Overview

Raican is a fairly bulky Fire Tem, with incredible offensive potential. It hits fairly hard out of the gate, but if it manages to pick up any kills instantly becomes a massive threat due to Prideful - boosting its offensive stats and speed on each successful kill, allowing it to more easily pick up successive activations of Prideful. Raican's other trait, Motivator, whilst far less overwhelmingly powerful offensively, allows both Raican and its ally to remain on the field much longer due to the increased stamina regeneration.

(1.3 DUKE'S NOTES - THIS IS OFFENSIVE RAICAN GET OUT OF HERE WITH YOUR YELLING.)

Raican is practically the poster child for the struggles mono-type tems can face in Temtem: it's got a decent stat profile, nothing special, nothing terrible, special defense is a little low, speed's a little low, but Prideful amps up its damage and speed, letting it snowball out of control after one or two KOs. Sadly, when faced with just about any other Fire, Water, or Earth, Raican's roll is slowed to a crawl - it just can't get around its type disadvantages very easily.

However, if paired with allies that can lower defenses or just deal strong neutral damage, Raican can put the opposing tamer at a numbers disadvantage very quickly - it's got the bulk to shrug off an effective attack or a couple neutral hits, and Quetza-Leno coming off of one or two Pridefuls is no joke at all.

You can consider Adrenaline Shot if you often find yourself needing to use Rush to secure KOs, but Fake Beard helps with the demanding up-front costs of Quetza-Leno or Meteor Swarm.