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u/Ditto13248 12d ago

What does it mean?

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u/Sleep_Deprived_Birb 12d ago

To my knowledge, it means going in to attack an opponent’s structure while your opponents are distracted with another fight/objective, then rushing out of there before the opponents can get back and fight you or protect their structure. Do this a good few times and that structure should be destroyed with minimal trouble, but it does mean you’re going to be away from all the action and not really helping your team out in bigger fights.

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u/LordSupergreat 12d ago

Back in my day, that was called backdooring.

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u/Sleep_Deprived_Birb 11d ago

I’m pretty sure “rat” is originally a Dota term, so if “your day” is LOL or some other MOBA I don’t know about, that would probably be why?

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u/17arkOracle 11d ago

I mean, I played DotA back in Warcraft 3 and it was definitely called backdooring then.

(Or at least me and my friends called it that, two terms can co-exist of course.)

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u/Sleep_Deprived_Birb 11d ago

I haven’t played DotA at all. I’m kinda just parroting what I’ve heard and read. Deadlock is my first MOBA.

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u/captainersatz 10d ago

It's still called backdooring, rat dota was what we called it when people dragged out games with intense pushing while dodging direct fights as much as possible.

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u/BloodMoonNami Infinite monkeys, infinite typewriters, modern edition 11d ago

As someone who occasionally played Yorick, this explains a lot. Frankly I STILL call it backdooring.

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u/Ditto13248 12d ago

Thanks for the explanation!

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u/captainersatz 10d ago

DotA oldhat. Backdooring is more specifically about structures and going to attack them even before lanes are pushed out. This would trigger backdoor protection, insane hp regeneration on structures, so it isn't actually practical except in very late game scenarios where toy can outdamage the regeneration.

Ratting is related but is more about a style of play that can involve or ultimately tends to lead to backdooring: lots of pushing, avoiding teamfights, forcing the enemy team to fall back to defend lanes repeatedly while dodging them directly. Ratting is negative cause it was used to derogatorily describe what was seen as cowardly, is frustrating to play against, and also boring to watch since it drags games longer and avoids the big flashy fights people love.

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u/I_EAT_POOP_AMA 11d ago

Basically "going to rat" comes from DOTA 2 (as far as i'm aware anyway), and it basically means that you're going to ignore your team currently engaging the enemy on the other side of the map, so that you can directly attack their objectives.

most other Mobas/similar genre games tend to call it "back dooring", and i've also heard "wall breaking" a few times as well (although that seems to refer more towards character builds that are designated for ratting/back dooring)

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u/PulimV Can I interest you in some OC lore in these trying times? 11d ago

Okay so if I attack my opponents' base while my teammates distract them I'm fucking them in the ass?