Video summary
Abrams is presented as an incredibly powerful tank hero in *Deadlock*, designed for players who prefer a straightforward, one-handed playstyle over complex mechanics. He serves as a definitive barometer for the skill level of your entire team; if you are struggling to keep up with his overwhelming presence and only rely on basic abilities like typing 'F', it indicates that Abrams is currently dominating the match against an unskilled opponent. As a true tank, he does not merely absorb damage but actively dishes it out through relentless aggression, making him difficult for lower-skill teams to handle while allowing higher-level players to leverage his strength effectively once they understand how to counter his specific mechanics.
His kit revolves around raw physical power and regeneration rather than intricate skill ceilings, featuring a shotgun revolver that is essentially useless since he relies on punching enemies instead of shooting them. His first ability, Siphon Life, drains health from nearby foes while his second ability, Shoulder Charge, allows him to ram into targets like Reinhardt before smashing them against walls for massive damage. He possesses an innate passive called Infallible Resilience that regenerates a portion of the damage he takes, making him incredibly hard to kill and forcing opponents to deal with constant healing unless they specifically build items designed to negate it or use abilities like Soul Baner or Decay to counter his sustain in team fights.
His ultimate ability, Seismic Impact, transforms Abrams into an unstoppable force that leaps high into the air before crashing down to stun and damage enemies within a large radius around him. This move is so potent that even skilled players must be cautious about parrying it, as failing to do so results in getting knocked out immediately; however, knowing how to execute a timely parry can prevent his devastating impact from landing on you. Despite the video creator's sarcastic complaints and frustration with being punched repeatedly by this hero, they admit to playing him at an advanced level themselves, highlighting that while he is easy for beginners to master, truly dominating him requires understanding itemization against healing heroes and recognizing when his shotgun damage becomes overpowered enough to force enemy teams into desperate defensive maneuvers.
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introducing Abrams if you're looking for
a hero that you can play one-handed
while stuffing your face with crayons
then this Unholy butt baby of Hellboy
and Beast is right up your alley or
bams this beefy ass dude is the reason
Perry exists in the game My Boy Blue
here is a great indicator of the skill
level of the rest of your team if they
run around like a chicken with their
head cut off while getting Schoolhouse
rocked by the Necronomicon and they only
ever use their F key to type this [ __ ]
is overpowered then look forward to the
[ __ ] show that will be their rest of the
game Abrams is a tank and if you
couldn't figure that out by looking at
his name then congratulations you've
passed the I'm an Abrams main entrance
exam but when I say he's a tank I mean
like a real tank he doesn't just take
damage he he dishes it out look you want
a real guide on how to play ABS here it
is go to your options and switch out
your queue and your left click is that
the optimal way to use ABS hell no but
if you're playing Abrams I highly doubt
you're concerned with skill
ceilings is he really that easy to play
no no I'm just being a sarcastic [ __ ]
cuz I'm pissed off from getting punched
in the face way too many times if he was
that easy than every ABS you ever played
with would be hard carrying every game
but we all know that [ __ ] ain't the
truth if your abs is shorter checking
people into the guardian than 180
punching anyone that comes near using
his ultimate to save his team's ass
while simultaneously wrecking anyone
that's even slightly overextended well
then you've got yourself a giga Chadron
Pearlman version of Blue Hellboy and you
can comfortably strap yourself to hit
his back and ride that cowboy to Victory
however if you're like 12 minutes into
the game and [ __ ] David Harbor over
here has zipline speed boosted into a
majestic leap infused ultimate into four
full Elf enemy Heroes under their own
Guardian all while shouting in Cals guys
you got to back me up when I initiate
while you're like literally a full City
Block behind him then get ready to try
and grab that bull by the horns and
attempt to carry his heavy ass across
the Finish
Line let's take a look at his kit his
weapon is a shotgun revolver loaded with
nine rounds of who gives a [ __ ] because
you're just going to be punching people
anyway Abram's first ability is called
siphon life channeling your inner
thought with daddy issues and suck off
everyone in a 10-ft radius as if you
needed more reasons not to get close to
this giant blue
[ __ ] his second ability is shoulder
charge and it does exactly what you
think he charges forward Reinhardt style
carrying targets with him he then
smashes them into the wall and has
non-consensual sex with their mouth and
butt hopefully in that order actually if
the deadlock Discord is believe it's
always consensual sex with Abrams yes
please ABS 3 is a passive because
hitting extra buttons is hard infal
resilience allows Abrams to regen a
portion of damage taken this is the
reason he's a goddamn hard to kill and
why you should stop being a baby and
like drop some souls in heill Bane or
something if you're facing him siphon
bullets is also a pretty good counter
and it comes with the extra bonus of
getting to watch an aon's player looks
super confused as to why he's suddenly
dying so fast in team fights seismic
impact is is his ultimate ability and
the only reason that I know there are
stupid [ __ ] signs sticking out the
sides of some of the buildings I would
have known this had I ever played vector
or greaty Talon but if I wanted to aim I
wouldn't be playing Abrams that's right
as much [ __ ] as I've talked I play him
too and I'm a David Harbor level AB so
hope to God you never have to play with
me seismic impact lets you jump up in
the air and crash down stunning and
damaging in a radius around you he also
gets Unstoppable because I [ __ ] you
that's why counter a by just pressing
your F key every once in a while even if
you [ __ ] up the Parry an Abrams that
knows that you can Parry is far less
likely to go all Mike Tyson on your ass
also pick up heel Bane or Decay don't
sit there and complain about how you
can't deal any damage to him when you're
doing absolutely nothing to negate his
healing yeah it sucks that you can't
follow your build path to the letter but
heal Baner Decay is going to work
against all sorts of Heroes and it's
especially good against ABS I'm sick of
people complaining loudly about certain
Heroes and then they build absolutely
nothing to counter them it's even worse
when they're the ones shouting how
everybody else should build it and you
look at their items and they're just all
full on damage Abrams is a great
barometer for your skill level he'll
absolutely stomp on low skill teams by
simply knocking the dog [ __ ] out of
everyone and face checking the enemy
team going 1 V6 once he has a
significant enough Soul lead move up and
matching it a little bit you'll find
people will actually Parry him and he
gets absolutely destroyed so his
efficacy sort of falls off but but you
move up just a little bit more and all
sudden he's building items to negate the
Parry mechanic and also realizing that
his shotgun has stupidly overpowered
damage and he will once again go on full
tears of forcing the enemy team to all
have to band together just to take him
down find out that Perry has a cool down
when facing Abrams and Deadlock today
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