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Aight sorry. This is long be long. Going to be jumping around alot (wrote this several times while being sick RIP), but Raiden is very good on this terrain. It's really small (2D), so the enemy team of 6 is really going to get in the way of themselves here. Raiden also likes fighting in close combat, really excels at it in fact. By the time the enemy team can assess what a threat Raiden is...they'll all be dead.

https://youtu.be/NZ_ZbMOreZI?t=146

Raiden vs Vamp:

He basically no sells pain, so in this fight starting at 50% and bleeding out actually may be to his advantage. He should take all his crueler intentions into battle faster (Ripper Jack most likely). He also fights adeptly with his sword in his foot which is awesome. Keep in mind he impales himself several times and lives through it. TANKY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJEF2wGHtVM

Raiden vs a Tanker:

Speaking of tanky...he stops a tanker from running Snake over. With ONE ARM. Speaks for itself.

https://youtu.be/uLsDG_clBDY?t=289

Raiden vs. 20 mooks with no arms:

Yeah he's still going at it. He's still lived too. He lost an arm from the tanker I assume, but he's still Raiden. So basically, Raiden is super strong, and super tanky. He's gonna drop health from his ability at a very slow rate. If V can do it, then Raiden can do it without a sweat basically.

What else can Raiden do to stave off his health depleting? Well he runs super fucking fast, and down buildings:

https://youtu.be/RypphRK14t8?t=306

Parries bullets with one arm, parries Metal Gear Ray with one arm (ignore he throws it with two arms):

https://youtu.be/RypphRK14t8?t=140

Anyway all this happens before he gets his cybernetics upgraded. Also some noteable things that Raiden has that he didn't in previous appearances:

-Full Complement of grenades, so he can use EMP grenades to full effectiveness against a largely robotic team that's clumped up,
-No meter requirements for Blade/Ripper Mode: this is full cutscene Raiden,
-Muramasa blade, which completely wrecks all machinery basically.

Anyway besides that "can he fight under these conditions?" which is a definite YES, Raiden has experience in fighting against cloaked cyborgs:

https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Stealth_Camouflage

Which means, he has experience in fighting units like Zeratul! The rest I think are either inconsequential, human, or can be dealt with cuz Raiden likes killin' robots.