The King of Tanks [ANNOTATED]
(This build is based off of my games, night shift builds, and streamers.) Currently a grenade focused tank/dps build to be less team reliant. I enjoy this hero and will continue to update this build daily for the forseeable future. favorite and refresh daily for updates V2.2
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Important spikes / sell cultist and fleetfoot later / try to farm with bombs during midgame
High-Velocity Rounds
Close Quarters
Opening Rounds
Point Blank
Sprint Boots
Extra Health
Mystic Expansion
Enduring Speed
FortitudeHigh-Velocity Rounds
slow bullets needed every game
Close Quarters
wave clear
Opening Rounds
+25% grenade damage
Point Blank
+50 more grenade damage over cultist and about 5 more per bullet
Mystic Expansion
get more value off grenades
Enduring Speed
slow res is very strong
Fortitude
extra hp + do boxes while it heals you
Lane OptionsOptional
Restorative Shot
great sustain + dps against large hitbox lane
Rebuttal
if you can survive baiting parry can be good into punch
Core
Max grenade + ult will make you super powerful on rift / by the time you get siphon barrier will be over 1000
Berserker
Fleetfoot
Ballistic Enchantment
Spirit Resilience
Siphon Bullets
Compress Cooldown
Superior Cooldown
Witchmail
Transcendent Cooldown
Frenzy
Colossus
Echo ShardBerserker
scales your grenade and gun super core in every rat king build
Fleetfoot
swappable / can use to cancel heavy melees / helps with speed / sell later
Ballistic Enchantment
[testing on 2]grenade will now be hitting for 250 every detonation in close range
Spirit Resilience
replace with bullet res if haze/vyper always better otherwise
Siphon Bullets
only effective lifesteal item on this hero adds hundreds of healing each fight can swap witchmail if shiv/infern/victor
Compress Cooldown
can imbue ult or shield
Witchmail
need lots of greens and helps with cooldowns / replace siphon maybe
Transcendent Cooldown
need cdr + buffs siphon and witchmail
Frenzy
used in night shift for a reason this is super strong against debuff/stun sell fleetfoot if you need
Colossus
can use to cancel heavy melee / lots of stats scales your barrier [sell cultist]
Echo Shard
NOT META this is a troll but it is fun with transcendant cooldown
situational / utilityOptional
in order of how often they are needed
Bullet Resilience
Plated Armor
Decay
Slowing Hex
Debuff Reducer
Return Fire
Juggernaut
Inhibitor
Ethereal Shift
Heroic Aura
Unstoppable
Cursed RelicBullet Resilience
haze/vyper survive very good item
Plated Armor
infernus/mirage/wraith/vindicta survive
Decay
shiv/mo/baba/victor/yama heavy healers or tanks need to be shut down
Slowing Hex
movement heroes
Debuff Reducer
reduce stuns and DOT effects makes you much tankier and for unstop
Return Fire
spellslinger
Juggernaut
slow res and speed buy whenever
Inhibitor
really good anti heal
Ethereal Shift
dodge lash ult / midboss confirm
Heroic Aura
good util overstatted item
Unstoppable
needed against some comps
Cursed Relic
fed enemy carry
items that are not in the build with explanationsOptional
Monster Rounds
Cultist Sacrifice
Recharging Rush
Extended Magazine
Titanic Magazine
Rapid Rounds
Swift Striker
Healing Rite
Spellslinger
Rapid Recharge
Greater Expansion
Headhunter
Bullet Resist Shredder
Extra Stamina
Kinetic Dash
Hunter's Aura
Hollow Point
Headshot Booster
Duration Extender
Superior Duration
Diviner's Kevlar
Scourge
Escalating Resilience
Silencer
Blood TributeMonster Rounds
try to shove wave while poking with bomb
Cultist Sacrifice
USE ON T3 HAUNTS ONLY farming makes up for a weak lane / sellable
Recharging Rush
good but not needed spam rat swarm to boost grenade and gun dps
Titanic Magazine
good not needed
Swift Striker
good if hard winning and replace fleetfoot
Healing Rite
run boxes i guess
Spellslinger
more tank items are better than this start every fight with 5 stacks. not as good as I thought but still usable
Rapid Recharge
bad in my opinion when recharging and transcendant give the same effect but better
Greater Expansion
the passive res is nice but cant slot this anywhere purple is bad on this hero aswell
Headhunter
seen this work late im not so sure
Hunter's Aura
i like it but its hard to fit
Superior Duration
more banner time, worse than CDR in my opinion
Diviner's Kevlar
ult is going to get nerfed again
Escalating Resilience
testing this its been okay
Silencer
if you need
Blood Tribute
works with pestments but is mid unless against heavy debuff
Tips for playing the hero and bad itemsOptional
pick your lanes wisely, try to avoid on hit effect heroes like mirage or infernus. At 8 minutes you can use T2 royal pestments to farm sinners without taking much damage. If you take the tunnel in the secret shop on the hidden king side there is 1k souls worth of boxes in a straight line, although if there is a calico or rem it probably wont be worth.
Extra Charge
very mid
Mystic Reverb
saw some people using it dont
Bullet Lifesteal
reduced lifesteal makes this weak
Vampiric Burst
rat king can not heal very well