These are the best tank heroes to use in Deadlock.
Abrams is an easy to learn tank hero specializing in close-quarters combat with extremely high melee attacks.
The game is still in development.
Expect a lot more balance changes and improvements over time.
Abrams, being the behemoth that he is,boasts an impressive health pool of 600.
This, coupled with his easy to learn abilities, make him an excellent first choice for new players.
Abilities
Description
Upgrade
Siphon Life
Drain health from enemiesin front of you while they are in the radius.
Speed increased after colliding with enemy Heroes.
Infernal Resilience
Regenerate a portion of healthfrom incoming damage over time.
Seismic Impact
Leap high into the air and choose a location to crash into.
When you hit the ground,all enemies in the radius are damaged and stunned.
Press M1 to crash down early.
How To Play Abrams
Abrams plays both a tank and a lane bully.
Capable of dealing massive damage and aiding allies in team fights.
His abilities revolve around Crowd Control (CC), stunning and locking down enemies for an easy kill.
Farm some minions in the lane to upgrade your abilities without taking too much of your allys souls.
From there, patrol each of the lanes andtry to pick off enemies who are out of position.
Abrams Build
Items should be bought in the order shown as listed in the following tables.
Stage
Items
Explanation
Early Game
Melee Lifesteal: Slightly increases melee damage and health.
Landing a melee attack on an enemy or NPC will heal a small amount as well.
However, the damage does not come from the abilities themselves.
Instead, his abilities simply lock down a target to quickly follow up with a heavy melee attack.
Close Quarters: Increase weapon damage when at close range to enemies.
Spirit Strike: Increase melee damage and Spirit health.
Landing a melee attack on an enemy reduces Spirit Resist, causing them to take more damage from abilities.
Melee Charge: Increases melee damage and grants one of two possible effects.
You will either automatically reload your weapon or drastically increase the magazine size of your weapon.
Sprint Boots: Slightly increase movement speed and health.
Bullet Armor, Spirit Armor and Healing Booster are optional but advised if you are struggling with your lane.
Mid Game
Torment Pulse: Increase health and deal Spirit Damage in pulses to the nearest two enemies.
In the Mid Game, Abrams should be patrolling between lanes to help other allies with teamfights.
Displacing, isolating and being right in the enemy’s face are the main roles for Abrams.
Items that boost his sustainability will allow Abrams to survive in teamfights for longer.
Berserker: Increase weapon damage output when sustaining any damage.
Slowing Bullets: Increase weapon damage and apply Movement Slow to enemies.
Point Blank: Increase weapon damage when at close range and apply Movement Slow to hit enemies.
Improved Bullet Armor: Drastically increases Bullet Resist, reducing damage from enemy weapons.
Improved Spirit Armor: Drastically increases Spirit Resist, reducing damage from enemy abilities.
For example, an enemy who is currently engaging the lane Guardian.
Leech: Massively increase health and lifesteal when damaging enemies in any way.
Finally, we have the Late Game where things get a little more difficult.
As the game nears its close, enemies will have more health and begin to deal much more damage.
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