Billy build guide
by therealslimpdee (BABA GANGA)Version 241Updated Oct 1, 2026Guide #358231
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Youtube & Twitch @therealslimpdee super tanky carry character, just don't int your lane Annotated and includes additional categories for pivoting your build.
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2How to Billy Lane
Author's category · 0 items · Billy's lane is very weak right now, and characters with strong poke can be a struggle. Clear waves safely very early on. [ - ] Enemies are forced to respect you as walking up to the bridge and beyond gives you enough space to punish them hard. With Blasted you win every melee trade, and with Rising Ram and Bashdown you keep them out of position. [ - ] Look for opportunities to punish overextension whenever possible. When jungle comes up look to steal and secure leads as efficiently as possible. [ - ] Smart enemies will not give you space to kill them with, so in this scenario, shove wave hard and leave to go box/gank and get even stronger. The enemy will either make an aggressive play for you to punish or you will get strong enough from farming other sources to dive them under their tower easily. [ - ] When your ultimate comes up, try to force value on it as soon as possible. The moment they give you space instantly dive with ult. [ - ] Golden rule: communicate with your lane partner when you're diving !!!
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3Early game
Game stage · 4 items · T2s if ahead
Melee Lifesteal
Path into Lifestrike, early healing is great, melee damage stat increase is also big.
Close Quarters
Great additional damage any time if you have an extra slot.
Grit
200 free HP on use, can be upgraded or sold later if you so choose.
4Early gameoptional
Game stage · 4 items
Sprint Boots
Boxmaxxer time.
Rebuttal
Punch-happy noobs in your game.
Monster Rounds
Wave clear + path into Cultist. If lane is bad (probably is) it's okay to let wave come to you instead.
5Mid-Game
Author's category · 4 items · Gun -> Green
Stalker
Consistent early damage + movespeed + wallhacks for your team.
Fleetfoot
INSANOCAT SLOW RESIST (!!!) + MORE BULLETS FROM SLIDING
Bullet Resist Shredder
Overstatted item, synergizes with Stalker for maximum shred uptime.
6Green Spikeoptional
Author's category · 18 items · Easy default = Spirit Shielding + Lifestrike, will need to deviate depending on game though
Spirit Shielding
Built from Grit
Temporary spirit resist + a solid barrier.
Enchanter's Emblem
Spirit resist.
Return Fire
VS Haze & Venator.
7How to Billy Mid-Game
Author's category · 0 items · After lane with our Early Game items we are looking to level up as fast as possible in order to get ahead and control the mid-game. [ - ] Using Blasted in jungle will allow you to leave camps with more HP than you entered with. [ - ] Make sure to pause jungling to prioritize catching the nearest wave EVERY time, the jungle is worth less than troopers. Having wave prio forces enemies to respond and sets up better fights for your team. [ - ] When you're strong start roaming and gathering boxes + enemy jungle while staying close to your carries so you can quickly peel for them. [ - ] When ult is off cooldown or near it, look at your map and find a lane to gank, your ult is OP and forces good fights for you. DO NOT blow your Chain Gang too close to urn spawn time! The resists are very good for not instantly dying.
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8How to Billy WIN!!!
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9Big Billy Punching Bagoptional
Author's category · 6 items
Plated Armor
Got bug fixes so now works on everything it should. Very OP when playing into strong m1/on-hit effects.
Colossus
Fat HP increase + insane resists and more weapon damage. Very good on Billy right now due to his extremely high HP per boon. Scales your max Rising Ram as well.
Juggernaut
10Evil Damageoptional
Author's category · 8 items · Snatch ALWAYS for Broker
Spirit Snatch
Big burst + spirit power and resist STEAL. OP item all the time.
Rapid Recharge
Spamming = win. Better with Mystic/Greater Expansion.
Tankbuster
Feels good to give Billy more burst (burst is king).
