Why EVERYONE Plays: Raiden Shogun | Genshin Impact 

everyone plays Raiden , because Raiden makes almost every unit better, she gives energy, elemental burst damage, consistent electro application and off field damage, PLUS her owm damage is competitive on every level f2p or whale, and she has the most busted early constellation in the game "C2". not to mention she is one hot mama

It's the cyclical design. Her skill improves everyone else's bursts, which improve her bursts, which get everyone else's bursts faster. Perfection.

Zhongli - ultimate shield Shogun - ultimate spear Venti - ultimate slacker

Vars : "I love Keqing. She is and always be my best girl." Editor : "I'm not saving this, bye."

How to fix electro: you don’t, just do big number and charge up the other elements users for even bigger number.

we all know she's great in the game itself but i like how you take her splendid marketing in trailers and godly powerful appearances in archon quests into account too

the thing i value most about Raiden is her her ability to recharge the whole party and her kit all build into ER is great design as well. At first people don't realize how valuable her ability as a party battery can be and until now a lot of people i met still don't, they only care about her big pp dmg number from c2

i remember when raiden's model got leaked and everyone said she looked like an npc and wouldn't be pulling for her 😭😭

"compared to other batteries, Shogun is a nuclear reactor - including the nukes" This is the most on point analogy in the history of analogies, lol. Really enjoyable video, keep it up - and hail to the all mighty Shogun!

- Super high dps - Burst charging/amping support - Crazy versatility - Killer constellations - Mega waifu Shogun checks off every single box.

I still at laugh when she was released people were saying she's "underwhelming" lmao that's one of the many times I realized that the genshin community don't know wtf they're talking about

As a F2P, I always had the mentality that getting more 5 star characters is better than constellations until I got Raiden during her rerun. She's so fun, versatile, and powerful even at C0. I went from struggling in floor 10 to reaching floor 12-3 for the first time after I got her. Farming artifacts for her has never felt like a waste either because I got some great pieces for my other characters in the process. Overall, Raiden drastically improved my entire account. I'm honestly thinking about saving for her C2 after getting Kazuha because she's convinced me that she deserves it.

She carried me so hard in abyss & did 130k initial slash (fullstack) despite my crap build. She was amazing so imagine how shocked i was when i found out people thought she was bad when she was released Update: thanks to the new event, she hit 179k 🎉

I remember when she was released and people were still saying, meh, underrated. I had gone ahead and pulled for her anyway and was like, oh no, did I really make a mistake after skipping all these other characters that were similarly marked as unnecessary? Nope, she's great, and now everyone wants her.

I'll never forget the feeling of beating Spiral Abyss for the first time ever with only Raiden Shogun and Bennett being the only ones alive - I never have a team without the two of them on it for their respective utility purposes

I'm SO GLAD I finally got her. Her rerun was about to end and she literally dropped in my VERY LAST WISH. Truly a goddess who answered my prayers.

Still love the little detail of shogun's puppet being the one to speak to you in the teapot if you haven't cleared the archon quest all the way up to the abolishment of the decree

she makes rotations so easy even with the energy hungry miko i always have bursts up

Raiden is so good because you can pair her up with legit, any other character. The fact she can turn amber into an overloading explosive arrow machine, make Zhongli pillars teslas, be the best superconducter and electro charger. She just doesn't have a weakness in her kit

Dang, it feels like all the Raiden controversy happened for nothing since wow when she came out she got so much backlash, definitely not as much as Kokomi but alot of people didn't find her to be good before and after release

Ei : don't worry traveler I'll support you UwU Raiden : yeah supporting by killing all the enemies for you

One of the reasons why she is so popular is because of her beautiful aesthetic design as shown through numerous fan arts, cosplay, fan made stories, etc. She's even in some memes with her inability to cook. She also pairs with Yae's aesthetics.

I remember people saying her design look like Npc or very simple Then the Booba sword trailer scene happen Then every one started to praise/want her

pulled for her on her first banner bc of her whole aesthetic ended up with one of the best units in the game

I still remember that most people, myself included called her only decent at release, which was incredibly stupid in hindsight and it only took a few weeks to understand just how over powered she really is. At first most people probably thought she would be a good battery but little more, as she is an electro unit her dps while doing her burst can't beat real main dps and most already had working rotations. But not only is her damage on par with the strongest characters, only losing to the most broken ones like Hu Tao, her energy recharge for other characters is so insanely strong that even with little to no ER on them they can spam burst with almost no down time at all, which in turn can make almost every other character stronger.

