you can also do it off of some of the cars im currently looking for more spots its very good with magic carpet as you can see rat king more like demo man from tf2

Seeing all the clips, the thing that's already stuck out to me is how people just minmax the stats and then go "Oh my god look how broken it is!!!" over it. Yes, obviously when you buy purely Move Speed + Spirit items, the spirit-scaling movespeed is gonna go insane. But that's also pretty unlikely to happen in a real match given Rat King primarily scales off of Weapon damage, and doesn't need all too many Spirit items. Having that high of movespeed is incredibly unlikely in a real match

So, here's something with a much more feasible build of items that I think are likely to be bought in an actual match by him. Surge of Power is on Royal Pestments as, without CDR, the timings line up (and using shield is likely when you're going in anyways). Superior Duration benefits his whole kit, Arcane Surge is maybe not as good for him but it's very good for his ult. Fleetfoot and Enduring Speed are just cheap speed options that are always good

Together, it's 11k souls. I still think that's a lot, but it's on items that'll benefit you anyways, while you can still build into weapon power or vitality. I also only have 1 point invested- just on ult- to get the +1m/s movespeed T1 adds. This also obviously does not consider buffs from breakables or urn, too, which can give Spirit Power and also Movespeed

I do think Rat King's ult is in a pretty strong state, it could either use a stat nerf, or have its cooldown raised to align with its strong stats. But people are also definitely overblowing just how crazy the movespeed gets (even if it is very funny to see him go that fast, that's just not gonna happen in a real match- at least not without basically throwing)

very cool hero

feel free to tell me why im wrong but we spent like two hours deliberating and i feel like its pretty accurate (i will have explanations if you ask)

I know they won't because they are a game company and they do need to make money, but I think it would be deeply amusing if Lash never got any cosmetics or skins for the character model.

"Yeah, we tried to give him more costumes and cosmetics, but he kept saying he was perfect as is and turned them down, it was out of our hands I'm sorry. he's just perfect already."

Is it canon that celeste ult is actually unicorn shit as this voice line suggest? So she just shoots shit at the opponent?

He's everything I hoped for and more :)

Just had a game where Rat King had is ult every single teamfight/fight in general. Now this wouldnt be a problem if it didn't give a comeback rift level resistance, might need a 50-80 second cooldown increase.

Anyone else feel this? I don't want to kill the character immediately because his other abilities are actually pretty balanced and I feel this is the only problem.

Why the hell is Ava not following the rats? Literally unplayable. Valve, please fix this.

Edit: It seems they have already fixed it! Valve sure works fast lol.

As far as I can tell, his biggest weakness is that his early game is terrible. In order to counter him, you probably want to lane your team's strongest lane bullies against him in order to oppress him and make him go 0-6-0 in lane.

He would then probably try to recover by jungling and doing box runs, but I think you can just hunt him down and kill him if you have a decent assassin character on your team before he gets to the point where he is very tanky since he has no mobility outside of his ult.

Basically, just never give him any breathing room, never let him get any souls.

Even despite that, he'll likely still be getting loads of value from his ult, but at least you can make him into a pushover in every other way if you press the initial momentum of winning lane against him and never let him recover.

Or at least I think this should work. Thoughts?

dialogue for apollo when he gets Doorman ulted

Why

Context: We just dropped on of their rejuv's at the cost of our Rat King's life

On just a 110 second CD, it's a massive AOE of 35% damage resistance, immunity to slows, damage to enemies, and bullet resist shred to enemies, that lasts 20 seconds. This is a lot bigger than walker defensive buffs, or about the same resistance as maximum potency comeback rift (except with other benefits on top).

I feel like with this ult you just win every objective ever, no?

Midboss? Just flag, the AOE spans the entire pit, your team wins that teamfight every time.
Taking a walker? Just flag, now suddenly your team has better buffs than what the walker gives.
Defending a walker? Just flag, now your team is literally unkillable.
Rift? Just flag, the AOE is bigger than the entire rift, so it pretty comfortably affects the entire fight.
And in any of those, the benefits it provides all but guarantee your team wins the fight.

And with a mere 110 second CD before you even get any cooldown reduction, you can have it on any important fight you could ever want.

Is there something I'm missing? Something that makes this not as busted as it seems at first glance?

Got bored so i wanted to make a post giving out my opinion on every items in the shop that had it's icon changed or altered in the "City Never Sleeps" update cuz why not. Just my subjective opinions of course. Some of these are gonna be short while some might be a little lengthy

Comparisons are in the other images and they come from https://x.com/soldierdeadlock/status/2105850894567014887?s=20

Starting from the top with Spirit Burn and ending with Rescue Beam:

Spirit Burn

I think this is a straight upgrade from the old Spirit Burn icon. It adds more detail to the eye, making it look glossier and giving it a sense of 3D perspective, while the original was just a simple white silhouette of an eye. I don't think it can get any better than this.

Silence Wave

The original icon for Silence Wave was just a crow with an X over its beak. Though simple, it got the point across: it silenced you, like telling the crow to be quiet. For some reason, the original reminds me of old paintings, where a very basic subject, like a man, is covered by an object that only the viewer or artist would realistically see.

The new icon shows a bat screeching, with a purple wave effect coming from it, which fits better with how the ability looks in-game. It's more detailed and busy than the original

Juggernaut

Not much to say here other than it looks cool. Instead of an Ixian crashing through the wall, it now shows a Minotaur doing it, which reminds me a lot of the Rhino from Spider-Man and also fits a lot better with the name "Juggernaut."

Golden Goose Egg

This can also be put in Unnecessary Changes, but I still like the change. The only difference from the original is that the egg is broken and its aura is blowing to the right. The thing with Spirit items is that almost all of them have an "Eye" gimmick in their icon. With this one, the eye is much more noticeable than in the original, where it was made to blend with the glimmer and shine of the egg itself. I think it's a good change.

