Rat King vs Abrams

Do

• Plan for Inhibitor Inhibitor 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorPassive +150 Bonus Health +5s Debuff Duration -30% Damage Penalty +10% Weapon Damage -40% Incoming Healing -40% Incoming Healing — know which tier it sits in so you are not improvising at the shop.
• Know what Shoulder Charge Shoulder Charge 1.4s Duration33s Cooldown Abrams barrels forward, scooping up any hero he contacts and carrying them along. Crowd Control Stun on wall impact only. Damage 30 base impact damage (deadlock.one). Mobility Forward charge with a speed bonus after connecting with a hero. 1 applies a 32% move-speed slow for 3s, giving the ability value even when no wall is… 2 +0.8s wall-slam stun duration 5 roughly -18s cooldown and +1.5 weapon damage for 6s after hitting a hero looks like. It is the cooldown this lane revolves around.

Avoid

• Walking to lane on the same path every wave against a hero with Abrams's engage range.

Do

• His shotgun falls off hard past 17m, so a disciplined long-range laner simply never lets him get value from his weapon
• He has no ranged wave clear and pushes slowly, which makes him vulnerable to being rotated on
• Scrap Grenade Scrap Grenade 26s Cooldown Rat King throws a bouncing lump of scrap that goes off three times where it lands. Crowd Control 20% movement slow for 4s (scales slightly with Spirit). Damage 70 bullet damage per detonation (+0.6 weapon-damage scaling), three… Defensive The slow is his peel: thrown at his own feet it stops a diver from following… 1 -8s cooldown (26s to 18s) 2 +70 damage per detonation 5 one extra, bigger final detonation — 300 damage, 14m radius, 40% slow clears a trooper wave in three hits and slows anyone farming in it, so he wins wave tempo early

Avoid

• Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint clears the enemy's last-hit window and heals him back up at the same time, which lets him contest orbs he should lose
• Shoulder Charge Shoulder Charge 1.4s Duration33s Cooldown Abrams barrels forward, scooping up any hero he contacts and carrying them along. Crowd Control Stun on wall impact only. Damage 30 base impact damage (deadlock.one). Mobility Forward charge with a speed bonus after connecting with a hero. 1 applies a 32% move-speed slow for 3s, giving the ability value even when no wall is… 2 +0.8s wall-slam stun duration 5 roughly -18s cooldown and +1.5 weapon damage for 6s after hitting a hero into the sidewalk wall of most lanes is a near-guaranteed Stun kill at low levels

Do

• Their first real spike is ult unlock — respect it from that point, not before.
• Your spike is ult unlock: Rule, Ratannia! Rule, Ratannia! 10s Duration160s Cooldown Rat King raises the banner of Ratannia. Crowd Control Knockup and a 40% slow on the slam, plus Rat Swarm from the rats it… Damage 200 bullet damage on the slam (+1.2 weapon-damage scaling), 20m radius (cut… Mobility +3 m/s movement speed for him and nearby allies for up to 10s while the… 1 +2 m/s movement speed (no cooldown reduction since 5 October) 2 +5s banner duration and +8m radius 5 +150 slam damage and +10% damage reduction turns him into the team's fight-starter: slow immunity and speed on the way in, a 20m Knockup on arrival

Avoid

• Taking an even fight against Abrams on their spike timing when you could take the same fight ten minutes later on yours.

Do

• Watch for Seismic Impact Seismic Impact 215s Cooldown Abrams launches high into the air and then crashes down at a chosen point, damaging and stunning everyone in the impact zone. Crowd Control AoE stun on landing; Tier 2 adds about +0.8s. Damage 100 spirit damage base (deadlock.one). Mobility A long airborne jump to a chosen ground location; 1 roughly -30s cooldown 2 +0.8s stun duration 5 +6m impact radius and 5s Unstoppable on cast . Watch for the airborne silhouette and the ground marker and simply walk out; the Stun only lands in the marked circle
• Buy healing reduction early ( Decay Decay 3,200 souls Tier 3TechPress +30s Cooldown +12s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +8 Spirit Power -50% Incoming Healing -50% Incoming Healing +65 Bonus Health or an equivalent anti-heal) — it directly suppresses both Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint 's drain and Infernal Resilience Infernal Resilience A permanent buff to Abrams' defensive stats. Defensive Bonus defensive stats plus regeneration proportional to damage taken; 1 +200 maximum health 2 +18% melee lifesteal 5 +20% debuff resistance and +9% damage regeneration 's damage regeneration, which together are most of his durability

