| “ | Raijin is a four-legged heavy robot. A walking fortress, Raijin is a living mechanical incarnation of positional warfare and heavy armaments. Considerably outperforms any robot at long ranged exchange of fire. Upon activating the Bastion ability, Raijin elevates his tower, gaining strategic advantage as well as protection from his built in shields. While in this mode, Raijin is unable to move but is still able to turn around and fire
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Raijin (Heavy Robot)
The Raijin is a quadrupedal Robot characterized by its heavy armor, limited mobility, and two heavy weapon hardpoints. Its special ability, called Bastion, raises the Raijin's two shields (which resemble an Ecu) while elevating its main turret. This provides both protection and a better field-of-view to fire its weapons. Although the Raijin is unable to move while in bastion mode, it can still turn and shoot. Just like actual Écus, if enough damage is dealt to the shields they will eventually break, albeit one at a time. The shields also do not protect the Raijin from Splash Damage or sideway impacts of homing missiles such as Spirals and Hydras.
The Raijin is the most durable robot in the game with a maxed out health of 250,000 hp. At base level, it suffers from a rather slow speed of just 28 k/ph. Because of this, it is most common to see the Raijins with weapons like the Trebuchet or Zeus.Neither setups provide enough firepower to be particularly effective however. Although slow, the Bastion ability can allow the Raijin to temporarily halt Knife Fighters. However, due to its slow speed and large size it is very vulnerable to splash damage. As a ranged bot, the Raijin functions decently. However, it should be noted that neither of these roles are particularly useful in the meta. Generally, the Raijin is more useful for the enemy team than for your team.
Overall, the Raijin is a decent defense-oriented robot. However, due to its relative lack of speed and firepower, many pro-players favour Rhinos and Griffins in the upper tiers due to how much emphasis the game places on capturing beacons.
Trivia
- Raijin is Japanese for "thunder god".
- The Raijin, along with the Fūjin, was introduced on April 19th, 2016.
- Before the release of the Japanese robots, there was another quadrupedal robot planned for release called the Bastion. The Raijin is widely believed to be the replacement/spiritual successor of this robot, as it features similar abilities and designs, as well as having a special ability called Bastion Mode. This cancelled robot can still be seen in some trailers.
- The Raijin is one of five robots that has a built-in Écu-like shield, the others being the Rhino, Lancelot, Galahad and Gareth.
- The Raijin is one of two quadrupedal robots, the other being the Fūjin.
- It is possible for a Raijin to lose half a shield and keep the other half intact.
- In the 1.6.0 update the Raijin's base and max speed is increased.
- The Raijin does not suffer from landing lag, possibly due to being a quadrupedal robot,
- Due to it's four legs, the Raijin can hang off the side of ledges without falling off. This can be used to gain a better vantage point for sniping.
Upgrades
| Level | Cost | Health | Shield(x2) | Speed (mph) | Time | Total Time |
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| 1 | 15,000 WP | 127,000 | 77,000 | 28 | - | - |
| 2 | 23k Ag | 134,000 (?) | 81,000 | 29 | 6m 40s | 6m 40s |
| 3 | 45k Ag | 143,000 (?) | 86,000 | 30 | 1h 20m | 1h 26m 40s |
| 4 | 88k Ag | 152,000 (?) | 91,800 | 30 | 5h 20m | 6h 46m 40s |
| 5 | 170k Ag | 162,000 (?) | 97,000 | 31 | 13h 20m | 20h 6m 40s |
| 6 | 340k Ag | 173,000 | 103,000 | 31 | 1d 2h 40m | 1d 22h 46m 40s |
| 7 | 680k Ag | 183,000 (?) | 109,000 | 32 | 1d 19h 42m | 3d 18h 28m 40s |
| 8 | 1.3mil Ag | 195,000 (?) | 115,000 | 32 | 2d 13h 20m | 6d 7h 48m 40s |
| 9 | 2.7mil Ag | 207,000 (?) | 115,000 | 33 | 3d 4h | 9d 11h 48m 40s |
| 10 | 5.2mil Ag | 221,000 (?) | 122,000 | 33 | 3d 20h | 13d 7h 48m 40s |
| 11 | 10mil Ag | 235,000 (?) | 131,000 | 33 | 6d 2h | 19d 9h 48m 40s |
| 12 | 20mil Ag | 250,000 | 150,000 | 33 | 7d 5h 20m | 26d 15h 8m 40s |