Haze Counter Guide
HazeHaze Performance Stats
Best Items Against Haze
Weapon
No weapon counter items in this tier.
Vitality
No vitality counter items in this tier.
Spirit
No spirit counter items in this tier.
The best counter items against Haze are Return Fire, Metal Skin and Spirit Strike, with Return Fire yielding the strongest results. Return Fire is a warning sign when Haze has to keep shooting into someone who can throw that pressure back. Metal Skin helps enemies live through bullet pressure, which can waste Haze's best damage window. Spirit Strike adds control or fight utility that makes clean engages harder for Haze. Most top-performing counter purchases are vitality items that disrupt Haze's ability timings, cleanse debuffs, and mitigate damage in team fights.
Hero Matchups
Hard counters
Slightly difficult
Even matchups
Favorable targets
Haze counters include Victor, Graves and Ivy, with Victor being the hardest counter at 44.0% win rate. Haze performs best against Mirage, Sinclair and Silver. High-threat counter picks consistently limit Haze's engage window and control lane trades.
Haze Performance By Rank
View Detailed Hero Pick RatesWin Rate
49.0%
Pick Rate
46.0%
Haze is not going to feel the same in every rank. In some brackets, players may give cleaner openings and let Haze stay active in fights. In tougher games, enemies are more likely to respect Haze's timing, group better, and shut the play down before Haze gets full value. The strongest read is not just where Haze has the highest win rate, but where the results stay consistent across enough matches.
Detailed item stats against Haze
| Counter item | Initiate | Seeker | Acolyte | Sentinel | Mystic | Ritualist | Emissary | Oracle | Phantom | Ascendant | Eternus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Return Fire697 total matches | 40.0% | 27.3% | 45.5% | 34.7% | 25.7% | 37.7% | 32.9% | 31.5% | 56.5% | 34.9% | 37.5% |
 Metal Skin13,465 total matches | 45.7% | 45.6% | 41.3% | 38.8% | 40.5% | 40.5% | 40.3% | 39.3% | 37.5% | 39.1% | 44.0% |
 Spirit Strike2,217 total matches | 41.9% | 50.5% | 45.5% | 39.2% | 46.1% | 43.2% | 47.4% | 39.9% | 37.5% | 39.8% | 58.3% |
 Alchemical Fire237 total matches | 36.0% | 46.9% | 37.5% | 45.2% | 36.4% | 50.0% | 44.0% | 50.0% | N/A | 42.9% | N/A |
 Disarming Hex6,201 total matches | 51.0% | 51.1% | 45.6% | 42.2% | 41.6% | 43.0% | 40.8% | 43.2% | 43.3% | 43.5% | 49.5% |
 Melee Lifesteal2,645 total matches | 42.5% | 48.6% | 43.7% | 41.9% | 49.3% | 46.8% | 44.4% | 40.0% | 36.3% | 42.4% | 55.9% |
 Rescue Beam369 total matches | 37.9% | 48.0% | 54.5% | 39.5% | 28.6% | 45.9% | 56.8% | 40.4% | 70.0% | 28.6% | N/A |
 Lifestrike1,718 total matches | 46.9% | 48.0% | 52.8% | 39.3% | 46.9% | 44.2% | 45.5% | 41.9% | 37.7% | 43.8% | 50.0% |
 Knockdown5,878 total matches | 53.6% | 47.8% | 48.8% | 46.9% | 41.0% | 41.9% | 40.3% | 38.5% | 42.1% | 44.4% | 35.0% |
 Melee Charge2,615 total matches | 47.4% | 51.3% | 49.7% | 41.0% | 48.4% | 43.5% | 45.5% | 40.1% | 43.1% | 43.9% | 52.6% |