The Rat King's shield is busted - First Impressions and Gameplay
DattoDoesDeadlock
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the rat king, unsurprisingly, is the first new character to release of the next batch of 6. we took a look at his abilities and gave him a test spin in a custom lobby of my community. as a billy player, i would much rather be playing rat king right now than billy, mainly thanks to rat king's insane shield (the 3 ability). the uptime is ridiculously high and just allows him to be such a bully in the lane and pretty much everywhere in the game. i did try a rat focused spirit build, but didn't include it here because it was just... not great. rat king should probably just be a frontliner, focusing on shield/ult first.
looking for feedback on this format as well for future characters, let me know how you felt about it. i already have some revisions in mind.
ability review - 0:00
practice - 11:46
gameplay - 18:11
what i recommend after a couple games: 3/4/2/1 ability leveling (or 1/2, depends on what you like) stack health and gun items. 4800 spirit investment using superior duration and compress cooldown. can build a little similar to warden, but i'd go more tanky than damage. swift striker, berserker, dunno if i'm going with any 6400 gun items though, maybe frenzy since its tanky. siphon bullets probably good, but you might be tanky enough as is. build from video was from a viewer, 836955.
if you try the spirit rat build and it goes well for you, lemme know how you made it work. there's something there, but it's probably not too serious of a build right now.
edited by: xVauda
twitch.tv/datto for streams. 10am PT, mon/tues/thurs/fri
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Or he's just out here celebrating yet another birthday bash.
But you ALSO can be an absolute piece of shit by spamming Scrap Bomb and Rats. ESPECIALLY if u spam rats
Quicksilver/ Merc Mag on rats
Imbued Bullets on Scrap Bomb
Recharging Rush so Scrap Bomb can give you Rat Swarm back
Expand Radius to Scrap Bomb hits everyone
And you get so much gun damage and benefits I need to fine tune everything but it's fucking hilarious
Something I don’t think you noticed is that the grenade pseudo-tracks to enemies when it’s out which makes it deceptively strong. Especially with ballistic enchantment. I did well over 25k damage with the nade alone in my game with him.
Also, diviners Kevlar for ult feels like crazy strong. Also buffs your shields duration.
Tested it on a friend, threw the nade beyond them, the nade bounced back. Threw away from them, the nade came to them anyway.
The Rat King's shield is busted - First Impressions and Gameplay
DattoDoesDeadlock
3,508 views
the rat king, unsurprisingly, is the first new character to release of the next batch of 6. we took a look at his abilities and gave him a test spin in a custom lobby of my community. as a billy player, i would much rather be playing rat king right now than billy, mainly thanks to rat king's insane shield (the 3 ability). the uptime is ridiculously high and just allows him to be such a bully in the lane and pretty much everywhere in the game. i did try a rat focused spirit build, but didn't include it here because it was just... not great. rat king should probably just be a frontliner, focusing on shield/ult first.
looking for feedback on this format as well for future characters, let me know how you felt about it. i already have some revisions in mind.
ability review - 0:00
practice - 11:46
gameplay - 18:11
what i recommend after a couple games: 3/4/2/1 ability leveling (or 1/2, depends on what you like) stack health and gun items. 4800 spirit investment using superior duration and compress cooldown. can build a little similar to warden, but i'd go more tanky than damage. swift striker, berserker, dunno if i'm going with any 6400 gun items though, maybe frenzy since its tanky. siphon bullets probably good, but you might be tanky enough as is. build from video was from a viewer, 836955.
if you try the spirit rat build and it goes well for you, lemme know how you made it work. there's something there, but it's probably not too serious of a build right now.
edited by: xVauda
twitch.tv/datto for streams. 10am PT, mon/tues/thurs/fri