Rat King build guide

Shyerow's Rat King

by ShyerowVersion 6Updated Oct 4, 2026Guide #836599

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Published guide

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Author's notes

This is a test, but the theory is there Twitch.tv/Shyerow

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 7 items
1. 1
  High-Velocity Rounds
2. 2
  Extra Health
3. 3
  Monster Rounds
4. 4
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
5. 5
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
6. 6
  Enduring Speed
7. 7
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
2Optionalsoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Grit
2. 2
  Reactive Barrier
  Built from Grit
3. 3
  Spirit Shielding
  Built from Grit
4. 4
3Mid game
Game stage · 6 items · Ballistic Procs on your ult when on your 2
1. 1
  Compress Cooldown
2. 2
  Heroic Aura
3. 3
  Ballistic Enchantment
  Your Ult Will apply this even when its on your 2
4. 4
4Late game
Game stage · 6 items · get what you need
1. 1
  Colossus
  Built from Extra Health
2. 2
  Diviner's Kevlar
3. 3
  Witchmail
4. 4
5Optionalsoptional
Author's category · 6 items · get what you need
1. 1
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
2. 2
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
3. 3
  Juggernaut
  Built from Enduring Speed
4. 4
6Category 4optional
Author's category · 6 items · if you want range, just go guardian ward
1. 1
  Guardian Ward
  Built from Grit
2. 2
  Divine Barrier
  Built from Guardian Ward
3. 3
  Weighted Shots
4. 4
7This is Subject to change but the current targeting order for Scrap Grenade is Rejuv Crystal > Enemy Heroes > Minions/Camps. Your rats shred for a lot, so theres no real point to get shred
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Scrap GrenadeScrap Grenade			Scrap Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 3											Scrap Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Scrap Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 15