Calico and Rat King

On the same team

Duo Win %

57.7%

Expected from their own win rates

53.0%

Above expected

+4.7 points

Games together

9,152

Calico on their own: 48.1% · Rat King on their own: 57.8%. Matches in City Never Sleeps on patch 09-29-2026, updated 14 October. Source: deadlock-api.com.

Why it works

• The control she lacks. Calico has no crowd control at all. 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 slows, and the 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 slam knocks up and slows, holding targets in place for her Leaping Slash Leaping Slash 9m Range13s Cooldown Calico lunges forward and then sweeps everything around her with a melee slash. Damage 10 impact damage plus 40 heal scaling per Spirit Power at base… Mobility A committed forward dash — good for closing, mediocre for escaping since it… Defensive Heals on hero hit (+25 at Tier 1), giving her a reason to stay in a fight… 1 +25 heal amount 2 +200 bonus gold on kill and +3s bounty duration 5 +10 damage, +50% cooldown refund and +60 impact damage .
• Dive into the knockup. Return to Shadows Return to Shadows 115s Cooldown Calico instantly vanishes into shadow, becoming untargetable and gaining movement speed, damaging enemies around her as she goes. Damage 150 base spirit damage per hit (deadlock.one), applied on both entry and… Mobility Bonus move speed during the untargetable phase, which she uses to reposition… Defensive Full untargetability for the duration — it can be used purely to survive a… 1 -20s cooldown (from a 115s base) 2 +75 damage and +20% bonus move speed 5 +450 heal amount and +1s cooldown refund makes Calico untargetable on the way in, so she arrives while enemies are still recovering from the banner slam.
• Shredded for her burst. Rat Swarm Rat Swarm 50m Range6s Duration24s Cooldown Rat King calls a swarm of rats to a spot up to 50m away. Damage 8 spirit damage per bite (+0.08 Spirit scaling), one bite per attached rat… 1 +1 charge (8s between charges) 2 a larger swarm and +4s debuff duration 5 +8 damage and an extra -1% bullet resist per bite bites strip Bullet Resist, so Calico's burst on an isolated target hits harder.

Written from both heroes' ability data on patch 09-29-2026; the numbers above are the measured results.