Zizis Billy (NOV 4TH PATCH. PRESS QUICK BUY)

Billy · ID 646541

49.5% win rate, 99.5K matches, 37.5K players

49.5%

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All ranks Emissary+Phantom+Ascendant+Eternus+

Early Game | Gun Inv.

Close Quarters
Core. Staple billy item, Billy excells at abusing conditional items like this, can buy first over monster rounds in burgerbox games, you can keep this T1 until the end of game
Melee Lifesteal
Core. Good overall stats and the health gives you a safe pillow to extend melee fights, component for Lifestrike, in lanes where you can't have control pick monster rounds first instead
Stalker
Core. Billy Staple, Insane lane damage early, Old Reliable, when full build or starving for slots you can sell
Cultist Sacrifice
Core. Billy needs Cultist to reach Max Bashdown fast before first rift and helps stay afloat if roaming, Farm fast during downtime and Show up at important objectives

Early Game Extra (optional)

Monster Rounds
component for cultist sacrifice, helps with billy's scailing gameplan later, in lanes where you can't have control pick monster rounds first instead, helps take troopers outside fall off range
Rebuttal
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 light melee vs rebuttal instead of 4-5 light melee
Extra Regen
Passive Healing, Good for sustaining poke in lanes that can bully you under walker

Other 4.8k Item inv. Spikes

Battle Vest
Semi - Core. Early gun defense and gun stats, can be bought in lane if you are stomping before cultist, it's better than spirit shield if the enemy team don't have many spirit bruisers
Spirit Strike
There are better options early, only buy if you buy spirit snatch right after
Spirit Snatch
Core. Staple Billy Item, You can apply the spirit resist steal aoe with bashdown

Mid / Late Game | All Flex

Extra Charge
can be good in a pinch before an important objective like rift as you get max bashdown, otherwise buy with rapid recharge
Rapid Recharge
Helps weave in more bashdowns in fights for extra CC and damage, core item currently, get resists first if you lack sustain
Weighted Shots
provides debuff resist, dash distance slow and weapon damage, Into Heavy CC/Debuff Teams

4.8k Alternatives (optional)

Bullet Resist Shredder
Damage, Resist Shread and Bullet Resist. Slowing Hex Alternative against enemy comps that fight in your face anyway
Healbane
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, now it stacks with other healbanes on your team (potentially op)
Weapon Shielding
If you got grit in lane but you still need bullet resist, against 3+ gun heroes

T3 Flex Items (optional)

Point Blank
Close Quarters Upgrade, only buy when slotlocked, otherwise ignore
Berserker
Weighted shots alternative if you are stomping and fight a lot of teamfights
Escalating Resilience
DPS bundled with Bullet Resist, Builds off Ext. Mag if needed, Look heroic aura aswell

T4 Flex Items (optional)

Silencer
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 it
Crippling Headshot
End resist shread and Antiheal, Sell Stalker, Shoot the opponent in the head before you combo, After 40k+ Souls start selling your Tier 2 (1.6k) for Tier 4 Items (6.4k)
Ethereal Shift
good option if the enemy team initiates with high burst, high cooldown damage and Spellbreaker is not enough, it also works as a more expensive counterspell for strong ults like baba's

Think Tank (optional)

Weakening Headshot
big damage for first rift fight, cultist alternative if you stomp lane, Shoot the head to get the effect
Melee Charge
Crushing fists component, Use the Heavy Melee Distance as a Pseudo - Dash, Stalker alternative, scailing at the cost of consistency before max bashdown
Torment Pulse
DoT damage by being near people alone, if you need more melee resist

Skill order

Bashdown	·	2	·	·	·	·	·	·	9	10	11	·	·	·	·	·
Rising Ram	·	·	3	·	·	·

Grit

Component for all barrier items, can be nice early vs lane burst heroes like bebop, lash etc. DON'T FORGET TO ACTIVATE THE SHIELD, IT'S MANUAL!!!!

