Raiden Shogun Best Build Guide

Comprehensive Raiden Shogun guide for Genshin Impact. Learn Raiden Shogun's best build, weapon, artifacts, teams as both support and DPS for this 5-Star Polearm Electro Character.

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Raiden Shogun Character Overview, Base Stats, and Tier

Character Profile

Gacha Art	Rarity
	Element	Electro
	Weapon	Polearm
	Ascend Stat	Energy Recharge 32.0%
	Region	Inazuma
	Birthday	June 26
	Roles	On-Field DPS Support Off-Field
How To Get	Can only be pulled during Raiden Shogun's Limited-Time Banner (Currently not available)

Base Stats

Raiden Shogun is a 5-star Electro character that wields a Polearm in Genshin Impact. Her gameplay revolves around being a powerful burst damage dealer and an excellent energy battery for her team. She can imbue her attacks with Electro after using her Elemental Burst, dealing substantial damage, and her Elemental Skill provides consistent off-field Electro application and damage. Lore-wise, Raiden Shogun is the vessel of Ei, the current Electro Archon of Inazuma, and the esteemed Shogun of the Inazuma.

Raiden Shogun's Tier & Rating

Raiden Shogun, in-battle, mainly serves as an On-Field damage dealer and Energy Support. Her Elemental Skill, deals an additional electro attack when dealing damage to enemies making her a decent character even Off-Field.The Elemental Burst charges her team's Energy for every hit. This makes her a flexible character that can be used in various situation and team composition in-game.

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Roles & Playstyle Of Raiden Shogun and Its Strengths and Weakness

Best Build for Raiden Shogun

Raiden Shogun has the capability of being both an On-Field and Off-Field damage dealer. While her damage is weaker compared to the top DPS characters, using her as either On-Fielder or Sub-DPS is fine. Since Electro can be used in multiple reactions and the damage scales on differing stats, stat recommendations change based on the team comp.

Raiden Shogun Is Great As Either On-Fielder Or Sub-DPS

On-Fielder Hyperbloom Sub-DPS

Weapon	Engulfing Lightning
Best Artifact	Emblem Of Severed Fate x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge Goblet: ATK / Electro DMG Bonus Circlet: CRIT Rate or DMG
Priority Sub-Stat	CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > Energy Recharge > ATK% > Elemental Mastery
Recommended Team

Stat Goals For On-Field Raiden Shogun

ATK	1500+ (Less if in a team with plenty of ATK buffers)
Crit Rate	80%~
Crit DMG	200%~
Elemental Mastery	100~
Energy Recharge	200%~ (More if using Engulfing Lightning)

When building Raiden Shogun as on-field DPS, Emblem of Severed Fate is her best artifact since it increase Elemental Burst damage and Energy Recharge. With her Passive (as well as her Signature Weapon), ATK is not as important as Energy Recharge but it still must be considered.

Weapon	Dragon's Bane
Best Artifact	Flower Of Paradise Lost x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Elemental Mastery Goblet: Elemental Mastery Circlet: Elemental Mastery
Priority Sub-Stat	Elemental Mastery
Recommended Team

Stat Goals For Hyperbloom Raiden

Elemental Mastery	1000~

Since Hyperbloom is Raiden Shogun's most popular Sub-DPS build, you only have to consider Elemental Mastery. Her personal damage can be built for but Hyperbloom requires Elemental Mastery for the reaction damage.

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Best Weapon for Raiden Shogun

The weapon options for Raiden Shogun will change depending on what stat is needed to boost the main damage dealt by her intended build. If she's being built as Main DPS, focus on her Energy Recharge, ATK and CRIT stats. But if she's being built for Hyperbloom or EM-based reactions, focus on building her Elemental Mastery instead.

