Is Rat King good right now?
Rat King sits in tier S (#1 of 39): one of the best picks in the meta. They win 60.6% of their matches and appear in 20.4% of them (84,219 matches on patch 2026-09-26).
The best-performing build right now is a tank build: "THE TANKIEST GUNNER [Lockbuilds.com]", at 65.8% over 146 matches. If you prefer a gun style, "ANGADXO RANK 50 ETERNUS RAT GOAT [Annotated]" sits at 55.9%.
Rat King does especially well against The Doorman, Pocket and Mirage and struggles most against Paige (53.9%) and Victor. Their best teammate is Victor.
Written from match statistics; updated daily.
The cryptid ruler of the New York Warrens, The Rat King towers over his subjects in size, strength, and ambition. No longer content with hiding underground, the king has revealed his bold vision for a future where he and his subjects can walk the surface without fear of the pest control vans that roam the streets of New York (or as the rats call them: human death squads) Step 1: Take control of Long Island Step 2: Declare Long Island as the new sovereign nation of Ratannia Step 3: Execute every human that refuses to leave this new rat utopia But air tight as this plan is, the king of rats didn't want to take chances: and so he’s decided to the summon the patron to help hedge his bets.
Best Rat King builds by win rate
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Real builds published in-game, ranked by win rate over the last 14 days. When a better one appears, it takes its place automatically.
Most winning ability order
- 1
+1 - 2+2
- 3
+1 - 4
+1 - 5+2
- 6+3
- 7
+1 - 8+2
- 9+3
- 10+4
- 11+3
- 12+4
- 13+4
- 14+2
- 15+3
Win rate: 71.6% · 1,499 matches
Items with the highest win rate for Rat King
Early (< 10 min)
Extra Health60,687 matches · ~9 min61.4%+0.8 pp
Sprint Boots57,537 matches · ~9 min61.2%+0.6 pp
Monster Rounds39,090 matches · ~5 min61.2%+0.6 pp
Opening Rounds69,899 matches · ~6 min60.8%+0.2 pp
Mid (10–22 min)
Duration Extender9,974 matches · ~21 min65.4%+4.8 pp
Arcane Surge5,055 matches · ~17 min64.6%+4.0 pp
Compress Cooldown17,926 matches · ~21 min64.2%+3.6 pp
Extra Stamina4,874 matches · ~14 min62.7%+2.2 pp
Late (22+ min)
Diviner's Kevlar5,989 matches · ~32 min69.0%+8.4 pp
Divine Barrier1,127 matches · ~35 min69.4%+8.8 pp
Guardian Ward976 matches · ~28 min69.0%+8.4 pp
Hunter's Aura6,074 matches · ~24 min66.3%+5.7 pp
Items bought late win more partly because only players who are already ahead can afford them; compare items within the same timing column.
Rat King counters and synergies
Strong against
The Doorman8,252 matches65.8%
Pocket11,000 matches65.7%
Mirage5,954 matches65.8%
Venator18,414 matches65.0%
Paradox11,533 matches65.0%
Weak against (counters)
Rat King's win rate in full matches against or alongside each hero, adjusted for sample size. Minimum 200 matches per pair.
Top Rat King builds
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Abilities
Scrap Grenade
Throw a grenade of scrap that detonates multiple times, dealing bullet damage and applying slow. The grenade can be meleed to knock it away.
- 1 AP Cooldown: -8s
- 2 AP Detonation Damage: +65
- 5 AP Detonations: +1 · Big Detonation Damage: +300 · Big Detonation Damage: +1.0 · Big Detonation Radius: +14mm · Big Detonation Radius: +1m · Big Detonation Move Speed: +0.12%
Rat Swarm
Call forth a swarm of rats that leap onto enemies, dealing spirit damage over time and reducing their bullet resist with every bite. The more rats are attached, the faster they will bite the target. Enemies can have multiple rats attached, but can shake off a rat early by performing a ground or air dash.
- 1 AP Charges: +1
- 2 AP RatSwarmCols: +2 · RatSwarmRows: +1 · RatSwarmWidth: +100 · Debuff Duration: +4s
- 5 AP Bullet Resist per Bite: -1% · Damage per Bite: +8
Royal Pestments
Adorn scrappy armor, gaining barrier based on your max health. As long as the armor holds, bullets have a chance to be deflected back towards the attacker. The barrier does not benefit from resists.
- 1 AP Duration: +4s
- 2 AP Bullet Return Chance: +15% · Cooldown: -8s
- 5 AP Max Health as Barrier: +10% · Damage Cap: +250
Rule, Ratannia!
Charge up and summon the banner of Ratannia, granting all nearby allies increased move speed, immunity from slows, and reduced incoming damage while near the banner.
- 1 AP Cooldown: -20s · Move Speed: +1m m
- 2 AP Flag Duration: +8s · Radius: +8mm · Duration: +8s
- 5 AP Damage: +150 · Damage Reduction: +15%
Base stats
| Base stats | Scaling (per boon) | |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 800 | +50 |
| Health regen | 2 | — |
| Move speed | 6.8 m/s | — |
| Sprint speed | 1.6 m/s | — |
| Stamina | 3 | — |
Stats for patch 2026-09-26. Game data from the community Deadlock API. Data since September 26, 2026 · refreshed every 6 h