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Is Raiden Shogun Rerun Worth It? 15 HONEST THINGS To Consider! (Genshin Impact) - YouTube
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Raiden Shogun’s rerun has been announced
and this is an honest look at 15 things
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you should consider before pulling for her.
The first thing that comes to mind when looking
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at Raiden is, of course, the Electro element. Now
it used to be that a lot of us in the community
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would consider Electro to be one of the most
underwhelming elements in the game but that
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mindset shifted after Raiden’s arrival, because
she really made it clear you don’t need to have
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powerful reactions like Melt or Vaporize in order
to get the best performance. In fact, Electro is
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pretty much essential for physical characters,
the resonance bonus is amazing when using multiple
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Electro units in a team and even Overload becomes
a decent reaction when used in certain teams.
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And this really becomes obvious when looking at
some of the most popular team comps with Raiden,
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one of the best examples being the National
variation which quickly became known as Rational
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that absolutely destroys any kind of content
you throw at it and I’ve been personally using
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it on all weekly bosses and every single Abyss
cycle because it’s just a really comfortable
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team where you can make a lot of mistakes and
still clear any kind of challenging content.
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And that’s just one of the few powerful teams
you can build with her and you can check out
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my previous video I’ve made about this topic.
But you might be wondering – if you’re building
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a team with Raiden, just how necessary is Kujou
Sara? Since with the recent trend of introducing
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4-star characters to support the newest 5-stars it
may make you believe that it’s almost mandatory to
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have someone like her. I know that Itto and Gorou
really solidified this idea that the Oni guy badly
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depends on Ms. Hina, which to some extent is kind
of true but the difference between Itto and Raiden
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is that she is definitely more of a flexible
unit that can also be used as a support but
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more importantly – you can boost her damage in all
the traditional ways we’ve been doing it so far,
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not to mention the fact Electro still
plays well with other elements unlike Geo
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who can create a silly little Crystallize shard
that nobody really cares about when we talk about
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increasing damage output. So, no – Kujou Sara
is not mandatory even if you have her at C6
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because while that damage boost for Electro
is pretty insane, after playing with her and
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Raiden for a long time, I can tell you that while
it’s amazing to see big burst slashes climbing
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towards half a million damage – most of the time
it’s an overkill and you can still build a lot
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of different teams without needing to rely on C6
Sara. Besides, I’ve just shown you that one of her
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best team variations doesn’t even include her.
Truth be told, the actual thing that will make
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or break Raiden are going to be her artifacts and
it just so happens that she badly needs Emblem of
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Severed Fate in order to function as a capable
unit, which is not that big of a deal since
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this artifact set is located in the best domain in
the entire game, when we talk about how efficient
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you could spend your Resin, since you can
basically use both of the sets on a ton of
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different characters and most them consider these
sets to be their best in slot. However, artifacts
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being artifacts in Jenshin Impact, you could
potentially get unlucky with substats so keep
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that in mind when preparing for Raiden’s rerun.
Either way, I personally believe Raiden is an
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extremely capable character and offers a lot
of value for new and veteran players alike
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but I’d like to focus now on things
that are really worth considering.
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I’ve been beating around the bush for a couple
of minutes now, so let’s just get this out of
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the way – is Raiden really only usable at
second constellation? No, of course not but
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the jump in power is definitely noticeable and
some would argue that if you want to run Hyper
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Raiden team comp you would need her to be at C2
but the reality is – why exactly would you want
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her to gain a boost in power, anyway? Look, it’s
no secret that in the theorycrafting community,
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it’s been said that a jump from zero to 2nd
constellation provides about 50% overall
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damage increase for Raiden, which seems
almost unbelievable if you think about
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it and to some extent – it kind of is because
while on paper that number seems pretty huge,
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it’s easy to forget even at c0 her damage output
is comparable to almost any other c0 damage dealer
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with some few exceptions here and there
so instead of thinking that you need her
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second constellation, I would say that it’s
more like a long-term goal you could focus,
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if what you want is to see bigger damage numbers.
