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.
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.
11.2k Souls


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


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


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


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加强
弹道附魔
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.


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


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战斗背心
Nice bullet resist and damage output increase.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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武器防护
Not as broad use as Spirit Shielding but still nice.
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.
21.6k Souls


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


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


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近身猛击
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.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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主动
英雄光环
Help your team become tankier when you lead the charge.


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


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


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秘术脆弱
Cheap resist and shred that pairs well with Spirit Snatch.


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主动
敌之灾患
Fat spirit resist and max health percentage damage.


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


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重压射击
Gives additional weapon damage + debuff and spirit resist.


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沉默子弹
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.


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法术反制
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.


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


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


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


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主动
缴械魔咒
Good for giving you the edge against characters relying on their gun.


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


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


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


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层层防御
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.


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


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


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


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


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


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巨型弹匣
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.


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


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幸运一击
Crazy damage output with this item on with no downsides and even more ammo.


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不治魔咒
Cheap antiheal and heals on kill. Great for ganking playstyle.


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


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主动
衰变
Antiheal best suited for characters with a large HP pool.


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


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头弹弱防
Cheap and easy bullet resist shred.


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


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


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猎人光环
Kind of a bully item but still pretty good. Slightly pricey.
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!!!!
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