Avoid

• Spending your own escape before Shoulder Charge Shoulder Charge 1.4s Duration33s Cooldown Abrams barrels forward, scooping up any hero he contacts and carrying them along. Crowd Control Stun on wall impact only. Damage 30 base impact damage (deadlock.one). Mobility Forward charge with a speed bonus after connecting with a hero. 1 applies a 32% move-speed slow for 3s, giving the ability value even when no wall is… 2 +0.8s wall-slam stun duration 5 roughly -18s cooldown and +1.5 weapon damage for 6s after hitting a hero is on cooldown.

• Seismic Impact Seismic Impact 215s Cooldown Abrams launches high into the air and then crashes down at a chosen point, damaging and stunning everyone in the impact zone. Crowd Control AoE stun on landing; Tier 2 adds about +0.8s. Damage 100 spirit damage base (deadlock.one). Mobility A long airborne jump to a chosen ground location; 1 roughly -30s cooldown 2 +0.8s stun duration 5 +6m impact radius and 5s Unstoppable on cast Ultimate

  The one cooldown worth tracking on its own timer: AoE Stun on landing.

  • Watch for the airborne silhouette and the ground marker and simply walk out; the Stun only lands in the marked circle
  • Spread out before objectives so one Seismic Impact cannot catch two or three heroes
  • Before he has Tier 3 Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer , hold a Stun for his descent to cancel the landing entirely
• Shoulder Charge Shoulder Charge 1.4s Duration33s Cooldown Abrams barrels forward, scooping up any hero he contacts and carrying them along. Crowd Control Stun on wall impact only. Damage 30 base impact damage (deadlock.one). Mobility Forward charge with a speed bonus after connecting with a hero. 1 applies a 32% move-speed slow for 3s, giving the ability value even when no wall is… 2 +0.8s wall-slam stun duration 5 roughly -18s cooldown and +1.5 weapon damage for 6s after hitting a hero Ability 2

  The gap-close arrives with control attached — Stun on wall impact only.

  • Fight him in open space (midlane, the Patron courtyard, open bridges) where there is no wall to slam you into
  • Hold a Stun or Knockup for the moment he commits the charge; interrupting it drops you immediately and burns his main engage
  • Dash sideways, not backwards; the charge tracks forward and outruns a straight-line retreat
• Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint Ability 1

  His engine for winning close brawls and for staying in lane. Because it damages everything in radius it also makes him very hard to burn down while he is surrounded by troopers or multiple heroes.

  • Step outside the aura radius rather than trading inside it; the heal only exists while you are standing in it
  • Buy healing reduction before he stacks Infernal Resilience Infernal Resilience A permanent buff to Abrams' defensive stats. Defensive Bonus defensive stats plus regeneration proportional to damage taken; 1 +200 maximum health 2 +18% melee lifesteal 5 +20% debuff resistance and +9% damage regeneration regen on top of it
  • Do not group tightly around him in a lane wave; every extra body in the radius multiplies his healing
• Infernal Resilience Infernal Resilience A permanent buff to Abrams' defensive stats. Defensive Bonus defensive stats plus regeneration proportional to damage taken; 1 +200 maximum health 2 +18% melee lifesteal 5 +20% debuff resistance and +9% damage regeneration Ability 3

  The reason he can walk into a focused team and live. It effectively gives him a second, delayed health bar as long as he survives the burst window.

