Abomination Enemy type 15 of 15 · first met in Cursed Hollow

Counterplay for Abomination, written from its move list, resistances, variants and drops.

Tips built from its data: what it resists, what it is weak to, which attacks to dodge and how to open it up.

• Watch for the red attacks: Unfair Slam, Melee Grab cannot be blocked, so dodge them instead of holding block.
• Lean on Fire damage: it takes extra damage from it.
• Avoid relying on Ignite build-up; it resists that damage type.
• Its head takes ×1.5 damage, so aim firearm shots at the head.
• It never blocks, so a full light-attack chain always lands.
• It cannot be backstabbed, so there is no stealth opener: break its posture or race its health instead.
• It has a grab, and grabs cannot be blocked: step back when it lunges.
• Its toughest variant, Boss*, starts at 3,400 HP, far more than the 1,000 of a level-1 placement.

The game defines 2 versions of this enemy. Each has its own health, posture and defensive behaviour; elites are tougher one-off placements, summoned ones appear mid-fight.

* Variant names are built from the game's internal tier tags (the game shows no name for them). Block and parry chances are listed in the order the game stores them. Placed = how many level spawners use that variant.

Health of every variant by level

How fast each variant closes the distance, and how quickly its posture comes back once you stop pressuring it.

Its fastest variant moves at 4.7 m/s; your walk speed is 4 m/s.

Speeds are the AI's movement settings in metres per second. Posture recovery is the posture regained per second, and the delay is the wait before recovery begins (game fields posture_recovery_per_sec and posture_reset_delay). — = not set for that variant.

Enemy levels in Valor Mortis are set per placement, not by a difficulty setting (the game has a single difficulty): the same enemy is level 1 in one spot and level 6 in another, usually higher later in the campaign. This is the main variant from level 1 to 6.

Damage dealt multiplies every attack's base damage. Critical attacks (after a posture break) and backstabs deal the fixed amounts shown, whatever your weapon; the share column is our arithmetic.

Every damaging attack across its variants, grouped into moves, with base damage per hit, wind-up and whether you can block it.

* Attack names are built from the game's internal tags. Damage is the level-1 base; multiply by the placement's damage multiplier (up to ×1.25 at level 6), so Unfair Slam goes from 120 to about 150.

Weak to Fire damage (×1.2). Resists Ignite build-up (−50%).

Weak points

Random drops on every kill, with the chance the game rolls for each.

Abomination drops

Item	Type	Chance	Amount	On average
Nephtoglobin Vial	Consumable	8%	1	1 in 13 kills
Pure Transmutation Material	Upgrade material	2%	1	1 in 50 kills

"On average" is 1 ÷ chance (calculated): the expected number of kills per drop, not a guarantee.

Placed spawners per region in campaign order: 10 in total, the most in Cursed Hollow (3).

Counts are the game's placed spawners; scripted waves and summons during fights are not included.

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Elsewhere in this region (separate area, not drawn): Village Church (Lantern)

• Lanterns3
• Boss1
• Chests14
• Letters11
• Item pickups71
• Echoes of the Past21
• Enemies82

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Everything placed in Cursed Hollow

Bosses: 1 (Anna)

Chests: 14 (Exquisite Firearm Parts, Distilled Transmutation Material, Life Diverted, Indestructible Shell, Pure Blade Material, Ferrofluid Flask Power Upgrade, Distilled Blade Material, Superior Firearm Parts, Empty Ferrofluid Flask)

Lanterns: 3 (Deep Water, Silent Cannons, Eerie View)

Letters: 11 (Seamus's Journal — Page One, Seamus's Journal — Page Two, Seamus's Journal — Page Three, Letter to Headquarters — Distressed Soldier, Headman's Daughter's Diary, Apothecary's Note, Headman's Daughter's Prayer, Cryptic Note — Spindle, Headquarters' Orders — Operation Torrent, To Headquarters — Morale Crisis)

Basic hits needed to kill a level-1 Abomination (1,000 HP) with every blade and firearm at weapon levels 1, 5 and 10.

Hits to kill

Weapon	Weapon level 1	Weapon level 5	Weapon level 10
Pistol	3430 per hit23 to the head	2442 per hit16 to the head	1760 per hit12 to the head
Musket	7150 per hit5 to the head	5210 per hit4 to the head	4300 per hit3 to the head
Blunderbuss	7150 per hit5 to the head	5230 per hit3 to the head	3350 per hit2 to the head
Saber	5020 per hit	2540 per hit	1760 per hit
Rapier	4025 per hit	2935 per hit	2345 per hit
Claymore	2050 per hit	1380 per hit	10100 per hit

Calculated from weapon damage × the first light attack's multiplier × (1 − resistance); firearms also show head hits. Upgrades, Ambers, coatings and the stat board are not included, and higher-level placements need proportionally more hits.

William's journal page on Abomination, as written in the game.

Enemies found alongside Abomination

Enemy types that share the most regions with it.

• HowlerThe Battlefield100 Health4 shared regions
• CarrionValley of Ashes120 Health4 shared regionsWeak to Fire damage
• VolunteersValley of Ashes650 Health4 shared regions
• SpewerValley of Ashes50 Health4 shared regions

Walkthrough for the chapter where you first meet it