Dota 2 Hero Spotlight - Abaddon

[@bendover1854]

This guy stands as one of Dota's best heroes, along with Alchemist and Invoker. Ridiculous utility, and can fulfil almost any role.

[@shun2240]

Lol alchemist...

[@bendover1854]

Zlasher Semi Pro love this alchemist is useless meme

[@bernardok]

Ben Dover Invoker can fken counter everyone when played correctly. Also he is the hardest. To both lean and master, my opinion.

[@TheMistralist]

I like if abaddon and chaos knight gank together :D

[@dragonball5830]

2 horsemen from the Apocalypse team :))) id say Abaddon is Death and Chaos Knight is War

[@ADudeWithAPC]

Changes to Abaddon have been made since this video was released. This list will contain those changes (not including number changes, since they are very frequent) Death Coil: Name has been changed to Mist Coil. It still does the same thing (excluding some small number changes) however. Curse of Avernus completely reworked. Now slows passively slows an enemy every attack by 10/15/20/25%. If a slowed enemy is attacked 4 times the slow increases to 30/40/50/60%, silences the enemy, and all allies attacking that enemy gain 40/60/80/100 attack speed. All of these effects last 4 seconds. Aghanim's Scepter: While it still increases duration of borrowed time, it also redirects 50% of damage dealt to nearby allies to Abaddon. This essentially makes allies take 50% damage, and Abaddon heal for that 50% while borrowed time is active. Remember to like this comment if it helped you, and feel free to ask me any question.

[@JulianSmithza]

no with 7.00 there is more :o:o!!!

[@ADudeWithAPC]

Other than cast point decreases and talent additions they didn't change anything. (Phew, I almost thought I had to work :p).

[@JulianSmithza]

hahahah ;)

[@christianmanso2268]

Abadfon with aghs, undying, wraith king with aghs, vengeful spirit with aghs, dazzle with aghs. GG immortal team.

[@Conscious-01]

His son is LEOMORD

[@lakas_tama]

ew ml ploker

[@amirhassan7887]

best tanks in dota 2 1. undying 2. bristleback 3. abaddon 4. axe

[@matthewshan1031]

tidehunter 5.

[@catalinanambong3777]

What about centaur

[@TigerKirby215]

I hate people who shoot Abaddon when borrowed time is active. It's one of those things that makes you type "gg end this quick" when you see it. P.S. It's called Mist Coil now, not Death Coil.

[@Rafaeleao2]

Not only Axe ulti can counter him before he uses his ulti, but with many damage heroes u can simply watch for when his ulti is activated and after 4~5 secs attack him.

[@user-ob1kh6hp1y]

fun fact, nothing in the game can stop the automatic activation of the ult, but you can stop the manual activation with a silence

[@gfreeezy8124]

AFAIK you CAN stop the auto cast... isn't it like if he has 401 hp and he gets just bursted down then he wouldnt have any chance to acvtivate his borrowed time, also i think heroes like faceless void should be able to stop the auto cast with chronosphere since it stops every cast + reveals invis units

[@radeni]

U can make Abaddon's ulti not activacte,u ljust need to kill him with higher danage than 400,so if he for an example got 450 hp and u hit him with 600 dmg,he will just die.

[@donchogarbov1953]

In the original DotA (the WC3 mod) Abbadon's ultimate is a passive *flies away*

[@MrFrigginAwsome]

***** fun fucking fact. Doom doesnt stop it nor cancel it. Because thats fair.

[@mjmoosavizade8355]

Abaddon is bae.

[@tachikoma747]

Things are rarely as they seem.

[@rat_smacker9066]

I see what u did there :)

[@DaMnUFo0]

They're in Dota 1 but will be eventually ported to Dota 2. Oracle and Earth Spirit are the most current heroes released to Dota 1 (came out in 6.78). The update Dota 2 has right now is currently in 6.78c just like Dota 1.

[@patricksusulin9335]

shouldnt it that his 3rd ability was frostmorn or something???

[@Hegataro]

Frostmourne is copyrighted by Blizzard

[@manupainkiller]

Hegataro Doesn't matter,i bought Darkstar The Mistforged and renamed it Frostmourne. :D Description : "The legendary Frostmourne,now in the hands of a new master.Frostmourne Hungers !" .I would've add much more,but the info box doesn't allow.

[@Mr360attack]

op hero

[@TheLightningWhale]

Not op... easy counters to him, doom, ancient apparition, axe, lina, and lion are all very easy counters to him. He is only op if you are a noob at this game.

[@TheLightningWhale]

Ursa is also a very easy counter to him as well.

[@EnderSwagger]

TheLightningWhale I hope that last one was a joke...

