Raijin

Raijin
Summary
Title:	Master of Thunder
Pantheon:	Japanese
Type:	Ranged,Magical
Class:	Mage
Pros:	Pusher, High Mobility
Difficulty:	Average
Release date:	February 16, 2016
Favor:	5,500
Gems:	200
Voicelines:	Raijin voicelines
Voice actor:	Ray Hurd
Stats
Health:	385 (+80)
Mana:	255 (+43)
Speed:	355 (+0)
Range:	55 (+0)
Attack/Sec:	0.87 (+0.9%)
Basic Attack
Damage:	34 (+ 1.5); + 20% of Magical Power
Progression:	None
Protection
Physical:	9 (+3.1)
Magical:	23 (+1.3)
Regen
HP5:	6 (+0.45)
MP5:	4.6 (+0.46)
*Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level

← Ra Rama → ~ GODS LIST ~

"The drums beat thunder, and you beat the drums. Crash down a percussive storm."

Raijin is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore[]

Thunder is a terrifying element, trembling the very earth with its sound. Herald to storms, accomplice to lightning, thunder is primal, powerful and chaotic. Let this speak, then, of its master, the demon faced God, Raijin, who summons this force with the pounding of his great drums.

Ever in conflict with his equally fearsome brother, Fujin, Master of Wind, Raijin vies for control of the skies above the Realm of the Rising Sun. For mortals, their battles form dramatic storms and devastating tidal waves, but for the brothers, this is just friendly competition; an ongoing tournament to determine the strongest.

Though monstrous in appearance and intimidating in battle, Raijin is generous to his Faithful, clearing the detritus with lightning to leave rice fields all the more fertile. That doesn't stop parents from warning their children to hide when a storm comes, lest Raijin devour their bellies. Raijin no doubt finds this tale amusing but has yet to actually feast on any toddlers.

War has reached the distant shores of Raijin's island realm, and for the first time, he has encountered other Gods that claim dominion over lightning, thunder, and the sky itself. Relishing this opportunity to prove dominance, Raijin enters the fray, drums pounding, and his boisterous laugh indistinguishable from rolling thunder.

Abilities[]

Passive - Charged Tempo

	For every 5 abilities cast, Raijin reduces the cooldown of all abilities currently on cooldown (including the one just cast) by 1.5s. Additionally, Raijin's Basic Attacks have a wider radius (+2) and reduce his non-ultimate cooldowns by 0.2s.	Notes: Raijin's basic attacks have a radius of 4.5.
Ability Type: Buff





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1st Ability - Percussive Storm

	Raijin pounds his drums sending forth a peal of thunder in a line, then another, then two at once, each growing wider as it travels. The thunder deals Magical Damage to Enemies it hits.		Notes: Has a shot radius of 4.5 and projectile speed of 115. Can deal up to 120/180/240/300/360 (+120% of your Magical Power) damage.
Damage per Shot: 30/45/60/75/90 (+30% of your Magical Power)		Ability Type: Line, Damage
Range: 65		Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 mana
Cooldown: 10 seconds



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2nd Ability - Raiju

	Raijin marks a target enemy by dismissing his ally Raiju, who deals damage as hides in the enemy's navel. While asleep, Raiju slows and reveals the target to Raijin's team on the minimap. The next time Raijin hits the target, Raiju awakens and claws his way out, doubling the slow and damaging the target and 5 nearby enemies every .5s for 2.5s in his attempt to flee. Enemies hit by the bouncing Raiju take decreased damage.		Notes: The debuff reveals stealthed enemies. If multiple targets are in the targeter, it will target the one closest to the center of the ability. Deals a total of 120/180/240/300/360 (+90% of your Magical Power) damage and applies a 30% slow to the marked target when damaged.
Initial Damage: 20/30/40/50/60 (+15% of your Magical Power)		Damage per Tick: 20/30/40/50/60 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Bounce Damage per Tick: 14/21/28/53/42 (+10% of your Magical Power)		Mark Duration: 4s
Slow: 15%		Ability Type: Target, Slow, Damage
Range/Radius: 55/12.5		Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana
Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11 seconds

Ability Video

3rd Ability - Thunder Crash

	Raijin sends a bolt of lightning crashing down at his ground target location mesmerizing enemies, while Raijin himself ascends into the sky. Shortly thereafter he crashes down at that location, doing a burst of damage to all enemies in the area.		Notes: Has a mesmerize radius of 15. Raijin is briefly untargetable while in the sky. Raijin can move freely before teleporting to the selected location.
Thunder Damage: 60/75/90/105/120 (+50% of your Magical Power)		Mesmerize Duration: .3s
Ability Type: Circle, Mesmerize, Damage		Range/Radius: 60/25
Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana		Cooldown: 17/16.5/16/15.5/15 seconds



