Talk:Raijin/@comment-33413589-20171019131437/@comment-25163519-20171026211724

Climbing cannot be faster than walking with the Raijin. I actually took mine in a solo custom match to see what it could and could not climb. Sometimes, it would take around 2 minutes to scale a building. That's just too slow.

The Raijin's bastion takes 2 seconds to stand up and 2 seconds to stand down. As I said before, in the current meta, avoiding damage entirely is far better than taking it. Being locked in Bastion makes the Raijin soak up damage. It would be better for a robot to just walk into cover and avoid taking the unnessesary damage.

Yes, the Thunder Raijin is only good once you get close. Problem is, you won't be able to get close unless you drop on someone in a beacon. The Raijin is simply too slow and fat to get places where the Thunder will be able to do good damage. That's also the reason why the Thunder Fury isn't too good.

It may be worthy to note that long range setups are often always better on a Fury or Butch because of the firepower. The Raijin's extra defence in sacrifice for its damage isn't really needed when no one is going to be shooting at you when you're across the map.

I don't know what you mean by your last statement, but the mobiity of the Raijin is certainly not one that is beneficial in the current meta. The current meta favors getting to places in a short amount of time, which must include an ability. That is a common atttribute of the top tier bots - Griffin, Dash, Lancelot. The Raijin cannot do that.