RAID: Shadow Legends is deep into Echoes of Oz, a themed campaign that reimagines Dorothy Gale, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and the villainous Ozilda as Champions inside Plarium's dark fantasy roster. The event started August 19 and runs through mid-November, making it one of the longer content pushes the game has run this year.
What makes it worth flagging beyond the crossover aesthetics is the free-to-play path built into the event: any player who logs in for a total of seven days during the Dorothy Chase Event, which runs through November 19, unlocks Dorothy Gale without spending a single shard or gem.
A free Legendary, if you show up
Dorothy Gale lands as a Legendary Support Champion from the Banner Lords faction with Spirit affinity, built around buff-stripping, debuffs, and crowd control rather than raw damage. Her kit scales with how many other Oz-aligned champions a player fields — with one Oz ally on the team her skills can no longer land weak hits, with two her abilities can't be put on cooldown, and with three she ignores enemy Polymorph Blessings entirely, a detail that matters in the event's own dungeon where Polymorph mechanics show up as a core hazard.
The rest of the Oz cast is available through more conventional means. The Cowardly Lion ran as a Fusion Event champion between August 19 and September 3 and became summonable from Shards starting September 4, while the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Ozilda the Wicked are already pullable from Shards, with Ozilda and Dorothy also becoming Shard-summonable from November 10 onward for players who miss the free login track.
Under the hood: a Unity 6.3 upgrade
Separately from the event, Update 1167.0 moved RAID onto Unity version 6.3, an engine upgrade the developer says brings general performance optimizations rather than any visible new feature. It's a maintenance-focused change, but on a game that has run for years on mobile and PC alike, engine-level updates like this tend to matter more for long-term stability than any single content patch.
For players deciding where to spend time this month, the practical priorities are:
- Log in through the Dorothy Chase Event to bank the free Legendary before it requires spending.
- Plan Oz-team compositions around the ally-count buffs if Dorothy Gale is being built as a core support.
- Expect smoother performance post-1167.0, particularly on older devices where the engine upgrade should show the biggest gains.
Echoes of Oz still has roughly two months to run, so there's no immediate rush — but the free champion track rewards early and consistent logins rather than a last-minute push.
Sources: RAID Shadow Legends Echoes of Oz Event Guide, Dorothy Gale Champion Guide, Raid Shadow Legends Patch Notes 2026
