#i have a c3 raiden and her weapon <3

[elysiumarchieve]

Ohh! I have a request, but you may skip if you'd like!

But- what if the reader meets Raiden while going through a commission in Inazuma? (like she was strolling around the city) They're curious to know about his past so they ask questions (they only met Scara while he was still a harbinger) but Scara finds the reader and his mother getting along.

How about he react? 👀👀

Sorry it's so long! ❀

dw that's not long! and i really like the idea actually omg

meeting the raiden shogun by accident

warnings: mentions of scaramouche's past, mentions of ei's past, this is somewhat angsty??, scaramouche being scaramouche, 3.2 archon quest spoiler, traveler is a giant snitch

✧ scaramouche was already upset that he had to help with those stupid commissions

✧ not only was that absolutely below him, he didn't know why exactly he should help random people who could do most of their shit on their own and not ask the adventurer's guild for her help due to their incompetence (in fact, he was now forbidden to do any commissions involving people after he threatened to beat up that one author from the yae publishing house for wasting his time)

✧ thankfully, you were also there (as you also did most of the speaking, too), in the middle of inazuma city helping out ogura mio to find new patterns for her kimono designs, something that you decided would be a good choice to also let scaramouche help

✧ you still got baffled at how quickly he could put a nearly flawless facade, turning from that grumpy and snarky idiot to a well mannered gentleman in seconds when you approached ogura mio, who had already been waving at you

✧ helping her was fairly easy, with you handing her some of the cor lapis you had gathered just days ago that you didn't need (or rather, to prevent a certain handsome wansheng funeral parlor employee from finding you and explaining in detail at how hard it was to gather cor lapis properly)

✧ it was only when people erupted into gasps around you that you and scaramouche glanced over to the bridge leading to tenshukaku that your jaw almost dropped immediately - wasn't that the raiden shogun herself? in town?!

✧ you had seen her just once before, but that was when the traveler had been around as well. much to your surprise at that time, they even appeared to get along well with each other, what eventually lead to you also being greeted by the shogun personally

✧ from her sheer appearance, their similarities were almost uncanny - the hair color, their eyes,,, it was amazing how much he resembled her in terms of appearance

✧ back then, you already had many questions but didn't dare to ask them. you were well aware of how scaramouche was 'created' and that the shogun before you was just another puppet and not the actual shogun herself - but the way she talked was so different from how the shogun puppet spoke that it convinced you that she had also taken note of you

✧ in fact, when her purple eyes landed on you, your entire body shut down. was she deliberately looking for you?! why is she walking towards you??

✧ when you tried to nudge scaramouche's side you feel nothing and you almost panic. did he actually just ditch you the moment he sees his mother?! is he actually for real?! your head snaps around almost furiously trying to find out where your lover had gone within the blink of an eye

✧ ogura mio almost panics as much as you when the shogun halts before you, a hand on her chest as she greets you in a soft tone, causing you to meekly greet her back

✧ scaramouche didn't see this, already far away from where his creator and you were. he did not want to see her nor did he want to hold a conversation with her - he even doubted the possibility of the shogun even remembering him so why should he stay?

✧ he frowned at the thought. there was nothing he could talk about with her and he believed that she wouldn't want to talk to him either, considering she just abandoned him without giving him the possibility to just,, stay by her side

✧ she didn't even have the heart to kill him and free him from a life with no purpose, so what should he talk about with her? he'd probably only get angry at her either way, or atleast that's how he reasons his sudden disappearance when he already finds himself in the middle of nowhere

✧ you, on the other hand, were having a nice conversation with the shogun, or rather as she wanted to be called, ei, in the middle of tenshukaku. if you had any idea your day would've turned out like this, you might have changed your clothing to wear something formal

✧ ei had immediately noticed the person dressed in blue who disappeared the moment she laid eyes upon you behind a house, but she didn't mean to impose nor assume who it was - she might've even partially be aware of who it was guessing from how nervous you were at her appearance

