Billy build guide

Zizis Billy (SEPT 29TH PATCH. PRESS QUICK BUY)

by ZizisdlVersion 414Updated Oct 5, 2026Guide #646541

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Author's notes

NYC Boogeyman of legend! - Updated some of the Annotations, things were swapped places in the optionals, Core build is mathematically perfect as it is and Rat King is a Terrorist. - Thanks to the boys at the Deadlock Discord Server for any recent help! - To move items from the Slot Locked Tab, press right click twice on an item to bring it to the top of the list. -Last patch update: SEPT 29TH, 2026 -Last major build Update: OCT 5TH, 2026 -Press Queue Build To Start

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 6 items
1. 1
  Monster Rounds
  Core. In hard to engage Lanes, Very Good Sustain, in even lanes, helps push troopers so you get heavy boxes and heal bats at 3:00 which should be your new priority, Sell when slot locked
2. 2
  Melee Lifesteal
  Semi - Core. Better for Sustain fighting than lane healing, buy early with close quarters for burgerboxes
3. 3
  Close Quarters
  Core. Staple billy item, Billy excells at abusing conditional items like this, can buy first over monster rounds in burgerbox games, you can keep this T1 until the end of game
4. 4
2Mid game
Game stage · 4 items
1. 1
  Melee Charge
  Semi - Core. Crushing fists component, Use the Heavy Melee Distance as a Pseudo - Dash, If you are playing against better players fleetfoot is an alternative
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
  Semi - Core. spirit resist and bubble, activates every time, if your team is ahead you can finish your 4.8k spirit spike here by buying spirit snatch instead
3. 3
  Lifestrike
3Late Game | All Flex
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Rapid Recharge
  Helps weave in more bashdowns in fights for extra CC and damage, Staple item currently
2. 2
  Berserker
  One of the best late game conditionals for billy in regards to damage, If you don't have the sustain to use it buy something else
3. 3
  Unstoppable
  VS Heavy CC, Manually activate it when you dive in a fight and spam heavy melee, swap if you need another luxury item
4Slot Locked
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Point Blank
  Built from Close Quarters
  Close Quarters Upgrade, Only if you are slot locked or are strapped for cash before an objective, If you have a good stream of souls go for crushing fists instead
2. 2
  Crushing Fists
  Built from Melee Charge
  Melee Charge Upgrade, Great first choice when you are slot locked, slot locked and ahead or at end game
3. 3
  Crippling Headshot
5Read Rebuttal Scroll For Tips Belowoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Rebuttal
  Always check what item the opponents build, If they buy Rebuttal early you are forced to play the game very differently, you can only hit 3 light melee vs rebuttal instead of 4-5 light melee
6Lane Extraoptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
  WH alternative #2, The ability range is the most important thing from this item, it's timer is synced close to a rift fight for maximum aoe damage, if you play more teamfight oriented lobbies
2. 2
  Slowing Hex
  oppressive counter to heroes with high mobility abilities like Apollo, Calico, Mina, Lash, Shiv, Celeste, falls off later due to dispel magic
3. 3
7Bullet Resoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Bullet Resilience
  Green Gun Defensive, Easier to manage than Escalating Resilience when you do mostly melee damage Buy Metal Skin vs Pure Gun Damage Heroes
2. 2
  Escalating Resilience
  DPS bundled with conditional Bullet Resist, if you struggle to land melees and need gun damage
3. 3
  Metal Skin
8Spirit Resoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Spirit Resilience
  Best T3 sustained spirit resist item in the game, can be bought late over colossus or when you need spirit resist in the mid game but can't sustain or counterbuy it otherwise
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
  Against DoT, Debuffs, Slowing Hex, Cages Bebop Bombs, infernus afterburn, there are too many effects to list, not uncommon to buy over lifestrike
3. 3
  Counterspell
9Counter itemsoptional
Author's category · 12 items
1. 1
  Fleetfoot
  Melee Charge Alternative, Combat MS when you can't reach melee well, Anti - Slow Preserve ammo and break boxes fast by sliding, active can be used to melee cancel and move the map during downtime
2. 2
  Weighted Shots
  provides debuff resist, dash distance slow and weapon damage, Into Heavy CC/Debuff Teams
3. 3
  Heroic Aura
10Luxuriesoptional
Author's category · 12 items
1. 1
  Silencer
  Procs off bashdown, Helps everyone on your team eat less Spirit Damage, Don't buy it for the silence, It's unreliable to proc when you need it
2. 2
  Scourge
  Good if they have 2+ High HP, bulky heroes that have to be in your face to work
3. 3
  Cursed Relic
  Helps immensly against Hypercarries (i.e. Seven, Haze, Vyper, Wraith, Shiv) as long as they don't have unstoppable, if they have indominable you have to pop it first or indom will counter the curse
11
Author's category · 0 items · BILLY COMBOS: The core ability synergy you need to be aware of is the interaction between your 2 (Rising Ram) and your 3 (Blasted) when you HIT your rising ram u get 25% extra weapon dmg and your 3 gives you additional bullet AMP, this is multiplicative when used together you must always use these two things in tandem if u can when u have blasted on your opponent try your best to aim for the head and while youre shooting at the enemy randomly weave in light melees and your 1 (Bashdown). Don't forget that billy posseses the best light melee in the entire game from level 1.
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12
Author's category · 0 items · Core: Must buy almost every Game. Semi-Core: bought often, can be swapped in need. Flex: No major spike, Swap as you see fit.
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13
Author's category · 0 items · RECOMMENDED BILLY CONTENT CREATORS: therealslimpdee, Lystic, togetherdl, Heresy, Weaverstein, AdamfromAus, CrayonFPS [-] EDUCATIONAL CONTENT CREATORS: Ashires, Natan, POSHYPOP, Deathy and his podcast The Bear Pit, Eido and Night Shift.