Ability Video

Ultimate - Taiko Drums

	Passive: Raijin gains increased Attack Speed. Active: Raijin flies above the battlefield, beating his drums 4 times to summon peals of thunder. With each hit, he has a choice of three beats: Beat one: 100% damage. Beat two: Taunt and 50% Damage Beat three: Fear and 50% Damage While in the air, Raijin suffers a 20% Movement Speed Slow.		Notes: Has a projectile speed of 100. Will end as soon as the 4 peals have been used or after 7s have passed, whatever comes first. Raijin is CC immune while using this ability. Beats with taunt/fear included deal 50/67.5/85/102.5/120 (+20% of your Magical Power) damage.
Damage per Hit: 100/135/170/205/240 (+40% of your Magical Power)		Taunt Duration per Hit: .5s
Fear Duration per Hit: .5s		Attack Speed: 5/10/15/20/25%
Ability Type: Line, Crowd Control, Damage		Radius: 100
Cost: 90 mana		Cooldown: 90 seconds


Ability Video

Videos[]

God Reveal[]

Achievements[]

	Drums In The Distance As Raijin hit an enemy at the max range in your Taiko Drums Ability.

	Go My Friend As Raijin do damage to three or more enemies with his minion Raiju.

Trivia[]

General[]

Raijin was the first god released in Season 3.
Raijin was the first mage in the Japanese Pantheon.
Raijin is the brother of Tsukuyomi, Susano, and Amaterasu.
Raijin's three fingers represent the past, present, and future.
One of Raijin's lines for placing wards, ▶️"I will look for you. I will find you. And I will kill you.", is a quote from the movie Taken.
Raijin's Defeat Screen animation is a reference to a scene from the movie Whiplash.
The actor who voiced Raijin, Ray Hurd, also voiced Flare Tech Hou Yi and The Mighty Storm Jormungandr.
Raijin is the only god with a dance emote who doesn't actually dance. He instead plays his drums.

God Skins[]

Devil Horns

Raijin's face paint in this skin is a reference to the Rock band Kiss.
When placing a ward, he says ▶️ "Illuminate them like a rainbow in the dark!". This is a reference to the song Rainbow in the Dark by Dio.
One of Raijin's Directed taunts towards Poseidon, ▶️ "What is you? Some kind of holy diver?" is a reference to the rock album Holy Diver by Dio.
His direct quote to Kukulkan is ▶️ "I rocked you like a hurricane!" is a reference to the song Rock You Like a Hurricane.
His direct taunt to Chiron ▶️ "I guess school is out!" could be a reference to the song School's Out by Alice Cooper.
When in killstreak, he says ▶️ "Mama, just killed a man!" , which is a reference to a lyric in the song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.
As his death line, he says ▶️ "Nothing else matters...". Nothing Else Matters is a song by Metallica.
The actor who voiced this skin, Ian Sinclair, also voiced Demonic Pact Anubis, Duke dan de Lyons Anhur, The King Bacchus, Druidstone Geb, Nature's Guardian Rama, Tyr, PrivaTyr Tyr and Sock PuppeTyr.
This skin shares its theme with Stingpunk Ah Muzen Cab, Vicious Apollo, Voodoo Rock Baron Samedi, Pop Punk Hel (Dark Stance), Portal Punk Janus, Mini Metal Jing Wei, World Tour Nemesis, Cherrybomb Sol and Heavy Metal Thor.

Jay Weinberg/Clown/Michael Pfaff

These skins are cross promotions between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Slipknot.inc to promote Slipknot.
The Michael Pfaff skin along with the Alessandro Venturella Chaac skin are the only Slipknot skins where the members reprise their roles.
These skins share their theme with Alessandro Venturella/Jim Root/Mick Thomson Chaac and Craig Jones/Sid Wilson/Corey Taylor Poseidon.

Drums Out

This skin was based on the classic arcade game Donkey Kong.

The name of the skin was based on the internet meme that came with the Killing of Harambe.

This is the first skin where Raijin does not beat drums in his ultimate. He instead tosses barrels.
This skin's voice pack is one of the few voice packs entirely made with grunts along with The Demogorgon Bakasura and Jurassic/Terror-Dactyl Camazotz.