✧ after what happened in sumeru, it was the traveler who came to tenshukaku and told her everything that had happened - about her puppet trying to become god, about how they defeated him and how he even received a vision while staying with the dendro archon

✧ of course, the traveler didn't leave you out and it almost shocked ei that she had met you before - just like you had many questions, so did she have a few things she wanted to talk about with you about kunikuzushi

✧ now that her views had changed as well, on her people and on the eternity she seeks, hearing that you and presumably him were in inazuma city, she didn't waste any time to try and have a conversation with you two so she could see the way he might've changed too (considering that he went absolute hamshit in sumeru, she was interested in what might've caused all of this)

✧ while you felt (obviously) intimated by the shogun, she immediately asked you to not talk to her as the shogun, but to her as ei, as a friend (which actually scared you even more)

✧ "how has he been? i heard that he was in a coma before you two set out."

✧ you tell her that he was,,, pretty okay but that he was still the same old scaramouche you knew. at that you can see her eyes soften - she didn't even know what he was like nor did she ever try to see for herself (she blamed her past self for being too self absorbed in her own grief and failed to ever get to know him)

✧ when you finally dare to ask why she created him in the first place, ei merely sighed. she knew that question would come and it was also natural for you to wonder about this if you were his lover

✧ so she tells you solemnly, about her sister makoto and her demise, about her grief and her desire to protect inazuma from the same fate that had befallen khaeri'ah by keeping everything the same - up to the point to which she was so scared of becoming her own enemy that she created puppets to rule in her stead, something in which she alread failed kunikuzushi the first time

✧ you are certain that the things she's telling you are not meant for your ears actually, telling you all about how she planned to store the gnosis in the puppets and that she was going to meditate endlessly inside her plane of euthymia to prevent herself from eroding (a concept that you, as a mortal, had only heard about in old forgotten tales)

✧ the conversation, though grim and rather depressing, brought to you new inside on how his creator acted and thought about him - and it almost made you even sadder that scaramouche had left the moment she appeared because this is actually a conversation these two should have with each other, not his 'mother' and you

✧ even though he wrecked havoc across sumeru, she tells you that she would never act out against him. she wanted him to live his own life and make his own experiences, set him free from the duty she did not want him to bear (and besides, she also made her fair share of mistakes that she felt terrible about)

✧ when you glance outside and see that the sun is setting, you almost panic that he might get mad at you for having been with the shogun for so long - although you feel like yo should rather get mad at him for running off like that)

✧ ei takes notice of your sudden worry and she just smiles. considering that he had ran away before she actually had a chance to talk him herself, he must probably already been waiting for you to come back

✧ you can tell that ei really wants to see him atleast once, but you tell her that the next time you two happen to be in inazuma city, you'd bring him with you so they can finally have the heart to heart talk they should've held already a long time ago - she thanks you (which made you incredibly nervous) and tells you that she'd come with you to take you back to inazuma city

✧ and in fact, he was in the middle of inazuma city and almost fuming over the fact that, according to ogura mio, the shogun herself invited you to take a walk through inazuma city before both of you just headed back to tenshukaku

✧ sitting on top of a random roof, he waits for any sign of you, until he finally catches a glimpse of you and,,, her

✧ his first instinct was to leave again, but then he sees the two of you and something in his chest hurts - he can see you smiling and giggling and even the shogun seems to be,, in an incredibly good mood herself

✧ no, he did not yearn to be part of this. he doesn't even want to be near her nor talk to the person who betrayed him right after his creation, but seeing you teo get along so well really pains him

✧ scaramouche sees the shogun handing you something and his hand subconsciously clutches onto the golden feather dangling from his vision - she was giving you the exact same one and placing it gently into your palm with a smile

✧ he wonders for a short time, did she hand him that feather the same way or did she leave it with him when he was already asleep? he couldn't remember it, but he remembers very strongly about what so many people had once said about it

