Razor
| Razor | |
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| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Type | Blade |
| Weapon | Machete |
| Armor Pen | 25% |
The Razor is a Techtronika machete, a heavy cleaver for a blade build that likes big, heavy swings. Its in-game line promises that anything short of reinforced concrete comes apart in a few slashes. The wielder only has to be beefy enough to swing it. It works best in a Reflexes build that wants to cut through enemies and dismember them. In Dogtown, the Razor is sold at the EBM Petrochem Stadium. It is also the base blade for the Iconic machete Volkodav. Coach Fred's melee shop in Little China sells the Razor, and enemies drop it. With Phantom Liberty, the weapon shop at the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown also sells it.
Combat
The Razor is a blade, and its heavy swings can cause Bleeding. With the Slaughterhouse perk, bleeding enemies are easier to dismember. The machete's bleeding cuts therefore lead to more dismemberments. Like any blade, it can block melee strikes. With Lead And Steel, it can block gunfire as well.
The blade finisher matters most when fighting with the Razor. When an enemy's Health is low, a finisher kills it in one strike and gives back part of V's Health. Opportunist makes bleeding, stunned and staggered enemies easier to finish. Bullet Deflect sends blocked bullets back at the shooter while V's Stamina stays above a third. A Razor user can then walk straight at a gunman.
How to Get Razor Guide
- Buy the Razor from Coach Fred in Little China.
- With Phantom Liberty, buy the Razor from the weapon shop at the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown.
- Loot it from enemies who carry one.
Razor Map Location
The map shows Coach Fred's melee weapon shop in Little China.
Razor map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
8 weapon mods are compatible with Razor.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Airstrike | 
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Raises crit chance and crit damage for midair attacks |
| Bleedout | 
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Bleeding damage can crit |
| Cyclone | 
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A sprint attack opens unlimited combos with stacking attack speed |
| Haemocide | 
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Longer Bleeding and more crit chance, lower base damage |
| Pax | 
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Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat |
| Severance | 
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Hits to the head or limbs of a weakened enemy can dismember and kill |
| Silencio | 
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More crit chance and crit damage when crouched and undetected |
| Slice 'Em Up | 
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A kill leaves enemies more open to Finishers for a short time |
Upgrades
Only Iconic weapons can be upgraded, so a stronger Razor means a higher tier. The Dogtown shop and enemy drops scale with V's level. A bought Razor has the same stats as a looted one of the same tier.
Character Builds
The Razor uses the blade perks in the Reflexes tree. Lead And Steel lowers the Stamina cost of blade attacks and unlocks bullet blocking. Bullet Deflect and Bullet Time send those bullets back. Bullet Time also makes them crit while time is slowed. Finisher: Bladerunner raises blade attack speed and adds the healing finisher. Going The Distance doubles finisher range. Slaughterhouse, the top blade perk, makes every blade hit cause Bleeding. It also raises the dismemberment chance against bleeding enemies and restores Stamina on each dismemberment.
For cyberware, Dense Marrow adds melee damage, but each swing costs more Stamina. Microrotors raise melee attack speed, and Stabber adds crit chance with blades. A Berserk operating system such as the Zetatech Berserk adds damage reduction and attack speed while it is active. It also removes the Stamina cost of melee attacks. Its mod slots take blade and melee mods. Haemocide makes Bleeding last longer and adds crit chance. Severance gives head and limb hits on wounded enemies a chance to dismember and kill outright. Silencio adds crit chance while V is crouched and undetected.
Select a Build
Dashes carry the character behind enemy lines to cut groups apart with blades. Finishers restore Stamina, so the Sandevistan is turned off before each one. High Mitigation from Countershell, NeoFiber and Spring Joints cuts most incoming damage.