As a recent player, she was my first 5* character (got lucky on her pity), and she has carried my team ever since. Quickswap burst rotations are made easy peasy with her batterying. Edit: also, it's really fun to imagine her saying "be deleted." during her burst's 1st strike

No need to watch because ans is 1) her c2 is broken 2)she has an excellent f2p weapon available,"the catch" 3)she is electro archon"duh"

I totally agree, when we first come to Inazuma and realize what's going on there and see Raiden Shogun's power in full display. You start to think, "Who will help us this time?" and you realize that no one really can, you start to ask if Ayaka or Kokomi can even help us. The only person I can think up that could stand up against Ei was Yae Miko but then begs the question if she would.

I loved her even when she was just announced bcs raiden mei herrscher of thunder (honkai impact 3rd) is my favorite playable char on that game. And I promised to myself that no matter how bad she is, I'm gonna main shogun ⚡⚡⚡

Marketed as a support character but deals damage like a main DPS, because this is Raiden Shogun in the game's lore. She supported her sister (first electro archon) from the shadows, and fought in her stead during battles. Everything about Shogun ties so perfectly!

I still remember when she was first released. I wished on her banner despite people saying she's "bad" and "not good enough" and I'm glad I did. It was my luckiest pull session ever, as I got Raiden C2 with one copy of Keqing, Diluc and Qiqi each within 150 wishes. I double crowned her on the first day itself and took her for a spin in the abyss with my Eula, and boy she absolutely destroyed everything in sight. I was using Skyward Spine on her at the time and still her damage and utility was off the charts. Only people who hated her at her release were those who had misconceptions about her kit even before anything about her was released/leaked, most popular amongst them was her ability(or inability) to work with Beidou. And people were so mad about this that they started to downplay everything about Raiden just to satisfy their petty agendas. They blamed everyone from Mihoyo to the players who genuinely wanted her except themselves. Those number crunchers can never understand the value of the utility a character like Raiden brings to the team. It was so satisfying to see these same people pulling for her on her rerun.

Omg, you just reminded me of Scaramouche. Scaramouche is Ei's clone and he has the Electro gnosis with him and he's just running loose. Now I'm worried 0_0 On the other hand, if he becomes a playable character, I believe he SHOULD be almost on par with his mom/creator

“Xingqiu will be replaced the moment we find another hydro support with better hydro application and damage “ Yelan: Well, that didn’t age well….

Absolutely god-tier character. Rolled on her re-run and I don't regret it in the slightest. It's just a shame that she's one of, if not the most, questionably written character in the game.

Successfully claimed C2 on rerun as a small-spender.

I loved her playstyle and character soo much that when I ran out of premogems and found all the chest I could (100% all the areas at the time) I went to grinded in this new area called outside, and got this new premium currency called cash by this event called a part time job that can be converted to primogems just to c6 her

I hadn't been really convinced until I finished her story. The character has so many facets interpreted by such a great voice actress that I used thousands of crystals to get her. And she's been in my team ever since.

Hot/Attractive. Check Archon. Check God-tier voice acting in all languages. Check Has amazing theme music. Check Is a fightable boss. Check Nearly broke sales records twice. Check Can be used in most teams. Check Can battery teams to spam bursts. Check Decent teams, damage and support at C0. Check Early cons to shred enemies. Check Farmable weapon for F2P, at the cost of sanity. Check BiS Artifact 4pc, from resin efficient domain. Check Simple kit mechanics. Check Beautiful attack/idle animations. Check Normal and spicy artwork. Check What else is there not to love about Raiden? Edit: Broke sales records TWICE. Check.

yess I have been waiting for this!

