GTA Online: F-160 Raiju In Depth Guide (The New King of The Skies) 

Another thing I think is useful to know: if you want to land as quickly as possible, just point at the ground at full speed and, when you’re two or three airplane lengths to the ground, use vtol mode and pull up at the last moment. You’ll be inches to the ground and almost stationary.

Me and my friends usually hide in stealth mode and wait for low level players to start selling their businesses, then we do everything we can to defend them from griefers. So far we have a 100% success rate which is awesome!

Lazer been real quiet since this dropped

The bullet damage bug in this plane is exactly what I'd like to have as a feature for aircrafts in general against PvE enemies. Makes them so much more viable when you don't get disabled from just a couple of engagements because the AI has not only god-tier accuracy but also keep said accuracy over the entire freaking range of their guns. I'll definitely enjoy the Raiju a lot in PvE while I can now that I know of this bug.

"Immune to bullet damage" Holy crap, this explains why I battled one non-stop for 30 minutes in my Starling. The enemy griefer was terrible with it, but no matter how many good clean shots I got on him, he would never even start smoking. I thought they nerfed the damage of non-explosive airplane cannons because of this. Thank you for clarifying. As for the jet griefer - he never got me, and eventually crashed into a hill while trying to outmaneuver me somehow lol

3:49 the true stealth jet, your enemies won’t even know what hit them

Thing with the raiju in a dogfight, the turning rate doesnt change if you slow down. So you can make much tighter turns if you unthrottle in a dogfight

Important note, but the armor bug is not unique to the the raiju. It exists for literally every vehicle in the game, but is strangely more common with the Avenger.

Kinda unfortunate that you never showed the Raiju‘s most powerful weapon in a dogfight. Its enormous speed combined with its toggleable stealth allows you to simply fly away upon first contact with your enemy at the speed of a missile until they loose sight of you before coming around for a pass with your machine gun. Doing that a few times basically ensures a kill. It’s essentially the first the first aircraft in GTAO that can effectively utilise interceptor style doctrine rather than fighter style doctrine.

Feels nostalgic in a way when ghillie makes a in depth guide series for a pvp aircraft that contributes in the meta change, I remember watching his starling and b11 in depth guides and they feel like many years ago

I feel like Ghillie as an Og player remembers the Eject kill era of gta when you could use jets and other weaponised vehicles in passive, I think that the Raiju could and most likely will "reincarnate" the eject kill era, especially as it has the stealth feature, and after ejecting the Raiju goes fairly straight before starting to spin around just like the hydra works (main vehicle used in the eject kill era) unlike the lazer starting to spin nearly immediately. I've already gotten a few eject kills as they are extremely funny to get in my opinion.

I think the bullet and fall damage will stay in the game, similar to the bulletproof window on the Half-Track, everyone thought that was a bug but it’s stayed in the game ever since the release

5:23 The starling take off is amazing I swear hahahahaha

The raiju seems to have exceptionally high terrain damage resistance which is why it could survive that fall from the sky limit

Nice video, I would also add the fact you can just go to stealth to downgrade wanted stars to only 2, even if you had 5, no choppers after you

Another thing is, after this jet has been added I've been combat merged far fewer times than before the update. Since lazers and hydras always die, but the raiju has a chance to survive a combat merge with its armor.

as a person who has been dogfighting since 2013 it’s very nice to see it start picking back up. The hydra has always been my go to bc of vtol which is super effective against really everything but lazers.. but like you said a proper pilot who utilizes vtol effectively with the raiju is untouchable. It’s such a hard skill to learn but so rewarding when done correctly.

stealth mode is such a fun mechanic mainly for casino heist preps with such fast jet

Been waiting on this ! I just love the stealth mode ! Flying up on people out of nowhere feeling like maverick lol

I love this jet for the fact that it looks good and performs really well… although that price tag had me cough up a kidney

With this Jet being so good I really hope ground to air AA like the aa turret get a few buffs It'd be sick for the AA turret to have a lock-on jammer so it can actually be used, or maybe even a trophy system where looking at a rocket for a second marks it to be countered, since they have the aim ability to do it and bullets do interact with rockets iirc

The bit about invisible bullets coming from hostile jets is super interesting, and good to know. Another thing that I've noticed that can catch you is the inability to get out of the jet when badly damaged. Not sure if it's exclusive to this jet. There have been a few a few times where I've won dogfights but died because I couldn't eject when my burning jet finally went down 😅

I've been having a really easy time beating Raiju pilots with the B-11. In fact, it's become my new go-to when I want to take one down.