11Spells & Utilityoptional
Author's category · 8 items · OP depending on game
Counterspell
OP item that prevents you from dying/losing momentum 20+ times a game
Phantom Strike
Assassinate people with this burst damage disarming slow. Gives nice bonus stats as well.
Unstoppable
Built from Debuff Reducer
12AP ORDER MILESTONES
Author's category · 0 items · [ GOAT AP ORDER ] Blasted Lv1 - 1.1k souls Blasted Lv2 - 2.6k souls Rising Ram Lv1 - 3.2k souls Rising Ram Lv2 - 5.2k souls Bashdown Lv3 - 12k souls Chain Gang Lv 1 - 13k souls Rising Ram Lv3 - 18k souls Chain Gang Lv3 - 33k souls
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13SOULS TIMELINE
Author's category · 0 items · Max Bashdown - 12k souls Max Rising Ram - 18k souls Max Chain Gang - 33k souls Max Blasted - 49.2k souls
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14The Horrors.optional
Author's category · 2 items
Magic Carpet
Stats are lowkey kinda goated and then the carpet itself is funny.
Cursed Relic
Can actually be used on any character now.
15OTHER FUN STUFF / VARYING DEGREES OF SITUATIONALoptional
Author's category · 17 items · Have fun.
Mystic Expansion
Mystic Expansion = omega big Bashdowns.
Compress Cooldown
More chains = more GAINS !!!
Suppressor
Lowers enemy fire rate and also gives bullet resist stat. Very good when coupled with another bullet resist item.
16Metro Cosplayoptional
Author's category · 2 items
Fury Trance
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Vampiric Burst
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Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.
| Bashdown: Ability unlocked, step 1 | Bashdown: 1 AP upgrade, step 9 | Bashdown: 2 AP upgrade, step 10 | Bashdown: 5 AP upgrade, step 11 |
Extended Magazine
MR replacement, more PVP / need path into Escalating Resilience.
Cultist Sacrifice
Built from Monster Rounds
HP, ability range, weapon damage, + bonus money. If you choose to sell this later on use it one more time before you sell to keep the lingering buff.
Melee Charge
I like it. (Good stats + heavy melee = feels good man)
Battle Vest
Bullet resist + good bonus stats for Billy.
Healbane
Gives you HP back so you can stay fighting after you eat every cooldown in the game.
Enduring Speed
Built from Sprint Boots
Need slow resist with perma uptime instead of cooldown based slow resist from Fleetfoot.
Debuff Reducer
Debuff resist super strong into certain characters (Pocket, Mo, Holliday). Debuff resist caps out at 51%.
Guardian Ward
Built from Grit
Need DB later on/have a duo to Guardian Ward you back.
Reactive Barrier
Built from Grit
Build path into Indomitable.
Lifestrike
Built from Melee Lifesteal
This item is OP tbh, especially the earlier you get it.
Warp Stone
Mobility to get in and/or out paired with a huge resist buff. Strong chase tool, especially for Chain Gang. Goat status item that's OP.
Dispel Magic
Great item with a nice spirit resist bonus stat. Removing debuffs as the frontliner is OP and will save your life and maintain your pressure in fights.
Spirit Resilience
Tanky Billy. Best armor item in the game (most damage in the game comes from spirit.
Metal Skin
Turns off bullet damage. Won't work against on-hit effects, get Plated Armor for that.
Veil Walker
No longer OP. Just good now if you're keeping minimal downtime on this item. Good for ganking/rotations.
Fortitude
Uptime for noobs.
Slowing Hex
BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY !!!!! MOVEMENT SPELLS MUST DIE !!!!!
Escalating Resilience
Built from Extended Magazine
Great bonus stats, can make you super tanky, more weapon invest. I like grabbing this item sometimes.
Built from Enduring Speed
High slow resistance, more move speed, regen, fire rate penalty for your enemies.
Divine Barrier
Built from Guardian Ward
Full debuff cleanse and huge barrier every 27 seconds + ability range for you.
