Raiden Shogun

Raiden Shogun is a hybrid carry and battery. Her Skill buffs the whole team's Burst damage based on their Energy cost, and her own Burst is an extended sequence of Electro slashes that also restores energy to allies on every hit. She enables Burst-hungry teams while dealing strong damage herself.

How to Play

Build her as the energy hub of a Burst-reliant team, leaning into Electro reactions or hyperbloom. Her flexibility keeps her high on the Genshin tier list.

Best Build

Top Weapons: Engulfing Lightning (signature), The Catch, Staff of the Scarlet Sands. Artifact Set: Emblem of Severed Fate (4-piece). Main Stats: ATK% or ER Sands / Electro DMG Goblet / CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG Circlet. Substats: ER (to ~250%), CRIT Rate/DMG, ATK%.

Best Teams

1. Hyperbloom: Raiden + Nahida + Xingqiu + Kuki Shinobu.
2. National/Raiden Hyper: Raiden + Xiangling + Xingqiu + Bennett.

Kit Overview

• Skill places an Eye that deals coordinated Electro DMG on attacks and buffs burst damage.
• Burst unleashes Musou Isshin, a powerful Electro melee mode that restores team energy on hits.
• Core loop: a burst-DPS and battery hybrid who refunds the team's energy and enables off-field cores.

Pros and Cons

Pros: Excellent team energy battery, strong burst DMG, flexible across many comps. Cons: High ER requirement, performance scales with team burst uptime.