Rat King vs The Doorman

Do

• Plan for Majestic Leap Majestic Leap 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +5s Interrupt Cooldown +100% Air Control +50% Air Control +32% Move Speed +2.5s Slow Duration +8s Barrier Duration — know which tier it sits in so you are not improvising at the shop.
• Know what Doorway Doorway 50m Range15s Duration45s Cooldown The Doorman places two connected doors in the world. Damage No damage. 65-70m maximum door separation (mobalytics lists 65m… Mobility Effectively a team-wide teleport, though it must be set up in advance and is… Defensive His only escape, and at 2 AP it grants a barrier to the first person who… 1 1 AP: +20s duration 2 2 AP: grants a barrier on first transit through a door 5 5 AP: +40m door separation and +30m cast range looks like. It is the cooldown this lane revolves around.

Avoid

• Walking to lane on the same path every wave against a hero with The Doorman's engage range.

Do

• 755 max health with 0% base resists and no healing in the kit
• 1.47 shots per second with a 203 m/s projectile means he cannot punish a strafing opponent and cannot clear a wave quickly
• 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

• 24 damage per shot is heavy per-bullet value, so he last-hits and denies comfortably despite low overall DPS
• Call Bell Call Bell 4s Duration18s Cooldown The Doorman throws out a call bell that damages on impact, then explodes after a short delay for further damage, wrecking the weapon accuracy and movement speed of everyone caught. Crowd Control -100% weapon accuracy and -35% movement speed in a 5.5m radius. Damage 40 impact damage plus 55-85 explosion damage (deadlock.one lists 55… Defensive The accuracy debuff is a hard shutdown on any gun-primary hero trying to… 1 1 AP: +1 charge 2 2 AP: +30 impact and +40 explosion damage 5 5 AP: +26s lifetime, continuous slow application, and +4.5m radius at a 16s cooldown is constant lane harass, and the -100% accuracy debuff makes it a hard shutdown against a gun-primary opponent

Do

• Their first real spike is 2 AP into Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown — 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 The Doorman on their spike timing when you could take the same fight ten minutes later on yours.

Do

• Watch for Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown . It travels along a path — step off the line rather than backing away from it
• Never let him within 7m of your carry. Hotel Guest Hotel Guest 7m Range6.5s Duration140s Cooldown The Doorman sends a targeted enemy's body away to the Baroness Hotel. Crowd Control A full removal from the fight — mechanically the strongest CC effect in this… Damage 75 initial damage plus 125 on an extended stay; Defensive Banishing the hero who is killing you is his best defensive option, though… 1 1 AP: -1 stamina cost and -25s cooldown (120s to 95s) 2 2 AP: +1.5s stun on failed checkout and 150 extended damage 5 5 AP: caster becomes unstoppable while the hotel is occupied, and a 15s cooldown on… is the shortest-range ultimate in this group and his walking speed is 7.9 m/s with no dash — this is a positioning rule that wins the matchup outright

Avoid

• Spending your own escape before Doorway Doorway 50m Range15s Duration45s Cooldown The Doorman places two connected doors in the world. Damage No damage. 65-70m maximum door separation (mobalytics lists 65m… Mobility Effectively a team-wide teleport, though it must be set up in advance and is… Defensive His only escape, and at 2 AP it grants a barrier to the first person who… 1 1 AP: +20s duration 2 2 AP: grants a barrier on first transit through a door 5 5 AP: +40m door separation and +30m cast range is on cooldown.

• Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown Ability 3

  It puts you somewhere you did not choose to be — forced displacement along the cart's path.

