Duelist

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."

Difficulty: Medium
Tier: SEditorial estimate

Abilities

Basic abilities

Purchased each round

Boom Bot

EQUIP a Boom Bot. FIRE will deploy the bot, causing it to travel in a straight line on the ground, bouncing off walls. The Boom Bot will lock on to any enemies in its frontal cone and chase them, exploding for heavy damage if it reaches them.

Cost: 300 creds
Charges: 1
Damage: 80 max
HP: 60 HP

Blast Pack

INSTANTLY throw a Blast Pack that will stick to surfaces. RE-USE the ability after deployment to detonate, moving anything hit and dealing damage if fully armed.

Cost: 200 creds
Charges: 2
Damage: 50 max

Signature ability

Free each round

Paint Shells

EQUIP a cluster grenade. FIRE to throw the grenade, which does damage and creates sub-munitions, each doing damage to anyone in their range. ALT FIRE to lob. Paint Shells charge resets every two kills.

Charges: 1
Cooldown: 2 kills
Damage: 55 + 4x15 clusters

Ultimate ability

Charged with points

Showstopper

EQUIP a rocket launcher. FIRE to shoot a rocket that does massive area damage on contact with anything.

Ult Points: 8
Damage: 150 max
Range: 6m

Duelist

Duelists are self-sufficient fraggers who their team expects, through abilities and skills, to get high frags and seek out engagements first.

Agent guide

Gameplay tips

1
Blast Pack double-jump is essential. Practice launching yourself into the air for unexpected angles.
2
Boom Bot clears corners for you. Send it into areas before you peek to gather info.
3
Paint Shells deal massive damage in tight spaces. Throw them into cramped choke points.
4
Showstopper does 150 damage in a large area. Aim at the ground near enemies, don't try to direct hit.
5
Use Blast Pack to boost teammates over walls for unexpected flanks on certain maps.

Strengths

Highest damage output of any agent through abilities alone
Blast Pack mobility enables creative aggressive plays and off-angles
Showstopper ultimate can single-handedly win rounds

Weaknesses

Very predictable when using Blast Pack aggressively. Enemies expect the peek.
Abilities are noisy, giving away your position and intentions
Limited utility for helping teammates compared to other duelists

Cypher's tripwires catch Raze mid-Blast Pack, and Neural Theft reveals her flanking positions.

Killjoy

Killjoy's turret tracks Raze through Blast Pack movement, making aerial plays risky.

Chamber

Chamber's Headhunter can easily pick off a predictable Blast Pack trajectory.

Matchups

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Strong Against

Weak Against

KAY/O-1

Meta stats

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Tier: S
Win Rate: 53.1%
Pick Rate: 9.8%
Ban Rate: 4.2%
Avg KDA: 1.15
Avg ACS: 222

Editorial estimates set by ValoHub, last reviewed for Patch 12.10. Not measured from ranked matches.

Raze FAQ

Blast Pack double-jump is essential. Practice launching yourself into the air for unexpected angles. Boom Bot clears corners for you. Send it into areas before you peek to gather info. Paint Shells deal massive damage in tight spaces. Throw them into cramped choke points.

Highest damage output of any agent through abilities alone. Blast Pack mobility enables creative aggressive plays and off-angles. Showstopper ultimate can single-handedly win rounds.

Very predictable when using Blast Pack aggressively. Enemies expect the peek.. Abilities are noisy, giving away your position and intentions. Limited utility for helping teammates compared to other duelists.

Raze excels on Bind, Split, and Fracture.

Raze has strong synergy with Breach, Fade, and Omen.

Raze has a medium difficulty level. Requires some practice but accessible to most players.