EDIT 4: my new personal ranking for raiden's best teams after lots of testing are: 1) Raiden/Chev/Bennet/Xiangling. Can replace sara for bennet if C6, not sure which is better yet. If Chev isn't C6 then it's a sidegrade to national IMO. 2)Raiden/Furina/Yelan/xianyun with jean being a worse but still great option. 3) national 4) traditional hyper (but this is the best option if you need grouping) I think one of raiden's best features nowadays is that her top teams require completely different sets of supports, making her extremely versatile. In addition to easily working both in AOE and in single target. Sinkcho. EDIT 3: chev is a great option for her. Did lots of testing and it feels great. Check out her guide. EDIT 2: for speedrunning, national and Sara are still often used for raiden because of the front load being very valuable and getting better speedrun times. for extended rotations or more casual players, double hydro furina at least for me in practice feels much much stronger. As well as gcsim calcs also being higher. EDIT: to the people saying she’s not “top tier DPS”-- she sheets VERY well with Yelan Furina Jean. Especially if you give her a decent weapon. Add that to the QOL that she gives as a unit and she absolutely is a top tier DPS. Although you may disagree this is far from misinformation. I will alter the title though because I think this communicates the same message while also not being quite as rage baity lol

I started at the end 3.4 in February last year, and I've been waiting for Raiden this whole time. I'm so excited to finally get her.

raiden was my first archon and she will always be my most fav regardless of any new character. she deserves her pic on my pfp in genshin

18:15 You should definitely crown her normals in order to demonstrate your devotion to Her Excellency, the Almighty Narukami Ogosho, God of Thunder. Kujou Sara will arrest you if you don't.

Don't lose hope believers, Raiden-Beidou will work one day!

Furina is such a premium character, that I'm noticing a lot of TCs basically slap her into any team with a carry and say the numbers are great. Which is 100% true, but I only have one Furina so it's becoming hard to really understand the underlying strength of a given character without using Furina.

A long time coming from the man himself, guides by mains are always a treat to have so I'm quite looking forward to it, also gl everyone, including me for your Raiden and Yoimiya pulls

This was very informative! Loved the rotation tips and explaining which stats have diminishing returns on which builds! I don't often see that info in guides

I skipped so many banners to get her C2 + weapon on her release. No regrets. Still my queen to this day. Whichever side she's on is always the easy/fast Abyss clear.

New to the game, we (my 10 yo daughter & I) are simping so badly for her that these next 7 days will feel like the longest!! Thanx so much for the guide with many many tips to help enjoy Ei. So eager to try them out!!!

Great video! I love longer in-depth guides! Getting Raiden is my biggest wish, let's hope she comes home early for us all 🙏💜

My fav ones in order of best to worst as well as almost all "mistranslations" : Sinkcho, Shengling, Yaimiko, Novolet/Novelette, Yolan, Yula, Baju, Hutau, Tainari, Kazuo, Farina. Special mention to "Ahaithim" = I hate him (Kaveh) Cannot wait for your new guides on future characters : Chevris/Sheverest and Klarand (button-kun)

You inspired me to go back on my account and buff my characters. I just came back to the game after a long break and found I had a Jade Winged Spear I never touched! I put that on my Raiden thanks to your advice and wow! It made a huge improvement over The Catch! Now that can go to my Xiangling. Thanks!!

5:00 enters Cloud retainer I currently have 245 wishes for Ei with 50 pity and no guarantee, I lost 50/50 on Ei v3.3 and then i got Hu tao and after that I won 3 50/50s in a row (Cyno-49, Yae-78, Yoi-31) Well good luck to everyone for 4.3 Ei❤

As a Raiden simp myself, I’m going for her C3 this rerun! Good luck to those you are pulling :)

Been playing Genshin for 2 weeks now and have been watching guides like crazy to catch up on knowledge. This was a great guide was very easy to understand everything

love the vid! so informative! cant wait to pull for her tomorrow! :) and yes to hyper hyperbloom 😁👍

Best Raiden Video ever. Thanks for the information & knowledge ✌️😎

Great video. I stumbled upon this channel during the Ayato banner. I was curious since Im an Ayato main and was pleasantly surprised at the multitude of team building ideas I havent tried yet. Definitely gonna try out some of these Raiden teams. Way too many sweaty gamers get hung up on meta, they forget theres other ways to enjoy the game. Keep up the good work, tons of info and helpful tips from this creator. 👍 To the meta slaves, try something new once in a while. You might enjoy it.

