Raiden Shogun Best Build for Genshin Impact 5.6

Raiden Shogun, a much-awaited character, has swiftly gained immense popularity in the game since her debut. In the game, she serves as a powerful Electro Main DPS. Thanks to her distinctive and potent skill mechanics, Raiden Shogun is able to unleash staggering damage in battles, firmly establishing herself as the core damage-dealer of the team. Currently, she is set to return in the 5.6 specific Wish Banner.

In this guide, we will offer a thorough analysis of all the information players need to know about Raiden Shogun, including her diverse and adaptable skill set. Whether it's the optimal moments for skill releases or strategies for team synergies, we'll cover it all. This will allow players to build Raiden Shogun into a top-tier Electro Main DPS and maximize her combat potential.

Genral Introduction

Rarity	Element	Weapon Type	Role
5-Star	Electro	Polearm	DPS

Raiden Shogun is is the vessel of Baal, the Electro Archon of Inazuma. She boasts several notable strengths. Her Energy Recharge scaling benefits both her damage output and the overall utility for her party members, allowing her to supply energy while maintaining high personal DPS. Her C2 is one of the most impactful, significantly enhancing her capabilities. Additionally, her Pseudo-permanent Elemental Skill with active Electro application makes her an excellent choice for Hyper-bloom team comps. Moreover, it passively increases the team's Elemental Burst DMG, further contributing to the team's overall damage potential.

 

Raiden Shogun Skill Kit Details & Leveling Priority

As a classic Electro Main DPS, Raiden's key functionality hinges on her Elemental Burst. Thus, prioritizing its level-up is crucial. Enhancing her Elemental Skill is also significant since the damage buffs of her Elemental Burst are scaled from it.

For a Hyperbloom build, her character level and Elemental Mastery play a more pivotal role in determining her damage output. However, if you aim to provide some buffs to your teammates, you can choose to level up her Elemental Skill first.

• Elemental Burst: Gathering truths unnumbered and wishes uncounted, the Raiden Shogun unleashes the Musou no Hitotachi and deals AoE Electro DMG, using Musou Isshin in combat for a certain duration afterward. The DMG dealt by Musou no Hitotachi and Musou Isshin’s attacks is based on the number of Shogan Byakugen no Rin’s Resolve stacks consumed when this skill is used.
• Elemental Skill: The Raiden Shogun unveils a shard of her Euthymia, dealing Electro DMG to nearby opponents, and granting nearby party members the Eye of Stormy Judgment--When characters with this buff attack and hit opponents, the Eye will unleash a coordinated attack, dealing AoE Electro DMG at the opponent’s position. The Eye can initiate one coordinated attack every 0.9s per party.
• Normal Attack: Performs up to 5 consecutive spear strikes.

Overall, in terms of priorities, you should prioritize in this order: Elemental Burst> Elemetnal Skill ＞Normal Attack

 

Raiden Shogun Recommended Weapons

Main DPS Raiden Shogun Weapons

Her Best In Slot Weapon is Engulfing Lightning

	Engulfing Lightning
	Attack: 608
	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge 55.1%
ATK increased by 28% of Energy Recharge over the base 100%. You can gain a maximum bonus of 80% ATK. Gain 30% Energy Recharge for 12 seconds after using an Elemental Burst.

Alternative Weapon: Staff of Homa

	Staff of Homa
	Attack:608
	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge 55.1%
HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 0.8% of the wielder’s Max HP. When the wielder's HP is less than 50%, this ATK Bonus is increased by an additional 1% of Max HP.

Alternative Weapon: Wavebreaker's Fin

	Wavebreaker's Fin
	Attack: 620
	Bonus Stat: ATK 13.8%
For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.12%. A maximum of 40% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.

Hyperbloom DPS Raiden Shogun Weapons

Her Best In Slot Weapon is Dragon's Bane

	Dragon's Bane
	Attack: 454
	Bonus Sat: Elemental Mastery 221
Increases DMG against enemies affected by Hydro or Pyro by 20%.

