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Published guides that Haze players started matches with in this period, most used first, with copies and near-identical guides removed. Usage comes from the API's analysed matches and counts the guide selected at match start; it doesn't show whether players followed it. Game mode can't be filtered for this data.

SN|P3R : Dance of Death

by SN|P3RVersion 399Guide updated Oct 8, 2026Guide #262104

Matches started with it: 360
Won: 54.7%
Players: 315
In-game favourites: 66,879 (not match usage)

Items, as published

11. Early
Author's category · Bug : Tesla/Cap fails if bought BEFORE Lucky Shot → ∴ Buy later || ⇧B.Lifesteal to F.Trance, Here →
1. 1
  Extra Spirit
  Increases your Ammo & Dagger Damage. For Haze, Bullets count increase with Spirit Investment. Upgrade to Surge of Power (OR) can also sell this and get Superior Duration, if thats your preference.
2. 2
  Swift Striker
  Do not sell this, unless really necessary / ultra late game. This is Haze's staple item along with Burst Fire for Fire Rate.
3. 3
  Extra Health
  Strong early Haze item, excellent for lane sustain
4. 4
  Active Reload
  Swap this to a Tier 4 / Merc Mag / Other Item, in the Late Game
5. 5
  Titanic Magazine
  Fantastic item, you can swap this with Weakening Headshot if you are comfortable with ammo management. Can sell in the end game for Tier 4 Items
6. 6
  Bullet Lifesteal
  Many do not prefer Fury Trance, hence just kept Bullet Lifesteal here for convenience. You can upgrade to Fury Trance from this item easily or upgrade to Vampiric Burst later.
7. 7
  Bullet Resist Shredder
  Superb all rounder Item for 1600! -10% Bullet Resist for quicker farming + fights & provides additional Weapon Damage & Bullet Resist
8. 8
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
  You can upgrade from Extra Health to Fortitude (OR) can skip this and get Spirit Resilience → If Spirit stacked opponents
9. 9
  Burst Fire
2Early gameoptional
Game stage
1. 1
  Fury Trance
  Built from Bullet Lifesteal
  Excellent item & now has In-built Fleetfoot! Many do not prefer this item due to Silence, hence this is currently kept optional.
2. 2
  Slowing Hex
  Your staple item to cripple Movement Heroes. You can sell this in the ultra late game to accomodate Tier 4 / Other Items.
32. CORE
Author's category · Flexible Buys, *NOT* L-R || Anti-Metal Skin → Capacitor || Anti-Heal → Inhibitor || ULT → Unstoppable
1. 1
  Surge of Power
  Built from Extra Spirit
  Choice : Can get another T3 Spirit Item like Superior Duration or Rapid Recharge (for your Smoke Bomb T3 Dispels)
2. 2
  Ricochet
  Your staple & a key T4 Item
3. 3
  Lucky Shot
  Big Damage Spike & also provides Ammo. You can buy Silencer before Lucky Shot, if the game demands it
4Armorsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Spirit Resilience
  An important Item from Mid Game onward (Flexible Timing of Purchase). Can skip Fortitude & get this item.
2. 2
  Bullet Resilience
53. End Game
Author's category · *NOT* L-R, Your Choices
1. 1
  Armor Piercer
  Good Counter Item against Plated Armor & Bullet Resilience. Does *NOT* work against Metal Skin. Anti-Metal Skin → Capacitor / Merc Mag / Curse. Good purchase after Plated Armor buff
2. 2
  Crippling Headshot
3. 3
  Cursed Relic
4. 4
6Best Greensoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Plated Armor
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
7Spirit Optionsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Rapid Recharge
  This is basically for your T3 Smoke Bombs. They are basically handy Dispel Magics available to you and RR helps to activate them regularly in fights.
2. 2
  Superior Duration
  Provides outstanding value for Haze : +1.5s Bullet Dance, Slowing Hex, +2s Active Reload, +.7s Silencer, +1.3s Burst Fire, +4s Smoke Bomb Duration, +1s Curse etc etc
3. 3
  Mercurial Magnum
8Green Optionsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Enduring Speed
2. 2
  Battle Vest
3. 3
  Warp Stone
  An excellent tool if the enemy tries to run away from your Bullet Dance
4. 4
9End Greensoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Juggernaut
  Built from Enduring Speed
2. 2
  Cheat Death
10Gun Optionsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Weakening Headshot
2. 2
  Toxic Bullets
3. 3
  Glass Cannon
  No Metal Skins? Fry them in the ultra late game with this along with Crippling Headshot + Ricochet

