Rat King vs Abrams

Brawler vs Brawler

A brawler mirror is about who commits second. Both of you want close range, so the hero who lands crowd control on the other’s engage wins the trade. Keep stamina for a disengage and fight near your troopers.

Your game plan as Rat King

A scrappy frontliner who makes your bullets work against you.

How to beat Abrams

A bully who wins by refusing to leave. Every fight Abrams takes, he wants to take at shotgun range.

• 01Kite him. Outside of Seismic Impact, Abrams has one gap-closer; once Shoulder Charge is down, walk backwards and shoot.
• 02Never fight near walls; a wall turns Shoulder Charge into a stun.
• 03Buy anti-heal before the second fight. Siphon Life and Infernal Resilience make long trades his.
• 04Bait Seismic Impact with your frontline before your carries commit.

1. 01Rat King out-farms Abrams by ~46.5 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit.
2. 02Brawler mirror: whoever lands crowd control first wins the trade. Keep stamina for the dash out.
3. 03Abrams has sustain (Siphon Life, Infernal Resilience). Short, sharp trades beat long ones — buy anti-heal early.

This matchup

321

Usual

312

60.2% win rate over 81,046 matches

• 2
  Early point

  Put an early point into Rat Swarm: Abrams can drag you out of position, so keep a way back.

• 2
  Hold

  Hold Rat Swarm for Seismic Impact — use it the moment Abrams commits, not before.

• 3
  Max first

  You out-farm Abrams: keep the standard order and push your lead with Royal Pestments.

• Rat King averages 0.82 kills per death against Abrams.
• On average Rat King finishes 1.1k souls ahead of Abrams — convert the lead into objectives.
• Rat King deals 2.3k more objective damage per match than Abrams — push structures when you win lane.
• Track Seismic Impact (215s cooldown). The window right after Abrams uses it is your best time to fight.