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Raijin
SkinArt Raijin Default
Summary
Title: Master of Thunder
Pantheon: NewUI Pantheon Japanese Japanese
Type: Ranged,Magical
Class: NewUI Class Mage Mage
Pros: Pusher, High Mobility
Difficulty: Average
Release date: February 16, 2016
Favor: 5,500 Favor
Gems: 200 Gems
Voicelines: Raijin voicelines
Voice actor: Ray Hurd
Stats
Health: 385 (+80)
Mana: 255 (+43)
Speed: 355 (+0)
Range: 55 (+0)
Attack/Sec: 0.87 (+0.9%)
Basic Attack
Damage: 34 (+ 1.5)
+ 20% of Magical Power
Progression: None
Protection
Physical: 9 (+3.1)
Magical: 23 (+1.3)
Regen
HP5: 6 (+0.45)
MP5: 4.6 (+0.46)
*Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level

"The drums beat thunder, and you beat the drums. Crash down a percussive storm."

Raijin is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore[ | ]

Thunder is a terrifying element, trembling the very earth with its sound. Herald to storms, accomplice to lightning, thunder is primal, powerful and chaotic. Let this speak, then, of its master, the demon faced God, Raijin, who summons this force with the pounding of his great drums.

Ever in conflict with his equally fearsome brother, Fujin, Master of Wind, Raijin vies for control of the skies above the Realm of the Rising Sun. For mortals, their battles form dramatic storms and devastating tidal waves, but for the brothers, this is just friendly competition; an ongoing tournament to determine the strongest.

Though monstrous in appearance and intimidating in battle, Raijin is generous to his Faithful, clearing the detritus with lightning to leave rice fields all the more fertile. That doesn't stop parents from warning their children to hide when a storm comes, lest Raijin devour their bellies. Raijin no doubt finds this tale amusing but has yet to actually feast on any toddlers.

War has reached the distant shores of Raijin's island realm, and for the first time, he has encountered other Gods that claim dominion over lightning, thunder, and the sky itself. Relishing this opportunity to prove dominance, Raijin enters the fray, drums pounding, and his boisterous laugh indistinguishable from rolling thunder.

Abilities[ | ]

Passive - Charged Tempo
For every 5 abilities cast, Raijin reduces the cooldown of all abilities currently on cooldown (including the one just cast) by 1.5s. Additionally, Raijin's Basic Attacks have a wider radius (+2) and reduce his non-ultimate cooldowns by 0.2s. Notes:
 Bullet Raijin's basic attacks have a radius of 4.5.
 Bullet Ability Type: Buff

Ability Video

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1st Ability - Percussive Storm
Raijin pounds his drums sending forth a peal of thunder in a line, then another, then two at once, each growing wider as it travels. The thunder deals Magical Damage to Enemies it hits. Notes:
 Bullet Has a shot radius of 4.5 and projectile speed of 115.
 Bullet Can deal up to 120/180/240/300/360 (+120% of your Magical Power) damage.
 Bullet Damage per Shot: 30/45/60/75/90 (+30% of your Magical Power)  Bullet Ability Type: Line, Damage
 Bullet Range: 65  Bullet Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 mana
 Bullet Cooldown: 10 seconds

Ability Video

2nd Ability - Raiju
Raijin marks a target enemy by dismissing his ally Raiju, who deals damage as hides in the enemy's navel. While asleep, Raiju slows and reveals the target to Raijin's team on the minimap. The next time Raijin hits the target, Raiju awakens and claws his way out, doubling the slow and damaging the target and 5 nearby enemies every .5s for 2.5s in his attempt to flee. Enemies hit by the bouncing Raiju take decreased damage. Notes:
 Bullet The debuff reveals stealthed enemies.
 Bullet If multiple targets are in the targeter, it will target the one closest to the center of the ability.
 Bullet Deals a total of 120/180/240/300/360 (+90% of your Magical Power) damage and applies a 30% slow to the marked target when damaged.
 Bullet Initial Damage: 20/30/40/50/60 (+15% of your Magical Power)  Bullet Damage per Tick: 20/30/40/50/60 (+15% of your Magical Power)
 Bullet Bounce Damage per Tick: 14/21/28/53/42 (+10% of your Magical Power)  Bullet Mark Duration: 4s
 Bullet Slow: 15%  Bullet Ability Type: Target, Slow, Damage
 Bullet Range/Radius: 55/12.5  Bullet Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana
 Bullet Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11 seconds

