The Raider can deal big damage with heavy weapons, but his slow speed makes him difficult to use in the fast-paced multiplayer game

Elden Ring Nightreign Raider Class Guide

The Raider can deal big damage with heavy weapons, but his slow speed makes him difficult to use in the fast-paced multiplayer game

How the Raider Class works in Elden Ring Nightreign

The Raider excels with heavy weapons, but swings them real slow.

The Raider is all about Strength, which is really the only attribute he has going for him. That makes two-handed weapons, although you will want to dual wield them, his primary go-to, which can make using him a bit difficult. Nightreign moves quickly, and the Raider moves slowly, with slow weapon swings. He also is lacking in Stamina, limiting the frequency of his attacks, making it even slower to deal damage as the Raider. With attentive teammates and at least one other melee attacker, the Raider works well.

The Raider has some relatively strong abilities, which we have detailed below:

Passive Ability: Fighter's Resolve

Taking enough damage increases the output of the Raider's character skill. The boost makes it so you cannot be knocked down while using it and increases the damage output. You can tell when this kicks by the audio cue or the white haze that appears coming off the Raider.

Character Skill: Retaliate

Using this causes the Raider to assume a powerful stance and start throwing punches. When used with the passive charge, it does low damage and little stagger, but that damage and stagger is massively increased with the passive active.

Ultimate Art: Totem Stela

The Raider drives his knife into the ground, causing a giant tombstone to appear underneath. This can be used in a couple ways. This will do damage and knock over enemies it's used under, it can be used as an obstruction in the battlefield, and you can use it to raise up a downed teammate, for a slightly easier spot to revive them.

The Raider has high damage capabilities, but you will need to be mindful of your Stamina and slow attacks.

Best relics for Raider

The Raider serves as a heavy hitter, but slow movement makes him bad as a tank.

With the random nature of Relic drops, it's difficult to recommend an exact item to use, but here are the Relic types that often drop great stats for the Raider. The Raider's default Urn includes one red and two green slots, while the Raider's Goblet, obtained at the Small Jar Bazaar, contains a Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Polished Burning Scene

This relic can be seen dropping with boosts to Strength and specific armaments. In particular, there is one boost for HP Restoration upon using Axe Attacks, which can make it easier to sustain yourself as the Raider.

Grand Drizzly Scene

The Grand Drizzly Scene can also drop with increased Strength stats, and increased Ultimate Art Gauge, which allows you to use the Totem Stela more frequently, and this can be especially useful in tough boss fights where you would want a place to stand safely away from combat.

The best Raider stats to look for are Strength, increased Stamina and Stamina recovery, and any boosts related to heavy two-handed weapons. For additional tips, we have guides covering how to revive teammates faster, the best ways to farm runes, and how to break statues for some vital loot.

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