Rem Guide — Abilities, Builds & Strategy

Rem Base Stats

• Role: Mystic
• Max Health: 680
• Max Move Speed: 7.2
• Stamina: 3
• Base Health Regen: 2
• Light Melee Damage: 58
• Heavy Melee Damage: 116

Rem Weapon Stats

• DPS: 61.539
• Sustained DPS: 38.662
• Bullet Damage: 16
• Rounds Per Second: 3.8462
• Clip Size: 13
• Reload Time: 2s
• Bullet Speed: 160
• Can Crit: Yes

Rem Abilities

• Ability 1: Pillow Toss
• Ability 2: Tag Along
• Ability 3: Lil Helpers
• Ability 4: Naptime

Rem Guide — Strategy & Tips

Quick Answer: Rem is a Deadlock support hero with the best heal in the game: Tag Along lets him leap onto an ally, heal both of them, and become untargetable and damage-immune while napping. His Lil Helpers farm boxes, run objectives, and buff allies or troopers, and Pillow Toss is a knockback that cuts his cooldowns. His ultimate, Naptime, looks through walls and slows enemies. Play him as a second-line support, not a damage dealer.

Rem is a support who wins by keeping his team alive and being almost impossible to kill while he does it. His healing is the most reliable in the game: Tag Along lets him leap onto an ally, heal both of them, and become untargetable and immune to damage while napping on their shoulder. His Lil Helpers extend his reach without him ever leaving safety — they farm boxes, run Sinner's Sacrifice, and buff allies or troopers. Pillow Toss is his only offensive tool, but it is a good one: a heavy knockback plus spirit damage, and every hit cuts the cooldown on Tag Along and Naptime. Play him as a second-line support — you never lead the fight, you keep the frontline alive through it.

Early Game

Your lane goal is souls and safety. Send a Lil Helper to a trooper so it heals and buffs your lane partner while you farm with Long Night. Long Night has a subtle homing effect that helps land shots, but Rem has a crit penalty and a melee-resist penalty, so do not try to win trades with auto-attacks. Pillow Toss is your harass and your escape: the knockback buys space, and landing it shortens your cooldowns. Remember his innate — you can slip into tunnels through vents by crouching, but not while in combat, so it is a repositioning tool, not an escape button once a fight starts.

Mid Game

This is where Rem's support value shows. Tag Along makes ganks on your carry nearly impossible: leap on, heal the burst, and you are both untargetable while he repositions. Hop between allies to refresh the heal on each one — the duration resets every time you jump. Keep Lil Helpers cycling: one on your carry for the spirit resist and move speed, one on a trooper for sustain, and others running objectives. Do not chase kills; Rem's damage is Pillow Toss and nothing else, so your job is to make your team's fights unwinnable for the enemy, not to win them yourself.

Late Game

Late game Rem decides team fights with Naptime. Casting it forward, through walls and floors, catches enemies who thought they were safe behind cover — and a slowed, napping enemy team in a late fight is usually a lost fight for them. Hold it until your team is ready to follow up; it is a setup tool, not damage. Keep Tag Along available as your emergency button for your actual carry — the moment they get dove, leap on, heal, and you are both untargetable. Rem is one of the hardest heroes to kill late, but he is also one of the lowest damage, so if your team dies around you, you lose regardless.

Combos

Support cycle: keep a Lil Helper on your carry, farm with Long Night, and Pillow Toss anyone who steps in to trade — the knockback and the cooldown cut are both worth it. Save combo: when your carry gets jumped, Tag Along onto them immediately — the burst heal lands on arrival and you both become untargetable, which beats almost any point-and-click engage. Team fight open: Naptime through a wall or from an unexpected angle, then walk your team in behind the slow. One rule: Pillow Toss is first, not last — landing it cuts the cooldown on both of your key abilities, so throwing it early makes everything else come back faster.

Strong Against

Rem is strong against dive-heavy compositions because Tag Along makes him and his ally untargetable at will. Any team that wins by bursting a single priority target finds it much harder against a Rem who is always one leap away from saving them. He is also good against teams that rely on sustained pressure rather than burst: his healing and his Helpers' aura simply out-sustain them. Because Helpers can be sent to farm boxes and run Sinners safely, Rem also out-resources lanes that try to out-trade him rather than out-farm him.

Weak Against

Rem's weakness is his own damage. He cannot carry a fight on his own, so if his teammates are behind or dead, he is a support with no one to support. Heroes with long-range burst that can kill his carry before he reacts give him trouble, and any enemy who can punish his Pillow Toss cooldown window can pressure him out. Silences and stuns that land on Rem himself are dangerous, because they stop him from Tag Along-ing away. He also struggles to contest objectives alone — Helpers help, but Rem needs at least one teammate alive to matter.

Synergies

Rem is at his best with a carry who can use the healing and a frontline who benefits from his Helpers' auras. Any hero who wants to stay in a fight longer — a durable brawler or a farmed carry — becomes dramatically harder to kill with a Rem attached. He pairs well with a second support or a hero with crowd control, because Naptime sets up their follow-up perfectly. He pairs badly with a team that has no frontline: without someone to heal, Tag Along has no target and Rem has almost no impact.

Common Mistakes

• Trying to deal damage. Rem's only offensive tool is Pillow Toss — if you play him like a carry you lose fights you should win by healing instead. Your job is to make your team unkillable, not to kill.
• Pillow Tossing last. Every hit on Pillow Toss cuts the cooldown on Tag Along and Naptime, so throwing it early makes your whole kit come back faster. Saving it for a finisher just wastes the cooldown reduction.
• Forgetting the Helpers do work for you. They farm boxes, run Sinner's Sacrifice, and can even buy from shops — a Rem who keeps three Helpers idle is leaving souls and tempo on the table every single wave.

Matchup Notes

• vs Abrams — Pillow Toss his engage. The knockback plus your slow ruins his approach, and if he dives your carry you Tag Along and become untargetable until the dive is spent.
• vs Haze — she wants to burst your carry before you react. Stay close to your damage dealer, and hold Tag Along for the moment she jumps in; the heal plus untargetability beats her burst.
• vs Grey Talon — his long-range poke can chip your carry down from outside your range. Use Helpers to keep pressure on his lane and force him to reposition instead of shooting for free.
• vs Mo & Krill — their lock-down can kill your carry through healing. Naptime silence-heavy fights in your favour, and keep the Pillow Toss knockback for when they commit.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I play Rem?

Play him as a support: keep Lil Helpers working on boxes, objectives and allies, farm safely with Long Night, and use Tag Along to leap onto your carry and heal them while becoming untargetable. Pillow Toss is your knockback and cooldown reducer.

What is Rem's ultimate?

Naptime. He casts his gaze forward, piercing walls and floors, slowing the enemies it catches. It is a setup tool for team fights, best used just before your team commits.

Is Rem a good support?

Yes — his Tag Along heal is among the strongest in the game and it makes both him and his ally untargetable while napping. He has very little damage, so he needs at least one teammate alive to be useful.

What can Lil Helpers do?

They can collect boxes, run Sinner's Sacrifice, follow allies (giving spirit resist and move speed), follow troopers (giving healing and damage), and even buy items from shops — Rem is the only hero who can shop through a Helper.

Is Rem good for beginners?

He is one of the more forgiving heroes to learn because his healing keeps him alive, but he teaches the wrong habits if you try to carry — he wins by enabling teammates, not by killing.

What heroes counter Rem?

Burst assassins who can kill his carry faster than he can heal, and silences or stuns that stop him from using Tag Along. If your team has no frontline, Rem has almost no impact.