Rat King counters and synergy
How to counter Rat King
To counter Rat King, play Paige, Graves and Kelvin: Rat King wins only 51.1% against Paige. Overall Rat King wins 56.1% of 117k matches in the last 30 days at Ritualist to Oracle. Rat King does best with Victor on the team.
- Win rate
- 56.1%
- Pick rate
- 80.9%
- Matches
- 117k
- 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 6,878 matches
+3.2 vs expected
61.6% win rate
Viscous 5,439 matches
+3.0 vs expected
55.1% win rate
Shiv 7,489 matches
+2.9 vs expected
54.5% win rate
Yamato 8,335 matches
+2.4 vs expected
58.4% win rate
Billy 7,911 matches
+2.4 vs expected
56.5% win rate
Silver 7,117 matches
+2.3 vs expected
56.8% win rate
Abrams 9,186 matches
+2.2 vs expected
60.2% win rate
Drifter 16k matches
+1.8 vs expected
58.0% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Billy 1,450 matches
+3.2 vs expected
57.3% win rate
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Yamato 1,708 matches
+2.9 vs expected
58.8% win rate
Rem 2,196 matches
+2.8 vs expected
55.9% win rate
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Abrams 1,784 matches
+2.8 vs expected
60.8% win rate
Mo & Krill 1,916 matches
+2.7 vs expected
58.4% win rate
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Silver 1,498 matches
As expected
56.9% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Mirage 5,008 matches
+1.5 vs expected
64.3% win rate
Mina 17k matches
+1.4 vs expected
59.3% win rate
The Doorman 7,118 matches
+1.2 vs expected
61.3% win rate
McGinnis 6,059 matches
As expected
59.5% win rate
Venator 21k matches
+1.1 vs expected
59.1% win rate
Lash 23k matches
+0.9 vs expected
56.1% win rate
Graves 15k matches
As expected
51.3% win rate
Paradox 15k matches
As expected
61.3% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
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Shiv 28k matches
−3.1 vs expected
57.4% win rate
Nurse Harrow 15k matches
−2.8 vs expected
53.4% win rate
Sinclair 7,939 matches
−2.2 vs expected
56.2% win rate
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Abrams 22k matches
−1.6 vs expected
52.6% win rate
Vindicta 23k matches
−1.4 vs expected
54.3% win rate
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Yamato 21k matches
−1.4 vs expected
54.8% win rate
Lady Geist 14k matches
−1.4 vs expected
56.6% win rate
Deadman Danny 26k matches
−1.3 vs expected
60.2% 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 | 51.1% | 19k | As expected |
| Graves | 51.3% | 15k | As expected |
 Kelvin | 51.5% | 11k | As expected |
 Wraith | 52.5% | 24k | As expected |
 Ivy | 52.5% | 14k | As expected |
| Abrams | 52.6% | 22k | −1.6 points |
| Victor | 52.6% | 20k | −1.1 points |
 Haze | 52.8% | 30k | As expected |
 Seven | 53.0% | 14k | As expected |
 Dynamo | 53.0% | 12k | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 53.4% | 15k | −2.8 points |
 Apollo | 53.6% | 11k | As expected |
 Vyper | 54.1% | 7,215 | As expected |
 Baba | 54.1% | 20k | As expected |
| Vindicta | 54.3% | 23k | −1.4 points |
 Celeste | 54.5% | 11k | As expected |
| Yamato | 54.8% | 21k | −1.4 points |
| Mo & Krill | 55.5% | 24k | −1.0 points |
 Calico | 55.5% | 16k | As expected |
| Drifter | 55.6% | 26k | As expected |
 Holliday | 56.1% | 14k | As expected |
| Lash | 56.1% | 23k | +0.9 points |
| Sinclair | 56.2% | 7,939 | −2.2 points |
| Lady Geist | 56.6% | 14k | −1.4 points |
 Violet | 57.0% | 17k | As expected |
| Shiv | 57.4% | 28k | −3.1 points |
| Billy | 57.4% | 16k | As expected |
| Silver | 57.6% | 12k | As expected |
 Infernus | 58.4% | 23k | As expected |
 Bebop | 58.6% | 26k | As expected |
| Rem | 58.9% | 14k | As expected |
| Venator | 59.1% | 21k | +1.1 points |
| Mina | 59.3% | 17k | +1.4 points |
| McGinnis | 59.5% | 6,059 | As expected |
| Viscous | 59.9% | 8,117 | As expected |
 Pocket | 60.1% | 14k | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 60.2% | 26k | −1.3 points |
 Grey Talon | 60.7% | 11k | As expected |
| The Doorman | 61.3% | 7,118 | +1.2 points |
| Paradox | 61.3% | 15k | As expected |
 Solomon | 61.7% | 17k | As expected |
 Warden | 62.7% | 4,765 | As expected |
| Mirage | 64.3% | 5,008 | +1.5 points |
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, Graves and Kelvin (51.1% against Paige). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Shiv, Nurse Harrow 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 (64.3% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Rat King does better than expected against Mirage, Mina and The Doorman.
- Who is the best teammate for Rat King?
- Victor: together they win 61.6%, 3.2 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Rat King lane with?
- Billy, Yamato and Rem make the best lane partners for Rat King, measured against what each pair is expected to win.