Dynamo and Rat King
The No. 16 duo in Deadlock right now: they win more together than either one's own record predicts.
On the same team
- Duo Win %
- 61.2%
- Expected from their own win rates
- 55.2%
- Above expected
- +6.0 points
- Games together
- 20,343
Dynamo on their own: 52.5% · 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
- Grenade into the black hole.
Singularity
Singularity Dynamo forms a black hole in his hands that drags nearby enemies toward him, stunning them and burning them with spirit damage for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control AoE stun plus a continuous vacuum pull for the full channel duration — the… Damage 75 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one) over a ~2.75s channel; Mobility none; Dynamo is rooted in place for the channel 1 +2m vacuum radius 2 +0.75s channel time 5 +6% damage per enemy's missing health drags enemies together and stuns them for the whole channel, so every
Scrap Grenade
Scrap Grenade 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 detonation lands on a stacked group that cannot walk out of the circle. - Cover for the channel. Dynamo is defenceless while he channels
Singularity
Singularity Dynamo forms a black hole in his hands that drags nearby enemies toward him, stunning them and burning them with spirit damage for the duration of the channel. Crowd Control AoE stun plus a continuous vacuum pull for the full channel duration — the… Damage 75 spirit damage per second base (deadlock.one) over a ~2.75s channel; Mobility none; Dynamo is rooted in place for the channel 1 +2m vacuum radius 2 +0.75s channel time 5 +6% damage per enemy's missing health . A planted
Rule, Ratannia!
Rule, Ratannia! 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 banner means allies around it take less damage, and
Royal Pestments
Royal Pestments Rat King puts on scrap armour that gives him a barrier worth a share of his maximum health. Damage Reflected bullets return their full damage to the shooter. Defensive Barrier equal to 15% of his max health for 6s on a 22s cooldown. 1 +4s duration 2 -8s cooldown and +15% bullet return chance 5 +10% max health as barrier, and no single hit deals more than 250 while it holds lets Rat King Rat King Released 2 October Released 2 October. A gun-scaling brawler and team buffer: a three-blast slowing grenade, rats that strip bullet resist with every bite, a reflecting barrier, and a banner that makes his team slow-immune. stand in front and soak the first shots. - Two knockups in a row.
Kinetic Pulse
Kinetic Pulse Dynamo sends a wave of energy racing along the ground in front of him. Crowd Control Knockup — brief airborne loss of control. Damage 115 spirit damage base (deadlock.one); Defensive The knockup interrupts an incoming dive or channel, buying his team the… 1 +1 charge 2 applies -15% bullet resist and a 30% move-speed slow for 4s 5 +135 damage and +20m cast range and the banner slam both throw enemies into the air, giving the team two separate interrupts for dives and channels.
Written from both heroes' ability data on patch 09-29-2026; the numbers above are the measured results.
Dynamo's other best partners
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Paige
Paige Currently among the strongest heroes in the game: deadlocklabs.gg records 54.1% win rate at 2.8% pick, S tier, after a recent buff package worth about +2.2 points. Durability low (1/3) Burst low (1/3) Mobility none (0/3) Healing high (2/3) — 62.7% duo win, +8.0 duo → -
Ivy
Ivy True flight — she can go places no other hero in this group can reach, with an ally in tow Durability high (2/3) Burst low (1/3) Mobility very high (3/3) Healing high (2/3) — 57.5% duo win, +4.7 duo → -
Haze
Haze Highest single-target sustained DPS in the roster once Fixation is stacked Durability low (1/3) Burst high (2/3) Mobility high (2/3) Healing high (2/3) — 58.2% duo win, +4.5 duo → -
Seven
Seven Best-in-class wave and jungle clear, so he reaches item breakpoints ahead of most mid-laners Durability low (1/3) Burst high (2/3) Mobility none (0/3) Healing none (0/3) — 58.3% duo win, +4.4 duo → -
Graves
Graves Best-in-class unattended map pressure via Borrowed Decree Ghouls marching at objectives Durability low (1/3) Burst low (1/3) Mobility none (0/3) Healing low (1/3) — 58.1% duo win, +3.7 duo →
Rat King's other best partners
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Victor
Victor Highest win rate in this group (around 56% on deadlock.one's current-patch sample) — currently a strong pick Durability very high (3/3) Burst high (2/3) Mobility high (2/3) Healing very high (3/3) — 65.2% duo win, +9.6 duo → -
Graves
Graves Best-in-class unattended map pressure via Borrowed Decree Ghouls marching at objectives Durability low (1/3) Burst low (1/3) Mobility none (0/3) Healing low (1/3) — 64.4% duo win, +7.3 duo → -
Kelvin
Kelvin Frozen Shelter is a hard physical barrier that stops ranged damage and ultimates outright Durability high (2/3) Burst low (1/3) Mobility high (2/3) Healing very high (3/3) — 63.0% duo win, +7.2 duo → -
Abrams
Abrams Best-in-class self-sustain through Siphon Life plus Infernal Resilience regeneration Durability very high (3/3) Burst low (1/3) Mobility low (1/3) Healing very high (3/3) — 61.2% duo win, +7.0 duo → -
Mo & Krill
Mo & Krill The most complete single-target lockdown package in the game: Sand Blast disarm into Burrow knockup into a multi-second Combo stun. Durability very high (3/3) Burst high (2/3) Mobility high (2/3) Healing very high (3/3) — 60.6% duo win, +7.0 duo →

