Overview
Ranking each rat based on how useful they are.
Introduction
A while back I made a tier list ranking each and every usable rat in Bad Rats Show based on how useful each one was. I recently replayed each and every level on stream, and it was absolute hell, but I also noticed some changes in how each rat was used and how often they were, so I’ve made a new tier list in response.
Tier List
S Tier
Jebus Rat: Objectively the best rat, both on the old list and the new one. His skill of moving the ball in a path to button, ignoring any and all level collision, makes him useful for beating many levels quickly.
A Tier
Pope Rat: Grabs the ball and takes it to him if it’s within his line of sight, which is very useful, and it is pretty much imperative to have Pope Rat right next to the ball or at least very close to it in the 3D levels.
Kung-Fu Rat: This rat is best at pushing the ball, and can do so at many different angles depending on his positioning.
B Tier
Yoga Rat: Similar to the Pope Rat, Yoga Rat moves the ball towards him if it is in his radius. The things that make Yoga Rat different from Pope Rat unfortunately just make him worse, such as being able to grab the ball through walls but not take it through them, but he can still be useful, especially in tandem with the Pope Rat himself.
Football Rat: Good at pushing the ball without giving it too much momentum, just make sure to set his timer correctly so he goes off at the right time.
C Tier
Bomber Rat: While alright at getting a large push, Bomber Rat can be wildly inconsistent with the trajectory he sends the ball at, and in addition, he can only push it one time per test due to exploding immediately after pushing the ball.
Motorcycle Rat: Very similar to the Football Rat, but his higher speed makes him harder to use successfully, and thus is worse, but still okay.
D Tier
Disco Rat: Previously the only F-tier, Disco Rat DOES in fact have a use that managed to put him up in D-tier, even if it’s a very niche one. When bouncing the ball repeatedly, it will get progressively higher each time, which can prove useful in some situations, but not very many.
Hockey Rat: Hockey Rat has not changed in position since the last tier list, and for good reason. The best word to describe him would be “unreliable”. He is a very one-note rat, simply hitting the ball forward and nothing more, sometimes hitting the ball back and forth and getting nothing done, or even not hitting the ball at all despite being within his range.
F Tier
Both of these rats did not wound up used in a single valid solution during my entire playthrough. They are practically useless.
Mafia Rat: Line-of-sight triggers his skill much like the Pope Rat, but it pushes the ball in a way that is often detrimental to the solution and can often stop the ball dead in it’s tracks in a corner, and he’ll sometimes even miss. Inconsistent and unreliable.
Flu Rat: Outclassed by the Football Rat and the Motorcycle Rat. His mechanic of pushing forward in bursts based on his timer makes it nigh-impossible to find a use for him, and there is practically never a situation in which you need to use all three timed pushing rats at once.
The Old List, for Comparison
