How to Build a Live Arena Platinum Push Team in 2026

Live Arena remains the sharpest test of account depth in Raid: Shadow Legends. A successful Platinum push is no longer just about owning the fastest Arbiter. It is about drafting, counter-drafting, and forcing the opponent into awkward bans while your own team keeps every fight on your terms.

The core of a modern push team

Speed still opens games, but raw turn meter is only one piece of the puzzle. Arbiter is still a benchmark speed lead with a 30% Arena SPD aura, and Lyssandra remains one of the cleanest all-battle tempo tools with a 24% SPD aura. Lady Kimi is another premium support pick for speed wars, especially when your comp needs control and accuracy support. On the other side of the draft, Mithrala Lifebane gives a huge 80 ACC aura in All Battles, while Siphi the Lost Bride and Warlord both bring 80 RES auras, making them elite anchors for slow, oppressive control teams.

What wins drafts

The strongest teams usually include:

a speed lead or turn-meter booster
one reliable strip or debuff extender
one hard control champion
one sustain or reset option
one flex slot for damage, provoke, or anti-cleanse

Champions like Madame Serris stay valuable because she strips buffs and lands defense-breaking debuffs with minimal setup. Warlord remains terrifying into slower teams because skill-lock pressure can completely ruin a draft if the opponent lacks cleanse or immunity. Taras the Fierce is still a premier bruiser for accounts that want win conditions beyond pure speed.

The gear realities

A Platinum-caliber team needs more than shiny champions. The best builds usually feature:

top-end Speed rolls on boosters
enough Accuracy to land key debuffs
Resist on anchors and cleansers
Stoneskin or similar survival sets on at least one champion
a clear plan into polymorph, block debuffs, and enemy strip

That last point matters more every season. Too many teams lose because they are fast on paper but collapse after the first failed strip or resisted control.

F2P vs. spender advice

Free-to-play players should focus on one coherent win condition: speed cleave, lockout control, or tanky counter-draft. Spenders can afford layered answers and multiple endgame presets, but even whale teams fail when the draft lacks role compression. A narrower, better-built team often beats a broader, sloppier one.

Final takeaway

Platinum pushes are decided before the first turn. Build around tempo, denial, and survivability, then draft to your account’s strengths. In Live Arena, the best team is not the one with the highest power — it is the one that keeps the opponent from playing the game they wanted to play.