Rift Raid Level 5 (R5) presents a unique and engaging gameplay experience in Summoners War, where you collaborate with two other players to battle against a formidable Raid Boss as a team....unless you have the guts to take it on alone.
During R5, you'll have the opportunity to assemble a team of six monsters, strategically positioning them in either the front or backline. Frontline monsters bear the brunt of the Boss's attacks, absorbing the majority of the damage, while backline monsters are exposed to less direct harm.
Tackling R5 not only provides an exciting challenge but also grants access to some of the most desirable rewards in the game. By participating in R5, you can get Enchants, which play a crucial role in optimizing your rune builds. These valuable resources allow you to replace a substat on your runes, resulting in a significant boost to the overall power of your monsters.
Dedicating your efforts to farming R5 will bring substantial advancements in both the strength of your runes and the performance of your monsters, solidifying your position as a formidable player in the game.
Raid Boss Details
The boss presents a great challenge which means understanding all his attacks and skills is the difference between Victory or Failure.
Rift Raid R5 Boss skills and passives:
Breath of Doom
Attacks all enemies and decreases their Attack Power and Attack Speed for 2 turns. Puts them in an oblivious state for 2 turns after the attack. The harmful effect activation rate will increase as the level of the Raid increases.
Crush of Doom (Front Line Only Attack)
Targets the frontline of the enemy and unleashes an attack that ignores all beneficial effects. The damage increases substantially as the target’s Defense decreases. This attack will target the backline if there are no Monsters left in the frontline.
Rageful Roar
Becomes enraged whenever an enemy gets a turn and the skill will activate automatically when enraged 16 times. Attacks all enemies, removes all beneficial effects and recovers the HP in proportion to the number of removed beneficial effects. This attack will also stun all enemies and permanently increase the Boss’s attack power.
Total Annihilation
Attacks all party members whenever the boss loses 25% of the HP. All harmful effects will be removed and the boss’s stats will substantially increase when this skill is activated. Crush of Doom and Breath of Doom will gain an additional hit whenever Total Annihilation is activated.
Carnage
When the boss eliminates an entire team of Monsters, the boss’s attack speed will increase and will start attacking all of the nearby enemies.
Destroyer’s Revenge (Passive)
The damage of the next attack will increase in proportion to the number of the enemy’s turn. The damage will reset after the attack.
Ruler of Chaos (Passive)
The 3 heads of the boss will share the attack gauge at the start of the battle using its chaotic strength. Also, the boss will mitigate HP proportionate damage it receives by sharing a single HP among the 3 heads
Skills and Debuffs You Will Need to Bring
Leader Skills (Def%, Res%, Crit Rate%)
Cleanse
Attack Break
Heal Block
Attack Speed Slow
ATB Reduction
Defense Break
Damage Reduction Passive
Glancing Hit
Other Non-Important Skills and Debuffs: Attack Power Buff, ATB Boost, Branding
Team Variations
There are several variations you can use to build your 6 monster team.
4 Front / 2 Back (Safest)
-4 Tanks/Supports
-2 Damage dealers
This variations requires four monsters tanking the damage in the front and two damage dealers in the back. This is a good team if you are at the beginning for increases survival rates.
3 Front / 3 Back (Balanced)
-3 Tanks/Supports
-3 Damage dealers
A 3 monster front line team is a good balance as you'll have half of your team tanking while the other half is protected.
2 Front / 4 Back (Fastest)
-2 Tanks/Supports
-4 Damage dealers
This team comp is the most efficient as your only relying on 2 tanky monsters while all the others deal damage and provide good debuffs.
Stat Requirements
Frontline Monsters:
2-Man Frontline:
HP: 25k
Def: 1.5k
4-Man Frontline:
HP: 22k
Def: 1.3k
Backline Monsters:
HP: 20k
Def: 800
Cleansers and Healers:
SPD: 200+
Accuracy: 15%
Resistance: 70%
Frontline Tanks:
SPD: As low as possible
Accuracy: 15%
Resistance: 70%
Damage Dealers:
SPD: 150-200
Accuracy: 15%
Resistance: As much as you can without losing out on damage
Best R5 Monsters: Includes Runes & Builds
Early Game Monsters
If you are looking for free-to-play (F2P) R5 monsters, these will do the trick. Some will require RNG but most are farmable.
Darion (Light Vagabond)
Contribution:
Damage Reduction Passive
DEF Break
ATK Break
Rune Builds:
Energy / Focus / Guard
HP% or DEF% / HP% / DEF%
Xiong Fei (Fire Panda Warrior)
Contribution:
ATK Break
DEF Break
SPD Slow
Glancing
HP Recovery Disturb
Cleansing
Recovery
Debuff Scaling DMG
DEF Leader skill
Rune Builds:
Violent / Focus
SPD / CD% / DEF%
Contribution:
Smart heal that will only be used when your monsters are low on HP.
