What’s the best Genshin Impact Razor build? A man of few words, this four-star, electro claymore wielder is a unique on-field DPS capable of dishing out a heap of physical and electro damage. In this build, we dive into his best weapons, artifacts, team comps, and more, so you can make the most of our sweet wolf boy.
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Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Razor build:
What’s the best Genshin Impact Razor build?
Genshin Impact Razor is a four-star electro character who wields a claymore. He has a high damage output through both attacks and AoE, and he can trigger Superconduct, which favors his physical damage, although since his attacks are relatively short-range, he can potentially run into trouble taking on waves and waves of enemies.
Here’s a brief overview of our best Genshin Impact Razor build:
| Rarity | ★★★★ |
| Element | Electro |
| Weapon | Claymore |
| Best weapon | Wolf’s Gravestone |
| Weapon alternatives | Serpent Spine, Prototype Archaic, Tidal Shadow |
| Best artifact set | Pale Flame |
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Razor’s best weapon is Wolf’s Gravestone due to its high base attack and hard-hitting passive. Thanks to his impressive physical damage utility, too, Razor’s best artifact set is Pale Flame. Make sure you build him with plenty of attack, crit, and physical damage bonus, plus energy recharge to requirements.
How to use Razor
Razor is a unique little wolf cub who wields a hefty claymore capable of dishing out some substantial damage. Like Genshin Impact’s Cyno, he’s not very flexible in his role and is a bit of a ‘selfish’ main DPS who requires well-invested, off-field supports and needs plenty of field time due to his long-lasting ult. His kit may appear simple at first but has plenty of little nuances that you need to familiarize yourself with in order to understand the best rotation for your team comp.
However, with his unique combination of heavy-hitting physical damage and electro application, he’s capable of becoming a real powerhouse damage dealer that’s very hard to counter, especially with a well-built support to take care of him. Razor’s Lightning Fang ultimate can be really powerful, but make sure he’s got a lot of off-field support as he doesn’t work in quick-swap teams.
What are the best weapons for Razor?
Wolf’s Gravestone is hands down the best claymore for Razor, especially in aggravate and physical DPS builds, with high base attack, an attack% boost, plus a handy passive.
Serpent Spine is the best four-star option for Razor, with a high crit rate and a substantial damage bonus offered through its skill. However, if you’re F2P, Prototype Archaic offers solid base and burst damage and is craftable at the blacksmith. KeqingMains offer Tidal Shadow as a forgeable alternative, specifically when you pair Razor with a constant healer like Genshin Impact’s Baizhu or Genshin Impact’s Diona.
Here are the best weapons for Razor:
| Wolf’s Gravestone | Bonus stat: attack Skill: increases attack by 20%. Attacks against enemies with less than 30% HP increase all party members’ attack by 40% for 12 seconds. This can only occur once every 30 seconds |
Standard or limited banner |
| Serpent Spine | Bonus effect: crit rate Skill: every four seconds a character is on the field, they deal 6% more damage and take 3% more damage. This effect has a maximum of five stacks and does not reset if the character leaves the field, though you lose one stack when the wielder takes damage |
Battle Pass |
| Prototype Archaic | Bonus stat: attack Skill: on hit, normal and charged attacks have a 50% chance to deal an additional 240% attack damage to nearby enemies. This effect can only occur once every 15 seconds |
Forging |
| Tidal Shadow | Bonus stat: attack Skill: after Razor is healed, attack will be increased by 24% for eight seconds. This can be triggered even when Razor is not on the field |
Forging |
What are the best Razor artifacts?
Though it may sound strange, Pale Flame is Razor’s current best in slot set, dramatically overtaking Gladiator’s Finale and thunder-based options. Pale Flame grants a hefty boost to his physical damage and also applies to his other physical damage attacks such as his Wolvenstrike plunges. However, it does restrict how you use his skill, relying on you only tapping it and saving the charged skill for directly before or near the end of his burst rotation to ensure the longest uptime on its skill.
Of course, if you’re struggling to farm a full set of Pale Flame with decent stats, four pieces of Gladiator’s Finale is still a strong choice and remains Razor’s most popular set due to its unconditional basic attack bonus and its skill’s ability to boost the physical damage of your normal attacks. You can also combine two pieces of Pale Flame with two pieces of Bloodstained Chivalry or Marechaussee Hunter.
