Raiden Shogun, top 5 least interesting character in the game?

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A Genshin Impact hot take I’ve seen today is that Raiden is supposedly easily top 5 least interesting characters in the game. And I completely disagree with that. In my opinion, she is one of the more developed characters we’ve met, and the only flaws in her character is that (1) she has not taken any real accountability for the Vision Hunt Decree and its consequences, and (2) her lore is basically done; aside from her ties with Celestia and where she’ll lead Inazuma next, her story is over.

This is in contrast with the lore of other Archons we met so far. Zhongli has an entire game’s worth of lore that could be explored. Venti still has not gotten a second act for his story quest, and we know he has ties with Istaroth the God of Time. Nahida will still be very relevant later on with her ties to the Irminsul tree and the entire samsara shenanigans.

Raiden’s story, however, begins and ends with Inazuma. The only potential from her on is what other form her Eternity will now take place and how she would rebuild Inazuma from the husk of what it used to be before the Cataclysm.

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A hot take I've seen today is that Raiden is supposedly "easily top 5 least interesting characters in the game." And I completely disagree with that. In my opinion, she is one of the more developed characters we've met, and the only flaws in her character is that (1) she has not taken any real accountability for what she's done, and (2) her lore is basically done; aside from her ties with Celestia, her backstory is over, as opposed to…

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Francis Rubio Raiden Shogun, top 5 least interesting character in the game? A web designer, developer, and educator from the Philippines

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teacherbuknoy Francis Rubio

Zhongli who has an entire game's worth of lore before him, Venti who we still haven't gotten an Act 2 of Story Quest from, and Nahida who will still be much more relevant later on with her ties to the Irminsul tree.

Raiden's story begins and ends with Inazuma. The only potential from here on is what other form her Eternity will now take place and how she would rebuild Inazuma from the husk of what it used to be before the Cataclysm.

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@teacherbuknoy
I agree that her story is done. Her archon quest is my favorite so far and I was a bit disappointed that as it ended, I know that there is nothing more from her. An encounter with both the Cryo and Electro archon would be nice.

root@sms.cybik.moe cybik deifirev

@teacherbuknoy hot/realistic take: Raiden was overmarketed, to glorious results. The character is decent, nice even, but as you said, others are developed better.

Why I say overmarketed: her banner sales are nuts, *on reruns*. Her initial banner was VERY nuts. It *does* help that she was, and still is, a bit OP, but still. The marketing on her character was excellent.

teacherbuknoy Francis Rubio

@root oh this one I agree. Her reruns consistently outsell the previous ones. And her kit works well too, so that adds to the marketing.