Drifter and Rat King

On the same team

Duo Win %

59.7%

Expected from their own win rates

53.6%

Above expected

+6.1 points

Games together

21,388

Drifter on their own: 49.4% · 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

• Banner carries Drifter in. Drifter has no escape and needs to be close. The banner's speed and slow immunity get him into melee, and the slam's Knockup leaves targets helpless when he arrives.
• Shred boosts his gun. Drifter has the highest weapon damage per second in his group, and 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 strips Bullet Resist from whoever he shoots.
• Slow before Stalker's Mark. 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 a target so it cannot escape Stalker's Mark Stalker's Mark 5s Duration26s Cooldown Drifter throws out a mark that latches onto the first enemy it touches, bleeding them for spirit damage over time. Crowd Control None directly, though Tier 3's -40% healing reduction functions as an… Damage 2.0% bleed damage per second scaling with Spirit Power over a 5s duration… Mobility The recast is an instant teleport to directly behind the marked target —… 1 -8% bullet resist on the target after the ambush 2 -10s cooldown (from a 26s base) and +3s duration 5 +1.5% bleed damage and -40% healing reduction before Drifter teleports behind it.

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