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Acorn of Swiftness
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Aegis Amulet
Purification Beads
Hydra's Lament
Jotunn's Wrath
Spirit Robe
Hastened Katana
Heartseeker
Deathbringer
Breastplate of Valor
Spirit Robe
Bulwark of Hope
Acorn of Yggdrasil
Hydra's Lament
Jotunn's Wrath
Spirit Robe
Bloodforge
Heartseeker
Acorn of Yggdrasil
Transcendence
Breastplate of Valor
The Crusher
Bloodforge
Hastened Katana
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Ratatoskr in general (arena, clash, joust) and also Conquest in the Jungle.
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Ratatoskr comes with a rather fun set of abilities that work well together, he is a sneaky assassin who jumps onto a target, shreds them, then jumps to the next target and so on, until he needs to dash back to safety.
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Passive - Acorn of Yggdrasil Acorn of Yggdrasil Is a unique passive in which Ratatoskr begins the game with a powerful acorn that can be upgraded from anywhere on the map. It replaces Boots and includes more power and movement speed than 
Warrior Tabi when fully upgraded. Not only this but it also heals Ratatoskr for damage done with abilities which helps his sustainability in the jungle and in general.
1 - Dart
Dart When activated, Ratatoskr dashes forward in a straight line. Dart is the core part of Ratatoskr's kit, it is his main movement ability and can be used to initiate or escape. The ability goes through minions but stops when coming into contact with an enemy god and slows anyone that it hits which is extremely useful in helping Ratatoskr get his basic attacks and abilities off on the target.
2 - Flurry
Flurry When activated, Ratatoskr bursts into a flurry of attacks in a circular, whirlwind motion. Flurry is extremely useful when tearing down squishy enemy gods that have a few protections on hand like the enemy jungler as it reduces their protections more and more with each hit of the ability, allowing Ratatoskr to gain the upper hand.
3 - Acorn Blast
Acorn Blast When activated, Ratatoskr throws out three acorns from his position in a cone. This serves as Ratatoskr's surprise ability and will stun any opponents that are hit by all three acorns, which is its primary function.
Ultimate - Through the Cosmos
Through the Cosmos When activated, Ratatoskr jumps into the sky and lands on a branch above his head after a short charge-up time. Once on this branch, Ratatoskr may jump to two more branches before being forced to land at a target location, knocking any opponents up that are caught within the radius. Dart -> Acorn Blast -> Flurry). The dash will first slow the enemy, giving you a clear shot at hitting all three acorns if you get as close as possible, finally, the Flurry will tear away protections and allow you to then finish them off with basic attacks. Acorn Blast -> Flurry -> Dart) as Ratatoskr without a dash is often roadkill, I'd use it to escape and use basics along with the combo above and use Hydra's Lament in your favour. Through the Cosmos -> Acorn Blast -> Dart) to secure kills and then find a way out quickly with his dart, it is key that you save Dart for quick kills or getting away. I often do NOT push without either having Dart or Through the Cosmos to get out of a sticky situation or possibly rain hell back down again.
Acorn of Yggdrasil - This item is always on Ratatoskr in his first item slot no matter the game mode. It substitutes for boots, having higher movement speed than Warrior Tabi and higher damage. It also gives Ratatoskr a huge advantage in the Early Game as he does not have to pay for Tier 1 of the item. However, the acorn does cost more than the average boots.
Hydra's Lament - I always purchase this as Ratatoskr's second item as it provides a great boost to his kit in general. Since this God is torn between basic attacks and abilities, this item helps him use his kit more wisely. When Ratatoskr uses an ability such as Dart, his next basic attack will deal significantly more damage which really helps with his whole combo in general.
This also contributes to his cooldown reductions which are very important. Another advantage of this item is the MP5 it gives for missing mana which yet again helps his sustainability, definitely a must-pick for me.
Breastplate of Valor - This is a very important defensive item for Ratatoskr, especially in Conquest. If you're gonna do damage, you need to be able to take it, too and this item provides Ratatoskr with the protection he needs against the enemy jungler, especially if the majority of the enemy team is physical damage in any game modes.
Spirit Robe - Recently, I have started to use this way more often than Breastplate of Valor due to it resulting in a build that goes over the cooldown cap, it provides both physical and magical protection and therefore helps Ratatoskr balance out his protection against both damage types from opponents.
Bulkwark of Hope - If the enemy jungler is a magical type, get this instead of Breastplate of Valor as it provides the magical protections that you need to survive attacks from the enemy jungler or if the majority of the enemy are magical, this is a good buy.
The Crusher - The Crusher is a great item for Ratatoskr as a replacement for Jotunn's Wrath and generally fits his playstyle well, if you get an enemy low enough and wish to Dart away as using it on the enemy may leave you without an escape, The Crusher will take out the enemy with its bleeding passive.