On-Fielder Hyperbloom Sub-DPS

Premium Weapons for DPS Raiden Shogun

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best	Engulfing Lightning	Get from Limited Banner - Raiden Shogun's signature weapon - Energy Recharge sub-stat is great with Raiden Shogun - Provides additional ATK based on Raiden Shogun's Energy Recharge
2nd	Staff Of Homa	Get from Limited Banner - CRIT DMG from this weapon and additional ATK is good for Raiden Shogun. - She might not be able to fully utilize the low-HP mechanic but it's fine as a stat stick.
3rd	Disaster And Remorse	Get from Limited Banner - Lohen's Signature Weapon that's only available for pulling when he's on rate-up. - Good CRIT Rate weapon that can also buff Elemental Burst DMG for Raiden Shogun. Damage potential can outdo Engulfing Lightning if she's in a Hexerei team.
4th	Primordial Jade Winged-Spear	Get from Weapon Banners - Crit Rate sub-stat makes building CR/CD easy - ATK increase with every hit, easily attained with Normal Attack & Elemental Skill
5th	Staff Of The Scarlet Sands	Get from Limited Banner - Cyno's Signature Weapon that's only available for pulling when he's on rate-up. - CRIT Rate substat but can boost ATK based on EM. - Best for Dendro reaction teams like Aggravate.
6th	Skyward Spine	Get from Limited Banner - Energy Recharge sub-stat is great with Raiden Shogun - Increase in Crit Rate and Normal ATK Speed (Applies when Burst is active, allowing for more attacks)
7th	Deathmatch	Get from Battle Pass - Crit Rate sub-stat makes it easier to build CR/CD - Provides additional ATK depending on number of enemies
8th	Wavebreaker's Fin	Get from Limited Banners - Increases Burst damage depending on team's Energy Recharge - Good for teams with fast rotations

Engulfing Lightning is the best option for DPS Raiden Shogun. If you don't have her signature weapon, weapons that increase ATK and CRIT stats works as well. Make sure to consider her teammates when building for her artifact stats.

F2P Option for On-Field Raiden Shogun

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best F2P	The Catch	Inazuma Fishing Association Weapon - Free to play option - Elemental Burst and CRIT Rate buff along with Energy Recharge stat makes it a great weapon for Raiden Shogun, even beating some of the Premium options.
2nd (Event)	Tamayuratei No Ohanashi	Get from Limited Event - Increases both Energy Recharge and ATK%. - Movement speed buff is great for faster attacks.

For Free-to-Play options, The Catch is the best to use since it boosts Energy Recharge, Elemental Burst damage and CRIT Rate. It can boost Raiden Shogun's preferred stats for damage. Tamayuratei No Ohanashi is able to buff similarly but without the CRIT stats.

Premium Weapons for Hyperbloom Sub-DPS Raiden Shogun

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best	Dragon's Bane	Get from Banners - High EM sub-stat is great for this build - In a Hyperbloom comp, the weapon skill's increase in damage against hydro-affected enemies can be utilized
2nd	Ballad Of The Fjords	Get from Battle Pass - Great weapon if also building for Raiden Shogun's non-Hyperbloom damage. - Since Hyperbloom teams will already three (3) Elements, the Elemental Mastery buff will always be active.

Raiden Shogun's best weapon for Hyperbloom Off-Fielder is Dragon's Bane due to its high Elemental Mastery stat of 221. Ballad of the Fjords comes in second since it's Elemental Mastery buff from weapon skill is 120 at Refine 1 and gains a higher EM stat when R5 with 240 EM buffed.

F2P Option for Hyperbloom Raiden Shogun

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best F2P	Moonpiercer	Sumeru Forgeable (Craftable) Weapon - EM sub-stat is great for this build - Increased ATK through weapon skil whenever you proc Hyperbloom
2nd (Forge)	Kitain Cross Spear	Inazuma Forgeable (Craftable) Weapon - Free to play option - EM sub-stat is great for this build

For Free-to-Play options of Hyperbloom Raiden Shogun, forgeable weapons from Sumeru and Inazuma work well. Moonpiercer gives more support abilities to Raiden Shogun while Kitain Cross Spear increases her Elemental Skill damage.