I really love the way you talk in these videos. You sound very professional but also have room for some jokes and funny words. The informations in the video are also very easy to understand too. Looking forward to more content from you :)

Another thing to mention is that her trailer is single handedly the best one to ever release. Sorry Zhongli fans, But Nightmare is probably the best characterization in all of the game It conveys so much without speaking a word. It basically tells us the story of Ei with her speaking less than the traveler. A story of progress, grief, and the passage of time. Her friends died, and so did her sister. It's no wonder she wants to keep Inazuma in it's place forever, but she can't do that, as much as she tries. I'm personally a firm believer that she is the best part of the Archon quests along with Signora, but the mishandling of other aspects of the story (Resistance, Kokomi, other Fatui and Yae Miko) caused the story to fall apart. Regardless, I think her story is one of the best of the game Her story quests are some of the best in the game since in the first one she realizes how she can't keep the world forever is stasis because Inazuma kept changing even with how much she tried, and then she rectifies her mistake of being an observer and allowing Inazuma to go down into despair. In the second quest, she has to face the past in the form of Ley Lines and what happened 500 years ago, and then fight her old self (Raiden bot) in a battle for eternity. After that, she can finally talk to her sister one last time, before saying goodbye forever. It gives me chills every time I think about it

I’m a new player, and I get in right in time when Raiden banner rerun last month and when I met her 1st time in the archon quest I literally got goosebumps, and I’m so lucky to got her on last day of her banner 😢 and she officially became my 1st and only 5star ❤

“Xingqiu will be replaced the moment we find another hydro support-“ Yelan would like to know your location

still get teary-eyed seeing the shogun being a complete badass 💯 one of my fav characters and along with Kazuha a mainstay on my teams when I really want to see numbers fly.

I think the main reason shes so great is that she has NO downsides. She doesnt need to be on the field to constantly be dealing damage AND giving your characters bursts a damage boost. Then when shes stored up enough she comes out, deals huge damage and gives the rest of ur party their bursts back. She has NO downsides, theres no reason not to use her and unlike Zhongli, her burst is engaging enough to keep her fun to use

Remember when everyone thought she was hot garbage because her burst isn't compatible with beidou's or xingqiu's, and because of that she's not a "universal" support and lacks synergy with party members?

this is a very well done video, compact information about raiden that by all means is very easy to understand

07:16 well put and dramatic just to the right amount, that is the bit that pushed this video into the next level! Great job!

My heart still aches - lost the 50/50 on her first banner to Diluc and then the 50/50 on her 2nd banner to C2 Mona...

I really love the fact that they did f2p weapon specificly designed for her. I mean, sure, Xianling can use it pretty good too, but with Shougun The Catch is shining, and if you did not get her signature that's ok, because you have a really good option anyways, what indeed makes her one of the most f2p friendly characters in the game, and you don't even need billets for this one

very well presented video, I have her C3 and since the day I got her, she cemented her place in my team and also on top of it, I really love her

bro was spot on at 14:00, coincidentally, yelan also buffs works well with raiden and xiangling

I'm extremely grateful to have gotten her. It feels like a full circle moment, because I started Genshin when she came out in September 2021, and now to have her as part of my team is amazing. Ever since I've added her to some of teams, Baal has added so much damage and support to my team, haha

Her value will also grow with the addition of more off-field burst characters. Even more if their burst cost is high.

13:50 "Not like there's a clone of her wandering around or anything ha ha ha-" Venti: "Hold my wine."

The editing in this video! *Chef kiss*

raiden was my first 5 star and she carried me through for a really long time until i got hutao. she wasnt even properly built back then and i was still able to clear most enemies with her. and the fact that she deals damage alongside another character is so useful especially if youre bad at building chars like me. its free extra damage.

I just rolled for her due to Honkaiface. Was really surprised that she's that good honestly

the stroytelling gets better and i love it.

i started genshin last year just for her and mained her ever since i got her she carried me through so much in early game and now in late game too :)

She became my favorite character because of her character design, attack animations, role in the story, and voice. She was also the first Archon I got back in her first banner. At that time, I didn’t really know her benefits in a team. All I kept hearing from all content creators is that “she doesn’t work with Beidou so she suck”

I also like the fact her gameplay design is not a burden for future characters and enemies, Venti is a looming threat for enemy designs, since he trivializes every interaction if they are ccable, Zhongli has basically killed any new shielder unless they bring more utility in super specific niches or they rework shields. Shogun doesn't invade or invalidate game mechanics, she just delivers where she can. At the same time is impossible to nerf her since she offers too many things that are core to many characters, enemies that drain energy actually makes her better, making enemies resistant to electro? That takes the whole element down, enemies that take overflowing energy particles to buff themselves? Not like every other character generates particles. Antiburst? More elemental shields? None target her exclusively.

