years ago, haven't really used her even then.
Martyr was my 2nd lego and 1st booked. She carried me through most of the early days and funnily enough still sits top of my roster (empower and blessings make her top on the sort). Find her useful in stone skin with fenax in 3v3 team. She applied counter attack and fenax goes to work with his A1
this is even before my starting point in the game :) I started within the Rotos fusion. YES. This guy was a fusion
EDIT: Comparions like this provide a bit of context/history and might bring up some ideas to use OGs or buffed OGs for current stuff. I like this. At least to activate some fond(?) memories
Yes gnut, Armanz, pythion are fusions as well
I’m still salty I missed Rotos by one stupid Fencer. I still have not pulled him.
Damn rotos was a fusion? No wonder so many ppl have him
Thanks man! Glad you like it :)
Back in the day ash, remember this was back in the day... I remember, tks for bringing the og's,(big, big tks for all the brave youtubers) oldy og's but never the less, still BIG...
I recall people saying Martyr was so OP that she did SO much, that people thought she'd get nerfed
I'm a 6th month FTP player... so I'd really love a content like this, It was always good to know about the Tale as Old as Time champions compared to nowadays.... Epic Champs next please!
Thanks man! Glad you like it ;)
actually surprised how short this was
I've wanted a video like this for a while. Thanks. He had Skatorsis rated twice at 17 and 23, so 61 champs. After 4.5 years, I have 13 of the 61 listed and very few good ones in that. Please do more.
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Interesting video. I always liked Sethalia, probably because she was my first Legendary Champ. On another note... I was redoing some Gear yesterday and thinking they should put out a Gear set that allows Revive as an option. That would be an interesting addition and give a nice boost when creating teams.
Martyr was my clan boss lead for a while
Hey ash, do you have a visionary guide? Was looking for it on your other channel. Also you need to put them in alphabetical order so it's easy to find champions lol love you bro!! Your the best content creator
You were talking to bad about the bottom list and inside I was crying out Tomb Lord is massive since he got reworked!! Then you called him out, thanks for the video Ash - really cool to remember where we came from.
I Would say Rae is one of the most important Characters on my Account, she hits like a truck and is a hard counter to Leo and Skullcrown if you give her soul reap and you still see a ton of them in Arena especially 3v3. She a 9s 12-3 farmer aswell.
She toasts the early levels of Cursed city solo even on Hard. and with 6+ Slayer set she absolutely smacks.
I started back then but didn't play a month. I was a little hard on Raid because i was playing SW but I remember this video. Would love to see what i missed over the years.
Ahhh summoners war haha halfway through my first week I was like ok so this is just 100% sw clone. And then I sold every artifact I had without speed subs 😂
I've been playing since those days. I still don't have Bad, Zavia, Rae, Nick, or Lyss from the top 10. Now i think all of them are straight to the vault for my account.
Thanks for watching :)
Wow that's awesome! Ever since I started playing Raid my most desireable and most wanted was Gwynneth, which stands above my other current most wanted, Coldheart and Madame Serrie ❤🙌🏻🔥.
Wait why gwynneth? The doom tower epic dark elf??
@@thenotoriousbenster3818 Because I just like her regardless, and yes she is the doom tower epic.
@@Matthew_Lemus interesting. What brought her to your attention
@@thenotoriousbenster3818 When I first started playing raid she was female champion to say that I sort of fell in love with. Her aesthetics are really good especially that butt, yes I said it the booty. There's something about that champion I just really love. Even Ash said that's a very good looking champion in a video about champions you can't pull from shards.
This was so cool and interesting. Absolutely do a rare/epic version, and more reactions to all different content from years ago. 100%. This is the most interesting raid video I think I've ever seen lol.
Zavia is insane for progression, I pulled her early and used her in Arena, all the dungeons, anything with waves, anything with bosses, even after four years in she's still probably my most used champ although obviosuly she's been replaced in some areas, I still use her a lot.
Thanks for watching ;)
I remember these days, back when Executioner was considered great as well.
With Lego's, due to the cost to pull ratio being so high, each Lego should have at least one area where they can be a star. Even if it's just one dungeon out of all of them, where they counter, or are immune to, boss mechanics.
This also includes knowing how.to build a team around certain champs - like a designated go second PvP style champ, where you have to strategise who they are with but have high success rates if you get it right.
I remember watching Incredible John get so excited to use Allure in arena. You should go check one of his videos.
