[Daily Hero tl;dr #19] Dazzle

Dazzle! All around strong support hero. He has extremely high intelligence gain for you to spam your spells with, but is very fragile.

TL;DR -

• Skills - Poison (1/2/3,4,5,7) Grave (1/2/3,12,13,14) Wave (1/2/3,8,9,10) Weave (6,11,16)
• Items (lane) - minor regen, stats (1-2 gauntlets maybe), RoB, Soul Ring
• Items (early) - wand, Medallion, Treads (or Mana Boots), Urn, Drum
• Items (later) - Force Staff, Necrobook, Aghanim's
• Tips - spam spam spam, Grave is amazing, use Weave a bit before the fight for best bonuses
• Counters - silences

Dazzle had a really nice debut back in the DotA 1 days where Na'Vi Dendi him played against EHOME (I think) and completely wrecked. You see him every now and again in competitive play due to his strong soloing ability and very powerful spells.

Poison is the obvious skill to max. It's an extremely awesome slow, at higher levels stuns for a second, and does some decent DPS. Plus it's very spammable (spam is the word of the day). Use it all the time to push people out of lane, gank, and just annoy your enemy. Grab a level of Grave early because it's awesome, you will need it at some time. Shadow Wave is a really nice heal plus if landed correctly can do decent damage. It does damage around heal targets (very small AoE) and can hit multiple times.

This guy solos a lot, but can easily be put in a different kind of lane. You have a good attack animation with good base damage with good range for harassing. Push your enemy out the best you can by spamming poison or simply right clicking them.

For your first skill, it really depends on your matchup. First blood attempts should grab poison, if you're in trouble grab grave, and if you're just in lane grab heal.

Early-mid game try to hang with your allies, force some small team fights, and push down towers. Dazzle by himself isn't the strongest pusher, but Weave and Wave can keep creeps alive and strong to grab towers. I like Soul Ring for more spammability, and Mana Boots if you want to spam more.

In team fights, just chill back, cast your spells, and Grave someone who gets low. This is why I like Force Staff so you can save yourself if someone feels like getting near you. Drop Poison, force yourself back, and continue doing your thing. I just want to point out that I didn't write Mekansm in the items - you are mana dependent and it would probably be best if another hero gets that item. It's not bad, but you need your manarz.

So just remember, spam your spells. He's a very spammy hero. Be as annoying as you can with all of your abilities.

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