Ability Video

3rd Ability - Thunder Crash
Raijin sends a bolt of lightning crashing down at his ground target location mesmerizing enemies, while Raijin himself ascends into the sky. Shortly thereafter he crashes down at that location, doing a burst of damage to all enemies in the area. Notes:
 Bullet Has a mesmerize radius of 15.
 Bullet Raijin is briefly untargetable while in the sky.
 Bullet Raijin can move freely before teleporting to the selected location.
 Bullet Thunder Damage: 60/75/90/105/120 (+50% of your Magical Power)  Bullet Mesmerize Duration: .3s
 Bullet Ability Type: Circle, Mesmerize, Damage  Bullet Range/Radius: 60/25
 Bullet Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana  Bullet Cooldown: 17/16.5/16/15.5/15 seconds

Ability Video

Ultimate - Taiko Drums
Passive: Raijin gains increased Attack Speed.
Active: Raijin flies above the battlefield, beating his drums 4 times to summon peals of thunder. With each hit, he has a choice of three beats:

Beat one: 100% damage.
Beat two: Taunt and 50% Damage
Beat three: Fear and 50% Damage

While in the air, Raijin suffers a 20% Movement Speed Slow.

Notes:
 Bullet Has a projectile speed of 100.
 Bullet Will end as soon as the 4 peals have been used or after 7s have passed, whatever comes first.
 Bullet Raijin is CC immune while using this ability.
 Bullet Beats with taunt/fear included deal 50/67.5/85/102.5/120 (+20% of your Magical Power) damage.
 Bullet Damage per Hit: 100/135/170/205/240 (+40% of your Magical Power)  Bullet Taunt Duration per Hit: .5s
 Bullet Fear Duration per Hit: .5s  Bullet Attack Speed: 5/10/15/20/25%
 Bullet Ability Type: Line, Crowd Control, Damage  Bullet Radius: 100
 Bullet Cost: 90 mana  Bullet Cooldown: 90 seconds

Ability Video

Videos[ | ]

God Reveal[ | ]

Achievements[ | ]

Achievement Combat Raijin DrumsintheDistance
Drums In The Distance
As Raijin hit an enemy at the max range in your Taiko Drums Ability.
Achievement Combat Raijin GoMyFriend
Go My Friend
As Raijin do damage to three or more enemies with his minion Raiju.


Trivia[ | ]

General[ | ]

  • Raijin was the first god released in Season 3.
  • Raijin was the first mage in the Japanese Pantheon.
  • Raijin is the brother of Tsukuyomi, Susano, and Amaterasu.
  • Raijin's three fingers represent the past, present, and future.
  • One of Raijin's lines for placing wards, ▶️"I will look for you. I will find you. And I will kill you.", is a quote from the movie Taken.
  • Raijin's Defeat Screen animation is a reference to a scene from the movie Whiplash.
  • The actor who voiced Raijin, Ray Hurd, also voiced Flare Tech Hou Yi and The Mighty Storm Jormungandr.
  • Raijin is the only god with a dance emote who doesn't actually dance. He instead plays his drums.

God Skins[ | ]

  • T Raijin HeavyMetal IconDevil Horns
  • T Raijin JayWeinberg IconT Raijin Clown IconT Raijin MichaelPfaff IconJay Weinberg/Clown/Michael Pfaff
  • T Raijin Monkey IconDrums Out
  • This skin was based on the classic arcade game Donkey Kong.
  • The name of the skin was based on the internet meme that came with the Killing of Harambe.
  • T Raijin Warchief IconWarchief
  • T Raijin BassDemon IconBass Demon
  • Being part of this set of skins means he has a [VXG] comand that will play along with other skins of the same set.
  • T Raijin Plushie IconPlushie

Skins[ | ]

Default
Default Skin card Release Date February 16, 2016
Type Standard
Cost Free
Requirements
Voicelines Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Nimbus
Nimbus Skin card Release Date February 16, 2016
Type Standard
Cost 100 Gems or 9500 Favor
Requirements
Voicelines Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Thunder's Roar
Thunder's Roar Skin card Release Date March 15, 2016
Type Standard
Cost 250 Gems or 25000 Favor
Requirements
Voicelines Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

 Bullet This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Devil Horns
Devil Horns Skin card Release Date March 1, 2016
Type Standard
Cost 400 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Devil Horns Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Jay Weinberg
Jay Weinberg Skin card Release Date May 17, 2022
Type Crossover
Cost 1500 Gems (Slipknot Event)
Requirements
Voicelines Jay Weinberg Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.
 Bullet This skin was part of the Slipknot Event.

