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Billy

Billy

Description

Billy tanking is so much fun!
[Formerly GiggleNuts' Silly Billy]

Annotated and includes additional categories for pivoting your build. I highly recommend prioritizing 4.8k bonuses if you decide to pivot from the main build early.

Item Build

How to Billy Lane

Billy's lane has very little poke and needs his enemies to be close to him for him to do some serious damage. Your job as Billy in lane is to not fall behind in souls and punish the enemy for overextending and/or getting too aggressive with you or your partner. You will generally be clearing wave first and then looking for people to catch off guard with Rising Ram and start your combo to do a lot of damage to them. Try and steal enemy camps as soon as they come up with Blasted. It's always good to steal camps and this will force enemies to fight. Make sure your lane partner joins you. Look for kills around 7:30 - 8:00 minute mark so you can steal Sinner's Sacrifices as well. Don’t be afraid to rearrange the order of items depending on the situation. Your worst enemies in lane are people who restrict your movement, such as Warden, Doorman, or Vindicta, avoid laning into them if you can. Try to lane into characters who have little mobility. Your best friends in lane are Bebop, Vindicta, and Paige, as they force your enemy to stay close to you and create opportunities for you.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

11.2k Souls

Deadlock Item

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Drain de mêlée

Activates on Bashdown. Heavy melee minion waves to keep the cooldown short. Feel free to sell this first.

Deadlock Item

I

Tir rapproché

Melee resist to help you make all melee damage trades positive. Extra gun damage in Billy's effective range.

Deadlock Item

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Balles antimonstres

Helps you kill all NPCs faster to gain wave prio and take jungle faster. Take less chip damage from all NPCs. Super good item.

Deadlock Item

III

Imprégner

Enchantement balistique

This item is INSANE damage. Cultist Sacrifice is less necessary with how squishy jungle is now, and this grants you the range and damage aspect but better early on.

Deadlock Item

II

Emblème enchanteur

Very good spirit power (+ resist) increase item. Spirit power not only increases your damage but also your Blasted bonus HP scaling.

Deadlock Item

II

Veste de combat

Nice bullet resist and damage output increase.

Deadlock Item

II

Vitesse persistante

Must have item to stay in your enemies' face, better than Sprint Boots as it improves your move speed instead of sprint speed.

Deadlock Item

I

Chargeur XL

Extra bullets and damage, very good for how cheap it is. Can be upgraded into Escalating Resilience later on.

Body Hurt

Deadlock Item

I

Réfutation

For the naughty laners who like to melee you a lot. Don't just spam it like a bot, that will get you killed.

Deadlock Item

I

Bonus de régénération

Very solid green item, always worth taking if you're taking more damage than you'd like.

Deadlock Item

I

Active

Rite de guérison

Extra speed and big HP regen. Great for leaving to run boxes quickly while regenning HP.

Deadlock Item

II

Protection d'urgence

Super clutch against cc from Haze, Paige, Mo & Krill, etc.

Deadlock Item

II

Bouclier spirituel

Nerfed, but still good. Now not the answer to everything but still worth considering.

Deadlock Item

II

Bouclier balistique

Not as broad use as Spirit Shielding but still nice.

How to Billy Mid-Game

After lane I would generally recommend trying to play around your ult's cooldown. Farm by catching trooper waves and stealing enemy jungling. 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 will still be there and is worth less than troopers. When ult is off cooldown, keep farming but look at your map and try to scope out where a fight is going to happen and start rotating. If one is already happening and you can make it, start rotating. Billy is an insane teamfighter when his ult is ready. You can also rotate for fights when you have no ult if you can gank quickly, or if you catch someone seriously out of position.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

21.6k Souls

Deadlock Item

III

Razzia spirituelle

Still an insane item, arguably even better on Billy now once Bashdown reaches Lv3.

Deadlock Item

II

Balles perforantes

Resist, shred, and gets you 4.8k spirit. Synergizes well with Torment Pulse.

Deadlock Item

III

À bout portant

Huge damage increase up close, which is where all your fights will be. Gives a slow effect as well to help you stay on top of your target.

Deadlock Item

III

Onde de tourment

Free fat DPS for existing near enemies. Very nice item that scales.

Bullet Resist

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Retour de balle

Situational pick but can be used with other resists to put more pressure as you tank.

Deadlock Item

III

Résilience balistique

More useful now than pre-November patch. Fat resist bonus when low.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Cuir blindé

No more bullets for you, evil gun carry. Be aware you can still be punched and have spells cast on you.

Deadlock Item

IV

Armure de plates

Very good item against really strong gun characters when you already have some bullet resist.

Deadlock Item

III

Furie

If you can sustain yourself enough to take the high damage this will turn you into a dps monster.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Aura héroïque

Help your team become tankier when you lead the charge.

Spirit Resist

Deadlock Item

III

Résilience spirituelle

Can work into main build to be super tanky against spirit. Be aware of diminishing returns.

Deadlock Item

IV

Brise-magie

Not only helps you eat large spirit damage chunks but gives base spirit and debuff resist too.