The Raiju falling out of the sky by itself and taking 0 damage is so amazing. Got into a dogfight with a modder the other day without realizing he was a modder until I was laying into his jet with the cannons for a solid minute of contact. Just pressed F when I felt like there was no point in fighting anymore and skydived all the way down. Was expecting MMI claim but it never showed up, I check the map and there's my jet, almost all the way back at the airport 😂 (also i found against mk2 just fly in a circle with a slight downward spiral, you'll outrun all the missiles. When the mk2 runs out, VTOL and turn on it)

I think stealth mode may be bugged in some way, because I think since the Drug Wars update I have had a problem where I would activate stealth mode on the Akula and it would put away the weapons, but not put me in stealth mode. I would end up having to re-activate stealth mode a couple of times for it to actually take effect.

3:58 the jet is based on an f35 with f22 wings. Both are stealth fighters but the f35 is the vtol one. Both planes have gau turrets in the intake vents on either side of the fuselage. So as for immersion breaking; it’s quite the opposite

The avenger has been my go for fun when I don't want to use jets. Especially the missiles and cannons have been a fun change to air/air/ground fights

Just bought the raiju finally, a bit late to the party. But this is the exact video I was hoping for, so thanks bro 👍🏼 so far my favorite thing is using it to assassinate. I chromed it out so it don't stand out during the day, then I use stealth mode to creep and take someone out then jump back into stealth and disappear. So fun

Absolutely demolished my 9 million savings but there’s nothing I’d really rather spend my money on honestly

I’d say it’s one of the best ease of access aircraft so far. Aside from the sparrow which you can call in basically anywhere and it goes like 165+ mph, I’ve been loving using the raiju so far

I love how it works now with ejection and not blowing up on impact sometimes I accidentally eject if I bump the controller unintentionally this is like a second chance feature it’s really good

This video was great!! I'm particularly interested in all the movements it brings to the table with VTO mode - It's so good! Everything about it makes it the perfect vehicle to move, fight and don't be bothered by anyone, I actually use it as my personal car now Lands easily, takes off immediately, increibly fast, stealth mode, more durable... and let's be honest, it looks sick 11/10

My best counter has been ground-to-air with a Mk2 + Explosive Rounds. The Raiju's strafe isn't as effective as the LAZER's and the lock-on missile speed is too slow to catch the Mk2. I won a 5v1 (Raijus vs Mk2) by downing 1 pilot, then dominating him ground-to-ground to carefully bait the other 4 out of stealth. Soon, they were down and I was up! ;)

3:41 Figured as much. Had a guy shooting at me when I was in my B11 and didn't know he was shooting at me until I seen the damage magically appear on my plane. Fortunately for me though, he wasn't very good at dogfighting and died shortly after I had noticed.

Ah, glorious powercreep. This explained some things that I was unsure about when fighting them. This video also confirmed that the one guy I did fight with a Raiju was indeed cheating. He took somewhere in the realm of 15 explosive sniper shots and suffered no damage, which under normal conditions is impossible. Really wish you would have discussed stealth more, since that is the most interesting feature.

I knew the raiju was advanced, but being impervious to bullets and adding stealth bullets was really what sold me

Against the oppressor mk2 your best bet is making yourself vulnerable and let them waste their missiles, once their out their vulnerable and you have your opening to attack, they usually run and when they do fire a missile to bait their circle dodge and halfway through send your second, if they turn out of the circle normally they get slammed by the second

I haven't even watched the whole video but from my testing and just common sense. The Raiju is the 2nd most OP vehicle in the game!! Thanks Cock*!