Warchief

This skin is based on various depictions of orcs in media, seeming to most strongly draw inspiration from the book series Lord of the Rings and the video game franchise Warcraft, where 'warchief' is a recurring position of importance amongst orcs.
The actor who voiced this skin, Sean Chiplock, also voiced Candy Shop Achilles, Jackal Knight/House Jackal Anubis, Jurassic Slasher Cernunnos, Fabulous Chiron, Valhalla Vice/The Lion Heimdallr, Danny Phantom Janus, Worldwalker Janus and Vamana.
This skin shares its theme with Hou Ru Kai Hou Yi.

Bass Demon

There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, You can hear it here: Bass Demon Announcer pack.
His direct taunt to Apollo ▶️ "The classics aren't my thing, but your music makes for good samples!" is aimed at his Vicious skin.
This skin shares its theme with Divine Beats Amaterasu, DJ Ohm Ganesha, Techno Basher Hou Yi, BA5S Drop Janus, Basscannon Neith, Electric Dream Nox, Ravin' Ravana, Electro Dancer Shiva and Heaven's Rave Zeus.

Being part of this set of skins means he has a [VXG] comand that will play along with other skins of the same set.

Plushie

This skin shares its theme with Plushie Cernunnos, Plushie Ganesha, Plushie Jormungandr, Plushie Khepri, Child's Play Scylla, Lil Bites Sobek and Plushie Tiamat.

Skins[]

Default
	Release Date	February 16, 2016
	Type	Standard
	Cost	Free
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Nimbus
	Release Date	February 16, 2016
	Type	Standard
	Cost	100 or 9500
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Thunder's Roar
	Release Date	March 15, 2016
	Type	Standard
	Cost	250 or 25000
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Devil Horns
	Release Date	March 1, 2016
	Type	Standard
	Cost	400
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Devil Horns Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Jay Weinberg
	Release Date	May 17, 2022
	Type	Crossover
	Cost	1500 (Slipknot Event)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Jay Weinberg Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests. This skin was part of the Slipknot Event.

Clown
	Release Date	May 17, 2022
	Type	Crossover
	Cost	1500 (Slipknot Event)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Clown Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests. This skin was part of the Slipknot Event.

Michael Pfaff
	Release Date	May 17, 2022
	Type	Crossover
	Cost	1500 (Slipknot Event)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Michael Pfaff Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests. This skin was part of the Slipknot Event.

Drums Out
	Release Date	January 10, 2017
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	200 (Mystic Arco Chest)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Drums Out Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Warchief
	Release Date	October 10, 2017
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	500
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Warchief Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Odyssey 2018 event. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Bass Demon
	Release Date	July 14, 2020
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	200000 (Esports & Live Streams)
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Bass Demon Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin could only be obtained after gaining enough Viewer Points in the Esports & Live Streams Viewer Store.

Plushie
	Release Date	January 11, 2022
	Type	Exclusive
	Cost	600
	Requirements
	Voicelines	Plushie Raijin voicelines
	In Game Model

Extra Information
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. This skin was part of the Yulefest event. This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Golden
	Release Date	May 10, 2016
	Type	Standard
	Cost	200 or 9500
	Requirements	God Rank 1
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Legendary
	Release Date	May 10, 2016
	Type	Standard
	Cost	300 or 12500
	Requirements	God Rank 5
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Diamond
	Release Date	May 10, 2016
	Type	Standard
	Cost	400 or 15000
	Requirements	God Rank 10
	Voicelines	[[]]
	In Game Model

Extra Information

Changelog[]

SMITE Version 11.9.8127 (September 3, 2024)

Percussive Storm

Decreased Cooldown from 12s to 10s

Taiko Drums

Increased Beat Two Damage from 30% to 50%
Increased Beat Three Damage from 30% to 50%
Decreased Cooldown from 100s to 90s

SMITE Version 10.13.7832.2 (December 12, 2023)

Percussive Storm

Decreased Base Damage from 35/50/65/80/95 to 30/45/60/75/90

SMITE Version 10.12.7798.1 (November 14, 2023)

Charged Tempo

Decreased Cooldown Reduction from 2s to 1.5s

Percussive Storm

Increased Cooldown from 10s to 12s

Thunder Crash

Increased Cooldown from 15s to 17/16.5/16/15.5/15s

SMITE Version 10.10.7739.5 (September 26, 2023)

Raiju

Decreased base damage from 40/45/50/55/60 to 20/30/40/50/60
Increased Cooldown from 14/13/12/11/10s to 15/14/13/12/11s

SMITE Version 10.9.7702.2 (August 29, 2023)

Charged Tempo

Every basic attack on enemies reduces Raijins non-ultimate cooldowns by 0.2s

Raiju

Added 40/45/50/55/60 (+15% of your Magical Power) initial hit damage on landing Raiju