Clown
Clown Skin card Release Date May 17, 2022
Type Crossover
Cost 1500 Gems (Slipknot Event)
Requirements
Voicelines Clown Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.
 Bullet This skin was part of the Slipknot Event.

Michael Pfaff
Michael Pfaff Skin card Release Date May 17, 2022
Type Crossover
Cost 1500 Gems (Slipknot Event)
Requirements
Voicelines Michael Pfaff Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.
 Bullet This skin was part of the Slipknot Event.

Drums Out
Drums Out Skin card Release Date January 10, 2017
Type Exclusive
Cost 200 Gems (Mystic Arco Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Drums Out Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Warchief
Warchief Skin card Release Date October 10, 2017
Type Exclusive
Cost 500 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Warchief Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin was part of the Odyssey 2018 event.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Bass Demon
Bass Demon Skin card Release Date July 14, 2020
Type Exclusive
Cost 200000 ViewerPoints (Esports & Live Streams)
Requirements
Voicelines Bass Demon Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin could only be obtained after gaining enough Viewer Points in the Esports & Live Streams Viewer Store.

Plushie
Plushie Skin card Release Date January 11, 2022
Type Exclusive
Cost 600 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Plushie Raijin voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin was part of the Yulefest event.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Golden
Golden Skin card Release Date May 10, 2016
Type Standard
Cost 200 Gems or 9500 Favor
Requirements God Rank 1
Voicelines [[]]
In Game Model
Extra Information

Legendary
Legendary Skin card Release Date May 10, 2016
Type Standard
Cost 300 Gems or 12500 Favor
Requirements God Rank 5
Voicelines [[]]
In Game Model
Extra Information

Diamond
Diamond Skin card Release Date May 10, 2016
Type Standard
Cost 400 Gems or 15000 Favor
Requirements God Rank 10
Voicelines [[]]
In Game Model
Extra Information

Changelog[ | ]

SMITE Version 11.9.8127 (September 3, 2024)

  • Icons Raijin A01Percussive Storm
  • Decreased Cooldown from 12s to 10s
  • Icons Raijin A04Taiko Drums
  • Increased Beat Two Damage from 30% to 50%
  • Increased Beat Three Damage from 30% to 50%
  • Decreased Cooldown from 100s to 90s

SMITE Version 10.13.7832.2 (December 12, 2023)

  • Icons Raijin A01Percussive Storm
  • Decreased Base Damage from 35/50/65/80/95 to 30/45/60/75/90

SMITE Version 10.12.7798.1 (November 14, 2023)

  • Icons Raijin PassiveCharged Tempo
  • Decreased Cooldown Reduction from 2s to 1.5s
  • Icons Raijin A01Percussive Storm
  • Increased Cooldown from 10s to 12s
  • Icons Raijin A03Thunder Crash
  • Increased Cooldown from 15s to 17/16.5/16/15.5/15s

SMITE Version 10.10.7739.5 (September 26, 2023)

  • Icons Raijin A02Raiju
  • Decreased base damage from 40/45/50/55/60 to 20/30/40/50/60
  • Increased Cooldown from 14/13/12/11/10s to 15/14/13/12/11s

SMITE Version 10.9.7702.2 (August 29, 2023)

  • Icons Raijin PassiveCharged Tempo
  • Every basic attack on enemies reduces Raijins non-ultimate cooldowns by 0.2s
  • Icons Raijin A02Raiju
  • Added 40/45/50/55/60 (+15% of your Magical Power) initial hit damage on landing Raiju
  • Icons Raijin A03Thunder Crash
  • Reduced Prefire and Setup times from 0.2s to 0.1s
  • Icons Raijin A04Taiko Drums
  • Raijin now gains 5/10/15/20/25% Attack Speed per rank of this ability

SMITE Version 10.7.7633 (July 11, 2023)

  • Icons Raijin A01Percussive Storm
  • Increased Magical Power Scaling from 25% to 30% per hit

SMITE Version 10.6.7598.5 (June 13, 2023)

  • Icons Raijin A02Raiju
  • Increased Damage per tick on the target that was initially marked with Raiju from 15/25/35/45/55 (+13% of your Magical Power) to 20/30/40/50/60 (+13% to 15% of your Magical Power)
  • This only affects the enemy marked and not the bounced targets

SMITE Version 9.8.7220.3 (August 23, 2022)

  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Increased Base Damage from 30/45/60/75/90 to 35/50/65/80/95 per shot
  • (from 120/180/240/300/360 to 140/200/260/320/380 for all 4 hits)

