Genshin Impact: The Raiden Shogun’s talent priorities and passives
Let’s talk about the Raiden Shogun’s build based on her talent priorities and passives.
Normal Attack: Origin – This determines the damage dealt by the Raiden Shogun’s normal, charge, and plunging attacks.
Transcendence: Baleful Omen (elemental skill) – The Raiden Shogun reveals a Euthymia shard. It damages nearby enemies and grants “Eye of Stormy Judgment” to party members.
- The “Eye of Stormy Judgment” is a buff that triggers a coordinated Electro attack whenever your party deals damage (you can expect the Eye to do a coordinated attack every second or so). Moreover, those who have this buff will have their elemental burst damage increased depending on the energy cost of the burst if it’s used while the Eye is active. Lastly, this ability has a 25-second duration, but a very low 10-second cooldown.
Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu (elemental burst) – This is a rather complex ability:
- “Chakra Desiderata” and “Resolve” – When the Raiden Shogun’s teammates use their elemental bursts, she’ll gain Resolve stacks. The stacks are based on a small amount of the energy it costs to unleash a burst. The maximum number of Resolve stacks you can gain is 60.
- “Musou no Hitotachi” – This is the initial AoE damage when the Raiden Shogun casts her burst. The damage dealt is based on the number of Resolve stacks you had at the time. As such, the higher the Resolve stacks before casting, the better.
- “Musou Isshin” – After the AoE blast, the Raiden Shogun’s polearm will transform into a tachi (blade). This phase lasts seven seconds. During this time, all of the Raiden Shogun’s normal/charged/plunging attacks are infused with Electro, and they’ll also regenerate the energy of party members. Moreover, she’ll resist interruptions and Electro-charged reaction damage.
Long story short, the Raiden Shogun’s playstyle emphasizes using her skill to proc coordinated attacks with the Eye of Stormy Judgment. Then, your party members will need to pop their bursts so the Raiden Shogun gains Resolve. That’s followed by unleashing her own burst and dealing Electro damage with her infused attacks. In turn, the rest of the party will regenerate their energy so you can cycle among various bursts.
Note: The Raiden Shogun’s talents require Light booklets (from the Violet Court domain every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday), as well as Nobushi handguards. At higher levels, you’ll need Molten Moment which is dropped by La Signora. This item is also used by Aloy.
Passive talents:
- “Wishes Unnumbered” – When party members gain energy orbs, Chakra Desiderata gives the Raiden Shogun two Resolve stacks.
- “Enlightened One” – For every point above 100% energy recharge, the Raiden Shogun gains 0.4% Electro damage and 0.6% energy restoration from Musou Isshin.
- “All-Preserver” – Decreases mora/gold spent when ascending swords and polearms.
Constellations
Of course, since we’re talking about a 5-star character, it’s going to be a pain in the butt to obtain additional Constellations:
- C1: Ominous Inscription – Chakra Desiderate provides Resolve faster. +80% Resolve gained when Electro characters use their bursts; +20% Resolve gained when characters of other elements use their bursts.
- C2: Steelbreaker – Your burst and the tachi blade state (Musou Isshin) ignore 60% of an opponent’s defense.
- C3: Shinkage Bygones – +3 levels for your elemental skill; maximum level is 15.
- C4: Pledge of Propriety – After your burst’s duration expires, all party members except for the Raiden Shogun gain +30% ATK for 10 seconds.
- C5: Shogun’s Descent – +3 levels for your elemental burst; maximum level is 15.
- C6: Wishbearer – During the Musou Isshin state, the Raiden Shogun’s normal/charged/plunging attacks reduce the elemental burst cooldowns of other party members (excluding herself). You can reduce a maximum of five seconds off cooldowns for this effect’s duration.
All right, let’s go to the next part of our Genshin Impact Raiden Shogun guide to talk about the best weapon options for her.
