Semi-daily hero tips. Day 73: Razor

DISCLAIMER

A lot of you probably know about the weekly hero discussion, but that often ends up in a meta discussion (whether or not the hero needs buffs, etc) or a meme war than actual tips to play, itemize and build the hero.

This is what I'd like to do. Please discuss any notes I made and possible improvements while also giving tips of your own if you have them.

The roles, skill builds and item builds, as well as a lot of the notes are my opinion on matters and should not be seen as a must do or don't. Also remember that almost every single build or role is situationally possible.

A lot of the tips on heroes were also mentioned in tsunami's amazing hero tips series he did over the last couple of years.

Razor

Notes:

• Plasma field gives flying vision
• Static link gives shared vision of the target
• Use static link in lane! 50 mana to rob the enemy of last hits and give yourself a big advantage
• You can sap more damage than the enemy has. So if you want damage, just suck on the first hero you can find
• Versus: If you see plasma field coming, move closer if you know you can't evade it
• Static link's buff/debuff remains for the full duration, even if the target or razor himself died
• Versus: Unstable current can purge your positive buffs, even haste.
• Good versus: Visage (single target spells, you can suck familiars while they are stoned), Oracle, Rubick, PA, Chen, Bane, Pugna, BH (a lot of single target spells), Brood (plasma field gets rid of spiders easily, static link can keep track of brood)
• Counters: silver edge (break disables unstable current), Viper, Veno (lots of slows so you can disengage from static link/ult), WD (constant right click damage from ult that cannot be sapped), Sniper (too far away to link), Slark (no targetted spells, fast disengage from link with pounce, silver edge), Necrophos, Enigma (% based damage for when razor tries to tank up), AM (fast disengage, magic resistance, reliable damage through mana break)

Role: mid

Item build:

• RoA, Phase, (Drum,) Dragon Lance, SnY, (BKB, Aghs, SnY, Hurricane Pike, Deso, Blade Mail, AC, Halberd, Shiva's)
• P(hase)R(ing of Aquila)M(ask of Madness) viable

Skill build: Lvl 1 static link, lvl 2 unstable current (unless enemy mid/roaming hero has no targetted spells), max plasma field (possible 2nd point in link at lvl 3 if you're skipping ult at 6)

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