Rat King vs Vyper

Brawler vs Assassin

You have the health; they have the burst. Make them fight you long — every second past their first combo is in your favour. Buy defensive items early and stay near allies.

Your game plan as Rat King

A scrappy frontliner who makes your bullets work against you.

How to beat Vyper

A slippery gunner who slides into your backline with a dagger and a bola.

• 01Stay above half health; Lethal Venom scales with missing health.
• 02Dodge Petrifying Bola’s direct hit.
• 03CC her before she slides away.

1. 01Rat King out-farms Vyper by ~30.6 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit.
2. 02Vyper looks for burst windows. Don’t sit in lane at low health, and ping the moment they disappear — they’re hunting.

This matchup

321

Usual

312

60.2% win rate over 81,046 matches

• 2
  Early point

  Put an early point into Rat Swarm: Vyper dives on you, and an escape ready beats a lost trade.

• 2
  Hold

  Hold Rat Swarm for Petrifying Bola — use it the moment Vyper commits, not before.

• 3
  Max first

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

• Rat King averages 0.87 kills per death against Vyper.
• On average Rat King finishes 776 souls ahead of Vyper — convert the lead into objectives.
• Rat King deals 1.3k less objective damage per match than Vyper — let teammates take structures while you hold.
• Track Petrifying Bola (115s cooldown). The window right after Vyper uses it is your best time to fight.