| “ | 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.”
— Official description
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Raze is an Agent in VALORANT and one of the first Duelists available to play since the Closed Beta.
Profile[]
Biography[]
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Tayane Alves is an engineer coming from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, with a strong enthusiasm for explosives and paint - usually combined. Holding strong objections towards Kingdom Corporation's operations in Bahia, Alves was involved in driving the company out of her home state and forcing them to abandon their sites there, the marks of her tools staining the plots as a testament to her victories. Hired since then to work for the VALORANT Protocol as its twelfth agent, "Raze", Alves now sows her chaos against bigger threats to Earth. However, as the paint fades from Salvador's walls, Raze cannot afford to leave her home completely behind, lest Kingdom look to make its return there.
TAYANE ALVES: Early Life[]
- Alves comes from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.[1]
- Alves is involved with driving Kingdom out of Bahia and forcing them to abandon their sites there.[2]
- Alves meets and works with Erik Torsten.[3]
RAZE: VALORANT agent[]
- Recruited as its twelfth agent.
The Omega Project[]
- Raze is present during the Max Bot training exercise at VALORANT HQ.[4]
- Raze creates Max Bot along with Killjoy and is one of the agents to fight against him.
The Blackmailer[]
- Raze is reported to be freaking out over the strange happenings at VALORANT HQ including paranoia, flicking lights, cold door handles, etc.[5]
- This was related to the Protocol's interrogation of the blackmailer, who was being held at HQ after being apprehended in Istanbul.
Continuing the Omega Project[]
- Raze contacts Brimstone about his clashes with Breach, vouching for Breach and asking Brimstone to go easy on him.[6]
First ventures into Omega[]
Journey into the City of Flowers[]
- Raze takes time away in Salvador, Brazil, with some of the other agents before the Protocol's main mission to the City of Flowers.[8]
Project Landfall[]
- Raze complains about Omen's recent distrust of her due to the latter's claims that she may have something to do with the Max Bot's unusual activity.[9]
- Raze receives help from Killjoy with repairs on her Boom Bot.[10]
- Whilst Killjoy is distracted, Max Bot takes the opportunity to hack into her tablet and gain access to the Protocol's portal systems and data files in order to initiate his revenge program.
- Raze reacts to the possible addition of a new recruit with other agents.[11]
Personality[]
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The one-woman party from Bahia, Raze is always playful, impulsive, and spontaneous. She radiates chaotic energy and creates havoc on the battlefield, destroying every obstacle that is blocking her path. According to Sage, she can be impatient and won't stick to plans. She is notoriously cheeky, as seen when she earned Cypher's ire after constantly breaking his gadgets.
Fun-loving as she is, she refers to her fellow agents as family and always assures them that she'll be the one leading the fireworks display.
Appearance[]
Raze is a woman with a brown skin tone, always sporting her orange cap worn backwards accompanied by her headphones. Her hair is arranged in multiple braids held together by gold-colored hair rollers. She wears a sleeveless, orange top that exposes her midriff and is covered by a chestplate with the word 'BOOM' spray-painted on the front. She wears dark colored pants with a splatter of paint by the left thigh, held by a strap wherein her paintshell grenades are attached.
Abilities[]
Basic[]
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.
Uses: 1 
Cost:
300
Duration: 
5 s
Health: 
60 HP
Damage: 
30-80 (Min. outer radius-Inner radius)
INSTANTLY throw a Blast Pack that will stick to surfaces. RE-USE the ability after deployment to detonate, damaging and moving anything hit.
Uses: 2 
Cost: 200
Windup: 
1.5 s (Damage arm time)
Duration: 5 s
Health: 20 HP
Damage: 20-50 (After arming)
Signature[]
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.
Uses: 1
Cost:Free
Cooldown: 
2 kill recharge
Damage: 1-55 (Min. outer radius-Inner radius)
Ultimate[]
EQUIP a rocket launcher. FIRE to shoot a rocket that does massive area damage on contact with anything.
Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8 points
Windup: 1.4 s
Duration: 10 s
Damage: 30-150 (Min. outer radius-Inner radius)
Agent Cosmetics[]
The following are cosmetics related to Raze from Agent Gear and from other sources (e.g. Battle Pass).
