Abrams vs Holliday
Updated · Patch Nov 4, 2026
How Abrams beats Holliday
Brawler vs Marksman
Close the gap or don’t fight. Marksmen win at range, so use corners and troopers to approach, and spend your gap-closer only when you can follow through.
Your game plan as Abrams
A bully who wins by refusing to leave. Every fight Abrams takes, he wants to take at shotgun range.
How to beat Holliday
A trick-shooter. Holliday launches you into the air and then shoots you out of it.
- 01Don’t stand near Powder Keg — she can detonate it whenever she wants.
- 02Respect her headshots; she out-duels most heroes who stand still.
- 03Spread so Lasso only takes one.
Head-to-head
Win the lane: Abrams into Holliday
- 01Farm is close (-4.1 last hits per match), so trades decide this lane, not last hits.
- 02Abrams denies ~1 more orb per match — keep shooting theirs.
- 03Holliday out-ranges most heroes. Fight around corners and troopers; step in when they reload or spend their mobility.
- 04Your own sustain (Siphon Life, Infernal Resilience) wins extended lanes — stay longer than they can.
Skill order for this matchup



59.4% win rate over 117,860 matches
Early pointPut an early point into Shoulder Charge: Holliday can drag you out of position, so keep a way back.
HoldHold Shoulder Charge for Spirit Lasso — use it the moment Holliday commits, not before.
Threats

Your tools




Winning the fights after lane
- Abrams averages 1.01 kills per death against Holliday.
- Abrams finishes 62 souls behind Holliday on average — play for teamfights and scaling rather than lane kills.
- Abrams deals 1.2k more objective damage per match than Holliday — push structures when you win lane.
- Track Spirit Lasso (130s cooldown). The window right after Holliday uses it is your best time to fight.
Who else beats Holliday




Matchup questions
Who wins Abrams vs Holliday?
Abrams wins 54.6% of 50,459 recent matches against Holliday — favoured.
How do I beat Holliday as Abrams?
Farm is close (-4.1 last hits per match), so trades decide this lane, not last hits. Track Spirit Lasso (130s cooldown). The window right after Holliday uses it is your best time to fight.

