Mobile marksman who stacks Abyss Marks and detonates them for a group burst
Brody trades attack speed for mobility — his passive lets him walk while winding up basic attacks, so he never has to plant his feet to deal damage. Every hit stacks Abyss Mark, and Torn-Apart Memory detonates every stack on every target in range at once, turning a marked teamfight into an instant burst kill rather than a sustained DPS check.
Positioning Torn-Apart Memory to hit multiple marked targets and timing Corrosive Strike's stun before the marks decay takes real reps, even though the basic-attack loop itself is simple.
Max Abyss Impact first for the wave-wide marking and slow, level Corrosive Strike for the stun but don't max it early, and take Torn-Apart Memory at every level it's available.
With his Basic Attacks resonated with the Abyss Power within his body, Brody is able to move while winding up his Basic Attacks (which will be interrupted when casting skills), at the cost of having longer Basic Attack Animation and lower Attack Speed.
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Always active — no cooldown
Brody launches a shock wave in the designated direction, dealing 150–550 (+170% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage, slowing the enemies by 30% for 1.2 seconds, and applying 1 stack of Abyss Mark. As the shock wave travels, for each enemy it hits, it deals an extra 10% damage, inflicts extra 5% slow effect, and applies an additional stack of Abyss Mark, capped at 130% damage, 45% slow effect, and 4 stacks. This skill deals only 80%-100% damage to minions.
Brody dashes to an enemy, dealing 200–350 (+70% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to the target, stunning the target for 0.8 seconds, and inflicting 1 stack of Abyss Mark on the target.
Brody locks on all the targets within 8 yard(s), dealing 340–580 (+180% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage to them. If the target has an Abyss Mark, all Abyss Marks will be reset, dealing 136–232 (+72% Extra Physical Attack) (+target's 4%–6% Lost HP) Physical Damage for each stack the target has.
“Memories are nowhere to be placed. Everything is for me to protect.”
Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
7,350g total
Default gold-lane build for snowballing kills off the Abyss Mark detonation.
Battle spell
Flicker120s CDThe 'Flicker combo' — blinking in right as a hook or stun lands, or blinking out the instant an enemy ultimate is cast — is the single most common high-elo outplay moment in the game.
Swap in when needed
Windtalker — Against poke-heavy lanes, for the 20% Movement Speed to walk out of skillshots and Typhoon's three-target proc on the wave.
Wind of Nature — Against a physical-damage-heavy team, for two full seconds of immunity mid-fight.
Blade of Despair — Late game once ahead, for maximum burst on Torn-Apart Memory.
Sea Halberd — Against enemy lifesteal or sustain fighters.
7,420g total
When the enemy has a diving assassin or tank threatening to burst him down before he stacks marks.
Battle spell
Purify90s CDPurify does not clear suppression (e.g. Franco's Bloody Hunt or Khufra's ultimate) — a common mistake is trusting it to escape a hook combo it can't actually cleanse.
Swap in when needed
Wind of Nature — Two full seconds of physical damage immunity to survive the dive this build is aimed at.
Demon Hunter Sword — Once safely ahead, swap in for 8% of the target's current HP on every basic attack.
Haas' Claws — Sustain against extended skirmishes.
Beyond the swaps listed in the builds above.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
BaratsTank · FighterHardDetona's Welcome charges through Corrosive Strike's short dash and swallows Brody for a 1.2-second suppression, while Big Guy's stacking Hybrid Defense soaks the marks he does land.
GlooTankHardSticky stacks cut Brody's damage and his Movement Speed at once, and at full stacks Grab, Grab attaches Gloo to him and pipes 80% of the damage Gloo takes straight back into his HP bar.
DiggieSupportHardTime Journey cleanses Corrosive Strike's stun and Abyss Impact's slow off his whole team and hands them a shield and Movement Speed, so marked targets simply walk out of Torn-Apart Memory's 8-yard radius before it fires.
AtlasTankHardFatal Links drags Brody out of position and groups him with his own team, letting the enemy burst him down before he can land Corrosive Strike.
KajaSupport · FighterHardDivine Judgement suppresses Brody for 1.5 seconds and lets Kaja drag him along regardless of positioning, locking him out of the fight before he can land a single Abyss Mark.
SunFighterSoftHis Doppelgangers bait Corrosive Strike's dash, and Simian God's HP recovery off their damage outheals the burst from a single unmarked rotation.
Popol and KupaMarksmanSoftKupa lunges on and keeps chewing through Brody's mobile kiting, and in Alpha Wolf Form Bite 'em, Kupa! stuns him for a full second right as he tries to reposition for his ultimate's radius.