Raiden Shogun Best Artifacts

The Artifact set that Raiden Shogun uses depends on the role you will use her for. See the recommendations below for Artifact Sets depending on her build:

On-Fielder Artifacts Hyperbloom Sub-DPS Artifacts

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Emblem Of Severed Fate	★★★★★ - Best Artifact set for Raiden Shogun as DPS. - Boosts both Energy Recharge and Elemental Burst damage.
Thundering Fury Any Energy Recharge	★★★ ・ ・ - 2-piece sets if farming for Emblem of Severed Fate full-set. - Thundering Fury 2-pc set might give too much Electro DMG Bonus but you can change it to an ATK% 2-piece set instead.

Recommended Artifact Stats

	Main: Flat HP Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / ATK%
	Main: Flat ATK Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / ATK%
	Main: Energy Recharge Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery
	Main: Electro DMG Bonus / ATK% Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / ATK%
	Main: Crit Rate/DMG Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / ATK%

For Sub-Stats, CRIT Stats and ATK Works the Best

Raiden Shogun's best artifact set doesn't have any CRIT stat set effect so it's best to build those on her main stat and sub stats in Artifacts. If using Engulfing Lightning, going for an ATK sands is better since there would probably be enough Electro DMG Bonus already.

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Flower of Paradise Lost	★★★★★ - Best Artifact for Hyperbloom Raiden Shogun. - Able to boost both Elemental Mastery and Hyperbloom damage.
Gilded Dreams	★★★★ ・ - Greatly boost Elemental Mastery since Hyperbloom contains at least three (3) different Elements in the team already.
Any Elemental Mastery Any Elemental Mastery	★★★ ・ ・ - 2-piece sets if farming for a good full-set Flower of Paradise Lost or Gilded Dreams. - Buffs only 20 less Elemental Mastery compared to fullset Gilded Dreams if using 2 non-Electro characters in the team.
Deepwood Memories	★★ ・ ・ ・ - While the Dendro DMG Bonus will be unable to increase the damage of Hyperbloom, the 4-set effect can reduce the Dendro RES of the enemy which Hyperbloom benefits from.

Recommended Artifact Stats

	Main: Flat HP Sub: Elemental Mastery / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
	Main: Flat ATK Sub: Elemental Mastery / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
	Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / ATK%
	Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / ATK%
	Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / ATK%

For Sub-Stats, Elemental Mastery On Flat Mainstats and CRIT Stats For EM Mainstats

Since Elemental Mastery is already the mainstat for Sands, Goblet and Crown, you can focus on building Raiden Shogun's non-Hyperbloom damage with CRIT stats and ATK%. While her flat mainstat pieces like Flower and Feather should have Elemental Mastery substats.

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Best Team Comp Raiden Shogun

Hypercarry Team Comp for Wanderer

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Support
Raiden Shogun	Durin	Nicole	Prune
Details
- With the buffs that the Hexerei Support Trio can give, Overload team for Raiden Shogun is one of her best teams now. - Durin and Prune holding Viridescent Venerer can provide RES shred for Raiden Shogun while Nicole, Prune and Noblesse set gives her ATK buffs. - Prune and Nicole has lower Energy Recharge requirements since Raiden Shogun can charge their Energy.

While Kujou Sara is still one of the best supports for Raiden Shogun, she needs her C6 to be a good replacement for Prune. Durin and Prune's Energy cost of 70 make them have a rather high Energy cost which is also good for Raiden Shogun.

Other Team Comps for Raiden Shogun

Aggravate Team

Team		Detail
Raiden Shogun	Nahida	- Aggravate Raiden Shogun is one of the easier teams to build for her if she's C0. - With Nahida's powerful and consistent Dendro application, Raiden Shogun can trigger Quicken and Aggravate to boost the damage of her Attacks. - Xilonen and Sara provides damage-boosting buffs and debuffs.
Xilonen	Kujou Sara

Raiden "Rational" National Team

Team		Detail
Raiden Shogun	Xiangling	- National team variant with Raiden Shogun. Aka "Rational" team. - Raiden Shogun can buff Xiangling and her own Burst damage allowing them to also deal greater damage. - Xilonen can shred Hydro, Electro and Pyro with her Source Samples.
Furina	Xilonen

Free To Play Team Comp for Raiden Shogun

Team		Detail
Raiden Shogun	Barbara	- F2P team comp for Hyperbloom Raiden. - Barbara is the healer and on-field reaction driver that will create Dendro cores for Raiden to trigger Hyperbloom on. - Collei and Dendro Traveler applies Dendro Off-Field.
Collei	Dendro Traveler

Team Rotation of Raiden Shogun & Combos

Rotation of Raiden Shogun as On-Fielder

Raiden Shogun is similar to use with other DPS characters. Apply her Element then switch her out for the support/sub-DPS characters to use their abilities. Then switch back to Raiden Shogun to deal damage.