  • It travels along a path — step off the line rather than backing away from it
  • Fight in open areas against a 5 AP Doorman; the wall Stun requires geometry to slam you into, and open ground removes it entirely
  • Once pulled, immediately move away from the Call Bell Call Bell 4s Duration18s Cooldown The Doorman throws out a call bell that damages on impact, then explodes after a short delay for further damage, wrecking the weapon accuracy and movement speed of everyone caught. Crowd Control -100% weapon accuracy and -35% movement speed in a 5.5m radius. Damage 40 impact damage plus 55-85 explosion damage (deadlock.one lists 55… Defensive The accuracy debuff is a hard shutdown on any gun-primary hero trying to… 1 1 AP: +1 charge 2 2 AP: +30 impact and +40 explosion damage 5 5 AP: +26s lifetime, continuous slow application, and +4.5m radius radius and out of his 7m Hotel Guest Hotel Guest 7m Range6.5s Duration140s Cooldown The Doorman sends a targeted enemy's body away to the Baroness Hotel. Crowd Control A full removal from the fight — mechanically the strongest CC effect in this… Damage 75 initial damage plus 125 on an extended stay; Defensive Banishing the hero who is killing you is his best defensive option, though… 1 1 AP: -1 stamina cost and -25s cooldown (120s to 95s) 2 2 AP: +1.5s stun on failed checkout and 150 extended damage 5 5 AP: caster becomes unstoppable while the hotel is occupied, and a 15s cooldown on… range — the pull itself is survivable, the combo that follows is not
• Hotel Guest Hotel Guest 7m Range6.5s Duration140s Cooldown The Doorman sends a targeted enemy's body away to the Baroness Hotel. Crowd Control A full removal from the fight — mechanically the strongest CC effect in this… Damage 75 initial damage plus 125 on an extended stay; Defensive Banishing the hero who is killing you is his best defensive option, though… 1 1 AP: -1 stamina cost and -25s cooldown (120s to 95s) 2 2 AP: +1.5s stun on failed checkout and 150 extended damage 5 5 AP: caster becomes unstoppable while the hotel is occupied, and a 15s cooldown on… Ultimate

  The Doorman's fight-ender: a full removal from the fight — mechanically the strongest CC effect in this group, since the target cannot act in the real world at all.

  • The cast range is only 7m — the single best counter is never letting The Doorman get within 7m of your carry. That is a positioning rule, not a reaction
  • If you are sent, get to the exit elevator quickly. The ~6.5s timer and the 125-150 overstay damage (plus a 1.5s Stun at 2 AP) are avoidable, unlike the 75 entry damage
  • You return to the position you left, so before you are banished it is worth being somewhere safe — and your team should clear that spot for your return
• Call Bell Call Bell 4s Duration18s Cooldown The Doorman throws out a call bell that damages on impact, then explodes after a short delay for further damage, wrecking the weapon accuracy and movement speed of everyone caught. Crowd Control -100% weapon accuracy and -35% movement speed in a 5.5m radius. Damage 40 impact damage plus 55-85 explosion damage (deadlock.one lists 55… Defensive The accuracy debuff is a hard shutdown on any gun-primary hero trying to… 1 1 AP: +1 charge 2 2 AP: +30 impact and +40 explosion damage 5 5 AP: +26s lifetime, continuous slow application, and +4.5m radius Ability 1

  Not lockdown, but it makes disengaging cost more than it should: -100% weapon accuracy and -35% movement speed in a 5.5m radius.

  • Shoot the bell to detonate it early on your own terms, before your team has to walk through the space
  • The -100% accuracy debuff is only in a 5.5m radius — step out of it rather than trying to fight through it, since shooting is literally not an option inside
  • If you are a spirit-damage hero, the accuracy debuff barely affects you; contest the zone with abilities rather than the gun
• Doorway Doorway 50m Range15s Duration45s Cooldown The Doorman places two connected doors in the world. Damage No damage. 65-70m maximum door separation (mobalytics lists 65m… Mobility Effectively a team-wide teleport, though it must be set up in advance and is… Defensive His only escape, and at 2 AP it grants a barrier to the first person who… 1 1 AP: +20s duration 2 2 AP: grants a barrier on first transit through a door 5 5 AP: +40m door separation and +30m cast range Ability 2

  The map-control tool the whole hero is named for. It is a pre-placed flank route, a pre-placed escape, a way to move a whole team around a defended chokepoint, and a way to redirect projectiles.