SMITE Version 8.10.6841.2 (October 19, 2021)

  • Icons Raijin A04 Taiko Drums
  • Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 50% per shot to 40% (200% total on full damage options to 160%)

SMITE Version 8.9.6801.11 (October 5, 2021)

  • Icons Raijin A03 Thunder Crash
  • no longer does damage on the “lightning” smaller AoE before he teleports
  • Increased Damage on Thunder AoE – from 40/50/60/70/80 (+30% of your Magical Power) to 60/75/90/105/120 (+50% of your Magical Power)
  • Base added together, scaling cut by 10%

SMITE Version 8.8.6750.10 (August 24, 2021)

  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Decreased Bounce Tick Damage from 14/23/32/41/50 to 14/21/28/35/42

SMITE Version 8.6.6618.8 (June 29, 2021)

  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Increased cooldown from 9s to 10s
  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Decreased Mark Duration from 4/4.5/5/5.5/6s to 4s at all ranks

SMITE Version 8.1.6381.5 (January 26, 2021)

  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Decreased cooldown from 10s to 9s.
  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Decreased cooldown from 16/15/14/13/12s to 14/13/12/11/10s.
  • Icons Raijin A03 Thunder Crash
  • Increased scaling on lightning and thunder damage from 20% to 30%. (40 -> 60% total)

SMITE Version 7.7.6121.6 (July 28, 2020)

  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Decreased Magical Scaling per hit from 30% to 25%.

SMITE Version 7.5.6039.3 (June 2, 2020)

  • Icons Raijin A04 Taiko Drums
  • Decreased Base Damage per shot from 120/150/180/210/240 to 100/135/170/205/240.

SMITE Version 7.2.5895.5 (February 25, 2020)

  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Increased Damage from 25/40/55/70/85 to 30/45/60/75/90 per shot.

SMITE Version 6.11.5701.1 (October 15, 2019)

  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Increased Raiju's Base Bounce Damage Tick from 9/15/21/27/33 to 14/23/32/41/50.
  • Increased Raiju's Bounce Damage Tick scaling from 8% to 10%.

SMITE Version 5.1.4571.1 (January 30, 2018)

  • General
  • Now all mages have magic prot scalings of .9 per level.
  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Reduced Base Damage from 30/45/60/75/90 to 25/40/55/70/85 per shot. (120/180/240/300/360 to 100/160/220/280/340 total).
  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Reduced damage to targets beyond the first to from 15/25/35/45/55 +13% scaling to 9/15/21/27/33 + 8% scaling per tick.
  • Icons Raijin A04 Taiko Drums
  • Increased Cooldown from 90s to 100s.

SMITE Version 4.20.4385 (October 24, 2017)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue where Raijin's Warchief Skin's FX did not properly convey his Basic Attack size.
  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Reduced Radius of Projectiles from 6 units to 4.5 units.
  • Updated the targeter visual FX to better convey the overlapping area for the projectiles on the double shot.
  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Players hit by Raiju will now have the hit visual FX travel to their god more quickly.
  • Fixed an issue where the ground hit visual FX would not display when a target was successfully hit.
  • Fixed an issue where all targets inside Raiju's targeter would be highlighted, rather than just the target closest to the center.

SMITE Version 4.19.4362 (October 10, 2017)

  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Percussive Storm projectiles now have a radius of 6 units at all times, increased from 4.5 at maximum range. They no longer scale in size.
  • Decreased Base Damage from 35/50/65/80/95 to 30/45/60/75/90.
  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Increased projectile speed by ~20%.
  • Icons Raijin A03 Thunder Crash
  • Players will now be able to move during the warm up of Thunder Crash.
  • Icons Raijin A04 Taiko Drums
  • Added additional support to limit the times players can become stuck, unable to cast any shots of Taiko Drums.

SMITE Version 4.18.4332 (September 26, 2017)

  • General
  • Added description to his Passive to describe the larger than normal size of his Basic Attack hitbox.

SMITE Version 4.16.4283 (August 29, 2017)

  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Fixed an issue where early ranks of this ability were not slowing enemies properly.

SMITE Version 4.15.4255 (August 16, 2017)

  • Icons Raijin Passive Charged Tempo
  • Fixed an issue where the last ability cast would not receive the Cooldown Reduction.

