Dota is a complex game, which is always determined by the heroes and the choices you make. Some games may be impossible to win if you clash with your enemy team, as you may not be strong enough against them. In these scenarios, you simply rat! Ratting is the technique of silently pushing into the enemy lane and destroying towers while your team is busy distracting them in teamfights.

To help you find the best rat heroes to enhance your gameplay, we have compiled this list of the best 10 Powerful Rat Heroes. These heroes are very much relevant in the current meta, hence they help you dominate your games!

10. Chen

Chen is criminally underrated, as most players fear to understand his true potential. As overwhelming as it may sound, Chen is one of the best junglers and early game gankers present in the game. Chen starts pretty slow in the early game, but with enough farm and levels can assist his allies in ganking and providing various items and auras. A late-game Chen isn’t squishy anymore! His items provide him with plenty of heals and escape! 

Why makes Chen a great rat hero?

• Holy Persuasion converts jungle creeps into allied units controlled by Chen, allowing him to farm with them.
• The abilities of the creeps can be used to jungle, gank, or push lanes.
• Can build utility items, which provide armor, heal, and magic resistance. 

Items to buy on Chen

• Solar Crest
• Guardian Greaves
• Vladimir’s Offering
• Pipe of Insight

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Chen

9. Naga Siren

Emerging from the deep seas is a beautiful yet threatening entity whose voice can cure the worst diseases! Naga Siren deals some heavy physical damage right off the get-go, her looks can deceive you! Along with her damage, she can also lock enemies down with her net or the ultimate. You may pierce the ultimate with BKB, but with her Aghanim’s Scepter, you can’t pierce the net! She can pin you down and rip you into pieces with the assistance of her mirror illusions!

Why is Naga Siren a great rat hero? 

• Great late-game hero, who can rip through most enemies
• Immense disable and crowd control potential with Song of the Siren
• Can farm and split push effortlessly with illusions 

Items to Buy on Naga Siren

• Diffusal Blade
• Butterfly
• Manta Style
• Eye of Skadi
• Heart of Tarrasque 
• Aghanim’s Scepter

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Naga_Siren

8. Anti-Mage

Anti-Mage charismatic warrior has a bone to pick against the mages! His hatred for the arcane arts is unmatchable. He is unparalleled in the pro scene. He has what you need to counter most mage heroes, mana break. An early game AM can effortlessly decimate his enemies' mana and make him buy mangoes or Soul Ring to compensate. This will slow down their farm while AM is known to farm at a faster pace, allowing him to get ahead in the net worth charts.

Why is Anti-Mage a great rat hero? 

• Blink allows him to escape and farm quickly
• With Manta Style, his mana burning will triple because illusions can also use Mana Break.

Items to Buy on AM

• Black King Bar
• Manta Style 
• Eye of Skadi
• Abyssal Blade
• Butterfly 

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Anti-Mage

7. Meepo

Whenever there’s a Meepo in a pub game, chances are he is either a smurf or even better, someone, trying him out for the first time! Jokes aside, Meepo is an extremely powerful hero but there is a catch, he requires extreme amounts of practice and dedication. Everything from your map awareness to micro-skills needs to be on point, even your keybind setup! That’s the reason why this hero ranks number 1 on this list, Meepo isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

Why is Meepo a great rat hero?

• Low CD on spells
• Requires intense micro-skills
• Great right from the early game

Items to buy on Meepo

• Blink Dagger
• Eye of Skadi
• Scythe of Vyse
• Dragon Lance
• Heart of Tarrasque

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Meepo

6. Lone Druid

This wise and kind Druid isn’t lonely by any means! His pet bear takes care of any problems that come his way. Lone Druid is played as a carry majority of the time, this is due to the vast potential that the bear has to offer. Sometimes it may feel like the bear is the primary hero and LD is the pet! The bear can easily trap and shred through enemy armor with damage-dealing items. Decent micro-skills are required to play this beast! 

What makes Lone Druid a great rat hero? 

• Tanky Spirit Bear can soak up damage while pushing lanes
• Has serious synergy due to the Spirit Link, which allows him to gain HP.
• Mows down towers and squishy heroes with just a few items!

