Talk:Minamoto no Yorimitsu/@comment-2001:569:7CA6:2400:E12D:A993:52B4:5F26-20180206015154/@comment-182.232.99.149-20180212095717

I remember the time when I see people say they cant see a use for Raikou other than farming. Things change a lot since then.

Raikou has always been one of the best damage dealing servant even in single target scenario. Unfortunately she got berserker defense modifier and her 3rd skill aren't universal as well as people and their grandmothers only tell other people that they should pull Jalter if they want damage so we dont really have a discussion on DPS options other than the usual Jalter+Merlin talk.

I calculated Raikou's damage against Jalter's in multiple cases (with double Merlin backing them up):

1) Against single target, when she cant use her 3rd skill, Raikou would deal about 80% of Jalter single target damage with NPBB.

2) Against multiple targets, when she cant use her 3rd skill, Raikou would deal about 110% of Jalter damage with NPBB.

3) Against single target, when she can use her 3rd skill, Raikou would deal about 100-132% of Jalter single target damage with NPBB.

4) Against multiple targets, when she can use her 3rd skill, Raikou would deal about 147-197% of Jalter damage with NPBB.

If you play NA then hard quests with scenario 1 will come up alot which is probably why no one talk about Raikou since why would you want someone who deal less damage than Jalter while taking double damage. Also let's be honest, Raikou skillset is pretty much a nerfed Jalter kit.

However hard quests in the future will have lots of scenario 2 and 4 and this make Raikou shine a lot more often (and if Appmedia who always try to push Raikou down on the tier list actually put her higher than Jalter, I guess that's quite something).

Just a side note: Raikou is indeed one of the best farming/story clearing servant in the game due to her being AoE Zerk. She can generate up to 27 stars with only her NP and if she get 2 Arts card to crit with next turn she can get around 40% NP back at minimum which is very strong if you arent one of those people who would stick with 2 Merlin with 2 2030 all the time.