Brawler · Deadlock hero
Rat King is a brawler hero. Valve has not written a role summary for Rat King in the game files yet. The kit: Scrap Grenade (Throw a grenade of scrap that detonates multiple times, dealing bullet damage and applying slow), Rat Swarm (Call forth a swarm of rats that leap onto enemies, dealing spirit damage over time and reducing their bullet resist with every bite), Royal Pestments (Adorn scrappy armor, gaining barrier based on your max health), and the ultimate Rule, Ratannia! (Charge up and summon the banner of Ratannia, granting all nearby allies increased move speed, immunity from slows, and reduced incoming damage while near the banner). Data
From the game files · client 6782
Throw a grenade of scrap that detonates multiple times, dealing bullet damage and applying slow. The grenade can be meleed to knock it away.
Call forth a swarm of rats that leap onto enemies, dealing spirit damage over time and reducing their bullet resist with every bite. The more rats are attached, the faster they will bite the target. Enemies can have multiple rats attached, but can shake off a rat early by performing a ground or air dash.
Adorn scrappy armor, gaining barrier based on your max health. As long as the armor holds, bullets have a chance to be deflected back towards the attacker. The barrier does not benefit from resists.
Charge up and summon the banner of Ratannia, granting all nearby allies increased move speed, immunity from slows, and reduced incoming damage while near the banner.
Names, descriptions, values and upgrades are the game’s own text and numbers at level 1, before items and spirit scaling. Some descriptions show the damage type without the number, as in game; the value is in the table under each ability. Data
Base stats
| Health | 800 |
| Health regen | 2/s |
| Move speed | 6.8 m/s |
| Sprint speed bonus | 1.6 |
| Stamina | 3 |
| Light melee | 50 |
| Heavy melee | 116 |
| Bullet damage | 6 × 2 pellets |
| Fire rate | 3.33 shots/s |
| Magazine | 24 |
| Reload | 2.8 s |
Weapon: Sovereign's Decree. Starting values from the game files; boons and items raise them during a match. Data
30 September to 14 October 2026
Number 1 of 42 heroes by Ranked win rate. Community match data from deadlock-api.com (177,756 Ranked hero matches), not Valve figures. Newly released heroes start with fewer matches and swing more. Community Full table on the meta page.
Lore
The cryptid ruler of the New York Warrens, The Rat King towers over his subjects in size, strength, and ambition. No longer content with hiding underground, the king has revealed his bold vision for a future where he and his subjects can walk the surface without fear of the pest control vans that roam the streets of New York (or as the rats call them: human death squads)
Step 1: Take control of Long Island
Step 2: Declare Long Island as the new sovereign nation of Ratannia
Step 3: Execute every human that refuses to leave this new rat utopia
But air tight as this plan is, the king of rats didn't want to take chances: and so he's decided to summon the patron to help hedge his bets.
The hero’s biography as written in the game files. Data
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Rat King is a brawler hero. Valve has not written a role summary for Rat King in the game files yet. The kit: Scrap Grenade (Throw a grenade of scrap that detonates multiple times, dealing bullet damage and applying slow), Rat Swarm (Call forth a swarm of rats that leap onto enemies, dealing spirit damage over time and reducing their bullet resist with every bite), Royal Pestments (Adorn scrappy armor, gaining barrier based on your max health), and the ultimate Rule, Ratannia! (Charge up and summon the banner of Ratannia, granting all nearby allies increased move speed, immunity from slows, and reduced incoming damage while near the banner).
1: Scrap Grenade (Throw a grenade of scrap that detonates multiple times, dealing bullet damage and applying slow); 2: Rat Swarm (Call forth a swarm of rats that leap onto enemies, dealing spirit damage over time and reducing their bullet resist with every bite); 3: Royal Pestments (Adorn scrappy armor, gaining barrier based on your max health); 4: Rule, Ratannia! (Charge up and summon the banner of Ratannia, granting all nearby allies increased move speed, immunity from slows, and reduced incoming damage while near the banner).
Rule, Ratannia!. In the game’s words: Charge up and summon the banner of Ratannia, granting all nearby allies increased move speed, immunity from slows, and reduced incoming damage while near the banner.
In community match data for 30 September to 14 October 2026, Rat King won 56.6% of Ranked matches (number 1 of 42 heroes) and appeared in 75% of them. These are community statistics, not Valve figures.
Deadlock game files via deadlock-api.com (heroes, abilities, items, ranks), client 6782 of 14 October 2026 · deadlock-api.com match analytics: hero win and pick rates, 30 September to 14 October 2026 (community)
Checked 15 October 2026
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