In fact, just because of how ridiculously strong
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her second constellation is, you can think
of it like as a final constellation most
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other characters unlock, so while someone like
Xiao and Ganyu gain massive power boosts at C6,
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for Raiden the goal post is moved to only the
second constellation so I think that’s actually a
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pretty good thing to have and seeing how Raiden’s
rerun is already happening after 6 months,
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we can hopefully expect this to happen more
often thanks to double banners and honestly,
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you shouldn’t feel the pressure to immediately
unlock second constellation Raiden and instead,
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see if you enjoy playing with her for a long time
and then maybe decide to go for C2 or even C3 if
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you want the full package. And I say this is
the full package because while the rest of the
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constellations are nice to have they are not even
half as important as the second one, so hopefully
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this sheds some light about her power level.
But just to be fully transparent with you,
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I do have a C3 Raiden and I’ve been using her
nearly every day and she’s actually the only
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featured 5-star on my account that has multiple
constellations unlocked but I only obtained them
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some time later after first making sure you
can easily clear the Abyss with C0 Raiden.
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Also, I kind of have a weakness for Electro
characters, I really like their design
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so it’s possible I might do the same for Yae Miko
when she comes out, unless of course her first few
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constellations aren’t that groundbreaking.
We talked about her potential, we went over
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her constellations – now it’s time
to look at Engulfing Lightning.
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And I know what you’re thinking – do I
really need it? I mean, it all depends
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on how you look at it but at the end of the
day, this is her best in slot weapon no doubt,
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although the damage difference when compared to
something like a fully refined Catch is about 17%
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on average but it can go up as high as 25%
depending on the amount of luck you have with
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substats like atk% or critical damage as well
as party members who can buff up the damage.
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Still, the biggest difference I see right
now between her signature weapon and getting
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more of her constellations is that the weapon
doesn’t remain exclusive to Raiden, since you
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can actually use it on quite a few characters and
it’s almost the best weapon you can give to them,
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some examples being Xiangling and Shenhe but
since this weapon provides a huge amount of Energy
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Recharge, it will remain relevant for any polearm
user that requires fixing up their burst cost.
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But here’s the tricky part – assuming you have
the worst luck out there, which is something you
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should always do before putting too much hope
into your wishes, you still need to account for
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the Epitomized Path that will only let you get
your hands on the new shiny signature weapon
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after getting unlucky 2 times, so this
essentially can translate over to about
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225-270 wishes just so you can get the weapon.
Now I don’t know about you but for a weapon that’s
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a lot Primogems and unlike with featured character
banners, nothing carries over so you have to start
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from 0 and work your way towards the Epitomized
Path mini-game or as I like to call it – mini bank
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account drainage game. But, if you are deadset
on spending a lot of wishes for Raiden, I did
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go through multiple scenarios shown here just to
see what would be the outcome if we talk about
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the worst case scenario being that you always get
Raiden after 50/50 guaranteed pity and if you only
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get the weapon on fulfilling the Epitomized Path.
Well, it turns out if you already have C0 Raiden
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and your next guaranteed pity is the featured
5-star, then you can actually get C2 Raiden within
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3 pities which is the same amount of worst luck
you would need to have in order to get Engulfing
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Lighting. Otherwise, getting the weapon will be
a better boost to her power instead of unlocking
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something like the 1st constellation but if you
think about it – even getting one step closer
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to C2 means maybe next time her rerun banner
shows up you can spend less Primos to unlock it,
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so it really depends on your preference and needs
as I am only showing you what the scenarios could
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be if you’re really interested in unlocking
either her weapon, constellations or both.
