The Cowardly Lion

Legendary/Magic/DefenseA tier

Introduction

The Cowardly Lion is a Legendary Magic character in RAID: Shadow Legends. The Cowardly Lion's role is Defense. Faction: Skinwalkers.

On the combined RAID: Shadow Legends tier list The Cowardly Lion is A tier, 57th of the 1029 characters ranked, from where 3 community tier lists put The Cowardly Lion.

Other Magic characters in RAID: Shadow Legends: Adjudicator, Adriel, Aeshma, Aina, Akoth the Seared, Aleksandr the Sharpshooter and 269 more.

What The Cowardly Lion does

A Fear-themed support whose Primal Roar gives the team 60% Increase DEF and Fervor, then tries to True Fear every enemy for 2 turns. Strength in the Pack puts Counterattack and 30% Reflect Damage on all allies, and those counters ignore Shield and Strengthen.

If someone Fears him he cleanses, resets his cooldowns and takes an instant turn.

Background

'If you want to do great things, but you are scared, then do them scared.', Sir Lowen the Timid

Lowen was one of many children of House Barungor of Kaerok. His upbringing was comfortable, but aimless and unfulfilling. He dreamed of being a knight, but was terrified by the aggression of practice, and combat's threat to life and limb. He vowed to chase his dream regardless, and trained at arms, eventually proving competent enough and able to hide his true feelings of terror when sparring or hunting.

Lowen slowly accumulated modest respect. After a while, he and a group of peers went to hunt Kaerok lions on the savannas of Anhelt. Though he had grown adept at swallowing his fear, he could not bring himself to hunt a strong, vicious predator. Instead, his pages found him an aged, sickly lion, scarred, battered, and all but immobile.

Lowen drew his blade to slay the beast, though he cursed his deed as cowardly and dishonorable even as he performed it. When he plunged his sword through the lion's heart, he felt a wave of sickening magic crawl across his skin, and transformed into a leonine Skinwalker.

Now his shameful act was marked on his very flesh, and he fled from society. For years he lived as a loner, but his timidness made it hard for him to hunt and survive as a lion should. Still, he did what he had to, and forced himself time and again to swallow down his heart-racing terror.

Some years later, he met the mage, Dorothy Gale, who was traveling to the Bibliotheque Spire. She showed no fear or hatred of him, and invited him to accompany her. Together with two other strange companions, a living Scarecrow and a man of metal, they overcame many dangers, magical and mundane. Lowen leapt yawning chasms, fought monstrous spiders and beasts, and confronted a dark, powerful witch. Finally, they all reached the Emerald Wizard of the Bibliotheque Spire. There, Lowen confessed that his bravery had all been an act, and begged for a magical solution.

The Emerald Wizard told Lowen that his deeds, not his mental state, spoke for him. There was no courage without fear, for if one felt no fear, one required no courage. Lowen ceased to judge himself. Invigorated, he left the others after the completion of their journey and became a wandering knight, seeking to help those in need and continue to steel his courage.

Years later, he heard rumors of a fearsome cave-dwelling beast dwelling close to his old residence at the Barungor estate that had been terrorizing nearby villages. He made for the cave straight away, but when he entered it, there was no monster. Instead he was overwhelmed and hurled through a portal. He awoke in a dark, terrible inversion of the Teleria he knew. But it wouldn't be long before he was reunited with his old companions, to face a greater test of courage than any before.

Stats

HP459th of 1,05117,505
ATK580th of 1,051980
DEF61st of 1,0511,432
SPD139th of 1,051105
C. RATE15%
C. DMG1st of 1,05163%
RES30
ACC193rd of 1,05110

At 6 stars, level 60 and fully ascended, before gear, Masteries and Blessings. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the RAID: Shadow Legends roster, and the place is out of every character with that stat.

