Rat King vs Mo & Krill

Do

• Plan for Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer — know which tier it sits in so you are not improvising at the shop.
• Know what Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. looks like. It is the cooldown this lane revolves around.

Avoid

• Walking to lane on the same path every wave against a hero with Mo & Krill's engage range.

Do

• Zero ranged presence — 2.8 damage per pellet means they contribute essentially nothing outside a few metres.
• Every one of their damage tools requires being close, so a mid- or long-range laning duo can simply refuse to engage.
• Scrap Grenade Scrap Grenade 26s Cooldown Rat King throws a bouncing lump of scrap that goes off three times where it lands. Crowd Control 20% movement slow for 4s (scales slightly with Spirit). Damage 70 bullet damage per detonation (+0.6 weapon-damage scaling), three… Defensive The slow is his peel: thrown at his own feet it stops a diver from following… 1 -8s cooldown (26s to 18s) 2 +70 damage per detonation 5 one extra, bigger final detonation — 300 damage, 14m radius, 40% slow clears a trooper wave in three hits and slows anyone farming in it, so he wins wave tempo early

Avoid

• 930 base health is one of the largest pools in the game and makes them extremely hard to push out of lane.
• Scorn clears troopers and heals off them simultaneously, so they sustain and farm from the same button — the top opener is Scorn, Scorn, Sand Blast at 66.9% WR (deadlocklabs.gg).

Do

• Their first real spike is Scorn Scorn 13s Cooldown A burst of damage to everything close by that converts a portion of the damage dealt into healing, with a substantially larger return when the damage lands on enemy heroes. Crowd Control None at base. T3 adds a stacking 15% damage debuff on enemies hit, lasting… Damage Damage scales with spirit at 0.75 per deadlock.io, with a 13s base cooldown. Defensive The heal is the main defensive layer and it is the primary reason they can… 1 -5s cooldown, +1m radius. 2 applies a stacking 15% damage debuff to enemies hit for 16s. first two points (laning 0-10min) — respect it from that point, not before.
• Your spike is ult unlock: Rule, Ratannia! Rule, Ratannia! 10s Duration160s Cooldown Rat King raises the banner of Ratannia. Crowd Control Knockup and a 40% slow on the slam, plus Rat Swarm from the rats it… Damage 200 bullet damage on the slam (+1.2 weapon-damage scaling), 20m radius (cut… Mobility +3 m/s movement speed for him and nearby allies for up to 10s while the… 1 +2 m/s movement speed (no cooldown reduction since 5 October) 2 +5s banner duration and +8m radius 5 +150 slam damage and +10% damage reduction turns him into the team's fight-starter: slow immunity and speed on the way in, a 20m Knockup on arrival

Avoid

• Taking an even fight against Mo & Krill on their spike timing when you could take the same fight ten minutes later on yours.

Do

• Watch for Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. . Shoot the burrow mound. Hero damage directly reduces the speed bonus, so contesting the approach turns a fast dive into a slow one you can walk away from.
• Kite. Their entire damage output requires close range and their spreadshot does 2.8 per pellet — holding 15m+ with a mid- or long-range hero makes them a non-threat.

Avoid

• Spending your own escape before Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. is on cooldown.

• Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. Ability 2

  It puts you somewhere you did not choose to be — slow plus a Knockup on everyone near the emergence point.

  • Shoot the burrow mound. Hero damage directly reduces the speed bonus, so contesting the approach turns a fast dive into a slow one you can walk away from.
  • Spread out. The emergence Knockup is AoE, so standing apart means it catches one person instead of three.
  • The travel path is visible on the ground — reposition to a spot with no cover for them to surface behind, or back onto high ground they must climb to.
• Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. Ultimate

  Once this lands the fight is usually already decided — full Stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at T3).

  • Interrupt it. Any Stun, Knockup, Silence or displacement on Mo & Krill breaks the channel and wastes a 150s ultimate.
  • Both participants are stationary and grouped for three seconds — that is a free AoE target for your own ultimate.
  • Do not let them finish the kill: a Debuff Remover or a heal on the held target denies the permanent max-health reward entirely, since the target has to actually die.
• Sand Blast Sand Blast 25m Range2.5s Duration40s Cooldown A spray of sand in a cone ahead that deals damage and disarms everyone it catches, preventing them from using their weapon. Crowd Control Disarm, roughly 2.5s per deadlock.io. Damage Base damage not sourced; Defensive Disarming the biggest gun in the fight is a defensive cooldown in practice. 1 +50 damage, +5m range. 2 24% slow and 26% dash distance reduction. 5 +1.5s duration, -25s cooldown. Ability 3

  More lockdown on its own cooldown — Disarm, roughly 2.5s per deadlock.io.

