Raid Duel in Duel Links: how it works and how to farm it

Raid Duel is an event where you face a strong boss, often together with other players. It comes back from time to time with different bosses and is one of the easiest ways to collect gems, keys and event cards.

Quick summary

You summon the boss by spending a support item from the event.
Every 5 duels against the boss, a special duel button turns gold: use it right away.
Do the Assist Duels every day. The first 3 of the day give 10 gems each.

1. How to enter the Raid

While the event is on, open the information panel on the map, tap the Raid banner and go to the event page. That page holds your boss, the duel button, the special gold duel and, at the bottom, the Assist section.

2. Summon the boss

If there is no boss on screen, the game asks for a support item to call one. With the boss on screen, you duel it and each duel takes away part of its life points.

Those items come from the event rewards, missions and the chests that Assist Duels give. Players who play a little every day almost never run out.

3. Use the gold duel

Every 5 duels against the boss, a special duel button changes from grey to gold. That duel deals a lot more damage and helps take the boss down. As soon as it turns gold, use it: leaving it idle is wasted damage.

4. Do the Assist Duels

In an Assist Duel you help defeat another player's boss. It costs nothing and pays well:

The first 3 of the day give 10 gems each, so 30 gems a day from this alone.
The next ones give character XP, event points and chests with support items and Gate keys.

If you only have a few minutes a day during the Raid, spend them on the 3 Assist Duels. It is the best time-to-gems ratio of the event.

Tip: the Raid goes well with map farming. When the map is empty and you are waiting for duelists to come back, go to the Raid for a boss or a few Assist Duels and then go back.

5. Build a deck that takes the boss down

The boss has lots of life points, so what counts is damage per duel. High-ATK monsters and cards that boost attack pay more than slow strategies. If you use Auto-Duel, the same rule from our Auto-Duel deck guide applies: simple and aggressive.

6. What not to do

Do not leave it for the last day. The final rewards need consistency, and the Raid has a deadline.
Do not forget the 3 Assist Duels. That is 30 gems a day almost for free.

Raid running while you rest

DuelFarm summons the boss, duels, uses the special duel when it turns gold and does the Assist Duels. When the map is empty, it goes to the Raid and then comes back. It never spends gems.

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