The Raiju is overpowered in the BEST WAY possible. It can’t be used for dumb thoughtless griefing like the old lazer or the mk2. But it can be used to annihilate npcs in the freemode missions. In the right hands, it can annihilate other Jets and players on foot. Keywords: in the right hands!!! The super high skill cap required to accurately use this thing for air to ground combat means most players won’t be able to kill you or spawn trap you by any means. Only the few players who master this jet (Canuck in combat) are going to be serious threat to others players in freemode, and frankly, they deserve it. If you’re gonna go through the trouble of learning how to use vtol for air to air and air to ground combat, you deserve to use that power. Unlike the old lazer griefers who hardly had to aim or control their speed, a raiju master will be rare to see in any lobby. It will take a long time but I can’t wait to be one of those few

be careful of rogues, they’re one the scariest planes to come across when in a raiju. this is coming from a raiju pilot and a rogue pilot. an experienced rogue pilot will find ways to stall and get behind you. and if that doesn’t work, it will out turn you and get behind you. if you try and dive bomb, it will maneuver out of your cross hair. if you decide to go under it, it will drop bombs on you. experienced prop plane pilots are so underrated it’s scary, be careful of dudes who fly those. they’re either the best pilots you’ve seen or the friendliest

the air to ground with the Raiju is actually insane if used correctly, if your in the city then there is a whole lot of cover with all the buildings which you can use to your advantage so the person your fighting can’t hit you with a rocket or rail gun. Just get close to a building so it is hard to hit you then prefire with the MG so they rag doll and finish them off with a missile (this should be done in VTOL mode), uversuspro explains it better in his video about the raiju. if you’re in an open area with the raiju such as sandy shores or the air port, then what you should do is gain a reasonable amount of altitude in normal mode then you kinda need to do a backflip with it and switch to VTOL mode, this will make the jet way slower and you have way more control then just locate your target and shoot them with a missile, it is really affective and way better explanation is on UVP’s channel so you can see how it works and what it looks like

3:51 maybe the F-35 is just automatically equipped with sub-sonic stealth rounds as well as a muzzle brake or suppressor 😂

Flying has become anxiety inducing… you never know if these are in a lobby or not. Definitely keeps your head on a swivel. Probably the most OP vehicle in the game.

I also noticed when flying full speed going into vtol mode you slow down by A LOT so that's helpful making landings

I'm pretty sure that the Raiju is made as a STEALTH FIGHTER. Meaning it's not really a bug but more a design choice. The Raiju can use a stealth mode, which makes you disappear from the radar, and is great for a speedy escape. I can see this as the lazer-killer.

I liked the Raiju for about 15 minutes before it disappeared due to the bunker glitch

Love the Ace Combat music, very fitting!

When it comes to dogfighting in the Raiju, it can take on any jet and win. You just have to be really good at maneuvering and have good situational awareness. A trick I like to do is 'Offset the circle'. Basically, in dogfights there are 2 types of fighting. 1-Circle, and 2-Circle. 1-Circle is a nose-to-nose fight, while a 2-Circle is a nose-to-tail fight. Typically, GTA pilots use pitch and only one rudder to turn. This means that if both pilots are just using one rudder, the one with the better turn rate will win. Offsetting the circle helps prevent that, and can even turn the tide in some cases. It's typically used in a 2-Circle fight. All you have to do is alternate between both rudders. For example, let's say you merge into a 2-Circle dogfight with a B-11. Obviously it will out-rate you, so if you are turning left and using right left to turn faster, instead, use the right rudder to gain altitude, then swap back to using the left rudder to gain energy and speed. Then you can roll the plane slightly to try gain a bit more speed. Same goes for turning right. Left rudder to gain altitude, right rudder to gain speed and energy. Doing this repeatedly could get you behind them, or even lead to you reversing the turn and catching them by surprise. It is best to leave the engine in idle (not holding accelerate) and tap the breaks every now and then, as the Raiju is an absolute speed demon. Edit: I do this trick every dogfight and it has never failed me. The only reason I would lose would be because the enemy would catch me by surprise, or in other words... lack of situational awareness. And just being cocky.