[@TheLightningWhale]

BricksPicks Actually not really... ursa literally can beat the shit out of abaddon... Run circles around abaddon in his ult... or even attack him, give him full health, but the thing is, those fury swipes are still stacked as soon as his ult comes off making abaddon just melt.

[@EnderSwagger]

Well, thats a smart one, most people i see who pick Ursa on purpose would be the kind of person who would sit there and auto-attack the Abbadon in his ult.

[@viperz301]

Naz'Gul lol

[@qwas12348gr5]

He came out a month ago in Dota TWO. He came out years and years ago in dota ONE.

[@tallbrun]

finally, been waiting for him what feels like forever

[@Balberoy]

Oh Boy, this hero brings back the time. The other two new heroes, are really knew, but this guy is really cool. I loved to play him in the old days.

[@PedroXaoxin]

No, it does not auto-activate, only if you take damage below 400 hp. Even if said damage is over 400 hp you would still live and his ultimate would be activated.

[@tokyodove]

actually dota 2 now has several tournaments running throughout the year, none of the prize pools are as large as TI3 but they're still big prize pools. additionally with twitch tv now joining up to steam there are even more people using twitch to watch dota 2 matches

[@vadianluthe5401]

"borrowed time" actually absorbs 35% damage from nearby allied hero if you have aghanim's scepter. its not just increase the duration of borrowed time.

[@StayCalm0]

It's a 50 hp/s heal to your carry. That essentially makes your carry have the regen from chemical rage

[@DaMnUFo0]

These two heroes change the tide of the team fight.

[@carloscastaneda3918]

Dota Cinema stated two days ago that abaddon would be released into dota 2 yesterday...

[@Zoneshocker]

His first 3 skills make him good for supporting, coil to make a last attempt to keep the person alive, shield to help the hero tank or survive damage and his passive to help your allies catch up to the target. Grabbing a mekansm or pipe could generally help but tanking could seem his best element.

[@warrennikolov973]

Axe ult has a mega purge strapped on it it activates 0.00000001 seconds before the damage(not the animation) is dealt,this is proven with dazzle's shallow grave because anything can bring him down to 1 hp but AXE

[@DotaLife]

arcane + soul ring + (maybe a vang/mek/pipe) + shiva makes him a beast of a support. stay behind and keep spamming shield on focused ally, or man up and initiate but use your spells defensively

[@Dane-7]

No, its just that when communication between players of the same team is not optimal, Abaddon will be hit by 1 or 2 nuke during his ultimate. This is even more effective because it can activate while he is being nuked.

[@Ursidae]

Update is live! It says 'Added Abaddon!' on steam news!

[@superkerel9]

Axe only works if he doesent use borrowed time before the hp treshold, and ursa just ends up healing him, shadow blade is countered by dust (wich slows for 10%, and abaddon often has both phase boots and curse of avernus allowing him to just run away)

[@roman11777]

Thanks to this guy, support is now my favorite role.

[@TheMastermind729]

Give it time, all the heroes will be here

[@xXForgottenFallXx]

Glad I played around with him on Dota 2 Test the few days before he actually came out. 2nd game with him went 14-1-10. Good ol' Abaddon - Omniknight lane.

[@tsunguyen7270]

"Why always 's me?" - Said the Sven

[@kyrios0307]

Get a hero that silences / disables, or get Axe, get some nukers who can finish him off, and do well in teamfights. DotA is not all about countering "this" or "that" hero - it's about getting your team to fight really well.

[@MobyTheDuck]

He didnt mean silence itself, but the Demonic Purge.

[@Al0neStillAlive]

Abbadon's ability to feed is certainly OP.

[@nitemare906]

they really need to update this video his ult isn't broken anymore

[@MrLormer]

you can go support with clinkz. that way in early gaming, clinkz can go forth and farm while you can also get some gold and damage to creeps(balance on the lane). mekansm, pipes, drums, and rod of atos get a good supporting assist for hitters in ur party. unless theyre stupid.

[@Downrisingentertainment]

It's no longer Death Coil, it's now Mist Coil.

[@Dav1d01994]

Pudge is Devourer in HoN btw ^^

[@AdventureGamerGfx]

Agreed, Duel is really op and all Arc Warden's skills are OP.

[@kyrios0307]

Yeah the difference is you can still spam your attack while Shallow Grave is active so at least you'll hit when the duration ends. In Abaddon's case, frickin stop your attacks until Borrowed Time is gone. He is meant to be a hero who wants to be targeted in fights leaving his teammates screwing you up safely.

[@goTObYRayYogsean]

my ass he looks like a badass and his spell animations and attack animation are beautiful.

[@miruajin6448]

Ah old heroes are new again! Great renovation!