Thanks for the suggestion :)
Rae in 9 piece slayer is one of my best champs. my main arena nuker and has value everywhere.
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Started playing around the time a tournament was happening to win Fayne 2021 i think? Felt so thwarted for not winning her but soon after pulled Sir Nicholas and thought freeze was OP 😂
Your insights are appreciated since you're one of the OG players. Bring on more reviews with the Rares/Epics and even uncommons/commons 😂
Thanks man! I appreciate it :)
What a fun video. I hope you do more of these. While Warchief was at the bottom of this list at the time, he is one of my favorite Hydra champs now
remember the solo reinbeast defence on arena back in the day :)
Good idea! It’s interesting to see how things have changed. And how many champs are still excellent and relevant, even with Mythicals.
I still use Martyr to wreak PVP Gold III in live arena. Everyone underrates her and loses. Marty was my original campaign farmer. Still one of my top 10 heroes.
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Prince Kymar was my first legendary 4 years ago. He has only gotten better with time.
I liked going down memory lane here, thanks for sharing. Missing Chosen, where did he go or whats going on with him?
Fun reaction video, good energy, thanks man.
Thanks man! Glad you like it ;)
Martyr was my first legendary last month, she's been so good for me.
Love the throwback comparison. Very interesting. I started just before Foli and I remember St Nick came the Xmas before Foli. My first Lego was Kymar according to Plarium .. though I thought I got Abbess and Sethalia before him. 2 terrible Legos back then. Still middling at best.
Sethallia is one of my most used champs, Still in my main arena team, the buff strip and tm boost is great, massive heal on 2 turn cooldown and burn on A1 mean she can solo some doom tower bosses as well. (I use her over some pretty crazy champs, she is easy to build to be effective.)
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Raid it’s an ever evolving game and it’s cool to see how it’s come so far. Could you even imagine thinking there would be a 6 star mythical in the game back then 😂
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Ash, I'm so happy and excited! I pulled Duchess on an ancient shard. What's the best artifacts to put on her? Do you have a video on her?
Congrats! I will make a guide on her on my guides channel soon :)
Thanks Ash , you're the best brother!
well im rather new and got her on my first day. she is on my main team XD
Adelyn as leader. then martyr and turrox , temptress and juliana. good enough to do the twins , sand devil , and run trough the campaign on brutal
I remember pulling Martyr when she was new , she was a beast . Shes still good now but nothing like she was . 😊 Hey PLARIUM!!!! She needs a BUFF !!!
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They should have a prism crystal event where you can pick up all the fusions going back to the beginning so late players have a chance of getting them .
Great video I really enjoyed it. Thank you!
Memories sweet memories. Back when shard pulling videos were the best content. Hell I'd still watch them but the dopamine just isn't there anymore.
Rae, her cooldowns badly need a buff. Same for Ignatius.
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they can make a whole cinematic about it, og's buffed and stumping heads with the currant op champs
I believe Martir was so far above Valkyrie because party-wide Increase Defense was the god buff that you needed in your teams. This was when Defense champions were the real heavy lifters.
+ She has decrease atack and decrease defense (big version). That was huge back then.
Also, shields back in the day just weren't seen as the best option.
I like the concept, almost clicked away from the video since you watched the vid on 2x
Completely agree. If you don't watch at 2x normally, it's so hard to follow
Interesting look back. Enjoyed 🎉
Love nostalgic stuff
I briefly played Raid when it was new... I had never gotten a single legendary in the 3 months (logins excluded, if there were logins, can't remember) I played. I started playing again in Feb 2024
I started playing raid last December and zavia was my first legendary. I didn't expect that back in the days she was a Top tier champion 😱😎🤣
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The biggest shock on this list for me is Queen Eva, she was always god awful as anything other than a campaign farmer or VERY early spider not sure why she is 16 on this list. Even after her recent rework she is a very basic legendary but at least now she is capable of actual damage.
Ash is the new fusion worth it? I have never tried for a fusion and I'm free to play. I've amassed alot of resources to be able to pursue one, wondering if this is the one to go for? Or if I should test my patience and save
Bombs should scale off Max HP of the target + Attack value of the placer. Each bomb doing 1% Max HP of the target + the attack value of the champ placing the bomb. With no crits possible.
Ohhh... Badass-el-Kazaar... my first leggo. Things really have changed. Got lucky pulling him at that time. Then after a month later pulled Zavia. Lol.
