Brawler · Close Range
Billy Build & Counters
Updated ·Refreshed daily from public match data·Methodology
Tier
Win rate
Games
140K
28% pick
How to play Billy right now
- Core items: Melee Lifesteal, Close Quarters, Spirit Snatch, Lifestrike
- Max first: Blasted
- Hardest lanes: Paige, Graves, Seven
- Best teammates: Rat King, Paige, Seven
Last 7 days, all ranks
Billy stats
Win rate
46.3%
#32 of 41
Pick rate
28.3%
of matches
Ban share
0.8%
of ranked bans
K / D / A
7.2 / 7.6 / 12.3
KDA 2.56
Souls
40K
per game
Hero damage
32K
per game
Win rate, last 30 days
September 12, 2026 → October 11, 2026 · low 45.3% · high 49.8%
Compare Billy with another hero in the hero comparison tool.
Ranked matches, last 7 days
Billy by rank
Initiate – Acolyte
9.4K games
Sentinel – Ritualist
7.7K games
Emissary – Phantom
8.3K games
Ascendant – Eternus
1.5K games
See every hero for your bracket on the Deadlock tier list.
Items by game phase · last 7 days
Billy build
Buy rate = share of Billy games where the item was bought; grouped by average purchase time. Late items always show higher win rates because they are bought in longer, often winning games — compare items within the same phase.
Recommended build — buy in this order
The 12 items most Billy players buy, sorted by when they are usually bought.
High-rank build — Phantom and above
What Billy players in Phantom+ ranked lobbies buy (19K games, last 30 days), in buying order.
Laning 0–10 min
Melee LifestealCore800 souls · bought 3 min93%46.5% win
Close QuartersCore800 souls · bought 5 min93%46.5% win
StalkerCore1,600 souls · bought 9 min70%46.7% win
Monster RoundsCore800 souls · bought 4 min65%46.0% win
Grit800 souls · bought 7 min50%46.6% win
Extra Regen800 souls · bought 5 min22%45.4% win
Mid game 10–20 min
Spirit SnatchCore3,200 souls · bought 19 min84%47.9% win
LifestrikeCore3,200 souls · bought 17 min78%47.3% win
Spirit StrikeCore800 souls · bought 13 min64%46.9% win
Melee ChargeCore1,600 souls · bought 16 min63%48.9% win
Bullet Resist Shredder1,600 souls · bought 16 min53%47.3% win
Extra Charge800 souls · bought 16 min48%47.2% win
Spirit Shielding1,600 souls · bought 14 min42%46.8% win
Cultist Sacrifice3,200 souls · bought 13 min38%45.3% win
Late game 20+ min
Crushing Fists6,400 souls · bought 28 min58%53.2% win
Rapid Recharge3,200 souls · bought 24 min57%48.7% win
Point Blank3,200 souls · bought 21 min56%47.8% win
Spirit Resilience3,200 souls · bought 26 min44%48.6% win
Berserker3,200 souls · bought 27 min30%51.2% win
Colossus6,400 souls · bought 32 min28%55.7% win
Greater Expansion3,200 souls · bought 28 min27%51.3% win
Weighted Shots3,200 souls · bought 23 min18%49.3% win
Situational picks that win
Bought in under 20% of games, but with the highest win rates when they are.
Juggernaut6,400 souls · bought 34 min16%55.2% win
Indomitable6,400 souls · bought 34 min11%54.9% win
Scourge6,400 souls · bought 33 min16%54.3% win
Unstoppable6,400 souls · bought 34 min8%53.8% win
Crippling Headshot6,400 souls · bought 35 min8%53.2% win
Hunter's Aura3,200 souls · bought 26 min9%51.6% win
Most played ability upgrade paths
Billy skill order
 Bashdown | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 9 | 10 | 11 | · |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rising Ram | · | · | · | 4 | · | 6 | · | 8 | · | · | · | · |
 Blasted | 1 | 2 | · | · | 5 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 12 |
 Chain Gang | · | · | · | · | · | · | 7 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Bashdown | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 9 | 10 | 11 | · |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Ram | · | · | · | 4 | · | 6 | · | 8 | · | · | · | · |
| Blasted | 1 | 2 | · | · | 5 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Chain Gang | · | · | · | · | · | · | 7 | · | · | · | · | 12 |
| Bashdown | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 9 | 10 | 11 | · |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Ram | · | · | · | 4 | · | 6 | · | 8 | · | · | · | · |
| Blasted | · | 2 | 3 | · | 5 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Chain Gang | · | · | · | · | · | · | 7 | · | · | · | · | 12 |
Billy abilities
1Bashdown35s cooldown
Slam your bat into the ground, pulling enemies down and dealing melee damage. The slam creates a shockwave that deals spirit damage and applies knockup.