Silencer
Nearly everyone in the game does majority spirit damage so this item is lowkey OP because of the on-hit effect (the build up is nice too). Applies on Bashdown as well.
Scourge
More tanky + %hp damage. Feels nice to use a lot of games, if a support can buy it for you ask them to.
Point Blank
Built from Close Quarters
"I want to upgrade Close Quarters and save slots"
Berserker
More weapon damage the more you eat dirt, which Billy happens to do a lot. The damage increase from this is huge so don't sleep on it.
Hunter's Aura
Big bullet resist shred on alone targets, and bullet resist shred around people in general. Think of it as the evil version of Heroic Aura that lets you debuff the enemy team instead.
Crippling Headshot
Extremely easy to apply and reapply, strong shred and antiheal that gives nice bonus health stat as well. Works on troopers and jungle.
Crushing Fists
Built from Melee Charge
Getting this somewhat early feels kind of OP no kappa chungus
Necessary if the enemy has a lot of cc/ults to secure mid-boss with.
Diviner's Kevlar
15% ultimate ability CDR no kappa penis chungus.
Witchmail
Item for funsies. Way higher prio T4 greens than this but the sound effect is dopamine pumped into your brain.
Greater Expansion
Makes your Bashdown and Chain Gang pretty massive, item feels good to use.
Superior Duration
Makes Bashdown knock-up last longer, your ram go for miles, Blasted last forever, and Chain Gang unstop last a long time. Boosts all your items as well. Very strong item.
Ethereal Shift
Do NOT sleep on E-shift. If there are way too many spells / ults that will straight up cause you to lose all momentum and die having I-frames on demand is OP.
Knockdown
If you really want it buy it for channel ults, otherwise buy duration for Rising Ram to deal with fliers.
Silence Wave
Very strong item, just low prio + slow hex often better.
Boundless Spirit
"I AM OMEGA GIGA STRONG AND WANT TO BUY SOMETHING FUN :)))))"
Arctic Blast
Covers a very large area now and makes it extremely difficult to escape. AoE stamina freezing is very strong especially after a successful Chain Gang.
Spirit Burn
AoE gone so hard to get on multiple targets. Would only buy for fun now if you're stomping noobs.
Refresher
Secret game-winning compy tech. EXPERTS ONLY !!!!!
Trophy Collector
Built from Sprint Boots
PvP option to keep economy up. Win lane, buy this, get more money. Don't get overly aggressive for stacks and sack your net worth by dying over and over again.
Siphon Bullets
Very nice when the enemy team has a lot of high HP characters and you have a lot of money. Stacks really well with your natural max hp gain from Blasted.
Indomitable
Built from Reactive Barrier
If you're too noob to Counterspell or use Unstoppable intelligently.
Alchemical Fire
Does ramping damage & shreds bullet resist. Can force people to stand in it with all of your spells. VERY STRONG for rift/mid-boss.
Weighted Shots
W stats and big damage increase. Mostly take this for debuff resist.
Shadow Weave
Built from Sprint Boots
Gank-o-tron supreme.
Tesla Bullets
Might be fun to use and get silly with.
Frenzy
Extremely high debuff resist and fire rate bonus is very valuable. Fallen from grace but has its niche games where it really shines (@Pocket)
| Rising Ram: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Rising Ram: 1 AP upgrade, step 7 | Rising Ram: 2 AP upgrade, step 8 | Rising Ram: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
| Blasted: Ability unlocked, step 2 | Blasted: 1 AP upgrade, step 5 | Blasted: 2 AP upgrade, step 6 | Blasted: 5 AP upgrade, step 12 |
| Chain Gang: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Chain Gang: 1 AP upgrade, step 13 | Chain Gang: 2 AP upgrade, step 14 | Chain Gang: 5 AP upgrade, step 15 |
Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
Current patch: the Oct 5, 2026 update, Oct 5, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC to today · ranked and unranked · all match average ranks
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