This is your main nuke damaging ability. The farther the opponent, the more damage you do and is a great way to initiate on unsuspecting foes as well as those who flee! Plasma Field gives vision to fogged areas, allowing you to snag heroes you cannot necessarily see. Use this ability to farm.

Static Link is one of your main damage attack output in fights. Its importance of use is paramount to not only disable physically carries but also earn your salt among the team. This goes through nearly all invulnerability like Black King Bar, Lifestealers Rage and more. You can also Static Link the damage from illusions.

When engaging in a fight, open with this ability and Static Link to cripple an enemy and keep them near: 1. Open with Static Link on an enemy and stay on them 2. Use Eye of the Storm to cripple your linked target 3. Activate Black King Bar to avoid losing reach 4. Finish with Plasma Field when far.

Iron Branch can be placed on the ground to then be consumed by on your tangos for additional healing.

Wraith Band before Boots of Speed to help with last-hitting and overall improving your stats as Agility is your primary stat.

Opt for Magic Stick early if the enemy spam a lot of spells or you’ll be in the lane significantly. Magic Wand can be bought as early as before Boots of Speed or as late as after your core Boots upgrade depending on how the enemy and their spell usage. Magic Wand can also be bought to make room for other items due to limited space.

Change the attributes of your Power Threads depending if you need to farm (AGI, more attack speed), fight (STR, more health, to survive longer) or regenerate mana (INT, mana regen.). When using Salve or Clarity, keep your boots on AGI to have a smaller pool of health or mana so more is replenished upon consumption.

Falcon Blade provides the necessary mana for Razor to be able to routinely spam his spells to farm. Furthermore, the damge it provides while farming is greatly appreciated as you cannot Static Link damage from creeps.

Black King Bar is to ensure you can keep on the tails of your linked foes and be able to dish out the damage youve sapped. Ultimately, Razor wants to survive, dish out the damage earned from Static Link before it runs out and without interruption.

Sange and Yasha provides a lot more survivability for the hero. The status resistance from Sange means stuns and disables duration are reduced while the Yasha portion gives you the movement and attack speed to close the gaps on foes and start dealing damage much faster and efficiently.

Aghs Shard has an insane punish for any enemy that casts a spell on you or a chance to punish if they attack you. The fact that your shard upgrade hits three people the moment you are touched is very powerful. Has an internal cooldown of 1 second each time it occurs.

To further help disable carries. This item is an underrated tool to really disable physical carries. Evasion with some extra health makes this a pocket pick for Razor if the bigger items seem to be a bit too difficult.

Resets both your ultimate as well as BKB and double Static Link can be casted. Razor really only performs when having BKB so being able to get this at a decent time after BKB means you have a strong duration to really perform.

With Satanic, you have sufficient damage output but need to remain in fights. Satanic gives you more survivability and works great to capitalize on the damage youre dealing to extend fights long enough for you to win them. The key value is the dispel which helps you avoid being slowed or diminished when you need it most in a fight.

Assault Cuirass is a great late-game item for Razor who seeks armor but also to lower the armor of his enemies to amplify his Static Link increased damage. To add, since damage is gotten from Static Link, all Razor seeks is attack speed.

Late in the game, Scythe of Vyse solves all your mana issues but more importantly guarantees to lock enemies down before they can even pop BKB. Its a great initiating tool when you know the enemy relies on BKB to safely output their damage.

Boots of Travel gives you unbeatable movement speed to stay on top of enemies, routinely adjust your positioning during fights and can be used to split-push or defend bases with a lower town portal scroll cooldown.

Aghanims Scepter on Razor means more armor reduction, more damage and easier fights for Razor, reducing the amount of tankiness you may need if you can pulverize your foes fast enough. This is also to be able to push down towers and siege the enemys base.

