I usually go into the raid with my suros auto rifle, my special ghelons demise scout rifle (enemies explode on a critical kill ftw), my final boss sniper (with some special syths. I really want icebreaker) my light beware fusion, and my hezen vegence (which only is really useful on the Templar and gatekeepers. And only if it's necessary). Raid weapons are nice, but not necessary. I can handle the oracles much faster with my fusion rifle than someone with vision of confluence.