Cabrakan

How to play Cabrakan

Cabrakan is a melee guardian from the Maya pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players mostly play Cabrakan in the Solo lane (55% of games) and the Support role (45% of games).

In your kit, Seismic Crush (next attack stuns) and Refraction Shield (cone damage; recast stun) are your crowd control. Tremors (channel area tremble) adds damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Tectonic Shift (damage and wall), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Shadow Zone: damage reduction aura.

Community guides level Refraction Shield, Tremors and Seismic Crush first. Max Refraction Shield first, then Seismic Crush, then Tremors.

Your job is to start fights and protect your team, not to get kills. Move in when your team is close enough to follow up, then stay near your hunter and protect them from anyone who jumps on them. Your build makes you very hard to kill, so you can stand in front and absorb damage. In the solo lane you will often fight one on one, so attack when their key ability is on cooldown.

Start with Bumba's Hammer, then buy Devourer's Gauntlet. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Runeforged Hammer and Shifter's Shield, and you finish with Genji's Guard, Freya's Tears and Kinetic Cuirass. A good relic is Blink Rune. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of the Rotund Jotunn, it reworks Seismic Crush (stealth; next attack slows), Refraction Shield (cone damage), Tremors (area damage; slow on final hit) and Tectonic Shift (damage and wall). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Bacchus, Kukulkan and Hou Yi, and struggle against Geb, Tsukuyomi or Sol. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.