Dazzle
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Dazzle
18 + 2
20 + 1.4
25 + 2.8
| Grants the following bonuses per attribute point: | |
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+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration |
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+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed |
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+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance |
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+0.7 Main Attack Damage per attribute |
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1200 Projectile Speed
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100 (120)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.3 + 0.3
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0.7
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2005-03-01
(v6.00) | ||
Competitive Span
2010-11-01 — Present |
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| Powerful healer who can briefly prevent death. | |
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| A journey to the Nothl Realm changes all its visitors, not least of which Dazzle, a young acolyte of the Dezun Order. Consecrated as a Shadow Priest, Dazzle sends outs Shadow Waves to mend and maim. Foes are crippled by his paralytic enchantment — the Poison Touch, while allies are blessed with Shallow Graves, cheating death no matter how severe their injuries. As for himself, with each spell cast, each invocation of his strange Juju magic advances the efficiency of his spell-casting. Enemies within earshot of his incantations feel their bodies weaken, for those who cross Dazzle are invariably afflicted with an eternity of Bad Juju. | |
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| Roles: |  Support  Nuker  Disabler |
| Adjectives | Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Nothl Boon
Converts over-heal values from overflown magic into a barrier that absorbs physical damage instances.
Poison Bloom
Deals additional damage after a number of attacks on the affected enemy unit, then Poison Touch blooms.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Upon making contact with an enemy unit, the bolt now heals and deals more damage, and Dazzle instant attacks all affected enemy units.
Shadow Wave can now be enemy-targeted.
Shadow Wave can now be enemy-targeted.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Applies hex on the enemy units upon impact.
Talents[edit]
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| +1 Weave Armor Reduction/Bonus | 25 | +40% Poison Touch Slow |
| +75 Poison Touch Damage per Second | 20 | +200 Shallow Grave End Heal |
| +90 Attack Speed | 15 | +45 Shadow Wave Heal/Damage |
| +1.75 Mana Regen | 10 | +300 Poison Touch Attack Range |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio[edit]
Where my shadow falls, there falls my foe.▶️Dazzle, the Shadow Priest
Alias:
Razzil
Lore:
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.
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.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Weave[edit]
Weave 
Passive
Affects
Self
The Shadow Priest waives armor from affected enemy units respectively.
Armor Reduction per Stack: 1 (
2)
2) Debuff Duration: 10
The invocation weaves bonus armor for all affected allied units correspondingly to his ability effects.
Armor Bonus per Stack: 1 ( 2)
2)Stack Duration: 10
The Juju armor reduction is ineffective on the Immortal, even the Shadow Priest himself is baffled with this.
His ethereal journey into the Nothl realm has allowed Dazzle to mend together the powers of light and dark, creating shifting waves of enchantments.
- This ability has two main components:
- The bonus armor granting and reduction component only works with Dazzle's abilities.
- Applies the following amount of Weave stacks:
- 1 stack per Poison Touch affected unit upon
projectile impact. - Shadow Wave
- 1 stack per
spell damage-affected unit, this includes enemy units that are within the damage radius of multiple healed allied units. - Does not apply to the
instant attack component.
- 1 stack per
- 1 stack per Poison Touch affected unit upon
- 1 stack per Shadow Wave
heal-affected allied unit. - 1 stack per Shallow Grave
unit-targeted cast.
- 1 stack per Shadow Wave
- 1 stack per Shadow Wave cast
- 1 stack per Bad Juju cast.
- Affects the following units:
dazzle_innate_weave_armor_counter- Each stack places a new buff or debuff on the allied or enemy unit repsectively, with each duration independent of the other.
-
- Learning the bonus armor and reduction value talent does not update current active stacks.
- However, reapplying the stack updates all values immediately.
- Learning the bonus armor and reduction value
modifier_dazzle_innate_weave_armor
Hidden Modifier
modifier_dazzle_innate_weave_armor_counterWeave: Armor modified by x.
modifier_dazzle_innate_weave_armorHidden Modifier
modifier_dazzle_innate_weave_armor_counterWeave: Armor modified by x.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Applies or increases the Weave bonus armor stack by 1.
- The ability cast.
- Applies or increases the Weave
Nothl Boon[edit]
Nothl Boon Passive
Affects
Allied Units
Converts over-heal values from overflown magic into a barrier that absorbs physical damage instances.