I've had raiden since her last banner, read the descriptions, I've watched/listened to this video twice before, and I'm only just finding out that her skill boosts the damage of teammate's bursts. I REALLY got to start paying more attention

she was my very first archon, and i couldn't be happier about it, her and zhongli are almost always in my strongests teams, one bring immortality the other brings damage by herself and improves damage for everyone else on the team

The interruption resistance is what keeps her top tier imo.

I made c3 Raiden w her weapon today, so happy.

Thank you for another great guide! Building my Jean and waiting for Furina rerun for the premium team but will use Rational in the meantime.

This is an extremely cool video, I’ve been using Eula/Fischl/Furina/Jean and I’m hoping to get Raider for this team, gl bringing her home everyone!

I like the captions and the guide TY

Thanks for making this video! I got raiden when she first came out and loved her, but never invested in her enough to see huge damage. Once i heard people say how good her c2 was, I became really demotivated to ever try and build her because i'd always be running a version of her that's not as good as it could be. But I'm excited to try and build her once I finish building navia and next time furina is on the banner I'll probably be pulling for her! I wasn't playing during Furina so i missed her but i think im going to have to get her eventually!

Great content and explanations. I do wish you would put the rotation advice on screen as opposed to just clicking into each character, I believe it would help viewers follow the explanation. Great video nevertheless :)

That first team you mentioned (Ei, Furina, Yelan, Jean), i tried and works really well. (even though i just put some random artifacts on Jean as i wasn't using her for years...) Good Job!!

That first team is very good thank you!!

I was planning to C2 Raiden and grab her weapon this banner, but with Cloud Retainer coming and Shenhe potentially having a banner soon after Cloud Retainer's, my plans are potentially changing. Shenhe is the main character I don't have who I've wanted for a while now, and I also want Cloud Retainer. I've had Yelan for a while now and use her all the time with Raiden, and I got a lucky Furina pull when I was restocking my Paimon's Bargains funds, and Cloud Retainer would fill the Jean role on the team, so I guess I have a combination of characters to use that makes C2R1 Raiden kinda overkill. But then overkill can be really fun! But I guess for now my current plan is to use Raiden's banner to restock my Paimon's Bargains funds again and see if I get any lucky pulls then wait til closer to the end of the banner when I have more information about upcoming banners to make a more informed decision about what to do. I suppose there's also the option of going kinda no life for a while and grinding the immense amount of available primogems I've never bothered to collect in the game to try and grab everything. Like, I've barely done any of the character quests or miscellaneous quests or domains or challenges or gone out of my way to look for chests. Just putting in some minimal effort today I collected a full 1,600 primogems in like a couple of hours. At the very least I'll definitely wait and see where I stand towards the end of Raiden's banner.

Raiden is my first 5 start AND the most favourite character in the game who i will absolutely love regardless new characters. Sometimes i forget how cool she is but do get constantly reminded about it.

ty for this great review raiden is amazing and probably the most flexible main dps in this game but i have already neuvillette, alhaitham and ayaka. so, going for nahida and neuvilette c1 makes more sense for me :) btw, love your videos ;)

People really really really undersell C0 Raiden, especially compared to newer DPS. I've been using her to 36 star abyss almost every cycle for probably over a year at this point. Great single target damage with very decent AoE, pretty flexible teambuilding at this point, and works great with 4 star characters and f2p weapons as well. Also much easier to build on artifacts than some of the newer DPS since her BiS set is in strongbox and a lot of her good teammates also use it.

Great guide but what I really need are all the figures on the shelf behind him!! But I just got Raiden yesterday and switched her to EM to try her out with nahida, furina, and zhongli and it was crazy cause you really could just activate everyone's skill and just leave it alone for a while I cant wait to try the first team comp tho cause I didn't farm a main dps build for nothing lol Once again, great guide!!