Thunder Crash

Reduced Prefire and Setup times from 0.2s to 0.1s

Taiko Drums

Raijin now gains 5/10/15/20/25% Attack Speed per rank of this ability

SMITE Version 10.7.7633 (July 11, 2023)

Percussive Storm

Increased Magical Power Scaling from 25% to 30% per hit

SMITE Version 10.6.7598.5 (June 13, 2023)

Raiju

Increased Damage per tick on the target that was initially marked with Raiju from 15/25/35/45/55 (+13% of your Magical Power) to 20/30/40/50/60 (+13% to 15% of your Magical Power)

This only affects the enemy marked and not the bounced targets

SMITE Version 9.8.7220.3 (August 23, 2022)

Percussive Storm

Increased Base Damage from 30/45/60/75/90 to 35/50/65/80/95 per shot
(from 120/180/240/300/360 to 140/200/260/320/380 for all 4 hits)

SMITE Version 8.10.6841.2 (October 19, 2021)

Taiko Drums

Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 50% per shot to 40% (200% total on full damage options to 160%)

SMITE Version 8.9.6801.11 (October 5, 2021)

Thunder Crash

no longer does damage on the “lightning” smaller AoE before he teleports
Increased Damage on Thunder AoE – from 40/50/60/70/80 (+30% of your Magical Power) to 60/75/90/105/120 (+50% of your Magical Power)

Base added together, scaling cut by 10%

SMITE Version 8.8.6750.10 (August 24, 2021)

Raiju

Decreased Bounce Tick Damage from 14/23/32/41/50 to 14/21/28/35/42

SMITE Version 8.6.6618.8 (June 29, 2021)

Percussive Storm

Increased cooldown from 9s to 10s

Raiju

Decreased Mark Duration from 4/4.5/5/5.5/6s to 4s at all ranks

SMITE Version 8.1.6381.5 (January 26, 2021)

Percussive Storm

Decreased cooldown from 10s to 9s.

Raiju

Decreased cooldown from 16/15/14/13/12s to 14/13/12/11/10s.

Thunder Crash

Increased scaling on lightning and thunder damage from 20% to 30%. (40 -> 60% total)

SMITE Version 7.7.6121.6 (July 28, 2020)

Percussive Storm

Decreased Magical Scaling per hit from 30% to 25%.

SMITE Version 7.5.6039.3 (June 2, 2020)

Taiko Drums

Decreased Base Damage per shot from 120/150/180/210/240 to 100/135/170/205/240.

SMITE Version 7.2.5895.5 (February 25, 2020)

Percussive Storm

Increased Damage from 25/40/55/70/85 to 30/45/60/75/90 per shot.

SMITE Version 6.11.5701.1 (October 15, 2019)

Raiju

Increased Raiju's Base Bounce Damage Tick from 9/15/21/27/33 to 14/23/32/41/50.
Increased Raiju's Bounce Damage Tick scaling from 8% to 10%.

SMITE Version 5.1.4571.1 (January 30, 2018)

General

Now all mages have magic prot scalings of .9 per level.

Percussive Storm

Reduced Base Damage from 30/45/60/75/90 to 25/40/55/70/85 per shot. (120/180/240/300/360 to 100/160/220/280/340 total).

Raiju

Reduced damage to targets beyond the first to from 15/25/35/45/55 +13% scaling to 9/15/21/27/33 + 8% scaling per tick.

Taiko Drums

Increased Cooldown from 90s to 100s.

SMITE Version 4.20.4385 (October 24, 2017)

General

Fixed an issue where Raijin's Warchief Skin's FX did not properly convey his Basic Attack size.

Percussive Storm

Reduced Radius of Projectiles from 6 units to 4.5 units.
Updated the targeter visual FX to better convey the overlapping area for the projectiles on the double shot.

Raiju

Players hit by Raiju will now have the hit visual FX travel to their god more quickly.
Fixed an issue where the ground hit visual FX would not display when a target was successfully hit.
Fixed an issue where all targets inside Raiju's targeter would be highlighted, rather than just the target closest to the center.

SMITE Version 4.19.4362 (October 10, 2017)

Percussive Storm

Percussive Storm projectiles now have a radius of 6 units at all times, increased from 4.5 at maximum range. They no longer scale in size.
Decreased Base Damage from 35/50/65/80/95 to 30/45/60/75/90.

Raiju

Increased projectile speed by ~20%.

Thunder Crash

Players will now be able to move during the warm up of Thunder Crash.

Taiko Drums

Added additional support to limit the times players can become stuck, unable to cast any shots of Taiko Drums.

SMITE Version 4.18.4332 (September 26, 2017)

General

Added description to his Passive to describe the larger than normal size of his Basic Attack hitbox.

