What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
241 buys
2ndSecond most
77 buys
3rdThird most
69 buys
4thFourth most
42 buys
5thFifth most
39 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Razor
Ranged · Agility
- Win rate
- 50.2%
- Pick share
- 0.6%
- Matches
- 294,933
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryDurableNukerPusher
NeedsSupportInitiatorDisablerEscape
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 0–20 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 50.7% over 3,313 matches.
Avoid
- Treant Protector is on their side — this hero wins 29.2% of 65 matches against it.
- Phoenix is on their side — this hero wins 36.1% of 119 matches against it.
- Lion is on their side — this hero wins 41.4% of 133 matches against it.
241 buys77 buys69 buys42 buys39 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Razor took at each level.
QPlasma Field
Releases a wave of energetic plasma that grows in power as it expands, but also zaps on contraction, slowing and dealing damage to enemy units caught in its path.
No Target · Instant Cast · Magical damage
WStatic Link
Creates a charged link between Razor and an enemy Hero, stealing damage from the target and giving it to Razor.
Unit Target
REye of the Storm
A powerful lightning storm strikes out at the enemy unit with the lowest health, dealing damage and reducing armor.
No Target · Instant Cast · Physical damageLevel-up Order
- QPlasma Field
- WStatic Link
- REye of the Storm
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QPlasma Field | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||
| WStatic Link | W | |||||
| REye of the Storm | R |
Matchup map
How Razor performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
96 opponents · public matches40%60%Razor's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard
If this happens, use this
- They are running away
Something that holds them still, or closes the gap yourself. Matched on “slow”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”.
By medal
- Herald50.1%10,020
- Guardian50.2%28,129
- Crusader49.7%42,409
- Archon50.3%56,628
- Legend50.5%59,606
- Ancient49.8%40,931
- Divine49.7%24,243
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min50.7%3,313
- 20–30 min48.6%7,563
- 30–40 min50.7%5,685
- 40–50 min49.5%2,357
- 50 min +47.4%1,039
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Razor
Abilities
Plasma Field
No Target · Instant Cast · Magical damageReleases a wave of energetic plasma that grows in power as it expands, but also zaps on contraction, slowing and dealing damage to enemy units caught in its path. Damage and slow increases with distance from Razor. The Plasma Field hits each unit twice, once each direction.
Static Link
Unit TargetCreates a charged link between Razor and an enemy Hero, stealing damage from the target and giving it to Razor. Allows Razor to attack while moving with the link active.
Storm Surge
Passive · Magical damageThere's a chance when attacked, and always when targeted with a spell, to release a forked lightning that strikes the target and other nearby enemies, prioritizing the unit type of the attacker, dealing damage and slowing movement speed.
Unstable Current
PassiveEye of the Storm
No Target · Instant Cast · Physical damageA powerful lightning storm strikes out at the enemy unit with the lowest health, dealing damage and reducing armor.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 22 +2.8
- Agility
- 24 +2.8
- Intelligence
- 21 +2.2
- Move · range
- 280 · 475
Talents
- 4Creates A Second Plasma Field Delayed ByStatic Link Steals Attack Speed
- 3Storm Surge Slow and DamageEye of the Storm Strike Interval
- 2Static Link Damage Steal+12 Strength
- 1Plasma Field Slow Duration+4 Armor
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Eye of the Storm
Causes Eye of the Storm to strike two different units instead of one and can damage structures. When striking buildings, it will only target towers, barracks, and the Ancient.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Storm Surge
While Eye of the Storm is active, strike chance is =2x as high, strike cooldown is reduced by =2.0s, and Lightning strikes all enemies within Eye of the Storm's radius. Does not apply to the same enemy twice from a single instance.
Sources
- Kit, talents and upgrades · mechanicalread 22 Sept 2026
Ability names, icons, behaviour, damage type and text, plus the Aghanim’s Scepter and Shard descriptions — as the game itself ships them. Nothing here was counted over matches.
- Win rate by medal · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The same hero at each of Valve’s eight medals, over 4,610,063 public matches. Each medal carries its own sample, because the eight buckets are nothing like the same size.
- Matchups and match length · counted, on a narrower windowread 16 Sept 2026
Win rate against each opponent and across five match-length bands. This channel reports far fewer games than the medal figures above: the median hero pairing is 51 matches and the largest on the whole roster is 707. Rows under 30 games are absent rather than shown small, and the ones that remain are ORDERED by a figure shrunk toward even by its own sample — the rate you see is the real one, the ranking is the careful one.
- What players build · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The five most common items in each of Valve’s four game stages, with each row’s own pick count.
- Skill order · counted, in league matchesread 3 Oct 2026
Where skill points go, read off every player's own learning order in premium and professional league matches on patches 7.41 and 7.40. Each level shows the ability most players took there and the share that did — a column only a third agree on is printed as a third, not as the rule. Heroes under 30 counted games show no path.
- Situation index · derived, and checkableread 22 Sept 2026
Each situation is a phrase match against Valve’s own ability text, and every row shows the phrases that matched. No win rate is attached, because nobody counts one per situation.
Mechanics are the ones Valve publishes for patch 7.41f. GamGem is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve Corporation.