6 stars, level 60

StatNo AscensionAscension 1Ascension 2Ascension 3Ascension 4Ascension 5Ascension 6

HPNo Ascension: 15,855Ascension 1: 16,020Ascension 2: 16,185Ascension 3: 16,515Ascension 4: 16,845Ascension 5: 17,175Ascension 6: 17,505
ATKNo Ascension: 947Ascension 1: 947Ascension 2: 947Ascension 3: 947Ascension 4: 947Ascension 5: 958Ascension 6: 980
DEFNo Ascension: 1,299Ascension 1: 1,310Ascension 2: 1,321Ascension 3: 1,343Ascension 4: 1,365Ascension 5: 1,398Ascension 6: 1,432
SPDNo Ascension: 105Ascension 1: 105Ascension 2: 105Ascension 3: 105Ascension 4: 105Ascension 5: 105Ascension 6: 105
C. RATENo Ascension: 15%Ascension 1: 15%Ascension 2: 15%Ascension 3: 15%Ascension 4: 15%Ascension 5: 15%Ascension 6: 15%
C. DMGNo Ascension: 50%Ascension 1: 50%Ascension 2: 50%Ascension 3: 50%Ascension 4: 50%Ascension 5: 50%Ascension 6: 63%
RESNo Ascension: 30Ascension 1: 30Ascension 2: 30Ascension 3: 30Ascension 4: 30Ascension 5: 30Ascension 6: 30
ACCNo Ascension: 0Ascension 1: 0Ascension 2: 0Ascension 3: 0Ascension 4: 0Ascension 5: 0Ascension 6: 10

StatNo AscensionAscension 6

HPNo Ascension: 15,855Ascension 6: 17,505
ATKNo Ascension: 947Ascension 6: 980
DEFNo Ascension: 1,299Ascension 6: 1,432
SPDNo Ascension: 105Ascension 6: 105
C. RATENo Ascension: 15%Ascension 6: 15%
C. DMGNo Ascension: 50%Ascension 6: 63%
RESNo Ascension: 30Ascension 6: 30
ACCNo Ascension: 0Ascension 6: 10

Base values before gear, Masteries, Blessings and Great Hall bonuses.

Skills

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Leonine Pounce
A1
Attacks 1 enemy 3 times. The damage inflicted by this skill increases by 10% for each skill successfully activated by allies and enemies under Fear or True Fear debuffs (stacks up to 100%). Each hit steals 5% of the target's Turn Meter.
Damage
1.3 x DEF
Turn Meter reduction
0.05 x full Turn Meter
1. Level 2 Damage +10%
2. Level 3 Damage +10%
3. Level 4 Damage +10%
Primal Roar
A2
Cooldown 4 turns, 3 fully booked
Attacks all enemies. Before attacking, places a 60% Increase DEF buff and a Fervor buff on all allies for 2 turns. Will ignore 20% of each target's DEF. Has a 75% chance of placing a True Fear debuff on all enemies for 2 turns.
Damage
4 x DEF
1. Level 2 Damage +10%
2. Level 3 Damage +10%
3. Level 4 Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
4. Level 5 Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
5. Level 6 Cooldown -1
- Increase DEF Increases the Champion's Battle DEF by 30% or 60%.
- Fear There are two versions of this debuff: Fear and True Fear. When a Champion with Fear Debuff attempts to use a skill, there is a 50% chance that the skill will not activate, and the Champion will lose their turn. When a Champion with True Fear debuff attempts to use a skill, there is a 50% chance that the skill will not activate, and the Champion will lose their turn. The skill they attempted to use will go on cooldown.
- Fervor Increases damage inflicted by 10% and reduces damage received by 10%.
Strength In The Pack
A3
Cooldown 5 turns, 3 fully booked
Places a Counterattack buff and a 30% Reflect Damage buff on all allies for 2 turns. Passive Effect While under these buffs from this Champion, allies will ignore Shield and Strengthen buffs when counterattacking. Allies will also ignore Shield buffs when reflecting damage.
1. Level 2 Cooldown -1
2. Level 3 Cooldown -1
- Counterattack When attacked, the Champion with Counterattack buff strikes back at their attacker using their Default Skill. This attack deals 75% of the normal Default Skill damage. Can only counterattack once when attacked with a Multi-hit skill. Does not counterattack in response to the enemy's own counterattack. Does not count as a Turn.
- Reflect Damage The attacker will take back 15% or 30% of the damage dealt.
True Courage [P]
Passive
Cooldown 4 turns, Unlocked at Ascension 3
Active Effect Whenever a Fear or True Fear is placed on this Champion, removes all debuffs from this Champion, resets all cooldowns and activates an Instant Turn effect on this Champion. Passive Effect Whenever this Champion is under Fear or True Fear debuffs, their skills will always activate. Increases the chance of enemy skills not activating when they are under Fear or True Fear debuffs by 15%. If there are multiple Champions on the team with this skill, only one will activate. This skill will not activate on duplicate copies of this Champion, if this particular Champion is dead.