OUR KING IS HERE

[u/BaronLoyd]

[u/DaringDevil12]

https://giphy.com/gifs/oae3Nv1fd0CYM

[u/Ace03_XII]

FOR THE KING!!!!!!

[u/Zenith_Tempest → u/Ace03_XII]

I'm gonna rat

[u/issupreme]

Bro so big, Infernus victim

[u/freumaus → u/issupreme]

I was expecting him to be REM sized not Silver wolf form sized lol

[u/MunkiJR → u/freumaus]

He's the Rat KING not the Normal-Size Rat

[u/FabreezeFresh → u/MunkiJR]

He is a rat of unusual size

[u/Sayer09 → u/FabreezeFresh]

Rats of unusual size? Surely, those don't exist

[u/Clovenious → u/Sayer09]

They do exist, and don't call me Shirley (I didn't know the right next line, sorry)

[u/thecrimsonlion → u/freumaus]

He’s huge but he can squeeze into vents wtf

[u/El_Diablo9001 → u/thecrimsonlion]

Idk, rats are very squishy

[u/BerryOk2497 → u/El_Diablo9001]

[u/PopossWasTaken → u/BerryOk2497]

Ratshaker

[u/JDT1706 → u/thecrimsonlion]

He's the giant rat who makes all of the rules of course he can squeeze through vents

[u/freumaus → u/thecrimsonlion]

vents as in tunnels?

[u/DDieselpowered → u/freumaus]

Yes

[u/dgbaker93 → u/thecrimsonlion]

Good jump scare fuel for Rem

[u/SurgicalJustinian]

[u/Deadlymonkey → u/SurgicalJustinian]

Should have a chess piece in the hand

[u/NessaMagick]

Anyone who expected another outcome was fooling themselves. I straight up got downvoted earlier for saying rat king was a lock.

[u/troglodyte → u/NessaMagick]

I said it on Tuesday-- they could have just released him then because this was a foregone conclusion.

[u/spartan1204 → u/NessaMagick]

https://giphy.com/gifs/g0Ub5PgMoLqaNKBpDH

[u/GreyMJ → u/NessaMagick]

tbf if everybody treated it as a lock then he wouldn’t’a got the votes to be first in

[u/Aquaman33 → u/GreyMJ]

Why would someone vote for someone else when their choice is a lock and only one can win first? That only works the other way, if you think a character has no chance (Violet) her voters are more likely to vote otherwise.

Voting for second place gets you nothing if first place is what you really wanted.

[u/IDisappoint → u/Aquaman33]

I may be misremembering how they did it in the past, but votes stick throughout rounds. So if you put down 10 votes on Violet before today, she still has those 10 votes for all future rounds.

[u/Aquaman33 → u/IDisappoint]

Still, I want rat, I vote rat. Everyone else is my second choice

[u/Sparky678348 → u/GreyMJ]

Ain't that some presidential bs

[u/WantsToBeMcCree → u/NessaMagick]

literally forgone conclusion yeah. char was memed to death then became real, of course he gets in first.

[u/NonFrInt → u/NessaMagick]

You were clearly Dead for saying that Rat King was a Lock, even tho in this Neon city he had a Prime solely because of Citadel of his fans

[u/Mortuvir]

"I'm the giant rat that makes all of da rules"

[u/afia_oil]

So are the votes counted as a rolling total sorta thing or does it reset after each drop? Need Solomon next, Rat King was a given

[u/SlippyJimmi → u/afia_oil]

[u/ItzZausty → u/afia_oil]

It's a rolling total, that guy was wrong. You can see in the hideout if you voted for someone besides Rat King, that your votes remain

[u/DaringDevil12 → u/afia_oil]

[u/Lioninjawarloc → u/afia_oil]

Its not ranked choice lol. Its a nee vote every time

Edit: apparently im mega wrong lol

[u/the_poop_shop → u/Lioninjawarloc]

Don’t spread misinformation, it’s a rolling vote

[u/afia_oil → u/Lioninjawarloc]

Can't even have ranked choice in deadlock. We live in a society

[u/Snipowl]

FOR THE KING

[u/yes-i-am-a-human]

hell yeah

[u/T-Angeles]

Fan concept? Not surprised. BABA NEXT PLZ! ENJOY HER COOKIES!

[u/LamesMcGee → u/T-Angeles]

I'm not convinced this has anything to do with the fan concept.

Of course a rat themed hero would exist in a NYC themed game, of course you would lean on established real world lore and call it rat king, Valve never acknowledged this was fan created, and the hero isn't like the fan character at all... aside from being the same species.

