Dazzle

Dazzle the Shadow Priest is a ranged hero that uses his skills to mainly support his allies in battle. While frail, he's capable of keeping his allies and himself from dying, causing his foes to waste time in a fruitless endeavor. Due to this, Dazzle is typically an oft sought target, making the player's job more difficult, but rewarding.

Despite having no passives, Dazzle's skills are fairly simple to use, require no positioning, and the timing is not as crucial as with other heroes. However, newer players may have trouble remembering to use each of them, since they all have quite low cooldowns; and because of this Dazzle is very high-activity. He is recommended for new to intermediate players.

Tips

 * As of the current update, almost every single skill build recommends you leave Poison Touch at Level 3; the 4th level of damage makes neglible difference, and the stat can be put to better use for almost anything.
 * Don't forget that Shadow Wave deals damage around your healed allies as well, roughly a Melee hero swing and a tiny bit more; a bit similar to Omniknight's Purification but with much less raw healing.
 * Each level of upgrade for Shallow Grave makes it cost less mana; if you're having mana problems (and you likely will), consider upgrading it sooner rather than later.
 * Your first skill can be any of the three depending on the situation; Poison Touch if you're hunting for first blood (with teammates, by yourself or with a single lane partner is probably not enough and can be risky in the event of a reversal), Shallow Grave if the enemy has not been spotted in their lanes and you suspect a possible gank incoming, and Shadow Wave if you're fighting an aggressive meele gank with an ally.
 * Don't forget that the range of Shallow Grave increases with each level; it starts out less than your normal attack, but at level 4 goes to twice that length. You don't want to have an ally die just because you had to run in closer.
 * Using Shallow Grave is the most important role Dazzle has, and one of the chief reasons why Dazzle is complicated; in using it you grant an ally or yourself five seconds where they cannot die. For newer players, it is often better to use it earlier than never; 2 seconds of life for an ally is better than none. More experienced players can gauge the situation of battles better, and can determine if burst damage has already been applied, amount and length of incoming stuns, and at whom they're directed, et cetera. In the early game laning phase, you can aggressively attempt a kill and then use Grave on yourself once you're near death; however, this can easily backfire due to burst damage and stun, preventing you from using the spell. In the mid game, your priority to grave are heroes with powerful abilities that haven't been used yet in an encounter, such as a Sand King Epicenter, a Tidehunter's Ravage, or an Enigma's Black Hole. Typically, the use of such ultimates would change the tide of battle in your favour, although this would only apply if those types of heroes are caught out of position, or are about to die before they can use it. Preventing a hard carry from dying and losing their gold is also important, but not if it means losing the teamfight and being able to push. In late game, keeping your hard carry alive becomes your top priority. There may be instances wherein you must choose between the life and death of allies, and it is very important to know who to prioritise (knowledge of priority will become second-nature with experience). For example, choosing between keeping Tidehunter alive after his Ravage has been used is a poor decision versus keeping your team's Lycan from dying, but if Tidehunter's death seems to be sure and Lycan's does not, you must make a decision very quickly. This is the difficulty of Dazzle.

Trivia

 * Dazzle's ultimate used to be Shallow Grave, which had a completely different effect on the player who was buffed by it, reducing the revival time of the buffed player if they died under its effect, while Weave was a single target skill until this was changed to the current setup.