Shields his allies or himself from attacks
Able to transform enemy attacks into self-healing, Abaddon can survive almost any assault. Shielding allies and launching his double-edged coil at a friend or foe, he is always ready to ride into the thick of battle.
Win Rate 52.0%
Pick Rate 8.4%
Attributes
604 +57.2/lvl
291 +24.0/lvl
22 +2.6/lvl
23 +1.5/lvl
18 +2.0/lvl
Stats
Damage:
66 - 76 + 4.3/level (219 - 229 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
2.8 + 0.3/level (12.4 at level 30)
Movement:
325
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
The Quickening
Win Rate: 52.5%
Pick Rate: 30.5%
Units dying nearby Abaddon lower his cooldowns.
Mephitic Shroud
Win Rate: 51.9%
Pick Rate: 69.5%
Aphotic Shield absorbs more damage and reflects damage when received instead of exploding at the end.
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Damaging enemies applies the Withering Mist debuff for 5s. Affected enemies have their HP regeneration, healing, lifesteal and Spell lifesteal reduced by 35% if they are below %hp_threshold_pct%% HP.
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +10% Withering Mist Heal Reduction
Mist Coil
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Allies Yes, Enemies No
PASSIVE: No
Abaddon releases a coil of deathly mist that can damage an enemy unit or heal a friendly unit at the cost of some of Abaddon's health.
Abaddon can not kill himself with this skill.
SELF DAMAGE: 40%
DAMAGE/HEAL: 80 / 150 / 220 / 290
6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5
50 / 55 / 60 / 65
625
LEVEL 25 TALENT: 350 AoE Mist Coil
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +35 Mist Coil Heal/Damage
PATCH 7.38b
Damage/Heal decreased from 100/175/250/325 to 80/150/220/290
Cast Range rescaled from 600/625/650/675 to 625
A mysterious vapor from the Font of Avernus now infuses the breath of Abaddon, who releases it at will.
Aphotic Shield
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
BUFF: Yes
Summons dark energies around an ally unit, creating an all damage barrier that absorbs a set amount of damage before expiring. When the barrier is destroyed it will burst and deal damage equal to the amount it could absorb to an area around it. Removes certain types of negative buffs and stuns on cast. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel
The max damage is always dealt whether the barrier is destroyed by expiring or absorbing damage.
The explosion does not damage units hidden by the fog of war.
COOLDOWN: 12 / 10 / 8 / 6
DURATION: 12
BURST RADIUS: 675
DAMAGE BARRIER: 120 / 150 / 180 / 210
RETURN DAMAGE RADIUS: 0
12 / 10 / 8 / 6
110 / 120 / 130 / 140
550
FACET: Mephitic Shroud
Damage barrier amount increased, but no longer bursts upon expiration. 75% of absorbed damage is dealt to nearby enemies. Increases cooldown.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +80 Aphotic Shield Barrier Amount
LEVEL 10 TALENT: Aphotic Shield provides +12 HP Regen
PATCH 7.38b
Duration decreased from 15s to 12s
Mana Cost increased from 95/110/125/140 to 110/120/130/140
The powers of the black mist rise to absorb attacks like the black mist absorbs light.
Curse of Avernus
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: Breakable
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Abaddon strikes an enemy, affecting them by a chilling curse, slowing them, causing them to take damage over time, and all attacks against them gain an attack speed boost. Damage over time component to buildings is reduced by 100%.
DURATION: 2
SLOW: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
ATTACK SPEED: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40
DPS: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +65 Curse of Avernus Attack Speed Bonus
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +40 Curse of Avernus DPS
PATCH 7.38c
No longer deals damage to buildings
While the baptized draw strength from the Font, the gifts of Avernus are debilitating to the uninitiated.
Borrowed Time
When activated, all damage dealt to you will heal instead of harm. Most negative buffs will also be removed. If the ability is not on cooldown, it will automatically activate if your health falls below 400. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel
Borrowed Time can be manually activated while Abaddon is disabled, but not while silenced. The passive activation can still occur while silenced.
