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What to buy, in order

Berserker + Ballistic Enchantment + Fortitude style

1Early
Monster Rounds
~1:26
2Early
High-Velocity Rounds
~2:55
3Early
Extra Health
~5:37
4Early
Rapid Rounds
~5:54
5Early
Swift Striker
~7:21
from Rapid Rounds
6Early
Extended Magazine
~7:41
7Early
Opening Rounds
~8:32
from High-Velocity Rounds
8Mid
Titanic Magazine
~9:11
from Extended Magazine
9Mid
Enduring Speed
~12:10
10Mid
Mystic Expansion
~13:12
Imbue: Scrap Grenade
11Mid
Fortitude
~14:04
from Extra Health
12Mid
Fleetfoot
~14:08
13Mid
Compress Cooldown
~17:34
Imbue: Rule, Ratannia!
14Late
Ballistic Enchantment
~20:30
from Mystic Expansion
Imbue: Scrap Grenade
15Late
Superior Cooldown
~20:39
from Compress Cooldown
16Late
Berserker
~21:07
17Late
Siphon Bullets
~26:54

Times are when players on this build typically bought each item (observed guidance, not deadlines). Dashed steps are late continuations: this style's most-bought late items, added so the build runs to the late game. Stage details below show how many of this group bought each item, optional items and situational swaps.

By stage

“Bought” percentages say how many players in this group bought the item; they are not win rates. Swaps are our advice from each item's current game text, not measured matchup results.

1Early
0–9 min
1. 1
  Monster Rounds
  88% bought · ~1:26 · most 1–4 min
2. 2
  High-Velocity Rounds
  95% bought · ~2:55 · most 1–4 min
3. 3

Skill order

The most common choice at each point among these 2,258 players. The first four points match 1,175 of them; 377 used this exact full order.

Rat King skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
Scrap GrenadeScrap Grenade	Scrap Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1	Scrap Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Scrap Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 5

Final inventory target

About this recommendation

Sample: Rat King, normal mode, ranked matches with average rank Phantom or higher, from Oct 5, 2026 (Oct 5, 2026 update) to Oct 8, 2026, never more than 14 days: 5,742 matches, 51.4% won. Unranked matches carry no badge, so a rank bracket means ranked matches only.
Playstyle: the most common trio of 3,200+ soul items by 30:00 was Berserker, Ballistic Enchantment, Fortitude. 2,258 matches built all three (39% of the sample); 56.6% of them were won. That describes these players, not this exact build, which no one may have followed item for item.
Items: bought by at least 50% of the group; late items are counted among the 793 matches that reached 35:00. If that leaves fewer than 2 late items, the build continues with the group's most-bought late items (at least 30%). Order and times are the group's medians.
Inventory: checked after every purchase with game recipes, observed sales and the observed limits of 12 items and 4 active items.
Ranked Rat King matches by rank in this window: Acolyte 3,783 · Ritualist 3,206 · Sentinel 3,328 · Emissary 3,390 · Seeker 4,281 · Mystic 3,233 · Ascendant 1,659 · Phantom 3,447 · Eternus 636 · Oracle 3,908 · Initiate 1,852.
Snapshot generated Oct 9, 2026 from the Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 8, 2026).

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Not claimed: that this is the best build, or that it wins more than alternatives. No win rate is computed for the assembled build.

Published guides that Rat King players started matches with in this period, most used first, with copies and near-identical guides removed. Usage comes from the API's analysed matches and counts the guide selected at match start; it doesn't show whether players followed it. Game mode can't be filtered for this data.

THE TANKIEST GUNNER [LOCKBUILDS]

by HarvesterVersion 93Guide updated Oct 7, 2026Guide #836698

Matches started with it: 693
Won: 56.7%
Players: 651
In-game favourites: 19,867 (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Early game
Game stage · Buy L-R. We can focus on yellows because Rat King is tanky af. Rush to 4.8k as fast as possible.
1. 1
  High-Velocity Rounds
  The bullets have travel time. You need HVR to start.
2. 2
  Extra Regen
3. 3
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
  More damage. Never Sell.
4. 4
  Extended Magazine
  Rat King is a bullet hero. You need to extra magazine. Builds up to Titanic Magazine.
5. 5
  Battle Vest
  Battle Vest paired with Rat King's 3 makes him quite tanky early game.
6. 6
  Sprint Boots
7. 7
  Fleetfoot
  Early Movement Speed.
8. 8
  Cultist Sacrifice
9. 9
  Extra Health
  Rat King is also a tank, so we will try to make him as tanky as possible.
10. 10
  Enduring Speed
  Built from Sprint Boots
  He is a slow rat. Need to make him a fast rat.
11. 11
  Return Fire
  Peak on Rat King.
2Early gameoptional
Game stage · Buy whatever is needed.
1. 1
  Healbane
2. 2
  Rebuttal
3. 3
  Extra Charge
  More charges for Rat Swarm.
4. 4
3CORE
Author's category · Buy L-R. You can get Juggernaut if you want to become a bigger tank than you already are. But I prefer focusing on some DPS.
1. 1
  Ballistic Enchantment
  Makes the size the grenade explosion huge. So the more people you hit, the more gun damage you have.
2. 2
  Escalating Resilience
  Built from Extended Magazine
  Insane bullet resist along with some extra ammo and damage. If there are a lot of spirit heroes you can take Titanic.
3. 3
4Mid gameoptional
Game stage · Get your greens!
1. 1
  Juggernaut
  Built from Enduring Speed
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
3. 3
  Titanic Magazine
  Built from Extended Magazine
  Max bullets.
4. 4
5Late game
Game stage · If you are struggling then you can get Unstop early.
1. 1
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
  Max CD for all his abilities.
2. 2
  Unstoppable
  You become unkillable at this point!
3. 3
  Witchmail
  Judging from your size you will be taking a lot of damage.
6Late gameoptional
Game stage
1. 1
  Silencer
  Silence em all!!!!!
2. 2
  Spellslinger
3. 3
  Plated Armor
4. 4
7Testing spirit buildsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Rapid Recharge
  Built from Extra Charge
2. 2
  Escalating Exposure
3. 3
  Mystic Reverb
4. 4

