A red and white logo with the word 'Dota Coach' in a stylized font.
Dota Coach logoDota Coach logoDota Coach logoDota Coach logo

Abaddon

Popularity: #43

Leaderboard: #1

Ban Rank: #31

KDA Rank: #11

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 55.9%
Pick Rate 8.5%
Attributes
Abaddon Image

604 +48.4/lvl

303 +19.2/lvl

Strength Image

22 +2.2/lvl

Agility Image

23 +1.3/lvl

Intelligence Image

19 +1.6/lvl

Stats
Attack

Damage:

40.8 - 50.8 + 3.6/level (173.7 - 183.7 at level 30)

Attack

Range:

150

Attack

Armor:

3.8 + 0.2/level (12.4 at level 30)

Attack

Movement:

325

Roles

Carry

Durable

Nuker

Pusher

Support

Escape

Disabler

Initiator

Facets

The Quickening

Win Rate: 55.4%

Pick Rate: 38.3%

The Quickening

Mephitic Shroud

Win Rate: 56.3%

Pick Rate: 61.7%

Aphotic Shield absorbs more damage and reflects damage when received instead of exploding at the end.


Aphotic Shield

Damage barrier amount increased, but no longer bursts upon expiration. 75% of absorbed damage is dealt to nearby enemies.

DURATION: 2

BURST RADIUS: =0

DAMAGE BARRIER: =170 =210 =250 =290

RETURN DAMAGE RADIUS: 675

Abilities

Innate Ability Image
Withering Mist

BREAKABLE: Yes


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 40% HP.


PATCH 7.37
  • New Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up

  • 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 40% HP


Q

Mist Coil

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.


SELF DAMAGE: 40%

DAMAGE/HEAL: 100 / 175 / 250 / 325

Cooldown

6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5

Mana Cost

50 / 55 / 60 / 65

Cast Range

600 / 625 / 650 / 675


Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branchTalent tree branch
  • +35 Mist Coil Heal/Damage
  • 350 AoE Mist Coil

A mysterious vapor from the Font of Avernus now infuses the breath of Abaddon, who releases it at will.
W

Aphotic Shield

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


DURATION: 15

BURST RADIUS: 675

DAMAGE BARRIER: 120 / 150 / 180 / 210

Cooldown

12 / 10 / 8 / 6

Mana Cost

95 / 110 / 125 / 140

Cast Range

550


Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branchTalent tree branch
  • Aphotic Shield provides +12HP Regen
  • +80 Aphotic Shield Barrier Amount

The powers of the black mist rise to absorb attacks like the black mist absorbs light.

Curse of Avernus

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 70%.


DURATION: 2

SLOW: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%

ATTACK SPEED: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40

DPS: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45


Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branchTalent tree branchTalent tree branch
  • -15% Curse of Avernus Movement Slow
  • +50 Curse of Avernus DPS
  • +80 Curse of Avernus Attack Speed Bonus

While the baptized draw strength from the Font, the gifts of Avernus are debilitating to the uninitiated.
R

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


HEALTH THRESHOLD: 400

DURATION: 7 / 8 / 9

DAMAGE THRESHOLD: 550

RANGE: 900

Cooldown

90 / 80 / 70


Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
  • 100 Borrowed Time Immolation DPS

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

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

350 AoE Mist Coil

+ 1.8 %

+80 Curse of Avernus Attack Speed Bonus

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

100 Borrowed Time Immolation DPS

+80 Aphotic Shield Barrier Amount

+ 3.5 %

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

+35 Mist Coil Heal/Damage

+ 4.0 %

+50 Curse of Avernus DPS

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

Aphotic Shield provides +12HP Regen

+ 1.6 %

-15% Curse of Avernus Movement Slow

Win Rate

Pick Rate

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.

Dota Coach logo
A red and white logo with the word 'Dota Coach' in a stylized font.
Dota 2 is a registered trademark of Valve Corporation.
© 2024 Rho Technologies LLC
Visit Dota Coach's gaming profile on Skelly.Get involved in the Dota Coach community and chat with us on Discord.Join the discussion on our subreddit /r/DotaCoachApp.Follow Dota Coach on X for updates, conversations, and more.Support Dota Coach on PatreonContribute to the translation of Dota Coach on Crowdin.Reach out to Dota Coach by e-mail.