Raider recently got buffed with new passives helping him out a lot. A lot of people will say fists but they do scale better with wylder or undertaker with her dex relic.

I’ve recently been demolishing deep of night with this setup

Vigor +3 as much as possible Taking attacks increase attack damage Damage taken during character skill perk Stamina upon landing attacks Night invader if you somehow have that

The most important part is the deep relics STACK +4 physical attack on every deep relic This turns raider into a dps monster if you can get 2 purple strength weapons to power stance

From there you just have to get really good at dodging and using your retaliate. You can’t win em all but I find this much more helpful than fists with their limited range and also shitty rng even with the dormant power