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@Da BLUE orks:
He killed nothing and died...'nuff said.

@I grappled the shoggoth:
Yes, he can be killy, but Ard Boyz is at least in my areas a regular points level...2000 seems like the upper crust for most tourneys.

What are the problems with him?
-Rolling a 1.
-Delivery.
-Points cost.
-oppurtunity cost.

Obviously if you solve at least 2 of the above issues he's looking better.

encoer abaddon is not repeat not worth his points. he's the best single close combat model in the game though (possible exception lysander, swarmlord), so bringing him means you fear *no one* in close combat. but people know how unstoppably good he is in close combat so they just shoot him with plasmaguns. he'll live long enough to wreck 1 unit and then he's toast. that's my experience.

he's really fun though. once saw him go through an 8-strong unit of blood crushers without taking even one wound.. good stuff.

i know this is an old thread, but being an abaddon 'expert' i thought id say somefing
1. yes, abaddon seldom makes back his points. however, when he does, its priceless to watch ur opponent's prize death company or sang guard or mephiston etc get smacked
2. half ur edge is psychological. pretty much all 40k players know how lethal abaddon is. they see him in ur army, they are gonna freak out and tailor deployment to kill him or direct their entire army against him. that leaves everything else in ur army to do whatever they want
3. abaddon is unbeatable at killing annoying daemon princes, trygons, warbosses, etc. too many times i've lost games because i've been unable to kill that annoying tyrant or carnifex or whatever.
4. As long as you don't tailor ur army to fit abaddon and provide him with an adeguete bodyguard like 3 termies with tzeentch or nurgle, you shouldnt have to worry about plasmas.
I personally play abaddon in a 2000pt army, and while i haven't had the time to go to ard boys or arcanacon, i have actually won 5+ local tourneys with him and hes only ever died twice (once by mephiston where i rolled 4 1s for invul) and hardly ever rolls 1s for attacks. So abaddon, while not being really 'worth his points', is an immensly fun choice to take. Or you could be an arsehole and take 2 lash princes with wings instead.

I ought to lock this for necronisation.