Shogun Raiden Shogun in Genshin Impact: a guide to the best builds

In Genshin Impact Shogun Raiden Shogun (Baal) is a 5-star character, related to the Electro element and using polearms in battle. In a squad, she can act as a primary or secondary damage dealer. In this guide you will learn about her best builds, weapons and artifacts. We will also tell you the best commands with this heroine.

Features and Benefits of Baal

The Electro Archon is capable of not only dealing massive damage to single targets and groups of enemies, but also amplifying the elemental explosions of allies, which opens up wide opportunities for creating powerful elemental reactions. The advantages of this heroine can also include:

A high base attack rate, allowing you to inflict significant damage to enemies even with normal blows.
When an elemental blast is activated, normal attacks begin to deal Electro damage. The heroine becomes immune to the Charged effect, which significantly increases her survivability when fighting the corresponding enemies.
Increases Obtaining Energy for allies, giving them the ability to cast elemental blasts more frequently.
Reduces the resource cost of ascending one-handed swords and spears.

However, it was not without some shortcomings. The most obvious ones include the uselessness when fighting some Electro enemies in the case of converting physical damage into Electro, as well as a greater dependence on the elemental explosions of partners.

Shogun Raiden Shogun abilities

Her normal attack "Normal Attack: Origin" allows her to deal up to five consecutive hits, and charged allows her to perform a blow from the bottom up, spending a little stamina. While airborne, she can perform a falling attack to deal AoE damage in the landing zone.

Thanks to his elemental skill "Transcendence: Baleful Omen" Baal can momentarily expose part of his Realm to deal Electro damage to all nearby enemies and grant party members the Eye of Thunderous Punishment.

Whenever your allies attack or deal damage while the Eye is active, it will unleash a coordinated attack dealing Electro damage in an area at the enemy's position. The Eye also increases the elemental explosion damage of other team members by an amount based on the energy cost of the Eye.

Note: The Eye of Storm Punishment can only perform one combined attack per 0.9 seconds. Coordinated strikes made by heroes you don't control deal only 20 percent of standard damage.

The passive effect deserves special mention. "Chakra of Desire", thanks to which Shogun Raiden Shogun will accumulate levels of Resolve when using elemental explosions by other members of the squad. Their number depends on the energy costs of these skills. The maximum you can dial up to 60 units. Its reset is carried out 300 seconds after the end of the battle.

When using elemental explosion "Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu" Baal performs a Muso no hitotachi attack, dealing Electro damage in an area and summons Muso Isshin for a set amount of time, which increases her interrupt resistance and makes her immune to Charged reaction damage.

In this state, all damage dealt by Muso no Hitotachi and her Muso Isshin will be increased based on her current Resolve levels, and all of her hits will receive an Electro infusion and regenerate energy from all nearby party members. Using this method, energy is restored only once every 1 second, and the effect itself can be activated up to 5 times within the effect of the skill.

If we talk about the passive skills of the shogun Raiden Shogun, then these include:

Wishes Unnumbered - When allies receive elemental particles or spheres, the Chakra of Lust grants two levels of Resolve at once. The effect occurs every 3 seconds.
Enlightened - When exceeding 100% Baal Energy Recovery, each additional 1% increases Muso Isshin's energy regeneration by 0.6% and grants a 0.4% Electro Damage bonus.
All-Preserver - Reduces mora cost by 50% while ascending polearms and one-handed swords.

Constellations (talents) Baal

To unlock them, the character's Serendipity is required, which is issued by obtaining copies of the heroine during Prayers. Given the random nature of this process, it will be extremely problematic to open all the talents. However, if you plan to use Electro Archon only as a main damage dealer, then you can stop at the first talent already.

