Abrams

Abrams
Weapon: "Case Closed"
BASE STATS
Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second:	55.5
Bullet Damage:	3.7 +0.14
Ammo:	9
Bullets per sec:	1.67
Reload Time:	0.353s
Bullet Velocity:	610m/s
Light Melee:	63 +1.58
Heavy Melee:	116 +2.91
Falloff Range:	20m → 46m
Vitality Stats
Health:	720 +49
Health Regen:	1.5
Move Speed:	6.5m/s
Stamina:	3
Information
Voice Actor:	Samoa Joe
Release Date:	April 16, 2024
Voice Lines:	Abrams/Quotes
Codenames:	Atlas; Bull

“

Charges into close combat

Abrams has the bulk and sustain to lead from the front, often running into the middle of his foes and watching them scatter. If his enemies waste their fire on him, his backline teammates can lay out damage with impunity.

Abrams is a Hero in Deadlock. He is a hard-boiled, hard-hitting bruiser of a character that focuses on engaging groups of enemies and relying on his high health, high damage output, and life draining ability to stay in the fight. With a powerful area stun and a devastating shoulder charge, Abrams can isolate fragile targets from the rest of the team and set-up his more damaging allies to finish them off.

A capable and well-known detective of New York, Abrams solved crimes ranging from kidnappings to ritual murders. One day, a mysterious Tome was left on his desk with a note of "Don't let them have it" scrolled in Onyx blood; followed by car bombings and break-ins to his office. Now, Abrams is trying to figure out just what the hell is going on.

Abilities

Siphon Life

10m

x0.0465

4s

42s

Drain health from nearby enemies in front of you, dealing spirit damage over time and healing for a portion of the damage dealt.

x0.605

35

Damage Per Second

4s

Duration

On Hit:

60%

Lifesteal

30%  Lifesteal vs Non-Heroes

1

-19s Cooldown

2

+2s Duration

5

+40 Damage Per Second

Shoulder Charge

1.4s

37s

Charge forward, grabbing heroes and dragging them along with you. Pushing a hero into a wall applies stun.
If you collide with a hero you move faster during your charge.

On Hero Collide:

x1.95

40

Damage

1

On Hero Collide: +25% Weapon Damage for 8s

2

On Wall Hit: +0.45s Stun Duration

5

-18s Cooldown

Notes

• At base duration, Shoulder Charge travels approximately 17.5m.
  • At Upgrade 2, this distance is approximately 27.5m.

Infernal Resilience

Gain bonus defensive attributes. Taking damage grants temporary regeneration for a portion of the damage taken.

Passive:

12%

Damage Regenerated

Passive:

20s

Regeneration Time

1  Health Regen

1

+1.5 Health Regen

2

+150 Max Health

5

+6% Damage Regenerated

Seismic Impact

170s

Leap high into the air before crashing into the ground, dealing spirit damage and applying stun.

x2.33

60

Damage

10.5m

Impact Radius

On Hit:

1.5s

Stun Duration

1

-40s Cooldown

2

On Hero Hit: +100 Max HP and +15% Fire Rate

5

On cast, become Unstoppable.

Notes

• At full charge, Abrams can jump up to approximately 55m in one direction with Seismic Impact.
  • This is not affected by Ability Range

Weapon

Weapon Stats	Falloff Range 20m - 46m 56 Damage Per Second
Case Closed
Spreadshot Close Range
Reloads single shells at a time. Can be interrupted

Case Closed has a 0.7s delay to start reloading after shooting a shell. It takes 0.35s to start reloading and 0.35s to reload each shell. Reloading all shells takes 3.5s.