Slowing Hex

Core. oppressive counter to heroes with high mobility abilities like Apollo, Calico, Mina, Lash, Shiv, Celeste and the slow is undeniably good for locking people into you

Lifestrike

Semi - Core. Strong Healing that scales with boons

Mystic Expansion

see greater expansion, If you would need this for the first rift fight otherwise buy with greater expansion

Greater Expansion

Makes landing your ultimate and your bashdowns easier for better teamfight / Utility power, Comes with Spirit Resist

Scourge

Similar to Colossus with good overall stats, Don't forget to also press middle mouse button when casting it because you can apply it to other people (useful but probably best put to yourself)

Crushing Fists

The bullet shred is lovely for your team's sake, Use the Heavy Melee Distance as a Pseudo - Dash

Colossus

Good overall stats for melee billy, don't forget to activate the effect when you dive or after chain gang, if you are in a pinch buy a T3 alternative

Spirit Shielding

spirit resist and bubble, activates every time, if the enemy team has 3+ spirit heroes with burst

Return Fire

Can help funk over vyper (And Haze) hard (as if you weren't funking her hard already) and any other high fire rate m1 heavy heroes

Enchanter's Emblem

not crazy conditional for billy but if you skip lifestrike it's a decent option for 1 of 3 1.6k vitality inv. spike items

If your team has 3+ gun heroes (including you), Helps troopers too

Headhunter

Gives good burst of healing and the damage is nice, shoot the head after you get close to them with ram to get the effect, Burst item, pairs well with tankbuster, stomp item if you fight a lot of 1v1

Hunter's Aura

If nobody on your team has it and you are 3+ m1 heroes

Tankbuster

Great burst Option, rapid recharge alternative if you are stomping but fight a lot of 1v1, pairs well with headhunter

Silence Wave

Strong against spell dependent teams that have forgot to buy dispel magic

Disarming Hex

Similar to silence wave but for m1 heroes, great punish if they have not bought dispel magic

Debuff Reducer

Reduces Debuffs, knockups and other CC, Component for Unstoppable or spellbreaker, can be bought with weighted shots as a cheeky buy against Abrams Apollo and Venator Stuns

Warp Stone

can be used to dodge abilities or gain extra verticality to catch flyers, it also comes with a bullet resist buff

Spirit Resilience

Best T3 sustained spirit resist item in the game, if you don't have clear counterbuy item option

Dispel Magic

Against DoT, Debuffs, Slowing Hex, Cages Bebop Bombs, infernus afterburn, there are too many effects to list, not uncommon to buy over lifestrike

Counterspell

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 it's effect

Metal Skin

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 it does not negate on-hit damage, buy plated armor for that

Vortex Web

Potential Slowing hex Upgrade for better ult setup

Unstoppable

VS Heavy CC, Manually activate it when you dive in a fight, spam heavy melee and forget about parries, swap if you need another luxury item

Phantom Strike

Instant blink, mainly helps vs flyers like vindicta and grey talon or just make a carrys life awful

Diviner's Kevlar

Better Ult Unstop Uptime and Nice Bubble

Divine Barrier

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

Plated Armor

Vs Heavy on-hit heroes Vyper, Haze, Infernus etc. , Juggernaut is a good alternative vs a lot of heroes that use gun, against wraith buy juggernaut or spellbreaker instead

Juggernaut

helps you vs m1 carries and heroes with on-hit effects like mina infernus etc. and gives high slow resist, enduring speed upgrade

Spellbreaker

Anti - Spirit Burst with a good mix of Debuff resist, very nice vs paradox, apollo shiv lash etc. and even better now that it counters item effects such as mystic reverb and tank buster

Witchmail

More Ram, More Sustain, but demands the enemy team to be able to deal to you sustained spirit damage for max effect!

Cursed Relic

Helps immensly against Hypercarries (i.e. Seven, Haze, Vyper, Wraith, Shiv) as long as they don't have unstoppable, if they have indominable you have to pop it first or indom will counter the curse

Focus Lens

Beutiful Execute tool, Thanks Yuri

Boundless Spirit

Empowers blasted and everything else by a ton, if you are set on resists and you see you hit multiple people with bashdown often

Healing Rite

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 above 70% to maintain pressure

Enduring Speed

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

Inhibitor

Decent antiheal and sustain option against victor geist and shiv unless they have bought unstoppable, can also be bought past full build

Indomitable

Can act as a safty pillow for unstoppable to avoid getting cc'ed in case of an emergency or else, reactive barrier upgrade

Arctic Blast

activate after pulling with chain gang and doing a burst combo to keep them close for longer, Similar in concept to Scourge but for squishier teams

Fleetfoot

Potential Cultist Alternative, Combat MS Better, roaming and has HMC built in

Runed Gauntlets

9,999 souls

Extra Health

Component for Colossus Later

Bullet Resilience

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

Extended Magazine

component for ER

Spirit Sap

F*ck you shiv, F*ck you mina, F*ck you Pocket

Siphon Bullets

Easy to apply for billy, nice option in addition to scourge, can be bought past full build

Transcendent Cooldown

We have a lot of items with cooldowns on the build which gives this power, can be a decent alternative to witchmail if the enemy team comp can't proc it well