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Assassin · Rapid Fire

Haze hero artHaze Build & Counters

Sneaks in and sprays bullets. When Haze fixates on a target she can hold her own in a firefight. She prefers to create one sided exchanges, avoiding damage then picking off unsuspecting targets up close.

Updated ·Refreshed daily from public match data·Methodology

Tier

S+

Win rate

55.2%▲ 1.1

Games

255K

51% pick

How to play Haze right now

Haze wins 55.2% of 255K games, 6.9 pts above the median hero, up 1.1 pts on last week. Strongest in Sentinel – Ritualist lobbies (54.5%), weakest in Ascendant – Eternus (52.5%). Bullies Shiv in lane (63%). Haze is an assassin (sneaks in and sprays bullets). Build around Swift Striker, Rapid Rounds, Burst Fire, put early points into Fixation, and respect Rat King in lane.
  • Core items: Swift Striker, Rapid Rounds, Burst Fire, Extra Spirit
  • Max first: Fixation
  • Hardest lanes: Rat King, Paige, Graves
  • Best teammates: Paige, Seven, Rat King

Last 7 days, all ranks

Haze stats

Win rate

55.2%

#5 of 41

Pick rate

51.5%

of matches

Ban share

5.5%

of ranked bans

K / D / A

9.2 / 6.3 / 10.5

KDA 3.12

Souls

44K

per game

Hero damage

35K

per game

Win rate, last 30 days

September 12, 2026 → October 11, 2026 · low 51.3% · high 56.0%

Compare Haze with another hero in the hero comparison tool.

Ranked matches, last 7 days

Haze by rank

Initiate – Acolyte

54.3%S+

21K games

Sentinel – Ritualist

54.5%S+

20K games

Emissary – Phantom

54.1%S+

25K games

Ascendant – Eternus

52.5%S

5.0K games

See every hero for your bracket on the Deadlock tier list.

Items by game phase · last 7 days

Haze build

Buy rate = share of Haze games where the item was bought; grouped by average purchase time. Late items always show higher win rates because they are bought in longer, often winning games — compare items within the same phase.

Recommended build — buy in this order

The 12 items most Haze players buy, sorted by when they are usually bought.

  1. 1Extra SpiritExtra Spirit3m
  2. 2Rapid RoundsRapid Rounds4m
  3. 3Swift StrikerSwift Striker7m
  4. 4Active ReloadActive Reload8m
  5. 5Extra HealthExtra Health8m
  6. 6Bullet LifestealBullet Lifesteal15m
  7. 7Enduring SpeedEnduring Speed16m
  8. 8Surge of PowerSurge of Power17m
  9. 9Bullet Resist ShredderBullet Resist Shredder17m
  10. 10FortitudeFortitude17m
  11. 11Burst FireBurst Fire20m
  12. 12RicochetRicochet24m

High-rank build — Phantom and above

What Haze players in Phantom+ ranked lobbies buy (45K games, last 30 days), in buying order.

  1. 1Extra SpiritExtra Spirit3m
  2. 2Rapid RoundsRapid Rounds5m
  3. 3Active ReloadActive Reload7m
  4. 4Swift StrikerSwift Striker7m
  5. 5Extra HealthExtra Health9m
  6. 6Sprint BootsSprint Boots12m
  7. 7Enduring SpeedEnduring Speed15m
  8. 8Surge of PowerSurge of Power15m
  9. 9Bullet Resist ShredderBullet Resist Shredder15m
  10. 10FortitudeFortitude15m
  11. 11Burst FireBurst Fire19m
  12. 12RicochetRicochet21m

Laning 0–10 min

Mid game 10–20 min

Late game 20+ min

Situational picks that win

Bought in under 20% of games, but with the highest win rates when they are.

Most played ability upgrade paths

Haze skill order

Most popular60.0% win31K games
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger··3··6·89···
Smoke BombSmoke Bomb···4·····101112
FixationFixation12··5·······
Bullet DanceBullet Dance······7·····
Option 264.4% win15K games
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger··3··6···10·12
Smoke BombSmoke Bomb···4····9···
FixationFixation12··5··8····
Bullet DanceBullet Dance······7···11·
Option 361.5% win5.4K games
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger··34·6··9···
Smoke BombSmoke Bomb····5····10·12
FixationFixation12·····8··11·
Bullet DanceBullet Dance······7·····

Haze abilities

Sleep Dagger1Sleep Dagger30s cooldown

Throw a dagger that damages and sleeps the target. Sleeping targets wake up shortly after being damaged. Throwing a Dagger does not break your invisibility. Sleep Dagger does not interrupt enemies' channeling abilities.

Cooldown 30sCast Delay 0.2sDamage 65Sleep Duration 2.75sWake Up Delay 0.1sMin Sleep Time 0.2s
  1. 1 AP-10.0% Bullet Resist Reduction for 6.0s on wake-up
  2. 2 AP+1s Sleep Duration Applies 15.0 Fixation Stacks
  3. 5 AP-17.0s Cooldown -40% Move and Dash Speed for 3s on wake-up

Smoke Bomb2Smoke Bomb33s cooldown

Fade out of sight, becoming invisible and gaining sprint speed. Attacking removes invisibility, but using items does not. Close enemies can see through your invisibility.

Cooldown 33sDuration 8sFade Time 1.5s
  1. 1 AP+7m Invis Sprint Speed
  2. 2 APEnable 2 Ability Charges
  3. 5 APDispels non-ult debuffs Grants +50% Bullet Lifesteal for 5s

Fixation3Fixation

Shooting a target increases your bullet damage on that target. Gain one stack per bullet hit, three if the hit is a headshot.