[@SuperLaxatives]

What people keep forgetting to understand is that LoL was even created by the former creator/contributor of the original Dota map on Warcraft III, so LoL, in all aspects, is the one getting its inspiration from Dota. Not blatant copying, but certain skillsets are indeed similar. But both games are different, still, and people need to respect that.

[@wadewilsonasturias3395]

learning when to use ult, instead of just letting it autocast is very important. I've recently seen a lot of Abaddon losing terribly, because of this

[@Carphil07]

The thing with abba is to play support until you get some heavy defensive, such as hood, aghanim, vanguard and heart. After that you're invicible, and can invest in some damage for late game as well

[@LoCloud7]

Has Death Coil, looks like Death Knights, Rides a very similar Horse, Has a shield, uses Frost, I think the only thing that differs him from normal Death Knights is that he uses a 2-Handed Sword on Frostbuild ^^

[@2Stylish2Cry]

Get as much HP regen items as possible,spam deathcoils to heal teammates after skirmishes. Get arcane boots if noone is getting them,otherwise tranquil. Skill shield early,use it on your carry(that you are babysitting),carry goes and harasses other heroes.If they attack carry shield explodes and they accomplish nothing but taking damage,so they have to run away.This way you make double melee viable. Skill passive only when you actively start hunting heroes.Use ult for initiation or escape.

[@Finkelfunk]

The shield blocks 200 damage and can be spamed. His heal lasts up to 7 seconds with scepter which is a ton of time. Even his 5 seconds are more than enough time to get away. His damage-nuke can be used to heal yourself if ultiing, too. And I tried this hero for the first time and instantly got every self-deny I needed. Now tell me something about smart play.

[@xLINK93x]

he isnt new, he is exactly the same as he was in dota.

[@nekorur]

Actually, he can. If Abaddon's health is below the kill threshold on Axe's ultimate, then, even with Borrowed Time activated, it will still kill him. This is because Cullling Blade removes all buffs if the threshold is met.

[@jostaffa]

Basic support items, meka etc. level death coil + shield at maxx, drop the frost sword passive. And just go healing and protecting your teammate. He is useless as a carry compared to being a support. The reason why he works as a carry today at this date, is that people from dota 2 dont know the hero, wich is from dota 1.

[@pengpleb]

Have you even played dota 1? Abaddon is an undead hero with a frozen sword, in fact in warcraft3 he had an entire frozen throne so the glowing blue look makes perfect sense.

[@MrLycan1995]

One of the best things about Abaddon, CAN FOUNTAIN DIVE LIKE BOSS!

[@simeoncekov6237]

Next hero will mostly be legion commander. Ember spirit has not been worked on yet. According to the Dota 2 wiki of unreleased content.

[@rafllz]

I hope you realize just because you heard a few of the core concepts from Dota came from Aeon of strife doesn't mean its ANYTHING like a copy of it. There were many custom games which involved laning in warcraft 3 and starcraft 2. A part of Aeon of strife inspired a part of Dota but many other games in WC3 would have also had an impact on inspiration for the map as well as the base game itself and more so creativity coming from the creators themselves.

[@superkerel9]

Legion Commander will come next, shes basicly almost done. After that its either Terrorblade or Techies.

[@l3eReal]

you can silence the ult and if you do a high enough chunk of dmg at one time you will kill him before the ult goes on say hes at 401 hp his ult pops at 400 hp you do 450 hp with a lina or lion ult, the ult wont activate

[@ChosenYouAre]

my favorite support by far

[@yodamister3000]

The deed is done, lord arthas

[@womedrah1415]

His design is so cool

[@Carphil07]

ahhh this info is correct! Thumb up so they can edit the video, this works for the slow as well

[@TehFailJoo]

tbh against some heroes he can just regen anyway, and he can do a lot of damage if he goes farming carry rather than support.

[@Pandaxtor]

The best counter to abaddon is long duration cc heroes like bane, brew master, etc. Abaddon players are unlikely to build bkb so you can cc him when ever he pops his ult and focus other enemies.

[@killio54321]

They're two different things Illidan (which is a demon hunter in Warcraft vanilla made by Blizzard), and Terrorblade(which uses the model of demon Illidan, but his lore an abilities were made by a third party.)

[@schizeschopfa8019]

Tonight's the night Dark passenger is released

[@Morec0]

The difference is drow ranger has no horse shape in her silhouette, unlike both Hecarim and Abaddon - nor does she have it as a permanent effect, it only shows up while in use of abilities. But I still stand by my statement that I think Abaddon's glow SHOULD have been a different color (see earlier comments for an explanation of why).

[@Collector2006]

Also all the heroes are released and balanced in dota. The nerf/buff patches that come to dota 2 are the same as the new versions of the dota 1 map. The only exclusive dota 2 patches that are released are new heroes and bug fixes that the source engine itself causes. Dota and Dota 2 are basically the same when it comes to hero strengths/weaknesses. There are very minor differences.

