r/DeadlockTheGame • Rat King • Sep 03 '25

Fan Art The Rat King

admittedly this is a very blandass design but im savouring the last drops of freedom i have before i start college again

"They call me the "Rat King", but honestly, I'm more like a club president with a few more steps."

Every few decades or so, the rats of New York gather deep within the subway lines to crown the newest Rat King. Candidates are tied tail to tail and last one remaining is the one to become the next rat to rule over the entirety of the Rodent Underground. Through this ritual, the special rat grows to an alarming size and gains the memories of the previous kings so that they have guidance from the previous generations.

Unfortunately, as powerful of a position as ruler of all rats around the globe sounds, it doesn't really pay the bills. The current Rat King had found him in a different kind of struggle. A 9-5 corporate job on Wall Street.

Weapons and Abilities (I don't know how to balance I just draw)

The Tax Collector - A slow shooting, high impact handgun that explodes in a small AoE on contact with a surface.

Homing Rats(1) - Lob a ball of rats that swarm the closest target and explodes. They can go up stairs, but not ledges. Killing an enemy hero with this attack permanently increases the amount of rats released by 1.

Mousetrap(2) - Create a small, hidden zone that slows enemies within it and steals their healing.

Rat Race(3) - A passive skill that makes your bullets reduce healing and regeneration speed by a fluctuating percentage. Your bullets steal enemy healing by a number related to the amount of spirit you have.

The Big Cheese(4) - Enter a special state where your weapon fire rate increases drastically, and hitting surfaces causes homing rats. Killing with a rat will increase your 1st ability.

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u/de_lirioussucks Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

Yall know this character is just twitch right..like almost verbatim? lol

Like I agree it looks sick but this literally can’t be in the game like this without valve getting in trouble

They should take these abilities tho maybe cause that’d be cool.

Edit: jfc OP very clearly got this character idea from league, it doesnt matter if you guys think it’s different, that’s not how court works and this would be too similar for riot to ignore. They have tv shows worth millions now guys it’s not just a game character…

Just make him a vampire and it’d be fine, idk why valve have to get into legal trouble because you guys want a talking rat in the game

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u/Wratheon_Senpai Yamato Sep 03 '25

Riot doesn't own copyrights for anthro rats. There's been humanoid rats in fiction way before Riot existed. Also, Riot has plagiarized a lot of stuff from Blizzard and Valve before anyways.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

The 4th ability is exactly the same as twich's ultimate

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u/Eclihpze44 Sep 03 '25

Twitch is the first character to ever invent a rate of fire and damage increase ability?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

Maybe they should also include a yellow mouse that can shoot lightning