Rotation For Sub-DPS Raiden Shogun

Sub-DPS Raiden Shogun is very ease to use. You just have to use her Elemental Skill and then switch to other characters and proc her Off-Field Attacks by dealing damage to enemies.

Basics Of Using Raiden Shogun

Raiden Shogun can be used as either Main DPS or off-field sub-DPS. While both seem very different from each other, sub-DPS Raiden Shogun is simply not using her Elemental Burst, thus removing her Main DPS state.

For Main DPS, Use Elemental Burst to Enter Musou Isshin State

Musou Isshin state is Raiden Shogun's DPS mode. All of her Attacks will be infused with Electro and she deals Elemental Burst damage instead. The damage dealt during this state increases based on her Resolve stacks.

Methods of Obtaining Resolve Stacks

Raiden Shogun obtains Resolve Stacks from her teammates. Since her max stack count is 60, her best teammates would be the characters with high Energy cost. See below for recommended characters.

Energy Cost	Recommended Characters
80
70

For Sub-DPS, Use Only Elemental Skill

Raiden Shogun's Elemental Skill is the most important part of her Sub-DPS build. It can deal off-field Electro damage as long as damage is dealt to the enemy. However her Artifact build will differ depending on the team comp.

For Hyperbloom or Electro-Charged Raiden Shogun, Elemental Mastery is preferred but as a normal Electro sub-DPS, ATK/Energy Recharge build is fine.

Elemental Skill, Burst and Abilities Guide for Raiden Shogun

How To Use Raiden Shogun's Skills & Passives?

Can Be DPS Or Sub-DPS

Raiden Shogun can be used as either a Main DPS or a Sub-DPS. Her team comps are similar to other Electro characters but her unique ability to charge Energy for her teammates make her good to use in National Teams as an on-fielder. As a Sub-DPS, she's a great Electro applier and works in a Hyperbloom team.

Elemental Skill Deals Off-Field Electro DMG With A Good AoE

Raiden Shogun's Elemental Skill is where her off-field Electro application comes from. It can deal a coordinated attack any time damage is dealt to enemies. Even with farther enemies hit with a ranged attack, it will deal damage to where the enemy was.

Skill Can Also Buff Elemental Burst DMG

Aside from providing coordinated attacks, her Elemental Skill can also buff will gain an Elemental Burst DMG buff based on the Energy cost. At level 10, it gives a 0.3% per Energy buff, making higher Burst costs deal more damage.

Elemental Burst Infuses Attacks With Electro

Raiden Shogun's Elemental Burst makes her use her tachi and deal Electro DMG with her Normal and Charged Attacks. She is also immune to Electro-Charged DMG in this state.

Elemental Burst Deals A High DMG Initial Attack

Raiden Shogun's Elemental Burst has a powerful on-cast attack that can be used for one-hit KO team compositions. Though it no longer is one of the most powerful attacks, it can still do decent damage to begin Raiden Shogun's attacks.

Burst Mode Has Unique DMG and Energy Mechanics

Raiden Shogun's Burst mode has her using her Normal Attack and Charged Attack but the damage it deals is considered as Elemental Burst DMG, making her also benefit from her Skill's buff. Additionally, she can gain stacks based on the Energy cost of her teammates' Burst and also restore Energy for them during this state.

Should You Pull for Raiden Shogun's Constellation Or Best Weapon?