  • The doors are visible objects — find them and treat the area as a known flank route, or use them yourself to reach him
  • Play around the 45s cooldown: once the doorway closes, The Doorman moves at 7.9 m/s with 3 stamina and no movement ability
  • Stand where the exit door leads and punish whoever comes through; the transit is predictable and one-directional per entry

1. 1 Doorway Doorway 50m Range15s Duration45s Cooldown The Doorman places two connected doors in the world. Damage No damage. 65-70m maximum door separation (mobalytics lists 65m… Mobility Effectively a team-wide teleport, though it must be set up in advance and is… Defensive His only escape, and at 2 AP it grants a barrier to the first person who… 1 1 AP: +20s duration 2 2 AP: grants a barrier on first transit through a door 5 5 AP: +40m door separation and +30m cast range

   Doorway first. It is his only mobility and his only escape, on a 45s cooldown. Force him to open it defensively — or simply wait for it to expire — and you have a 7.9 m/s hero with nowhere to go

2. 2 Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown

   Then Luggage Cart. It is his initiation and his peel on one 30s cooldown; a Doorman who has spent the cart cannot pull your carry in and cannot pull his own diver out

3. 3 Call Bell Call Bell 4s Duration18s Cooldown The Doorman throws out a call bell that damages on impact, then explodes after a short delay for further damage, wrecking the weapon accuracy and movement speed of everyone caught. Crowd Control -100% weapon accuracy and -35% movement speed in a 5.5m radius. Damage 40 impact damage plus 55-85 explosion damage (deadlock.one lists 55… Defensive The accuracy debuff is a hard shutdown on any gun-primary hero trying to… 1 1 AP: +1 charge 2 2 AP: +30 impact and +40 explosion damage 5 5 AP: +26s lifetime, continuous slow application, and +4.5m radius

   Bait Call Bell with a durable body walking a chokepoint — the 16s cooldown makes this drainable, and a bell spent on a frontliner is a bell not spent blinding your carry

• 755 HP, no resists, no healing and no movement ability — the most positionally punishing profile in this group Strong evidence
• An ultimate with a 7m cast range on a hero who cannot close distance without setting up Doorway Doorway 50m Range15s Duration45s Cooldown The Doorman places two connected doors in the world. Damage No damage. 65-70m maximum door separation (mobalytics lists 65m… Mobility Effectively a team-wide teleport, though it must be set up in advance and is… Defensive His only escape, and at 2 AP it grants a barrier to the first person who… 1 1 AP: +20s duration 2 2 AP: grants a barrier on first transit through a door 5 5 AP: +40m door separation and +30m cast range first Strong evidence
• 35 DPS means he contributes almost nothing outside his cooldowns Strong evidence
• Neither of you can disengage well, so fights between you tend to go to completion. That makes the decision to start one much more important than anything you do inside it — commit only when you already have the advantage, because backing out is not available to either side. Strategic

