Duelist · Agent
Raze
Raze explodes out of Brazil with her big personality and big guns. With her blunt-force-trauma playstyle, she excels at flushing entrenched enemies and clearing tight spaces with a generous dose of "boom."
Raze is a Duelist. Raze's signature ability is Paint Shells, and their ultimate is Showstopper.
- Role
- Duelist
- Signature (E)
- Paint Shells
- Ultimate (X)
- Showstopper
- Released
- Closed beta, patch 0.47 (April 21, 2020)
What are Raze's abilities?
C 
Boom Bot
Basic abilityEQUIP a destructible Boom Bot. FIRE to send it forward. Chases the first enemy it sees, exploding and dealing damage to enemies on impact.
Q 
Blast Pack
Basic abilityINSTANTLY throw a destructible Blast Pack that sticks to surfaces that fully arms after a delay. REACTIVATE to detonate, knocking away anything hit. If fully armed, Blast Pack will also deal damage to enemies.
E 
Paint Shells
Signature abilityEQUIP Paint Shells. FIRE to throw. ALT FIRE to lob. After a delay, explode, dealing damage and creating sub-munitions, each also dealing damage to all players. Resets every two kills.
X 
Showstopper
Ultimate abilityINSTANTLY prepare Showstopper. FIRE to launch. Explodes on any surface, dealing high damage to all players.
How has Raze changed in every patch?
All patch notes →Raze has been changed in 32 patches, from patch 0.47 to patch 12.02: 17 buffs, 39 nerfs and 12 bug fixes. Newest changes first.
- Nerf Boom Bot: Can now be concussed.
- Nerf Blast Pack: Can now be affected by Slows while midair with Blast Pack. If Slowed, the force from Blast Pack will be reduced, similar to how slows affect other Dashes
- Bugfix Fixed her hair so it wouldn’t flicker during certain movements in Agent select.
- Bugfix Paint Shells: Fixed an issue where the VFX would persist across rounds
- Blast Pack & Showstopper
- Explosion VFX has been updated to more accurately indicate hitboxes
- Visual effects will exist in world for a shorter period of time for more gameplay clarity
- Blast Pack & Showstopper
- BugfixNerf Blast Pack: Fixed an issue where Blast Pack could knock back Skye’s Trailblazer and Tejo’s Stealth Drone through walls.
- BugfixBuff Blast Pack: Fixed a bug where Blast Pack’s explosion was slightly smaller at the tip of the explosion since the explosion changes that went live in 10.03
- Adjustment Gameplay logic around ability effects themed as explosions has been updated. Explosions should behave more consistently in how they deal damage.
- Nerf Blast Pack: Damage multiplier to objects decreased x2.5 → x2.25
- Nerf Blast Pack: Raze’s satchels no longer explode for damage/knockback upon opponent destruction.
- Nerf Blast Pack: Raze’s horizontal velocity when satcheling has been slowed.
- Nerf Blast Pack: Satchel explosion audio has been updated to be audible farther away to ensure enemies can hear the first satchel when a Raze double satchels.
- Nerf Blast Pack: Audio for traveling through air is now louder for enemies while traveling towards them
- Nerf Paint Shells: Primary grenade explosion radius 6m → 5.5m.
- Nerf Paint Shells: Secondary grenades explosion radius 6m → 5.25m.
- Nerf Paint Shells: Primary grenade explosion minimum damage 15 → 1.
- Nerf Paint Shells: Secondary grenades explosion minimum damage 15 → 1.
- Nerf Paint Shells: Damage multiplier to enemy utility 250% → 100%.
- Nerf Blast Pack: Satchel doesn’t deal damage until fully armed.
- Nerf Blast Pack: Satchel arm time increased 0.5 seconds → 1.5.
- Adjustment Blast Pack:
Updated SFX for beep after arm time.
- This is an undocumented change
- BugfixBuff Showstopper: Fixed issues where Showstopper projectile would not explode when hitting players trapped by Deadlock’s Annihilation.
- Boom Bot
- Will no longer destroy Killjoy's Alarmbot from a farther distance than intended.