Ominous Inscription - The amount of Resolve gained is increased by 80% when an Elemental Burst is used by an Electro fighter, and by 20% when it is used by a Achievement: Hero of any other element.
Steelbreaker - Muso no hitotachi and Muso Isshin begin to ignore 60 percent of the enemy's defense.
Shinkage Bygones - The level of "Secret Art: Muso Shinsetsu" increases by three. Maximum level: 15th.
Pledge of Propriety - After Muso Isshin ends, all allies of the Warrior gain a 30% bonus to attack power for 10 seconds.
Descent of the Shogun - The level of Transcendence: Ominous Omen increases by three. Maximum level: 15th.
Wishbearer - While Muso Isshin is active, all of the heroine's standard hits on hitting enemies reduce the cooldown of allies' elemental explosions by 1 second. The effect occurs every 1 second and stacks up to 5 times.

How to play Shogun Raiden Shogun

When using Electro Archon as your main DPS, you will need to play against the elemental explosions of the rest of the team members, meaning you will not be able to constantly sit on one character. The game process for her will look like this:

After the fight starts, attack the opponents with the normal blows of the shogun Raiden Shogun. You can also use the elemental skill to apply the Electro status to the enemies and strengthen the “ults” of the teammates.
Then switch to a secondary damage dealer like Xiangling, Rosaria, or Xingqiu to use his Elemental Burst to gain levels of Resolve and apply elemental status to mobs.
Wait for the accumulation of energy and use the Elemental Burst of Baal itself to create powerful elemental reactions, such as Overload, Elemental Reaction: Superconduct or Charged. In addition, you will begin to restore the energy of your allies, which will allow you to quickly use their "ults" again.
With each new cycle of elemental explosions, you will receive more Resolve, and, therefore, deal more damage. For this style of play, we highly recommend unlocking the 1st or 6th constellation.

You can also use this warrior as a secondary damage dealer, to boost the main DD, energize it and create elemental reactions. In this case, the 4th constellation should be used.

Best builds for Baal

The best weapon

For Raiden Shogun, weapons for Obtaining Energy, critical damage, critical hit chance are best suited. Below is a list of the most interesting options:

Engulfing Lightning (5-star; Obtaining Energy) is the best option for Baal, which increases attack power by 28% of your Energy regeneration over 100%. With this passive ability, you can get a maximum attack bonus of up to 80 percent. In addition, it grants 30 percent Energy Recovery for 12 seconds after using an Elemental Burst.
Staff of Homa (5-Star) - Increases health by 20 percent and increases attack bonus by 0.8 percent of maximum HP. If the life bar falls below half, then the attack is additionally increased by 1 percent. Slightly worse than the previous weapon.
Skyward Spine (5-star; Obtaining Energy) - A good alternative to the previous spear, which increases critical chance by 8% and basic attack speed by 12%. In addition, normal and charged attack hits on enemies have a 50% chance to summon an intangible blade that deals 40% AoE damage of Attack Rating. This effect can only trigger once every 2 seconds.
Primordial Jade Winged-Spear (5-star; Critical Hit Chance) - Particularly useful when artifacts have poor extra stats resulting in terrible crits. Hitting enemies increases attack power by 3.2% for 6 seconds. The effect stacks up to 7 times and only appears once every 0.3 seconds.
Catch (4-star; Obtaining Energy) is a budget option that increases elemental explosion damage by 16 percent and its critical hit chance by 6 percent. He's great for Baal, used as a secondary DPS. It can be obtained at fishing by exchanging the fish with the fishermen's association.
Spear of Favonius (4-star; Obtaining Energy) - Critical hits have a 60% chance to create elemental particles that restore 6 energy. The effect occurs every 12 seconds.
Deathmatch (4-star; Critical Hit Chance) - An alternative to the previous spear. When there are two or more opponents nearby, the character's attack and defense indicator increases by 16 percent, and if less, then the attack power increases by 24 percent.
Prototype: Star Glitter (4-star; Obtaining Energy) is another budget option that can be crafted using forging. When using an elemental skill, damage from normal and charged hits is increased by 8 percent for 12 seconds. The effect stacks up to two times. It will suit the main damage dealer. True, among the free copies it is still better to take the Catch.