This jet is a monster

If you add the glitched livery, then set the colors accordingly, you can create the su57 felon color scheme. Looks really good.

Stealth mode in the Akula hasn't hidden cargo for a long time. That's not newly broken. Ghost Organization is (currently) the only way.

For those trying to get the Raiju in the LSA mission, before blowing up the AA turret, shot the green frame of the rocket pods beside it so it doesn't EVISCERATE the Raiju

2:23 an internet relative of mine has a theory that it clips through the ground outside of your vision range and respawns on the ground when reaching the bottom of the world

One way you can try to take out MK2s with the Raiju is to get really close behind them and pop out of stealth mode and launch your missiles and hit them before they have time to react and dodge them. It's a little tricky and it's not very repeatable but it can work.

I heard the AC7 danger zone remix in the background, epic song choice ghillie

doing the "VTOL divebomb" is definitely the best way to fight anything that isn't another jet, you get a lot of time to shoot them with the MGs, and they can hardly ever do anything back.

One thing you didn't mention but could be huge in pvp is using the stealth mode to approach someone from behind and get a first strike off. With the speed and being off the radar I can see this being a griefers best friend for taking out people doing sales, or in PvP just sneaking up on someone.

i wish savage had the same bullet resistance as raiju, i feel really pissed off when an npc helicopter makes my savage smoke just because that .22 that is fired from that shtty police rifle can actually damage a huge cold war ussr helicopter

I have had such a blast with this craft I can’t even begin to explain, it makes me so happy to fly again without oppressor grief bringers and General oppressor spam, plus for me, this aircraft I just love since it’s inspired by the f35B made jointly between the us and uk with the vtol systems being jointly designed. outside of that I find it great for surprising oppressor grievers in boom and zoom type tactics, especially if you miss and you have a friend following you not too far behind to follow up. hell even did a bunch of that vtol tricks in dog fights and honestly I barely died, only being effed up by some lucky explosive snipers a couple times

raiju is really fun to use, only thing to beware of is if you land too hard your landing gear flies off. I was flying in formation and did a quick land-takeoff thing because it was cool and my landing gear flew off and hit my friend in another raiju, it got under his plane and knocked him into a nearby hangar and killed hkm.

i love the in-depth guide to this jet, this jet reminds me of the ace combat northern wings jet, exclusive to the final mission, and the design of that jet is exactly like that raiju, its a mix of a F-35B lightning and the YF-23 Blackwidow and i love both the f35 and yf23 and the trailer of the jet is shown in black which is a nod to the yf-23 as theres 2 made in the world, white and black as theyre prototypes and made to be faster than a raptor but not fast as the f-15 eagle (depends on the variants) anyways, i rather like to nick name this jet the YF-35B Black Lightning ii or (Dark Matter)

I actually disagree Ghillie. The Raiju is one of the easiest Jets to kill ground targerts. Did you forget that you can go off the Radar at any time? You can pop in on someone get off Radar kill them then put it back on. This Jet is NUTS!!!

5:23 holy that little starling can break ankles

A couple of other things I’ve noticed about the Raiju: - The rear of the plane seems to resemble the Su-75 with its tail and engine positioning, more than the YF-23 even though I’ve seen a lot of people say it looks like it. However the tail has a built in rudder whereas the YF-23 & Su-75 control pitch and yaw with the same ailerons. - The missile model is the regular RPG when it is shot, even though the missiles in the weapons bay are AMRAAMS (I’m guessing). - The jet also has bombs in the internal bay, but they cannot be used whatsoever.

I dont think its overpowered but time will tell...they did good with the balancing imo

No a big jet person at all but man do i love this jet. Easily replaces my pyro for just speeding to different areas quickly especially back to sell vehicles

Man beyond this bein a actual dissection of the Raiju. You get my like for AC7’s Danger Zone bein the BGM

The Raiju is literally just the hydra if it snorted a line of coke, which I love, it's a masterpiece and an amazing take on one of my favorite jets, which I always use for literally anything being the hydra, not to mention it's the perfect jet for skilled pilots to really shine

i just love flying and stunting in this thing. the maneuvers you can do with it are insanely fun!

