Raiden Shogun 
✦ Electro On-field DPS/Battery Guide ✦
Welcome to my Raiden Shogun Guide! This guide will focus on her On-field DPS and Battery playstyle, covering basic info to advanced tips
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✦ Talents Overview ✦
Elemental Skill: Transcendence: Bateful Omen
Deals Electro DMG to nearby opponents when cast and grants everyone in your party the Eye of Stormy Judgment buff.
For the duration, when a character deals DMG, a coordinated attack will be unleashed dealing AoE Electro DMG.
Every character with this buff will have their Elemental Burst DMG increased based on their Burst's Energy cost.
• The damage from the coordinated attack does not snapshot (it will always use Raiden stats in real time), it can only proc every 0.9 sec and has a 50% chance to generate 1 Electro particle
• Coordinated attacks generated by characters not controlled by you (coop) deal 20% of the normal DMG
• The maximum Burst DMG Bonus buff is achieved at Talent Level 9 (0.30% Per Energy); for example: a 40 Energy Cost burst will be buffed by 12%, a 80 Energy by 24% and so on
Elemental Burst: Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu
Unleashes the Musou no Hitotachi dealing AoE Electro DMG, activating a new set of Normal and Charged Attack sequences dealing Electro DMG.
During this state attacks will regenerate Energy for nearby party members every 1 second and up to 5 times during the duration.
Resolve • Raiden will gain Resolve stacks based on the Energy Cost of any Elemental Burst unleashed by her party members to a maximum of 60. At Talent Level 10 a total of 200 energy consumed by your team is needed to reach the maximum stacks of Resolve (doesn't include any extra stacks from her Ascension 1).
Make sure to always use every Burst before Raiden's as this Resolve mechanic can almost double her damage output.
• It does not snapshot (it will always use Raiden stats in real time)
• During her Burst she has increased resistance to interruption and immunity to Electro-Charged DMG
• The energy generated by her Burst is flat and is not affected by your party's ER values
• For the duration, DMG done via Normal and Charged attacks will count as Burst DMG (they will NOT benefit from +Normal/Charged Attack DMG buffs)
• One of her best damage combo is N3C (3 times) + N1C (3 Normal Attacks followed by 1 Charged Attack, 3 times; then 1 Normal into 1 Charged at the end)
NOTE: During her Burst her attacks will not trigger the following: Beidou's Sto***reaker, Electro MC's Bellowing Thunder procs and Serpent Spine's passive ability
Ascension 1: Wishes Unnumbered
Grants Raiden 2 Resolve stacks every time a party member gains Elemental Particles or Orbs, with a 3 seconds cooldown.
Ascension 4: Enlightened One
Each 1% above 100% Energy Recharge grants her 0.6% more Energy restoration during her Burst and 0.4% Electro DMG Bonus.
Core of Raiden's gameplay as it makes her ER % valuable even at very high amounts and on par of ATK % with her signature weapon Engulfing Lightning.
