What Happened To Razor? | Why People Stopped Playing Him | Genshin Impact

Hey everyone! Today's episode of WNOP is a special one. We're gonna be talking about a character who was once very popular during the early days of Genshin but has lost a considerable amount of popularity as new units were released. So let's talk about What Happened To Razor!

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[freemelons]

the problem with razor I found is that, he's not even a weak character or bad character, he's just powercrept to oblivion, both in phys res enemies and in the character roaster, eula. if there's more enemies that requires you to use physical more, I feel like razors popularity would at least skyrocket a little, being one of the 3 only "proper" physical carries in the game. I love razor and he will always be my favorite character next to noelle and yanfei, which quite coincidentally enough, you've made videos for both of them already lol. razor is just a victim of circumstances, hell Im a razor main for the longest of times and I'm not planning on ever benching him. he's my most invested unit next to the other 2 I mentioned and I just recently c6 him in the banner of eternity. but I have stop using him as much as I used to because of the many amount of mechanical enemies in the game. and then again, eula exist. hoyo also seems to be pushing on elemental reactions and damage more for now. why bother market physical when the appeal of your game is the elements? and if people really want to use physical, why use razor over eula?

[jamalhartley]

Its so funny how Razor has all the tools to be the edgiest of characters, right up there with Xiao. But Mihoyo accidentally dumped too much good boi energy.

Now he's adorable and Bennett's new best friend.

[hnnnnnsp]

Razor is honestly a great character, I love his voice, his design, backstory, and especially his gameplay. I think everything about him was done correctly to be a great 4* DPS. However the reason why I don’t main him as much as I used to is because more characters keep coming out and I enjoy their play styles more than Razor’s. And I think that’s one of the reasons he’s not played as much anymore, not to mention he’s a 4* DPS and I can’t imagine him in a team where he plays as a support role since his kit is centered around him doing all the dmg. Once again, he’s an amazing character, but he’s sadly overshadowed by those who have power-crept him.

[NoForksGiven]

If you want physical damage then Eula happened. If you want to hit things really hard with a greatsword regardless of element, then Itto happened.

[MeladiFae]

I also think one of the things that killed Razor is because he was featured on Kazuha's banner and then first seen again on Ayaka's rerun, meaning A LOT of people never even had him unless they somehow got him on Standard, and if they finally got him on Ayaka, the majority are past the beginning phase where he's good.

[ccbb]

okay i GOTTA say this. razor was tailored for early game. he DOES have good supports. kaeya is a fantastic razor sub dps if you build him properly, which makes perfect sense considering he's, y'know, a starter. his glacial waltz is basically just a cryo version of xiangling's pyronado. the off field cryo application is exactly what razor needs. you can throw in fischl for some double electro and more off-field damage, and add a healer or a shielder. it's not that razor is or has ever been a character not designed for the game. he absolutely was. the game has just evolved and changed so much that he's gotten left behind

[amogushawktuah]

Very simple, he's similar to yanfei who actually can do pretty fine but they just got shut down with so much competition. I think there's more here and there but I think this is the one ruining him the most as a former razor main

Edit: y'all I'm not comparing their power level I'm saying they just lost to competition, I main both of them 💀

[CozyPosey]

Maybe the title should be “Why no one plays Razor - Anymore.” I think he's a good character if you don't have a 5-star DPS. But once you have a couple of 5-star DPS, you don't need to use Razor.

[Dynachu]

I've been a Razor main since day 1, slowly moving away from it though as he's getting more and more powercrept by new ennemies and character in general. ._. Double crowned and never gonna regret it, he carried me through so much of the game. Much love for our little wolf boy :D

[Qkochan]

I don't even think Razor's problem is even powercreep, its the fact that Physical damage is an antithesis to how the game's combat is designed. Eula is a perfect example of this because they had to inflate her DPS to such absurd percentages and scaling that she could be on par with premier 5* main dps, but STILL isn't considered t0 while doing millions. i feel like they kept physical in because honkai has phys characters (herrscher of sentience being an above t0 phys character at this point), but generally elemental damage will always trump physical. they should've made him do a ton of electro dmg in his burst, could be an amazing driver for reactions that way.

