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DeadlockDeadlock Billy Guide and Overview

In this Deadlock Billy guide, you’ll learn the fundamentals of his abilities, unique play styles, and fundamental tips.

Billy's hero tags are: Punk, Chaotic, G.O.A.T

Deadlock Billy Overview

Billy is a CC machine with great durability and sustain. He loves to get up close and personal to his enemies.

Strengths

Tons of crowd control, easily able to shut down very mobile champions
Great gun scaling, and with Billy's innate bullet shred and melee- reloads makes him have very consistent and strong damage.
Very durable, with easy ways to apply melee effects such as Lifesteal, and double dipping from Blasted siphon melee leeching. Billy can end up having a strong sustain and a very large health pool.

Weaknesses

Easily kited, once Rising Ram is used, Billy has no ways of dodging or evading spells.
Very susceptible to Silence as well.
High skill cap usage in weaving Billy's spells and punches at the same time.

Underlined = Scales with Spirit

Bashdown (1)
Slam your bat into the ground, pulling enemies down and dealing melee damage. The slam creates a shockwave effect that knocks up and deals damage.
35s Cooldown	50 Melee Damage	40 Damage
Displacement Duration: 0.4s

Bashdown (1)

Slam your bat into the ground, pulling enemies down and dealing melee damage. The slam creates a shockwave effect that knocks up and deals damage.

35s Cooldown

50 Melee Damage

40 Damage

Displacement Duration: 0.4s

Bashdown Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
-10s Cooldown	+1.3m Radius	Now Deals 60% Heavy Melee Damage

Tips for Bashdown

Sigil Slam can be held in order to hover in the air a bit longer in order to secure good landings.

Rising Ram (2)
Charge head-first into an enemy and send them into the air.
30s Cooldown	0.51 Duration	8m Radius
55 Damage

Rising Ram (2)

Charge head-first into an enemy and send them into the air.

30s Cooldown

0.51 Duration

8m Radius

55 Damage

Rising Ram Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
On Impact: -50% Cooldown	On Impact: +35% Weapon Damage for 5s	On Impact: Deal 6.5% max health as Spirit Damage

Tips for Rising Ram

Blasted (3)
Passive: Melee hits restore ammo and inflict wrecked. Light melee attacks are half as effective. Active: Empower your weapons against wrecked enemies. Gun damage is amplified, and melee boosts max health. Deal weapon damage to extend the duration.
8m Range	10 Damage	30s Cooldown
While Wrecked:	-15% Fire Rate	7s Wrecked Duration
On Blasted: 75 Melee Bonus Health	While Blasted: 8% Wrecked Bullet Amp	11s Health Boost Duration 5s Duration on Heavy Melee

Blasted Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
While Blasted: +2.25m/s Bonus Move Speed	+1 Bashdown Charge on use and +5% Wrecked Bullet Amp	+65 Melee Bonus Health

Tips for Blasted

Sigil Slam also procs all melee items and Blasted's siphon melee and reloads Billy's gun as well.

Chain Gang (4)
Chain nearby enemies to you. Chained enemies cannot use movement abilities and receive a heavy slow when they pull on the chain. After a delay, yank everyone towards Billy and deal spirit damage.
150s Cooldown		13m Range
150 Damage		2.8s Duration
35% Velocity Slow	+15% Spirit Resist	+15% Bullet Resist