Prioritize Raiden Shogun's Constellations

Signature VS Constellations
C2 > C3 > Engulfing Lightning > C1

C2 is a Must for On-Field DPS Role

Raiden Shogun is a flexible character who can be used as a Sub-DPS for applying Electro or as the on-field DPS. Her Constellation 2 is a good stopping point for improving her Main DPS performance. Engulfing Lightning is a good Energy Recharge stat stick but The Catch is a decent alternative that allows you to invest further into her Constellations like her C3 for more Burst levels.

Signature Weapon is Worth Pulling if Stopping at C1

If Raiden Shogun is C2 or you're only able to get her C1, Engulfing Lightning becomes a better choice to pull for since it gives both damage and Quality of Life performance outside of using it for Raiden Shogun. Off-field characters like Xiangling, Shenhe and Iansan can benefit from the Energy Recharge and ATK buffs it can give.

Hyperbloom Raiden Shogun Doesn't Need Constellations or Signature Weapon

If you plan to use Raiden Shogun mostly off-field, such as in Hyperbloom teams, then neither her constellations nor her Signature Weapon will be an upgrade since that playstyle only needs her to activate her Skill every now and then.

Raiden Shogun's Constellations & Effects

Raiden Shogun's Constellation Name is Imperatrix Umbrosa

Imperatrix Umbrosa

Ascension Materials for Raiden Shogun Talents & Level

Character Level Talent

Materials Per Ascension Level

Lvl 20	Vajrada Amethyst Sliver x1 Amakumo Fruit x3 Old Handguard x3
Lvl 40	Vajrada Amethyst Fragment x3 Storm Beads x2 Amakumo Fruit x10 Old Handguard x15
Lvl 50	Vajrada Amethyst Fragment x9 Storm Beads x4 Amakumo Fruit x20 Kageuchi Handguard x12
Lvl 60	Vajrada Amethyst Chunk x6 Storm Beads x8 Amakumo Fruit x30 Kageuchi Handguard x18
Lvl 70	Vajrada Amethyst Chunk x3 Storm Beads x12 Amakumo Fruit x45 Famed Handguard x12
Lvl 80	Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone x6 Storm Beads x20 Amakumo Fruit x60 Famed Handguard x24

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Amakumo Fruit Farm Routes

Amakumo Fruit Farm Route

Materials Per Talent (Skill) Level

Level 1	Default
Level 2	Old Handguard x3 Teachings Of Light x6
Level 3	Kageuchi Handguard x2 Guide To Light x3
Level 4	Kageuchi Handguard x4 Guide To Light x4
Level 5	Kageuchi Handguard x6 Guide To Light x6
Level 6	Kageuchi Handguard x9 Guide To Light x9
Level 7	Famed Handguard x4 Philosophies Of Light x4 Molten Moment x1
Level 8	Famed Handguard x6 Philosophies Of Light x6 Molten Moment x1
Level 9	Famed Handguard x12 Philosophies Of Light x9 Molten Moment x2
Level 10	Famed Handguard x16 Philosophies Of Light x12 Molten Moment x2 Crown of Insight x1
Level 11	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 12	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 13	Unlocked via Constellation

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Who Is Raiden Shogun?

Can Either Be Raiden Ei Or Shogun

The Raiden Shogun you play are both Raiden Ei, the Electro Archon, and the Raiden Shogun, the puppet. This was confirmed in the voice lines wherein depending on the topic either Raiden Ei or Raiden Shogun would speak.

Raiden Ei - The Electro Archon

Raiden Ei is the current Electro Archon ruling over Inazuma. She seeks Eternity for her nation, to create a world of no decay. She has for centuries hid in the Plane of Euthymia.

Raiden Shogun - The Puppet

The Shogun is the puppet created by Ei to oversee Inazuma in her stead. The goal of the puppet is to do everything it can to preserve Eternity within Inazuma. It will take out any threats to that goal, even the Electro Archon herself.

Raiden Shogun Promotional Videos

Check out the official character preview videos for Raiden Shogun from Genshin Impact's YouTube account!

Raiden Shogun Voice Actors & Their Notable Roles

English Voice Actor: Anne Yatco

Japanese Voice Actor: SAWASHIRO Miyuki

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