Note: no section for her Normal Attack Talent as it does not influence her attacks during Burst
✦ Artifact Sets ✦
• 4 Emblem of Severed Fate
Her best option, it's made specifically for her and is one of the best Artifact Domains to farm anyway (as of 2.5)
• 2 Emblem / 2 Noblesse / 2 +18 % ATK
Use any set with good substats until you have a good enough Emblem of Severed Fate full set
Main/Sub Stats
• Sands is ATK % or ER %. In most cases ATK % will be ideal, ER % comes on top in cases where you lack a decent enough ATK % Sands or you are using Engulfing Lightning
• Goblet is Electro DMG or ATK %. Electro DMG is your preferred choice but ATK % can come on top depending on substats, weapon and external buffs
• Circlet is Crit Rate or Crit DMG depending on what stat you need the most
Your substats will focus on Crit, ATK % and ER %. After that the only beneficial stats are flat ATK and EM (in some teams). How much ER % necessary depends on your team as always as for Raiden the more Energy you have the more Energy she is going to regenerate for your team. With Engulfing Lightning, ER % subs are often better than ATK %
✦ Weapons ✦
✦ 5 Star weapons ✦
• Engulfing Lightning High ER % and ER % to ATK % mechanic makes it her undoubtedly best weapon
• Staff of Homa Great weapon that will hardly ever have its passive up (< 50% HP); still an amazing option because of the raw stats it provides
• Primordial Jade Winged Spear Another great stat stick but held back by its stacking mechanic; the initial slash will almost never be fully buffed as her Elemental Skill procs do not trigger the stacks while off-field
• Skyward Spine An overall good option, very very similar to The Catch
✦ 4 Star weapons ✦
• The Catch Best F2P option and free guaranteed R5; provides ER %, extra Crit Rate and DMG for your Burst (the passive will apply to attacks during Burst)
• Wavebreaker Fin Provides very high burst damage in teams with high energy costs, at high refinement it can even surpass most 5 star options in terms of damage; lacks in utility / ER %
• Deathmatch Same as above but easier to build around because of the high Crit Rate; usually The Catch is overall better
✦ Worse than The Catch ✦
• Vortex Vanquisher Not bad in terms of damage but doesn't synergize well with Raiden overall (and many of her teams as a shield is needed)
• Calamity Queller Again not bad but a downgrade vs The Catch and falls off with ATK buffs
• Favonius Lance ER %, extra energy particles and high Base ATK are unfortunately not enough for this weapon to surpass the others
• Everything else ~ ~ ~
Note: Use any 5 star option presented or get The Catch, some other 4 star options can surpass it in terms of damage but not in terms of utility (ER %). If a weapon is not listed it doesn't mean that it's bad but it's just not as good as The Catch (which is permanently free and guaranteed R5).
✦ Teams ✦
Raiden Hyper Carry
The team that makes Raiden shine the most.
Every character here has the sole purpose of setting up Raiden's Burst: Kazuha is the preferred Anemo because of his buffs and grouping ability and Bennett/Sara provide a huge ATK boost.
This team is somehow both F2P and whale friendly. Runs very well with few Constellations and 4 star weapons but becomes insane with the extra upgrades: 5 star Weapons and Constellations (C2 Raiden, C6 Sara, C1/5 Bennett). It is flexible at the cost of Raiden's personal damage (Yae Miko has recently seen play here). If you are lacking Kazuha, any Anemo with VV set will do (Sucrose with TTDS might be annoying to rotate to but provides the extra buff)
Raiden National
The nowadays standard and famous National team adapted to welcome Raiden. A very strong team with units that make great use of Raiden's energy and buffing mechanics
Eula Teams
Raiden is one of the best Eula partners with a basically permanent Superconduct, buffs and energy gen for Eula's Burst. Raiden also fits very well in the downtime that Eula has after her Burst. The other 2 units are somewhat flexible with another Cryo being the priority, Diona and Rosaria are the best candidates. Anemo are usually not necessary here unless you need heavy groupping abilities
More Teams
Sunfire (Bennett, Jean, Xingqiu)
Electro-Charged (Off-field Hydro, Any, Anemo)
There are definitely more teams that you could run Raiden in but they are either very off meta or a slight variation of the above
✦ Constellations ✦
No Constellation is mandatory but if you want to make the most out of Raiden's damage you can aim at C2 or C3. Beyond that is just utility, getting just C1 is also not recommended. Below some detail about every Constellation:
C1 • Makes it easier to gain Resolve, 80% via Electro Bursts and 20% via other Elements; absolutely not mandatory
C2 • Her Burst will ignore 60% of the enemies DEF. Her best Constellation and one of the best in the game especially for how "cheap" it is
C3 • + 3 Level to her Burst Talent; the last Constellation you'd stop to if you only care about her damage
C4 • When her Burst expires, all nearby party members (excluding Raiden) gain 30% bonus ATK for 10s
C5 • +3 Levels to her Skill Talent; not very significant
C6 • During her Burst, her attacks will decrease all party members' (not including herself) Elemental Burst CD by 1s when they hit opponents. This effect can trigger once every 1s and max 5 times. This constellation sounds powerful but ends up not being that great for now; unless you have 3 friends with C6 Raiden and want to Burst without cooldown in co-op (???)
Done! 
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