Royal Pestments
Royal Pestments is Rat King's third ability in Deadlock (slot 3), an active ability with a 22 second cooldown. Adorn scrappy armor, gaining barrier based on your max health. As long as the armor holds, bullets have a chance to be deflected back towards the attacker. The barrier does not benefit from resists.
Open the most-bought Rat King build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 202,752 Rat King matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Royal Pestments in matches
Rat King players unlocked Royal Pestments second in 57.7% of matches (117,679 of 203,801), third in 35.9% of matches (73,068 of 203,801) and first in 6.3% of matches (12,752 of 203,801), in all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day.
Measured from matches at all ranks from October 30 to November 1, 2026, starting on the day patch 6833 was released (October 30, 2026), by deadlock-api.com. These are match results, not numbers from the game files, and not a recommendation. Each share is the Rat King matches in which Royal Pestments was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Rat King match counted; a step under 500 matches is not listed.
Match data: deadlock-api.com. deadlock-api.com is not endorsed by Valve and does not reflect the views or opinions of Valve or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Valve properties. How a share is computed: methodology.
Royal Pestments stats
Royal Pestments
- Cooldown 22s
- Duration 6s
Adorn scrappy armor, gaining barrier based on your max health. As long as the armor holds, bullets have a chance to be deflected back towards the attacker.
The barrier does not benefit from resists.
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +4s Duration | |
| 2 | +15% Bullet Return Chance -8s Cooldown | -8s Cooldown +15% Bullet Return Chance |
| 3 | +10% Max Health as Barrier +250 Damage Cap | Reduce all damage to a max of 250 +10% Max Health as Barrier |
Each tier is bought with ability points; how many points a tier costs is not in the game files this site reads, so it is not shown. Learning the ability takes 1 ability unlock.
Royal Pestments change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6745 | No player-facing change in 36 builds (October 2 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 2, 2026build 6742 | Added to Deadlock. | Added |
Royal Pestments FAQ
What does Royal Pestments do?
Adorn scrappy armor, gaining barrier based on your max health. As long as the armor holds, bullets have a chance to be deflected back towards the attacker. The barrier does not benefit from resists. Its tooltip lists 15% Max Health as Barrier and 15% Bullet Return Chance (+0.1 x Spirit, in percentage points).
What is Royal Pestments' cooldown in Deadlock?
Royal Pestments has a 22 second cooldown. The tier 2 upgrade changes it by -8s.
How does Royal Pestments scale with spirit power?
Bullet Return Chance starts at 15% and gains 0.1 percentage points per point of Spirit, the coefficient the game file writes on the value.
What do Royal Pestments' upgrades do?
Tier 1: +4s Duration. Tier 2: -8s Cooldown, +15% Bullet Return Chance. Tier 3: Reduce all damage to a max of 250, +10% Max Health as Barrier.
When was Royal Pestments added to Deadlock?
Royal Pestments was added to Deadlock in the October 2, 2026 patch (build 6742).
Was Royal Pestments changed in the latest patch?
No. Royal Pestments is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It was added in the October 2, 2026 patch (build 6742).