Rat King build guide

Metro Rat King SOLVED (twitch.tv/metro)

by MetroVersion 25Updated Oct 8, 2026Guide #842174

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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Author's notes

Bad laner, play lane slow. If too hard, run boxes. Farm sinners at 8 minutes. This is a late game character, he becomes OP after Witchmail or Plated. He is a tank but his 1 does crazy damage, buy echo shard if your team is not doing enough damage.

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 7 items
1. 1
  Monster Rounds
2. 2
  Sprint Boots
3. 3
  High-Velocity Rounds
4. 4
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
2Healingoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
3Mid game
Game stage · 9 items
1. 1
  Spirit Shielding
  Built from Grit
2. 2
  Battle Vest
3. 3
  Enduring Speed
  Built from Sprint Boots
4. 4
4Late Game (Buy What You Need all items have descriptions)
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Witchmail
  Almost always against Spirit
2. 2
  Siphon Bullets
  Against bullet, great lategame upgrade if fights last long.
3. 3
  Plated Armor
  Almost always against gun
4. 4
5Flexlocked.optional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
  Luxury Lategame upgrade if flexlocked.
2. 2
  Juggernaut
  Built from Enduring Speed
  If Flexlocked.
6Flexlocked.optional
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Bullet Resilience
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
3. 3
  Return Fire
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 9