Abyssal Blade

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The lost blade of the Commander of the Abyss, this edge cuts into an enemy's soul.

The Abyssal Blade is like your hero's ultimate hammer of justice, a magnificent weapon that not only grants powerful stats but also allows your hero to deliver a devastating blow, stunning enemies with pure force!

Base Combat Stats

Combat Stats

+ 35 Damage

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+ 10 Damage for Strength Heroes

+ 250 Health

+ 220 Health (from attributes)

+ 10 Health Regen

+ 0.9 Health Regen (from attributes)

Attributes

+ 10 Strength

Recipe

Abilities

Active: Overwhelm

Stuns a target enemy unit for 1.6 seconds.
Pierces Spell Immunity.
Range: 150

Mana: 75

Cooldown: 35

Passive: Bash

Grants melee heroes a 25% chance on hit to stun the target for 1.2 seconds and deal 120 bonus physical damage. Bash chance for ranged heroes is 10%.

Passive: Damage Block

Grants a 60% chance to block 70 damage from incoming attacks on melee heroes, and 35 damage on ranged.

Additional Insights

The stun is melee range.
Does not stack with other bashes, and does not grant bash to Clones and Tempest Doubles.
Multiple sources of damage block do not stack.
This stunning ability makes the Abyssal Blade perfect for heroes who want to amplify their damage output and possess a powerful single-target lockdown. It's an incredible tool for initiating fights, catching elusive foes, or securing critical takedowns during intense clashes.

Statistics

The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Abyssal Blade as a core or non-core item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.

Itemization Strategy

A midgame item for Cores specially carries that would love to keep hitting opponents that are just to evasive against them or has the higher damage output if they would trade 1v1 against them, also a life and death changing item where if paired with satanic could change the outcome of a fight

Heroes with Abyssal Blade as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Anti-Mage

A core upgrade for Basher to have reliable lockdown on enemy heroes and burst them down with right clicks and Mana Void.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Elder Titan

A late game pick up to have reliable lockdown to stun and burst down enemy heroes with right clicks.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lone Druid

A core upgrade for Basher to have reliable lockdown on your Spirit Bear against elusive enemy heroes.

A late game upgrade for Basher to have reliable lockdown against elusive enemy heroes and follow up with Unleash to burst them down.

A core item to have reliable lockdown against elusive enemy heroes and keep them inside your Smoke Screen and Tricks of the Trade AoE.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Troll Warlord

A core upgrade for Basher to have reliable lockdown against elusive enemy heroes and burst them down with right clicks during Battle Trance.

A core upgrade for Basher to have reliable lockdown against elusive enemy heroes and burst them down with right clicks during Overpower.

Heroes countered by Abyssal Blade

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Alchemist

Gives you an instant lockdown against Alchemist and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he pops Chemical Rage.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Anti Mage and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can Blink away.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Arc Warden

Gives you an instant lockdown against Arc Warden and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can protect himself inside Magnetic Field.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Batrider

Gives you an instant lockdown against Batrider and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can use Firefly or Flaming Lasso.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bloodseeker

Gives you an instant lockdown against Bloodseeker and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can have an impact in fights.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bounty Hunter

Gives you an instant lockdown against Bounty Hunter and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can run away with Shadow Walk.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Brewmaster

Gives you an instant lockdown against Brewmaster and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can cast Primal Split.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Broodmother

Gives you an instant lockdown against Broodmother and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can scurry away under her Webs.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Centaur Warrunner

Gives you an instant lockdown against Centaur and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can run away with Stampede.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Clinkz and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can run away using Skeleton Walk.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Dark Seer

Gives you an instant lockdown against Dark Seer and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can run away using Surge.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Death Prophet

Gives you an instant lockdown against Death Prophet and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can regenerate or do damage with her spells.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Drow Ranger

Gives you an instant lockdown against Drow Ranger and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can have an impact in fights.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Ember Spirit

Gives you an instant lockdown against Ember Spirit and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can get away with Fire Remnants.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Enigma and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can have an impact in fights with his spells.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Faceless Void

Gives you an instant lockdown against Faceless Void and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can get away with Time Walk.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Hoodwink

Gives you an instant lockdown against Hoodwink and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can get away with Scurry.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Huskar and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can have an impact in fights.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Invoker

Gives you an instant lockdown against Invoker and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he impacts fights or gets away with Ghost Walk.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Io and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he regenerates himself or his Tethered ally.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Juggernaut

Gives you an instant lockdown against Juggernaut and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he uses any spells or impacts fights.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Leshrac

Gives you an instant lockdown against Leshrac and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he impacts fights or regens up with Bloodstone.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lifestealer

Gives you an instant lockdown against Lifestealer and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he lifesteal back his HP with Feast.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Lina and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can have an impact in fights.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Lone Druid and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can use True Form or Savage Roar to survive.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Luna and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can have an impact in fights.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Lycan and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can run away with the Shapeshift movement buff.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Magnus and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can have an impact in fights with Reverse Polarity.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Marci and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can lifesteal back up or have an impact in fights.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Medusa and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can defend herself with Stone Gaze or regain mana with Mystic Snake.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Mirana and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can get away with Leap or become invisible using Moonlight Shadow.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Monkey King

Gives you an instant lockdown against Monkey King and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can get away with Tree Dance or become tanky using Wukongs Command.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Morphling

Gives you an instant lockdown against Morphling and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he uses Waveform or Attribute Shift (Strength Gain) to survive.

Gives you an instant lockdown against Muerta and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she uses Pierce the Veil or has an impact in fights.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Naga Siren

Gives you an instant lockdown against Naga Siren and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she uses Song of the Siren to get away.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nature's Prophet

Gives you an instant lockdown against Nature's Prophet and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he uses Sprout and Teleportation to get away.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Night Stalker

Gives you an instant lockdown against Night Stalker and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he uses Dark Ascension to get away or has an impact in fights.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nyx Assassin

Gives you an instant lockdown against Nyx Assassin and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he uses Vendetta to get away or protects himself with Spiked Carapace.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Outworld Devourer

Gives you an instant lockdown against Outworld Destroyer and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he impacts fights or saves himself with Astral Imprisonment.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Pangolier

Gives you an instant lockdown against Pangolier and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he uses Rolling Thunder or Swashbuckle to get away.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Queen of Pain

To lock her down and burst her while she gets stunned in fights.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Sand King

Bash Slark to root him in place and render him temporarily useless.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Spirit Breaker

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Storm Spirit

Bash him and lock him in place so that he cannot escape.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Templar Assassin

To temporarily stun her so that she is unable to perform any actions.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Terrorblade

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Timbersaw

To lock him in place so that he cannot chase people around and waste some of is Battle Trance duration.

To forcefully stun Ursa on spot to kite him around.

Against a core right-clicking Viper

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Void Spirit

Forcefully stun Void Spirit on spot so that he is rendered useless temporarily.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Windranger

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Trivia

Before its current iteration, the Abyssal Blade was initially introduced in Dota as an item called 'Skull Basher' that provided a chance to bash and stun enemies with attacks. Later in the game's development, the Skull Basher was upgraded to the Abyssal Blade, enhancing its stats and adding the active ability 'Overwhelm', which allowed the wielder to blink and deliver a targeted stun to an enemy unit which has then been nerf already.