Buying a Raid: Shadow Legends account: what to check before you pay

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Count the mythicals and check the tier. Every comparison after that should be against the same tier — a late-game account is not a cheap end-game one.Our data

Median asking prices, last 30 days, updated 2026-10-26. Full chart on the Raid account price index.

Raid accounts are judged on usable roster depth, not champion count. A handful of built Legendaries with good gear beats a long list of unbuilt ones, and two accounts with the same advertised power can be several hundred dollars apart. These are the things that set the price, roughly in order of weight.

Within a tier, the price moves with the specific champions. Accounts carrying rarer mythicals list well above comparable ones without them, while champions that sit on almost every large account add little on their own. For scale: ten mythicals put the median at $706, fourteen at $1,000.

• Built beats owned

  An unbuilt legendary is a project, not an asset. Six-star gear with useful substats is what turns champions into clears.

• Clears beat power

  Ask what the account clears — Clan Boss difficulty and damage, Hydra, Doom Tower floors — not the advertised power number.

• Binding

  Plarium ID, Google or Facebook. It decides how cleanly the account hands over and must be stated.

• Server-wide progress

  Faction Wars crypts, Doom Tower and arena standing take months; they count even when the roster looks similar.

Which champions move the price most is measured on the price index; each of the top 60 champions has its own page. Accounts built around a named Mythical are grouped on the Mythical champion accounts page.

The same eight steps apply whether the account costs a hundred dollars or several thousand. Most failed purchases skip step 3 or step 6: the roster was not what the old screenshots showed, or the email never changed hands.

1. 1

   Decide what you need the account for

   Clan Boss keys, Hydra, Doom Tower or Live Arena each favour different champions. Knowing your goal stops you paying for a roster that does not clear what you care about.

2. 2

   Place the account in its tier

   Count the Mythicals and check the tier on the price index. A late-game account is not a cheap end-game one, and every judgement after this should be made within the same tier.

3. 3

   Ask for current roster proof

   Screenshots or a short screen recording of the champion vault filtered by rarity, with today’s date visible somewhere in the game. Old screenshots can show champions that were already sold off or fed.

4. 4

   Check gear on the champions that matter

   Open the champions the listing is built around and look at their gear, stats and masteries. Built champions are an asset; unbuilt ones are a project.

5. 5

   Verify the clears the listing claims

   Clan Boss damage history, Hydra results and the Doom Tower floor reached. Claims without a screenshot should not affect the price.

6. 6

   Confirm the binding and email handover

   The account should sit on a Plarium ID, and you should receive the email that ID uses. Without email ownership, the previous owner can ask Plarium support to restore access.

7. 7

   Pay through a channel with protection

   Use a payment method and a seller that give you a recourse if the account is not delivered as described. A written warranty against recovery, with clear terms, is part of the product.

8. 8

   Secure the account in the first hour

   Change the Plarium ID password and email, remove social logins you do not control, and turn on two-factor authentication. The section below walks through each step.

Most bad purchases show at least one of these signs before payment. One flag is a reason to ask more questions; two or more is a reason to walk away.

• A Mythical count with no names

  A title that says “12 Mythicals” and names none of them usually hides weak picks. Ask for the list before anything else.

• No email change offered

  If the seller will only hand over a login and keep the email, they can take the account back through support at any time.

• A social login only

  Accounts reachable only through someone else’s Google or Facebook login cannot be secured by you. You need a Plarium ID with your own email.

• Old or cropped screenshots

  Screenshots without the player name, or clearly from months ago, cannot prove what is on the account today.

• Price far below its tier

  An account well below its tier median deserves extra checks, not excitement. Cheap listings are where recovery cases concentrate.

• Pressure to pay outside the platform

  Requests to move the payment to a gift card, crypto transfer or friends-and-family payment remove any recourse you had.

• Category numbers that do not match the screenshots

  A listing whose fields say dozens of Mythicals while the screenshots show one or two is either a mistake or a trap. Trust the screenshots.

• A seller with no history

  No reviews and no track record means the seller has nothing to lose if the account is recovered later.

Watch for signs that the account itself was compromised and is being flipped: a recent burst of unusual spending, a name changed days before the sale, or a seller who cannot answer basic questions about how the roster was built. Accounts with a long, ordinary play history are the safer ones.