  • Kill him inside one burst window rather than chipping him; sustained poke is exactly what the regeneration is designed to eat
  • Apply healing reduction before the fight starts, not after he is already at half health
  • Do not count on long slow or Stun chains to kite him at Tier 3; his debuff resistance shortens them

1. 1 Shoulder Charge Shoulder Charge 1.4s Duration33s Cooldown Abrams barrels forward, scooping up any hero he contacts and carrying them along. Crowd Control Stun on wall impact only. Damage 30 base impact damage (deadlock.one). Mobility Forward charge with a speed bonus after connecting with a hero. 1 applies a 32% move-speed slow for 3s, giving the ability value even when no wall is… 2 +0.8s wall-slam stun duration 5 roughly -18s cooldown and +1.5 weapon damage for 6s after hitting a hero

   Shoulder Charge first — it is his only gap-close, and once it is down he cannot reach you at all. Bait it by standing just inside its range near open ground, then dash laterally

2. 2 Seismic Impact Seismic Impact 215s Cooldown Abrams launches high into the air and then crashes down at a chosen point, damaging and stunning everyone in the impact zone. Crowd Control AoE stun on landing; Tier 2 adds about +0.8s. Damage 100 spirit damage base (deadlock.one). Mobility A long airborne jump to a chosen ground location; 1 roughly -30s cooldown 2 +0.8s stun duration 5 +6m impact radius and 5s Unstoppable on cast

   Seismic Impact second — bait it by looking isolated near your tower, then walk out of the landing circle; it has a very long cooldown before T1

3. 3 Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint

   Siphon Life last — it is short-cooldown and not worth spending a defensive cooldown to dodge; just leave the radius

• Zero ranged threat; outside 17m he is functionally unarmed Strong evidence
• Both of his engages are telegraphed and directional and can be dodged or interrupted Strong evidence
• Anti-heal items gut the majority of his effective health Strong evidence
• Neither of you deletes the other, so this matchup is decided by multipliers rather than damage. Resists stack multiplicatively, which means your fourth resist item buys much less percentage than your first; shred is subtracted from the total afterward, which means it is worth more the tankier they get; and healing reduction stacks multiplicatively too, so a second anti-heal source on top of a first is worth far less than the first. The efficient build against Abrams is one anti-heal, one shred, and damage after that. Strong evidence
• Neither of you can disengage well, so fights between you tend to go to completion. That makes the decision to start one much more important than anything you do inside it — commit only when you already have the advantage, because backing out is not available to either side. Strategic

• Shoulder Charge Shoulder Charge 1.4s Duration33s Cooldown Abrams barrels forward, scooping up any hero he contacts and carrying them along. Crowd Control Stun on wall impact only. Damage 30 base impact damage (deadlock.one). Mobility Forward charge with a speed bonus after connecting with a hero. 1 applies a 32% move-speed slow for 3s, giving the ability value even when no wall is… 2 +0.8s wall-slam stun duration 5 roughly -18s cooldown and +1.5 weapon damage for 6s after hitting a hero into any nearby wall is a hard Stun that chains straight into Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint and point-blank shotgun; in lane corridors and jungle chokes that combo alone kills a squishy Documented
• Seismic Impact Seismic Impact 215s Cooldown Abrams launches high into the air and then crashes down at a chosen point, damaging and stunning everyone in the impact zone. Crowd Control AoE stun on landing; Tier 2 adds about +0.8s. Damage 100 spirit damage base (deadlock.one). Mobility A long airborne jump to a chosen ground location; 1 roughly -30s cooldown 2 +0.8s stun duration 5 +6m impact radius and 5s Unstoppable on cast reaches over walls and rooftops, so a backline hero who feels safe behind cover is still inside his engage range Documented
• Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint turns any grouped fight into a heal for him — trading with him while standing in the aura means you are paying his health bar Documented
• Once Infernal Resilience Infernal Resilience A permanent buff to Abrams' defensive stats. Defensive Bonus defensive stats plus regeneration proportional to damage taken; 1 +200 maximum health 2 +18% melee lifesteal 5 +20% debuff resistance and +9% damage regeneration is upgraded he keeps regenerating after you stop shooting, so a fight you 'won' on damage often reverses when he walks back in ten seconds later Documented
• At Seismic Impact Seismic Impact 215s Cooldown Abrams launches high into the air and then crashes down at a chosen point, damaging and stunning everyone in the impact zone. Crowd Control AoE stun on landing; Tier 2 adds about +0.8s. Damage 100 spirit damage base (deadlock.one). Mobility A long airborne jump to a chosen ground location; 1 roughly -30s cooldown 2 +0.8s stun duration 5 +6m impact radius and 5s Unstoppable on cast T3 he is Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer on cast, so saving your Stun for his landing no longer works Documented