• Hotel Guest Hotel Guest 7m Range6.5s Duration140s Cooldown The Doorman sends a targeted enemy's body away to the Baroness Hotel. Crowd Control A full removal from the fight — mechanically the strongest CC effect in this… Damage 75 initial damage plus 125 on an extended stay; Defensive Banishing the hero who is killing you is his best defensive option, though… 1 1 AP: -1 stamina cost and -25s cooldown (120s to 95s) 2 2 AP: +1.5s stun on failed checkout and 150 extended damage 5 5 AP: caster becomes unstoppable while the hotel is occupied, and a 15s cooldown on… simply deletes your best hero from the fight for the duration — no escape, no immunity, no counterplay once cast — and charges 75 damage on entry + 125-150 if you do not reach the exit elevator in time Strong evidence
• Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown at 2 AP reaches 45m and drags you out of your position into his team, and at 5 AP slams you into a wall for a 1.25s Stun Strong evidence
• Call Bell Call Bell 4s Duration18s Cooldown The Doorman throws out a call bell that damages on impact, then explodes after a short delay for further damage, wrecking the weapon accuracy and movement speed of everyone caught. Crowd Control -100% weapon accuracy and -35% movement speed in a 5.5m radius. Damage 40 impact damage plus 55-85 explosion damage (deadlock.one lists 55… Defensive The accuracy debuff is a hard shutdown on any gun-primary hero trying to… 1 1 AP: +1 charge 2 2 AP: +30 impact and +40 explosion damage 5 5 AP: +26s lifetime, continuous slow application, and +4.5m radius 's -100% weapon accuracy in a 5.5m radius means a gun carry inside it is not doing reduced damage, they are doing effectively none Strong evidence
• Doorway Doorway 50m Range15s Duration45s Cooldown The Doorman places two connected doors in the world. Damage No damage. 65-70m maximum door separation (mobalytics lists 65m… Mobility Effectively a team-wide teleport, though it must be set up in advance and is… Defensive His only escape, and at 2 AP it grants a barrier to the first person who… 1 1 AP: +20s duration 2 2 AP: grants a barrier on first transit through a door 5 5 AP: +40m door separation and +30m cast range lets his team appear behind you from up to 70m away (110m at 5 AP), so a defended chokepoint is not actually defended Strong evidence
• The full combo — Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown pull into Call Bell Call Bell 4s Duration18s Cooldown The Doorman throws out a call bell that damages on impact, then explodes after a short delay for further damage, wrecking the weapon accuracy and movement speed of everyone caught. Crowd Control -100% weapon accuracy and -35% movement speed in a 5.5m radius. Damage 40 impact damage plus 55-85 explosion damage (deadlock.one lists 55… Defensive The accuracy debuff is a hard shutdown on any gun-primary hero trying to… 1 1 AP: +1 charge 2 2 AP: +30 impact and +40 explosion damage 5 5 AP: +26s lifetime, continuous slow application, and +4.5m radius into Hotel Guest Hotel Guest 7m Range6.5s Duration140s Cooldown The Doorman sends a targeted enemy's body away to the Baroness Hotel. Crowd Control A full removal from the fight — mechanically the strongest CC effect in this… Damage 75 initial damage plus 125 on an extended stay; Defensive Banishing the hero who is killing you is his best defensive option, though… 1 1 AP: -1 stamina cost and -25s cooldown (120s to 95s) 2 2 AP: +1.5s stun on failed checkout and 150 extended damage 5 5 AP: caster becomes unstoppable while the hotel is occupied, and a 15s cooldown on… — takes one hero out of the fight while blinding and slowing everyone around them Strong evidence
• At 5 AP he is unstoppable while the hotel is occupied, so stunning him out of the play after the cast is no longer an option Strong evidence

• Never let him within 7m of your carry. Hotel Guest Hotel Guest 7m Range6.5s Duration140s Cooldown The Doorman sends a targeted enemy's body away to the Baroness Hotel. Crowd Control A full removal from the fight — mechanically the strongest CC effect in this… Damage 75 initial damage plus 125 on an extended stay; Defensive Banishing the hero who is killing you is his best defensive option, though… 1 1 AP: -1 stamina cost and -25s cooldown (120s to 95s) 2 2 AP: +1.5s stun on failed checkout and 150 extended damage 5 5 AP: caster becomes unstoppable while the hotel is occupied, and a 15s cooldown on… is the shortest-range ultimate in this group and his walking speed is 7.9 m/s with no dash — this is a positioning rule that wins the matchup outright Strong evidence
• Kill him. 755 HP, 0% base resists, no healing and no movement ability means any committed gap-closer removes him, and he loses everything the moment Doorway Doorway 50m Range15s Duration45s Cooldown The Doorman places two connected doors in the world. Damage No damage. 65-70m maximum door separation (mobalytics lists 65m… Mobility Effectively a team-wide teleport, though it must be set up in advance and is… Defensive His only escape, and at 2 AP it grants a barrier to the first person who… 1 1 AP: +20s duration 2 2 AP: grants a barrier on first transit through a door 5 5 AP: +40m door separation and +30m cast range is on cooldown Strong evidence
• Find the Doorway Doorway 50m Range15s Duration45s Cooldown The Doorman places two connected doors in the world. Damage No damage. 65-70m maximum door separation (mobalytics lists 65m… Mobility Effectively a team-wide teleport, though it must be set up in advance and is… Defensive His only escape, and at 2 AP it grants a barrier to the first person who… 1 1 AP: +20s duration 2 2 AP: grants a barrier on first transit through a door 5 5 AP: +40m door separation and +30m cast range pair and either camp the exit or walk through it yourself — both teams can use it, and its destination is a known flank route for 45 seconds at a time Strong evidence
• If you are sent to the hotel, sprint straight for the exit elevator; the 125-150 overstay damage and the 1.5s return Stun at 2 AP are the avoidable part Strong evidence
• Shoot the Call Bell Call Bell 4s Duration18s Cooldown The Doorman throws out a call bell that damages on impact, then explodes after a short delay for further damage, wrecking the weapon accuracy and movement speed of everyone caught. Crowd Control -100% weapon accuracy and -35% movement speed in a 5.5m radius. Damage 40 impact damage plus 55-85 explosion damage (deadlock.one lists 55… Defensive The accuracy debuff is a hard shutdown on any gun-primary hero trying to… 1 1 AP: +1 charge 2 2 AP: +30 impact and +40 explosion damage 5 5 AP: +26s lifetime, continuous slow application, and +4.5m radius to detonate it early on your terms, and contest his zones with Spirit Damage rather than weapon damage, since the accuracy debuff does not touch abilities Strong evidence
• Fight him in open areas: the 5 AP Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown wall Stun needs geometry, and without it his only Hard CC disappears Strong evidence
• The Doorman adds barrier, not health, and barriers behave differently enough to change how you spend your combo. Resists apply before the barrier depletes, so a barrier multiplies with their resist rather than bypassing it — and it decays on its own. Overflow damage carries straight through to health, so one large hit does not stop at the barrier boundary. That argues for landing your whole burst in one window rather than chipping: chip is exactly what a decaying pool is designed to absorb. Strong evidence