  • It is a cone in front of them — strafe wide or get behind them and it applies nothing.
  • Disarm blocks weapons, not abilities. If you are ability-based (Paige, Paradox, Pocket) you can keep fighting through it; if you are gun-based, use the window to reposition instead of trying to shoot.
  • Debuff Remover clears the Disarm and is worth holding specifically for the moment before they commit Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. .
• Scorn Scorn 13s Cooldown A burst of damage to everything close by that converts a portion of the damage dealt into healing, with a substantially larger return when the damage lands on enemy heroes. Crowd Control None at base. T3 adds a stacking 15% damage debuff on enemies hit, lasting… Damage Damage scales with spirit at 0.75 per deadlock.io, with a 13s base cooldown. Defensive The heal is the main defensive layer and it is the primary reason they can… 1 -5s cooldown, +1m radius. 2 applies a stacking 15% damage debuff to enemies hit for 16s. Ability 1

  Their sustain and their farming button in one. It is why they can sit in a trooper wave and stay topped up, and why a 1v1 in melee range goes badly for almost everyone.

  • Anti-heal ( Healbane Healbane 1,600 souls Tier 2ArmorPassive +8s Duration +7 Spirit Power -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing +275 Heal On Hero Kill / Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets 3,200 souls Tier 3WeaponPassive -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing ) applied before the engage removes the sustain that makes the whole hero work.
  • It is a short-radius point-blank pulse — staying more than a few metres away denies it entirely, and their spreadshot cannot punish you at that distance either.
  • Do not feed it multiple bodies. Scorn heals per target hit, so a clumped team is what makes them unkillable.

1. 1 Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed.

   Burrow first. It is their only engage and their only real escape; force it on a trooper wave or a fake overextend and they are a slow-approaching shotgun hero for the next 20-40 seconds.

2. 2 Sand Blast Sand Blast 25m Range2.5s Duration40s Cooldown A spray of sand in a cone ahead that deals damage and disarms everyone it catches, preventing them from using their weapon. Crowd Control Disarm, roughly 2.5s per deadlock.io. Damage Base damage not sourced; Defensive Disarming the biggest gun in the fight is a defensive cooldown in practice. 1 +50 damage, +5m range. 2 24% slow and 26% dash distance reduction. 5 +1.5s duration, -25s cooldown.

   Sand Blast second — bait the Disarm from behind cover or with a summon, then engage when your gun is safe for the next window.

3. 3 Scorn Scorn 13s Cooldown A burst of damage to everything close by that converts a portion of the damage dealt into healing, with a substantially larger return when the damage lands on enemy heroes. Crowd Control None at base. T3 adds a stacking 15% damage debuff on enemies hit, lasting… Damage Damage scales with spirit at 0.75 per deadlock.io, with a 13s base cooldown. Defensive The heal is the main defensive layer and it is the primary reason they can… 1 -5s cooldown, +1m radius. 2 applies a stacking 15% damage debuff to enemies hit for 16s.

   Scorn third: make them use it as wave clear rather than as a heal in a fight, since its cooldown is short but its impact in a brawl is decisive.

• No ranged damage whatsoever; kiting them is the single most effective strategy against them. Strong evidence
• Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. is a stationary channel that any CC breaks, wasting their most important cooldown. Strong evidence
• Anti-heal items simultaneously disable Scorn Scorn 13s Cooldown A burst of damage to everything close by that converts a portion of the damage dealt into healing, with a substantially larger return when the damage lands on enemy heroes. Crowd Control None at base. T3 adds a stacking 15% damage debuff on enemies hit, lasting… Damage Damage scales with spirit at 0.75 per deadlock.io, with a 13s base cooldown. Defensive The heal is the main defensive layer and it is the primary reason they can… 1 -5s cooldown, +1m radius. 2 applies a stacking 15% damage debuff to enemies hit for 16s. 's sustain and Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. T1's Lifesteal. Strong evidence
• Neither of you deletes the other, so this matchup is decided by multipliers rather than damage. Resists stack multiplicatively, which means your fourth resist item buys much less percentage than your first; shred is subtracted from the total afterward, which means it is worth more the tankier they get; and healing reduction stacks multiplicatively too, so a second anti-heal source on top of a first is worth far less than the first. The efficient build against Mo & Krill is one anti-heal, one shred, and damage after that. Strong evidence

• Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. lets them travel to you underground with bullet and spirit armour, then surface directly under your feet with a Knockup you cannot dash out of. Strong evidence
• Sand Blast Sand Blast 25m Range2.5s Duration40s Cooldown A spray of sand in a cone ahead that deals damage and disarms everyone it catches, preventing them from using their weapon. Crowd Control Disarm, roughly 2.5s per deadlock.io. Damage Base damage not sourced; Defensive Disarming the biggest gun in the fight is a defensive cooldown in practice. 1 +50 damage, +5m range. 2 24% slow and 26% dash distance reduction. 5 +1.5s duration, -25s cooldown. disarms you for around 2.5s (longer at T3) in a 25m cone — your gun stops working for the exact seconds they need to set up. Strong evidence
• Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. holds you stunned in place for roughly 3 seconds while grinding through your health, with +50% Bullet Resist at T2 so shooting them off is unreliable. Strong evidence
• Scorn Scorn 13s Cooldown A burst of damage to everything close by that converts a portion of the damage dealt into healing, with a substantially larger return when the damage lands on enemy heroes. Crowd Control None at base. T3 adds a stacking 15% damage debuff on enemies hit, lasting… Damage Damage scales with spirit at 0.75 per deadlock.io, with a 13s base cooldown. Defensive The heal is the main defensive layer and it is the primary reason they can… 1 -5s cooldown, +1m radius. 2 applies a stacking 15% damage debuff to enemies hit for 16s. heals them off every body in radius, with a stacking 15% damage debuff on you at T3 — the longer the brawl runs, the more the numbers move their way. Strong evidence
• Every kill secured inside Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. permanently raises their max health, so the same hero is measurably harder to kill in minute 40 than in minute 20. Strong evidence

• Kite. Their entire damage output requires close range and their spreadshot does 2.8 per pellet — holding 15m+ with a mid- or long-range hero makes them a non-threat. Strong evidence
• Shoot the burrow mound as it approaches. Hero damage reduces the Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. speed bonus directly, so contesting the travel converts their dive into a walk. Strong evidence
• Hold one interrupt specifically for the Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. channel. Any Stun, Silence, Knockup or displacement on them cancels a 150-second ultimate and denies the permanent health stack. Strong evidence
• Buy anti-heal before mid game. Healbane Healbane 1,600 souls Tier 2ArmorPassive +8s Duration +7 Spirit Power -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing +275 Heal On Hero Kill / Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets 3,200 souls Tier 3WeaponPassive -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing cut Scorn Scorn 13s Cooldown A burst of damage to everything close by that converts a portion of the damage dealt into healing, with a substantially larger return when the damage lands on enemy heroes. Crowd Control None at base. T3 adds a stacking 15% damage debuff on enemies hit, lasting… Damage Damage scales with spirit at 0.75 per deadlock.io, with a 13s base cooldown. Defensive The heal is the main defensive layer and it is the primary reason they can… 1 -5s cooldown, +1m radius. 2 applies a stacking 15% damage debuff to enemies hit for 16s. 's healing and Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. T1's Lifesteal at the same time. Strong evidence
• Spread out so the Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. emergence Knockup and Scorn Scorn 13s Cooldown A burst of damage to everything close by that converts a portion of the damage dealt into healing, with a substantially larger return when the damage lands on enemy heroes. Crowd Control None at base. T3 adds a stacking 15% damage debuff on enemies hit, lasting… Damage Damage scales with spirit at 0.75 per deadlock.io, with a 13s base cooldown. Defensive The heal is the main defensive layer and it is the primary reason they can… 1 -5s cooldown, +1m radius. 2 applies a stacking 15% damage debuff to enemies hit for 16s. each hit one person instead of three — their sustain scales with the number of bodies in radius. Strong evidence
• Sand Blast Sand Blast 25m Range2.5s Duration40s Cooldown A spray of sand in a cone ahead that deals damage and disarms everyone it catches, preventing them from using their weapon. Crowd Control Disarm, roughly 2.5s per deadlock.io. Damage Base damage not sourced; Defensive Disarming the biggest gun in the fight is a defensive cooldown in practice. 1 +50 damage, +5m range. 2 24% slow and 26% dash distance reduction. 5 +1.5s duration, -25s cooldown. is a frontal cone: circle behind them rather than backing straight up, and if you are ability-based, keep fighting through the Disarm since it only blocks weapons. Strong evidence
• You do not have the CC to reliably break Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. out of your own kit, so buy the cheapest thing that does: Silence Wave Silence Wave 3,200 souls Tier 3TechInstantCast +42s Cooldown +3s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +50 Bonus Health is the only area Silence in the shop and the standard answer to channelled ultimates. Area matters because you do not have to win the aim duel — you have to cover the spot they cast from. Note the alternative, Counterspell Counterspell 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorPassive +23s Cooldown +20 Spirit Power +6s Buff Duration +0.8s Spell Parry Duration +50 Bonus Health +5 Spirit Power , parries a single ability outright but requires a read; Silence Wave Silence Wave 3,200 souls Tier 3TechInstantCast +42s Cooldown +3s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +50 Bonus Health forgives a bad read, which is why it is the buy when interrupting is not your specialty. Strong evidence
• Mo & Krill starts the fight and you have no exit, so the defensive active you buy has to work when you did not see it coming. Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer is the stronger effect — immunity to and a dispel of Stun, Silence, Sleep, Root and Disarm for 5.5 seconds — but it must be pre-cast, and it cannot be activated once you are already stunned, which is precisely the situation this hero creates. Indomitable Indomitable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorPassive +55s Cooldown +10s Duration +10% Bullet Resist +10% Spirit Resist +20s Cooldown On Apply +2 Out of Combat Regen Builds from Reactive Barrier auto-cleanses the next Hard CC with no input from you; against an initiator that reliability beats the bigger number. Strong evidence