SMITE Version 4.14.4227 (August 1, 2017)

  • Icons Raijin Passive Charged Tempo
  • Increased Cooldown Reduction from 1s → 2s.
  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Percussive Storm now pierces enemy gods.
  • Icons Raijin A04 Taiko Drums
  • Decreased self Slow from 40% → 20%.

SMITE Version 4.13.4202 (July 18, 2017)

  • Icons Raijin Passive New Passive - Charged Tempo
  • For every 5 abilities cast, Raijin reduces the cooldown of all abilities currently on cooldown (including the one just cast) by 1s.
  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Adjusted first two shots to now travel down the center of the Targeter.
  • Adjusted the last two shots to be closer to the center of the Targeter.
  • Increased Shot Radius from 3 → 4.5.
  • Increased Range from 65 → 70.
  • Increased Damage for from 25/40/55/70/85 → 35/50/65/80/95 per Shot.
  • Decreased Scaling from 30% → 25% per Shot.
  • Decreased Cost from 80/85/90/95/100 → 50/55/60/65/70.
  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Now deals its Damage over time.
  • Increased Damage from a flat 60/100/140/180/220 → 15/25/35/45/55 every .5s for 2.5s.
  • Reduced Scaling from a flat 70% → 13% every .5s for 2.5s (total of 65%).
  • Now applies a 15% Slow to marked targets.
  • When Raiju is triggered the Slow and Damage are spread to nearby allies. The Slow is increased by 15% on the marked target for a 30% Slow.
  • Decreased Cost from 70/75/80/85/90 → 60/65/70/75/80.
  • Decreased Cooldown from 18s at all ranks → 16/15/14/13/12.
  • Icons Raijin A03 Thunder Crash
  • Is now targetable until he fades away to his new location.
  • Icons Raijin A04 Taiko Drums
  • Improved sounds and visuals to better distinguish which drum is being fired.
  • Projectile speed reduced from 120/s → 100/s.
  • Increased Fire Duration from 4.5s → 7s.
  • Reduced the Damage on Beat Two (Taunt) and Three (Fear) from 50% → 30%.

SMITE Version 4.6.4008.1 (April 12, 2017)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue where Raijin's passive would not be correctly consumed by Raiju.

SMITE Version 3.18.3651 (September 27, 2016)

  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Reduced Damage from 80/125/170/215/260 → 60/100/140/180/220.
  • Icons Raijin A03 Thunder Crash
  • Reducing scaling on Thunder damage from 40% → 20%.

SMITE Version 3.12.3494 (July 6, 2016)

  • General
  • Increased base Magical Protection from 25 → 30.
  • Removed Magical Protection scaling.

SMITE Version 3.10.3438 (June 7, 2016)

  • Icons Raijin A03 Thunder Crash
  • Lightning Damage reduced from 20/30/40/50/60 → 20/25/30/35/40.
  • Thunder Damage reduced from 40/60/80/100/120 → 40/50/60/70/80.

SMITE Version 3.9.3416 (June 1, 2016)

  • Icons Raijin A04 Taiko Drums
  • Fixed an issue where some circumstances caused Raijin's ultimate to deal an incorrect amount of damage.

SMITE Version 3.8.3391.2 (May 10, 2016)

  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Increased projectile speed from 100 → 115.
  • Fixed an issue where this ability would not stop upon being silenced.
  • Icons Raijin A03 Thunder Crash
  • Removed Raijin's collision during his pre-fire. (while invisible)
  • Raijin will no longer be able to be stunned/silenced/etc. once he has become invisible.
  • Icons Raijin A04 Taiko Drums
  • Time in air increased from 3s → 4.5s.
  • Reduce movement penalty from 75% → 40%.

SMITE Version 3.4.3299 (March 15, 2016)

  • Icons Raijin A01 Percussive Storm
  • Fixed Raijin applying 2 procs of Soul Reaver with this ability under special conditions.

SMITE Version 3.2.3246 (February 16, 2016)

  • Raijin has been added to the game.

Pre-release

  • Icons Raijin A02 Raiju
  • Increased maximum number of targets from 4 to 5.


Replaced abilities[ | ]

Passive - Static Crescendo
Raijin's drums gather static charges as he fires Basic Attacks and Abilities. When all four drums are charged, his next Ability does additional damage.

Basic Attacks grant one Charge.

Notes:
 Bullet Basic attacks and abilities do not need to hit a target to charge the drums.
 Bullet "Basic Attack Power" refers to the damage dealt with basic attacks.
 Bullet Damage: +100% of your Basic Attack Power  Bullet Ability Type: Buff

Ability Video


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