Attributes: Body 18, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 20.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller | 
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Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Calm Mind | 
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Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Slippery | 
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Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Mad Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Double Dash range toward enemies |
| Lead And Steel | 
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Reflexes 9 | Block bullets with Blades |
| Bullet Deflect | 
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Reflexes 9 | Blocked bullets fly back at the aim point |
| Seeing Double | Reflexes 9 | Counterattacks hit harder and can stun | |
| Flash And Thunderclap | 
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Reflexes 9 | Strong attacks leap to nearby enemies |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster Blade attacks and a Blade Finisher that heals |
| Flash Of Steel | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster movement and attacks after a Finisher |
| Opportunist | 
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Reflexes 15 | Stunned, staggered and bleeding enemies are easier to finish |
| Going The Distance | 
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Reflexes 15 | Double Finisher range |
| Slaughterhouse | Reflexes 20 | Every Blade hit applies Bleeding | |
| Tailwind | 
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Reflexes 20 | Stamina back from Air Dashes and double jumps |
| Glutton For War | 
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Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Health Freak | 
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Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| All Things Cyber | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| License To Chrome | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| ThreatEvac | 
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Circulatory System | Faster movement at low Health |
| Newton Module | 
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Frontal Cortex | Kills cut cyberware cooldowns |
| Stabber | 
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Nervous System | More crit chance with Blades and throwables |
| NeoFiber | 
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Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Militech Apogee Sandevistan | Operating System | Slows time by 85% with crit bonuses | |
| Dense Marrow | 
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Skeleton | More melee damage |
Notes
- Volkodav is the Iconic variant of the Razor. It belongs to a banned Techtronika series. Its hits can set enemies on fire, and hits on burning enemies always crit.
- Volkodav is found during the gig Waiting For Dodger, in the old NCPD precinct in Dogtown.
Weapon Categories
All Melee Weapons
Every melee weapon is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agaou | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% | Dogtown |
| BFC 9000 | 
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One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Baby Boomer | 
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Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Baseball Bat x-MOD2 | 
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Two-Handed Club | Dogtown | ||
| Black Unicorn | 
|
Katana | 25% | ||
| Blue Fang | 
|
Knife | +150% | Badlands South | |
| Butcher's Cleaver | 
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Knife | 25% | Coastview | |
| Byakko | 
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Katana | 25% | Little China | |
| Caretaker's Spade | 
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Hammer | 25% | Corpo Plaza | |
| Claw x-MOD2 | 
|
Axe | |||
| Cocktail Stick | 
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Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Cottonmouth | 
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One-Handed Club | 25% | Japantown | |
| Crowbar | 
|
One-Handed Club | |||
| Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 | 
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Chainsword | Dogtown | ||
| Errata | 
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Katana | 25% | Arroyo | |
| Fang | 
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Knife | +50% | ||
| Gold-Plated Baseball Bat | 
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Two-Handed Club | 25% | North Oak | |
| Gwynbleidd | 
|
Sword | |||
| Headhunter | 
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Knife | +150% | West Wind Estate | |
| Jinchu-Maru | 
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Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Murphy's Law | 
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One-handed Club | 50% | Dogtown | |
| Nehan | 
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Knife | +150% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Sasquatch's Hammer | 
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Hammer | 75% | Coastview | |
| Satori | 
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Katana | 25% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Scalpel | 
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Katana | 25% | Northside | |
| Sir John Phallustiff | 
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Blunt | 25% | Kabuki | |
| Stinger | 
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Knife | +150% | Badlands East | |
| Tinker Bell | 
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One-Handed Club | 50% | Badlands East | |
| Tsumetogi | 
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Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Volkodav | 
|
Machete | 25% | Dogtown |
Standard Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Bat | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Chef's Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Claw | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% | |
| Cut-O-Matic | 
|
Chainsword | 50% | ||
| Electric Baton Alpha | 
|
One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Electric Baton Beta | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | ||
| Electric Baton Gamma | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | ||
| Hammer | 
|
Hammer | 25% | ||
| Kaiken | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Kanabo | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Katana | 
|
Katana | 25% | ||
| Knife | 
|
Knife | +200% | ||
| Kukri | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Machete | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Neurotoxin Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Punknife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Razor | 
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Machete | 25% | ||
| Steel Pipe | 
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One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tire Iron | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tomahawk | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% |