Your bg music reminded me of sky's valley soundtrack

Your editor is awesome my dude.

Raiden makes me excited for the other Archons and how their kits will look 👍🏾

Glory to the Shogun and her everlasting reign

Thanks for mentioning scaramouch, i was doing archon quest on my 2nd account , when i saw him again it felt like we haven't seen him for forever ,him and kujo sara disapeared from all quests . Nobody even talks about em anymore

7:15 that made me laugh af lol Awesome video!

Shes an amazing character, great kit and feels great to play. My first crowned character and will give her the best I can give her.

because everyones a meta slave

Got her by accident during her initial release. I was saving up for hu tao but I really wanted sara so I did one 10 pull and well yeah... I love her though, back then I had a bit of regret. But now, she's one of my favourite characters gameplay whise and lore whise. I ended up getting hu tao on her re run though so I ain't complaining.

The fact that the editor just closed the software and didn't save the project to just gaze at yoimiya is hilarious. Yes, a fellow yoimiya lover here

She is just everything: From Lore to Character Execution. 💜💜💜💜

Now, months later, in the time of Dendro, Raiden is at her peak performance. She is capable of so much more than her release. Best idea I ever had to pull both her and Nahida. Now I slay everything I’m my path, thanks to our lovely goddesses.

The one thing I will say about the Archons is that they're super fun to use together - usually while exploring, I'll use Venti's burst to round up enemies together, then Zhongli's burst to petrify them, and then Raiden Shogun's to finish off (with the added damage boost from the other two's bursts) - it really makes me excited to see what happens with the Dendro Archon playstyle

Shogun and xiao are my two favorite characters. I will never get tired of that nuke-like burst.

I started farming for my raiden despite everyone calling her bad on release, not because I thought she was good, because I loved the character. she will and always will be my favourite character

got her on her rerun on 11 pity (won 50/50). i wasn’t going to pull for her at all because i needed to save for ayaka. i’m very glad i did pull for her. she is amazing and works really well with my eula

loving the three houses music 🔥

I've been saving for 5 months.. had upto 250 fates and pulled for her.. Thank you Vars II, it was this video that made me want to pull for Shogun.. i got her to C2 after 250 fulls. Also got a C6 Sara.. and i got to agree with you she is extremely OP at C2, thank you once again.. I'm new to gaming, Genshin is my very first video game. And i watch every video you make.. keep up the amazing work..

Raiden was the perfect addition to my account. I love burst spam, and Raiden’s entire kit is basically made for that

Why everyone uses Raiden: NOW YOU SHALL PERISH Everybody Stand Back I Will Have Order You Can Run But You Can't Hide INAZUMA SHINES ETERNAL Teamwork is Dreamwork Raincutter Guoba HIYAAA

I was watching this, and in the middle I got and ad with Venti being drunk in inazuma, perfect timing

I pulled Raiden on initial banner and I barely even use her burst, I just love the extra energy recharge it gives

i have a c2 r1 raiden so i may be biased but shes so much fun to play and gives great utility to the team, hyper raiden is my second fav team after mono geo

She is the best marketed char in all of genshin! really love everything about her

6:25 what a nice wallpaper

She’s my first 5 star character, and i love everything about her kit. A year and a half later I own her C2 along with the engulfing lightning (as a f2p) and have double crowned her. Love the Shogun ❤

I've been using her since her first banner and overall she is the best battery. Especially helpful for high energy team comps. Hence why everyone plays her 💀

Raiden remains, to this day, my luckiest pull. I got 2 of her with a 9 and 11 wish pity, getting a Diluc before and after. I hadn't needed the 80 wishes I'd saved for her in the end because she came home within so few pulls; my only banner 5 star with a constellation! Maybe on her 2nd rerun I'll try for C2. Initially when I found out she was a polearm user, I was kind of upset because swords are my preference hands down, but her burst more than made up for it. I absolutely love playing as her! She's almost always on my main team. I was even recently blessed with her signature weapon; I needed stardust for the shop so I pulled 1 time on weapon and BOOM, got her polearm. I love her design, her power, her play style... she's excellent! If they ever work on the flaws of electro, she'll be a force to reckon with, no doubt.