• Buy healing reduction early ( Decay Decay 3,200 souls Tier 3TechPress +30s Cooldown +12s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +8 Spirit Power -50% Incoming Healing -50% Incoming Healing +65 Bonus Health or an equivalent anti-heal) — it directly suppresses both Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint 's drain and Infernal Resilience Infernal Resilience A permanent buff to Abrams' defensive stats. Defensive Bonus defensive stats plus regeneration proportional to damage taken; 1 +200 maximum health 2 +18% melee lifesteal 5 +20% debuff resistance and +9% damage regeneration 's damage regeneration, which together are most of his durability Strong evidence
• Hold fights in open ground — the Patron courtyard, open bridges, midlane — where Shoulder Charge Shoulder Charge 1.4s Duration33s Cooldown Abrams barrels forward, scooping up any hero he contacts and carrying them along. Crowd Control Stun on wall impact only. Damage 30 base impact damage (deadlock.one). Mobility Forward charge with a speed bonus after connecting with a hero. 1 applies a 32% move-speed slow for 3s, giving the ability value even when no wall is… 2 +0.8s wall-slam stun duration 5 roughly -18s cooldown and +1.5 weapon damage for 6s after hitting a hero has no wall to slam you into and only applies the T1 slow Strong evidence
• Watch the sky for Seismic Impact Seismic Impact 215s Cooldown Abrams launches high into the air and then crashes down at a chosen point, damaging and stunning everyone in the impact zone. Crowd Control AoE stun on landing; Tier 2 adds about +0.8s. Damage 100 spirit damage base (deadlock.one). Mobility A long airborne jump to a chosen ground location; 1 roughly -30s cooldown 2 +0.8s stun duration 5 +6m impact radius and 5s Unstoppable on cast 's airtime and the ground marker, then walk out of the circle; his engage is fully telegraphed Strong evidence
• Before he has Seismic Impact Seismic Impact 215s Cooldown Abrams launches high into the air and then crashes down at a chosen point, damaging and stunning everyone in the impact zone. Crowd Control AoE stun on landing; Tier 2 adds about +0.8s. Damage 100 spirit damage base (deadlock.one). Mobility A long airborne jump to a chosen ground location; 1 roughly -30s cooldown 2 +0.8s stun duration 5 +6m impact radius and 5s Unstoppable on cast T3, hold one Stun or Knockup for the descent and cancel the landing outright Strong evidence
• Kite outside 17m; his shotgun damage collapses and Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint has no reach at all Strong evidence
• Kill him in a single burst window rather than chipping — his defensive value is almost entirely delayed regeneration that never pays out if he dies fast Strong evidence
• Abrams starts the fight and you have no exit, so the defensive active you buy has to work when you did not see it coming. Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer is the stronger effect — immunity to and a dispel of Stun, Silence, Sleep, Root and Disarm for 5.5 seconds — but it must be pre-cast, and it cannot be activated once you are already stunned, which is precisely the situation this hero creates. Indomitable Indomitable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorPassive +55s Cooldown +10s Duration +10% Bullet Resist +10% Spirit Resist +20s Cooldown On Apply +2 Out of Combat Regen Builds from Reactive Barrier auto-cleanses the next Hard CC with no input from you; against an initiator that reliability beats the bigger number. Strong evidence