Linkens Sphere is great when you are getting initiated with hard disables that prevent you from breaking out or reacting with BKB. More importantly, it can be necessary versus great initiating or finishing ultimate abilities like Necrophos Reapers Scythe or Legion Commander duel.

Bottle is sometimes obtained if you find yourself struggling in lane.

Using Euls does not cut your Static Link, great disable and way to ensure youll always have your damage when trapping an enemy in Euls.

Since your Unstable Current will not be leveled so early in the game, Drums of Endurance offers you the added movement speed plus attack speed! Use Drums of Endurance for early-game pushing and tower destruction.

When enemies get too close and in your face, use Hurricane Pike to push them away and provide insane range for your attacks. Also useful if you have the jump on them to push them immediately apart from your attacks and kite them hard.

Eye of Skadi slows enemies but also reduces their regen. Especially useful versus high health and regenerative enemies where you need to cripple their survivability from lifesteals and healing.

After casting Static Link on your opponent, activate Mask of Madness to increase your attack speed, damage output and chase down on your foe. Be wary that you lose significant armor doing this but Mask of Madness also helps you farm faster when

An early maelstrom hastens your farm with great chain lightning attacks. To add, Maelstrom is a nice mix-up of damage against enemies that have high armor as the damage you’re dealing with Chain Lightning is magical.

Silver Edge is dependent on the enemy line-up. If they have passive abilities that you want to cut off, then Silver Edge will help with that to make them easier to kill (e.g: Bristlebacks passive abilities). Alternatively, if you can get in close to enemies using Blink Dagger, Silver Edge can be an alternative.

Shivas Guard works in tandem with your Refresher Orb, providing you double the nuking magic damage, a good slow to prevent foes from escaping your Static Link and survivability with its armor attribute.

Utilize Blink Dagger to jump in a fight when it is opportune: after initiaton or to gank key enemies in the back that you want to Static Link for damage.

Late in the game, youll be stealing a lot of damage. Daedalus provides you incredible critical effect to cap off the massive damage you stole.

Arcane Boots on Razor means youre focusing on dealing damage through your spells throughout the laning period and fights rather than your auto-attack with Static Link. Dont forget to disassemble Arcane Boots to make Bloodstone.

Despite being a ranged hero, Razor relies on Vanguard to survive the physical damage hes going to take by being in the middle of fights with his abilities. Disassemble this item to then build Bloodstone and Eternal Shroud!

Bloodstone gives Razor the sustainability and mana regeneration to continously cast spells and convert it into mana and life during that period. Be sure to use ultimate when activating Bloodstone as well as your other spells. To add, with Shard means even when youre stunned, Bloodstone will lifesteal your punishing Forked Lightning.

This works in two values: 1. The damage you receive is reduced by the spell shield and magic resistance. 2. The spell lifesteal from the damage youll deal.

Pipe of Insight provides your team with better sustainability against tough magic casters and carries that can wipe your team up incredibly fast if theyre frail to magic types.

The value of Lotus Orb is both its stats in mana and armor but also the ability to dispel slows and silences that would be keeping you down. Furthermore, the ability to cast back big nuking abilities to your enemies has tremendous value, especially against stuns or ultimate damaging abilities.

Kaya and Sange alleviates the chain stuns and silences that you will receive, increase your magic output and mana gain to alleviate you of any concern. Razor doesnt mind getting hit by magic abilities since he punishes it back with Shard. He just doesnt want the effects to last as long.

Further your survivability and keep up with the damage you take with Heart of Tarrasque. Razor wants to stay alive as long as possible and punish foes with his Shard. Heart of Tarrasque gives enough life for you to pump through all the pain you take.

Voodoo Mask is necessary to buy in order to keep Razor alive and kicking throughout his abilities.

The value in Bloodthorn is both its increase in attack speed but also in disabling your opponent, making them unable to cast their abilities. Any physical attacks you and your allies do causes additional damage to be amplified. This allows you tear foes down relatively quickly before the duration of Bloodthorn ends!