The Problems With Ninja In Endwalker

[Pyitoechito]

The thing is, with how often you're using Raiton, you really don't need to worry about this.
It's a bonus movement tool, that adequately fills in for your main WS combo.
Raiton, and then IF you need to close the gap, you can Forked + Fleeting. If you don't, carry on with your WS combo for virtually the same potency.
You're not really losing out on anything if you don't need to use it, and if you're in melee range and ABLE to use a WS, then you don't need it. If you're outside of melee range and do need to use it, then as a Ninja, you're already planning to use a Raiton anyway.

This doesn't sound right. Forked+Fleeting Raiju is higher total potency than any 2 GCDs from the standard 1-2-3 combo. There's clearly potency lost if Raiju is skipped. It would be like telling someone to just always use Armor Crush instead of Aeolian Edge because they're "virtually the same potency."