As someone who got raiden at c0 and the engulfing lighting in 3.3 as an f2p I felt like I could destroy everything in my path she works in so many teams she can recharge everyone's burst while also dealing good damage and with elemental skill always making a coordinaded dmg was pretty fun plus the fact that I got such an insane feather before her banner and ever since I got yelan using her with raiden in a team felt amazing she was also the first to ever deal over 200k damage like I just love playing her so much.

even if it was slightly edited, i find it pretty cool that my old Raiden thing is the thumbnail

quick question has anyone noticed a glitch with Raiden's bust animation where she tilts her head as she pulls her sword?

Well I dont have her in party because of that FUCKING RING ITS SO ANNOYING DAMNIT WALKING AROUND IT WONT GO

The C2 constellation was the main reason why it broke the records+ synergy and burst damage at c0 with 300 EM shows how versatile ehe is But above all its booba sword

i dont really play genshin anymore, but your channel is the only genshin channel i still keep up with :]

6:28 @Vars but there's Beidou c2 with her Disgusting burst multiplier when there's more enemies and damage reduction plus a shield at c1 all throughout the duration of the burst, Fischl's OZ who is disgustingly strong but even stronger at c6 due to synergy with attacks of you main carry. Raiden's strength is that her energy regen for the entire party is a flat 25 energy (it's a lot but not that necessary) and her burst synergies well with a lot of characters. Except Beidou which was the main controversy as people wanted to play tazer with Raiden. The other controversy was regarding ICD as well as the burst cost which go hand in hand. Prior to International raiden, childe national was used and is still very strong to this day. Raiden national only is strong in terms of Single Target as even though you have CC area damage with a snapshotted Xianling burst. You still mainly do singletarget due to Riaden burst and Xingqu burst as they all synergise off each other in the singletarget department. Unlike both standard national and childe national as you have quadratic scaling due to riptide if you use childe, CC coverage due to anemo support (sucrose or kazuha) on top of res shred by VV set and high singletarget due to Vapourise reactions from Xingqu and Xianling's 0 ICD bursts, all in one team. Also most of Raiden's damage is locked behind c2 unless if you have a well invested 4p Emblem set on raiden as well as a R5 Catch as it can make up the difference however the issue is getting the RNG necessary for your artifacts to reach that damage ceiling without having her Weapon. Some players farmed that emblem and shimenawa domain since it's release and still haven't gotten the pieces necessary to reach that damage ceiling. So the damage disparity is very huge. Especially when you compare a c0 Raiden to a C2+ Raiden Also a C0 Raiden in a Eula team composition is barely an upgrade without c2 and a well invested 4p emblem due to the original team composition is more Friendly to F2p's low spenders and mid spenders. Eula Raiden Fischl Diona is barely a upgrade over Eula Beidou Fischl Diona. Sure the counter argument is that you need to invest in 4 stars and have high constellations. But they are 4 stars. You can and will get more copies of them due to the rarity of them. Beidou only needs c2 and fischl is perfectly fine at c3. C6 fischl is a hard task for some players however most players who started since games launch and before Eula rerun should have 1 copy of Fischl already. Raiden is a great unit but Dismissing the other great units in the Electro element is a Huge disservice to the absolute monsters they are. There's a reason why Sucrose Tazer comp is BUSTED. Beidou and Fischl are monsters. Electro is weak when you look at it from a specific lens of damage from reactions. However Tazer teams are crazy strong, sucrose tazer is a notable example as you don't need that much of an investment in the 4 stars as they do too much. Beidou fischl are 2 Electro units you should NEVER underestimate as the damage and utility is there.

Her Character design, Raiden Shogun persona combat prowess/abilities and badass storyline made her the best character in the game easily. When the day comes that I no longer play Genshin impact she'll be a fond memory for a good while.

Its crazy. The way you explain a character its just beautiful, it makes me look at them like I never have before. Absolutely love your videos! gl future raiden havers!

there was a time between zhongli's rerun and raiden. about 4 or 5 months. all of that time i did not do a single limited wish. then when raiden came around I put all of my wishes together and got her+engulfing. let me tell you that was the best decision of my life. she is hands down my favorite unit to play at the moment and I quite enjoy her personality and lore. she and itto are my 2 main dps and boy am I happy for that.