Mantle of Discord - An item that not only provides amazing protection and the right amount of cooldown reduction to trade out with Spirit Robe, but it also has the power to give you that extra time to get away from enemies or take out that pesky low-health one and give you your Bloodforge shield to allow you to continue in the fight with its stunning passive.
Ancile - This item is great against Magical Gods and allows you to have the upper-paw on enemies with its stunning passive, it's great for annoying the enemy jungler if they're magical!
Jotunn's Wrath - A very basic item that is picked up to amplify your stats in general, primarily giving you higher damage output and lowering your cooldowns. It comes with many bonus effects and is definitely a core item to buy.
Masamune - A great item to use on Ratatoskr as team fights will certainly happen often, and you may even be near enough to enemies for the passive to help you when stalking above your prey whilst sitting in your little cosmic tree of death.
Bloodforge - I always purchase this on Ratatoskr as it really helps him survive the huge team fights that happen near the end of games, especially conquest. This allows Ratatoskr to gain a temporary shield upon killing an opponent which comes in all sorts of useful situations. Such as when you wish to dash from target to target and still be able to fight the next one, or if you are escaping and your shield manages to just keep you alive while you escape to the safety of Yggdrasil in Through the Cosmos. Bloodforge is definitely a must buy for me.
Heartseeker - I recently added this item to my general build as it really helps with the whole kit. You build up your next ability's damage with basic attacks and then unleash havoc. It's an easily understood item and works very well with kits such as Ratatoskr's who is split between basic attacks and abilities.
Deathbringer - This is a great item if you wish to lean towards the basic attack side of things, getting those huge critical attacks off will really shred the enemy. I have recently cut this out of my main build due to Heartseeker but I still use it from time to time.
Acorn of Yggdrasil is fully purchased. You don't want to return to base early on as this gives the enemy jungler an advantage, try and gain enough money to upgrade your Acorn of Yggdrasil while in the jungle and not at the base. Acorn of Yggdrasil to its Tier 3 and one of your chosen damage items to Tier 3 and possibly even Tier 1 of a protection item! In this phase, you should be attempting ganks on unsuspecting targets and hopefully even challenging the enemy jungler to duels (and winning them!) if you're brave enough. Through the Cosmos and shred unsuspecting squishy targets as well as help, take down the enemy tanks. Your primary role is to take out the squishies in the back-line to create openings for your team to go in and take out the entire enemy team.
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HK were made for basic attacker sticks on their targets since these gods usually lacks some stick capacities. It's not the Rat case. You can use
Rat cannot stay for long times stuck on the same target, hitting Basic Attacks, he wasn't made for it, that's why he has a progression on his basics (hitting 1, 0.5, 0.5, 1.5). He was made to be a burst god, who jumps on the enemy take a good part of his health/kill him them retreat. So I strongly recommend you remove completely both HK and DB from your list. Let these items for Basic Attackers assassins as
Make these changes and your guide will be perfect and I will give you the +1 you deserve!
Yeah the items are good and builds too except for one thing: the
Deathbringer. Rat has a lot of progressions on basic attacks and also he is not a basic attacker, so build something else.As a summary, this build has some major flaws, though I like the effort put in the writeup for abilities and item choice explanations. I'll give reasons below.
You need to choose a direction, if you like
It's got a low price (2,200 gold). This allows you to build it early without too much delay. Why would you get it early? For jungle camp clear. This isn't going to do much for you in a teamfight late-game, which is when you're building the item. Either get it early, or don't get it at all.
In any case, the reason I said he probably doesn't need it is because his general clear is fairly good. His 4th hit in his basic attack progression provides AOE damage, and combined with one ability use (either
As a side note, it works very well with additional protection reduction provided by
1: using Dart first is great for getting CDR from other abilities used after, but it also burns your escape. When possible, you actually want to save your dash for future chase, or to escape. Instead, walking up to the enemy and starting with
Weirdly enough, you have a category for "Basic Attack." Rat shouldn't focus on that. In addition, the only truly basic attack item there is GB.
But, seriously, not all gods can utilize crit properly; and those that do need at least two crit items to make it worthwhile. When you only buy one crit item, you're basically wasting your gold because of how random the crit chance can be. Plus crit needs a lot of power to work properly and that's hard to build when you're also building protections. Leave crit to the hunters and AA assassins. Go with a bruiser build for the rat.
I like your build and your guide at all, but let's talk about some doubt items you listed.
First of all,
Plus your build is overcapping 10% of cooldown (the first one).
Also consider some defensive magical item on him such as
And please, no crits on ratatoskr.