✧ when you finally depart from her, he waits until the raiden shogun is far away enough from him before appearing sround the corner, almost scaring you as you had been too focused on your new accessory in your hand

✧ his arms are crossed and he asks you with a deadpan stare if you were having fun - when you answer yes, he's almost irked at how happy you appear (but he's also glad that everything went well)

✧ you notice rather quickly how he focuses on the golden feather in your hands and you grin, proudly declaring that the shogun gave you the same feather as him and you jokingly say she did it so you could have matching accessories - and he just stares at it with a look you cannot quite pin down (it's like he's trying to figure out whether or not she actually said that)

✧ "i think, next time we're here you should talk to her"

✧ at your suggestion he huffs. why should he do that? there is nothing that needs to be discussed between the two of them anymore

✧ "oh, and, she said she's very proud of you. she's glad you found your own way."

✧ he almost thought he didn't hear you correctly so he just stares at you wide eyed, but he catches himself and immediately turns away from you, an unreadable expression on his face

✧ "it's not like she contributed to any of it."

✧ you laugh at his stubbornness when he simply walks away, his hat pulled down into his face as you follow him with a big smile

✧ "this gold ornament is a proof of identity granted by the almighty shogun, a symbol of my, ei's, gratitude. thank you for keeping him safe. he should be proud about his growth."

[genshinnash]

SHENHE BUILD

Hello everyone! Been a while! Today I will be showcasing how to build Shenhe! Shenhe is my very first limited 5 star character if you didn't know.

Shenhe is a support character who can increase all allies Cryo Dmg through her Skill, and decrease Cryo and Physcial Res through her burst.

RECOMMENDED WEAPONS:

Calamity Queller

Engulfing Lightning

Skyward Spine

Vortex Vanquisher(requires a shielder for this)

Wavebreaker's Fin

Favonius Lance

Lithic Spear

The Catch(obtained from fishing in Inazuma)

Missive Windspear( obtained through Windblume event)

RECOMMENDED ARTIFACTS:

2 piece Gladiator and 2 piece Shimenawa's Reminiscence

4 piece Noblesse Oblige

BEST TEAMS WITH SHENHE:

Ayaka(or Ganyu), Kazuha, Shenhe, Kokomi

Eula, Raiden Shogun, Shenhe, Zhongli

Chongyun, Xingqiu, Shenhe, Sucrose (for F2P)

TALENT ORDER:

Elemental Skill

Elemental Burst

Normal Attack

CONSTELLATIONS:

C1 - Elemental Skill can be used one more time

C2 - Burst will last for 6 seconds longer. Anyone inside the burst's field will increase their CRYO CRIT DMG by 15%

C3 - Increases Elemental Skill level by 3. Maximum upgrade is level 15.

C4 - When characters are under the Icy Quill effect(from Elemental Skill), Shenhe will gain the Skyfrost Mantra stack:

Skyfrost Mantra Stack: When Shenhe uses her Skill, she will consume all stacks of Skyfrost Mantra, increasing the dmg of that Elemental Skill by 5% for each stack consumed. Max of 50 stacks. Stacks last for a minute.

C5 - Increases Elemental Burst level n=by 3. Maximum upgrade is level 15.

C6 - When characters trigger Icy Quill Effect using Normal and Charged Attacks, it does not count toward the trigger Quota.

Here is my Shenhe Build(it's a dps since I don't have any good Cryo dps):

Hope you all had fun learning about Shenhe's builds. Have a nice day eveyone!

[lodish]

if you dont have c2 raiden, go for her, if you have c2 raiden u dont really need c3 that much so go for furina bc shes an insane buffer (and since youve been playing since launch you probably have festering desire wich is her bis f2p weapon)

i have c3 raiden! also this is my side account that i created in 1.3 so i do not have festering desire. but thanks for ur input :3

[blackboxfaxes]

Battle Report: House Kurita's Naginata Battalion vs. Word of Blake 38th Shadow Division. New Exford Campaign, 3062

This battle is part of the ongoing New Exford Campaign

The two forces were Kote Lance, from Naginata Battalion, and half of the Word of Blake Alpha Level II. Both forces consisted of custom units.

