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Haze vs Violet

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Written for the Haze player. Playing Violet? See Violet vs Haze →

Violet is announced but not out yet. New heroes release Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:00 pm Pacific, in an order set by player vote; the next slot is Friday 16 October.

This page becomes the full matchup guide on release day: the measured win rate, who is favoured, how to win, a phase-by-phase plan and the abilities to watch. Everything known about Violet so far →

Your side: Haze in lane

Lane strengths

  • Smoke Bomb Smoke Bomb 8s Duration33s Cooldown Vanishes from sight and gains bonus sprint speed. Mobility significant sprint speed bonus while active; Defensive the strongest single-hero escape in the group — at tier 3 it also purges… 1 grants 2 ability charges 2 removes non-ultimate debuffs on cast and grants 50% bullet lifesteal for 5 seconds lets her reposition across the lane or rotate out of a losing trade with no cost
  • Sleep Dagger Sleep Dagger 30s Cooldown Throws a dagger that damages the target and puts them to sleep. Crowd Control sleep (hard CC); target wakes roughly 0.1s after taking damage. Tier 2 adds… Damage about 65 at base spirit power (deadlock.one) Defensive sleeping a chaser is her cleanest disengage, and it works from inside Smoke… 1 reduces the target's bullet resist by 10% for 6 seconds on wake-up 2 +1 second sleep duration and applies 15 Fixation stacks 5 about -17s cooldown, plus 40% movement and dash speed slow for 3 seconds after waking from stealth is a guaranteed opener on a laner who steps up to secure a soul orb
  • Fixation Fixation 6s Duration Each bullet that lands on a target adds a stack of bonus weapon damage against that specific target; Crowd Control tier 1 applies about 40 spirit damage and a 12% slow for 2s every 20 stacks Damage roughly +0.2 weapon damage per stack at base; 1 every 20 stacks deals about 40 spirit damage and applies a 12% slow for 2 seconds 2 +40 maximum stacks and +5 seconds of stack duration 5 +0.11 damage per stack, and the bonus now scales with her weapon damage means that if the enemy laner ever commits to a long trade, she wins it on the back half

Lane weaknesses

  • Very low base Bullet Damage (about 5.3 per round) makes her one of the weakest early gun laners — she loses short trades to almost everyone
  • No wave-clear ability at all; she farms slowly and depends on raw gun damage
  • Low durability and no damage reduction, so a lane bully with a gap-close (Abrams, Infernus, Shiv) can simply walk her down before Smoke Bomb Smoke Bomb 8s Duration33s Cooldown Vanishes from sight and gains bonus sprint speed. Mobility significant sprint speed bonus while active; Defensive the strongest single-hero escape in the group — at tier 3 it also purges… 1 grants 2 ability charges 2 removes non-ultimate debuffs on cast and grants 50% bullet lifesteal for 5 seconds is upgraded

Power spikes

  • Bullet Dance Bullet Dance 3.5s Duration165s Cooldown Enters a firing flurry, shooting her weapon at nearby enemies with perfect accuracy and added bullet damage. Damage added bullet damage on top of her weapon; Mobility tier 2 adds about +3 m/s move speed and +10% fire rate during the channel Defensive tier 3 grants 40% evasion, which is a substantial survivability window… 1 +10% fire rate and about +3 m/s movement speed 2 40% evasion and about -65s cooldown unlock — Turns her from a single-pick threat into a fight-winning channel
  • Smoke Bomb Smoke Bomb 8s Duration33s Cooldown Vanishes from sight and gains bonus sprint speed. Mobility significant sprint speed bonus while active; Defensive the strongest single-hero escape in the group — at tier 3 it also purges… 1 grants 2 ability charges 2 removes non-ultimate debuffs on cast and grants 50% bullet lifesteal for 5 seconds tier 2 — Two charges means she can approach AND escape in the same fight, which is when her pick pressure becomes constant
  • Sleep Dagger Sleep Dagger 30s Cooldown Throws a dagger that damages the target and puts them to sleep. Crowd Control sleep (hard CC); target wakes roughly 0.1s after taking damage. Tier 2 adds… Damage about 65 at base spirit power (deadlock.one) Defensive sleeping a chaser is her cleanest disengage, and it works from inside Smoke… 1 reduces the target's bullet resist by 10% for 6 seconds on wake-up 2 +1 second sleep duration and applies 15 Fixation stacks 5 about -17s cooldown, plus 40% movement and dash speed slow for 3 seconds after waking tier 2 — The 15 pre-loaded Fixation Fixation 6s Duration Each bullet that lands on a target adds a stack of bonus weapon damage against that specific target; Crowd Control tier 1 applies about 40 spirit damage and a 12% slow for 2s every 20 stacks Damage roughly +0.2 weapon damage per stack at base; 1 every 20 stacks deals about 40 spirit damage and applies a 12% slow for 2 seconds 2 +40 maximum stacks and +5 seconds of stack duration 5 +0.11 damage per stack, and the bonus now scales with her weapon damage stacks massively shorten her time-to-kill on an opener

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What Valve has shown of Violet

Abilities not shown yet. Valve's words for Violet: ambitious, nimble, creative. A painter. Likely a zoning or terrain-painting kit; nothing confirmed yet.

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