• Any time Doorway Doorway 50m Range15s Duration45s Cooldown The Doorman places two connected doors in the world. Damage No damage. 65-70m maximum door separation (mobalytics lists 65m… Mobility Effectively a team-wide teleport, though it must be set up in advance and is… Defensive His only escape, and at 2 AP it grants a barrier to the first person who… 1 1 AP: +20s duration 2 2 AP: grants a barrier on first transit through a door 5 5 AP: +40m door separation and +30m cast range is on cooldown or expired (45s base) — this is the single largest window on the hero, because he has zero other mobility Strong evidence
• Immediately after Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown is used (30s base, 15s at 5 AP): no initiation, no peel, and no way to reposition an ally Strong evidence
• During the 2.40s reload on an 8-round clip fired at 1.47 shots/second — his damage output is negligible and stays negligible Strong evidence
• While he is walking to get within 7m for Hotel Guest Hotel Guest 7m Range6.5s Duration140s Cooldown The Doorman sends a targeted enemy's body away to the Baroness Hotel. Crowd Control A full removal from the fight — mechanically the strongest CC effect in this… Damage 75 initial damage plus 125 on an extended stay; Defensive Banishing the hero who is killing you is his best defensive option, though… 1 1 AP: -1 stamina cost and -25s cooldown (120s to 95s) 2 2 AP: +1.5s stun on failed checkout and 150 extended damage 5 5 AP: caster becomes unstoppable while the hotel is occupied, and a 15s cooldown on… , before the 5 AP unstoppable upgrade — a Stun or knockdown at that moment saves a 120s cooldown's worth of value Strong evidence
• In the open, away from walls, against a 5 AP Doorman — no wall means no Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown Stun and no Hard CC in the kit Strong evidence
• Early lane before the 1 AP charge on Call Bell Call Bell 4s Duration18s Cooldown The Doorman throws out a call bell that damages on impact, then explodes after a short delay for further damage, wrecking the weapon accuracy and movement speed of everyone caught. Crowd Control -100% weapon accuracy and -35% movement speed in a 5.5m radius. Damage 40 impact damage plus 55-85 explosion damage (deadlock.one lists 55… Defensive The accuracy debuff is a hard shutdown on any gun-primary hero trying to… 1 1 AP: +1 charge 2 2 AP: +30 impact and +40 explosion damage 5 5 AP: +26s lifetime, continuous slow application, and +4.5m radius , when a single 16s-cooldown bell is his whole toolkit and he is a 755 HP hero holding a 35 DPS pistol Strong evidence
• The Doorman's pull is the whole matchup. Until it is on cooldown you are playing around it; once it misses you have a window that is worth committing into. Make it the first thing you bait — show a sliver of yourself from behind cover rather than walking a clean line they can lead. Strategic
• Being stunned by The Doorman 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

