Rat King build guide

rat king told me this build in a dream

by smokeybacon71Version 8Updated Oct 3, 2026Guide #845392

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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Author's notes

Literally nothing else matters other than ult. Lane doesn't matter because ult value for the whole team is at least 60k souls at tier 3. This means you build support late game because the ult is all the value your hero has

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 7 items · box run at 3 min and then tunnels at 5. you dont even need to unlock first 2 abilities
1. 1
  Monster Rounds
2. 2
  High-Velocity Rounds
3. 3
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
4. 4
  Cultist Sacrifice
2Early Optionaloptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Extra Health
  buy around first 3 items to not die
2. 2
  Rebuttal
  Asiaees only
3. 3
  Trophy Collector
  Built from Sprint Boots
  Gank with ult early instead of enduring speed
3Mid game
Game stage · 9 items
1. 1
  Compress Cooldown
2. 2
  Heroic Aura
  Dont get if your Graves, Mcginnis, or like supports are getting this item. Can replace this with any counter/util item
3. 3
  Witchmail
  do not use 1 and 2 in teamfights anymore just spam 3
4. 4
4Ult better (can get at any point)optional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
2. 2
  Superior Duration
3. 3
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
  if you have 4 actives
5Counters/utiloptional
Author's category · 11 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
  For silences so you can ult
2. 2
  Warp Stone
3. 3
  Metal Skin
4. 4
6Damageoptional
Author's category · 4 items · if you are a bitch
1. 1
  Frenzy
  Will also help survive so you can get
2. 2
  Berserker
3. 3
  Hunter's Aura
  Might be good if no one else on your team gets it
4. 4
7Debuffsoptional
Author's category · 5 items · can be decent some games
1. 1
  Toxic Bullets
2. 2
  Siphon Bullets
  more hp=more shield
3. 3
  Silencer
4. 4
8Compy Donkeyoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Torment Pulse
  Maybe techy
2. 2
  Shadow Weave
  Built from Sprint Boots
  use during ult
3. 3
  Capacitor
  not for this build but a 2 build will like this

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 14	Scrap Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 15