Items to buy on Lone Druid

• Desolator
• Assault Cuirass
• Monkey King Bar
• Silver Edge

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Lone_Druid

5. Beastmaster

Beastmaster is a force of nature, his ferocious abilities and vigor have made him into a primal killing machine! He is by far one of the most threatening heroes in the game! Beastmaster is primarily played in the offlane due to his split pushing and initiating abilities, though he can also jungle effortlessly thanks to his Wild Boar. His attack speed is also amplified by his abilities, allowing both him and his allies to hit faster. Beastmaster snowballs right after a few kills, his ganking potential is insane after a few essential item purchases.

What makes Beastmaster a great rat hero? 

• Mostly builds utility items, supplementing his team’s abilities.
• Wild Boar helps with split-pushing and the Hawk provides the vision that can alert Beastmaster or his allies from enemy invasion.
• High base attack speed, damage, and armor.

Items to buy on Beastmaster

• Aghanim’s Scepter
• Blink Dagger
• Helm of the Overlord
• Solar Crest
• Aether Lens

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Beastmaster

4. Lycan

Lycan is a menacing shapeshifter who possesses the abilities of mass destruction. Lycan has various different tools which help him farm and sustain in the lane as well as gank and be on the offensive side if needed. He can summon wolves to help him farm and split push, along with howl that reduces armor. His ultimate, the Shapeshift is the selling point of him, allowing him to turn into a wolf and destroy the lives of his foes by dealing double the damage and being twice as fast.

Why is Lycan a great rat hero?

• He can split push and scout with his wolves
• Immense lifesteal with shape shift
• Howl increases the damage and reduces the enemy's armor

Items to buy on Lycan

• Assault Cuirass
• Helm of the Overlord
• Aghanim’s Scepter
• Boots of Bearing
• Desolator
• Skull Basher

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Lycan

3. Enigma

The mystery of this being lies within the abyss, often known to bend and manipulate time. Enigma is a deadly force that is feared by every other dota player! Enigma has various tools which help him farm faster and efficiently and rat. He is known for split-pushing and his almighty ultimate, the Black Hole. It is regarded as one of the best ultimates in the game! It can change the trajectory of the game, turn around team fights and make enemies rage quit! 

What makes Enigma a great rat hero? 

• Can deny ranged creeps to create Eidolons which can further be used to jungle or harass enemies right from level 1.
• High base movement speed and intelligence. 
• The farm can be accelerated with high levels in Demonic Conversion, leading to stronger Eidolons!

Items to buy on Enigma

• Blink Dagger
• Black King Bar
• Aghanim’s Scepter
• Refresher’s Orb

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Enigma

2. Broodmother

Whether you have Arachnophobia or not, I’m sure you’re afraid of the almighty Broodmother. Unless you’re an AoE damage dealing core, you should be afraid of this 8-legged menace. Her foes do no AoE damage unless they have Radiance or multiple AoE spells, which means Brood has free rein for the first 30 minutes of the game, and may possibly be knocking at your tier 3s and rat. All it takes is Insatiable Hunger and Diffusal Blade to melt enemies!

Why is Broodmother a great rat hero? 

• A great Broodmother player can easily clear waves and micro efficiently.
• With Diffusal Blade, Broodmother can prevent enemies from using spells

Items to Buy on Broodmother

• Aghanim’s Scepter
• Black King Bar
• Diffusal Blade
• Bloodthorn

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Broodmother

1. Nature’s Prophet

The ultimate rat hero! Nature’s Prophet is pretty much the embodiment of this role. His green and serene appearance make him a leader amongst the jungle creatures. NP is one of the most jungled heroes in the game, mostly due to his treants, which soak up the damage and provide extra damage while farming. With high base attack speed, he can prove to be a nuisance in the laning stage, constantly harassing enemies or jungling faster. A late-game NP is a threat that not all players can contain. 

What makes Nature’s Prophet a great rat hero? 

• Incredible global presence, even better with the removed cooldown on teleport as a level 25 talent. 
• Can split push with treants while farming the jungle.

Items to buy on Nature’s Prophet

• Glepnir
• Shadow Blade
• Solar Crest
• Black King Bar
• Scythe of Vyse

https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Nature%27s_Prophet

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