I’ve had Raiden since her release and have been using her ever since! I won my 50/50 during the recent 4.3 rerun and she finally C1! Because I have to save for my first copy of Nahida, I have to wait until her Raiden’s next rerun to get her C2! All in the name of eternity

Honestly I was going to run her on a tighnari quicken team because her application is good, her burst fills the downtime during Tighnari's skill cooldowns, and Yaoyao and Sucrose are having ER issues. Also, all that ER into elemental damage bonus, further buffing her quickens sounds quite nice.

It was the best guide video that i see for raidan

I clear faster with the original raiden national than when I try the new furina yelan jean team

I just tried this new team and it worked surprisingly well. Now, I feel like I need to pull for engulfing lighting.

Bro is absolutely right, Raiden is the best, mine is C0R1, and she constantly deals 250k+ from burst and 45k-55k per charge atk while in burst, shes absolutely amazing and great carry Team is Raiden - Sara (C4) - Kazuha - Bennet (C5)

Another good video, I use the same team, keep up the good work Jello...

One thing I think many people take for granted is her battery capabilities. Back when I got her in 2.1, after 2 weeks of building her, Rational carried me through abyss 12 even though my team artifacts was really mid and low cons and 4* weap on all unit, my xingqiu was c1( with r1 sac) xangling was c2(the catch), bennett(the prototype sword) was c3 and I didn’t have the resource to optimize their artifacts for ER substats but suprising with Raiden I rarely find ER issues and also got me through the Dps check of the PMA.

I also cleared the 4.3 abyss with the raiden, nahida, baizhu, furina team. Smooth and nice 👍🏻

I TRIED IT OUT AND RAIDEN WITH CATCH AND FURINA IS AMAZING

wish me luck! im going to be pulling for raiden and im on 50/50

Best transcription error is at 23:31. If you're using all of your Emblem of Severed Fate on "your lawn." :-) Loved the guide, Jello! Thank you!

When she realesed i heard "she basically gives ur team their ults up fast" and thats what i needed

Waited for her for such a long time!!! Get for Eula, so she can change ER sands to ATK sands

Furina made both Ayaka and Raiden feel so much better in an instant.

I'm using the same team (Raiden, Furina, Yelan, Jean). My Raiden is using Homa so it's perfect having that +HP from Hydro Resonance, i get extra atk from the weapon passive

i was looking for a c0 raiden guide literally as you posted this LMAO

I only have shenhe's signature. I run double atk% main stats to take advantage of the high base attack. She gets some electro damage bonus from her kit I think, plus 12% from the weapon, and furina is helping with that a lot.

"sword wielding lightning menace"... i love that description of her i got her recently (won 50/50 :D) and i just went here because your videos are very easy to understand. i want her mostly as off field damage dealer, but her flexibility is definitely her main draw in my eyes. the fact that she does well as off field or on field damage dealer is definitely an attractive prospect. i'll build her mostly for hyperbloom, but she's definitely one of those units where having multiple builds for different occasions is worth the trouble. except if i can build her as a dps and get tons of em anyway, because i've had times when all artifact substat roll into EM which is definitely a win in her case.

I think the best take away is that when it comes to the top tier characters - inevitably, they are the support/off-field characters, but when it comes to DPS characters, it comes down to your level of comfort/personal preference. I mostly play for the story, and if I could get all the characters in order to read and unlock all their voicelines, I would, but mostly right now - I just at least want all the Archons. And I have Neuvi but I would probably also collect all available sovereigns if any further come out. (A PLAYABLE APEP?!? :O ) But I just want to be comfy and have fun. I almost always run a shielder and healer anyway due to... uhmm... lack of skill. I enjoy reading the books, doing events, quests and storylines, and reading the minutiae about the characters more than anything combat related. Am planning to do a hyperbloom team with Neuvi, ZL, Raiden, and Nahida and name it 'sovereignty' - for the puns and giggles.

A team comp that I use is Raiden-Kazuha-Nahida-Bennet. It has really carried me since I got Nahida, and she's a good substitute for kujou sara if you dont have her c6. Even if my Raiden isnt built on em, she does alot of aggravate dmg as she gets em from Nahida's burst. With kazuha also having alot of em, you can also go Dendro dmg bonus/Em/Crit on Nahida, and she can dish out pretty good damage out of her skill. I know it falls from the more used comps, but I really enjoy it!

