Raiden Shogun Best Build & Infographic Guide (v7.0 Meta Build)
Complete Raiden Shogun endgame build guide: Electro Burst DPS | Sub-DPS | Team Battery. Best Weapon: Engulfing Lightning, Artifacts: Emblem of Severed Fate. Main stat priorities, ER breakpoints, and premier team comps. Verified official meta build on TLDRBuild.
Element: Electro | Weapon: Polearm | Role: Burst DPS | Sub-DPS | Team Battery
Best Weapons for Raiden Shogun
- #1 Engulfing Lightning (R1) — Signature Best in Slot (100% baseline)
- #2 Staff of Homa (R1) — Premier 5★ Alternative Weapon
- #3 "The Catch" (R5) — Best Utility & Energy Battery
- #4 Favonius Lance (R5) — Top 4★ F2P / Accessible Option
Best Artifact Sets for Raiden Shogun
- Emblem of Severed Fate (4pc) — Premier signature BiS converting up to 300% Energy Recharge into massive +75% Musou Shinsetsu burst damage.
- Gilded Dreams (4pc) — Primary full-EM set for Hyperbloom driver builds, maximizing reaction seed detonator damage.
- Flower of Paradise Lost + Gilded Dreams (2pc+2pc) — Flexible 2pc+2pc EM hybrid granting unconditional +160 EM for effortless Hyperbloom seed scaling.
Main Stats & Substat Priority
- Sands: Energy Recharge | ATK%
- Goblet: Electro DMG% | ATK%
- Circlet: CRIT Rate | CRIT DMG
- Substat Priority: 1. CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG > 2. Energy Recharge (230–270%) > 3. ATK% > 4. Elemental Mastery
- Energy Recharge Benchmarks: With Engulfing Lightning: 270–290% | With "The Catch" / Favonius: 230–250% | Hyperbloom Build (Full EM): 100–110%
Talent Priority
- Burst — Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu (Target Lv. 10): Unleashes the Musou no Hitotachi slash and enters sword stance, dealing massive damage and recharging party Energy.
- Skill — Transcendence: Baleful Omen (Target Lv. 9): Grants Eye of Stormy Judgment, increasing all party members' Burst DMG and providing coordinated off-field Electro attacks.
Best Team Compositions for Raiden Shogun
- Raiden National Core ("Rational"): Raiden Shogun, Xiangling (Pyro Sub-DPS), Xingqiu (Hydro Sub-DPS), Bennett (Dedicated Buffer / Healer) — The iconic Rational team combines Raiden burst recharge with continuous off-field Pyro and Hydro strikes.
- Raiden Hypercarry Execution: Raiden Shogun, Kujou Sara (Dedicated Electro Buffer), Kaedehara Kazuha (Anemo Buffer / Shred), Bennett (Buffer / Healer) — Focuses entirely on maximizing Raiden's initial Musou no Hitotachi slash with stacked ATK and Electro CRIT DMG buffs.