• Rotation speed is the axis you lose on against The Doorman, and it is not purely a hero stat. Ziplines run at a fixed 18 m/s on inner lanes and 21 m/s on outer regardless of your move speed, and destroying a base guardian converts that lane into a permanent Express Line at +80%. If they take a base guardian before you do, their map becomes structurally faster than yours for the rest of the game. That objective is worth contesting for the travel time alone, separately from the souls. Strong evidence

• The Doorman 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

• The Doorman decides where you stand, not you. The practical rule is to never hold a position whose failure case is being moved — stand so that being yanked or knocked puts you somewhere survivable rather than inside their whole team. Cover at your back is worth more than cover in front. Strong evidence
• The Doorman wins by choosing where the fight happens. Take your position before the zoning goes down, not after — once the area is committed you are fighting on their terms, and walking in to contest it is exactly the mistake the kit is built to farm. Strategic
• The Doorman has to lead you and you are too slow to make that hard by strafing, so buy the miss with geometry instead of movement. A corner, a pillar or a doorway edge means the projectile has to be in flight before you are visible — travel time works against them the moment the sight line is short-lived. Hold positions where your exposure is measured in fractions of a second per peek, and never cross an open space on a straight line at a constant speed, which is the one input their weapon is designed to punish. Strategic

• Against The Doorman'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
• Majestic Leap Majestic Leap 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +45s Cooldown +5s Interrupt Cooldown +100% Air Control +50% Air Control +32% Move Speed +2.5s Slow Duration +8s Barrier Duration (vitality T3) — Buy to escape ground-based lockdown and to rotate across the map quickly. That matters here because of the zoning and area denial from The Doorman. Documented
• Stamina Mastery Stamina Mastery 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorPassive +2 Stamina +18% Stamina Recovery +23% Air Jump/Dash Distance Builds from Extra Stamina (vitality T3) — The Doorman's Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown — that is the stuns and Hard CC this answers. Buy when dodging telegraphed abilities and disengaging is how you survive. Strong evidence
• Warp Stone Warp Stone 3,200 souls Tier 3ArmorInstantCast +16s Cooldown +30% Bullet Resist +6s Buff Duration (vitality T3) — The Doorman's Luggage Cart Luggage Cart 20m Range6s Duration30s Cooldown The Doorman sends out a luggage cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along with it as it travels. Crowd Control Forced displacement along the cart's path. Damage 60-80 spirit damage (deadlock.one lists 60, mobalytics lists 80); Mobility The friendly alt-cast is a mobility tool for allies (and a way to bring a… 1 1 AP: +80 damage 2 2 AP: +25m cast range (20m to 45m) 5 5 AP: +1.25s stun when the target is slammed into a wall, and -15s cooldown is what you are buying against here. Buy when you are repeatedly getting caught and killed out of position, or to close a gap onto a fleeing target. 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 The Doorman 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 The Doorman 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
• The losing pattern against The Doorman is deciding to leave, walking to the zipline and finding you cannot attach. Any damage from an enemy hero or objective blocks zipline attachment for 3 seconds, and The Doorman has the chip range to keep that 3-second timer rolling indefinitely. Break line of sight first, wait out the lockout, then attach — do not walk to the rope while still taking fire. Documented
• 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 The Doorman and then discover it does nothing about Hotel Guest Hotel Guest 7m Range6.5s Duration140s Cooldown The Doorman sends a targeted enemy's body away to the Baroness Hotel. Crowd Control A full removal from the fight — mechanically the strongest CC effect in this… Damage 75 initial damage plus 125 on an extended stay; Defensive Banishing the hero who is killing you is his best defensive option, though… 1 1 AP: -1 stamina cost and -25s cooldown (120s to 95s) 2 2 AP: +1.5s stun on failed checkout and 150 extended damage 5 5 AP: caster becomes unstoppable while the hotel is occupied, and a 15s cooldown on… . 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 The Doorman'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
• The specific error is walking into The Doorman's area denial after it is already down, because your team is in there and you feel late. You are slow enough that entering a committed zone is a one-way decision — you will be inside it for its full duration, not for the two seconds you intended. Arrive before the zone or arrive from the other side of it; arriving into it is how this matchup is lost even when your team wins the fight. Strategic