Duration 6sMax Stacks 40Weapon Damage 0.2/stack
  1. 1 AP40.0 Spirit damage and 12% slow for 2s to target every 20 stacks
  2. 2 AP+40 Max Stacks and +5s Duration
  3. 5 AP+0.11/ per Stack Scales with Weapon Damage

Bullet Dance4Bullet DanceUltimate165s cooldown

Enter a flurry, firing your weapon at nearby enemies with perfect accuracy and added Bullet Damage.

Cooldown 165sDuration 3.5sCast Delay 0.4sTargets Hit Per Shot 1Fire Rate 25%Bullet Damage 7Proc Chance 100%Bullet Evasion 30%
  1. 1 AP+7 Bullet Damage
  2. 2 AP+10.0% Fire Rate +3m Movespeed
  3. 5 AP+40.0% Evasion -65s Cooldown

Same-lane win rate · last 7 days

How to counter Haze

Haze has the hardest time in lane against Rat King, Paige, Graves. Items that work best into Haze: Metal Skin, Spirit Sap, Knockdown.

Hardest lanes for Haze

Haze wins lane vs

Best teammates

Haze vs every hero — full counters table →

Last 30 days · win-rate gain over other items in the same games

Best items against Haze

Metal SkinMetal Skin3,200 souls · 382K games+2.538.2% winSpirit SapSpirit Sap1,600 souls · 121K games+1.044.7% winKnockdownKnockdown3,200 souls · 187K games+0.944.5% winSplit ShotSplit Shot1,600 souls · 131K games+0.946.7% winPhantom StrikePhantom Strike6,400 souls · 115K games+0.853.3% winWeapon ShieldingWeapon Shielding1,600 souls · 127K games+0.743.8% win

Compared with the other items bought into Haze, these ones lift their owner's win rate the most — good picks when you are laning against or chasing Haze.

Most-played in-game builds · last 7 days

Popular Haze builds

Community builds from the in-game build browser, ranked by how many games used them. Search the build ID in-game (Hero Builds → search) to import it.

Parzelion's Haze Build55.0%2.4K games
SN|P3R : Dance of Death57.0%1.9K games
Haze - Gun-Initiator [60% WR] [tracklock.gg]55.5%1.1K games
twitch.tv/oses56.2%890 games
Renon's Gun Haze (twitch.tv/renon)53.1%684 games
SITUATION RICO HAZE54.0%674 games

Recent Haze changes

September 16, 2026 — Minor Update - 09-16-2026
  • • Fixation headshot stack count increased from +2 to +3
  • • Fixation T3 weapon scaling increased from 0.0003 to 0.00035
July 28, 2026 — Minor Update - 07-28-2026
  • • Sleep Dagger wake up time spirit scaling reduced from 0.003 to 0.002
  • • Sleep Dagger damage spirit scaling reduced from 2.8 to 2.2
  • • Sleep Dagger T2 changed from “-17s Cooldown and Applies 15 Fixation Stacks” to “+1s Sleep Duration and Applies 15 Fixation Stacks”
  • • Sleep Dagger T3 changed from “+1s Sleep Duration and -50% Move and Dash Speed for 3s on wake-up” to “-17s Cooldown and -50% Move and Dash Speed for 3s on wake-up”
  • • Fixation T3 reduced from +0.14 per Stack to +0.11
  • • Fixation T3 now also scales with Weapon Damage (0.0003)
July 9, 2026 — Minor Update - 07-09-2026
  • • Sleep Dagger T2 now also applies 15 Fixation Stacks
  • • Sleep Dagger T2 reduced from -18s Cooldown to -17s

About Haze

Base stats (level 1)

Health
730
Health regen
2/s
Move speed
8.2 m/s
Sprint speed
1.6 m/s
Stamina
3
Light melee
50
Heavy melee
116

Haze lore

The Occult Security and Investigation Commission is a black box government organization that makes the CIA look transparent. It falls on the men, women, and entities of the OSIC to keep the country safe from sinister forces that are beyond the capabilities of local law enforcement.

As a member of the notorious Sandman Division, Haze is routinely tasked with infiltrating the dreams of persons of interest, to assess their threat level, and if needed... to put them to sleep.

Official in-game biography.

Haze voice linesListen to all 2,589 lines, grouped by situation.▶

Haze FAQ

Is Haze good in Deadlock right now?＋

Yes — one of the strongest heroes right now. Haze is S+ tier (#5 of 41) with a 55.2% win rate over 255K games in the last 7 days. Haze wins 55.2% of 255K games, 6.9 pts above the median hero, up 1.1 pts on last week. Strongest in Sentinel – Ritualist lobbies (54.5%), weakest in Ascendant – Eternus (52.5%). Bullies Shiv in lane (63%).

What is the best Haze build?＋

Most Haze players buy Swift Striker, Rapid Rounds, Burst Fire, Extra Spirit — the four items bought most often. Start with Swift Striker, Rapid Rounds, Extra Spirit in lane, then Surge of Power, Bullet Lifesteal, Fortitude by mid game.

Who counters Haze?＋

In lane, Haze has the lowest win rate against Rat King (47.4%), Paige (48.4%), Graves (48.5%). Haze does best against Shiv (62.6%), Viscous (60.5%), Solomon (60.4%).

How do you counter Haze?＋

Pick a hero that wins the lane into Haze — Rat King, Paige, Graves do best this week — and build Metal Skin or Spirit Sap, which win more often than other items when Haze is on the enemy team.

What should I max first on Haze?＋

The most common skill order puts points into Fixation first; it wins 60.0% of 31K games. Full order is in the skill order table above.

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