Her heal will also boost your teams attack bar
Defense break
Decreases ATK bar
Rune Builds:
Violent / Focus
SPD / HP% / DEF%
Contribution:
DEF break
Team up with 2 other allies
Rune Builds:
Rage / Blade or Fatal / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
Contribution:
DEF break
Brand
Team up with 1 other ally
Damage scales off of Debuffs
Rune Builds:
Rage / Blade or Fatal / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
Contribution:
ATK break
Brand
Damage scales off of Debuffs
Rune Builds:
Rage / Blade or Fatal / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
Contribution:
ATK Buff
Immunity
Cleanse
Healing
Rune Builds:
Violent / Guard
SPD / HP% / DEF%
Chasun (Wind Sky Dancer)
Contribution:
ATK Buff
Healing
Rune Builds:
Violent / Guard
SPD / HP% / DEF%
Konamiya (Water Garuda)
Contribution:
ATK Buff
Fill ATK Ally Bar
Cleanse
Healing
Rune Builds:
Violent / Guard
SPD / HP% / DEF%
Delphoi (Wind Undine)
Contribution:
SPD Slow
Immunity
Cleanse
Healing
Rune Builds:
Violent / Guard
SPD / HP% / DEF%
Contribution:
Self-heals
Decrease enemies' Attack Speed and Attack Power
AoE Cleanse
Reduces Allies cooldowns by 1
ATK speed buff
Rune Builds:
Violent / Focus
SPD / HP% / DEF%
Contribution:
AoE heal
AoE ATK buff
Heal Block
ATK break
Rune Builds:
Violent / Focus
SPD / HP% / DEF%
Lisa (Fire Neostone Agent)
Contribution:
AoE Cleanse
Team Up
Glancing
Rune Builds:
Violent / Focus
SPD / HP% / DEF%
Hwa (Fire Rakshasa)
Contribution:
Crit Rate Leader Skill
SPD Slow
Built in Vio Procs
Rune Builds:
Rage / Blade or Fatal / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
Xiao Lin (Water Kung Fu Girl)
Contribution:
SPD Slow
DEF Break
Damage scales off of Debuffs
Rune Builds:
Rage / Blade or Fatal / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
Melissa (Wind Chakram Dancer)
Contribution:
ATK Break
DEF Break
Damage scales off of Debuffs
Team up with Boomerang Warrior
Rune Builds:
Violent / Blade or Rage / Blade or Fatal / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
Talia (Water Chakram Dancer)
Contribution:
Self Cleanse
Increase DMG when Boss is below 50%
Team up with Boomerang Warrior
Rune Builds:
Violent / Blade or Rage / Blade or Fatal / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
Sabrina (Water Boomerang Warrior)
Contribution:
ATK Break
DEF Break
Heal Block
Passive: Reduces damage received while increases damage delivered
Team up with Chakram Dancer
Rune Builds:
Violent / Blade or Rage / Blade or Fatal / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
R5 Team Builds
Below you will find some beginner team comps that will get you started.
If you are looking for the most efficient and hyper detailed guide that will make your runs faster and much more efficient, we recommend you check out the advance guide in our Max Efficiency Progression Guide.
In the advance guide we go in-depth with all the strategies for the best teams possible, breaking down individual stats, to give you super reliable early game teams all the way to end game speed teams.
Team #1 (Safe)
This team is a great starter team, its safe and doesn’t require strong runes.
Frontline: Darion, Xiong Fei (L)
Backline: Colleen, Konamiya, Hwa (L), Xiao Lin
Team #2 (Faster)
This team will be faster run times but will require better runes to be as reliable as the safe team example.
Frontline: Darion, Colleen, Konamiya
Backline: Hwa (L), Kro, Xiao Lin
Conclusion
Rift Raid Level 5 (R5) stands out as a highly efficient avenue for enhancing the strength of your runes and monsters, especially once you have accumulated a substantial inventory through dedicated GB10 and DB10 farming ventures.
Achieving Victory in R5 is based off a well-balanced team composition that incorporates multiple sources of vital debuffs, in addition to fulfilling the various requirements demonstrated in this article.
Once you have established a reliable team, the next step is to equip your monsters with appropriate runes and optimizing their stats. The Max Efficiency Progression Guide provides a comprehensive breakdown of the ideal rune builds for each R5 monster, serving as a valuable resource that details the precise techniques for enhancing their prowess.
By sticking to these guidelines, you can unlock the full potential of your team, propelling your progression and dominate the realm of Rift Raid Level 5.