Max Health Threshold: 100%
100% Over-Heal as Barrier: 
100%
100% Duration: 12
- Selecting the
facet unlocks this ability.
-
dazzle_nothl_boon- Reapplying the
physical 
damage barrier has two ability interactions:
- EXPR
CurrentBarrier ≤ NewBarrier- Increases the capacity to the new barrier value.
- EXPR
CurrentBarrier ≥ NewBarrier- Refreshes the duration.
- Reapplying the
modifier_dazzle_nothl_boon
Hidden Modifier
- Grants an physical damage barrier upon cast that
absorbs all incoming physical damage instances (after reductions).
- Stacks additively with the same damage-type barrier sources, and independently with other damage-type barrier sources.
- Has a higher priority than universal
damage barrier in the group of damage barriers.
- When combined with other higher-priority damage-negation sources, the barrier does not absorb any damage until the damage-negation sources expire.
Hero Model[edit]
Hero Model
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Dazzle's hero model has the following hidden 
innate abilities.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
innate abilities.He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
innate abilities for more details.Abilities[edit]
Poison Touch[edit]
Releases a cone poison that strike multiple enemy units.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.57
Cast Range: 
500/600/700/800
500/600/700/800 First Radius: 
200
200 Max Distance: 600/700/800/900
600/700/800/900 End Radius: 300
300 Number of Targets: 2/4/6/8
The poisonous rite deals damage over time and applies a movement speed slow.
Anytime the affected enemy units are attacked by Dazzle, all debuff effects are refreshed with an increased movement speed slow.
Anytime the affected enemy units are attacked by Dazzle, all debuff effects are refreshed with an increased movement speed slow.
Damage per Second: 16/28/40/52 (
91/103/115/127)
91/103/115/127)First Move Speed Slow: 16%/18%/20%/22% (
56%/58%/60%/62%)
56%/58%/60%/62%)Move Speed Slow Increase per Refresh: 2%/2.5%/3%/3.5%
Debuff Duration: 5/6/7/8
The affected enemy hero can only be denied by their allied units when it reaches the max health threshold with the debuff active.
Max Health Threshold: 25%
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Applies hex on the enemy units upon impact.
Applies hex on the enemy units upon impact.
Set Move Speed: ( 100)
100) Hex Duration: ( 1.6)
1.6) 
Instantly destroy these imperfect copies of heroes.
Current Health as Damage: ( 100%)
100%) Talent Upgrade
Grants bonus attack range while attacking enemy units affected by the debuff.
Grants bonus attack range while attacking enemy units affected by the debuff.
Attack Range Bonus: 300
27/23/19/15
125/130/135/140
One of the few Dezun rites used for offensive purposes, the paralytic enchantment often proves useful.
Poison Bloom
Deals additional damage after a number of attacks on the affected enemy unit, then Poison Touch blooms.
Required Attacks: 4
Split Debuff Duration: 5/6/7/8
Split Debuff Duration: 5/6/7/8
Additional Poison Touch projectiles now blooms centered from the affected unit to other enemy units within the radius.
Bloom Radius: 450
Bloom Number of Targets: 2/4/6/8
Impact Damage: 30/60/90/120 ( 105/135/165/195)
Bloom Number of Targets: 2/4/6/8
Impact Damage: 30/60/90/120 (
105/135/165/195) 
- Affects enemy units up to 1100/1200/1300/1400 range away with the travel distance and end radius.
- The ability's starts at Dazzle's current position
, with the first radius extending to point 
.
- The total ability area-of-effect is cone-shaped.
OP = 200PQ = 600/700/800/900
- Circle
is the end radius.
- The ability's starts at Dazzle's current position
- Units closest to the primary enemy unit has priority within the area-of-effect.
- Affects enemy units up to
-
dazzle_poison_touch- Deals physical spell damage in 1-second intervals, starting immediately upon the damage per second debuff application, over 6/7/8/9 instances.
- Both leveling the ability and the spell damage increasing talent immediately update the current instance.
- All debuff values are updated and refresh correspondingly to its current ability level.
- Both leveling the ability and the spell damage increasing
- Reapplying the debuff creates an independent instance and ability intervals.
- Neither leveling the ability nor the slow increasing talent update the current instance.
- The slow increasing talent only affects the first movement speed slow values.
