Abrams vs Pocket

Brawler vs Assassin

You have the health; they have the burst. Make them fight you long — every second past their first combo is in your favour. Buy defensive items early and stay near allies.

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 Pocket

A trickster who hides in a suitcase and then hits you with a shotgun.

• 01Wait out Enchanter’s Satchel instead of wasting abilities into it.
• 02Affliction can’t kill you — don’t panic-use cooldowns.
• 03Shoot the Flying Cloak path; he’ll teleport there.

1. 01Pocket wins the farm by ~28.1 last hits per match. Prioritise safe last hits and denies over trades, and let your lane partner zone.
2. 02Pocket looks for burst windows. Don’t sit in lane at low health, and ping the moment they disappear — they’re hunting.
3. 03Your own sustain (Siphon Life, Infernal Resilience) wins extended lanes — stay longer than they can.

This matchup

213

Usual

231

59.4% win rate over 117,860 matches

• 2
  Early point

  Put an early point into Shoulder Charge: Pocket dives on you, and an escape ready beats a lost trade.

• 1
  Early point

  Pocket wins the farm: an early point into Siphon Life clears waves and keeps you in lane.

• Abrams averages 1.05 kills per death against Pocket.
• Abrams finishes 59 souls behind Pocket on average — play for teamfights and scaling rather than lane kills.
• Abrams deals 922 more objective damage per match than Pocket — push structures when you win lane.
• Track Affliction (170s cooldown). The window right after Pocket uses it is your best time to fight.