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Billy

Billy

Description

1v12 Billy build - Excellent build when slot locked - ANNOTATIONS ON ALL ITEMS

L -> R is good. Many options. Good if slot locked

Item Build

Early Core; Order Situational

Generally L -> R; (Whole row all 4.8k spikes Buy accordingly) Make sure to fill 4.8ks | Can switch Escalating For Weighted Shots or Cultist |

Deadlock Item

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Melee Lifesteal

This is your main sustain (Please heavy melee to get full effect on minions/creeps) This can be sold way later or better late game item or upgraded

Deadlock Item

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Close Quarters

You do a little damage now

Deadlock Item

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Extended Magazine

This is to get your 4.8k gun spike and upgrades [Skip if going cultist -> monster rounds or weighted shots -> slowing bullets instead]

Deadlock Item

III

Point Blank

2nd Power Spike, you deal great damage now | ONLINE

Deadlock Item

III

Escalating Resilience

Completes your 4.8k, gives you bullet resistance + 15%dps [Can switch for weighted shots or Cultist if you do DONT GET EXTENDED MAG if cultist GET MONSTER ROUNDS]

Deadlock Item

II

Battle Vest

Vs Gun get this / But consider reactive barrier if it can proc - Get enchancters Emblem if their team is all spirit | Can be sold for counter item / late game item |

Deadlock Item

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Extra Health

Builds into Colossus and good item early. (Sometimes you need a counter item and need to delay this)

Deadlock Item

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Sprint Boots

Can buy much earlier

Deadlock Item

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Enduring Speed

Billy kinda slow, this feels nice

Lane Misc.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Cultist Sacrifice

This item feels so good with the buffs. So much money. [You can swap this with Escalating Resilience]

Deadlock Item

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Extra Regen

Vs heavy poke lane, where you just need to live and soak souls / box max, can run egg too

Mid Core; Finishes 4.8k Spirit spike

Annotations | MAIN SPIKES are Point Blank + Spirit Snatch + (Rapid Recharge or Torment Pulse) + Berserker (Weighted Shots or Crushing Fists)

Deadlock Item

II

Imbue [E]

Compress Cooldown

Ult bot [Can be swapped for Bullet Resist Shredder or slowing hex] Lower Cd on cooldowns and active items

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Snatch

Bashdown applies this as an AoE + buffs more spirit power/resist steal ! Really good item CORE

Deadlock Item

III

Berserker

This item is really good and is pumping damage out of the ass (Assuming we got Weighted shots instead of Crushing + full investment we are at 195% weapon damage which is close to a glass cannon!

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Resilience

Core spirit resist; can consider rushing Spellbreaker against certain comps

Deadlock Item

III

Rapid Recharge

Good item allows for 1-2 extra bashdowns each fight. [You can replace Torment Pulse for this] This item becomes crazy good with cooldown aswell as it allows for melee charge and Snatch uptime with (1)

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Colossus

Very Good item (Makes you Tanky and + Melee DPS when Active) [Can get much earlier is slot locked because of extra health] BUFFED ITEM

Deadlock Item

III

Lifestrike

Bashdown will proc this every 4 seconds at max rank | Nerfed Item but still okay. (Will give you another vitality spike late game if upgraded assuming everything bought in order)

Swappables

(READ)

Deadlock Item

III

Torment Pulse

(SWAP RAPID RECHARGE) First power spike - Main DPS increase (Or you can swap with weighted shots if you arent getting value or TP and cant stick on enemy)

Deadlock Item

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Bullet Resist Shredder

(SWAP COMPRESS COOLDOWN) Doesnt Stack if your team has it. Perfectly Paired with Torment Pulse, and gets the easy procs from it. Sucks that this item doesnt build into anything though.

Deadlock Item

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Trophy Collector

Lets go cultist with this for now [GREED] [SCALING BUILD]

Deadlock Item

III

Weighted Shots

+40% weapon damage and debuff resist big dps spike (Can be swapped for Crushing Fists) (Go Slowing bullets instead of melee charge

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Heroic Aura

Fun item but low prio [Swap Escalating Resilience for this]

Late Core; Order Situational

(In order is good tho) (crippling for more dps)

Deadlock Item

IV

Crushing Fists

This is a solid item even after them small nerfs and the double healing bug [Can be swapped for weighted shots]

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

Makes all your cooldowns super low, including active items (Snatch, Lifestrike, Colossus)

Deadlock Item

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Crippling Headshot

Anti heal late + shred | [Can sell Battle vest for this]

Deadlock Item

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Imbue [E]

Mystic Expansion

On 1 (can go on ult too)

Deadlock Item

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Greater Expansion

+10% spirit resist | bIG cHAIN gANg, big torment pulse, big bashdown, big peepee

Deadlock Item

IV

Leech

!Consider swapping this for a counter item or for one of the Tank Alternative items! (This is just here if you dont know what to buy) (Can swap for Vampiric)

[Battle Vest Swap]

Triple 1.6k this and skip melee lifesteal (Consider healbane sooo good)

Deadlock Item

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Reactive Barrier

If most enemies can proc it, buy it. [If Slot locked buy spirit resilience if vs a lot of spirit damage]

Deadlock Item

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Enchanter's Emblem

Can swap for [Battle Vest Swap Tab or Reactive Barrrier Alts]

Deadlock Item

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Healbane

Most reliable anti heal for billy (really good item) [Can be swapped with Battle Vest]

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Restorative Locket

[Swap battle vest] good VS slippery characters. Fixes Weighted shots stamina problem. Good vs Apollo, Dynamo, lash etc. etc. ability spammers.

Great item [Can swap for Compress cooldown]

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Slowing Hex

Use on mobile carries, good to set up while ulting. Only buy if its valuable vs mobile characters (Buffed Coolddown)

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Vortex Web

Sets up your ult, or can better guarantee kills off of it | HERESEY TECH <3

Tank Alternatives

consider Spell breaker / Plated Armor

Deadlock Item

IV

Spellbreaker

Great item now with the build path and changes, now gives you 25% debuff resist

Deadlock Item

IV

Plated Armor

Good VS M1 heros | Mina , Infernus, Haze

Deadlock Item

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Active

Metal Skin

Immune to bullets for a bit

Deadlock Item

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Indomitable

Raahhhhh.... go this if you go reactive barrier and the enemy team has a lot of cc (Mo ult, wraith ult, door man ult) + refund time on cooldowns (THIS IS AUTO COUNTERSPELL on 55s cooldown)

Deadlock Item

IV

Juggernaut

Great VS a lot of slows and also fast fire rate characters | Also great slot locked upgrade

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Phantom Strike

vs Vindicta (dont go knockdown) this gets way more value and they usually just get counter spell + dispel (this is harder to react too)

Counter Items

As Needed}

Deadlock Item

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Active

Dispel Magic

CLEANSE YOURSELF (This is really good since we are in CC meta) Please really consider this item, especially vs stacking characters like infernus, mirage, and a lot of cc actives

Deadlock Item

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Counterspell

OP item but need skill + timing

Deadlock Item

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Active

Warp Stone

Great vs hard engage characters or scary ults to hide from

Ability Point Order

Bashdown

Rising Ram

Blasted

Chain Gang

1

2

1

2

5

1

2

5

5

1

2

5

1

2

5

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