- Neither leveling the ability nor the slow increasing
- The allied deny component considers enemy
clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes, 
illusions and other 
creep-heroes as creeps.
- The allied deny component considers enemy
-
- Only successful attacks of Dazzle's can refresh and extend the duration of all applied debuffs.
- The bonus attack range
talent grants additional 
attack range upon Dazzle's attack point.
- Grants the flat attack range bonus as long as Dazzle is attacking the units affected by Poison Touch, regardless of its source.
- Does not interact with the following sources:
- Dazzle's illusions.
- Attacks that cannot proc
attack modifier sources.
- Dazzle's
- Deals
- Poison Bloom has the following properties:
dazzle_poison_touch_split- The required attacks tally increases by 1 per successful attack on the debuff affected enemy unit.
- This includes both instant attack and
secondary attack sources. - Once the tally counter reaches
, the next successful attack procs all ability effects around the affected enemy unit, and the tally buff is removed.
- This includes both
- The required attacks tally increases by 1 per successful attack on the debuff affected enemy unit.
-
- Applies a hex upon projectile impact that applies the following effects on the affected enemy unit:
Disarm- Sets its base movement speed to 100.
- Considers
strong illusions as heroes.
- Considers
Mute
Silence
- Changes the selection box correspondingly to the Hex model.
- Neither affects the unit's
collision size nor 
bound radius.
The 
projectile procs Spell Block sources individually on each affected enemy unit.
projectile procs Spell Block sources individually on each affected enemy unit.
The projectile procs Spell Reflection sources individually on each affected enemy unit.
projectile procs Spell Reflection sources individually on each affected enemy unit.
The projectile is applied twice on the secondary target.
projectile is applied twice on the secondary target. modifier_dazzle_poison_touch_self
Hidden
modifier_dazzle_poison_touchPoison Touch: Taking damage over time with movement speed modified by -x%.
modifier_dazzle_poison_touch_splitHidden Modifier
modifier_hexxed
Hexed
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Visually transforms the affected enemy unit into a Pig.
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- Has a 1300-
projectile speed.
- Has a 1300-
-
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Both the physical spell damage and movement speed slow debuff.
-
modifier_hexxed.
- Both the
-
- Deals a min 96/196/320/468 ( 546/721/920/1143) damage (before reductions) without reapplying the debuff.
- Deals a min 96/196/320/468 (
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Shallow Grave[edit]
Unit
Affects
Allied Heroes
Blesses an allied hero with Shallow Grave. The allied hero cannot die while under its protection, no matter how close to death.
Grants bonus heal amplification corresponding to its health percentage.
Grants bonus heal amplification corresponding to its health percentage.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Cast Range: 700/800/900/1000
700/800/900/1000 Set Min Health: 1
Health Threshold: 10%
Heal Amp per Max Health Threshold: 
2%/4%/6%/8%
2%/4%/6%/8% Duration: 3.5/4/4.5/5
Talent Upgrade
Heals the affected allied hero upon losing the Shallow Grave buff in any way.
Heals the affected allied hero upon losing the Shallow Grave buff in any way.
Heal: 200
200 36/30/24/18
90/100/110/120
Only a seasoned acolyte of the Shadow can properly perform the rite of preventing death.
-
dazzle_shallow_grave- Considers clones, illusions, and creep-heroes as heroes.
-
Doubletap casts the ability on Dazzle.
- Grants the following bonuses upon cast:
- Set the affected unit's min health and prevents the affected unit from reaching below
1HP.
- Neither affects nor manipulate the incoming damage instance value.
- Procs on-damage effects as per normal.
- This effectively prevents
death and from dying to the following sources:
- Ice Blast's kill threshold.
- False Promise's delayed damage.
Instant kill sources applied to illusions.
- Grants 2%/4%/6%/8% incoming heal amplification per 10% max health missing.
- Checks the health percentage per server tick and adapts its bonus values iommediately.
- EXPR
When MaxHP ≥ 92% , f(HealAmp) = 0When MaxHP < 2% , f(HealAmp) = 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8
- Checks the health percentage per server tick and adapts its bonus values iommediately.
- Grants 2%/4%/6%/8%
- Set the affected unit's min health and prevents the affected unit from reaching below
- The buff can be dispelled by the following sources:
- Death
- Supernova and its ability upgrade.