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Regardless, while Engulfing Lighting is great,
don’t forget you can still easily use one of the
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best free to play weapons The Catch and if you
have multiple refinements of Wavebreaker’s Fin,
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it’s actually even better than the previous
option since with the right amount of ATK buffs,
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it can make Raiden hit for almost the same
amount of damage if she had an unrefined
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Staff of Homa or Primordial Jade Winged-Spear
so, yeah, there’s definitely some weapons that
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make her shine without needing to
spend large amounts of primogems.
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Look, it’s always crucial to consider the timing
of the banner so seeing how Raiden is going to
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be in the 2nd phase of 2.5 which is around March
9th if following the usual 3 week window after Yae
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Miko banner drops, so there’s basically a couple
of things that become important because of this.
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The first and most obvious observation
is that miHoYo always does a livestream
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announcement of the next update about week and
a half later after the 2nd phase banners drop,
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so before you go off spending Primos, I highly
recommend for you to just stay put with your
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wishes until that livestream arrives, since we
know that The Chasm is coming in 2.6 and it’s
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highly likely Ayato will be in the update seeing
how miHoYo already announced him on Twitter,
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so the remaining surprises to look forward would
be to see who is going to be on the re-run.
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And I know a lot of people are waiting for
Kazuha’s banner rerun who I think is a really
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powerful character and I’ve been using him
ever since he got released in almost every
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team comp and he’s only C0 so I don’t believe
he needs any extra constellations to get the
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best value out of him. Still, comparing
him with Raiden isn’t really a good idea
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as they are both extremely different seeing
how Kazuha specializes in boosting elemental
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damage as well as crowd control while Ei helps
with energy management as well as acting as an
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on-field damage dealer when using her burst mode.
But besides the unknown, when looking at the
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current upcoming banners, it’s hard to tell if
Yae Miko will have strong synergy with Raiden
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without first testing them out together
so if you do decide to go for the Fox
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and you’re also considering getting
the Shogun, then be sure to check
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out my future video where I will showcase
them together and give you my thoughts.
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Overall, Raiden is definitely one of the
strongest characters in the game right now
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since you can build a lot of different teams with
her, the Emblem artifact set is located in one of
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the best domains in terms of how efficiently
you could spend your resin and even if she
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is from Electro element, something that was
previously considered by the majority to be
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a lackluster thing for elemental reactions, it’s
actually a really advantageous utility Raiden can
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make use of. You also do not need to have Kujou
Sara with Raiden just to see her full potential
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but if we talk about her potential, then even at
C0 she’s able to match a lot of damage dealers out
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there and while her second constellation provides
a massive boost in power, you can still unlock it
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realistically within few reruns and it’s value
is on the same level as most of the other C6
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characters, so even as free to play player, with
careful Primogem management, you can focus on
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this as a long-term goal. And as for her signature
weapon – while it’s considered to be best in slot,
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there’s still plenty of other options out
there like The Catch or Wavebreaker’s Fin,
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as well as Staff of Homa or Primordial Spear if
you have them, so I wouldn’t consider Engulfing
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Lighting as a mandatory upgrade just to
see a bump increase in her performance.
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Finally, Yae Miko, Kokomi, Kamisato Ayato and
maybe even Kazuha in the nearest future are going
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to be squishing Raiden from both sides but as long
as you know what you want, the only unknown right
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now is just how good is she going to be with Yae
Miko and that’s only relevant for you if you’re
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going for Yae and Raiden combo anyway.
Still, just like with every character,
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she’s not a must have and there are some drawbacks
like the fact you really can’t use her with Beidou
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or Electro Traveler because Raiden won’t trigger
their bursts and the elemental skill itself deals
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not a lot of damage, which means all the damage
is concentrated in her burst and the initial slash
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as well as the fact Emblem set is
really the only option worth going for
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and if you get unlucky with substats, it could
take a while to make her strong. So keep this
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in mind that just like everyone else, Raiden her
own flaws that define her but at the same time,
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she’s an extremely capable and there’s
a reason why she became the most highest
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selling character in Genshin’s history.
But that’s pretty much it, hope you found
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these considerations useful and
I’ll see you in the next video.
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