Thanks for watching :)
I've thought along the same lines as you. They should rework some of those OG champs. Now I Pulled a UDK the other day and ngl I was a little bummed. Just bc hes not the meta nowadays. So everytime we pull shards I feel like most of us hope for one of the newer fusions from Gnut to now. All I get is older champs and its underwhelming to say the least. Who needs 5 Grohaks? Who need Astralith and Wurlim Foreskin😂 oh excuse me Frostking. Just makes it less appealing than ever to spend is all I'm trying to say.
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I would like to know if you see some that has changed a lot. I saw Ithos was fairly a long way down and I think he is more towards to top today.
Loved this style of vid deff do more reaction to old raid tier vids
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Always interesting opening time capsules.
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Pretty sure valk got buffed and she used to be worse than skullcrusher for counter attack. (I think her counter was 4 or 5 turns originally)
I miss Chosen lol helped me through so much early on
ha that was pretty cool i did like this its funny how time flies . thanks brother enjoy
your fourth of july 🇺🇸
Thanks man!
Astralith is underrated, surely she has received buffs after this video went live right? I mean, her kit is not bad. Tyraku made a video where he pairs her with Tuhanarak (you can use Vizir too). Astralith destroys stoneskin teams.
Great time capsule! Well before my time in raid.
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He was the first creator that I followed. Then was one called Salt
Pulled 3 void shards today during the CvC, and got Marichka 😂
Congrats!
Maybe just me but I thought sethallia was a great debuffer and healer. Dunno if she got buffed but I really like sethallia
They should buff my babe, Lysandra. She was my first leggo and i basically never knew any classic arena other than gold. an absolutly busted champ to give to a little lvl20 account and from then on, i feel like the game only gives me pvp champs...and i hate pvp
"Worst champion in the game is Astralith."
I have 4 of those, making the dark elves the only faction with 2 legendary guardians. And I summoned 3 of those in same month.
Love the shirt man.
Thanks man!
Cool concept 👌
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When was Ithos at that point of the game, Bad??
"They can do fine tune-ups" aka nuke Armanz
Valk got a rework or something. Her shield was wimpy beforehand.
Bystophus is much better since his buff, not to say i would be mad about a second buff.
My first weekend playing bought a 20 pack of ancients and pulled Duchess. Where is she on this list?
Not until 8 or 9 months after this. She wasn't in the first year of Raid. Maybe 13 - 15 months after Raid released.
aaaaa..... good memories!
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big-un god tier!!!!
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Played since the start with a couple breaks. Kinda miss when the game was that simple...but know it would get boring.
First #1 champ of Raid was undeniably Executioner!
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Skartosis is 2 times on the list ;p
How is soulless on terrible? He's always dealt pretty good damage
he had Skartorsis at 17 and 23 😂
Oh the nostalgia..
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Rae would still get play if her cool downs weren't so brutal. They need to take those down.
Hello Ash. What exactly does OG stand for? I'm only 13.
Original Grandpa.
@willofdeath ah. I have always heard OG means Original Gangster. Thanks!
Meta has two meanings. There is the acronym used in gaming, Most Effective Tactics Available.
Then there is the use in media, meaning self referential. Something that refers to itself.
This video is so meta
wait, wait .. where is Duchess in the list? If I remember well she was released very early
This is almost a year before Duchess released. Foli fusion was in the first 4 or 5 months of Raid, July 2019 (I think).
Duchess wasn't introduce until Raid had been out for well over a year.
@@samrester6254 so I did start to play during the second year of Raid. I thought it was earlier. I got my Duchess pretty early (in the first 3 or 4 months), then I took long break from Raid when Tormin or Cillian fusion ended
Not every champ needs to be the best, but they should all serve a purpose.
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Who remembers the time when Content creators had their own TH-cam logo in arena? 😅
I still don't have martyr after 4 years and 25m player power.
Or a siphi! Doh! Lol
PK for the win.
Nice
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bring tht oldschools back,, buff them
Hi. I'm from India 🇮🇳🙂
Hey!
More free to play information please
Where's dutchess
Have tomb lord, don’t use him. 🤷🏻♂️ he’s +1 also.
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Everyone who thinks the game as is, is trash. Try playing Raid in 2019.... remember no instant upgrade gear? Auto complete clan boss? Games not perfect but in a way better place.
Astralith is LAST??? 😡🤬😠🤬
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Hell I think a lot of these CCs could take a lesson from Chosen and eliminate all the lead up to the videos. I swear to God I have to skip at least 30% of most videos with all the filler that is so unnecessary.