- The Swallowed ally component.
- Reapplying the buff refreshes its duration.
- The end heal
talent heals the affected unit upon losing the buff in any way.
- Hence, the incoming heal amplification does not affect the heal value for this talent.
- Learning the talent immediately updates the current buff.
- Considers
- Does not protect the allied unit from the following sources:
- Culling Blade's kill threshold.
- Wraith Delay expiring.
Forced kill sources.
modifier_dazzle_shallow_graveShallow Grave: Protected by Voodoo! You cannot be killed while under this effect!
- The halo ability effect appears at
190/240/300/350-distanceabove the affected target, indicating its remaining duration, and it hits the ground upon the ability ends. - The ability animation is independent of the
dazzle_shallow_grave.
- The halo ability effect appears at
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
dazzle_shallow_grave - The heal upon the buff end.
- The
Shadow Wave[edit]
Sends a bolt of power that arcs between allied units, healing them while damaging other enemy units within its radius.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.57
Cast Range: 800
800 Bounce Distance: 475
475 Damage Radius: 185
185 Number of Bounce: 3/4/5/6
Heal: 85/105/125/145 (
130/150/170/190)
85/105/125/145 ( 130/150/170/190) Damage: 85/105/125/145 ( 130/150/170/190)
130/150/170/190) Shadow Wave always heals the Shadow Priest, without counting toward the number of bounces upon cast regardless of the target.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Upon making contact with an enemy unit, the bolt now heals and deals more damage, and Dazzle instant attacks all affected enemy units.
Shadow Wave can now be enemy-targeted.
Upon making contact with an enemy unit, the bolt now heals and deals more damage, and Dazzle instant attacks all affected enemy units.
Shadow Wave can now be enemy-targeted.
12/11/10/9
75
While it is a simplistic and routine rite among Shadow Priests, the Shadow Wave is also the most critical for success.
- Has the following targeting functionalities:
- or
- When unit-targeted, applies all ability effects centered around the unit.
-
- Doubletap casts the ability and applies all ability effects centered around Dazzle.
- Heals and deals physical spell damage to all affected allied and enemy units respectively, and simutaneously upon cast.
- Has the following priority accordingly to all affected units' current health:
- Low HP Heroes Low HP Creeps / Full HP Heroes Full HP Creeps
- The lowest health unit is always affected first according to the priority.
- If multiple units of the same priority has the same amount of health, the ability effects are applied between them randomly.
- Considers clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes, illusions and other creep-heroes as creeps.
- The ability upgrade also utilizes the aforementioned health priority mechanic.
- Low HP Heroes
or
- The damage radius is centered around per healed unit.
- Multiple overlapping Shadow Wave damage radius stack.
- Affects the following units:
Fogged units.
Invisible units.
Untargetable units.
- Considers the following units as valid units:
Couriers
Invulnerable units.
- The heal bounce affects invulnerable units, despite being unable to directly target the unit.
- The
- Does not consider the following units as valid units:
Spell immune units.
Ward-type units.
- Has the following priority accordingly to all affected units'
-
- Additionally enables Shadow Wave casting on enemy units.
- Applies
×2.5of the ability values upon affecting an enemy unit.
- Applies
-
- Instant attacks each spell damage affected enemy unit with the following properties:
- Procs any attack modifiers and on-hit effects as per normal.
- Do not have
True Strike. - Not affected by disarm sources.
- Procs any
- Affects the following units:
- Does not affect the following units:
- Other non-unit-targeted enemy units.
- Invisible units.
- Undying Zombies.
- Ward-type units.
- Instant attacks each
- Additionally enables Shadow Wave casting on enemy units.
Does not arc and nullifies the ability.
Does not proc Spell Reflection sources on secondary units.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
-
- The increased physical spell damage on enemy units within the radius.
- The increased heal on allied units.
- The increased
- The heal on affected allied units.
- The physical spell damage on affected enemy units within the radius.
- Launches an instant attack projectile toward all affected enemy units within the radius.
- The following ability values' calculations considers the max affected units:
- +
- 255/420/625/870 ( 390/600/850/1140) or 382.5/630/937.5/1305 ( 585/900/1275/1710) health.
- 255/420/625/870 (
-
- 255/420/625/870 ( 390/600/850/1140) or 637.5/1050/1562.5/2175 ( 975/1500/2125/2850) damage (before reductions).
