
Razor Quick TL;DR DPS Build Guide
UPDATED FOR 2.6 😁!
Table of Contents
- 1 PSA #1: As the DPS, it’s their job to obliterate things up while looking cool. The rest of your team just watches
- 2 PSA #2: Both Razor’s abilities scale with ATK. I’m convinced he speaks in broken sentences because he invested all his stats into ATK and not his brains
- 3 PSA #3: If you use Razor’s ultimate, DO NOT SWAP OUT. It will end the duration, so just commit to slapping
- 4 WEAPON #1 (Recommended for mega deeps damage): Wolf’s Gravestone
- 5 WEAPON #2 (Recommended for early slaps): Prototype Animus
- 6 ARTIFACT #2 (Recommended for best DPS): Pale Flame
- 7 ARTIFACT #1 (Recommended for straightforward slappage): Gladiator’s Finale
PSA #1: As the DPS, it’s their job to obliterate things up while looking cool. The rest of your team just watches
PSA #2: Both Razor’s abilities scale with ATK. I’m convinced he speaks in broken sentences because he invested all his stats into ATK and not his brains

Tapping E is much better than holding. It allows Razor to essentially become his own energy generator. This is only more accentuated when Razor has C4, which reduces enemy DEF by 15%

PSA #3: If you use Razor’s ultimate, DO NOT SWAP OUT. It will end the duration, so just commit to slapping
Highly recommend making sure you’re positioning correctly. Razor in Q form tends to have a much higher knockback, especially if Overloaded is proc’d. If you don’t want to be spending all your stamina dashing to catch enemies, make sure you’re close or attacking towards a wall (this is especially helpful in Abyss!)

Talent leveling order: Q > Normal > E (you can honestly go Normal over Q if you want)
WEAPON #1 (Recommended for mega deeps damage): Wolf’s Gravestone
How do I get it D: ? – It’s time to roll boys (gacha)

WEAPON #2 (Recommended for early slaps): Prototype Animus
How do I get it D: ? – Forge (Prototype x1, Crystal Chunk x50, White Iron Chunk x50)

Some really good other early replacements are (but not limited to): Skyrider Greatsword [scaling physical dmg + ATK buff], Debate Club [scaling ATK + AoE ATK buff], and Bloodtainted Greatsword [scaling mastery + dmg to enemies affect by electro]
Serpent Spine is great, and better than Animus at higher refinement but you need optimal ATK rolls to really make it work. That, and also getting hit a lot (or in Abyss being afflicted by pyro tick) renders the weapon skill completely useless
ARTIFACT #2 (Recommended for best DPS): Pale Flame

Pale Flame is currently extremely strong for people like Razor who can both utilize their low E CD + incorporate Phys DMG. The fact that you can crutch bad ATK% substat rolls with this 4-set bonus is insanely strong. Keep in mind you’re most likely going to have a 100% uptime on this as Razor
ARTIFACT #1 (Recommended for straightforward slappage): Gladiator’s Finale
How do I get it D: ? – Any World Boss (40 Resin per run)

You can technically run 2-set Bloodstained + 2-set Pale Flame if you have extremely good rolls on ATK% for substats, but otherwise Gladiator’s is overall better
Main stats:
Sands | Goblet | Circlet |
---|---|---|
ATK% | Phys DMG% | CRIT% or CRIT DMG |
Substats: CRIT% > CRIT DMG > ATK > EM
If you want other characters let me know. Hope this helped. Bye.
What’s your thoughts on the new pale flame artifact set? I’ve been debating if it would be best to go 4 pale flame or 2 pale flame and 2 gladiator
4-set Pale flame is the best go-to. Been slowly updating the older guides!
Thoughts on the snow-Tombed starsilver for Razor
It’s not the worst thing, but Archaic or Serpent Spine is a better fit since Razor isn’t solely Phys DPS.