Haze is a hero who can annihilate any opponent. If you know how to scale her well, she becomes a real killing machine. She can be classified as a typical assassin in the MOBA genre, easily securing kills and quickly escaping danger.

In this guide for Haze, we will cover the following aspects:

• Strengths and weaknesses of the hero
• Current build and ability upgrades
• Best synergies

Guide based on patch 29/09/2024

How to Play Haze

When playing as Haze, you need to endure and farm during the first 10-15 minutes of the game to get your initial items and start contributing meaningfully. On the lane, you won’t have many options, so try to last-hit minions as efficiently as possible and avoid taking unnecessary risks. If you see an opportunity for a guaranteed kill without dying yourself, take it. Once you’ve gathered the necessary resources and your ultimate, you can start looking for opportunities using your invisibility. Remember that your ultimate can easily be interrupted by crowd control, and each mistake that leads to your death is critical for such a snowball-dependent hero.

You need to apply pressure across the entire map with your invisibility—your enemies will be genuinely confused and scared to even push waves. Haze is a very aggressive hero, so you constantly need to be thinking about enemy positioning and where they will be moving in the next few minutes. The assassin playstyle means that you can quickly pick off a target and escape safely. Always be on the lookout for potential kills. It only takes 2-3 eliminations to make your enemies fear you constantly, giving you and your team a lot of room to maneuver.

From the mid to late game, ask your allies to help you secure objectives or punish enemies who are out of position. In team fights, calmly observe and wait for opponents to use their crowd control abilities. Once that happens, you’ll be unstoppable.

Strengths:

1. Easy to master
2. Very high mobility
3. Can solo kill Mid-Boss
4. Deals insane damage when get advantage 5. Great team fight capability.
   

 Weaknesses:

1. Weak early game phase
2. Requires good game understanding
   
3. Has really low HP pool, so she is easy target to kill
   

Haze's Abilities

Build and Ability Progression

Early Game:

• Headshot Booster
• Ammo Scavenger
  
• Rapid Rounds
  
• Extra Health
  
• Spirit Strike
  

Mid Game:

• Tesla Bullets
• Swift Striker
  
• Suppressor
  
• Active Reload
  
• Kinetic Dash
  
• Extra Stamina
  
• Sprint Boots
  
• Bullet Lifesteal
  

Late Game:

• Lucky Shot
• Ricochet
  
• Glass Cannon
  
• Bullet Resist Shredder
  
• Leech
  
• Enduring Speed
  
• Unstoppable
  

This is the optimal build. Remember, you can change your items depending on the situation.

Ability Upgrade Priority:

1. Fixation

2. Bullet Dance

3. Smoke Bomb

4. Sleep Dagger

Best Synergies and Counters

Best Hero Combinations

These characters can peel her and help in game. You can think up different combos, especially with Ivy’s ultimate.

Counters:

1. Bebop

2. Kelvin

Bebop and Kelvin have such a terrible CC. Kelvin can also apply a rate of fire rate slow.

Example of a Game on Haze

You can watch this game and learn how  to carry as Haze. Look how this player use his abilities for annihilating enemies, how he moves and rotating. 

Conclusion

Haze is an extremely powerful assassin, capable of snowballing and controlling the pace of the game with her invisibility and high burst damage. However, mastering her requires good game knowledge and precision. Her weak early game means you need to farm carefully while avoiding unnecessary risks, but once you’ve gathered key items, you can dominate the map by applying pressure and picking off targets.

Her ultimate Bullet Dance can turn the tide in team fights if used wisely, but beware of crowd control from enemies like Bebop and Kelvin, who can disrupt her gameplay. With the right build, map awareness, and coordination with teammates, Haze becomes an unstoppable force, providing immense value in both solo kills and team fights.