A Raid account is only yours once nobody else can sign in or ask support to restore it. Do these in order, ideally within the first hour after delivery, and before you spend anything in the game.

1. 1

   Change the Plarium ID email first

   Email ownership decides who can recover the account. Move the Plarium ID to an email only you use, then confirm it, because a confirmed email is required before two-factor authentication can be switched on.Community

2. 2

   Set a new password

   Use a password you have never used elsewhere. Do not reuse the one the seller gave you, even temporarily.

3. 3

   Turn on two-factor authentication

   In Settings, under Account and Security, enable two-factor authentication. Plarium offers an authenticator app (Google Authenticator) or codes sent to your email. Save the backup codes somewhere off the device.Community

4. 4

   Remove logins you do not control

   If the previous owner’s Google or Facebook login is still linked, unlink it so the account can only be reached through your Plarium ID.

5. 5

   Record your Player ID

   Write down your in-game name and Player ID. Plarium support asks for them in any recovery request, together with proof of purchase.Community

6. 6

   Keep your own purchase records

   Receipts for anything you buy in the game from now on are evidence that the account is in active use by you if you ever need support.Community

7. 7

   Never share the login

   Plarium’s terms say you may not share your account or password with anyone. Shared credentials are also outside our warranty.Plarium

Raid runs on iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.Community Once the progress sits on your Plarium ID, you sign in with that ID on any of them, so there is no reason to keep the seller's device or social login in the loop.

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  Patch 11.80 arrived on 8 October 2026 with reworks for Skartorsis and Kurosa the Covetous, better Artifact chest drop rates and new Relic objectives in Clan vs Clan. Rebalances can move what a specific champion is worth.Community

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  Patch 11.75 (2 September 2026) raised the regular summon boost from 10x to 15x, so new Mythicals and Legendaries reach rosters faster than they used to.Community

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  The Echoes of Oz crossover is still running. Dorothy Gale is free for logging in on 7 days of the Dorothy Chase event, which cannot be started after 5 November 2026; see our Echoes of Oz guide.Plarium

How shard pulls and mercy work, and why banked shards matter on a listing, is covered in our shard drop rates and mercy guide.

From independent buying guides and community sources — useful as a checklist alongside the market data above.

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  Price follows champion rarity and count — Mythicals first, then Legendary depth — rather than account level alone.

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  Broad faction coverage, and how built the top champions are (ascension, awakening), increase value; banked resources (gems, silver, energy, Sacred Shards) transfer with the account.

  fastaccess.gg
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  Owning the registration email decides who really owns the account; buyers should change it first.

  fastaccess.gg
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  Meta Legendaries (e.g. Siphi, Krisk, Duchess Lilitu, Warlord) are worth far more than "filler" Legendaries that just sit in the vault; quality beats quantity.

  eloboost24.eu
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  Buyers value champions that enable unkillable Clan Boss teams, Hydra-specific kits, Arena nukers/speed leads and fast dungeon farming; collab champions keep value because they are limited.

  eloboost24.eu
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  Checklist: booked key champions, gear on the main champions, campaign and Faction Wars progress (Lydia unlocked), Doom Tower clears, Arena tier (Gold V cited as a baseline), Great Hall ACC/RES bonuses, dungeon farming teams, and whether the account can do Ultra-Nightmare Clan Boss or high Hydra.

  eloboost24.eu
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  A deep stock of quality gear (full Savage, Speed, Perception sets) and saved Ancient/Void/Sacred shards add value.

  eloboost24.eu
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  Account tiers are described as Starter, Mid-Tier and High-End (maxed teams with elite gear); listings highlight Legendary/Epic counts, gems, energy and roster size.

  skycoach.gg
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  The Chimera is the only source of the Mythical Embrys and Faction Wars Hard is the only source of Polara Fireheart, so these signal endgame progress.

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  Clan Boss chest tier is a common account-strength benchmark: UNM Transcendent needs over ~70M damage, Celestial ~47M+.

  ayumilove.net
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  Plarium's Terms of Use forbid sharing your account or password, and in-game virtual goods cannot be resold or transferred for value, so sold accounts carry policy risk.

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