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in SN|P3R : Dance of Death, one row per ability in slot order
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger			Sleep Dagger: Ability unlocked, step 3				Sleep Dagger: 1 AP upgrade, step 7			Sleep Dagger: 2 AP upgrade, step 10

Among the 12 most-used guides with at least 10 analysed matches: 1 copy and 1 near-identical guide hidden, 5 beyond the top 5. “Core items” counts items in the author's non-optional categories.

What to buy, in order

Surge of Power + Burst Fire + Fortitude style

1Early
Extra Spirit
~1:06
2Early
Rapid Rounds
~3:27
3Early
Active Reload
~5:27
4Early
Swift Striker
~6:30
from Rapid Rounds
5Early
Extra Health
~7:14
6Mid
Slowing Hex
~11:43
7Mid
Fortitude
~13:51
from Extra Health
8Mid
Surge of Power
~14:11
from Extra Spirit
Imbue: Sleep Dagger
9Mid
Enduring Speed
~14:23
10Mid
Bullet Resist Shredder
~16:44
11Mid
Burst Fire
~18:23
from Rapid Rounds
12Late
Ricochet
~24:58
13Late
Silencer
~28:15

Times are when players on this build typically bought each item (observed guidance, not deadlines). Dashed steps are late continuations: this style's most-bought late items, added so the build runs to the late game. Stage details below show how many of this group bought each item, optional items and situational swaps.

By stage

“Bought” percentages say how many players in this group bought the item; they are not win rates. Swaps are our advice from each item's current game text, not measured matchup results.

1Early
0–9 min
1. 1
  Extra Spirit
  99% bought · ~1:06 · most 0–3 min
2. 2
  Rapid Rounds
  95% bought · ~3:27 · most 2–6 min
3. 3

Skill order

The most common choice at each point among these 1,874 players. The first four points match 1,162 of them; 265 used this exact full order.

Haze skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger			Sleep Dagger: Ability unlocked, step 3			Sleep Dagger: 1 AP upgrade, step 6		Sleep Dagger: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Sleep Dagger: 5 AP upgrade, step 9

Final inventory target

About this recommendation

Sample: Haze, normal mode, ranked matches with average rank Phantom or higher, from Oct 5, 2026 (Oct 5, 2026 update) to Oct 8, 2026, never more than 14 days: 4,172 matches, 52.5% won. Unranked matches carry no badge, so a rank bracket means ranked matches only.
Playstyle: the most common trio of 3,200+ soul items by 30:00 was Surge of Power, Burst Fire, Fortitude. 1,874 matches built all three (45% of the sample); 56.0% of them were won. That describes these players, not this exact build, which no one may have followed item for item.
Items: bought by at least 50% of the group; late items are counted among the 645 matches that reached 35:00. If that leaves fewer than 2 late items, the build continues with the group's most-bought late items (at least 30%). Order and times are the group's medians.
Inventory: checked after every purchase with game recipes, observed sales and the observed limits of 12 items and 4 active items.
Ranked Haze matches by rank in this window: Emissary 2,374 · Oracle 2,759 · Ritualist 2,164 · Mystic 2,237 · Phantom 2,533 · Acolyte 2,585 · Seeker 2,858 · Ascendant 1,200 · Sentinel 2,258 · Initiate 1,156 · Eternus 439.
Snapshot generated Oct 9, 2026 from the Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 8, 2026).

