As FTP, part of the reason it took me so long was that I slowly upgraded my champs because of limited resources, and tried very hard to beat stages with mostly level 50s (and in some cases 40s).

Strategy required some manualing, and Manibal's faction wars guides were key for helping me understand how to complete some crypts. The team composition is super important, and the faction wars champion guide from Hell Hades was really helpful for figuring that out, though I ended up using some champions not on his list in order to progress, due to my limited roster. Fully maxing your champs obviously helps you hit those stats, but it's not necessary in many cases if you have decent gear. Without a reviver, everyone needs to be above 35k hp and 2k def, with good speed, and immortal/regen gear was key for survivability. General thoughtsĪs a rule, I found that with a decently high hp/def reviver (above 45-50k) and speeds mostly above 170 (for damage dealers) and 209 (for cc/debuff champs), the crypts were quite doable. Below are the list of crypts in the order I completed them, as well as a list of champions I used, a link to screenshots of their gear/skills/masteries/stats and a few thoughts about completing them. It took about 5 months to 3-star my first crypt using Scyl from login rewards, and then another 2 months to 3-star my final crypt after pushing pretty hard. I started running faction crypts when I started playing the game in late December 2020, but only just completed the final crypt recently (day #318).

I'm putting together this post to add to existing ones about how to beat Faction Wars as free to play (FTP).

Raid: shadow legends faction wars guide