• During the Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. channel — they are stationary, locked to one target, and any Hard CC cancels it. This is the single best punish in their kit. Strong evidence
• While burrowed and being shot: hero damage strips the speed bonus, so a contested approach leaves them arriving late and out of position. Strong evidence
• Immediately after the Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. emergence Knockup, with Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. on cooldown — they have no escape and are standing inside your team. Strong evidence
• Any time they are further than ~10m from a target; their spreadshot falloff and Scorn Scorn 13s Cooldown A burst of damage to everything close by that converts a portion of the damage dealt into healing, with a substantially larger return when the damage lands on enemy heroes. Crowd Control None at base. T3 adds a stacking 15% damage debuff on enemies hit, lasting… Damage Damage scales with spirit at 0.75 per deadlock.io, with a 13s base cooldown. Defensive The heal is the main defensive layer and it is the primary reason they can… 1 -5s cooldown, +1m radius. 2 applies a stacking 15% damage debuff to enemies hit for 16s. radius mean they simply cannot deal damage at that range. Strong evidence
• Their 2.82s spreadshot reload at close range, which is a long window for a hero with no ranged fallback. Strong evidence
• Being stunned by Mo & Krill now pauses your reload rather than restarting it, as of 09-16-2026. That quietly changes when it is safe to reload in this matchup: a reload caught by their Stun resumes where it left off instead of costing you the whole cycle, so the old rule of never reloading inside their engagement range is too conservative now. The compensating change is that parrying also pauses your reload, so a defensive parry no longer buys you free reload time. Documented

• Mo & Krill closes distance on a cooldown and you have no exit, so in the 0-6 minute window your Guardian is your escape item. Fight with it behind you and inside its range, not beside you: their gap-close has to end somewhere, and ending it inside 116 DPS of Guardian fire is the only punish you own before you have items. The moment the Guardian falls at around 6:00, that safety disappears and the matchup gets materially worse — plan your first defensive purchase for that timing. Strategic
• Mo & Krill will shove the wave into your Guardian to push you off souls, and you are not fast enough to walk around it. The thing to protect is the floating orb — the ground orb drops and cannot be denied, so half your income is safe no matter what they do, and the contest is only ever over the other 50. Position on your Guardian's side of the wave so you are already in range of the floating orbs when they pop, and give up the forward orbs rather than crossing for them. Strategic

• There is a hard behavioural change at 20:00 in this matchup: respawn goes from 35 to 38 seconds as of 09-16-2026, and you are the hero Mo & Krill can pick off without a fight starting. Three seconds does not sound like much until you price it against the Rift's 7-minute cadence and the Urn at 20 and 25 — a single death now reliably costs you presence at the next objective. Past 20:00, stop taking the solo camp that is one rotation from their side of the map. Documented

• Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. is a channel, which means the fight is decided by whether you can break it. Hold one interrupt — a Stun, a Silence, or a displacement — specifically for that cast rather than spending it on the opening trade. If you have no interrupt, the answer is line of sight: leave the area entirely rather than trying to out-heal it. Strong evidence
• Against Mo & Krill's knockups, Debuff Reducer Debuff Reducer 1,600 souls Tier 2ArmorPassive +25% Debuff Resist +90 Bonus Health is a live answer where it used to be a dead one: Knockup durations were brought under debuff reduction on 05-22-2026, so the +25% from a 1,600 Tier II item genuinely shortens the airborne time. That matters more for you than for most, because you have no exit and the airborne window is when their follow-up lands. Worth pairing with the fact that Knockdown Knockdown 3,200 souls Tier 3TechPress +35s Cooldown +0.1s Cast Delay +2s Stun Delay +0.5s Stun Duration +75 Bonus Health +5% Ability Range +5% Radius -style effects going the other way still cannot be shortened at all. Documented
• You are not going to kill Mo & Krill in a normal teamfight and trying to is how fights are lost. Treat them as terrain: fight around them, spend your damage on whoever is behind them, and only commit to killing them once anti-heal and shred are actually online. Strategic
• You have peel and Mo & Krill is the dive threat, so your job in the fight is not damage — it is being in range of whoever they are jumping on. Position between their entry point and your squishiest teammate and hold your peel tool for the moment they commit, not for the moment they appear. Strategic
• Mo & Krill brings enough lockdown that Stun sequencing matters. Community reporting describes Stun diminishing returns of roughly 10% then 30% inside an 8-second window, applying to stuns only and not to silences, slows, disarms or hexes — so their follow-up chain may be shorter than the first one felt. Treat this as unconfirmed, but it is worth knowing before you burn a cleanse on the opening Stun. Uncertain

• You deal Bullet Damage, so Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets 3,200 souls Tier 3WeaponPassive -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing is your anti-heal route against Mo & Krill — Healbane Healbane 1,600 souls Tier 2ArmorPassive +8s Duration +7 Spirit Power -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing +275 Heal On Hero Kill keys off Spirit Damage and will barely apply for you. Note that melee hits do not build the bullet route. Strong evidence
• Mo & Krill dives, and you do not have an exit in your kit. This is the clearest item priority in the matchup: buy a movement or escape active before you buy your next damage item. A damage item does not help you if the fight starts with you already dead. Strong evidence
• Against Mo & Krill's crowd control, understand what Debuff Resist actually buys you: it shortens duration, never magnitude. It is excellent against long disables and close to worthless against a short hard slow. Two things it explicitly does not shorten at all are the parry Stun and the Knockdown Knockdown 3,200 souls Tier 3TechPress +35s Cooldown +0.1s Cast Delay +2s Stun Delay +0.5s Stun Duration +75 Bonus Health +5% Ability Range +5% Radius item's Stun. Documented
• Your damage is your gun and Mo & Krill can take it away. A Disarm leaves your abilities and melee working, so know your non-gun damage sequence before it happens rather than standing still for the duration — and consider Debuff Resist to shorten it. Strong evidence
• Mo & Krill is a durability check, and the maths favours shred over raw damage here. Resistances stack multiplicatively, but shred is pooled and then subtracted from total resist — so the higher their resist climbs, the more each point of shred is worth. Against a stacked tank, resist reduction outperforms another flat damage item. Documented
• If Mo & Krill buys Dispel Magic Dispel Magic 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +10% Spirit Resist +3s Buff Duration +250 HP Healed On Activate to purge your anti-heal, bullet-applied reduction re-lands on your very next shot, while spirit-applied reduction has to wait for your next ability. That asymmetry is a real argument for the bullet route against a hero who will buy a purge. Strong evidence
• Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer (vitality T4) — Buy when enemy lockdown is the reason you lose fights — it lets you walk through a full CC chain and still deal damage. In this game that means Mo & Krill's Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. . Documented
• Ethereal Shift Ethereal Shift 6,400 souls Tier 4TechInstantCast +37s Cooldown +4s Duration +5s Buff Duration +30% Spirit Resist +20 Spirit Power (spirit T4) — Buy to survive a telegraphed assassination combo or ultimate — you simply cease to be a target for four seconds. That matters here because of the channelled ultimates from Mo & Krill. Documented
• Knockdown Knockdown 3,200 souls Tier 3TechPress +35s Cooldown +0.1s Cast Delay +2s Stun Delay +0.5s Stun Duration +75 Bonus Health +5% Ability Range +5% Radius (spirit T3) — Mo & Krill creates that through Mo & Krill's Burrow Burrow 40s Cooldown Mo & Krill dive underground, moving faster and gaining both spirit and bullet armour while submerged. Crowd Control Slow plus a knockup on everyone near the emergence point. Damage Spirit damage on emergence; Mobility Increased move speed while burrowed (+4 m/s at T3) on a base 8 m/s frame… 1 +50 spin DPS while burrowed. 2 +4s burrow time, +2 radius. 5 -20s cooldown, +4 m/s move speed. . The consensus answer to flying and airborne heroes and to channelled aerial ultimates — buy it whenever an enemy fights from the sky. Documented

