Rat King vs Holliday

Brawler vs Marksman

Close the gap or don’t fight. Marksmen win at range, so use corners and troopers to approach, and spend your gap-closer only when you can follow through.

Your game plan as Rat King

A scrappy frontliner who makes your bullets work against you.

How to beat Holliday

A trick-shooter. Holliday launches you into the air and then shoots you out of it.

• 01Don’t stand near Powder Keg — she can detonate it whenever she wants.
• 02Respect her headshots; she out-duels most heroes who stand still.
• 03Spread so Lasso only takes one.

1. 01Rat King out-farms Holliday by ~40.3 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit.
2. 02Holliday out-ranges most heroes. Fight around corners and troopers; step in when they reload or spend their mobility.

This matchup

321

Usual

312

60.2% win rate over 81,046 matches

• 2
  Early point

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

• 2
  Hold

  Hold Rat Swarm for Spirit Lasso — use it the moment Holliday commits, not before.

• 3
  Max first

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

• Rat King averages 0.81 kills per death against Holliday.
• On average Rat King finishes 1.0k souls ahead of Holliday — convert the lead into objectives.
• Rat King deals 4.1k more objective damage per match than Holliday — push structures when you win lane.
• Track Spirit Lasso (130s cooldown). The window right after Holliday uses it is your best time to fight.