- 1 AP-10s Cooldown
- 2 AP+1 Charge and +2m Radius
- 5 AP-3.0s Charge Time Now deals 50% Heavy Melee Damage
2Rising Ram32s cooldown
Charge head-first into an enemy and send them into the air along with Billy. Cooldown reduced by 50% on impact.
- 1 APOn Impact: +25.0% weapon damage for 5s
- 2 AP+0.4s Duration
- 5 AP+10% Max Health · +16s Duration · -13s Cooldown
3Blasted27s cooldown
Passive: Melee hits restore ammo and inflict wrecked on the victim for 7.0s.
- 1 APWhile Blasted: +2.25m/s bonus move speed
- 2 AP+1 Bashdown Charge on use and +7% Wrecked Bullet Amp
- 5 AP+50 Melee Bonus Health and increases spirit scaling
4Chain GangUltimate175s cooldown
Chain nearby enemies to you. Chained enemies cannot use movement abilities and receive a heavy slow when they pull on the chain. After a delay, yank everyone towards Billy and deal spirit damage. The chain breaks if you lose line of sight for a short while.
- 1 AP+40% spirit resist & bullet resist
- 2 AP-40s Cooldown
- 5 AP+5m Range +1.3s of Unstoppable Per Hero pulled in
Same-lane win rate · last 7 days
How to counter Billy
Billy has the hardest time in lane against Paige, Graves, Seven. Items that work best into Billy: Cultist Sacrifice.
Hardest lanes for Billy
Billy wins lane vs
Best teammates
Last 30 days · win-rate gain over other items in the same games
Best items against Billy
Compared with the other items bought into Billy, these ones lift their owner's win rate the most — good picks when you are laning against or chasing Billy.
Most-played in-game builds · last 7 days
Popular Billy builds
Community builds from the in-game build browser, ranked by how many games used them. Search the build ID in-game (Hero Builds → search) to import it.
ttvcrayon_fps punchy compy donkey47.2%872 games
EarlyGame
Monster RoundsMelee LifestealClose QuartersGritStalkerCultist SacrificeLifestrikeSpirit ShieldingBullet Resist ShredderSpirit Snatch
buy 2 or 3 to not die every game
Bullet Resilience
Warp Stone
Counterspell
Dispel Magic
Metal Skin
Weakening Headshot
Phantom Strike
Witchmail
Spellbreaker
Refresher
Inhibitor
Frenzy
Siphon Bullets
SilencerBeepBeepBilly |💦☢1v12✘| 10/10★ ANNOTATIONS ON ALL45.5%793 games
Early Core 1) ; Order Situational
Melee LifestealClose QuartersStalkerGritMonster RoundsCultist Sacrifice
Cultist Skip | Get One of these instead
2) Get Battle Vest + Shield Item | Green
3) Purple Spike 4.8k | Dont Skip Snatch!