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Author's category · 0 items · BILLY'S EARLY GAME: Billy's Early game is weak, He lacks range and has very long cooldowns until Blasted T2 ability upgraded (you have two bashdowns) at 0:00 as soon as you zip to lane you need to move to either veil or the corner opposite of veil so you have an aggressive stance to damage troopers and have territory control, every wave spawns in 30 second intervals, your plan is to push the wave fast, but safely, respect the troopers when they push into you because they do a lot of damage, keep yourself above 70% HP if you can't then buy healing rite, At every 30 Seconds interval when the wave is at your lane see the timer and see what objective is going be up soon, for example in 2:00 minutes the small jungle creeps spawn, at 1:30 you need to hard push wave to the enemy's tower so they are jailed into making a choice, either they let you have priority on the lane jungle camp and they take the wave that's on tower, or they lose creeps to defend their jungle, in closed spaces you are actually strong so you have good room to deal some heavy damage and start creating win scenarios for yourself If you are forced in a bad situation (low health or otherwise) dont worry about losing farm, as long as your lane partner doesn't do anything stupid its fine, you can heal in whatever way you can and let your lane partner get some solo souls, if they die it is what it is Once you have T2 Blasted you can look for some short trades as you prepare for your second lane power spike, your ultimate where you can clean for a kill and get the lane guardian.
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Author's category · 0 items · BILLY'S MID GAME: At mid game you are the strongest guy in the lobby, Your priority of souls should be Roam or Objective > Wave > Sinners > Jungle > Side or Mid Boxes For Kills to actually matter they have to trickle down into something more, i.e you push the wave into the enemy walker and you solo bolo a player that came to challenge you, you kill him and the walker, Of course it's more complicated but the general gist of understanding the value and reasonable probability to get a kill or catch somebody out of vision is this: [-] Are the waves synchronized (desynchronized waves mean that 2+ enemies are likely to be at the wave) [-] How is the wave state ( If it's too deep and lack a lead look to clear jungle until it reaches a place you can collect, if it's moving to your walker, defend it if it's in your reach) [-] How many people are on the map (Critical info to know if you are going to get jumped or not) [-] Am I above 70% HP- Do I have a soul lead (3k ~ 6k+ you are very ahead)- Does the hero counter billy (can affect how you think of the soul lead) [-] Do I have a teammate with me (easier to work) [-] When your team has a slight objective lead, look for a fight and then go mid boss, if you have a very strong early lead force mid boss.
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Author's category · 0 items · Choosing Lane: Preferably choose to play side lane, you have veil and a lot of boxes to jump from and make a move, blue lane sucks for melee but if you don't get it you have to live with it, If it's a matchup you are confident in, start close quarters melee lifesteal and keep the wave as much as you can near the bridge to force the enemy to come close to you, otherwise do the monster rounds start and push the wave until you get T2 blasted or your Ultimate. [-] IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES AND TIME: [SJC] Small Jungle Camp 2:00 and 1:35 after clear [BX] Boxes 3:00 and every 3:00 after clear [BB] Bridge Buffs 5:00 and every 5:00 on timer [SS] Sinner's Sacrifice 8:00 and 5:00 after clear [MBBX] Mid-Boss Boxes 10:00 and 3:00 after break [URN] Urn 10:00 and every 5:00 on timer [RFT] Unstable Rift spawns around 11 and 13 mins and every 7:00 on timer after, DROP EVERYTHING AND FIGHT FOR IT
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Author's category · 0 items · [-] BILLY'S LATE GAME: Control of mid wave is always important, it helps your team move and not get collapsed by the enemy team while you can collapse on them, AT ALL TIMES, EVERY STAGE OF THE GAME USE YOUR COMMS TO MAKE YOUR MOVE AND INTENTION CLEAR TO THE TEAM [-] When engaging aggressively be cautious towards the invisible wall of contested territory the enemy team controls be near the effective range of your team so you can help them and they can help you not get singled out and picked unless you have a strong lead to tank, as a tank it is your duty to engage fights and make calls, Know where your team is so you don't dive alone, At this point you need to start looking to close the game as the longer it starts to go past late game, the more you start to fall off, To tell if your team can siege you need to be 30 ~ 50 K above in souls, Having rejuv boosts your team's perceived net worth about 50% above the original, When your team has a slight objective lead, look for a fight and then go mid boss, if you have a very strong early lead force mid boss, If your team gets mid-boss but can't siege then you can use it to secure souls so you can have an advantage at catching it again.
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18Think Tankoptional
Author's category · 12 items
1. 1
  Extended Magazine
  Flex. Extra weapon damage and ammo can help in some cases for billy, component for ER later
2. 2
  Arctic Blast
  activate after pulling with chain gang and doing a burst combo to keep them close for longer, Similar in concept to Scourge but for squishier teams
3. 3
  Ethereal Shift
  good option if the enemy team initiates with high burst, high cooldown damage and Spellbreaker is not enough

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.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
BashdownBashdown	Bashdown: Ability unlocked, step 1								Bashdown: 1 AP upgrade, step 9	Bashdown: 2 AP upgrade, step 10	Bashdown: 5 AP upgrade, step 11