Update history

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
May 27, 2025	Health growth per boon reduced from 81 to 78 Infernal Resilience Damage Regenerated increased from 10% to 12% Infernal Resilience T3 increased from 5% to 6% Various network related fixed for Shoulder Charge Shoulder Charge wall stun from 0.85s to 0.6s Shoulder Charge T2 changed from -12s Cooldown to +0.45s Wall Stun Shoulder Charge T3 changed to -18s Cooldown Seismic Impact cooldown increased from 160s to 170s
May 19, 2025	Move Speed reduced from 6.8 to 6.5
May 8, 2025	Various Fixes for camera positions when characters push the camera into the ceiling in special cases ( Vindicta & Abrams' Ults ). Remastered weapon fire sounds using the new feature set. Siphon Life: Added new animation logic support for Siphon Life and items. [Undocumented] Siphon Life: Damage spirit scaling reduced from x0.65 to x0.60 [Undocumented] Siphon Life: Healing from heroes reduced from 75% to 60%. [Undocumented] Siphon Life: Healing from non-heroes reduced from 40% to 30%. Shoulder Charge: Base duration increased from 1.2s to 1.4s. Shoulder Charge: T1 is now "On Hero Collide: +25% Weapon Damage for 8s". Shoulder Charge: T2 is now "-12s Cooldown". Shoulder Charge: T3 is now "+0.2s Stun Duration and 40% Movement Slow for 4s". Shoulder Charge: New cycle and pre cast 'goose step'. Shoulder Charge: Added support for shoulder charging while in air. Shoulder Charge: New sounds added for hitting heroes, troopers, and walls. [Undocumented] Infernal Resilience: Healing reduced from 12% to 10%. [Undocumented] Infernal Resilience: T3 upgrade reduced from +6% to +5%. [Undocumented] Seismic Impact: Stun duration increased from 1s to 1.5s. [Undocumented] Seismic Impact: Damage changed from 150 x0.91 to 60 x2.33. [Undocumented] Seismic Impact: Cooldown increased from 159s to 160s. [Undocumented] Seismic Impact: T1 cooldown from -38s to -40s. Seismic Impact: Radius increased from 9m to 10.5m. Seismic Impact: Effects revisions. Seismic Impact: Fixed crash down sound triggering twice. Seismic Impact: New slam animation. Seismic Impact: New sounds added for in-air looping sound and descend sound. Added new 'out of combat' run and sprint. New Crouch animations. Improved hipfire animations. Added custom jump catapult animation - an alternate jump animation when using fans and mystic leap etc. Refined jump start to be cleaner. Added custom Zipline Boosted loop. Added Zipline swinging animation. Fixed a regression where Abrams' Siphon Life and Shoulder Charge ping VO were swapped. Removed competing camera modifier on Seismic Impact. Fixed camera position on client's ground target not using previews, causing it to be jittery.

Background

“

Hard hitting, hard headed, and hard drinking; Detective Abrams has been a fixture on the New York investigating scene for years. From stolen art, to missing persons, to ritual murders; Abrams didn't just take any case that came across his desk... he solved them.

But his days of following cheating spouses came to an end the day he opened his office door and found The Tome sitting on his desk.

No instruction was left for him save for a brief note scrawled in onyx blood that read "Don't let them have it". Abrams hasn't figured where the thing came from; but seeing as his home has been broken into, his office tossed on 3 different occasions, and his car firebombed he has a vested interest in figuring out what the hell is going on.

— A FATE'S TALE

Lore

Abrams is Ixian. However, unlike Infernus, he does not demonstrate control over fire.

Abrams likes to drink whiskey.

Character interactions

• In one of the endings of The Binding of Oathkeeper, Abrams moves to Lady Geist's apartment.
• Grey Talon says his "stepdaughter" is Ixian, like Abrams. However, it seems that the intended term was "daughter-in-law", as evidenced by Talon's background and Abrams' response.
• Abrams is surprised that Infernus has never visited Ixia.
• Abrams calls Infernus "his bartender".
• Abrams plays in Wraith's weekly poker game. Wraith calls him Abe.
• Paradox is interested in the Tome. She also warns Abrams to stop investigating her organization.

Gallery

• 
  Portrait
• 
  Minimap icon
• 
  In-game render
• 
  Model Sheet
• 
  Main menu animation
• 
  Weapon - Cold Case
• 
  Abrams with Ivy and a Trooper in the "Learn to play" menu art
• 
  Abrams in the cheater warning pop-up
• 
  Previous portrait
• 
  Abrams' model before the 2025-02-25 Update
• 
  Winter skin
• 
  Visual novel art
• 
  Visual novel art - without coat

Trivia

• Abrams was named Atlas in Neon Prime, and also known as Bull. The icon for Infernal Resilience has a bull design.
• Abrams is voiced by Samoa Joe, a professional wrestler.
  • Haze may call Abrams a "juggernaut". Samoa Joe voiced the character Juggernaut in Dota Underlords.
• Abrams' Tome contains a ripped page matching Oathkeeper's sign.
• The first version of Abrams' Tome in-game used textures from TF2's Bombinomicon.
• In The Binding of Oathkeeper artwork, Abrams has spikes on his back.
• Abrams was the only hero who had unique animations in the shop menu screen. These animations have been removed.
• Abrams was made slightly taller in an unlisted patch change around November 2024.
• Abrams' updated model was first leaked in the 2024-12-06 Update, and later removed. Compared to the final model, this version had slightly different facial hair and still had his old book model.

See also

• Abrams/Quotes

References

Heroes

Hero Labs Abrams Hero Labs Bebop Hero Labs Calico Hero Labs Dynamo Hero Labs Grey Talon Hero Labs Haze Hero Labs Holliday Hero Labs Infernus Hero Labs Ivy Hero Labs Kelvin Hero Labs Lady Geist Hero Labs Lash Hero Labs McGinnis Hero Labs Mirage Hero Labs Mo & Krill Hero Labs Paradox Hero Labs Pocket Hero Labs Seven Hero Labs Shiv Hero Labs Sinclair Hero Labs Vindicta Hero Labs Viscous Hero Labs Vyper Hero Labs Warden Hero Labs Wraith Hero Labs Yamato

Hero Labs

Hero Labs Fathom Hero Labs Raven Hero Labs Trapper Hero Labs Wrecker