MashaFighter · TankSoftHer three HP bars and the Control Immunity on Thunderclap's lunge let her close the gap and shrug off a single Torn-Apart Memory rotation before Brody can reset.
FaramisSupport · MageSoftHis ultimate revives dead allies, undoing the picks Brody's detonation burst secures and denying the snowball.
Winter CrownThe damage-immune window lets a marked target survive Torn-Apart Memory's detonation burst entirely.
ImmortalityThe revive shield lets a primary target survive Brody's single burst rotation and disengage before he resets marks.
Tough BootsCuts the duration of Corrosive Strike's stun and Abyss Impact's slow, making it easier to escape before marks stack up.
Athena's Shield902 flat HP is the only half that helps here — Athena's Shield reduces Magic Damage and Torn-Apart Memory is Physical.Heroes whose own counter list names Brody — the same matchup, read from the other side.
BelerickTankHardBrody's stacked-damage execute burst punishes Belerick before his HP-scaling durability comes fully online in the early game.
IrithelMarksmanHardBrody's execute-scaling burst kills Irithel before her sustained bolt damage can out-DPS him in a trade.
ClaudeMarksmanSoftTorn-Apart Memory's AoE burst detonates before Claude's shield or a mirror swap can save him from the mark damage.
FannyAssassinSoftBrody's Torn-Apart Memory detonates every Abyss Mark he has stacked on her, scaling off her lost HP, so a Fanny already chipped down dies the moment she lands.
HelcurtAssassinSoftCorrosive Strike's dash-stun and Torn-Apart Memory's mark detonation punish Helcurt in the same burst niche, often trading evenly or worse for him.
KarinaAssassinSoftBrody's Abyss Impact stacks Abyss Marks from range and Torn-Apart Memory detonates all of them at once, wearing Karina down before she can close in with Shadow Assault.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
Popol and KupaMarksmanKupa latches onto flankers and Alpha Wolf Form's one-second stun holds them still, letting Brody land Corrosive Strike reliably before detonating marks.
FlorynSupportHer healing keeps Brody topped up through the laning phase so he can farm safely into his burst items.
EstesSupportBlessing of Moon Goddess pours continuous healing into Brody for 8 seconds, keeping him alive and stacking marks through extended fights.
RogerFighter · MarksmanLycan Pounce's heavy slow pins targets in place, creating early kill windows that snowball Brody's item lead before he even has his burst core.
KimmyMarksman · MageHer long-range poke softens targets from safety, so the marks Brody stacks himself with Abyss Impact are already enough to finish them the instant he closes in.
ChipSupport · TankShortcut drops the Main Portal onto an enemy hero so the whole team arrives on top of them at once, letting Torn-Apart Memory's 8-yard radius catch multiple marked targets.
RafaelaSupportHoly Healing tops him up and hands him 30% Movement Speed with Slow Immunity, so he keeps walking through poke mid wind-up, and Holy Baptism's line stun holds targets inside the detonation radius.MashaFighter · TankThunderclap's knockback and Howl Shock's 50% Attack Speed cut blunt the enemy carries and draw attention off Brody while he stacks and detonates marks safely.
FredrinnFighter · TankEnergy Eruption taunts nearby enemies and pins them on top of him, setting up Torn-Apart Memory to hit the whole group at once.
AngelaSupportHeartguard attaches her to Brody from anywhere on the map, shielding and healing him through an aggressive mark-stacking rotation while she keeps casting for free.Land Abyss Impact or a marked Basic Attack before committing Corrosive Strike, so the stun combo already has a stack ticking
Save Torn-Apart Memory until multiple enemies are marked and clustered — it hits everyone in the 8-yard radius, not just your primary target
Use the movement freedom from Abyss Corrosion to walk around obstacles mid wind-up instead of stopping to reposition
Cast Abyss Impact through the enemy's escape path before engaging so fleeing marked targets can't outrun the detonation window
He's approachable — his combo is a simple mark-then-detonate loop with a built-in dash-stun — but landing Torn-Apart Memory on multiple marked targets takes positioning practice. A reasonable pick for players moving up from simpler marksmen.
Swift Boots into Berserker's Fury, Demon Hunter Sword, and Malefic Roar covers crit, penetration, and burst scaling for his Abyss Mark detonation. Swap in Windtalker or Wind of Nature depending on the enemy comp.
Diggie's Time Journey cleanses his stun and slow and speeds his team out of the detonation radius, Kaja's Divine Judgement suppression locks him out of the fight entirely, and Gloo's Sticky stacks blunt his damage before Grab, Grab attaches and pipes 80% of the damage Gloo takes into his HP bar.
The ultimate's bonus damage only triggers off existing Abyss Mark stacks — hitting an unmarked target with it does base damage only. Land Abyss Impact or a few Basic Attacks first.
