Abaddon

Abaddon 23 + 2.7 17 + 1.5 21 + 2
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 626 1440 2298 2650 +0.25 +2.55 +6.33 +10.23 +11.78 Mana 75 327 663 1047 1191 +0 +1.05 +2.45 +4.05 +4.65 Armor 2.38 5.21 8.71 13.21 14.8 Magic Resist 25% 27.1% 29.9% 33.1% 34.3% Damage Block - Damage 1 1 24 24 61 61 100 100 116 116 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.69/s 0.81/s 0.97/s 1.03/s Attack Range U 128 ( ? ) Attack Speed 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.56 + 0.41 Projectile Speed Move Speed 310 ( 340) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Abaddon the Lord of Avernus is a melee strength Hero known as one of the most versatile characters in Dota. He is most often played as a support due to powerful utility abilities such as Mist Coil, a powerful single target nuke/heal, and Aphotic Shield which absorbs a threshold of damage, although Abaddon can also be an effective semi-carry or tank due to his passive Curse of Avernus which both slows his target and speeds up his allies and himself, and his unique ultimate, Borrowed Time.

Bio

Abaddon, the Lord of Avernus

"▶️ The coils of life and death now bind us all."

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.

Voice:

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Abilities

Mist Coil

QD

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Ability
N/A

Affects
Units

Damage
Magical

Abaddon releases a coil of death that can damage an enemy unit or heal a friendly unit at the cost of some of Abaddon's health.

Range: 800

Heal/Damage to Target: 100/150/200/250

Damage to Abaddon: 50/75/100/125

 5

 75

• The damage to Abaddon is pure damage.

• Self-damage from Mist Coil can burst Aphotic Shield just as any other kind of damage.

• Abaddon can deny himself with this ability.

Aphotic Shield

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Ability
N/A

Affects
Allied Units

Damage
Magical

Summons dark energies around an ally unit, creating a shield that absorbs a set amount of damage before expiring. When the shield is destroyed it will burst and deal damage equal to the amount it absorbed to an area around it. Removes certain types of negative buffs and stuns on cast.

Range: 500

Radius: 675

Duration: 15

Absorbed Damage: 110/140/170/200

 12/10/8/6

 100/105/110/115

• If Abaddon has Aphotic Shield on him, it will not burst if Abaddon is currently under the effect of Borrowed Time.

• Will replace any Aphotic Shield currently active on the target, so two shields will never be active at the same time on the same unit.

• Aphotic Shield will burst at the end of its duration if it has not absorbed sufficient damage.

Curse of Avernus

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Ability
N/A

Affects
Units

Abaddon strikes an enemy with chilling power on each attack, causing all units who attack the slowed enemy to gain increased movement speed, along with faster attack speed, for a limited time.

Duration of Slow: 2.5

Slow: 5%/10%/15%/20%

Duration of Bonuses: 4.5

Bonus Attack Speed: 10/20/30/40

Bonus Movement Speed: 15%

• The Curse of Avernus buff is placed before Abaddon attacks, so he gets the bonus on his first hit.

• Works on towers.

Borrowed Time

RB

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Ability
N/A

Affects
Self

When activated, most negative buffs will be removed and any damage you take will heal instead of damaging you. If the ability is not on cooldown, it will passively activate when your hitpoints drop below a certain threshold.

Duration: 3/4/5 (5/6/7*)

 60/50/40

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Increases duration.

• Borrowed Time will activate itself if you suffer damage while you have less than 400 HP.

• Upon casting Borrowed Time, Abaddon will effectively dodge any projectiles currently flying at him.

• When activated it removes negative buffs from Abaddon.

• Borrowed Time can be manually activated.

Recommended items

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Trivia

• In the Bible, Abaddon is the name of an angel, who will rise from the Abyss and command an army of locusts. His name means "the Destroyer" in Hebrew.
• Abaddon's title, Lord of Avernus, is a reference to the famous crater in Italy, which was, in ancient times, believed to be the entrance to the underworld.
• Abaddon is speculated to be the "vaporous figure sheathed in spirit forged armor" featured in Legion Commander's lore.
• In DotA, Abaddon's third skill was originally called "Frostmourne." It had to be changed in transition to Dota 2 due to copyright reasons, since Frostmourne exists as a famed weapon in the Warcraft universe. [1]

Balance Changelog

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Gallery

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  Splash artwork

• Abaddon concept.JPG

  Concept art

• Abaddon ss.JPG

  Beta screenshot

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  In-Game screenshot found on the Linux testing forums

See Also

• Abaddon responses

Voiced by TJ Ramini Abaddon (Responses) Bristleback (Responses) Skywrath Mage (Responses) Timbersaw (Responses) Underlord (Responses) Bristleback Announcer Pack IMDB Wikipedia

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