[koustobhborah]

Razor is the premium example of hard work...

Since his physical capacity slowly failed him, he chose to master the elements. Chad best boi.

[keru]

Man Razor was my first Main DPS and probably a lot of other people’s I even double crowed him but he fell off so hard it hurts. Even if he was Top 5 Main DPS at the beginning that was because we only had like 4 Main DPS characters and most of them were either 5 stars or 4 stars that needed constellations to really output good on field damage. On top of getting powercreept by newer characters, physical is not doing him any favors, I can’t even think of one situation where you would need physical in this game. Aside from the doom and gloom I really hope Hoyo starts to rework characters going forward.

[mimixyu]

My friend still mains him even though she has characters like Xiao, Itto, and Ayaka. She really likes his playstyle and personality so thats the main reason she still uses him

[DragonArt-jpxn]

Even though I got so many characters and really good five stars, I’m still am a razor main. And I don’t think that’s going to change, he’s my favorite character and a character I can relate to. Because when I saw him, he reminds me of me. It was like I was looking in a mirror. So I started gathering materials for him, so I can make him strong. And when I got him, he was already my strongest, he got even more stronger when I got the wolf’s gravestone twice. As a Razor main I did my best to make razor my strongest character, so I can show others that Razor is just as good as any other five star.

[JuviaFullbuster-ivny]

I’m still a razor main to this day he’s c4 and almost triple crowned and he carries me through so much I love my precious little wolf boy ^^

[sadbread]

Hoyoverse just simply loves adding enemies with phys res and be tanky asf, phys damage isn't as powerful as elemental reactions to the meta
Eula is an exception but that's because she is broken and a 5 *

As someone who uses phys Kaeya it's kinda frustrating to see more enemies with physical res in the abyss and sometimes I prefer raw dmg, even with superconduct you feel like phys dmg isn't as poweful as elemental reactions

Razor just happened to be both powercrept and a victim of circumstances, I honestly would love to see more characters relying on physical dmg

[maryanntheconqueror]

I'd say Razor would be a victim to powercreep due to being an og 4 star--HOWEVER he could get a benefit actually due to Eula down the line. Currently Eula is considered quite meta but her strength highly depends on enemy resistance and, like you mentioned, there's been A LOT of that recently (I can attest to this as someone who's been using her against PMA in abyss). However, Mihoyo likes to make money, and if this anti-physical creep continues, it will result in even Eula falling down a bit over time. If they want to continue to make a profit from her reruns and not upset the Eula mains (who from what I can tell are more than Razor mains), they may eventually give physical characters some buff or support or something that will help continue their viability--and this all comes back to Razor. Like how Yunjin became a buffer for characters that were reliant on normal attacks, such as Ayato a few patches later, and also gave Yoimiya an indirect buff, hopefully something like that could happen for physical units and help keep Razor viable.

I'm not a Razor main personally but I totally admire those who stick with "underdog" characters (ha, ha...sorry), so keep going all of you out there!

[thehybridsuperior]

Razor has been my main dps since i started, he has been getting alot less use, since i got raiden but hes honestly so invested in that im consistently hitting above 14k per hit

[AdamCDagg]

Like you outlined in the video, Razor was my first main DPS, and I kept him front and center for a huge chunk of my time on Genshin. Once I started investing in 5 star main DPS chars though, I've never looked back. RIP wolf boi, you will be missed

[nikfik]

Razor is my fav character, he was the reason i started to play this game and now he is true star in my team, even if he is powercreeped the every additional 1k dmg he does brings me joy everytime i upgrades him. For now he is tripple crowned and with combo (no food) can deal even 58k on the final hit.