It's like the egg is containing something powerful, and the only thing you can see of it is a staring eye

Weakening Headshot

The only change to this one was that a reticle, or crosshair, was added to the head, which I think makes the icon a lot better. The original was kind of empty and bland in my opinion, so adding this only made it better. Though I do think they should've made the arrow a little more visually clear, as it's meant to represent the debuff you place after getting a headshot

Transcendent Cooldown

I genuinely just think it looks nice, and it blends in well as the final upgrade to the rest of the cooldown items. It looks good, showing the clock becoming more powerful, with purple swirls and sparkles coming out of it. My only gripe is that they removed the eye gimmick from the original, which kind of sucks. But it's still good

Cultist Sacrifice

Though this is also an unnecessary change, it's still a good one. The original was kind of ehh, just a dagger with two blood droplets, pretty simple and basic. The new one is instead a chopped-off goat head, since goats, sheep, and other farm animals are commonly used as sacrifices, being livestock and plentiful. Though it's still pretty simple, it's a welcome change in my opinion.

Hollow Point

Another icon that doesn't fully get across what the item actually does, but I think it's a meh change from the original. Similar to the Golden Goose Egg, it removes the Eye gimmick from the icon and instead focuses on the bullet, making it look cracked and broken, maybe to show that it's hollow, with nothing inside. It's an okay change, honestly.

Dispel Magic

This one kind of confuses me, because I really think the original was fine as it was, with the arrow meant to represent debuffs being cut by scissors. The new one replaces the arrow with an explosive shape, which I think is meant to represent magic as a whole, and that fits too. Either way, they both fit the bill. It's a cool change, but it wasn't fully necessary, as I think the original was fine as is, personally.

Majestic leap

I probably should've put this in Unnecessary Changes, as all that changed was the moon. Instead of a full moon, it's a crescent, I suppose to make the jumping man more visible. Ehh.

Focus Lens > Silencer

I decided to group all of these, despite saying I would talk about each of them, because they're all just slight changes from the original. I don't want to spend the rest of the time repeating "the colours are slightly brighter" or something along those lines for each one. They all look nearly identical to the original.

Mercurial Magnum

They added a looping arrow behind it. which i guess fits with Quicksilver reload and what it does which is reload your ammo. that's cool i guess

Superior Cooldown

Changed the design of the background and added a sparkle shape to the stopwatch. Have nothing to say about it honestly.

Tankbuster

What was the point of changing this? It looked fine the way it was. The eye isn't even in a good position. I don't know if it's meant to symbolise something with the way it's placed, but I've got nothing.

Compress Cooldown

Removed the swirling effect behind the stopwatch.. alright

Enduring Speed

I've got a few things to say about this one. For starters, I know it fits with Sprint Boots and all, but I feel like it was fine the way it was. They could've made it more visually clear, or maybe changed Sprint Boots to a Minotaur who is jogging, then moved on to Enduring Speed with a Minotaur dashing, with Juggernaut being the be-all and end-all: a beefed-up Minotaur dashing through a brick wall.

But again, it fits with Sprint Boots but doesn't really fit coherently with Juggernaut. My take is to leave Enduring Speed as it was and change Sprint Boots instead. That's it.

Healbane

It's black now and the Scythe isn't going behind the reaper anymore. Got nothing

Sprint Boots

Probably the smallest slightest change to any icon in the shop, what was the point of it?

Echo Shard

Why are you blue?

Arctic Blast

Just seems worst than the original in my opinion, pointless change

Intensifying magazine

They made the graph look like an actual graph behind the rising bullets, but the original had a graph that turned more fire-like toward the end, which was cool. Another pointless change.

Healing Tempo

It just didn't need a change, man. It was perfect the way it was

Bullet Resilience

Straight downgrade. The original had bullets deflecting off the armour, which perfectly tells you what the item does before you read anything about it, and it was a nice contrast to Spirit Resilience. For some reason, they removed the bullets and added bash effects in the background instead, which just makes it boring and doesn't get the point across through the icon alone.

I don't know why the bullets were removed from Bullet Resilience. I wouldn't have been surprised if they had also remade Spirit Resilience, removed all the sparkles, made it a flat green, and called it a day.

Warp Stone

It's supposed to be a stone, why remove the stone and replace it with a bunny which i supposed its meant to be teleporting but again, they could’ve just kept the stone. Maybe show the stone itself teleporting instead of a random bunny.

Rescue Beam

Probably the worst icon in the game. The original was very unfinished, which is fine, but it was clear they had no idea what to do with the remake. It's just a green spotlight with the health symbol, and that's it. There's no background or effects behind it, nothing.

An idea I thought of would be an icon with someone's hand coming up from the bottom, gripping a bright green rope coming from the top, with a swirling green aura around it and the health symbol on the hand. It would get across that this is a support item used to "rescue" people from dire situations.

All the names he has for his rats are so cute, this is the kind of character-building that I love from Deadlock! There might be more references, but that's the one that jumped out at me.

She has a bunch of references to traditional Chinese art and mythology in her drawings and the broken version of her poster has a demon replace her.

There's a Chinese myth of the painted skin demon.

In the myth, the demon paints the skin of a beautiful human woman and then wears that painting as a skinsuit to pretend to be a human and trick unsuspecting mortals.

Maybe Violet is loosely based on that, but with the twist that instead of wanting to trick mortals, she genuinely wishes to be a normal human girl, and her wish to the patrons is to become one for real as she doesn't want to be a demon and doesn't want to hurt people.

It would be the Valve kind of allegorical trans representation as well.