What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
171 buys
2ndSecond most
96 buys
3rdThird most
89 buys
4thFourth most
84 buys
5thFifth most
62 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Dazzle
Ranged · Universal
- Win rate
- 50.9%
- Pick share
- 0.5%
- Matches
- 209,737
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsSupportNukerDisabler
NeedsCarryInitiatorFrontlineTower damageEscape
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 0–20 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 51.6% over 3,873 matches.
- You are playing around Divine — its strongest medal, 52.3% over 16,268 picks.
Avoid
- Shadow Demon is on their side — this hero wins 40.2% of 92 matches against it.
- Abaddon is on their side — this hero wins 40.6% of 64 matches against it.
- Gyrocopter is on their side — this hero wins 40.7% of 54 matches against it.
171 buys96 buys89 buys84 buys62 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Dazzle took at each level.
QPoison Touch
Releases a cone of poison that strikes multiple enemy units.
Unit Target · Physical damage
WShallow Grave
An ally blessed with Shallow Grave, no matter how close to death, cannot die while under its protection.
Unit Target
EShadow Wave
Sends out a bolt of power that arcs between allies, healing them while damaging any enemy units standing nearby.
Unit Target · Physical damage
RNothl Projection
Dazzle departs his body, traveling through the Nothl Realm as an invulnerable spirit that can cast spells, attack, and use items, leaving his body behind in the world with a visible tether.
Point TargetMax Order
EWQ
Max E first, then W, then Q. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QPoison Touch
- WShallow Grave
- EShadow Wave
- RNothl Projection
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QPoison Touch | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WShallow Grave | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| EShadow Wave | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RNothl Projection | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Dazzle performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
76 opponents · public matches40%60%Dazzle's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard
If this happens, use this
- They are running away
Something that holds them still, or closes the gap yourself. Matched on “slow”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “damage over time”.
- Stay in lane
Healing, regeneration or lifesteal — not having to walk back. Matched on “heals”, “healing”.
By medal
- Herald48.6%6,010
- Guardian49.6%20,460
- Crusader50.7%34,126
- Archon51.2%44,773
- Legend51.5%42,501
- Ancient52.2%25,452
- Divine52.3%16,268
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min51.6%3,873
- 20–30 min51.2%6,856
- 30–40 min50.1%4,353
- 40–50 min48.6%1,851
- 50 min +47.4%943
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Dazzle
Abilities
Poison Touch
Unit Target · Physical damageReleases a cone of poison that strikes multiple enemy units. Deals damage over time and slows the targets. Anytime the targets get attacked by Dazzle, the debuff duration is refreshed and slow is increased.
Shallow Grave
Unit TargetAn ally blessed with Shallow Grave, no matter how close to death, cannot die while under its protection. Healing on that ally is also amplified for the duration based on the hero's HP.
Shadow Wave
Unit Target · Physical damageSends out a bolt of power that arcs between allies, healing them while damaging any enemy units standing nearby. Dazzle is always healed by Shadow Wave.
Weave
Passive · HiddenDazzle's abilities apply Weave to both allies and enemies they affect, increasing allied armor and reducing enemy armor. Multiple instances of this effect stack.
Nothl Projection
Point TargetDazzle departs his body, traveling through the Nothl Realm as an invulnerable spirit that can cast spells, attack, and use items, leaving his body behind in the world with a visible tether. While active, Dazzle's basic abilities are empowered: Poison Touch hexes enemies, Shallow Grave heals upon expiration, and Shadow Wave has a shorter cooldown. The effect can be ended early, and Dazzle returns to the body at the end.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 19 +2.3
- Agility
- 20 +1.7
- Intelligence
- 25 +3.5
- Move · range
- 305 · 575
Talents
- 4+40% Poison Touch Slow+1 Weave Armor Reduction/Increase
- 3-3s Shallow Grave Cooldown+75 Poison Touch DPS
- 2+45 Shadow Wave Heal / Damagespecial_bonus_unique_dazzle_nothl_projection_duration
- 1+200 Poison Touch Attack Range+1.75 Mana Regen
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Shadow Wave
Shadow Wave can now target and bounce between enemies in addition to allies. When bouncing to an enemy, they will take damage and heal nearby allies equal to 100% of the normal healing and damage values. Dazzle will also perform an attack against any enemy that Shadow Wave bounces to.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Weave
Applying Weave to an ally heals them for 60 per stack of Weave.
Sources
- Kit, talents and upgrades · mechanicalread 22 Sept 2026
Ability names, icons, behaviour, damage type and text, plus the Aghanim’s Scepter and Shard descriptions — as the game itself ships them. Nothing here was counted over matches.
- Win rate by medal · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The same hero at each of Valve’s eight medals, over 4,610,063 public matches. Each medal carries its own sample, because the eight buckets are nothing like the same size.
- Matchups and match length · counted, on a narrower windowread 16 Sept 2026
Win rate against each opponent and across five match-length bands. This channel reports far fewer games than the medal figures above: the median hero pairing is 51 matches and the largest on the whole roster is 707. Rows under 30 games are absent rather than shown small, and the ones that remain are ORDERED by a figure shrunk toward even by its own sample — the rate you see is the real one, the ranking is the careful one.
- What players build · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The five most common items in each of Valve’s four game stages, with each row’s own pick count.
- Skill order · counted, in league matchesread 3 Oct 2026
Where skill points go, read off every player's own learning order in premium and professional league matches on patches 7.41 and 7.40. Each level shows the ability most players took there and the share that did — a column only a third agree on is printed as a third, not as the rule. Heroes under 30 counted games show no path.
- Situation index · derived, and checkableread 22 Sept 2026
Each situation is a phrase match against Valve’s own ability text, and every row shows the phrases that matched. No win rate is attached, because nobody counts one per situation.
Mechanics are the ones Valve publishes for patch 7.41f. GamGem is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve Corporation.