- Boom Bot
- Boom Bot
- Duration decreased 10s → 5s
- Boom Bot
- Boom Bot
- Pathfinding has been improved on Raze’s Boom Bot (C) when chasing an enemy. It can now more consistently jump up small heights and will do so with smoother movement
- Fixed a bug with Boom Bot (C) getting stuck in a wall and rapidly shaking while making a loud noise. It will now bounce off the wall per usual
- Boom Bot
- BugfixNerf Blast Pack: Now properly takes damage from enemy abilities
- Nerf Boom Bot: Health decreased 100 HP → 60 HP
- Buff Boom Bot: Damage modifier to non-players increased 100% → 250%
- Buff Boom Bot: Now immune to all allied damage
- BugfixBuff Boom Bot: No longer explodes on contact with Gatecrash beacons
- Buff Blast Pack: Health increased 1 HP → 20 HP
- Buff Blast Pack: Now deals damage to Fade's Prowler
- Buff Blast Pack: Now immune to all allied damage
- Nerf Blast Pack: Damage modifier to non-players decreased 1200% → 250%
- Buff Paint Shells: Now deals damage to Fade's Prowler
- Buff Paint Shells: Damage modifier to non-players increased 100% → 250%
- Adjustment Progress/Charge bars moved to a consistent location and made a consistent size
- Added Showstopper: Ammo count added to HUD
- Buff Showstopper: Can now be input-queued to equip after the current action
- BugfixBuff Blast Pack: Fixed bugs impacting Blast Pack's input queuing and re-equip speeds
- Nerf Showstopper: Re-equip time removed, hence the re-equip time is exactly the same as the initial equip time.
- BugfixNerf Boom Bot: Can no longer be placed through some walls
- Added Updated Raze's model
- Nerf Boom Bot: Cost increased 200 → 400
- Nerf Showstopper: Ultimate points required increased 7 → 8
- Nerf Blast Pack: Audio cues added to indicate when she's boosted in the air from Blast Pack
- Nerf Showstopper: Explosion and Showstopper launching VFX updated so they are less obscuring and clear out of the play space faster
- BugfixBuff Boom Bot: Fixed Boom Bot blowing up when it hit the Spike if Raze was on defender side
- BugfixNerf Boom Bot: Fixed issue where Boom Bot could be placed through some walls
- Nerf Blast Pack:
Initial damage reduced to 15 with a 2 meter inner radius, falling off to 5 minimum damage
- The satchel will retain its max damage of 50 after arming (once it lands) for.5 seconds
- Patch notes state.2 m inner radius, this is likely a typo
- Nerf Blast Pack: Shooting the blast pack causes it to detonate, dealing its current damage amount
- Buff Blast Pack: Satchel no longer does damage to allies
- Nerf Blast Pack:
Initial damage reduced to 15 with a 2 meter inner radius, falling off to 5 minimum damage
- Nerf Blast Pack: Damage decreased 75 → 50
- Buff Blast Pack: Damage to objects now consistently does 600
- Nerf Showstopper: Equip Time increased 1.1 → 1.4
- Nerf Showstopper: Quick Equip Time increased 0.5 → 0.7
- Nerf Showstopper: VFX reduced when firing rocket
- Nerf Showstopper: VFX on rocket’s trail slightly reduced
- Nerf Showstopper: Cost changed 6 → 7 Ult points
- Nerf Blast Pack: Maximum damage radius reduced 2 → 1 meters
- Nerf Blast Pack: Cost increased 100 → 200 credits
- Nerf Tuned and adjusted audio for Paint Shells, Blast Pack, and Showstopper so that they’ll be easier to hear in hectic scenarios
- Nerf Paint Shells: Reduced number of charges 2 → 1
- Buff Paint Shells: Now has a kill reset, requiring players to get 2 kills to refresh charge
- BugfixNerf Paint Shells: Fixed an edge case where the secondary cluster would explode quicker than intended. They now have a minimum duration before exploding
Patch change data adapted from Raze's update history on the VALORANT Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
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