Abyssal Escape Abilities: Survivor and Killer Guide

How Do Abyssal Escape Abilities Work?

In the pre-release test build, Abyssal Escape abilities let you customize a survivor with two skills, while killers have their own movesets and evolving phases. Understanding how Abyssal Escape abilities interact with stamina, movement, and stuns helps you keep an escape option ready during a chase. Start by learning what each skill accomplishes before committing both survivor slots to the same job.

The released Roblox experience is in alpha. Its core loop combines customizable survivors, red-mist objectives that reduce the escape timer, and killers that become more dangerous as the match progresses. The detailed movesets and balance values below cover the pre-release test build.

Survivors use a customizable vessel rather than choosing a fixed character with a predetermined kit. Appearance and ability selection are separate parts of that customization.

Killers follow a three-phase system tied to the remaining match time. Some retain their moves and receive buffs; others transform and replace their entire kit. Learning the opening moveset is only part of learning the matchup.

Your objective also matters when choosing skills. Survivors must coordinate to dispel red mist, rather than spend the entire round chasing opportunities to stun. Use your abilities to create room for objectives, escape pressure, or help a teammate survive.

Survivor Skills: Movement, Stuns, and Defense

Survivor-side Abyssal Escape abilities cover several distinct functions. Some help you reposition, some interrupt the killer, and others reward timing or support teammates.

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Ability	Function in the test build	Important detail
Slide	Movement and survivability	Available for free
Awareness	Passive ability	Available for free
Heroic Boost	Mobility	Uses stamina
Arm Cannon	Stuns the killer	Counts toward the two-stun penalty
Fireball	Stuns the killer	Counts toward the two-stun penalty
Weak Punch	Stuns the killer	Requires rings despite its simple attack
Phantom Reflex	Defensive parry with a speed boost	Three successive successful uses stun the killer
Healing	Restores health	Keeps the user stationary and consumes substantial stamina

In this build, Slide and Awareness were the free options. Other survivor abilities cost rings earned by playing.

How Phantom Reflex Works

Phantom Reflex rewards baiting an attack. When the killer hits you during the ability’s active period, it prevents damage and grants a speed boost. A successful use also gives it a short cooldown.

An individual successful parry does not immediately stun the killer. Landing three successive successful uses produces the stun.

Use the speed boost to create distance after a successful activation. Avoid standing nearby just to attempt another parry: the immediate benefit is surviving the hit and gaining movement.

Why Two Stuns Have a Tradeoff

Equipping two stunning abilities halves the stun duration of both in the test build. Arm Cannon, Fireball, and Weak Punch all belong to that category.

Pair Abyssal Escape abilities with different functions to avoid that specific penalty. For example, combine a stun with Slide or Heroic Boost, then use the interruption to start moving away.

Choose between the stun options based on the attack you can land consistently. Keep the reduced duration in mind before equipping two simply because both can interrupt the killer.

Manage Stamina and Build Around Your Objective

Stamina connects your Abyssal Escape abilities to the decisions you make between attacks. In the test build, abilities consume stamina, and killer basic attacks—often called M1s—consume it too. Running itself does not drain that resource.

Stamina regenerates while running, but walking restores it faster. An empty bar therefore threatens your ability access even when you can still run.

Keep enough stamina available for your next defensive action. Spending everything on an unnecessary ability can leave you running without a stun, boost, or parry available when you need one.

Build your habits around these mechanics:

• Use an interruption to reposition. Follow a landed stun with movement instead of lingering beside the killer.
• Walk during safe breaks. Take advantage of faster regeneration when the killer is elsewhere.
• Heal with space around you. Account for the stationary animation and stamina cost before starting.
• Watch the objective timer. Dispel red mist to reduce the time survivors must endure.

Mist dispersal also keeps survivors stationary. In the test build, groups of up to four could work on it together. Coordinate those attempts, but watch the matchup: Furnace can damage multiple survivors in front of him, while No More Innocence can exploit nearby survivor clones.

Leave a threatened objective before a stationary interaction becomes a free opening. Return when the killer moves away or a teammate creates space.

The same resource discipline applies when playing killer. Avoid spending stamina on attacks that cannot connect, and use your tracking tools to locate survivors before committing to a chase.

X, Furnace, and Fleetway: Their Core Movesets

These Abyssal Escape abilities emphasize different kinds of pressure: X uses deception and ring-based travel, Furnace manages heat, and Fleetway combines flight with ranged attacks and grabs.

The following moves belong to their pre-release test kits.