[@ismanto11]

added new hero to my favorites list

[@Xalted118]

He still breaks free off any cc when BT pops, and if he doesn't break free, he still gets healed by the DoT. You need nukes to kill him. Or my favorite; Axe's Culling Blade.

[@TheLonelyShadows]

the only problem i have with this hero is that when he use his ulti he can go inside first to the enemy base and be a shield for a couple of sec while the rest of the team are murdering them. now that's OP.

[@desgenghisky7380]

in a completely theoretical world you could, you would need enough armor to get above 100 million EHP (each point of armor adds 6% ehp to your current hp)

[@Finkelfunk]

Even if you don't attack him. He can easily escape, if low health, he can deny himself, he has got a shield which he could cast every 6 seconds. The ult just needs a higher cooldown and a mana-cost, it also shouldn't be an auto-cast. Poom, balanced abaddon.

[@Thantros]

In basic terms. Axe's ult despises the weak, and anything that is weak is touched by the blade of Axe, it will instantly kill them. Not even Abaddons ult will save him if he is weak.

[@Blaskowitzer]

While this is obviously a funny and good starting point, on a more serious note, yes, abaddon doesn't really have any "true" counters. The only things that really mess him up are eul's while his ult is up, silences, and extreme burst damage, because if you kill abaddon before he falls below 400 hp his ult will NOT activate. Abaddon is going to be the new noob rofl stomp hero for awhile simply because not many people understand how his spells act.

[@Morec0]

That depends on the person. Me, personally, it doesn't bother whatsoever. But to someone like Nightmare it clearly meant something.

[@AlexSketcher]

Im pretty sure there will be a set for this hero soon

[@JohnLiuFromHK]

he wont die , he will be 1 health left and be healed until his ult is done

[@brixfrancis1234]

League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, inspired by the mod Defense of the Ancients for the video game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. It is a free-to-play game, supported by micro-transactions. It was first announced on October 7, 2008, and released on October 27, 2009.

[@NepTenn_official]

Actually someone looked in the MAC files and found lines relating to techies' abilities.

[@zaionsandrene6969]

you forgot his combo....death coil used with aphotic\\\\\\ death coil used with borrowed time :D but pretty much the calculations to damages taken applies to aphotic shield... im not sure how much hp gain he will have using death coil while on borrowed time :D

[@clonemovies123]

Thanks for the information. I wasn't aware of that at the time.

[@gaspercarman9149]

Icefrog created DotA and he works with Valve on DotA 2 so yeah it's pretty much both mod and game created or well helping to create both

[@progames70]

His ult can be annoying but if you can wait till its finished...

[@narcssius]

It's just who can pick 'new hero first before nerfed.'

[@ItsM4rtytime]

also necrolyte can counter him, also if AA hits him with ult before its activated it will kill him easily, you can use a Eul to disable him for 2.5 seconds cutting the time he can heal or run in half or have a sniper assasinate at right time

[@DaMnUFo0]

Phoenix got huge nerfs but still such a good hero.

[@wagshadowzylus]

Yep, I played LoL a long time too. What pisses me off is that people use stuff like "it was the first game of that genre" or "it's more original" to say that they prefer that game. Everybody should go and play Tetris then :D

[@hendrawanlimbong]

The head part, that what makes it look similar.

[@Narane]

*One* dev who made Dota1 is part of Lol. His name is Guinsoo. He was responsible for most of the worst imbalances in the history of Dota. Ironically Guinsoo is where Dota's approach of 'if everyone is OP, then everything will be balanced' comes from. Icefrog had to tone down Guinsoo's hero designs.

[@Morec0]

Perhaps, but note that he does not USE frost in this version. Nor did he HAVE a frosty look in the previous WC3 mod. Really, I think a whiter, more fog-ish look instead of icy glowing blue may have been better for this variation of him. But I digress; either way it doesn't really matter. Looks will be looks and, in the end, both are awesome characters for awesome games.

[@Filsoh]

Your logic is flawless you beat me, i give up...

[@xXForgottenFallXx]

you think that now, wait till Goblin Techies come out. Then it literally does become who picks them first.

[@nitemare906]

you can it would be really stupid but you can roles isn't something every character was made with it's up to you to decide what character would be best for what

[@zambal_live_channel]

just forgotten about him since dota1

[@40rods]

phase boots, mask of madness, skull basher (orb of venom possibly?), bkb, then you can go for heart for more tankiness or turn the basher into an abyssal. just went 28-2

[@omarantar9462]

This hero is my favorite hero now !

[@gunitiwa]

In coordination with devs who worked on Dota 1* which still doesnt change anything, Dota1 and Dota2 (since its a remake of Dota 1) will always be the original one