Rat King counters and synergy
How to counter Rat King
To counter Rat King, play Paige, Victor and Graves: Rat King wins only 50.6% against Paige. Overall Rat King wins 56.0% of 224k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Rat King does best with Victor on the team.
- Win rate
- 56.0%
- Pick rate
- 78.0%
- Matches
- 224k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Rat King's win rate and the other hero's predict, so a strong hero doesn't top every list. Green bars beat that expectation, red fall short, grey are within chance.
Same team
Best teammates
Victor 16k matches
+3.9 vs expected
63.7% win rate
Abrams 16k matches
+2.6 vs expected
59.8% win rate
Shiv 11k matches
+2.1 vs expected
52.7% win rate
Silver 14k matches
+2.1 vs expected
55.3% win rate
Yamato 14k matches
+2.0 vs expected
56.2% win rate
Mo & Krill 16k matches
+1.7 vs expected
57.8% win rate
Calico 11k matches
+1.7 vs expected
57.8% win rate
Viscous 9,116 matches
+1.6 vs expected
53.5% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Yamato 2,749 matches
+4.3 vs expected
58.5% win rate
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Victor 3,217 matches
+3.6 vs expected
63.4% win rate
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Shiv 2,228 matches
+3.5 vs expected
54.2% win rate
Rem 5,788 matches
+2.8 vs expected
55.0% win rate
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Silver 2,921 matches
+2.4 vs expected
55.7% win rate
Vindicta 4,365 matches
+2.0 vs expected
58.8% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Lash 37k matches
+1.2 vs expected
56.0% win rate
The Doorman 15k matches
+1.1 vs expected
61.2% win rate
McGinnis 15k matches
+1.0 vs expected
59.7% win rate
Dynamo 25k matches
+0.7 vs expected
55.3% win rate
Venator 32k matches
+0.7 vs expected
59.3% win rate
Mina 34k matches
+0.7 vs expected
60.2% win rate
Graves 46k matches
+0.5 vs expected
51.2% win rate
Mirage 8,878 matches
As expected
63.2% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Nurse Harrow 31k matches
−2.4 vs expected
54.0% win rate
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Shiv 41k matches
−2.3 vs expected
58.9% win rate
Sinclair 12k matches
−1.8 vs expected
57.5% win rate
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Yamato 36k matches
−1.7 vs expected
56.0% win rate
Lady Geist 43k matches
−1.5 vs expected
54.8% win rate
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Abrams 39k matches
−1.4 vs expected
53.3% win rate
Grey Talon 18k matches
−1.2 vs expected
58.9% win rate
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Vindicta 40k matches
−1.2 vs expected
54.0% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Rat King against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Rat King wins with each hero on the enemy team, lowest first. Strong heroes are hard for everyone, so the last column says how this compares with what the two heroes' win rates predict.
| Enemy hero | Rat King wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Paige | 50.6% | 43k | As expected |
| Victor | 51.0% | 48k | −1.1 points |
| Graves | 51.2% | 46k | +0.5 points |
 Kelvin | 51.5% | 19k | As expected |
 Seven | 52.6% | 36k | As expected |
 Apollo | 53.0% | 24k | As expected |
 Haze | 53.0% | 51k | As expected |
 Ivy | 53.1% | 24k | As expected |
| Abrams | 53.3% | 39k | −1.4 points |
 Baba | 53.4% | 36k | As expected |
 Wraith | 53.5% | 40k | −0.7 points |
| Nurse Harrow | 54.0% | 31k | −2.4 points |
| Vindicta | 54.0% | 40k | −1.2 points |
| Mo & Krill | 54.7% | 40k | −1.2 points |
| Lady Geist | 54.8% | 43k | −1.5 points |
| Calico | 55.1% | 22k | −0.8 points |
| Dynamo | 55.3% | 25k | +0.7 points |
 Vyper | 55.5% | 13k | As expected |
 Drifter | 55.6% | 48k | As expected |
| Lash | 56.0% | 37k | +1.2 points |
 Violet | 56.0% | 33k | As expected |
| Yamato | 56.0% | 36k | −1.7 points |
 Billy | 56.5% | 36k | −1.2 points |
 Celeste | 57.1% | 26k | As expected |
| Sinclair | 57.5% | 12k | −1.8 points |
 Holliday | 57.6% | 23k | As expected |
 Infernus | 58.1% | 50k | As expected |
| Silver | 58.3% | 25k | As expected |
| Rem | 58.6% | 39k | −1.1 points |
 Deadman Danny | 58.7% | 48k | −0.8 points |
| Grey Talon | 58.9% | 18k | −1.2 points |
| Shiv | 58.9% | 41k | −2.3 points |
| Venator | 59.3% | 32k | +0.7 points |
 Bebop | 59.4% | 43k | As expected |
| McGinnis | 59.7% | 15k | +1.0 points |
| Viscous | 60.0% | 14k | As expected |
| Mina | 60.2% | 34k | +0.7 points |
 Pocket | 60.9% | 20k | As expected |
 Paradox | 61.0% | 24k | As expected |
| The Doorman | 61.2% | 15k | +1.1 points |
 Solomon | 61.5% | 30k | As expected |
 Warden | 61.6% | 13k | As expected |
| Mirage | 63.2% | 8,878 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Rat King in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Rat King struggles against. Rat King has the lowest win rate against Paige, Victor and Graves (50.6% against Paige). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Nurse Harrow, Shiv and Sinclair do better against Rat King than expected.
- Who is Rat King good against?
- Rat King has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Solomon (63.2% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Rat King does better than expected against Lash, The Doorman and McGinnis.
- Who is the best teammate for Rat King?
- Victor: together they win 63.7%, 3.9 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Rat King lane with?
- Yamato, Victor and Shiv make the best lane partners for Rat King, measured against what each pair is expected to win.