Lucky Skill: Stoic 2
Grid and gears at end of video
FINALLY! Been trying this since Raikou debuted, but the defensive stats from skill gears really helped. (The only applicable skill from the gears was Fire S-Moves ↑ 2%, but I really don’t think that mattered haha)
The game plan is to pace your damage during the parts where Raikou is less threatening (bar 1 after sides are down), and rush through the parts where it’s more threatening (mostly bar 2.5 and bar 3). This is complicated by the fact that you need to save a sync for the start of bar 3 to overwrite rain with sun. Getting Rafa’d (missing the sync crit) on syncs 3, 4, or 5 is very helpful for making managing Raikou’s health and gauge easier, but with careful play you can do without (avoid burning Raikou before the sync on bar 2 if you can — ideally you’d stay on the first half longer and finish the second half with 2 heat waves, but I made do with the luck I was dealt). Getting at least one thunder miss is close to necessary, and I’m SO glad I got that one right at the end!
Vigilance might honestly be better and safer than Stoic (speaking from experience, if you get any stray crits starting on bar 2.5 you probably just die…), but there was no way I was gonna get rid of my 2* crunchy cookie skill for that, especially now that blissful bonanza got axed :'(
EDIT: Oh by the way, my Lucas is 3/5 20/20. EX might actually make damage control trickier, but I’d bet there’s still a reasonable path there.
Anyways Lucas is a cool guy! Here’s hoping he can do registeel too (rip my 2* crunchy cookie skill)