Blaze Build Guide “Need a light?”

Blaze is a heavy Tank notorious for his potent counter-initiations. Although lacking in single-target damage, he is otherwise well-rounded with serviceable area of effect damage output and high survivability, thanks to his large Health pool and dependable self-sustain. His many skillshot-like Abilities can make him ineffective offensively against mobile Heroes, however.

Strengths

• Outstanding ability to disrupt opponents' plans through plentiful crowd control and Bunker Drop
• Hard to kill due to large Health pool and on-demand access to Armor
• Respectable area of effect damage potential and waveclear for a Tank

Weaknesses

• Reliance on multiple skillshots that can be avoided
• Fairly immobile, thus prone to be kited
• Limited burst and single-target damage output

Basic Attacks Build

Recommended

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7 ?

Level 10 ?

Level 13

Level 16 ?

Level 20 ?

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Blaze's Basic Attacks Build primarily empowers your waveclear while also increasing your survivability, utility, and damage. As a consequence, we recommend this Build when playing Blaze as Solo Laner.

In particular, Incinerator Gauntlets at Level 4 makes it easier to clear Minions and Mercenaries while laning and Adrenaline Stimpack at Level 1 further empowers its value against Mercenaries while also boosting your damage against enemy Heroes.

Oil Spill Build

Situational

Level 1 ? ?

Level 4

Level 7 ?

Level 10 ?

Level 13

Level 16 ?

Level 20 ?

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Blaze's Oil Spill Build primarily empowers your engage while also increasing your survivability, utility, and damage. As a consequence, we recommend this Build when playing Blaze as Tank.

In particular, Oil Dispersal at Level 4 makes it easier to use Oil Spill as a setup for Jet Propulsion.

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Blaze synergizes with

Blaze's well-rounded Ability set allows him to work in most team compositions and with most other Heroes, granted he is also picked for his anti-melee role. Oil Spill's Slowing effect is particularly useful for improving the uptime of Assassins, whereas most Heroes with skillshots will find Jet Propulsion a great way of setting up for accurate hits.

Blaze is countered by

Since Blaze relies on skillshots to deal damage and on the rather slow charge up of Jet Propulsion to initiate, he tends to struggle offensively against highly mobile Heroes. Furthermore, his large Health pool and limited mobility makes him particularly vulnerable to percentage-based damage.

Blaze's stronger maps

Blaze's average maps

Blaze's weaker maps

None

Having a well-rounded Ability set with plenty of waveclear, Blaze works well on most Maps. However, his lingering area of effect damage-over-time makes him particularly strong for Maps that feature static Map Objectives that must be defended, as they tend to funnel opponents into tight spaces that are easily controlled. Make sure another player can deal with Mercenary Camps.

• Flame Stream actually fires two parallel projectiles; hit with both to double the Ability's damage.
• An Ignited Oil Spill will Ignite any other Oil Spills that overlap with it.
• Jet Propulsion does not collide with Minions, allowing you to charge through to hit enemy Heroes or escape without being blocked.
• Avoid staying too long in Bunker Drop if unnecessary. Press the R key or right-click near it to exit.
• Combustion prevents you from casting other Abilities while it is being channeled.
• The cooldown of Pyromania is reduced for each Hero hit by Flame Stream; double hits count as well.

Blaze is a niche Tank that excels at disrupting aggressive melee Heroes and counter-initiating, in no small part thanks to Bunker Drop.

His area control otherwise makes him particularly useful on Maps that feature static Objectives that force opponents to fight within a specific area or in enclosed spaces, such as Cursed Hollow, Dragon Shire, Infernal Shrines, Sky Temple, and Towers of Doom. His generous self-sustain and waveclear also make him an excellent solo laner to ultimately make him a viable choice on most, if not all, Maps.