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Billy Gun build: Zizis Billy (SEPT 29TH PATCH. PRESS QUICK BUY)

Win rate46.7%
Matches392
Hero win rate47.7%
Core cost32,800

In-game build ID: 646541 v414In Deadlock, open this hero's builds, search for this ID and import it.

Early game

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  1. Monster Rounds

    800 souls · Core. In hard to engage Lanes, Very Good Sustain, in even lanes, helps push troopers so you get heavy boxes and heal bats at 3:00 which shou

  2. Melee Lifesteal

    800 souls · Semi - Core. Better for Sustain fighting than lane healing, buy early with close quarters for burgerboxes

  3. Close Quarters

    800 souls · Core. Staple billy item, Billy excells at abusing conditional items like this, can buy first over monster rounds in burgerbox games, you can

  4. Stalker

    1,600 souls · Core. Billy Staple, Insane lane damage early, Old Reliable, Falls off past 20 min so sell at late/end game if you need to reach an item powe

  5. Weakening Headshot

    1,600 souls · Flex. Best Solo Queue Tempo Tool, Shoot the head to get the effect, works on NPCs Too, paired with stalker and later BRS you get insane amp

  6. Bullet Resist Shredder

    1,600 souls · Semi - Core. Damage, Resist Shread and Bullet Resist. Very overstat, best gun favored purple in the game

Mid game

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  1. Melee Charge

    1,600 souls · Semi - Core. Crushing fists component, Use the Heavy Melee Distance as a Pseudo - Dash, If you are playing against better players fleetfoot

  2. Spirit Shielding

    1,600 souls · Semi - Core. spirit resist and bubble, activates every time, if your team is ahead you can finish your 4.8k spirit spike here by buying spir

  3. Lifestrike

    3,200 souls · Flex. Very Satisfying slow with the new map, swap if you need to counterbuy

  4. Spirit Snatch

    3,200 souls · Core. Staple Billy Item, You can apply the spirit resist steal aoe with bashdown, If stomping Buy after BRS and complete 4.8k Spirit Spike,

Situational

Late Game | All Flex
  1. Rapid Recharge

    3,200 souls · Helps weave in more bashdowns in fights for extra CC and damage, Staple item currently

  2. Berserker

    3,200 souls · One of the best late game conditionals for billy in regards to damage, If you don't have the sustain to use it buy something else

  3. Unstoppable

    6,400 souls · VS Heavy CC, Manually activate it when you dive in a fight and spam heavy melee, swap if you need another luxury item

  4. Colossus

    6,400 souls · Good overall stats for melee billy, don't forget to activate the effect when you dive or after chain gang

Slot Locked

  1. Point Blank

    3,200 souls · Close Quarters Upgrade, Only if you are slot locked or are strapped for cash before an objective, If you have a good stream of souls go for

  2. Crushing Fists

    6,400 souls · Melee Charge Upgrade, Great first choice when you are slot locked, slot locked and ahead or at end game

  3. Crippling Headshot

    6,400 souls · End resist shread and Antiheal, Shoot the opponent in the head before you combo, After 40k+ Souls start selling your Tier 2 (1.6k) for Tier

Read Rebuttal Scroll For Tips Below

  1. Rebuttal

    800 souls · Always check what item the opponents build, If they buy Rebuttal early you are forced to play the game very differently, you can only hit 3

Early game

Lane Extra
  1. Cultist Sacrifice

    3,200 souls · WH alternative #2, The ability range is the most important thing from this item, it's timer is synced close to a rift fight for maximum aoe

  2. Slowing Hex

    1,600 souls · oppressive counter to heroes with high mobility abilities like Apollo, Calico, Mina, Lash, Shiv, Celeste, falls off later due to dispel magi

  3. Healing Rite

    800 souls · Pros dont buy it cause they know how to manage their hp but its a very good crutch for billy when you are new to the hero, helps keep HP abo

  4. Grit

    800 souls · Semi - Core. Component for all barrier items, DON'T FORGET TO ACTIVATE THE SHIELD, IT'S MANUAL!!!!

  5. Battle Vest

    1,600 souls · Early gun defense with valuable gun stats, can be bought in lane if you are vs double gun lane (i.e. Drifter, Venator).

  6. Return Fire

    1,600 souls · Can help funk over vyper hard (as if you weren't funking her hard already) and other high fire rate m1 heroes, note that it's a offensive it

Bullet Res

  1. Bullet Resilience

    3,200 souls · Green Gun Defensive, Easier to manage than Escalating Resilience when you do mostly melee damage Buy Metal Skin vs Pure Gun Damage Heroes

  2. Escalating Resilience

    3,200 souls · DPS bundled with conditional Bullet Resist, if you struggle to land melees and need gun damage

  3. Metal Skin

    3,200 souls · helps vs pure gun heroes like Silver and Venator later in the game, if you need more sustained bullet resist get escalating res, Note that i

Spirit Res

  1. Spirit Resilience

    3,200 souls · Best T3 sustained spirit resist item in the game, can be bought late over colossus or when you need spirit resist in the mid game but can't

  2. Dispel Magic

    3,200 souls · Against DoT, Debuffs, Slowing Hex, Cages Bebop Bombs, infernus afterburn, there are too many effects to list, not uncommon to buy over lifes

  3. Counterspell

    3,200 souls · good vs telegraphed abilities like Rem Ult or lash ult or any single high damage burst (i.e yamato slash), don't forget to parry to trigger

Situational

Counter items
  1. Fleetfoot

    1,600 souls · Melee Charge Alternative, Combat MS when you can't reach melee well, Anti - Slow Preserve ammo and break boxes fast by sliding, active can b

  2. Weighted Shots

    3,200 souls · provides debuff resist, dash distance slow and weapon damage, Into Heavy CC/Debuff Teams