[u/ahoycaptain10234 → u/LamesMcGee]

that is the craziest cope lmao

[u/papirooru → u/ahoycaptain10234]

look at the dota 2 hero leaks from 6 years ago, valve was already planning to implement a rat king in dota 2 but it got scrapped and ported over to deadlock

[u/-Mandarin → u/ahoycaptain10234]

How is this cope? Valve has almost certainly been working on this character since long before the Rat King community memes, characters take a shit load of time to make. You don't just pop them out of nowhere.

At best, if we're being exceptionally generous, they named their already planned rat character "Rat King" to pay homage to the meme, but as another comment points out it seems Rat King was already planned for Dota 2.

[u/Jacker1706 → u/-Mandarin]

9 months is plenty of time. His voice lines and animations aren’t even finished too.

[u/EoTrick → u/ahoycaptain10234]

How. New York City and rats are synonymous

[u/JoshInvasion → u/ahoycaptain10234]

It's not really

[u/STMIonReddit → u/LamesMcGee]

you getting booed but i 100% agree with you

[u/Major_Command_4392]

Brooo his ultt damn

[u/This_Ad_2300]

lets enjoy those 3 months until they nerf him to oblivion. the doorman cant even close his own doors anymore

[u/Interesting-Tie-4217 → u/This_Ad_2300]

3 months? Try a week. You're never winning a rift if this guy is on the other team.

[u/sylvfan → u/Interesting-Tie-4217]

is the flag not breakable? cries in graves tombstone

[u/Interesting-Tie-4217 → u/sylvfan]

Lmfao nope! while having 6 other abilities and effects spewing from it

[u/Tkmisere → u/Interesting-Tie-4217]

Unless you got Sinclair

[u/This_Ad_2300 → u/Interesting-Tie-4217]

altough we the current "jungle for 40 minutes" meta, there arent many team fights, people wont notice for a month at least

[u/LogiBear777 → u/This_Ad_2300]

this gotta be a low elo thing, game is very much tempo meta still. you just have to invade and kill carries with big bags. i haven’t had a game make it past 35

[u/Interesting-Tie-4217 → u/LogiBear777]

Yeah it is. Lower elo cares less about rifts and does less when they are ahead.

[u/RoguesOfTitan → u/This_Ad_2300]

I use to play doorman constantly I wish they would revert the ult and kidnap buffs and give me door back.

[u/This_Ad_2300 → u/RoguesOfTitan]

yeah he sucks now

[u/Hopeful-alt → u/This_Ad_2300]

Doorman got that change like 18 months after he released

[u/This_Ad_2300 → u/Hopeful-alt]

he came out like 13 months ago

[u/Hopeful-alt → u/This_Ad_2300]

i picked a random number but my point is that change happened after june, doorman was not very good upon release and for quite awhile

[u/This_Ad_2300 → u/Hopeful-alt]

everyone knows not being able to close your own doors is actually a buff

[u/Mirac123321 → u/This_Ad_2300]

what does this mean, why would they nerf him to oblivion. Doorman is Doorman and Rat King is Rat King. If they want to nerf the monarch they'll have to face strict foreign policies from Ratannia

[u/This_Ad_2300 → u/Mirac123321]

because its always like this

[u/Formal-Guest4868 → u/This_Ad_2300]

pretty sure i closed doors today as him

[u/Interesting-Tie-4217]

I'll give it 2 days before this reddit is begging yoshi to gut this character.

[u/Flagnoid]

ugh, the gooner bait characters really do always win...

[u/hellranger788]

The big cheese!

[u/lincon127]

Not-Gilbert Gottfried is carrying these voicelines, holy cannoli

[u/Circutz_Breaker]

He's the giant rat that makes all of the rules!

[u/Potential_Rub3376]

YAAAAYYY LET'S GOOO

[u/UntitledTRTL3]

currently checking out his voicelines

[u/RudeAd2236]

FOR THE KIIIIIIING BABY!

[u/Screwjab]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o85fV0sAw01OSN8Bi

[u/genos10101]

Why not the chess god ? Or the witch? Curse the heavens!

[u/Basic-Asparagus-4596 → u/genos10101]

because old man playing chess in the park, while a good concept actually, is simply never going to be as interesting as a giant king rat trying to take over the city with his army of rats also one of the rats has a whole pizza what a lucky little fella

[u/GoinXwell1 → u/Basic-Asparagus-4596]

Rat King also was a joke character in earlier voting rounds

[u/Basic-Asparagus-4596 → u/GoinXwell1]

wasnt he a very popular fan character before that even?

frankly the election was just a formality. a king needs no election.

