Best Raiden Shogun Genshin Impact build: Artifacts, weapons & team comp

Raiden Shogun is one of the most popular characters in Genshin Impact, and from abilities to weapons, constellations, and the best build, there’s lots to consider to take the Electro Archon to new heights. 

Raiden Shogun is a 5-star Electro polearm user who strikes fear in all those who dare to oppose her rule over the Inazuma region. To help strike down her enemies in Genshin Impact, Ei has mastered a number of powerful abilities.

Not only can she buff her allies’ attacks, but the game’s godly character can also quickly lay waste to multiple foes with her Elemental Burst: Secret Art Musou Shinsetsu.

Whether you’re aiming to spend Primogems on the banner rerun or just wish to know what the best Artifacts and weapons are, our best Raiden Shogun build will help in boosting her damage.

Best Raiden Shogun build in Genshin Impact

Weapon	Artifact	Stats	Team Comp
Engulfing Lightning	Emblem of Severed Fate	Sands: Energy Recharge Circlet: Crit Rate or Crit DMG Goblet: ATK% Substats: Crit Rate, Crit DMG, ATK%, Energy Recharge	Raiden Shogun, Xiangling, Xingqiu, Bennett (Constellation 0) Raiden Shogun, Kujou Sara, Kazuha, Bennett (Constellation 2)

While this is the best build for Raiden Shogun in Genshin Impact, if you are looking to learn about the individual components of the setup, we have discussed those in the following sections.

Best Artifacts

Emblem of Severed Fate is the best Artifact set for Raiden Shogun.

The best Raiden Shogun builds are those that utilize the Emblem of Severed Fate Artifact set, which provides a 20% Energy Recharge boost and increases Ei’s Elemental Burst damage by 25% of her Energy Recharge.

This essentially reduces all her ability cooldowns, enabling players to constantly barrage their enemies with deadly electrical attacks. You can either make the full sets of each of the Artifacts outlined below or mix and match them to come up with your own perfect combo.

If you’re looking to use Raiden Shogin in a Hyperbloom team, we suggest using the Flower of Paradise Lost set to increase the Elemental Reaction’s damage output.

Artifact	Set Bonuses
Emblem of Severed Fate	2-piece set bonus: Energy Recharge +20%.4-piece set bonus: Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 25% of Energy Recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus DMG can be obtained in this way.
Flower of Paradise Lost	2-piece set bonus: Elemental Mastery +804-piece set bonus: 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.

Best weapons

The Catch is the best 4-star option for Raiden Shogun.

The best Raiden Shogun polearm is the Engulfing Lightning. This 5-star weapon increases her attack by 28% of Energy Recharge over the base 100%. Additionally, Ei will Gain 30% Energy Recharge for 12s after using an Elemental Burst.

This works wonders when used alongside the added Energy Recharge from the Emblem of Severed Fate Artifact set. If you don’t have access to the Engulfing Lightning, then Staff of Homa is your next best 5-star option.

In fact, if you lack Engulfing Lightning, we recommend using The Catch as it works even better than Staff of Homa.

Weapon	Details
Engulfing Lightning	Attack increased by 28% of Energy Recharge over the base 100%. You can gain a maximum bonus of 80% ATK. Gain 30% Energy Recharge for 12s after using an Elemental Burst.
Staff of Homa	Increases CRIT Rate by 8% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on opponents have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 40% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.
The Catch	Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 16% and Elemental Burst CRIT Rate by 6%.

Talent level-up and Ascension materials

Talent level-up materials

Raiden Shogun in Genshin Impact needs Teachings of Light and its upgrades, Old Handguard and its upgrades, and Molten Moment. The exact number of materials have been listed below:

Raiden Shogun Talent level-up materials
Talent Level-Up Materials	Teachings of Light x9	Guide to Light x63	Philosophies of Light x114
Common Ascension Materials	Old Handguard x18	Kageuchi Handguard x66	Famed Handguard x93
Weekly Boss Materials	Molten Moment x18

Ascension Materials

Raiden Shogun’s Ascension in Genshin Impact requires Vajrada Amethyst Silver and its upgrades, Storm Beads, Amakumo Fruit, and Old Handguard. The exact number of materials have been listed below:

Ascension Level	Mora	Materials
1	20,000	Vajrada Amethyst Sliver x1	–	Amakumo Fruit x3	Old Handguard x3
2	40,000	Vajrada Amethyst Fragment x3	Storm Beads x2	Amakumo Fruit x10	Old Handguard x15
3	60,000	Vajrada Amethyst Fragment x6	Storm Beads x4	Amakumo Fruit x20	Kageuchi Handguard x12
4	80,000	Vajrada Amethyst Chunk x3	Storm Beads x8	Amakumo Fruit x30	Kageuchi Handguard x18
5	100,000	Vajrada Amethyst Chunk x6	Storm Beads x12	Amakumo Fruit x45	Famed Handguard x12
6	120,000	Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone x6	Storm Beads x20	Amakumo Fruit x60	Famed Handguard x24

Best Raiden Shogun team comp

Xiangling and Bennett are amazing units to pair alongside Raiden Shogun.

