Rat King vs Billy

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 Billy

A punk with a bat who turns every melee hit into ammo and every fight into a brawl.

• 01Keep him off you; Billy wants melee range for everything.
• 02Don’t pull against Chain Gang; straining the chain slows you hard.
• 03Bait Rising Ram, then fight while it’s on full cooldown.

1. 01Rat King out-farms Billy by ~44.8 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.

This matchup

321

Usual

312

60.2% win rate over 81,046 matches

• 2
  Early point

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

• 2
  Hold

  Hold Rat Swarm for Chain Gang — use it the moment Billy commits, not before.

• 3
  Max first

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

• Rat King averages 0.86 kills per death against Billy.
• On average Rat King finishes 1.1k souls ahead of Billy — convert the lead into objectives.
• Rat King deals 2.6k more objective damage per match than Billy — push structures when you win lane.
• Track Chain Gang (175s cooldown). The window right after Billy uses it is your best time to fight.