Is 200 Energy Recharge Enough for Raiden? An In-Depth Analysis - 33rd Square (2024)

Hey folks, it‘s Terry here! As an avid Genshin Impact theorycrafter and Raiden main, I‘ve spent countless hours experimenting with Energy Recharge requirements for our resident Shogun.

In this post, I‘ll be diving deep into whether 200% ER is sufficient for Raiden or if higher levels are needed. We‘ll explore how her kit works, optimal benchmarks for different roles, team synergies, weapons, and even some artifact optimization tips!

So strap in, and let‘s figure out the best ER thresholds to fully unleash the Raiden Shogun‘s potential.

An Overview of Raiden‘s Kit

As an Electro polearm user, Raiden‘s damage comes from her Elemental Skill, Elemental Burst, and coordinated attacks during her 7s Burst mode.

Her Ascension 1 talent, Enlightened One, boosts Raiden‘s Burst DMG by 0.6% for every 1% ER above 100%. At 200% ER, this provides a sizable 120% Burst DMG bonus.

Meanwhile, her Ascension 4 talent, Soaring Secret, boosts Electro DMG by 0.4% for every 1% ER. This amplifies both her Skill and Burst electro damage.

Additionally, at talent level 10, the Resolve stacks provided by her passive, Shogun‘s Descent, grant a juicy 60% Burst DMG bonus.

Finally, the initial slash of her Mystic One-Shot Burst scales off her ER. The more ER Raiden has, the thicker the slash damage becomes!

Now let‘s break down how these mechanics affect Raiden‘s ideal ER based on her team role.

ER Requirements Vary Between Main DPS and Support

As a main DPS, Raiden wants sufficient ER to burst off cooldown consistently, while still building critical damage to maximize her sustained damage during her 7s Burst mode.

For support Raiden, stacking ER takes priority to maximize energy restoration for expensive team Bursts like Xiangling‘s Pyronado. Downtime on those abilities hurts team DPS more than Raiden‘s personal damage.

Let‘s explore some ER benchmarks for each role.

ER Targets Based on Raiden‘s Team Role

As you can see, ER thresholds are higher for main DPS Raiden since Burst uptime is critical to her sustained damage. Supports can get by with less ER, around 200-250%, to minimize overinvesting into ER when crit and ATK% would increase damage more.

Now let‘s analyze how these ER levels impact Raiden‘s damage output.

Visualizing Raiden‘s Damage at Different ER Values

Based on extensive theorycrafting simulations, the damage gained per point of ER starts dropping off significantly after 250%.

Take a look at this chart illustrating the diminishing returns:

Chart credit to KeqingMains TC Library

As you can see, from 0 ER to around 250%, the damage increase is substantial. But beyond 250%, the marginal gains decrease rapidly.

Here‘s another chart quantifying Raiden‘s damage at varying ER levels:

Based on these simulations, stacking ER above 300% leads to minimal damage gains compared to investing those substats into crit or ATK% instead.

So in summary, 250-300% is the sweet spot for ER on Raiden before diminishing returns kick in.

Balancing ER and Crit Stats for Maximum Damage

To optimize Raiden‘s damage output at high ER levels, we want to maintain a 1:2 ratio for CRIT Rate to CRIT DMG.

Some stat targets to aim for:

• With Engulfing Lightning and ER sands, target 60:120 crit with 250%+ ER from substats

• With an ATK% sands, aim for 70:140 crit with 220% ER from substats

This balances sufficient ER and crit to maximize damage potential in her Burst mode. An ER sands artifact provides more leeway to build crit stats.

Let‘s also compare some example builds:

The balanced build edges out higher ER or higher crit alone by optimizing both stats synergistically.

Now let‘s move on to constellations.

C2 Raiden Has Significantly Lower ER Needs

At C2, Raiden unlocks the Descension: Formless Opening passive. This reduces the flat energy cost of her Burst to 60 instead of the base 90 cost.

This significantly lowers Raiden‘s ER requirements as a C2 support. She can function optimally with only 140-160% ER, freeing up artifact stats for more ATK% and crit.

As a comparison:

C0 Raiden has a much more demanding energy requirement without her signature weapon or C2+ cons.

Optimal ER Can Vary Based on Team Comp

Raiden‘s ideal ER also shifts based on team composition and rotation needs.

For example, in a Hypercarry Raiden team with Sara and Kazuha, ER requirements are higher around 280-300%. This composition relies on Raiden‘s Burst to enable the rotation and high energy costs of Sara‘s Burst (80) and Kazuha‘s Burst (60).

Whereas in a Raiden National Team with Xingqiu and Xiangling, ER needs are lower at around 220-250%. This team batteries each other well and Raiden mainly needs to enable Xiangling‘s expensive 80 energy Burst.

When supporting Eula specifically, a medium ER around 250% is recommended to battery Eula‘s expensive Burst while still maximizing Raiden‘s personal damage during her Burst mode.

So in summary:

• Hypercarry needs 300% ER
• National Team needs 220-250% ER
• Eula support needs ~250% ER

Team composition and rotation timing are key factors in optimizing Raiden‘s ER requirements.

Weapon Choice Affects How Much ER is Needed

The weapon equipped on Raiden also shifts how much ER is ideal:

• With Engulfing Lightning (her signature), higher ER is incentivized by the weapon passive. Aim for 250-300% ER.

• The Catch R5 provides ER main stat and a DMG bonus. Around 220-260% ER is recommended.

• Wavebreaker‘s Fin provides an ATK% boost based on ER. An ER sands with ~250% ER maximize the passive.

• Skyward Spine‘s higher base ER means ER sands may not be needed. ~200% total ER is often sufficient.

• Primordial Jade Spear focuses on crit, so ER sands provides more freedom to build CRIT DMG. Around 220% total ER is enough.

In summary, weapons with ER focus want more ER investment, while ATK or crit weapons need slightly less ER in tandem.

Optimizing ER Substats Through Artifact Strongboxes

Many of the ER thresholds recommended require very high ER substat rolls across artifacts.

The Emblem of Severed Fate strongbox is essential to efficiently farm ER sands and circlets plus high ER substat Emblem pieces for supports like Xiangling.

Aim to re-roll mediocre 5 star artifacts with bad substats into potentially amazing ER emblems for Raiden. This is the key to balancing both high ER and CRIT Rate/DMG efficiently.

Closing Thoughts: Is 200% ER Enough for Raiden?

So in summary, while 200% ER can work in some team comps and support roles, it will often be inadequate for C0 main DPS Raiden.

For comfortable Burst uptime every rotation as a main DPS, 250%+ ER is recommended to maximize her sustained damage.

As a pure support, around 200% ER is usually sufficient. Though for expensive team comps like hypercarry, 300% ER helps provide energy security to enable rotations.

Due to diminishing returns on ER, stacking above 300% is often unnecessary and sacrifices potential CRIT DMG compared to those artifact substats.

Each player should optimize Raiden‘s ER based on their weapon, constellations, team lineup and rotation needs. But the ER values suggested in this guide will help you maximize Raiden‘s damage potential in most scenarios!

Let me know if you have any other questions! I‘m always happy to theorycraft Raiden builds and team synergy.

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