• Immediately after a missed Shoulder Charge Shoulder Charge 1.4s Duration33s Cooldown Abrams barrels forward, scooping up any hero he contacts and carrying them along. Crowd Control Stun on wall impact only. Damage 30 base impact damage (deadlock.one). Mobility Forward charge with a speed bonus after connecting with a hero. 1 applies a 32% move-speed slow for 3s, giving the ability value even when no wall is… 2 +0.8s wall-slam stun duration 5 roughly -18s cooldown and +1.5 weapon damage for 6s after hitting a hero : he is mid-animation, committed to a direction, and has no way to close or leave Documented
• During Seismic Impact Seismic Impact 215s Cooldown Abrams launches high into the air and then crashes down at a chosen point, damaging and stunning everyone in the impact zone. Crowd Control AoE stun on landing; Tier 2 adds about +0.8s. Damage 100 spirit damage base (deadlock.one). Mobility A long airborne jump to a chosen ground location; 1 roughly -30s cooldown 2 +0.8s stun duration 5 +6m impact radius and 5s Unstoppable on cast 's airtime before he has the T3 Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer upgrade — a Stun or Knockup here wastes his ultimate entirely Documented
• Any time he is more than 17m from you: his shotgun falloff means he is doing chip damage while you are doing full damage Documented
• Right after Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint expires with no enemies left in radius — he has spent his sustain window and has nothing to regenerate off Documented
• Immediately after he takes tower or Guardian aggro diving; his regeneration is delayed and objective damage outpaces it Documented
• Abrams's pull is the whole matchup. Until it is on cooldown you are playing around it; once it misses you have a window that is worth committing into. Make it the first thing you bait — show a sliver of yourself from behind cover rather than walking a clean line they can lead. Strategic
• Being stunned by Abrams now pauses your reload rather than restarting it, as of 09-16-2026. That quietly changes when it is safe to reload in this matchup: a reload caught by their Stun resumes where it left off instead of costing you the whole cycle, so the old rule of never reloading inside their engagement range is too conservative now. The compensating change is that parrying also pauses your reload, so a defensive parry no longer buys you free reload time. Documented

• Abrams closes distance on a cooldown and you have no exit, so in the 0-6 minute window your Guardian is your escape item. Fight with it behind you and inside its range, not beside you: their gap-close has to end somewhere, and ending it inside 116 DPS of Guardian fire is the only punish you own before you have items. The moment the Guardian falls at around 6:00, that safety disappears and the matchup gets materially worse — plan your first defensive purchase for that timing. Strategic

• There is a hard behavioural change at 20:00 in this matchup: respawn goes from 35 to 38 seconds as of 09-16-2026, and you are the hero Abrams can pick off without a fight starting. Three seconds does not sound like much until you price it against the Rift's 7-minute cadence and the Urn at 20 and 25 — a single death now reliably costs you presence at the next objective. Past 20:00, stop taking the solo camp that is one rotation from their side of the map. Documented

• You are not going to kill Abrams in a normal teamfight and trying to is how fights are lost. Treat them as terrain: fight around them, spend your damage on whoever is behind them, and only commit to killing them once anti-heal and shred are actually online. Strategic
• Fights against Abrams recur on the objective clock — the Rift every 7 minutes from about 11:00, the Urn every 5 from 10:00 — which means the question is not whether your ultimate is strong but whether it is up for the next one. Ultimate Cooldown Reduction is a new stat introduced on 09-16-2026, first appearing on Diviner's Kevlar Diviner's Kevlar 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorPassive +40s Cooldown +40 Spirit Power +1000 Barrier +20s Buff Duration +15% Ability Duration +10% Ultimate Cooldown Reduction at +10%. Against a team-fight hero, buying into a recurring ultimate is a different and often better purchase than buying into a bigger one. Documented

• Abrams decides where you stand, not you. The practical rule is to never hold a position whose failure case is being moved — stand so that being yanked or knocked puts you somewhere survivable rather than inside their whole team. Cover at your back is worth more than cover in front. Strong evidence

