Raider

Raider is a Nightreign playable character who appears in the Realm of Remembrance at the Roundtable Hold during Ironeye's Remembrance quest. He is presented as a massive seafaring pirate and gravekeeper who joined the Nightfarers to fight the encroaching Night's Tide. Raider is a frontline brawler: a large, heavily built combatant with high health, Strength, and Poise who excels at close-range aggression and crowd pressure.

Raider starts each run with the Raider's Greataxe, a Colossal Weapon, and prefers Colossal Swords, Colossal Weapons, Greataxes, and Great Hammers. His attribute profile favors Strength and Dexterity scaling (notably C in Dex at level 15), with modest Mind, Faith and Arcane. Level progression shows a steady increase in HP, FP, and Stamina, and Raider gains notable raw survivability and offensive stats by midlevels.

Raider’s kit emphasizes sustained offense and retaliatory damage. His Character Skill, Retaliate, places him in an attack stance that pummels enemies while reducing incoming damage; the enhanced form forces even larger foes to recoil. The Passive Ability, Fighter’s Resolve, increases the potency of Retaliate when taking damage and prevents knockdown while the passive is active. His Ultimate Art, Totem Stela, drives a gravekeeper’s wedge into the ground to summon a giant tombstone; various unique relic effects extend the duration of this Ultimate and grant benefits while near the stela such as improved Poise, HP restoration on nearby enemy defeats, and other stat modifications dependent on relic depth.

Practical notes for using Raider:

• Play aggressively: Raider’s high HP, Strength, and Poise let him tank hits and maintain pressure; Retaliate both reduces damage taken and converts incoming damage into stronger counteroffense.
• Use Totem Stela to anchor fights: the tombstone summons a zone that buffs Raider (extended Ultimate duration with the Raider relic, improved Poise and HP restore mechanics) and synergizes with his melee brawling playstyle.
• Weapon choice: favor Raider’s Greataxe and other colossal-class weapons for maximum damage and to make best use of his Strength scaling and skill synergies.
• Survivability: Fighter’s Resolve prevents knockdown while active, enabling Raider to continue punishing opponents even under pressure; relics can further improve defensive or offensive stats at cost to attributes in Deep variants.
• Progression and collectibles: Raider has multiple chalices and unique relic lines tied to Remembrance Quest completion and in-game vendors; acquiring his specific chalices and relics enhances his built-in bonuses and allows customization (for example, Deep Relics that trade Vigor for other stats).

Raider functions as a durable, hard-hitting melee specialist whose mechanics reward trading blows and controlling space around his Totem Stela. Successful play leans on absorbing punishment, using Retaliate to turn hits into damage, and committing to slow but devastating colossal weapon attacks.