Universal · Ranged
Powerful healer who can briefly prevent death
Win rate
50.9%
B across all ranks
Pick rate
5.4%
of public matches
Public picks
182.1K
in the sample
Pro scene
26
21 bans · 50% win rate
Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 3.9K · Guardian 13.8K · Crusader 27.2K · Archon 43.3K · Legend 46.8K · Ancient 26.7K · Divine+ 20.5K.
Last 6 days
50.7%
Bought before the horn
Iron Branch
Tango
Observer and Sentry Wards
Blood Grenade
Smoke of Deceit
Faerie Fire
The first minutes
Boots of Speed
Core items
Holy Locket
The full build
Blink Dagger
Glimmer Cape
Guardian Greaves
Solar Crest
Aeon Disk
Most-bought items for Dazzle in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (1,130 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Dazzle bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Dazzle’s average). Teams that are ahead buy items sooner, so a high number shows the item goes with winning games, not that it causes the win. Items with fewer than 100 games show no percentage. Cheap components are hidden from the mid and late game.
Holy Locket
237 games
Arcane Boots
123 games
Aghanim's Shard
79 games
Blink Dagger
145 games
Guardian Greaves
92 games
Final items compared within the same purchase window (at least 60 games each), so they are not simply ranked by how late or expensive they are. Still a correlation: a team that is far ahead can buy anything sooner.
55
Use: Plant Tree: Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.
90
Use: Devour: Consumes a target tree to gain 7 health regeneration for 16 seconds. Consuming an Ironwood Tree doubles the heal duration. Comes with 3 charges.
50
Use: Plant: Plant the currently active ward. Double-Click to switch the currently active ward.
Use: Plant. Plant the currently active ward. Double-Click to switch the currently active ward.
50
Use: Throw Grenade: Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by -15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5…
10s
Use: Throw Grenade. Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by -15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5 seconds. Radius 300.
50
Use: Disguise: Turns the caster and all allied player-controlled targets in a 1200 radius invisible, and grants 15% bonus movement speed for 45 seconds.
1s
Use: Disguise. Turns the caster and all allied player-controlled targets in a 1200 radius invisible, and grants 15% bonus movement speed for 45 seconds. While the caster is still disguised, any allies that come within 300 range of them will also get the buff applied to them. Each smoke can only be applied once to allies. Attacking or moving within 1025 range of an enemy hero or tower, will break the invisibility. Disguise grants invisibility that is immune to True Sight. Smoke of Deceit is usable from the backpack and has no cooldown when swapped into the main inventory.
65
Use: Imbue: Instantly restores 85 health.
5s
Use: Imbue. Instantly restores 85 health.
500
Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
2,250
Active: Energy Charge: Target an allied unit to increase their incoming Heal Amplification by 15% for 4s and instantly restore 17 health and 15 mana per charge stored.
Win rate when bought56.3% · 572 games
Active: Energy Charge. Target an allied unit to increase their incoming Heal Amplification by 15% for 4s and instantly restore 17 health and 15 mana per charge stored. Automatically gains a charge every 10 seconds and whenever a visible enemy within 1200 range uses an ability.
Passive: Holy Blessing. Amplifies heals you provide by 10%.
2,250
Active: Blink: Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.
Win rate when bought71.3% · 160 games
15s
Active: Blink. Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.
2,150
Active: Glimmer: After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 375 damage to you or a target allied unit…
Win rate when bought56.2% · 210 games
15s125
Active: Glimmer. After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 375 damage to you or a target allied unit for 5 seconds. Can be cast while channeling.
4,450
Active: Mend: Restores 325 health and 200 mana to nearby allies, and removes most negative effects from the caster. Radius: 1200 Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
Win rate when bought63.6% · 110 games
45s
Active: Mend. Restores 325 health and 200 mana to nearby allies, and removes most negative effects from the caster. Radius: 1200 Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
Passive: Guardian Aura. Grants 2.5 health regeneration and 1.5 mana regeneration to allied units. If the wearer's health falls below 25%, their health regeneration is increased to 14.5. Radius: 1200 Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
2,575
Active: Shine: When cast on an ally, grants them 5 armor, 60 attack speed, 15% movement speed and a 350 physical damage barrier.
16s100
Active: Shine. When cast on an ally, grants them 5 armor, 60 attack speed, 15% movement speed and a 350 physical damage barrier. Does not grant bonus armor, movement or attack speed if used on self. Duration: 7
3,000
Passive: Combo Breaker: When you take damage and your health falls below 70%, a strong dispel is applied and you gain a 2.5 second buff that provides +75% Status…
105 / 125 / 145 / 165s
Passive: Combo Breaker. When you take damage and your health falls below 70%, a strong dispel is applied and you gain a 2.5 second buff that provides +75% Status Resistance and causes all damage you deal and are dealt to be reduced to zero. Only triggers on player based damage. Cooldown increases every time it triggers. Dispel Type: Strong Dispel
Releases 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.
An 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.
Sends 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.
Aghanim’s ScepterShadow 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.
Dazzle's abilities apply Weave to both allies and enemies they affect, increasing allied armor and reducing enemy armor. Multiple instances of this effect stack.
Aghanim’s ShardApplying Weave to an ally heals them for 60 per stack of Weave.
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. 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.
Aghanim’s ShardNothl Projection can be cast while Dazzle is disabled. Increases healing done while in the Nothl Realm.
+40% Poison Touch Slow
25+1 Weave Armor Reduction/Increase
-3s Shallow Grave Cooldown
20+75 Poison Touch DPS
+45 Shadow Wave Heal / Damage
15+5s Nothl Projection Duration
+200 Poison Touch Attack Range
10+1.75 Mana Regen
Strength19+2.3/lvl
Agility20+1.7/lvl
Intelligence25+3.5/lvlUniversal heroes get bonus damage from every attribute.
Each young acolyte to the Dezun order must complete a series of rites before becoming a shadow priest. The final rite, the rite of shades, is a harrowing spiritual journey through the Nothl Realm, an unpredictable domain from which not all visitants return. Of those who do, some return mad. Others return with strange aptitudes. But all who go there are changed by their experiences. Driven by the need for enlightenment, Dazzle was the youngest of his tribe ever to request the sacred ritual. At first the order refused him, saying he was too young. But Dazzle was not to be dissuaded. Sensing something special in the headstrong young acolyte, the elders relented. Dazzle drank down the sacred potion and sat by the fire while the rest of his tribe danced through the night. In this ethereal dimension of the Nothl Realm, the properties of light and dark are inverted. Thus his brilliant healing light, beautiful to our eye, is actually a sinister kind of evil; and the darkest deeds are done in a dazzling glow. The elders' intuition was prophetic: Dazzle returned to his people as a Shadow Priest like none seen before, with the power to heal as well as to destroy. Now he uses his gift to cut down his enemies and mend his friends.
Win rates come from public Dota 2 matches (OpenDota), 3.4M matches counted, refreshed Oct 24, 2026. Tiers use the win rate in the chosen rank: S 52.5%+, A 51%+, B 49%+, C 47.5%+, D below; heroes with too few games are left unrated. Hero data and patch notes are Valve’s. Builds Forge is an unofficial fan site, not affiliated with Valve.