Killer	Ability or mechanic	Effect
X	Hide and Seek	Turns invisible, leaves a clone, reveals survivors, and deals 30 contact damage
X	Ring Trap	Places a damaging red ring that also serves as a teleport destination
X	Peekaboo	Surrounds a survivor with shadow clones and a real X
Furnace	Charge Heat	Builds heat while stationary; stuns can interrupt it
Furnace	Thruster Flight	Spends heat on flight and reveals survivors
Furnace	Claw Slash	Dashes and slashes; sufficient heat extends travel and adds burning damage
Furnace	Scorched Earth	Uses flamethrowers to damage survivors in front
Fleetway Super Sonic	Flight	Consumes stamina, reveals survivors, and enables a damaging ground slam
Fleetway Super Sonic	Laser	Deals damage at long range
Fleetway Super Sonic	Grab	Damages a captured survivor and combines with flight

X: Rings Are Also Travel Points

X was the free starter killer in the test build. Ring Trap dealt 50 damage on contact, but its movement function deserves equal attention: X can select a placed ring to teleport to it.

As X, place rings with future travel in mind. As a survivor, watch their positions even when you have no intention of touching one.

Peekaboo creates a different problem. Doing nothing or touching two false clones triggers an attack; touching the real X stuns him. Respond to the clone encounter rather than freezing in place.

Furnace: Spend Heat Deliberately

Furnace gains heat by hitting survivors or using Charge Heat. His phase-three buff automatically regenerates heat up to half the bar, letting him rebuild that resource while moving.

Charge away from immediate stun pressure. Spend heat on flight when you need travel or tracking, and consider the enhanced Claw Slash when you are ready to close a gap.

Against Scorched Earth, spread out rather than presenting several targets directly in front of Furnace.

Fleetway: Watch the Grab-and-Flight Combination

Fleetway can carry a grabbed survivor away from help and slam them into a wall for additional damage. His phase-three buff increases speed.

Keep track of teammates’ positions when facing him. Avoid letting a chase pull you so far away that a grab immediately isolates you from everyone else.

No More Innocence and 2017X: Learn Both Forms

Some Abyssal Escape abilities change completely during a match. No More Innocence transforms in phase three, while 2017X has distinct base and beast movesets.

Treat each transformation as a reason to reassess the chase. The threat you were avoiding a moment ago can be replaced by a different movement tool or attack.

No More Innocence

Early No More Innocence uses TVs, survivor impersonation, and visual disruption.

Form	Ability	Effect
Phases one and two	Screen Transportation	Travels between TVs and reveals survivors
Phases one and two	Deceit	Creates a survivor clone that can reveal nearby survivors and become a teleport destination
Phases one and two	Hallucination	Darkens nearby survivors’ vision and creates false pursuing figures
Phase three	Tormenting Dash	Rushes into a survivor, grabs them, and slams them for 30 damage
Phase three	Spring Trickery	Places a fake spring that slows survivors who touch it
Phase three	Yokai Sight	Marks nearby survivors and allows teleportation to marked targets

Screen Transportation includes a visible exit animation, followed by a small speed boost. Watch nearby TVs and move away when No More Innocence starts emerging.

Do not automatically approach every survivor-shaped figure. Deceit gives the killer a way to replace a clone near another survivor.

In phase three, the TVs disappear and Screen Transportation leaves the kit. Watch your route for fake springs instead. As No More Innocence, place Spring Trickery ahead of a fleeing survivor rather than behind them.

2017X

Base-form 2017X applies pressure through movement and a marked target. Beast form, also called Broken Face, replaces that kit with heavier attacks.

Form	Ability or mechanic	Effect
Base	Top Speed	Requires a running charge; enables boosted movement, basic attacks, and survivor tracking
Base	Spin Dash	Damages survivors on contact
Base	Obsession	Marks a survivor and grants nearby buffs to movement, stun resistance, and cooldowns
Beast	Basic attack	Becomes a ranged ground slam dealing 35 damage
Beast	Impatience	Makes abilities execute faster
Beast	Roar	Reveals and slows nearby survivors
Beast	Savage Jump	Charges a pounce toward survivors
Beast	Vicious Grab	Grabs a survivor and repeatedly slams them

Build Top Speed through running before trying to activate it. Use Obsession to focus pressure on the marked survivor while benefiting from its proximity buffs.

Against base 2017X, use routes with vertical separation where possible; that form has limited vertical mobility. Reassess that plan after the transformation introduces Savage Jump.

When playing beast form, account for the changed basic attack. Aim the ground slam in front of you, and use Roar’s tracking and slow to help line up your approach.

FAQ

How many survivor abilities can you equip?

The pre-release test build lets survivors select two abilities for their customizable vessel. Choose skills with complementary functions if you want to avoid the penalty for equipping two stuns.

Which Abyssal Escape abilities are free?

Slide and the Awareness passive are free in the test build. Other survivor abilities require rings earned through play. X is the free starter killer.

Does Phantom Reflex stun the killer immediately?

No. A successful activation prevents damage and grants a speed boost. Three successive successful activations produce a stun, while successful uses also receive a short cooldown.

Where can you play Abyssal Escape?

Launch Abyssal Escape on Roblox. The released experience is in alpha and features customizable survivors, red-mist objectives, and evolving killers.