Naginata Battalion's Kote Lance consisted of Chu-i Raine Selene's Marauder, Casey Uzuka's Black Knight, Heather Anderson-Ishikawa's Blackjack Omni-C, and Kimiko Small's Blitzkrieg, as well as a squad of Raiden battle armor riding the Blackjack. All four mechs were customized, heavily in the case of the Marauder and Black Knight, and the lance was tied in to a C3 Network.

The Word of Blake Alpha Level II consisted of a Highlander, an Awesome, and a Crab, all three of which were customs, notably featuring a Gauss rifle on each assault mech, a Clan ER Large Laser on the Highlander, and each mech both having a C3i computer and an ECM Suite.

The battlefield was this map, frosted hills in wooded highlands.

The first two turns ran on maneuvers, but when the Highlander moved up onto a level 3 hill, Kimiko was able to run up directly in front of it with her Blitzkrieg, blasting it with an Ultra AC20. The rest of the lance contributed with long range fire, and this barrage dealt enough damage to detonate the Highlander's gauss rifle and crit its LRM-20, leaving it with only a Clan ER Large laser to contribute to the battle.

Next turn, I ran Kimiko behind the Highlander(which had been knocked over and stood back up) and I said, OUT LOUD, "I need a 5, it'll be embarassing if I miss" and rolled a 3. Kimiko's Blitzkrieg was promptly disabled by a gauss rifle and PPC shot from the Awesome which both punched into her left torso, disabling the mech by destroying the XL engine.

The Highlander did end up losing its last weapon and being put into forced withdrawal the turn afterward, thanks to some good PPC shots from Raine in the Marauder.

Heather delivered the squad of IS Standards off her Blackjack Omni, and they started ominously hopping towards the Awesome, while my remaining mechs focused on the Crab. Casey in her Black Knight chopped off the Crab's arm, but then ended up losing her leg. She kept firing while prone until she lost another arm, at which point she was mission killed and climbed out of her mech.

Heather in her Blackjack ended up delivering the final blow on the heavily damaged Crab, pumping a pair of cluster shells from her LBX-AC10s into it and shredding both its engine and gryo. Meanwhile, her battle armor squad was heading to the Awesome.

The Awesome pilot, apparently dismissing the threat posed by mere battle armor, didn't fire on the IS Standards, focusing on the Blackjack that was pouring cannon shells into him, and the Standards successfully swarmed the Awesome. While having to dodge friendly fire from Heather's Blackjack and Raine's Marauder, the Standards broke out their space katanas and carved off the Awesome's arm, then tore into its torso armor, opening a hole that Heather was able to exploit with a pair of cluster shells that scored two engine crits on the Awesome, pushing it into forced withdrawal and ending the match in a Kuritan victory.

One Kuritan Standard trooper was killed by friendly fire from Raine's PPC while swarming the awesome, which meant they were obviously a traitor to the Dragon.

And that's the Kurita vs Word of Blake match. Will report on my match against the Nova Cats after it happens in a few days.

[lwieserce]

not gonna lie i think i’m gonna drop raiden/eula at some point once i get more low spender friendly dpses💀

[genshinconfessions]

Hey, hope you are all doing well! Honestly, can I ask for some advice coz I have 0 clue what I’m doing on this game lol? I’m struggling with figuring out a team, I have: Xiangling, Kaeya (C1), Qiqi, Raiden, Fischl, Traveller, Sucrose (C2), Amber, Ningguang, Noelle (C1), Barbara (C3), Sara and Lisa? Sorry to ask this of you, none of my friends play Genshin and my IQ is currently in the minuses. Have a good day!

hihi thank you, we are doing well and hope you are as well!! and ofc we can help you!

but first, a disclaimer: everything that we suggest will be from our personal experiences. you may or may not find it helpful, but it's just what we suggest based of how we personally play.