06:53, Ghillie: ,,Setise is a good pilot". Me: ,,Setise is a good tryhard" 🤪

Thanks for all that work, Ghillie!

The Ace Combat Danger Zone remix was a fantastic decision in the editing. Love it!

16:02 Woah that was a pretty slick transition with using the Hangar door opening to cut right into the next clip!🤯😎 Also, wow the new jet sounds like it has a much bugs, oh I mean "features" as the new update itself has!😂 But yeah, whilst I haven't bought one for myself (yet), I did enjoy piloting the new jet on that new mission, well up until the part where you spend an hour trying to take down two Avengers...😫 granted their are some strats to make it easier, and the new missions overall are way better when playing with others, compared to trying to go through them all solo like I did at first!

A tip while dogfighting in the Raiju, if you struggle to get behind your target go into stealth mode and fly high up, then divebomb and hit them with explosive mg or missiles

10 years into this game and I still don't know why no one has datamined the game to know exactly how damage is calculated among other things. Super good video tho

I just got mine today! It is truly a game-changer! The cannon needs a rate of fire buff, even if they get rid of the explosive capabilities. I understand that they're trying to keep things balanced rather than realistic, but the rate of fire is way too slow for me to believe this is the most advanced fighter jet ever built. However... I have a new favorite. ;)

Hello Hello Best RU-vidr finally is here… and btw I got refunded 5.5 million after I lost my Raiju

They took "stealth" to a whole new level for no tracers and no gunfire sounds. 🤣

i dont even play GTAO anymore quit years ago but i watch your vids to be up to date on gta stuff 👍👍👍

ive had a lot of success just treating vtol mode like i treat any helicopter. fly straight up immediately and force them back into jet mode

im really glad you put ace combat ost in this video, fits the whole theme

My favourite thing is it stops basically instantly from full speed

The best way to kill mk2’s is to sneak up on them in stealth mode and blow them up with a homing missle when ur at the right distance so they can’t dodge it

Being able to be fast is what is the most fun about for me.

The best raiju guide, you mentionned everything I saw/wondered with the raiju

I was in a lobby yesterday and i kid u not me and like 6 other random players were all using this jet, this thing is awesome

Pretty sure when it dies in one rocket is because they hit the engine like when you shoot the rear propeller on the helicopter or most of em

God damn the raiju has already been in the game for a year

I love how there's barely anyone using jets to grief players on the ground anymore. It's just perfect, really. Shame that this update came at such a high cost...

Before this the Akula was my favourite air vehicle.... That changed real quick after getting this

As a PC player who uses the keyboard to dogfight i really envy how people using controllers can use the camera. But this is an advantage, too. Since i only land on free aim lobbies, it only requires being better than average to win a dogfight

Got tired of the xbox gold requirement, so i moved to pc. Got the criminal starter pack, and set off with one goal: Obtain the Raiju. That was a few days ago, and now i have a kosatka and am ready to shot at repeatedly at Cayo Perico, wish me luck yall.

For at least 5 years stealth mode has only actually worked when not having any cargo or doing any mission objectives about the only thing you can do stealthily is Headhunter

When I searched online a couple months back for the fastest jet, it said it was the Pyro, guess it was outdated, and now I feel scammed. Thanks for the video though, this will be my next purchase

Nice job with comprehensive coverage!

Been spamming cayo for this, halfway there. Probabpy the first time I've ever done this much of a grind for a buy in any game

When Mors Mutual gets tired of the calls and makes the first plane free of fall damage lol

I wasn't sure if I was ever gonna buy this jet. Now, knowing that it's good at PVE that Might changes something.

That explains why the Raiju didn't get destroyed after I accidentally bailed. However I did have it die when I tried to VTOL under a bridge of the the LS River and it barely touched the water, but in another case I grazed the water and nothinbg

Big fan of the Ace Combat Danger Zone remix being included. Thumbs up for that alone.