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Hero: Haze (13)
Build source: generated, Phantom+ ranked sample
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SN|P3R : Dance of Death

by SN|P3RVersion 399Guide updated Oct 8, 2026Guide #262104

Matches started with it: 360
Won: 54.7%
Players: 315
In-game favourites: 66,879 (not match usage)

Items, as published

11. Early
Author's category · Bug : Tesla/Cap fails if bought BEFORE Lucky Shot → ∴ Buy later || ⇧B.Lifesteal to F.Trance, Here →
1. 1
  Extra Spirit
  Increases your Ammo & Dagger Damage. For Haze, Bullets count increase with Spirit Investment. Upgrade to Surge of Power (OR) can also sell this and get Superior Duration, if thats your preference.
2. 2
  Swift Striker
  Do not sell this, unless really necessary / ultra late game. This is Haze's staple item along with Burst Fire for Fire Rate.
3. 3
  Extra Health
  Strong early Haze item, excellent for lane sustain
4. 4
  Active Reload
  Swap this to a Tier 4 / Merc Mag / Other Item, in the Late Game
5. 5
  Titanic Magazine
  Fantastic item, you can swap this with Weakening Headshot if you are comfortable with ammo management. Can sell in the end game for Tier 4 Items
6. 6
  Bullet Lifesteal
  Many do not prefer Fury Trance, hence just kept Bullet Lifesteal here for convenience. You can upgrade to Fury Trance from this item easily or upgrade to Vampiric Burst later.
7. 7
  Bullet Resist Shredder
  Superb all rounder Item for 1600! -10% Bullet Resist for quicker farming + fights & provides additional Weapon Damage & Bullet Resist
8. 8
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
  You can upgrade from Extra Health to Fortitude (OR) can skip this and get Spirit Resilience → If Spirit stacked opponents
9. 9
  Burst Fire
2Early gameoptional
Game stage
1. 1
  Fury Trance
  Built from Bullet Lifesteal
  Excellent item & now has In-built Fleetfoot! Many do not prefer this item due to Silence, hence this is currently kept optional.
2. 2
  Slowing Hex
  Your staple item to cripple Movement Heroes. You can sell this in the ultra late game to accomodate Tier 4 / Other Items.
32. CORE
Author's category · Flexible Buys, *NOT* L-R || Anti-Metal Skin → Capacitor || Anti-Heal → Inhibitor || ULT → Unstoppable
1. 1
  Surge of Power
  Built from Extra Spirit
  Choice : Can get another T3 Spirit Item like Superior Duration or Rapid Recharge (for your Smoke Bomb T3 Dispels)
2. 2
  Ricochet
  Your staple & a key T4 Item
3. 3
  Lucky Shot
  Big Damage Spike & also provides Ammo. You can buy Silencer before Lucky Shot, if the game demands it
4Armorsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Spirit Resilience
  An important Item from Mid Game onward (Flexible Timing of Purchase). Can skip Fortitude & get this item.
2. 2
  Bullet Resilience
53. End Game
Author's category · *NOT* L-R, Your Choices
1. 1
  Armor Piercer
  Good Counter Item against Plated Armor & Bullet Resilience. Does *NOT* work against Metal Skin. Anti-Metal Skin → Capacitor / Merc Mag / Curse. Good purchase after Plated Armor buff
2. 2
  Crippling Headshot
3. 3
  Cursed Relic
4. 4
6Best Greensoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Plated Armor
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
7Spirit Optionsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Rapid Recharge
  This is basically for your T3 Smoke Bombs. They are basically handy Dispel Magics available to you and RR helps to activate them regularly in fights.
2. 2
  Superior Duration
  Provides outstanding value for Haze : +1.5s Bullet Dance, Slowing Hex, +2s Active Reload, +.7s Silencer, +1.3s Burst Fire, +4s Smoke Bomb Duration, +1s Curse etc etc
3. 3
  Mercurial Magnum
8Green Optionsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Enduring Speed
2. 2
  Battle Vest
3. 3
  Warp Stone
  An excellent tool if the enemy tries to run away from your Bullet Dance
4. 4
9End Greensoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Juggernaut
  Built from Enduring Speed
2. 2
  Cheat Death
10Gun Optionsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Weakening Headshot
2. 2
  Toxic Bullets
3. 3
  Glass Cannon
  No Metal Skins? Fry them in the ultra late game with this along with Crippling Headshot + Ricochet

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in SN|P3R : Dance of Death, one row per ability in slot order
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger			Sleep Dagger: Ability unlocked, step 3				Sleep Dagger: 1 AP upgrade, step 7			Sleep Dagger: 2 AP upgrade, step 10

Among the 12 most-used guides with at least 10 analysed matches: 1 copy and 1 near-identical guide hidden, 5 beyond the top 5. “Core items” counts items in the author's non-optional categories.