Best Artifacts

The best choice for Baal would be a set "Emblem of Severed Fate", 2 parts of which increase the rate of energy regeneration by 20%, and 4 parts of which increase the damage of the elemental explosion by 25% of the energy regeneration. The effect is increased to a maximum of 75 percent. This set will look good on both the primary and secondary damage dealers. You can get it in Momiji-Dyed Court dungeon.

Another good option would be "Thunderous Roar of Fury", 2 parts of which increase Electro damage by 15 percent, and 4 parts increase damage from Super Conduit, Charged and Overload by 40 percent. In addition, these statuses reduce the cooldown of the elemental skill by 1 second (the effect occurs every 0.8 seconds). It can be obtained in the Midsummer Courtyard dungeon.

If all 4 parts are missing, you can combine the previous set with an incomplete set "Noblesse Oblige", which increases elemental explosion damage by 20%. It can be obtained in the Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern dungeon.

As for the parameters of artifacts, pay attention to the following characteristics:

Basic: take a watch for Obtaining Energy %, a goblet for attack power%, a cap for critical damage or a critical hit chance.
Additional: flower and feather for critical damage, critical hit chance, Obtaining Energy % and attack.

Top Commands for Baal

If you have the 1st constellation, you should definitely take the second Electro character as a secondary damage dealer in order to maximize the Elemental Burst. In this case, the command might look like this:

Primary DPS: Baal
Secondary DPS: Kujou Sara (gives attack power bonus, increases critical damage, and maximizes Raiden Shogun burst damage) or Beidou
Secondary DPS: Xiangling (to create Overload) or Xingqiu (to create Charged)
Support: Bennett (for Healing, Resonance and Attack Power) or Barbara (for Healing and Resonance)

If you use Shogun Raiden Shogun as a secondary damage dealer, then you can assemble the following squad:

Primary DPS: Eula (her Elemental Burst is maxed out by Superconductor, a bonus from Raiden Shogun, and Zhongli Tenacity of the Millelith set) or Ganyu
Secondary DPS: Baal
Secondary DPS: Rosaria (Eola's battery)
Support: Zhongli (for shielding)

Another option:

Primary DPS: Tartaglia
Secondary DPS: Baal
Secondary DPS: Kaedehara Kazuha
Support: Bennett

Leveling Baal

How to improve skills

You have to collect certain materials in very large quantities. Below is a list of them.

Teachings, instructions and philosophies about the "Light" - are mined in dungeon "Violet Court" on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Old Handguard, Kageuchi Handguard and Famed Handguard - Dropped by opponents like Nobushi or created using alchemy.
Molten Moment - Dropped by Elite Boss La Signora.
Crown of Insight - Usually available from Event Stores. It is also issued for pumping a tree of permafrost.

How to level up a character

This will require a wide variety of materials. Their names and methods of obtaining are listed below.

First Ascension (Level 20) – 1 Vajrada Amethyst Sliver, 3 Cloud Grass Fruit, 3 Old Garda
Second Ascension (Level 40) – 3 Vajrad Amethyst Fragments, 2 Storm Pearls, 10 Cloudgrass Fruit, 15 Old Guards
Ascension 3 (Level 50) – 6 Vajrad Amethyst Fragments, 4 Storm Pearls, 20 Cloud Grass Fruit, 12 Kageuchi Guards
Fourth Ascension (Level 60) – 3 Vajrad Amethyst, 8 Storm Pearls, 30 Cloud Grass Fruit, 18 Kageuchi Guards
Fifth Ascension (Level 70) – 6 Vajrad Amethyst, 12 Storm Pearls, 45 Cloud Grass Fruit, 12 Illustrious Guards
Ascension 6 (Level 80) – 6 Vajrad Gemstones, 20 Storm Pearls, 60 Cloud Grass Fruit, 24 Illustrious Guards

Amethyst Vajrada can be obtained from Electro Hypostasis, Ancient Geovishap And Azhdahi. It can also be purchased at souvenir shop. Storm Beads drops from the boss Thunder Manifestation. Cloud Grass Fruit is a local curiosity of Inazuma, and we have indicated its location in separate guide.