Aphotic Shield does not block any damage to Abaddon when Borrowed Time is active, allowing him to heal.
Break prevents Borrowed Time from automatically activating.
HEALTH THRESHOLD: 400
DURATION: 4 / 5 / 6
DAMAGE THRESHOLD:
90 / 80 / 70
LEVEL 20 TALENT: 100 Borrowed Time Immolation DPS
PATCH 7.38b
Aghanim's Scepter radius changed from 900 to Mist Coil's Cast Range
The most unnatural of all the gifts of the Font of Avernus, this power defies mortal understanding. What should hurt, instead heals; and what should kill gives strength anew.
Talents [E]
350 AoE Mist Coil
+ 0.4 %
+65 Curse of Avernus Attack Speed Bonus
100 Borrowed Time Immolation DPS
+80 Aphotic Shield Barrier Amount
+ 2.8 %
+35 Mist Coil Heal/Damage
+ 3.3 %
+40 Curse of Avernus DPS
Aphotic Shield provides +12 HP Regen
+ 2.1 %
+10% Withering Mist Heal Reduction
Win Rate
Pick Rate
PATCH 7.38c
Level 15 Talent Curse of Avernus DPS decreased from +50 to +40
PATCH 7.38
Level 10 Talent +15% Curse of Avernus Movement Slow replaced with +10% Withering Mist Healing Reduction
Strategy
Apply Aphotic Shield pre-emptively on yourself as you are coming to lane after rune fight. Apply another as the previous one expires to inflict great AoE damage. Pull afterwards.
Play ahead of the Core you are supporting to absorb damage and trade regen.
Salve or clarity won't be canceled while you have Apothic Shield on.
If someone applies a break effect on you, you will have to trigger Borrowed Time manually.
If you got disabled along with your teammate you can pop Borrowed Time to remove stun off yourself and then apply Aphotic Shield on a stunned ally to free him as well.
You can position more aggressively than rest of your team, as opponents usually don't want to go on you due to Borrowed Time.
Constantly look at your teammates to heal or hard dispel them.
Silences and heal reductions are a big problems for Abaddon. Avoid being hit by those or itemize against them.
With Aghanim's Scepter, you will need to activate your Ultimate manually, while most of the damage is being inflicted on your teammates.
Counter Strategy
Abaddon's Aphothic Shield applies strong dispel. Use disabling and damage-over-time dispellable spells only after the shield was used.
If you are in the fog, exploding Aphotic Shield won't damage you.
Abaddon's Ulti Burrowed Time applies strong dispel and heals Abaddon for all damage taken. Don't hit him.
Break effects make Burrowed Time not start automatically. But Abaddon can still activate it manually.
Lore
The Font of Avernus is the source of a family's strength, a crack in primal stones from which vapors of prophetic power have issued for generations. Each newborn of the cavernous House Avernus is bathed in the black mist, and by this baptism they are given an innate connection to the mystic energies of the land. They grow up believing themselves fierce protectors of their lineal traditions, the customs of the realm--but what they really are protecting is the Font itself. And the motives of the mist are unclear.
When the infant Abaddon was bathed in the Font, they say something went awry. In the child's eyes there flared a light of comprehension that startled all present and set the sacerdotes to whispering. He was raised with every expectation of following the path all scions of Avernus took--to train in war, that in times of need he might lead the family's army in defense of the ancestral lands. But Abaddon was always one apart. Where others trained with weapons, he bent himself to meditation in the presence of the mist. He drank deep from the vapors that welled from the Font, learning to blend his spirit with the potency that flowed from far beneath the House; he became a creature of the black mist.
There was bitterness within the House Avernus--elders and young alike accusing him of neglecting his responsibilities. But all such accusations stopped when Abaddon rode into battle, and they saw how the powers of the mist had given him mastery over life and death beyond those of any lord the House had ever known.