Billy build guide

Big Bonk Billy ☀ Annotated ☀

by Drew SunnVersion 63Updated Sep 1, 2026Guide #765843

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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In-game favourites: 43 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

Beginner-friendly build focused on lowering resistences for you and your team with tips in the item notes... and BONKIN' BIG! Includes section for counter buying. Search DrewSunn for other character builds.

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 7 items · L > R - Be aggressive and assume they'll parry.
1. 1
  Close Quarters
  Get in their face and hit 'em hard. Veils and chokes are your best friend.
2. 2
  Stalker
  Oop! One of the nails poked 'em!
3. 3
  Monster Rounds
  Clear lanes and camps faster!
4. 4
2Strugglingoptional
Author's category · 4 items · Sell later.
1. 1
  Healing Rite
  Don't get shot by enemies or towers after use! Go break boxes or kill some denizens.
2. 2
  Rebuttal
  If they're melee'ing you a ton and you can't hit the parry.
3. 3
  Fleetfoot
  If you're getting parried a ton. This cancels Heavy Melee animations baiting out the parry. Search "Heavy Melee Cancel" to learn more.
3Barrieroptional
Author's category · 3 items · Choose one!
1. 1
  Reactive Barrier
  Built from Grit
  If they have a lot of crowd control... Including parries! You'll buy this most often.
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
  Built from Grit
  If they're mostly Spirit damage.
3. 3
  Weapon Shielding
4Core
Author's category · 8 items · L > R - Upgrades if out of slots.
1. 1
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
  Keeps you out of base longer and increases the thickness of the bullet sponges we keep under the coat. This gives the Vitality spike.
2. 2
  Spirit Strike
  It's like you sharpened the bat, Monster Hunter style.
3. 3
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
5Late game
Game stage · 4 items · L > R
1. 1
  Colossus
  Built from Extra Health
  Actively, makes us tanky and increases melee damage. Passively, it gives us 900 health by endgame. Also cancels Heavy Melee animations. Search "Heavy Melee Cancel" to learn more.
2. 2
  Berserker
  Replace "Monster Rounds." The longer the fight the more likely a home run!
3. 3
  Crushing Fists
  Built from Melee Charge
6Ultra-Lateoptional
Author's category · 3 items · Requires selling; read annotations.
1. 1
  Indomitable
  Built from Reactive Barrier
  Replace your "Barrier" item. Protects against things that would stop you... Including parries! Buy early if they're filled with crowd control.
2. 2
  Silencer
  Replace "Stalker." Mostly buying this for the damage reduction. Melees also apply Silence.
3. 3
  Scourge
7Common Countersoptional
Author's category · 19 items · Replace "Grit," "Barrier," "Bullet Resist Shredder" or "Hunter's Aura."
1. 1
  Rusted Barrel
  Negates Gun characters.
2. 2
  Debuff Reducer
  Reduces negative status effects.
3. 3
  Healbane
  Cuts healing while giving you a little too! Really great for lifesteal characters like Victor, Abrams or Yamato.

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