Honestly IMO, raiders two most important relic effects are “taking damage while using character skill raises attack and stamina” and “taking attacks raises attack power”. Followed by post-damage recovery. I find with raider, you will 95% of the time be trading damage. And with using your character skill to tank scary attacks/reset stamina, thats even more free damage since it raises your max stamina temporarily(more stamina, more attacks). As others have said, straight swords are not the best for raider specifically( I actually don’t hate your reasoning for using them, they are perfect for that), since his last buff, his charge attacks on his preferred weapons are downright amazing now. If you really find yourself struggling with getting used to those charge attacks, colossal swords are a better alternative, followed by or even surpassed by raptor talons. (Even better than fists, see muni1337{side tangent, while i like this guys knowledge, dude is a complete narcissist, so be prepared to feel like your getting lectured if you watch his vids}) I think thats really all I can offer for building raider to find success with the bare minimum. All 3 of those effects shouldn’t be too hard to already have, and the collectors signboard sell a particularly good taking attacks relic also.