At a glance#
Role (our classification)
- Brawler — Starts and survives close-range fights, soaking damage while dealing plenty back.
Damage
- Hybrid-leaning kit
Weapon
- Biquette
Released
- 20 Aug 2025
A chaotic front-liner who never backs down from a challenge.
Billy’s abilities explained#
Billy has three regular abilities and an ultimate. Ability names and behaviour below were checked on 27 Oct 2026; numbers are left out on purpose because they change with almost every patch — the in-game tooltip shows the current values.
Ability 1
Bashdown
Slams his bat into the ground, pulling enemies down and dealing melee damage; the shockwave deals spirit damage and knocks enemies up.
Ability 2
Rising Ram
Charges head-first into an enemy and launches them into the air with Billy. Its cooldown is reduced on impact.
Ability 3
Blasted
Passively, melee hits restore ammo and 'wreck' the victim. When active, bullets deal more damage to wrecked enemies, and melee hits grant bonus max health and extend the duration.
Ultimate
Chain Gang
Chains nearby enemies to Billy, slowing them as they pull. After a delay it yanks them toward him and deals spirit damage.
How to play Billy#
Take the space in front of your team, but pick engagements your carries can follow. Durability items let you stay in fights long enough to matter; buy them early.
Tips from the current kit
- Light melee recovers faster and doesn't interrupt reloading.
- Heavy melee fully reloads Billy's ammo while Blasted is active.
- Space out melee hits during Blasted to keep it running.
- Billy can keep shooting and moving during Chain Gang's cast.
Build framework#
A starting framework, not a tested build
This section explains what kind of items Billy’s kit rewards, built from how the abilities work. It isn’t a win-rate-tested build. For community builds with current stats, open the in-game Build Browser and filter by hero, then check our items explainer to understand why each item is there.
Hybrid lean. The kit mixes weapon and spirit damage, so builds lean whichever way your abilities and the game call for — often spirit items for the abilities you level first, then weapon items as the gun takes over.
| Stage | What to look for |
|---|---|
| Laning | Cheap 800-soul items that help you trade and sustain in lane, plus one that boosts your main damage source. |
| Mid game | Your first 3,200-soul item is usually the biggest single jump in power — buy toward the one that makes your best ability or your gun stronger. |
| Late game | Fill slots with 6,400-soul items, and swap cheap starters for upgrades. Leave room for an answer to what the enemy is doing. |
| Defence | Match the enemy’s damage: shields and resistance against whichever type is hurting you most. |
Items that fit a hybrid kit
Defensive options
Items opponents commonly use against Billy — expect to see them, and plan around them:
Ability points#
Ability unlocks come from levelling up; ability points then buy upgrade tiers. A sensible default for Billy:
- Unlock the ability that helps you farm or trade in lane first — for most players that’s Bashdown or the ability you can hit most reliably.
- Unlock all three regular abilities early so you have every tool in the first fights.
- Unlock Chain Gang as soon as it’s available.
- Put upgrade points into the ability you use most, then into whichever upgrade tier changes how an ability works (tier 3 upgrades often do).
General guidance; upgrade tiers and costs are shown in game.
Playing against Billy#
- Slowing Hex disables Rising Ram.
- Breaking line of sight with a wall for about a second shatters Chain Gang's tether.
- Indomitable prevents the final Chain Gang pull.
The full breakdown — abilities to play around, counter items with reasons and mistakes to avoid — is in how to counter Billy.
Recent changes#
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2026 | Rising Ram T3 now +15% max health for 20s (was +10% for 16s); Blasted cooldown 27s → 25s. |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Base health regen 2.5→2.0; Chain Gang spirit scaling 1→0.7. |
Every update that touches heroes is summarised in patch notes explained and the patch impact tracker.