Gear[]
- More information: Gear
| Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5 |
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| Spray: Boomshaka |
Player Card: VALORANT Raze |
Player Title: Warhead |
Spray: Bombshell |
Kingdom Credits: 2,000 |
 2,000 |
2,500 |
3,000 |
3,500 |
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| Tier 6 | Tier 7 | Tier 8 | Tier 9 | Tier 10 |
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| Gunbuddy: Blast Pin |
Spray: Raze |
Player Title: Ballistic |
Player Card: Rising up |
Weapon Skin: Pistolinha Classic |
| 4,500 |
5,500 |
6,500 |
7,500 |
8,000
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Other cosmetics[]
| Image | Name | Source |
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9 Lives | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 Part of collection: 9 Lives |
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Champions Squad | Event Pass: Champions 2023 Part of collection: Champions 2023 |
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Doodle Buds // Agents | Store: Doodle Buds |
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Duo's Day: Game Night | Store: Duo's Day |
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Enter the Duelists | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 1 |
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EP 1 // IGNITION | Login Bonus |
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Epilogue: Mementos Pt. 1 | Battle Pass: EP 02 Act 3 |
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Epilogue: No Hands | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 2 |
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Eyes Up | Unobtainable |
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Friendly Fire | Event Pass: Crossover |
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Knife Fight | Battle Pass: EP 02 Act 3 |
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Late Night Snack | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 |
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Mementos Pt. 1 | Battle Pass: EP 02 Act 3 |
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Nanobomb | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 2 |
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No Hands | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 2 |
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Operation Vacation | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 1 |
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Raze Days | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 1 |
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Rooftop Revelry | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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Scare Tactics | Prime Gaming Drops |
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Team Ace // Raze | Store: Team Ace |
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Up in Arms | Prime Gaming Drops |
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VALORANT GO! Vol. 2 Raze | Store: VALORANT GO! Vol. 2 |
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VERSUS // Breach + Raze Card | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 Part of collection: Versus |
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VERSUS // Raze + Killjoy Card | Battle Pass: EP 01 Act 3 Part of collection: Versus |
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Warm Up // Maxbot | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 3 |
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#SAVEWIDEJOY | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 2 |
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9 Lives | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 Part of collection: 9 Lives |
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Clutch Or Kick | Battle Pass: EP 03 Act 1 |
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Dap Team | Battle Pass: EP 01 Act 2 |
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Doodle Buds // Agents | Store: Doodle Buds |
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Epilogue: #SAVEWIDEJOY | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 2 |
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Hang Loose | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 2 |
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Heaven or Hell | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 3 |
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Last Person Standing | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 |
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Not Your Healer | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 3 |
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Party's Here | Prime Gaming Drops |
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Pretty Pretty Please | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 3 |
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Raze has Range | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 2 |
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Team Ace // Raze | Store: Team Ace |
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The Big Bet | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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This Is Also Also Fine | Battle Pass: EP 02 Act 3 |
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VALORANT GO! Vol. 2 Raze | Store: VALORANT GO! Vol. 2 |
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VCT LOCK//IN Vamos! | Store: VCT LOCK//IN |
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Wide Swing | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 2 |
| Image | Edition | Skin | Weapon | Variant | Source |
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9 Lives | Classic | Raze | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 |
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Guardian | Raze | |||
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Phantom | Raze | |||
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Ares | Raze | |||
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Altitude | Bucky | — | Store |
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Doodle Buds | Shorty | Base | Store |
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Stinger | Base | |||
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Phantom | Base | |||
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Ares | Base | |||
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Team Ace | Judge | — | Store |
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VALORANT GO! Vol. 2 | Ares | — | Store |
| Image | Name | Source |
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VALORANT GO! Vol. 2 Raze | Store: VALORANT GO! Vol. 2 |
Quotes[]
- Main article: Raze/Quotes
Update History[]
Blast Pack
- Audio for traveling through air is now louder for enemies while traveling towards them
Audio for traveling through air is now louder for enemies while traveling towards them- Paint Shells
- Primary grenade explosion radius 6m >>> 5.5m.
- Secondary grenades explosion radius 6m >>> 5.25m.
- Primary grenade explosion minimum damage 15 >>> 1.
- Secondary grenades explosion minimum damage 15 >>> 1.
- Damage multiplier to enemy utility 250% >>> 100%.
- Blast Pack
- Satchel doesn’t deal damage until fully armed.
- Satchel arm time increased 0.5 seconds >>> 1.5.
- Updated SFX for beep after arm time.
- This is an undocumented change
Updated SFX for beep after arm time.
- Showstopper
- Fixed issues where Showstopper projectile would not explode when hitting players trapped by Deadlock’s Annihilation.
Fixed issues where Showstopper projectile would not explode when hitting players trapped by 
Will no longer destroy 
- Boom Bot
- Duration decreased 10s >>> 5s
- 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
- Blast Pack
- Now properly takes damage from enemy abilities
- Boom Bot
- Health decreased 100 HP >>> 60 HP
- Damage modifier to non-players increased 100% >>> 250%
- Now immune to all allied damage
- No longer explodes on contact with Gatecrash beacons
- Blast Pack
- Paint Shells
Damage modifier to non-players increased 100% >>> 250%
- Progress/Charge bars moved to a consistent location and made a consistent size
- Showstopper
- Ammo count added to HUD
Ammo count added to HUD- Showstopper
- Can now be input-queued to equip after the current action
- Blast Pack
- Fixed bugs impacting Blast Pack's input queuing and re-equip speeds
- Showstopper
- Re-equip time removed, hence the re-equip time is exactly the same as the initial equip time.