Deadlock Item

II

Vulnérabilité mystique

Cheap resist and shred that pairs well with Spirit Snatch.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Fléau

Fat spirit resist and max health percentage damage.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Refuge céleste

Get out of jail free card + short period of big buffs after exiting Ethereal Shift.

Deadlock Item

III

Tirs lestés

Gives additional weapon damage + debuff and spirit resist.

Deadlock Item

IV

Sourdine

Lowers enemy spirit damage output, and silences them. It builds up stacks on your Bashdown so you can hit multiple people with it at once. Very good.

Situational Counters

Deadlock Item

III

Contresort

Super good item, highly recommend against characters who rely on their abilities. Can also parry walker stomp to proc a free heal and stat bonus.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Dissipateur d'effets négatifs

Extremely important item to remember, can be used to clear debuffs and curses like Warden's Binding Word or Vindicta's Stake.

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Malédiction de ralentissement

Unironically OP item. Silences movement abilities, so it's very good for shutting down characters who rely on them like Lash, Mina, or Infernus.

Deadlock Item

II

Sabotage

Can replace Bullet Resist Shredder for this, good into gun carries.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Malédiction désarmante

Good for giving you the edge against characters relying on their gun.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Coup d'enclume

Like Slowing Hex, kind of OP, lets you get picks easier and shuts down people in the sky.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Onde de silence

Fallen from grace since last patch but still a silence which proves useful against some heroes, notably Victor.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Malédiction

Another item to shutdown carries with, boasting even more debuffs and clearing all buffs.

How to Billy WIN!!!

Do not be afraid to grab items from the optional section. The “Late Game” section contains generally good picks for T4 items, with Frenzy and Colossus being the most favorable. Communicate with your team and try to bait the enemy team into a team fight when you have Chain Gang ready. Soul urn is very easy to bait fights with. Be aware of the enemy team's comp and do not get caught out by yourself, because if you die early or before the fight even begins, your team lost a huge ult and tank character, and will likely lose the fight if they don't have someone else to tank. Try to identify and target the enemy team's carries with your ult and kill them ASAP with your team. Communicate this with your team!! Secure picks, mid-boss, get Rejuve, team up, and destroy the enemy base.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

Deadlock Item

IV

Frénésie

Very good item to resist incoming spirit damage and retaliate with bonus stats.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Colosse

Fat HP increase + insane resists and more weapon damage. Very good tank item.

Deadlock Item

IV

Sangsue

Very good for constantly staying in fights longer.

Grab at least 1 by the time you make a Late Game purchase

Deadlock Item

III

Défense renforcée

Great stat increases + bullet resist that scales pretty high and lasts a long time. Has no fall-off range so you can shoot targets from afar to get your resist stacks early.

Deadlock Item

III

Expansion supérieure

Synergizes with all your Bashdown and Chain Gang very well and also gives you spirit resist on top.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Toile tourbillonnante

Insane CC item. Pairs really well with Bashdown and Chain Gang. With Vortex Web you dictate the teamfight.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Pierre de distorsion

Mobility to get in and/or out paired with a huge resist buff.

Deadlock Item

IV

Implacable

Great tank item to compliment bullet resists when going against multiple gun builds.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Intouchable

Use this to face tank cc ults during sensitive moments such as midboss. Enemy team comp dependant item.

More Gun Damage

Deadlock Item

II

Chargeur titanesque

Even more ammo and gun damage. Extra ammo is important because it scales our melee ammo replenish and lets us mix up our melee mindgames.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Condensateur

Adds burst of damage and active ability slows + disables movement items, abilities, AND disables stamina usage. Use it to counter mobile targets.

Deadlock Item

IV

Tir veinard

Crazy damage output with this item on with no downsides and even more ammo.

Antiheal

Deadlock Item

II

Châtiment curatif

Cheap antiheal and heals on kill. Great for ganking playstyle.

Deadlock Item

IV

Inhibiteur

Like Silencer, this item works with Bashdown, so you can affect multiple people at once. Destroy the raid boss Victor.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Décomposition

Antiheal best suited for characters with a large HP pool.

Deadlock Item

IV

Brise-tête

Super easy to activate shred for both damage types + antiheal.

Bullet Resist Shred

Deadlock Item

II

Tirs entêtants

Cheap and easy bullet resist shred.

Deadlock Item

III

Pointe creuse

Very good bullet damage boost and bullet shred. This will make you delete people instantly.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Pyroalchimie

Free damage and considerable scaling bullet resist shred. Effect does not linger outside of the fire. Use it to control key spaces.

Deadlock Item

III

Aura prédatrice

Kind of a bully item but still pretty good. Slightly pricey.

Brave Billy,

DEFEAT THE ENEMY AND DEFEND THE GATES TO AGARTHA!!! YOUR BAT IS BEING INFUSED WITH WHITE MONSTER ENERGY FOR THIS MISSION! BRAVE THE FLAMES AND FACE TANK INFERNUS ULT!!!! AGARTHA IS COUNTING ON YOU, BILLY!!!!

Ability Point Order

Matraquage

Bélier de tête

Cul sec

Chaine de forçats

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