Double Hydro Team with Main HyperCarry Raiden is really a great team. The last slot with Jean just completes the team because she synergies really good with Furina.

tbh i dont use her that much these days but i remember i was so hype to get her back in 2.1 cuz she was very strong and she look like raiden mei from HI3... but anyway i wish you guy good luck pulling her ! my plan is c2 nahida wish me luck !!!!!!

Great video! As a lore accurate Raiden playstyle enjoyer this video gave me hope that she'll finally be seen as a good DPS character... totally not saving for cloud retainer to have more options for her teams, meme or not... nuh uh

9:40 I have been trying to get hybrid Raiden working since i got her but EM or Gilded Dreams artifacts makes my burst super weak. So you're saying it's good to build her like normal on fielder and let Nahida, Instructors, and Battle of the Fjords give her the EM?

That Nahida/Yelan/Xingqiu/Shogun team is almost what I'd been maining in the overworld, except one of the Hydro characters was always swapped for Zhongli.

I got raiden yesterday and she's level 60 now and she does 80k in abyss 12 . She is my best c0 dps .

Whenever I encounter a tricky abyss stage, I can always rely on Raiden. There’s almost always a Raiden team variant that can clear specific enemies. Even did Thunder Manifestation with Raiden. Far from optimal tho, but it worked.

I am pulling for her. Pretty excited for trying out the afk team with furina, nahida and flex

Can't wait. I'll build her hyperbloom first because it slaps and it might be easier to build and get her to be useful early on as she'd be mostly off field. Then back to farming emblem for her carry team, this domain takes so long for good pieces

I will get her this time around, every time she had a a rerun, i had for whatever reason no Primos and no intention of spending. But this time I have everything for C2R1 and she will be the Triple Crowned Monster she deserves to be.

If i get her ill probably use her in baizhu onfield w the same furina+yelan core you showed. Even considering swapping bai to MH or perhaps new heal set if he wont be run on DM for res shred in Nahida+Alhaitham. Tried the same team w yae whos my strongest char when i was testing how the healers felt w the new furina comps. Kokomi trip hydro xiangling vape & bai hyperbloom both felt really good to play.

I used Rational to clear the first side of the new abyss. Clean, simple rotations

Man.. i still remember her EM Debut with Dendro Traveler back then when Ruin Serpent came back to the abyss... i still have that video in my channel.. She never touched Emblem since then.. no longer an Electro Carry, but a Dendro Carry..

I have wanted Raiden for so long

I started playing in mid 3.2 and i been pretty much grinding as much primos as possible to get Raiden. I thought everything was over when i lost my 50/50 but thankfully, Raiden came home literally 10 pull after.

I’ve been using Raider/Kazuha/XL/Bennett to clear the abyss for a long time now. I’ll have to try the Furina/Yelan/Jean team.

Hello Jello! First! Ahem anyway hope you get really good luck pulling for her C2 as well as pulling Mona.

maaan raidens been my main dps since i started playing. Had to save up for her c2 she goes nuts

Hey @JelloImpact , could you make a video where you say which characters you recommend to get to level 90 first AND which characters to crown and which talents to crown? I like your analysis and explanation.

bro the captions 🤣 Sinkcho, kujosaur, yolan 🤣

Left a like because yes, I "like to mash". It's also why I find Ayato to be such a comfortable character too.

Wait! some people were saying she is poor character? Seriously? Unless you don't care about shielding, Raiden Ei, Zhongli, and nahida are the best archons to have in your account at c0. Furina is good too but currently not a lot of teams use her and sometimes I think she is kinda overrated at c0. Venti is fine in specific situations but I often just use Kazuha except in Floor 11. Hyperbloom for Raiden is just the icing on the cake.😎

I got Raiden a few days ago and she really is for me that versatile and ez to use! At the moment I’m at AR 35 and she helped me clear Abyss 4 for Colei and clear dragonspine 95% atm. I play her mostly in a team with xiaoqing/ xiangli / Bennett and xiaoqing/ colei (c1)/ sucrose (c1). For the chi of yore quest I made a impromptu team with amber and Rosario for the last flying ruin guard which enabled me to clear that annoying quest. Before her I couldn’t clear the 3 ruin guards in wave 2. she’s still at lvl 40 and outperforms most of the other chars I have dog wise. So much ❤❤❤❤ for her! She’s my second 5* after a quiqui pull, which I didn’t lvl up. Willalso try to lvl my chevreuse later to try that combinatio.