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Haze - Gun-Initiator [58% WR] [tracklock.gg], one row per ability in slot order
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger			Sleep Dagger: Ability unlocked, step 3			Sleep Dagger: 1 AP upgrade, step 6		Sleep Dagger: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Sleep Dagger: 5 AP upgrade, step 9
Smoke BombSmoke Bomb				Smoke Bomb: Ability unlocked, step 4						Smoke Bomb: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Smoke Bomb: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Smoke Bomb: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
FixationFixation	Fixation: Ability unlocked, step 1	Fixation: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Fixation: 2 AP upgrade, step 5								Fixation: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
Bullet DanceBullet Dance							Bullet Dance: Ability unlocked, step 7							Bullet Dance: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Bullet Dance: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Bullet Dance: 5 AP upgrade, step 16

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in ABL (twitch ablkz), 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 9
Smoke BombSmoke Bomb			Smoke Bomb: Ability unlocked, step 3							Smoke Bomb: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Smoke Bomb: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Smoke Bomb: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
FixationFixation	Fixation: Ability unlocked, step 1				Fixation: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Fixation: 2 AP upgrade, step 6							Fixation: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
Bullet DanceBullet Dance				Bullet Dance: Ability unlocked, step 4										Bullet Dance: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Bullet Dance: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Bullet Dance: 5 AP upgrade, step 16

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Chrome's Advanced Rapid Haze, one row per ability in slot order
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger		Sleep Dagger: Ability unlocked, step 2						Sleep Dagger: 1 AP upgrade, step 8					Sleep Dagger: 2 AP upgrade, step 13	Sleep Dagger: 5 AP upgrade, step 14
Smoke BombSmoke Bomb			Smoke Bomb: Ability unlocked, step 3						Smoke Bomb: 1 AP upgrade, step 9		Smoke Bomb: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Smoke Bomb: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
FixationFixation	Fixation: Ability unlocked, step 1				Fixation: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Fixation: 2 AP upgrade, step 6				Fixation: 5 AP upgrade, step 10
Bullet DanceBullet Dance				Bullet Dance: Ability unlocked, step 4			Bullet Dance: 1 AP upgrade, step 7								Bullet Dance: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Bullet Dance: 5 AP upgrade, step 16

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in SITUATION RICO HAZE, one row per ability in slot order
Sleep DaggerSleep Dagger			Sleep Dagger: Ability unlocked, step 3				Sleep Dagger: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Sleep Dagger: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Sleep Dagger: 5 AP upgrade, step 9
Smoke BombSmoke Bomb				Smoke Bomb: Ability unlocked, step 4						Smoke Bomb: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Smoke Bomb: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Smoke Bomb: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
FixationFixation	Fixation: Ability unlocked, step 1	Fixation: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Fixation: 2 AP upgrade, step 5								Fixation: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
Bullet DanceBullet Dance						Bullet Dance: Ability unlocked, step 6								Bullet Dance: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Bullet Dance: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Bullet Dance: 5 AP upgrade, step 16

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Not shown: 16 entries after the order starts again.

SN|P3R : Dance of Death

Items, as published

Skill order

Haze - Gun-Initiator [58% WR] [tracklock.gg]

Items, as published

ABL (twitch ablkz)

Items, as published

Chrome's Advanced Rapid Haze

Items, as published

SITUATION RICO HAZE

Items, as published

Haze builds

What to buy, in order

By stage

Skill order

Final inventory target

Upgrades and replacements

SN|P3R : Dance of Death

Items, as published

Skill order

Haze - Gun-Initiator [58% WR] [tracklock.gg]

Items, as published

ABL (twitch ablkz)

Items, as published

Chrome's Advanced Rapid Haze

Items, as published

SITUATION RICO HAZE

Items, as published

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order