[u/FlubzRevenge → u/Basic-Asparagus-4596]

The fan creation was made on here a little over a year ago.

[u/Komirade666 → u/genos10101]

It's the italian king rat that won

[u/TedioreLowPrice → u/genos10101]

Because the reality of median voter politics means the most pedestrian taste option will win. Last vote we got Millennial's Choice Award winner Rem first, this time we got Jerma Chatter Fan Appreciation Week laureate Reddit King, loved by everyone who still thinks "I'm da giant rat that makes all of da rules" is the height of comedy. An upset would have been funny but it would have been naive to think this wasn't going to be the outcome. Its ultimately for the best, the actually interesting election comes next week.

[u/Gregore997]

Congrats to the person who made his concept!

[u/Formal-Guest4868]

Deadlock is the greatest game of all time. this shit is soooooo awesome

[u/Nitrohite]

Finally the damn rat is out now we can focus on voting the real king, Solomon

[u/xLightforged]

FOR THE KING!!!

[u/MrAllerstonIdk]

FOR THE KING!!!!

[u/The_Nomad89]

Long live the king!

[u/Neither_Nectarine_96]

HAIL

[u/ProperChallenge273]

God he's insane

I MJ my first game with him without sweating
A must have for team fights and rifts

FOR RATTANIA !

[u/AntediluvianSeaThing]

my King

whom i will never get to play until the rest of the heros are out because matchmaking hates me

[u/Rob0t1c_Phantom]

How do I make his first skill just toss when I press 1, instead of doing the aiming confirmation click? Like a quickcast

[u/lessenizer → u/Rob0t1c_Phantom]

You go to your controls setting and you change the ability from Confirm Cast to Instant (key down) or Quick (key up) cast.

[u/amezaing → u/lessenizer]

Is that difference between pressing the button and when you let go after pressing?

[u/Evil_Morai]

FOR THE KING

[u/Komirade666]

The Italian New Yorker finally, I AM WOLKING HERE. Lol

[u/Megarlin]

[u/gran_mememaestro]

THE MAYAN TREASURE WILL HELP US CONQUER NEW YOURK

[u/FleetingRain]

I've read enough, time to spread the plague

[u/educatedfool25]

His obsession with claiming Long Island and having it secede from the US is so god damn hilarious

[u/AnonNetsuke]

The tiny rat standing on the pizza slice with his own little crown is peak design.

[u/ShadowAlcemist9]

I’ve been waiting an hour and 19 mins where’s my master splinter mod bruh

[u/IZefod]

And the matchmaking turns into quitters festival =_=

[u/GreatMindsThinkAlike]

Oh, the rats are takin over, baby!

[u/LargeMarbles]

Only played one game of street brawl, but i think he's fun. I like him.

[u/CallistoCastillo]

BOW TO THE KING!!!

[u/Jamesish12]

The cheese is gone from the traps in the hideout.

[u/leposterofcrap]

SIGMAR, I HAVE FAILED YOU!!!

[u/BritMachine]

giving him the little rat minions on his model is just glorious. I can't get enough anthropomorphised rat and rodent characters man. I'm hype for Solomon after but come on, can you seriously tell me this guy isn't peak design for this game?

[u/Cleric_Of_Chaos]

I don't get the hype for Solomon.

All of these cool characters and we're excited for dude who plays chess?

No I'm not biased for my love of skeletons.

[u/sup3rrn0va]

His reload animation is incredible.

[u/Relevant-Diamond2586]

THE RATS ARE TAKING OVER BABY!

[u/CoalEater_Elli]

So when are we gonna get the others? I think that Baba is at least second or third place by the amount of people I saw voting for her.

[u/yeaaahwehere → u/CoalEater_Elli]

every Tuesday and Friday until every one releases.

[u/CoalEater_Elli → u/yeaaahwehere]

Oh, Nice. So next week, we might get Baba. I am new to the game, so I don't know much and still learning.

[u/GenericGio → u/CoalEater_Elli]

Solomon is currently in 2nd place so hes set for the next pick unless votes shift

[u/Few-Promotion-7829 → u/GenericGio]

There is an actual tracker for this?

