Haze build guide

T3 Dagger Max

by ChromeVersion 5Updated Mar 10, 2026Guide #520063

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Author's notes

My in-dev version of what could be Rapid Haze. It's tough carving out an active playstyle on this hero facing the AP reworks, but T3 Dagger is very strong, so I'm doing what I can to squeeze that ability and really halt people.

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 7 items · 4.8k Weapon lets us shred Guardian
1. 1
  Extra Spirit
2. 2
  Rapid Rounds
3. 3
  Active Reload
  Our core reload tool. Use this constantly for shredding waves & camps. In engages use Active Reload while they're slept.
4. 4
  Extra Stamina
2Lane Techoptional
Author's category · 4 items · Read Annotations
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  If taking chip damage in lane and need to stay healthy.
2. 2
  Healing Rite
  If taking big chunks of damage from ability combos (Bebop hook, Shiv dash, etc.) pop Healing Rite and go break statues / boxes while regenerating.
3. 3
  Rebuttal
  Buy into Viscous & Billy
3Flex Timing
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Rusted Barrel
  Bought for Investment Category, can be anytime before Wave but MUST be right after Wave at the absolute latest.
4Core Build
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Silence Wave
  I pop this when they're waking from Dagger as to make the most of the Silence time.
2. 2
  Slowing Bullets
3. 3
  Burst Fire
  Built from Rapid Rounds
4. 4
5Hyper Late Prio
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Siphon Bullets
  My prio T4 purchase after Rapid, especially into tanky heroes like Billy Abrams Silver
2. 2
  Healing Tempo
  Buy if you have Siphon, pairs great with T3 Smoke & Vamp
3. 3
  Armor Piercer
  NOW ACTUALLY COUNTERS PLATED ARMOR, buy this 100% of the time if they get Plated.
64.8k Vital Setup -->
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
7Choose 1
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Reactive Barrier
  I almost force this item, just because the scaling is so strong and it gets us out of a lot. Pretty rare I don't get this.
2. 2
  Enduring Speed
  If they have no Reactive Barrier triggerable CC
8Choose 1
Author's category · 7 items · I prio Spirit Resil and/or Stam Mastery
1. 1
  Counterspell
  Big Anti-Pocket & Lash item as T3 Smoke doesn't dodge
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
  Very frequent purchase
3. 3
  Stamina Mastery
  Built from Extra Stamina
  Great tool for kiting away from scary frontliners that want to hold W into your face (Billy, Silver, etc.)
9Additional Damage
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Toxic Bullets
2. 2
  Blood Tribute
3. 3
  Crippling Headshot
  Good with Capacitor, meh on its own
4. 4
10Additional Sustain
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Spellbreaker
  Great into big Spirit chunkers like Lash, Talon, Sinclair, etc.
2. 2
  Plated Armor
  If their team is carried by MASSIVE gun damage this is our best tool for survival.
3. 3
  Cheat Death
  Insane bailout tool paired with T3 Smoke
11UPDATED 3/10
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
12Category 12
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger		Sleep Dagger: Ability unlocked, step 2					Sleep Dagger: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Sleep Dagger: 2 AP upgrade, step 8			Sleep Dagger: 5 AP upgrade, step 11