• The instinct here is to buy Dispel Magic Dispel Magic 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +10% Spirit Resist +3s Buff Duration +250 HP Healed On Activate as your answer to Mo & Krill and then find it greyed out at the exact moment you need it. Dispel Magic Dispel Magic 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +10% Spirit Resist +3s Buff Duration +250 HP Healed On Activate cannot be cast while you are stunned or asleep, and it cannot remove a Stun at all — it purges what comes with the Stun, not the Stun itself. Against Mo & Krill the item you actually want is the pre-cast kind ( Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer , which also cannot be activated once you are already stunned) or the automatic kind ( Indomitable Indomitable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorPassive +55s Cooldown +10s Duration +10% Bullet Resist +10% Spirit Resist +20s Cooldown On Apply +2 Out of Combat Regen Builds from Reactive Barrier , which cleanses the next Hard CC with no input from you). Documented
• Anti-heal against Mo & Krill is bought correctly and applied at the wrong moment. Healbane Healbane 1,600 souls Tier 2ArmorPassive +8s Duration +7 Spirit Power -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing +275 Heal On Hero Kill 's reduction runs for 8 seconds from your Spirit Damage and Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets 3,200 souls Tier 3WeaponPassive -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing ' runs while the bleed is up — both are windows, and re-applying the same source before it expires does not stack a second instance. The mistake is opening the fight clean and reaching for anti-heal once they start healing; by then you have spent the fight. Land it before they commit, then keep the window refreshed rather than re-triggering it. Strong evidence
• The reflex buy against a hero who keeps deleting you is Metal Skin Metal Skin 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +24s Cooldown +5s Duration +12% Bullet Resist -20% Dash Distance , and against Mo & Krill it does nothing. Metal Skin Metal Skin 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +24s Cooldown +5s Duration +12% Bullet Resist -20% Dash Distance is bullet-damage immunity only — Spirit Damage, abilities and every status effect pass straight through it, and you pay −1.5 m/s move speed and −20% dash distance for the privilege. The three big defensive actives are deliberately orthogonal: Metal Skin Metal Skin 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +24s Cooldown +5s Duration +12% Bullet Resist -20% Dash Distance stops bullets, Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer stops statuses, Ethereal Shift Ethereal Shift 6,400 souls Tier 4TechInstantCast +37s Cooldown +4s Duration +5s Buff Duration +30% Spirit Resist +20 Spirit Power stops everything but disables you. Mo & Krill is a spirit threat, so it is the last two you are choosing between. Documented
• The finishing heavy melee on Mo & Krill is worse than it feels. Melee Damage is mitigated twice — once by Bullet Resist and again by Melee Resist — so it is the single worst damage channel to point at a stacked-resist target, and the wind-up is long enough for a parry that stuns you for 3 seconds with no Debuff Resist reduction available. Finish with your gun or an ability, not with melee. Strong evidence
• Players buy Dispel Magic Dispel Magic 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +10% Spirit Resist +3s Buff Duration +250 HP Healed On Activate for Mo & Krill and then discover it does nothing about Combo Combo 4m Range150s Cooldown Mo & Krill grab a single enemy, hold them in place stunned while chewing through them for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control Full stun for the channel duration (roughly 3s per dramalock.org, +0.7s at… Damage Continuous damage over the channel; Mobility None — both parties are locked in place, which is the risk. 1 +100% lifesteal. 2 -30s cooldown, +50% bullet resist. 5 +0.7s duration, +40 damage per second with increased scaling. . Dispel Magic Dispel Magic 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +10% Spirit Resist +3s Buff Duration +250 HP Healed On Activate purges non-ultimate negative effects only — anything sourced from an ultimate is outside its scope entirely. Work out which of Mo & Krill's disables come off abilities and which come off the ult before you spend 3,200: the ability-sourced ones are purgeable, the ult is not, and for the ult you need either Unstoppable Unstoppable 6,400 souls Tier 4ArmorInstantCast +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer pre-cast or the discipline not to be there. Documented