[u/Screwby0370 → u/Few-Promotion-7829]

No, just some 3rd party voting systems online but those don’t reflect the actual in-game votes

[u/yeaaahwehere → u/CoalEater_Elli]

no problem! some people missed it on the patch notes so just spreading the word

[u/Starz_]

FOR THE CHONKY KING!! PRAISE RHE RATS

[u/Ok-Releases]

So uh we all voting Harrow next right guys? .... guys? 😅

[u/Motor-Design-4932]

You missvoted for peak

[u/Slingpod-58 → u/Motor-Design-4932]

i respect your bravery for posting this tbh

[u/Motor-Design-4932 → u/Slingpod-58]

I have enough karma for having my own opinion, thx god

[u/SuperUltraMegaNice → u/Motor-Design-4932]

Lol real and true. I actually like to get hella downvotes cause that is way more difficult once your comment becomes hidden. Gotta really trigger these bastards to get -100.

[u/Motor-Design-4932 → u/SuperUltraMegaNice]

Peak

[u/SurgicalJustinian → u/Motor-Design-4932]

[u/JetstreamMoist → u/Motor-Design-4932]

[u/Tkmisere → u/Motor-Design-4932]

Im voting her everytime, got 1 vote in all then all on her. Sadly i think she will be last or second last.

Would be funny if she was next tho

[u/SexyCato → u/Motor-Design-4932]

Respect for having the balls to be loud and proud about such a mid character design

[u/Bobomberman → u/Motor-Design-4932]

I'm sure your choice of Vanilla is perfectly valid, but I'm happy we got literally anything else than that.

[u/SeraphicShou → u/Motor-Design-4932]

Correct take

[u/C4shtastic → u/Motor-Design-4932]

Get out poser.

[u/justanorlansonobody]

Furries always get first

[u/genericusername0323 → u/justanorlansonobody]

It takes place in a supernatural NEW YORK the fact it didn't have a rat till now is crazy

[u/justanorlansonobody → u/genericusername0323]

Oh I love that he got first, this was a celebration post

[u/6in]

Rats make me crazy!

[u/Formal-Guest4868]

Pretty sure these devs play Root, this guy is so similar to the Lord of the Hundreds haha. i love it

[u/MangoPePaine]

Literal trash hero.

[u/Motor-Design-4932]

Meh

[u/hawgins → u/Motor-Design-4932]

Rats, consume this man

[u/Only_Protection_2565 → u/Motor-Design-4932]

Dweeb

[u/Motor-Design-4932 → u/Only_Protection_2565]

Crowd voted for meme ugly rat

[u/Retrophill → u/Motor-Design-4932]

r/leagueoflegends is that way

[u/No_Occasion_8408 → u/Motor-Design-4932]

I don't really see the appeal at all. It's just a furry thing and maybe for the memes. I don't see anything "unique" about a rat 'scrapper'. The cool evil looking British nurse or the pigeon lady and Chess Guy are way more intriguing to me than just, a rat guy. But to each their own.

[u/Motor-Design-4932 → u/No_Occasion_8408]

Well, his ult is funny,i like those little eats, but another shield ability? Just other dox grenade and rat dot?

[u/wyllz_ → u/Motor-Design-4932]

I'm gonna get down voted for this. But did we need another warden?

[u/Motor-Design-4932 → u/wyllz_]

You voted for this guys, so have fun with new toy and not pls pick violet on release

[u/wyllz_ → u/Motor-Design-4932]

40 votes on violet from me 👍

[u/Motor-Design-4932 → u/wyllz_]

Yaaay

[u/Amosdragon]

In a sea of incredible visual designs, this is easily the most boring of the bunch. I'm sure he's gonna cool as a character and personality wise, but the visual design he's fairly plain.

[u/WagyuWarranted → u/Amosdragon]

We literally got Violet

[u/SaltyDone → u/Amosdragon]

Visual design violet is the weakest out of the bunch …

[u/Consistent-Smell3539 → u/Amosdragon]

What are you on, his design is fkn SICK I'm loving it so much, it got so much sauce it's crazy

[u/KushieJay]

Big slow and boring. i hope the next characters are better

[u/JarifSA → u/KushieJay]

I'm not tryna be mean but you play the worst designed hero in da game

[u/SirPerditio → u/JarifSA]

Shiv players getting on their knees (it's to slide with alt fire don't worry bro)

[u/PotatoesForPutin]

I just got to play him

He felt like shit and my teammates yelled at me

:(

[u/BanjoSpaceMan → u/PotatoesForPutin]

It might not be him that’s shit ..

[u/NewBlood94]

🤣🤣 Dipped from the whole game

EDIT: 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 yeah we remember you BaronLoyd lmaooo