Rat King build guide

buh Build 100% Winrate (Fully Annotated)

by Aaron_HurtsVersion 33Updated Oct 9, 2026Guide #838954

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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Author's notes

This IS THE BEST Rat King build of all time to ever grace the 'wonderful' community of deadlock. Guaranteed wins await you.

Item categories

1Lane
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Monster Rounds
  buh
2. 2
  Extra Health
  buh
3. 3
  Extended Magazine
  buh
4. 4
  Titanic Magazine
  Built from Extended Magazine
  buh
5. 5
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
  buh
6. 6
  Mystic Expansion
  buh
7. 7
  Spirit Shielding
  buh
2Mid game
Game stage · 3 items
1. 1
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
  buh
2. 2
  Heroic Aura
  buh
3. 3
  Compress Cooldown
  buh
3Hard laneoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  buh?
4Late game
Game stage · 7 items
1. 1
  Ballistic Enchantment
  Built from Mystic Expansion
  buh
2. 2
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  buh
3. 3
  Berserker
  buh
4. 4
5Eat Your Greens?optional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
  buh?
2. 2
  Warp Stone
  buh?
6AP ORDER
Author's category · 0 items · IF YOU NEED MAX ULT BEFORE 1 AND 3 JUST DO IT. AP ORDER IS MORE SELFISH BUT ITS NOT INCORRECT TO MAX ULT IF NEEDED FOR A TEAM FIGHT
No items listed.
7Utilityoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Phantom Strike
  buh?
2. 2
  Hunter's Aura
  buh?
3. 3
  Crippling Headshot
  buh?
8Optional Late Gameoptional
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Plated Armor
  buh?
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
  buh?
3. 3
  Inhibitor
  buh?
4. 4
9Maybe???optional
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Recharging Rush
  buh???
2. 2
  Escalating Resilience
  Built from Extended Magazine
  buh???
3. 3
  Point Blank
  buh???
4. 4

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 1				Scrap Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Scrap Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 6						Scrap Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 12