Raiden (SSBN)

The White Devil

Raiden is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Nexus.

Quinton Flynn reprises his role from the Metal Gear series as Raiden's voice actor, with a mix of reused and new voicelines.

## Attributes

Raiden is a tall fighter with slightly above average weight. He has an extremely slow walking speed, but a very quick dashing speed, and above average traction. He has average jumps, above average air acceleration and air speed, moderate fall speed, and high gravity.

Raiden's playstyle revolves around extremely quick and weak attacks with large hitboxes, making for easy combos. Rather than getting early KOs, Raiden specialises in chipping away at the foe. As a result, Raiden has an extremely strong combo game, but often struggles to get KOs early due to relatively low damage and knockback on his combo finishers - or lack thereof.

With his above average mobility, Raiden can approach foes fairly easily, but if needed, can also zone with his Neutral Special, Fragmentation Grenade. Despite this zoning tool, however, camping is a poor strategy for Raiden, as he has no way of getting KOs from a distance.

Raiden's Ripper Mode mechanic acts as a massive power boost to Raiden, at the cost of being extremely risky. If Raiden reaches Ripper Mode, he turns from a weak combo-centric fighter to a hyper-aggressive fighter, capable of taking stocks extremely early, at the cost of being one decently powerful hit away from losing a stock of his own.

In conclusion, Raiden is a dynamic combo-centric character who requires both players to pay attention to his damage percentage, even moreso than normal, as if the foe doesn't pay attention and get KOs early, Raiden enters Ripper Mode, which could make the battle much harder for them.

## Moveset

Raiden has a mechanic called Ripper Mode. If Raiden reaches 130% (or 1/6 HP in Stamina Mode), he gains a red aura around himself, and a massive increase in movement speed, attack speed, and power (about a 7% increase). Raiden is capable of crawling and wall jumping. He also has a tether attack and tether grab.

### On Screen Appearance

Raiden flies in from the side of the screen, flying upwards, performing a backflip before landing.

### Taunts

* **Up Taunt:** Raiden points his sword forwards, saying "Let's Dance" while his eye flashes red.
* **Side Taunt:** Raiden sheathes his sword and crosses his arms, saying "Target acquired."
* **Down Taunt:** A cardboard box appears, which Raiden hides in. Just like Snake's box, Raiden's cardboard box can be picked up.

### Idle Animations

* Raiden stabs his sword into the ground and ponders briefly before picking it back up.
* Raiden clutches his stomach and hunches over as his eye briefly flashes red.

### Victory Poses

* Raiden performs three quick slashes at the camera, before posing while saying "My sword is a tool of justice."
* Raiden bends his arm and puts his sword between it, wiping it clean, before pointing it at the camera, saying "My cause is just!"
* Raiden faces away from the camera, before turning and slashing the camera in two, causing the screen to become static.

### Victory Theme

VR Mission Complete - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

## Classic Mode: Take Revengeance!

Raiden's Classic Mode has him fight characters representing the members of Desperado. All battles are Stamina battles with 200 HP.

## Alternate Costumes

* Default
* Red and Black
* Red
* White
* Mariachi
* MGS2 Raiden
* MGS4 Raiden
* Blue and Gold MGS4 Raiden
* Crystal