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Counter heroes, counter items and the window to fight

Heroes that do best against Rat King, the items that do best when Rat King is on the enemy team, and the window to fight. Each number compares a hero's (or item's) result against Rat King with its usual result, relative to how everyone does against Rat King, so neither a strong counter-pick nor a strong Rat King skews the list.

Their combo: Rat King plants Rule, Ratannia!: his team gets speed, slow immunity and 15% damage reduction within 20m. Then he slams it, knocking up and slowing everyone in his line of sight within 20m, and rats swarm out applying Rat Swarm.

When to fight: After the slam his ultimate is down for a long time (160s base).

Beware: Break line of sight before the slam, and don’t clump inside the banner’s 20m. Stay out of his short shotgun range.

Best heroes against Rat King

+2.2 ppSinclair
47.4% vs usual 49.0% · 5.2k

+1.7 ppNurse Harrow
49.0% vs usual 51.0% · 12k

+1.5 ppVictor
48.5% vs usual 50.7% · 11k

+1.4 ppShiv
45.0% vs usual 47.3% · 19k

+1.2 ppVyper
50.5% vs usual 53.1% · 5.1k

+1.0 ppAbrams
48.7% vs usual 51.4% · 13k

+0.8 ppLady Geist
44.3% vs usual 47.2% · 6.0k

+0.8 ppWarden
41.4% vs usual 44.7% · 2.2k

Best in lane against Rat King

Vyper+1.9 pp · 51.3% vs usual 53.1% · 1.7k
Lady Geist+1.6 pp · 45.1% vs usual 47.2% · 2.0k
Shiv+1.6 pp · 45.3% vs usual 47.3% · 6.3k
Nurse Harrow+1.5 pp · 48.8% vs usual 51.0% · 4.2k
Viscous+1.4 pp · 45.9% vs usual 48.4% · 1.4k
Abrams+1.1 pp · 48.9% vs usual 51.4% · 4.3k
Sinclair+1.1 pp · 46.2% vs usual 48.9% · 1.7k
Warden+1.1 pp · 41.4% vs usual 44.7% · 744
Ivy+1.1 pp · 51.1% vs usual 53.8% · 3.1k
Victor+1.1 pp · 48.1% vs usual 50.7% · 3.7k

Items that beat Rat King

Item	Win rate vs Rat King	Usual win rate	Lift	Games
Ethereal Shift	54.4%	57.2%	+3.2	298k
Juggernaut	52.0%	55.2%	+2.9	967k
Refresher	53.0%	56.3%	+2.8	862k
Spellbreaker	50.2%	53.6%	+2.7	547k
Scourge	54.6%	58.0%	+2.6	479k
Plated Armor	48.9%	52.4%	+2.6	834k
Cheat Death	52.4%	55.9%	+2.5	250k
Inhibitor	51.9%	55.4%	+2.5	418k
Indomitable	51.5%	55.0%	+2.5	1.1M
Armor Piercer	51.5%	55.0%	+2.5	214k
Healing Tempo	51.5%	55.2%	+2.4	997k
Diviner's Kevlar	54.4%	58.1%	+2.4	490k
Crippling Headshot	51.8%	55.5%	+2.3	601k
Phantom Strike	52.9%	56.7%	+2.3	372k
Transcendent Cooldown	49.7%	53.5%	+2.3	3.5M