Raiden Shogun’s optimal team comp depends upon whether you have her at Constellation 0 or Constellation 2. At Constellation 0, you need to use the national team involving Raiden Shogun, Xiangling, Bennett, and Xingqiu.

In this team, Bennett provides heals and ATK boost, while Xingqiu provides damage resistance along with Hydro application. Xiangling helps with off-field damage while Raiden Shogun herself deals a lot of burst damage through her Ultimate ability.

If you have Raiden Shogun at Constellation 2, you need to go with Kujou Sara, Kazuha, and Bennett as party members. In this team, Kujou Sara provides massive boosts for Raiden while Kazuha can buff the Electro DMG Bonus through his Ultimate.

Raiden’s Ultimate damage is increased massively at Constellation 2 and she will take away more than 50% of a boss’s health in Spiral Abyss floor 12 with just one burst pretty convincingly.

Raiden Shogun abilities in Genshin Impact

Raiden Shogun can deal massive damage through her ultimate in Genshin Impact.

Normal Attack

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Normal Attack	Raiden Shogun unleashes five fast-hitting polearm attacks directly in front of her.
Charged Attack	Raiden Shogun consumes a portion of her stamina bar and unleashes a powerful upward slash.
Plunging Attack	Raiden Shogun plunges her polearm into the ground below, damaging all opponents along her path and unleashing AoE damage upon impact.

Elemental Skill

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Transcendence –Baleful Light	Raiden Shogun unleashes a single horizontal strike, dealing Electro damage to all nearby enemies, and granting her allies Eye of the Stormy Judgement. When characters with this buff hit opponents, the eye will unleash a coordinated attack, dealing further Electro damage.

Elemental Burst

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Secret Art – Musou Shinsetsu	Gathering truths unnumbered and wishes uncounted, the Raiden Shogun unleashes the Musou no Hitotachi and deals AoE Elector 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 Shogun Byakugen no Rin’s Resolve stacks consumed when the skill is used.

Passives

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
All-Preserver	Mora expended when ascending Swords and Polearms is decreased by 50%.
Wishes Unnumbered	When nearby party members gain Elemental Orbs or Particles, Chakra Desiderata gains 2 Resolve stacks. This effect can occur once every 3s.
Enlightened One	Each 1% above 100% Energy Recharge that the Raiden Shogun possesses grants her: ·0.6% greater Energy restoration from Musou Isshin ·0.4% Electro DMG Bonus.

Raiden Shogun Constellation

Raiden Shogun Constellation 2 is worth investing.

• Level 1 – Ominous Inscription: When Electro characters use their Elemental Bursts, the Resolve gained is increased by 80%. When characters of other Elemental Types use their Elemental Bursts, the Resolve gained is increased by 20%.
• Level 2 – Steelbreaker: Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu’s Musou no Hitotachi and Musou Isshin attacks will ignore 60% of opponents’ DEF.
• Level 3 – Shinkage Bygones: Increases the Level of Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu by 3, up to a maximum of 15.
• Level 4 – Pledge of Propriety: When the Musou Isshin state applied by Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu expires, all nearby party members (excluding the Raiden Shogun) gain 30% bonus ATK for 10s.
• Level 5 – Shogun’s Descent: Increases the Level of Transcendence: Baleful Omen by 3, up to a maximum of 15.
• Level 6 – Wishbearer: While in the Musou Isshin state applied by Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu, attacks by the Raiden Shogun that are considered part of her Elemental Burst will decrease all nearby party members’ (excluding Raiden Shogun) Elemental Burst CD by 1s when they hit opponents. The effect can trigger once every 1s and can trigger a total of 5 times.

Raiden Shogun pros and cons

Here are the pros and cons of Raiden Shogun in Genshin Impact

Pros	Cons
Amazing damage potential	Difficult to build with focus on multiple stats
Free-to-play weapon option with The Catch
Solves Energy issues for the party

Raiden Shogun Trailer

On August 31, 2024, HoYoverse released the official trailer for Raiden Shogun on their YouTube channel. If you did not check it out yet, you can do so from the link provided below:

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