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in THE TANKIEST GUNNER [LOCKBUILDS], one row per ability in slot order
Scrap GrenadeScrap Grenade			Scrap Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 3			Scrap Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 6		Scrap Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 8

Among the 12 most-used guides with at least 10 analysed matches: 1 copy and 0 near-identical guides hidden, 6 beyond the top 5. “Core items” counts items in the author's non-optional categories.

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in twitch.tv/oses, one row per ability in slot order
Scrap GrenadeScrap Grenade	Scrap Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1	Scrap Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 2				Scrap Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 6			Scrap Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 9
Rat SwarmRat Swarm			Rat Swarm: Ability unlocked, step 3										Rat Swarm: 1 AP upgrade, step 13	Rat Swarm: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Rat Swarm: 5 AP upgrade, step 15
Royal PestmentsRoyal Pestments				Royal Pestments: Ability unlocked, step 4			Royal Pestments: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Royal Pestments: 2 AP upgrade, step 8			Royal Pestments: 5 AP upgrade, step 11
Rule, Ratannia!Rule, Ratannia!					Rule, Ratannia!: Ability unlocked, step 5					Rule, Ratannia!: 1 AP upgrade, step 10		Rule, Ratannia!: 2 AP upgrade, step 12

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in ANGADXO RANK 50 ETERNUS RAT GOAT [Annotated], one row per ability in slot order
Scrap GrenadeScrap Grenade	Scrap Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1				Scrap Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Scrap Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 6						Scrap Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
Rat SwarmRat Swarm		Rat Swarm: Ability unlocked, step 2												Rat Swarm: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Rat Swarm: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Rat Swarm: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Royal PestmentsRoyal Pestments			Royal Pestments: Ability unlocked, step 3				Royal Pestments: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Royal Pestments: 2 AP upgrade, step 8					Royal Pestments: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
Rule, Ratannia!Rule, Ratannia!				Rule, Ratannia!: Ability unlocked, step 4					Rule, Ratannia!: 1 AP upgrade, step 9	Rule, Ratannia!: 2 AP upgrade, step 10	Rule, Ratannia!: 5 AP upgrade, step 11

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in NA #1 RAT KING - Shmuck, one row per ability in slot order
Scrap GrenadeScrap Grenade	Scrap Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1				Scrap Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 5										Scrap Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Scrap Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Rat SwarmRat Swarm			Rat Swarm: Ability unlocked, step 3					Rat Swarm: 1 AP upgrade, step 8					Rat Swarm: 2 AP upgrade, step 13	Rat Swarm: 5 AP upgrade, step 14
Royal PestmentsRoyal Pestments		Royal Pestments: Ability unlocked, step 2				Royal Pestments: 1 AP upgrade, step 6	Royal Pestments: 2 AP upgrade, step 7				Royal Pestments: 5 AP upgrade, step 11
Rule, Ratannia!Rule, Ratannia!				Rule, Ratannia!: Ability unlocked, step 4					Rule, Ratannia!: 1 AP upgrade, step 9	Rule, Ratannia!: 2 AP upgrade, step 10		Rule, Ratannia!: 5 AP upgrade, step 12

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in RAT KING CURATED SHOP [ LIGHTBRINGER ], one row per ability in slot order
Scrap GrenadeScrap Grenade	Scrap Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1				Scrap Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Scrap Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 6										Scrap Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Rat SwarmRat Swarm		Rat Swarm: Ability unlocked, step 2							Rat Swarm: 1 AP upgrade, step 9	Rat Swarm: 2 AP upgrade, step 10	Rat Swarm: 5 AP upgrade, step 11
Royal PestmentsRoyal Pestments			Royal Pestments: Ability unlocked, step 3				Royal Pestments: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Royal Pestments: 2 AP upgrade, step 8							Royal Pestments: 5 AP upgrade, step 15
Rule, Ratannia!Rule, Ratannia!				Rule, Ratannia!: Ability unlocked, step 4								Rule, Ratannia!: 1 AP upgrade, step 12	Rule, Ratannia!: 2 AP upgrade, step 13	Rule, Ratannia!: 5 AP upgrade, step 14

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

THE TANKIEST GUNNER [LOCKBUILDS]

Items, as published

Skill order

twitch.tv/oses

Items, as published

ANGADXO RANK 50 ETERNUS RAT GOAT [Annotated]

Items, as published

NA #1 RAT KING - Shmuck

Items, as published

RAT KING CURATED SHOP [ LIGHTBRINGER ]

Items, as published

Rat King builds

What to buy, in order

By stage

Skill order

Final inventory target

Upgrades and replacements

THE TANKIEST GUNNER [LOCKBUILDS]

Items, as published

Skill order

twitch.tv/oses

Items, as published

ANGADXO RANK 50 ETERNUS RAT GOAT [Annotated]

Items, as published

NA #1 RAT KING - Shmuck

Items, as published

RAT KING CURATED SHOP [ LIGHTBRINGER ]

Items, as published

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order