Here are the best artifacts for Razor:
| Pale Flame | Two equipped: physical damage +25% Four equipped: increases attack by 9% for seven seconds when an elemental skill hits an opponent. This effect stacks up to two times, and you can trigger it once every 0.3 seconds. Once two stacks are reached, the two-set effect is doubled |
Ridge Watch domain on Bishui Plain, Liyue |
| Gladiator’s Finale | Two equipped: Increases attack by 18% Four equipped: If the wielder of this set uses a sword, claymore, or polearm, their normal attack damage is increased by 35% |
World and weekly bosses, Gladiator’s Finale artifact strongboxes, and Adventure rank-up and journal rewards |
| Bloodstained Chivalry | Two equipped: physical damage +25% Four equipped: increases Razor’s charged attack damage by 50% after he defeats an opponent, and reduces the stamina cost of his charged attack to zero for ten seconds |
Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern domain in Minlin, Mt. Aozang, Liyue, or from the Bloodstained Chivalry Artifact Strongbox |
| Marechaussee Hunter | Two equipped: normal and charged attack damage +15% Four equipped: when current HP increases or decreases, crit rate will be increased by 12% for five seconds. Max three stacks |
Denouement of Sin domain in Belleau Region, Fontaine |
Artifact stat recommendations
When you’re picking out your artifacts for Razor, we suggest prioritizing these stats.
Main stats:
- Sands: attack%
- Goblet: physical damage bonus
- Circlet: crit rate/damage (try to maintain a 1:2 rate-to-damage ratio overall)
Sub-stats:
- Attack%
- Crit rate/crit damage
- Electro damage bonus
- Energy recharge
What are the best Razor team comps?
Razor slots into a range of team comps as a main DPS as long as he has a decent battery to sustain him. If you pair him with a great electro battery like Genshin Impact’s Fischl you can activate the High Voltage resonance for more energy regeneration. The other two slots are fairly flexible, but you can trigger a second elemental resonance if they are both from the same element.
Here’s an example of a strong Razor team comp:
 Razor |
 Shenhe |
 Rosaria |
 Fischl |
What are Razor’s abilities?
Here are all of Razor’s skills.
Active skills:
| Normal attack | Steel Fang Normal: Perform four slashes Charged: Consumes stamina to deal AoE damage numerous times, ends with a powerful slash Plunging: Plunges from mid-air to deal AoE damage on impact |
| Elemental skill | Claw and Thunder Press: Deals AoE electro damage and gains an Electro Sigil, increasing his energy recharge rate. Up to three Electro Sigils can be active at one time Hold: Deals AoE electro damage and clears all Electro Sigils, recharging his energy |
| Elemental burst | Lightning Fang Summons the Wolf Within which deals AoE electro damage. This clears all Electro Sigils and converts them into elemental energy. The Wolf Within fights with Razor and deals electro damage alongside his normal attacks, raises his attack speed and electro resistance, makes him immune to electro-charged status damage, and disables his charged attacks. The Wolf Within effects end when Razor leaves the battlefield |
Passive skills:
| A1 | Awakening Claw and Thunder recharges 18% faster, and recharges instantly when using Lightning Fang |
| A4 | Hunger Razor’s energy recharges 30% faster when his energy is below 50% |
| Utility | Wolvensprint Decreases party members’ stamina consumption when sprinting by 20% |
What are Razor’s constellations?
Constellations can be tedious to level up, but it’s definitely worth it for the bonuses Razor receives. If you manage to get more than one copy of Razor, you can unlock one of six special abilities.
Here are all six of Razor’s constellations:
| C1 | Wolf’s Instinct Picking up an elemental orb or particle increases damage by 10% for eight seconds |
| C2 | Suppression Crit rate is increased by 10% against enemies with less than 30% HP |
| C3 | Soul Companion Increases the level of Lightning Fang by three up to a maximum of level 15 |
| C4 | Bite When you use Claw and Thunder (press), enemies hit have their defense decreased by 15% for seven seconds |
| C5 | Sharpened Claws Increases the level of Claw and Thunder by three up to a maximum of level 15 |
| C6 | Lupus Fulguris Every ten seconds, Razor’s sword charges up, causing his next normal attack to release lightning that deals 100% of Razor’s attack as electro damage. When Lightning Fang is not active, a lightning strike on an enemy grants Razor an Electro Sigil |
What are Razor’s ascension materials?
As Razor ascends, he receives a boost to his physical damage. Here are all the materials you need to fully ascend Razor.
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Here’s where to get all of Razor’s ascension materials:
- Vajrada amethyst – dropped by Azhdaha, Dvalin, Raiden Shogun, and Childe as well as some field bosses
- Lightning prisms – dropped by Electro Hypostasis
- Wolfhook – can be found around the area surrounding the wolf boss area of the Wolvendom teleport waypoint
- Masks – dropped by Hilichurls
What are Razor’s talent materials?
You can level up Razor’s attacks and skills to a max level of ten.
Here are all the materials you need to get one of Razor’s talents to max level.
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Here’s where to get all of Razor’s talent materials:
- Masks – dropped by Hilichurls
- Resistance – obtained from the Forsaken Rift on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Dvalin’s claw – dropped by Stormterror Dvalin
That’s everything you need to know in order to master Genshin Impact’s Razor. If you want to try out Hoyoverse’s other adventures, head over to our Honkai Star Rail tier list and Honkai Star Rail codes guide to pick up some freebies. We’ve also got builds like this one, for Honkai Star Rai Aventurine, Honkai Star Rail Sparkle, and Honkai Star Rail Yanqing.