  3. Heroic Aura

    3,200 souls · Strong if your team has 3+ gun heroes (including you), Also mitigates Hunter's Aura effect if they bought it against you, Helps troopers too

  4. Hunter's Aura

    3,200 souls · fire rate and bullet resist reduction that does not require your attention, Can also be bought at end game to replace stalker

  5. Tankbuster

    3,200 souls · Good Anti-Tank Option need to buy it after mid game to proc it though

  6. Greater Expansion

    3,200 souls · Makes landing your ultimate and your bashdowns easier for better teamfight / Utility power

  7. Superior Duration

    3,200 souls · rearly bought but can be good if the enemy team counter buys your knockups with debuff resist

  8. Silence Wave

    3,200 souls · Can help against some very nasty ultimates that counter billy like geist ult moe ult kelvin ult etc, problem is that everybody has dispel ma

  9. Healbane

    1,600 souls · Cheap anti-heal vs High Vamp Heroes or team comp, The heal is also very effective in rift fights so buying it before then is ideal

  10. Debuff Reducer

    1,600 souls · Reduces Debuffs, knockups and other CC, Component for Unstoppable or spellbreaker

  11. Enduring Speed

    1,600 souls · can buy early if you like for the mobility for roaming and anti - slow, Juggernaut Component

  12. Warp Stone

    3,200 souls · Incredibly versatile, dodge abilities, gain extra verticality and it comes with a bullet resist buff

Luxuries

  1. Silencer

    6,400 souls · Procs off bashdown, Helps everyone on your team eat less Spirit Damage, Don't buy it for the silence, It's unreliable to proc when you need

  2. Scourge

    6,400 souls · Good if they have 2+ High HP, bulky heroes that have to be in your face to work

  3. Cursed Relic

    6,400 souls · Helps immensly against Hypercarries (i.e. Seven, Haze, Vyper, Wraith, Shiv) as long as they don't have unstoppable, if they have indominable

  4. Plated Armor

    6,400 souls · Vs Heavy on-hit heroes (Rely on gun but do mixed gun spirit damage with merc mag) like Wraith, Vyper, Haze, Infernus etc.

  5. Juggernaut

    6,400 souls · helps you vs m1 carries and gives high slow resist, enduring speed upgrade

  6. Phantom Strike

    6,400 souls · Instant blink, mainly helps vs flyers like vindicta and grey talon or just make a carrie's life awful

  7. Spellbreaker

    6,400 souls · Anti - Spirit Burst, If there is too much initial burst buy E.shift, If you need protection vs sustained spirit damage buy Silencer or Inhib

  8. Witchmail

    6,400 souls · Rapid Recharge Luxury Alternative, If you need more spirit resist

  9. Indomitable

    6,400 souls · Acts as a pillow for unstoppable to avoid getting cc'ed in case of an emergency or else

  10. Mystic Expansion

    800 souls · see greater expansion, If you would need this for the first rift fight, it be better to buy cultist sacrifice

  12. Runed Gauntlets

    9,999 souls

Think Tank

  1. Extended Magazine

    800 souls · Flex. Extra weapon damage and ammo can help in some cases for billy, component for ER later

  2. Arctic Blast

    6,400 souls · activate after pulling with chain gang and doing a burst combo to keep them close for longer, Similar in concept to Scourge but for squishie

  3. Ethereal Shift

    6,400 souls · good option if the enemy team initiates with high burst, high cooldown damage and Spellbreaker is not enough

  4. Extra Regen

    800 souls · Similar to Healing rite but instead for frequent, small ticks of damage

  5. Extra Health

    800 souls · Component for Colossus Later

  6. Weapon Shielding

    1,600 souls · Only if you did not need battle vest in lane but the enemy team has 4+ m1 or melee heroes (i.e. Abrams, Drifter, Paradox Venator)

  7. Enchanter's Emblem

    1,600 souls · spirit resist and the extra spirit for double bashdown, can be bought in lane if you are vs double soft carry lane (i.e. Apollo, Doorman), n

  8. Divine Barrier

    6,400 souls · Dispel Magic Upgrade at 40 min+ Game or to counter ults that are impossible to counterspell efficiently like Pocket Ult

  9. Siphon Bullets

    6,400 souls · Easy to apply for billy, Helps your team as an anti tank item too, If you feel like you can sustain enough damage as is

  10. Inhibitor

    6,400 souls · A case can be made for it if your team is struggling against a Specific High Vamp, High AoE Sustain Damage Hero like Victor or Geist, agains

  11. Spirit Strike

    800 souls · There are better options early, only buy if you buy spirit snatch right after

  12. Extra Charge

    800 souls · Doesn't help with billy's long cooldown bashdown at all, bait unless you max bashdown

Ability order

  1. 1Bashdown+1
  2. 2Blasted+1
  3. 3Rising Ram+1
  4. 4Chain Gang+1
  5. 5Blasted+2
  6. 6Blasted+3
  7. 7Rising Ram+2
  8. 8Rising Ram+3
  9. 9Bashdown+2
  10. 10Bashdown+3
  11. 11Bashdown+4
  12. 12Chain Gang+2
  13. 13Chain Gang+3
  14. 14Chain Gang+4
  15. 15Rising Ram+4
  16. 16Blasted+4

Author's notes

NYC Boogeyman of legend! - Updated some of the Annotations, things were swapped places in the optionals, Core build is mathematically perfect as it is and Rat King is a Terrorist. - Thanks to the boys at the Deadlock Discord Server for any recent help! - To move items from the Slot Locked Tab, press right click twice on an item to bring it to the top of the list. -Last patch update: SEPT 29TH, 2026 -Last major build Update: OCT 5TH, 2026 -Press Queue Build To Start

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