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okay, well you have a great selection to start off with! these are all very powerful characters and i personally think that any four of them would work together LOL.

that being said, i prefer elemental damage and sword characters, so here are some teams that i see working very well:

1. xiangling, raiden, sucrose, qiqi

this is a great team because you have melt, overloaded, superconduct, and swirl all in one team!

xiangling is one of the best f2p pyro characters out there and built right, pyronado (her burst) is AMAZING. ppl shit on qiqi a lot but she's not a bad healer and she also procs constant cryo with her burst (her range might be shorter tho).

mihoyo has buffed swirl reactions so as long as you pile EM on sucrose, she'll do hella damage. and of course, raiden is an EXCELLENT support! she procs constant electro and personally i think that's super strong.

2. ning/noelle, lisa, xiangling, kaeya

personally, i don't use either ning or noelle, but since you don't have a healer in this team, it'd be best to have a shield proccer. this team has overload, superconduct, and melt, and (if you use noelle) they're all basic free characters!

3. xiangling, raiden, barbara, kaeya

i use freeze a lot. i also use elemental reactions a lot. with this team, you have overloaded, vaporize, melt, electrocharge, superconduct, AND freeze! that's a lot of options!

the only drawback is that barbara procs 'wet' on herself. so elemental reactions by enemies (like pyro arrows from hilichurls) WILL damage her, and if you're up against cryo hilichurl shooters in the rain, she'll freeze.

because of that, you can always switch out one of the other three for a shield character (preferably ning since she does constant geo dmg, meaning you can proc shields at any time).

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these are just a few teams that i personally think could work well. as i've said (and you can probably tell by now), i really like my elemental reactions, and i mostly play characters who are fast at attacking (aka swords and polearms).

there are, however, 13*12*11*10 = 17160 possible teams! in addition, team comps can depend on how levelled your characters' talents are, what artifacts you have, what weapons you put on them, etc. we don't know that, and there are SO many things that change according to circumstance.

in the end, it's all up to you. to be totally honest with you, i rarely ever look at character build guides on the internet (mostly because most of them assume i have time to grind for artifacts and/or i pay for gacha and resin). i just sort of figure it out by generally consulting the guides, seeing what i have in my inventory, and figuring out how i like to attack.

i hope this will have helped you a little bit, and feel free to tell us your decision later!

- katheryne from liyue

katheryne pointed out some rlly good team comps but my first thought was kaeya, raiden, sucrose, barbara (similar to katheryne's 3rd option). kaeya as main dps, raiden as sub dps/support, sucrose as support (swirl), and barbara as healer/hydro applicator. this is also very similar to a team i frequently use hehe (i use ayaka rather than kaeya)

-karfield

[hqrbinger]

Raiden & Sara are very scary combo….

I just “accident” hit 20k damage for the first in a domain w/Raiden when I’m trying get some mats for Raiden & Sara’s talents

Granted, my team was Yanfei, Bennett-C5 , Raiden, Sara , but I don’t think Bennett’s Burst was even active on the stage.

And Raiden was only lvl60 and Sara is lvl 49

No high lvl weapons nor talents (I lack so many mats it’s ridiculous omg)

It might be bc I have high Constellation for the two? 🤔

-Shima

SHEEEEEEESH CONGRATS !!! they are.... SO SCARY.... omg if u have sara c6 WHICH IS LITERALLY INSANE (if u give her atk bonus to an electro character, it increases their electro dmg crit dmg by 60%) and then use raidens burst.... sheesh im sure u will also hit some crazy numbers with that too

hmmm, did you have c2 or c3 raiden? her c3 increases her burst lvl

but anyhow WE LOVE TO SEE THE BIG NUMBERS !!!! (also i can always help u grind for mats if u need <3)