DPS Raiden centers around using her Burst for damage and to generate energy for your team, while keeping her Skill active. Due to her Resolve mechanic, on-field playstyle, and the amount of energy she generates, she synergizes best with high-energy-cost off-field characters.
Start your rotation with Raiden's Skill.
Burst combo :
(Recommended for general use)
(Recommended with Attack Speed)
Viable Weapons with WIP Calculations:
Viable Artifact Set with WIP Calculations:
Regarding Weapon Choices:
The ranking is based on Raiden's personal damage.
Staff of the Scarlet Sands: It is not recommended to build Elemental Mastery for this weapon as her other offensive stats still outclass it.
Deathmatch: Ranking assumes single target. At [R5], this weapon can perform better than .
Skyward Spine: If using the improved combo thanks to the ATK Speed this weapon provides, it pulls slightly ahead of [R5].
Wavebreaker's Fin: At [R5], this weapon performs similar to .
Lithic Spear: Ranking assumes 2 stacks. At [R5], this weapon performs similar to . With less than 2 stacks, this weapon falls off in value.
Favonius Lance: While very subpar for Raiden's personal damage, this weapon can outperform most 4-star options if it helps team members with high damage share (i.e. Xiangling).
Regarding Artifact Choices:
Raiden's main stat priority for Sands and Goblet entirely depends on the substats, whether she has external buffs, and which weapon she is running. Using an optimizer/calculator would be the best way to work out your optimal setup.
Sets
Tenacity of the Millelith (4): This set is not good for Raiden's personal damage, but can outperform other options due to the buffs it provides to the team.
Substats
Elemental Mastery: Elemental Mastery is only desirable in Aggravate.
ⓘIndicates important notes at the bottom of the page.
In this build Raiden is used as a Hyperbloom trigger unit in a Dendro team. She is one of the best units in the game for this role. Bringing greater energy particle generation, a faster rate of seed triggering and a team Burst buff in exchange for reduced team flexibility compared to another top Hyperbloom triggering unit like Kuki Shinobu.
In terms of playstyle, Hyperbloom Raiden is typically only using her Skill then swapping character. Try to ensure it's always active for Hyperbloom triggering.
Regarding Artifact Choices:
Sets
+80 EM set (2): In a team with one other Electro unit it's only 1 substat roll behind (4) (3-4 substat rolls behind in a team with no other Electro units) therefore you can usually just use the set with the most Elemental Mastery substat rolls on it.
Regarding Talent Choices:
Skill: Typically Raiden only uses her Skill for Hyperbloom, so leveling Burst is not necessary.