• You deal Bullet Damage, so Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets 3,200 souls Tier 3WeaponPassive -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing is your anti-heal route against Abrams — Healbane Healbane 1,600 souls Tier 2ArmorPassive +8s Duration +7 Spirit Power -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing +275 Heal On Hero Kill keys off Spirit Damage and will barely apply for you. Note that melee hits do not build the bullet route. Strong evidence
• Do not assume Abrams shrugs off your anti-heal by going immune. Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer explicitly does not suppress healing reduction — if you have the debuff on them before they pop it, they are still healing at the reduced rate through the whole window. Documented
• Abrams is a durability check, and the maths favours shred over raw damage here. Resistances stack multiplicatively, but shred is pooled and then subtracted from total resist — so the higher their resist climbs, the more each point of shred is worth. Against a stacked tank, resist reduction outperforms another flat damage item. Documented
• If Abrams buys Dispel Magic Dispel Magic 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +10% Spirit Resist +3s Buff Duration +250 HP Healed On Activate to purge your anti-heal, bullet-applied reduction re-lands on your very next shot, while spirit-applied reduction has to wait for your next ability. That asymmetry is a real argument for the bullet route against a hero who will buy a purge. Strong evidence
• Inhibitor Inhibitor 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorPassive +150 Bonus Health +5s Debuff Duration -30% Damage Penalty +10% Weapon Damage -40% Incoming Healing -40% Incoming Healing (vitality T4) — Buy on a gun hero when one enemy is both out-damaging and out-healing your team — it hits both problems at once. In this game that means Abrams' Siphon Life Siphon Life 4s Duration42s Cooldown Abrams pulls health out of every enemy standing near him, ticking spirit damage over a short window and converting a share of that damage back into his own health. Damage 22 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one, patch 09-16-2026 data). Defensive Heals Abrams for a portion of the damage it deals, scaling with how many… 1 large cooldown reduction (about 20s), letting him drain in almost every skirmish 2 +2s duration, extending the heal window through longer brawls 5 +2m radius and roughly +18 damage per second, so it covers a real teamfight footprint . Documented
• Weighted Shots Weighted Shots 3,200 souls Tier 3WeaponPassive +30% Weapon Damage +22% Debuff Resist -14% Stamina Recovery +24% Move Speed -20% Dash Distance +3.5s Slow Duration Builds from Slowing Bullets (weapon T3) — Abrams is where this lineup’s unkillable frontline comes from. Buy when you need to hold down mobile, high-health enemies with bullets alone. Strong evidence
• Scourge Scourge 6,400 souls Tier 4TechPress +35s Cooldown +10s Duration +0.25s Cast Delay +40% Spirit Resist +100 Bonus Health +20% Debuff Resist (spirit T4) — This lineup gets its unkillable frontline from Abrams. Buy on supports to harden a focused ally against a caster team while adding pressure damage. Documented

• The instinct here is to buy Dispel Magic Dispel Magic 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +10% Spirit Resist +3s Buff Duration +250 HP Healed On Activate as your answer to Abrams and then find it greyed out at the exact moment you need it. Dispel Magic Dispel Magic 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +10% Spirit Resist +3s Buff Duration +250 HP Healed On Activate cannot be cast while you are stunned or asleep, and it cannot remove a Stun at all — it purges what comes with the Stun, not the Stun itself. Against Abrams the item you actually want is the pre-cast kind ( Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer , which also cannot be activated once you are already stunned) or the automatic kind ( Indomitable Indomitable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorPassive +55s Cooldown +10s Duration +10% Bullet Resist +10% Spirit Resist +20s Cooldown On Apply +2 Out of Combat Regen Builds from Reactive Barrier , which cleanses the next Hard CC with no input from you). Documented
• Anti-heal against Abrams is bought correctly and applied at the wrong moment. Healbane Healbane 1,600 souls Tier 2ArmorPassive +8s Duration +7 Spirit Power -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing +275 Heal On Hero Kill 's reduction runs for 8 seconds from your Spirit Damage and Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets 3,200 souls Tier 3WeaponPassive -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing ' runs while the bleed is up — both are windows, and re-applying the same source before it expires does not stack a second instance. The mistake is opening the fight clean and reaching for anti-heal once they start healing; by then you have spent the fight. Land it before they commit, then keep the window refreshed rather than re-triggering it. Strong evidence
• The finishing heavy melee on Abrams is worse than it feels. Melee Damage is mitigated twice — once by Bullet Resist and again by Melee Resist — so it is the single worst damage channel to point at a stacked-resist target, and the wind-up is long enough for a parry that stuns you for 3 seconds with no Debuff Resist reduction available. Finish with your gun or an ability, not with melee. Strong evidence