Deadlock Haze Build Guide

Planning the best Deadlock Haze Build is quite challenging. If you utilize her abilities correctly, this small form factor hero is one of the most lethal in the game. Haze can handle a whole Lane alone, thanks to her high fire rate weapon and one of the strongest Ultimates in the game. Understandably, this makes her one of the highest win-rate heroes in the game.

According to the game's lore, she works for the Occult Security and Investigation Commission, a secret organization capable of infiltrating the dreams of human beings, and thus much more advanced than any real-life law enforcement force. In this article, we will explore the best Haze build guide in Deadlock that will wring out the maximum juice from this hero.

Note: This article is subjective and solely based on the writer's opinions. The values and abilities mentioned in this guide are valid as of the major patch dated September 12, 2024. Things are likely to change with the title's official public release.

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How to play Haze in Deadlock? All abilities explored

Haze in Deadlock (Image via Valve)

As mentioned, Haze is a fast character capable of easily handling a whole area on her own. However, it requires hundreds of hours to master her abilities. Here are all the abilities Haze possesses:

• Sleep Dagger: 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. (Cooldown time is 250s)
• Smoke Bomb: Fade out of sight, becoming invisible and gaining sprint speed. Attacking removes invisibility. Close enemies can see through your invisibility. (Cooldown time is 350s)
• Fixation: Shooting a target increases your bullet damage on that target. Gain one stack per bullet hit, two if the hit is a headshot. (No cooldown)
• Bullet Dance: Enter a flurry, firing your weapon at nearby enemies with perfect accuracy. During the flurry, Haze gains a fire rate bonus and evades some of the bullets shot at her. (Cooldown time is 130s)

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Deadlock Haze build: Best items

Best Deadlock Haze Build (Image via Valve)

Depending on your playstyle, many items from The Curiosity Shop would go well with Haze. However, this Deadlock Haze Build would probably be the best in almost every situation:

1) Early game

These are the basic items you should buy for this Deadlock Haze Build during the early game:

• Extra Stamina: +1 Stamina, +10% Stamina Recovery, +7% Fire Rate.
• Headshot Booster: +5% Fire Rate, +40 Bullet Shield Health.
• Rapid Rounds: +9% Fire Rate, +1 m/s Sprint Speed.
• Ammo Scavenger: +15% Ammo, +60 Bonus Health.
• Active Reload: +10% Weapon Damage, -20% Reload Time.
• Bullet Lifesteal: +28% Bullet Lifesteal, +75 Bonus Health.

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2) Mid game

As per this Deadlock Haze Build, these are the items you should buy during the mid-game:

• Kinetic Dash: +100 Bonus Health, +1.5 Health Regen.
• Sprint Boots: +2m/s Sprint Speed, +1 Health Regen, +4% Weapon Damage.
• Quicksilver Reload: 50 Spirit Damage, 15% Fire Rate Bonus, 12s Max Frequency.
• Bullet Resist Shredder: +100 Bonus Health, +5% Bullet Resist.

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3) End game

These are the items you should buy during the end game:

• Escalating Resilience: +14% Fire Rate, +14% Weapon Damage.
• Lucky Shot: +30% Ammo. Bonus Damage 90%.
• Unstoppable (Active): +150 Bonus Health, +15% Spirit Resist, +1m/s Move Speed, +12 Spirit Power. Upon activation, suppress negative status effects and become Immune to Stun, Silence, Sleep, Root, and Disarm (6s Duration).
• Ethereal Shift (Active): Upon activation, +14 Bonus Spirit Power, 10s Bonus Spirit Duration (3.5s Duration).
• Crippling Headshot: +20% Weapon Damage, +10% Bullet Lifesteal, +10% Spirit Lifesteal.
• Curse (Active): +20% Weapon Damage, +8 Spirit Power. Upon activation, Curses an enemy - interrupting, silencing, disarming, and preventing item usage (3.25s Duration).

These are all the items that are recommended to buy to make the best possible Deadlock Haze Build. However, it must be noted that the game is in playtesting and a lot of the values mentioned could be changed with the official release.

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