Though this abyss is pretty easy, I thought there was no way I'd clear with the Raiden-Furina-Nahida-Baizhu team because of electro manifestation on second half and Tulpa on first half getting rid of Furina's damage but it surprised me and performed superbly on the first half only using Furina for her buff against Tulpa. I didn't even properly build her for it. Just switched out my skyward spine for dragon's bane. 🤷🏿‍♂️

JelloImpact Great video, I watched multiple times! Is there any theory crafting around your hyper-hyperbloom Raiden? I want to use furina with her, and c6 yao yao is my best healer so I feel like there's an opportunity to both on field dps and hyperbloom, but I'm wondering if split investing has been tested? Even if it's a bit worse it's fun, I just hope it's not dramatically worse lol. You talked about a hyper-hyperbloom idea in this vid but i dont recall seeing the build you used for it, maybe for another video?! 😁

Love your vid jello impact, i finally pulled raiden the character that brought me to the game before 6 months, i wanna ask you if i can use Kitain cross spear for raiden and the catch for xianling, does the national team do more damage than giving the catch for raiden

Dusted her off last abyss, she worked very well in the double hydro team! Though i used xingqiu instead of yelan

For supporting My Tighnari main I guess I should run her with em yah? Current team comp is Tighnari Raiden Fischl Kuki. Raiden makes most sense to hold the em deep wood given her Aoe. Could replace kuki with bennet or jean(which I don’t have) question though makes most sense with tighnari support to run EM on Ei yah?with Dragons bane which I just got from standard? Thanks watched the whole video. Or maybe I should use the battle pass weapon Battle of the Fjords as you mentioned for hyperbloom instead for Tighnari aggrivate.

Indonesia recharge, that speech to text tool is hilarious

Ei was my very first limited 5* mine is c3 r1 while being f2p any additional cons would be a waste of gems but i'll finish what i started and get that c6 sara👏👏

I've saved for raiden and resisted temptation to pull for ayaka or navia. I'm planning on using raiden as a Hyperbloom trigger in a alh/furina/raiden/baizhu team. I wanted to make alh the best be could be(and don't own nahida yet) since he's my favorite and thought this was the best I can do.

I have Raiden at C0, and she's my favorite Genshin character as well. I will be getting her C2 AND weapon from this banner.

Question I have two spare 5* pole arms, which should I use in my C0 Raiden? Jade spear or skyward spine.

Raiden is the only non standard five star I gave constellations to. If you don't have her, get her. If you like her, get her C2. If you love her, get her weapon. It's that easy. She is an archon. Naturally she is a fantastic character.

Just got her, and shes my faivorite now (and Childe) just need a good artifacts.

Nice subtitles, its perfect for people like me who's english is not their first language

I have a C0 Raiden with the PJWS (I think the green and purple really pop actually!), running with JeanC1, YelanC0 and FurinaC2. I am really torn between pulling for Raiden's C2 or getting Xianyun to replace Jean. I don't plan to ever get Xiao so I'm not sure if she really provides that much account value for me. Chevreuse is also tempting me to pull for Raiden, but I'm just not sure how much I'd use her in the long run.

Ive been playing for more than a year and a half. I've never thought of that Furina Raiden Team. I'll be sure to play it. You know. If I get Jean.

Ive been playing since release and always skipped raiden and finally going to pull for her just for a support for eula

You look HYPER excited when u talk about Raiden 😂

Minor misspeak correction: 19:45 I think you meant PJS instead of the Catch. Great guide btw!

Im new to the game, i just got Raiden and i want to main Raiden while usng Xiangling as a sub dps, i have the catch, The dragon's bane and the favonious lance already, wich one should i use with Raiden and Xiangling?

raiden main here, absoluteky agree with everything in this video. She is very very powerful. I use her in every abyss and clears pretty fast. as an F2P player if u dont have her get her, she is fun, beautiful and meta

Tysm for this guide,shes my dream character and i had her guaranteed,but then i did a single pull and got cyno who i hate,so now i might not get her,regardless im still farming for her artifacts,talent material and r5 catch+i even got furina just for her so i could use her with raiden,so now if i lose my 50/50,furina will be benched😢