- 255/420/625/870 (
-
- For
melee units, if the enemy target is 350 range farther than the attacker's range, the attack will 
miss regardless. -
- The ability still launches an instant attack projectile to the following units, but does nothing:
Ethereal units.- Invulnerable units.
- Untargetable units.
- The ability still launches an
- For
Bad Juju[edit]
No / Passive
Affects
Self
Sacrifices a portion of current health to reduce the remaining cooldown of all abilities.
Casting the Juju consecutively temporarily increases its health cost.
Casting the Juju consecutively temporarily increases its health cost.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.76
Ability Cooldown Reduction: 
4/5/6
4/5/6 Self Debuff Duration: 20
Health Cost Factor per Cast: 1.4
3
0
75
Each invocation of the Nothl realm helps it further permeate the surroundings of our own.
- This ability has two main components:
-
- The current cooldown reductions component is not limited to Dazzle's abilities.
- However, it neither works with other abilities nor item abilities.
- The current cooldown reductions component is not limited to Dazzle's abilities.
-
- The current health cost is rounded down, utilizes setting health and is non-lethal.
- Hence, this ability can be cast when Dazzle has less than the required current health.
- The ability tooltip displays the momentary health cost correspondingly and updates whenever the tooltip is called, and is defined as:
- The
modifier_dazzle_bad_juju_manacostThe cost of Bad Juju has been increased
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Dazzle/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 08, 2025 - 19:10 MSK | Qualifier |   | FISSURE Universe 4 EEU CQ |      |  | 1 : 0 |  |      |
| Feb 07, 2025 - 16:00 CET | Tier 1 |   | BLAST Slam II |    |  | 0 : 1 |   |      |
| Feb 07, 2025 - 20:15 SGT | Qualifier |  | PGL Wallachia S4 SEA OQ1 |     |  | 0 : 1 |  |   |
| Feb 04, 2025 - 20:00 CET | Tier 1 | | BLAST Slam II |   | | 1 : 0 |  |    |
| Jan 10, 2025 - 18:15 EET | Qualifier | | PGL Wallachia S3 EEU OQ2 |     | | 0 : 1 |  |    |
The International[edit]
- Dazzle has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
Talents:
- LVL 15 +80 attack speed increased to +90.
- LVL 20 +60 Poison Touch damage per second increased to +75.
- Increased File:Dota2 Dazzle Innate icon.png Nothl Boon duration from 10 to 12.
- Increased Poison Touch Poison Bloom split damage from 25/50/75/100 to 30/60/90/120.
Dota Plus Progress[edit]
Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Dazzle's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 Bronze |
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 Silver |
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 Gold |
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 Platinum |
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 Master |
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 Grandmaster |
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Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
| Back | |
| Misc | |
Trivia[edit]
- Dazzle's weapon is based on the "Khakkhara", a type of staff carried by Buddhist priests.
- The current version of Dazzle was created in 6.39 where Weave was a basic ability and while Shallow Grave was his ultimate.
- Another version of Dazzle which was released in 6.00 only lasted until his removal at 6.03.
- The 6.00 version was named "Razzle, the Shadow Priest" and his abilities Power Word and Shadow Word are most likely a reference to the Priest, a playable class from "World of Warcraft" of "Blizzard Entertainment".
- The Priest class is able to assume a Shadow Form, turning it into a Shadow Priest, and has several abilities named Shadow Word and Power Word, of which some have a similar effect to Razzle's abilities.
- "Dazolator", one of Dazzle's cosmetic items, based on Desolator, is likely a reference to Dazzle players purchasing Desolator to stack up the armor reduction on enemies.
- A voodoo effigy of Axe dangles from the Nothlic Burden's handle, showing that Dazzle really despises Axe for being able to kill targets (i.e. Culling Blade) that Dazzle is protecting with Shallow Grave.
Gallery[edit]
Model
Model and icons before November 21, 2013 Patch
Concept art
![Ability icon progress [?]](/https/liquipedia.net/commons/images/thumb/4/44/Dazzle_ability_icon_progress.png/60px-Dazzle_ability_icon_progress.png)
Ability icon progress [?]
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
![Ability icon progress [?]](/https/liquipedia.net/dota2/File:Dazzle_ability_icon_progress.png){kind=icon}
