Billy build guide

Charge 'Em, Billy!

by rm -Rf /Version 2Updated May 26, 2026Guide #653519

Search this name in the in-game build browser. Several guides can share a name, so check the author and update date.

Observed usage

Match statistics · filters applied except game mode

Published guide

As written by the author · latest version · not affected by filters

In-game favourites: 5 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

Second build of the "X 'Em, Billy" series. Spirit nuke with Ram, big bat damage and Blasted sustain!

Item categories

1Early Game - grab them 4.8k spikes
Author's category · 9 items
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  Hit minions, Hit them, Heal
2. 2
  Monster Rounds
  Hit camps, Sell later
3. 3
  Extended Magazine
  Ammo, Early damage, Builds into Escalating Resilience later
4. 4
  Enduring Speed
  Helps you stick to enemies, and rotate faster
5. 5
  Tesla Bullets
  Stacks Escalating Exposure and helps clear
6. 6
  Spirit Strike
  Extra damage on melee, some early shred, builds into Spirit Snatch
7. 7
  Mystic Vulnerability
  Even more shred and builds into the core of the build
8. 8
  Lifestrike
  Built from Melee Lifesteal
  heal doesn't cleave- can only heal from one target even with your 1
9. 9
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
  Extra damage on your 1, steals resists and spirit power to amp the next Bashdown or Ram
2Mid Game - Core damage spikes
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
  Stack it up via Tesla and Torment Pulse, Ram, Profit!
2. 2
  Torment Pulse
  Consistent Escalating Exposure stacking, big damage spike
3. 3
  Escalating Resilience
  Built from Extended Magazine
3Late Game - Big Guns
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Echo Shard
  Double Ram = Funny Burst
2. 2
  Transcendent Cooldown
  more Torment and Tesla procs, faster Escalating Exposure stacking
3. 3
  Boundless Spirit
  Flat spirit is good. More Blasted health, ability damage
4Upgrades and T4 suggestionsoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Juggernaut
  Built from Enduring Speed
  solid upgrade due to slots being mostly full
2. 2
  Capacitor
  Built from Tesla Bullets
  More zappies and a great active
3. 3
  Scourge
  Spirit resists and high but subtle DoT
5Counters - Get when needed use best judgementoptional
Author's category · 11 items
1. 1
  Rebuttal
  If they punch a lot, can work on anyone as long as they press melee
2. 2
  Slowing Hex
  Mina, Apollo, Pocket, etc
3. 3
  Suppressor
  Haze, Seven, Vyper, etc
6Anti-heal: Kelvin, Big lifestealers, etcoptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Healbane
  Cheap but effective
2. 2
  Toxic Bullets
  Shoot 'em and bleed 'em, also stacks Escalating Exposure!
3. 3
  Decay
  They have one player with too much health and heal a lot, think Yamato, Abrams

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 8	Bashdown: 2 AP upgrade, step 9