SMITE Version 4.16.4283 (August 29, 2017)

Raiju

Fixed an issue where early ranks of this ability were not slowing enemies properly.

SMITE Version 4.15.4255 (August 16, 2017)

Charged Tempo

Fixed an issue where the last ability cast would not receive the Cooldown Reduction.

SMITE Version 4.14.4227 (August 1, 2017)

Charged Tempo

Increased Cooldown Reduction from 1s → 2s.

Percussive Storm

Percussive Storm now pierces enemy gods.

Taiko Drums

Decreased self Slow from ~~40%~~ → 20%.

SMITE Version 4.13.4202 (July 18, 2017)

New Passive - Charged Tempo

For every 5 abilities cast, Raijin reduces the cooldown of all abilities currently on cooldown (including the one just cast) by 1s.

Percussive Storm

Adjusted first two shots to now travel down the center of the Targeter.
Adjusted the last two shots to be closer to the center of the Targeter.
Increased Shot Radius from 3 → 4.5.
Increased Range from 65 → 70.
Increased Damage for from ~~25/40/55/70/85~~ → 35/50/65/80/95 per Shot.
Decreased Scaling from ~~30%~~ → 25% per Shot.
Decreased Cost from ~~80/85/90/95/100~~ → 50/55/60/65/70.

Raiju

Now deals its Damage over time.
Increased Damage from a flat ~~60/100/140/180/220~~ → 15/25/35/45/55 every .5s for 2.5s.
Reduced Scaling from a flat ~~70%~~ → 13% every .5s for 2.5s (total of 65%).
Now applies a 15% Slow to marked targets.
When Raiju is triggered the Slow and Damage are spread to nearby allies. The Slow is increased by 15% on the marked target for a 30% Slow.
Decreased Cost from ~~70/75/80/85/90~~ → 60/65/70/75/80.
Decreased Cooldown from ~~18s at all ranks~~ → 16/15/14/13/12.

Thunder Crash

Is now targetable until he fades away to his new location.

Taiko Drums

Improved sounds and visuals to better distinguish which drum is being fired.
Projectile speed reduced from ~~120/s~~ → 100/s.
Increased Fire Duration from ~~4.5s~~ → 7s.
Reduced the Damage on Beat Two (Taunt) and Three (Fear) from ~~50%~~ → 30%.

SMITE Version 4.6.4008.1 (April 12, 2017)

General

Fixed an issue where Raijin's passive would not be correctly consumed by Raiju.

SMITE Version 3.18.3651 (September 27, 2016)

Raiju

Reduced Damage from ~~80/125/170/215/260~~ → 60/100/140/180/220.

Thunder Crash

Reducing scaling on Thunder damage from ~~40%~~ → 20%.

SMITE Version 3.12.3494 (July 6, 2016)

General

Increased base Magical Protection from 25 → 30.
Removed Magical Protection scaling.

SMITE Version 3.10.3438 (June 7, 2016)

Thunder Crash

Lightning Damage reduced from ~~20/30/40/50/60~~ → 20/25/30/35/40.
Thunder Damage reduced from ~~40/60/80/100/120~~ → 40/50/60/70/80.

SMITE Version 3.9.3416 (June 1, 2016)

Taiko Drums

Fixed an issue where some circumstances caused Raijin's ultimate to deal an incorrect amount of damage.

SMITE Version 3.8.3391.2 (May 10, 2016)

Percussive Storm

Increased projectile speed from ~~100~~ → 115.
Fixed an issue where this ability would not stop upon being silenced.

Thunder Crash

Removed Raijin's collision during his pre-fire. (while invisible)
Raijin will no longer be able to be stunned/silenced/etc. once he has become invisible.

Taiko Drums

Time in air increased from 3s → 4.5s.
Reduce movement penalty from ~~75%~~ → 40%.

SMITE Version 3.4.3299 (March 15, 2016)

Percussive Storm

Fixed Raijin applying 2 procs of Soul Reaver with this ability under special conditions.

SMITE Version 3.2.3246 (February 16, 2016)

Raijin has been added to the game.

Pre-release

Raiju

Increased maximum number of targets from 4 to 5.

Replaced abilities[]

Passive - Static Crescendo

	Raijin's drums gather static charges as he fires Basic Attacks and Abilities. When all four drums are charged, his next Ability does additional damage. Basic Attacks grant one Charge.		Notes: Basic attacks and abilities do not need to hit a target to charge the drums. "Basic Attack Power" refers to the damage dealt with basic attacks.
Damage: +100% of your Basic Attack Power		Ability Type: Buff





Ability Video