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That said, it is all too common that players in the community fail to adequately use Razor. Whether it be failing to use his skill set correctly or something a little more tactical, here’s what to avoid doing when using Razor for the first time.
10 Not Using His Skill Correctly
A character’s skill is often the most common area where players mistakes in combat. Those playing as Razor will find themselves using his skill, Claw and Thunder, fairly often. Yet, more often than not, people tend to overlook one crucial part about Razor’s elemental skill.
Razor’s skill generates energy. People playing as Razor will find combat a lot easier if they avoid using his charged skill, because it resets his energy recharge bonus. With three orbs of electro energy, Razor will collect the energy needed for his more powerful burst ability at an immense speed. Even if players find themselves wanting to use his charged attack, then damage will increase with each orb they have.
9 Not Watching His HP
Generally, most characters don’t have to worry about HP management. Even without a healer, most characters have decent enough defense and resistance to take a hit. However, Razor is a different story.
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With more dynamic gameplay between his skill and burst, as well as subpar defensive status, it’s easy for hits against Razor to accumulate over time. This can easily spell trouble for players that don’t pay attention to his health bar.
8 Not Using His Electro Reactions
Razor is an amazing DPS character, with some fans even calling him a secret five-star. Yet, Razor has more potential than just a DPS character. He also makes for a very efficient enabler among Electro characters in the game.
A lot of this comes from quick succession of his elemental skill, and the duration of his burst. This makes for a lot of situations where large swathes of enemies become afflicted by electro status. Utilizing a good Pyro character or Hydro character makes for easy elemental reactions, which heavily increase damage output.
7 Not Upgrading His Talents
It is common knowledge in the Genshin Impact community that upgrading a character’s talents is important. But prioritizing specific talents makes a world of difference, especially if the player is looking to use Razor as their main character.
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Generally, a player’s priorities depend on how they want to use their character. When using Razor as a DPS, upgrading all of his stats equally (with minor priority for his burst) will do fine. However, when using Razor as a support, the player should focus more on his skill and burst.
6 Not Using His Skill During His Burst
Razor is a unique character in Genshin Impact’s roster, given that he can use his skill while in his burst state. Yet, it can be easy to forget this in the moment. Players will find that this is a crucial mistake.
Since a large portion of damage potential comes from constantly using Razor’s elemental burst, it’s crucial to constantly bring in energy anytime the energy counter resets. Not only do the effects of Razor’s claw attack retain their energy charging abilities during his burst, but the burst also increases the damage of his electro attacks.
5 Not Thinking About His Team
Team management is a crucial part of Genshin Impact gameplay in general. Granted, players will find the game enjoyable if they only play with their favorite characters, but it should be noted that certain characters work better together.
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For example, players may find pairing Razor with another electro character to be a little limiting. Additionally, a character who relies on immobile Geo-structures may not be ideal for a face-paced, mobile character like Razor. Players should use whatever team setup suits their playstyle best; however, it’s always helpful to take a moment to think tactically.
4 Choosing Underwhelming Artifact Stats
Artifacts are among the big three components that make for a well-built Genshin Impact character. In addition to upgrading talents and equipping adequate weapons, Razor mains should pay close attention to the artifact choices available in-game. There are plenty of artifacts in the game, and choosing an underwhelming set will make gameplay less enjoyable.
Players may want to avoid artifacts with high energy recharge, as Razor’s skill easily makes up for it. On the other hand, attack and defense % are always good choices. These will boost his high offense and make up for lacking defense respectively. Elemental Mastery and crit rate/damage are also good priority stats.
3 Choosing Lackluster Artifact Sets
Choosing an individual artifact set is also important, as the sub-abilities will help define gameplay. For example, a Maiden’s Beloved set won’t be much help to Razor, given his lack of healing.
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For best results, there are a few paths that players can take when choosing artifacts for Razor. For damage output, choosing the Gladiator’s Finale or Thundering Fury set are both splendid choices. Noblesse Oblige is also a set with great potential, given that Razor uses his elemental burst fairly often.
2 Not Ascending Him Enough
Ascension is a given for most characters in Genshin Impact. Outside of the material cost, there are no real repercussions for ascending a character. However, many fail to realize how pertinent ascension is for characters like Razor.
Razor features two passive talents that unlock at the 1st and 4th ascension. The first, Awakening, greatly decreases the cooldown time of his skill, making energy recharge faster. The 4th ascension passive, Hunger, adds to this by increasing recharge by 30% when energy is below 50%. These two minimize Razor’s need to build energy even more, allowing the player to focus solely on building his other stats.
1 Not Pairing Him With Passive Bonuses
While elemental pair is important, a good tip for Razor-users is to pair him with other characters with passive skills. Razor likes to be front and center, constantly fighting on the field. Granted, Razor is still useable without passive bonuses, but he will deal damage far more efficiently with passive talents present.
Xingqiu is perhaps one of the best partners to have in-party for players using Razor. Given that his rain blades transfer to whoever is on the field, this can make Razor deal Hydro and Electro damage at the same time.