- Boom Bot
- Damage reduced 50-125 >>> 30-80
- Cost reduced 400 >>> 300
- Boom Bot
- Can no longer be placed through some walls
- Updated Raze's model
- Boom Bot
- Cost increased 200 >>> 400
- Showstopper
- Ultimate points required increased 7 >>> 8
- Blast Pack
- Audio cues added to indicate when she's boosted in the air from Blast Pack
- Showstopper
- Explosion and Showstopper launching VFX updated so they are less obscuring and clear out of the play space faster
- Boom Bot
- Fixed Boom Bot blowing up when it hit the Spike if Raze was on defender side
- Boom Bot
- Fixed issue where Boom Bot could be placed through some walls
- 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
- Shooting the blast pack causes it to detonate, dealing its current damage amount
- Satchel no longer does damage to allies
- Blast Pack
- Damage decreased 75 >>> 50
- Damage to objects now consistently does 600
- Showstopper
- Equip Time increased 1.1 >>> 1.4
- Quick Equip Time increased 0.5 >>> 0.7
- VFX reduced when firing rocket
- VFX on rocket’s trail slightly reduced
- Showstopper
- Cost changed 6 >>> 7 Ult points
- Blast Pack
- Maximum damage radius reduced 2 >>> 1 meters
- Blast Pack
- Cost increased 100 >>> 200 credits
- Tuned and adjusted audio for Paint Shells, Blast Pack, and Showstopper so that they’ll be easier to hear in hectic scenarios
- Paint Shells
- Reduced number of charges 2 >>> 1
- Now has a kill reset, requiring players to get 2 kills to refresh charge
- Fixed an edge case where the secondary cluster would explode quicker than intended. They now have a minimum duration before exploding
Spotify Playlist[]
Trivia[]
- Raze created her Boom Bot by stealing and modifying one of Killjoy's Alarmbots.[12]
- She did major upgrades on Breach's mechanical arms.[13]
- She and Killjoy developed a training robot known as Max Bot, who was designed to imitate and replicate the powers and skills of his opponent.[4]
- She loves to breakdance and was part of a B-Girl crew in Salvador.[14]
Relations[]
- It is hinted that she worked with Breach before joining the VALORANT Protocol.
- The nature of their shared past was one that operated outside the law.
- Raze has close relations with Breach to the point of referring to him as "Breachy."
- Raze and Killjoy have a friendly rivalry.[12]
- This rivalry will then develop them into a romantic relationship. This was confirmed by Riot via a Twitter post, being the first pair of characters in the game to have a canonical relationship.
Development[]
- Through early game datamine, Raze's call sign may be implied to be "Bombshell" via certain agent interactions
- Raze was the first additional character to be added in the Closed Beta.
- Cypher called Raze "Izzy" in one of his early quotes, implying that this was supposed to be her real name. However, the voiceline was removed from the game and her real name was eventually revealed to be Tayane.
Gallery[]
![VALORANT GO! Vol. 2 Full Artwork[15]](/wiki/File:VALORANT_GO!_Vol._2.jpg "VALORANT GO! Vol. 2.jpg (100 KB)")
![Salvador Vacation[8]](/wiki/File:Salvador_Vacation_Restaurant.jpg "Salvador Vacation Restaurant.jpg (836 KB)")
![Salvador Vacation[8]](/wiki/File:Salvador_Vacation_Raze_Workshop.jpg "Salvador Vacation Raze Workshop.jpg (741 KB)")
![Salvador Vacation[8]](/wiki/File:Salvador_Vacation_Live_Music.jpg "Salvador Vacation Live Music.jpg (910 KB)")
![Salvador Vacation[8]](/wiki/File:Salvador_Vacation_Raze_Killjoy_Kiss.jpg "Salvador Vacation Raze Killjoy Kiss.jpg (597 KB)")
![Salvador Vacation[8]](/wiki/File:Salvador_Vacation_Conclusion.jpg "Salvador Vacation Conclusion.jpg (2.6 MB)")
![REVELATION poster (Ω-counterpart)[16]](/wiki/File:Revelation_Poster_2.jpeg "Revelation Poster 2.jpeg (1.87 MB)")
![Pride 2023[17]](/wiki/File:Pride_2023.jpeg "Pride 2023.jpeg (2.64 MB)")
References[]
- ↑ Raze Salvador quote
- ↑ VALORANT Protocol#The Blackmailer's agent dossiers
- ↑ Breach-Raze duo quote
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 WARM UP
- ↑ 4.07 Phoenix voicemail
- ↑ 4.09 Raze Voicemail
- ↑ 5.07 Raze Voicemail
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Salvador Vacation Twitter posts
- ↑ 6.08 Raze Email
- ↑ Execute R.V.N.G. Program Teaser
- ↑ MYTHS Twitter Teasers
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Killjoy Reveal article (in German)
- ↑ VALORANT Lore Discord Narrative AMA: Breach's arms
- ↑ VALORANT Lore Discord Narrative AMA: Raze breakdances
- ↑ VALORANT GO! Vol. 2 Full Artwork
- ↑ REVELATION Poster
- ↑ Pride 2023
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