Alternative Weapon: Kitain Cross Spear

	Kitain Cross Spear
	Attack: 565
	Bonus Stat: Elemental Mastery 110
Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 6%. After Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the character loses 3 Energy but regenerates 3 Energy every 2s for the next 6s. This effect can occur once every 10s. Can be triggered even when the character is not on the field.

Alternative Weapon: Ballad of the Fjords

	Balld of the Fjords
	Attack: 510
	Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate 27.6%
When there are at least 3 different Elemental Types in your party, Elemental Mastery will be increased by 120.

 

Raiden Shogun Best Artifact Sets

Best Main DPS or Support Artifacts

We strongly recommend using the Emblem of Severed Fate. It's the most well - rounded artifact set for Raiden Shogun. This set boosts both her Energy Recharge and Elemental Burst DMG, enabling her to function effectively as both a Main DPS and a Support character simultaneously.

Emblem of Severed Fate

2-PC: Energy Recharge +20%.

4-PC: Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 25% of Energy Recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus DMG can be obtained in this way.

Best Alternatives:

Thundering Fury

2-PC: Electro DMG Bonus +15%

Gladiator's Finale

2-PC: ATK +15%

 

Best Artifacts for Hyperbloom

Flower of Paradise Lost

2-PC: Elemental Mastery +80

4-PC: The equipping character's Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Burgeon reaction DMG are increased by 40%. Additionally, after the equipping character triggers Bloom, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon, they will gain another 25% bonus to the effect mentioned prior. Each stack of this lasts 10s. Max 4 stacks simultaneously. This effect can only be triggered once per second. The character who equips this can still trigger its effects when not on the field.

Gilded Dreams

2-PC: Elemental Mastery +80

4-PC: Within 8s of triggering an Elemental Reaction, the character equipping this will obtain buffs based on the Elemental Type of the other party members. ATK is increased by 14% for each member whose Elemental Type is the same as the equipping character, and EM is increased by 50 for every member with a different Elemental Type. Each of the buffs will count up to 3 characters. This effect can be triggered once every 8s and even when not on the field.

Wander's Troupe

2-PC: Elemental Mastery +80

For Main Stats and Sub Stats, players should prioritize these main stats for the different artifact pieces:

Energy Recharge Main DPS Stats

	Sands	Goblet	Circlet
Main Stat	Energy Recharge% or ATK	ATK% or Electro DMG Bonus	CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Sub Stat	CRIT DMG＞CRIT Rate＞ATK%＞Energy Recharge＞Elemental Mastery

Hyperbloom Sub DPS Stats

	Sands	Goblet	Circlet
Main Stat	Elemental Mastery	Elemental Mastery	Elemental Mastery
Sub Stat	Elemental Mastery＞Energy Recharge

 

Best Team Recommendations

Since Kinich typically serves as the main DPS in most of his teams, the other characters in the team must help boost his overall damage-dealing capacity. This enables Kinich to inflict the highest amount of damage achievable.

Hypercarry Team

Raiden Shogun	Kazuha	Sara	Bennet
Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Support

This team composition leverages Kazuha's elemental enhancements and the ATK buffs from Sara and Bennett right before Raiden Shogun unleashes her Elemental Burst, thereby maximizing her damage output. Achieving an optimized setup demands substantial investment, especially in unlocking Sara's Constellation 6 (C6) and Raiden's C2.

 

Hyperbloom Team

Raiden Shogun	Alhaitham	Nahida	Xingqiu
Sub-DPS	Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support

This team composition leverages Kazuha's elemental enhancements and the ATK buffs from Sara and Bennett right before Raiden Shogun unleashes her Elemental Burst, thereby maximizing her damage output. Achieving an optimized setup demands substantial investment, especially in unlocking Sara's C6 and Raiden's C2.

 

Overload Team

Raiden Shogun	Chevreuse	Bennett	Sara
Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Support

When building a team with Raiden and Chevreuse, Chevreuse functions as a Hypercarry. Her new abilities are bolstered by buffs from Bennett and Sara, allowing her to effectively replace Kazuha in Raiden's typical Hypercarry team configuration.

 

Final Thought

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