By GamGem ResearchLast updated 3 Sept 2026 · 00:00
Act 5 · Patch 13.05
Abyss
Open boundary · No outer walls
There is no boundary to fall back on — a displacement is a death.
2 sites · 23 published callouts · in the Competitive pool. Rewards Duelist · Controller.
Both defaults, and the buy
- Attacking
- Push the side with cover; the open lane is a coin flip.
- Defending
- Play the edges against them, not with your back to one.
- First buy
- Take the covered side on the first buy; the open lane is a coin flip, not a plan.
- Utility
- Hold displacement utility for the edges — a knock here is a kill.
Say it in three
- Way in
- A Main
- Plant zone
- A Site
- They arrive
- A Link
All of A: Bridge · Link · Lobby · Main · Site · Tower · Secret · Security · Vent. Callout names are Riot’s own; the reduction to three is ours.
Abyss on video
Five minutes in a custom game
- 1Walk in through A Main and B Main.1 min
- 2Stand in A Site and B Site and find two pieces of cover you can plant behind in each.2 min
- 3Hold A alone and time how long the rotation takes to reach you.1 min
- 4Retake through A Link and B Link — the route the defence uses.1 min
What the library can do here
- A · Block vision AttackA Lobby → A Main
- B · Deny plant DefenceB Link → B Site
- A · Anti-flank AttackA Bridge → A Tower
A tested starting point
Make a boundary where the map has none, and never cross the open lane.
- Viper
- Fade
- Breach
- Vyse
- Jett
