Haze vs Drifter
Updated · Patch Nov 4, 2026
How Haze beats Drifter
Assassin vs Assassin
Assassin mirrors are decided by who sees the other first. Track their cooldowns and never commit while their escape is up.
Your game plan as Haze
The one-sided exchange. Haze wants to shoot you while you can’t shoot back.
How to beat Drifter
A stalker who marks a target and then makes sure no one can save them.
- 01Stay with your team; Eternal Night isolates people who are already alone.
- 02Cleanse or out-heal Stalker’s Mark bleed rather than running.
- 03Peel for whoever he marks.
Head-to-head
Win the lane: Haze into Drifter
- 01Haze out-farms Drifter by ~41.3 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit.
- 02Haze denies ~1.1 more orbs per match — keep shooting theirs.
- 03Drifter looks for burst windows. Don’t sit in lane at low health, and ping the moment they disappear — they’re hunting.
Skill order for this matchup



56.6% win rate over 121,669 matches
Max firstYou out-farm Drifter: keep the standard order and push your lead with Sleep Dagger.
Threats
Drifter has no hard crowd control — take the trades.
Your tools

Winning the fights after lane
- Haze averages 1.37 kills per death against Drifter.
- On average Haze finishes 2.0k souls ahead of Drifter — convert the lead into objectives.
- Haze deals 2.7k more objective damage per match than Drifter — push structures when you win lane.
- Track Eternal Night (145.0s cooldown). The window right after Drifter uses it is your best time to fight.
Who else beats Drifter




Matchup questions
Who wins Haze vs Drifter?
Haze wins 52.4% of 149,614 recent matches against Drifter — favoured.
How do I beat Drifter as Haze?
Haze out-farms Drifter by ~41.3 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit. Track Eternal Night (145.0s cooldown). The window right after Drifter uses it is your best time to fight.