Spirit SnatchExtra Charge
Mystic Expansion
Slowing HexBullet Resist Shredder
[Enchanter Emblem Swap]
Warp StoneDispel MagicMetal Skin
HealbaneLifestrike
Weapon Shielding
Reactive Barrier
Enduring SpeedCounterspell
Debuff Reducer
Support, CC, Util
Arctic Blast
Heroic Aura4) Midgame / Late Game; Order Situationa
Rapid RechargeColossusGreater ExpansionCrushing FistsScourgeBerserkerSpirit Resilience
Extended Magazine
Escalating Resilience
Best
Vortex WebZizis Billy (SEPT 29TH PATCH. PRESS QUICK BUY)44.7%693 games
Late Game | All Flex
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Rebuttal
Healing Rite
Return FireBilly - Spirit-Close Range [57% WR] [tracklock.gg]45.6%658 games
Core Build
Monster RoundsMelee LifestealClose QuartersGritStalkerCultist SacrificeLifestrikeSpirit StrikeBullet Resist ShredderSlowing HexSpirit SnatchExtra ChargeMelee ChargeRapid RechargeCrushing FistsScourge
Defensives
Spirit ShieldingSpirit Resilience
Extra HealthReactive BarrierColossus
Plated ArmorDispel MagicEscalating Resilience
Slowing Bullets
Fleetfoot(ANNOTATED) the G.O.A.T! [twitch.tv/ihatenikolas]46.6%459 games
1. EARLY- MID CORE
Melee LifestealMonster RoundsClose QuartersStalker
Battle VestCultist SacrificeLifestrikeSpirit SnatchBullet Resist Shredder
Enchanter's EmblemRapid RechargeDispel Magic
2. MID - LATE CORE
Weighted ShotsGreater ExpansionColossusScourgeCrushing Fists
Divine BarrierCrippling Headshot
Diviner's KevlarIndomitablePlated Armor
IXIAN MURDER PROPAGANDA
Headshot Booster
Spirit Shredder
Headhunter
Cursed Relic
Ethereal Shift
Capacitor
COMPEY DONKEY
Golden Goose EggLed Zeplin Potential Album Covers
Mystic Conduit
Prism Blast
Shadow Strike
Omnicharge Signet
Runed Gauntlets
Spellslinger
Blood Tribute
Infuser
Boundless Spirit
Extra Spirit
Improved Spirit
Restorative Shot
Rapid Rounds
Titanic Magazine
Intensifying Magazine
Mystic Shot
Active Reload
Ballistic Enchantment
Tesla Bullets
Hollow Point
Toxic Bullets
Express Shot
Armor Piercer
Ricochet
Haunting Shot
Quicksilver Reloadtwitch.tv/togetherdl46.8%342 games
Superior DurationRecent Billy changes
- • Base health regen reduced from 2.5 to 2.0
- • Rising Ram T3 changed from "On Impact: Deal 7% max health as spirit damage" to "On hero hit: +10% Max HP for 16s"
- • Chain Gang spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.7
- • Rising Ram T3 reduced from 8% Max Health to 7%
- • Rising Ram T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.035 to 0.03
About Billy
Base stats (level 1)
- Health
- 820
- Health regen
- 2/s
- Move speed
- 7 m/s
- Sprint speed
- 1.6 m/s
- Stamina
- 3
- Light melee
- 50
- Heavy melee
- 116
Billy lore
Billy is a white hot ball of rage, furious at the very notion of...something. Maybe it’s the cops. Maybe it’s magic regulations. Maybe it’s the service at the gyro place downtown. (Not the good one. The other one.)
Don't ask him how he got the goat head.
Official in-game biography.
Billy FAQ
Is Billy good in Deadlock right now?＋
Below average right now. Billy is C tier (#32 of 41) with a 46.3% win rate over 140K games in the last 7 days. Billy wins 46.3% of 140K games, 2.0 pts below the median hero, down 1.4 pts on last week. Consistent across ranks (47.3–48.5%). Struggles into Paige in lane (40%).
What is the best Billy build?＋
Most Billy players buy Melee Lifesteal, Close Quarters, Spirit Snatch, Lifestrike — the four items bought most often. Start with Melee Lifesteal, Close Quarters, Stalker in lane, then Spirit Snatch, Lifestrike, Spirit Strike by mid game.
Who counters Billy?＋
In lane, Billy has the lowest win rate against Paige (39.5%), Graves (40.0%), Seven (40.8%). Billy does best against Solomon (52.8%), Shiv (52.3%), Viscous (51.8%).
How do you counter Billy?＋
Pick a hero that wins the lane into Billy — Paige, Graves, Seven do best this week — and build Cultist Sacrifice, which win more often than other items when Billy is on the enemy team.
What should I max first on Billy?＋
The most common skill order puts points into Blasted first; it wins 48.0% of 12K games. Full order is in the skill order table above.
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