Genshin Impact: Raiden Shogun Baal guide — Weapons, artifacts, and talents

Genshin Impact: The best weapon for Raiden Shogun (Baal)

Let’s discuss the best weapons in Genshin Impact for the Raiden Shogun.

Engulfing Lightning (energy recharge) – One of the clear-cut winners here among the best weapons for the Raiden Shogun is the Engulfing Lightning. It’s a new 5-star polearm in the “Epitome Invocation” wish that coincides with her banner, and, as such, it’s technically her featured weapon. The Engulfing Lightning increases ATK by 28% of the energy recharge stat that’s over 100% (up to a maximum of 80% bonus ATK). You’ll also gain 30% energy recharge for 12 seconds after using an elemental burst.

As mentioned earlier, the Raiden Shogun’s playstyle revolves around cycling the bursts of the entire party to empower her own. Since there are a few seconds when you’re damaging foes with the tachi blade (Musou Isshin state), the increased attack also helps.

Skyward Spine (energy recharge) – Notice a particular theme with the energy recharge sub-stat? The Skyward Spine is also another viable 5-star weapon for the Raiden Shogun. You’ll gain +12% crit rate and +12% normal attack speed. Likewise, your normal and charged attacks have a chance to trigger a vacuum blade, dealing 40% of your ATK stat as damage in a small AoE radius.

The Catch (energy recharge) – Another decent option for the Raiden Shogun is The Catch, a reward from fishing activities in Genshin Impact. It provides +16% elemental burst damage and +6% crit rate. Oh, and it’s also a free-to-play (F2P) item.

What about the Favonius Lance and Prototype Starglitter?

Although both of these Genshin Impact weapons have energy recharge as a sub-stat, I doubt that they’re too decent for the Raiden Shogun. The Favonius Lance helps when regenerating your burst due to elemental particles/orbs. Unfortunately, the burst itself has an 18-second cooldown. If we’re stacking energy recharge, you’ll probably have the resource needed for your burst even if the timer isn’t done yet.

As for the Prototype Starglitter, it has a +8% normal/charged attack damage increase after using an elemental skill. Sometimes, you might pop the Raiden Shogun’s elemental skill, only to immediately switch to a different character for their burst. It means you won’t make much use out of the proc. It might help, somewhat, but you’re better off with The Catch if you’re going with 4-star equipment.

Anyway, let’s go to the next part of our Genshin Impact Raiden Shogun guide to talk about the best artifacts that we can use.