Billybuilds

Cultist Sacrifice

Built from Monster Rounds

WH alternative, The ability range is the most important thing from this item, it's timer is synced close to a rift fight for maximum aoe damage, go Crayon's build path if so

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

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

Grit

Component for all barrier items, DON'T FORGET TO ACTIVATE THE SHIELD, IT'S MANUAL!!!!

Battle Vest

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

Return Fire

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 item, not defensive

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

Weapon Shielding

Built from Grit

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)

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

Spirit Resilience

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 sustain or counterbuy it otherwise

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

Fleetfoot

Melee Charge Alternative, Combat MS when you can't reach melee well, Anti - Slow Preserve ammo and break boxes fast by sliding, active can be used to melee cancel and move the map during downtime

Weighted Shots

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

Heroic Aura

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

Escalating Resilience

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

Slowing Hex

oppressive counter to heroes with high mobility abilities like Apollo, Calico, Mina, Lash, Shiv, Celeste, falls off later due to dispel magic

Greater Expansion

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

Tankbuster

Best T3 Anti-Tank Option, need to buy it after 4.8k Spirit Spike to proc it though as billy

Silence Wave

Can help against some very nasty ultimates that counter billy like geist ult moe ult kelvin ult etc, problem is that everybody has dispel magic by default, otherwise it can be strong if they are goofs

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

Debuff Reducer

Reduces Debuffs, knockups and other CC, Component for Unstoppable or spellbreaker

Enduring Speed

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

Warp Stone

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

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

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

Unstoppable

Built from Debuff Reducer

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

Plated Armor

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

Juggernaut

Built from Enduring Speed

helps you vs m1 carries and gives high slow resist, enduring speed upgrade

Phantom Strike

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

Spellbreaker

Built from Debuff Reducer

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

Witchmail

Rapid Recharge Luxury Alternative, If you need more spirit resist

Indomitable

Acts as a pillow for unstoppable to avoid getting cc'ed in case of an emergency or else

Mystic Expansion

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

Duration Extender

Runed Gauntlets

Extended Magazine

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

Extra Regen

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

Hunter's Aura

fire rate and bullet resist reduction that does not require your attention, Weakening Headshot is better for billy since he can apply WH when he rams

Superior Duration

Built from Duration Extender

rearly bought but can be good if the enemy team counter buys your knockups with debuff resist

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

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

Extra Health

Component for Colossus Later

Enchanter's Emblem

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), not a good conditional for billy

Divine Barrier

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

Siphon Bullets

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

Inhibitor

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, against shiv buy curse relic instead unless they have unstoppable

Spirit Strike

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

Extra Charge

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

Weakening Headshot

This is my go to when skipping cultist. This item is really insane around 7-12 minutes and you really feel the damage / shred. Can upgrade into crippling for late game and also has Bullet shred.

Point Blank

Built from Close Quarters

You can go Stalker + Pointblank for more slots which is decent. More room for counter buys and also resistant / CC related items.

Melee Charge

More damage on bashdown, better movement, parry bait. This really shines when you get T3 Bashdown (1).

Dispel Magic

CLEANSE YOURSELF (This is really good since we are in CC meta) Please really consider this item, especially vs stacking characters like infernus, mirage, shiv, and a lot of cc actives

Warp Stone

Great vs hard engage characters or scary ults to hide from

Battle Vest

Vs Gun get this / Gives you firerate and more gun dps.

Enchanter's Emblem

This can be [SWAP] for anything in [Enchanters Emblem swap Tab] or a from the [Counter Items Tab]

Healbane

Most reliable anti heal for billy (really good item)

Counterspell

OP item but need skill + timing

Metal Skin

Immune to bullets for a bit

Debuff Reducer

This can be swapped out with a counter item (Dispel magic), resistance of any sort, or Battle Vest

Enduring Speed

[SWAP] Get this vs a lot of slows. also helps upgrade into Juggernaut | Billy kinda slow so this feels nice on him. Can be subbed for Trophy Collector too.

Reactive Barrier

Built from Grit

If most enemies can proc it, buy it. This scales well with spirit instead of boons.

Refresher

when double ult will guarantee kill a carry character. ONLY for ultra late game.

Arctic Blast

Gives spirit res and also useful cc. Holds them in place for combo

Cursed Relic

curse

Heroic Aura

Can buy this for AOE bullet resistance for your team. Only get if your team doesnt have and if you have space for utility and team is good/ahead. Good for rift fights.

Vortex Web

Built from Slowing Hex

Sets up your ult, or can better guarantee kills off of it |

Torment Pulse

Tourmey p. melee resist + health. Solid item all around.

Rebuttal

parry parry parry parry

Phantom Strike

vs Vindicta (dont go knockdown) this gets way more value and they usually just get counter spell + dispel (this is harder to react too)

Weighted Shots

Get this item when vs a lot of CC and you need DEBUFF RESISTANCE + DAMAGE |+30% damage increase however it slows your stamina and speed

Hunter's Aura

Item is good if nobody on your team has it and you are vs a lot of M1 carries (People who shoot their guns pew pew). Also helps with bullet resistance shred. Also works on Objectives i.e Midboss.

Divine Barrier

Can go this vs certain comps to help yourself and allies. Good vs Pocket comp. (Sell Dispel Magic for this late game too)

Crippling Headshot

Built from Weakening Headshot

1 hs = Anti heal late + resistance shred | Late game item. This is not your priority but if you have weakening headshot already or your team doesnt have this item yet this can be a really good choice.

Silencer

Give you spirit resistance + your Bashdown (1) Procs the Spirit Damage Reduction in an AOE. Really good into spirit heavy comps!!

Surge of Power

Gives your bashdown more spirit damage. This along with Rapid Recharge + GE + Crushing Fists can go crazy. A lot of damage

Unstoppable

Built from Debuff Reducer

This is one of the best items in the game. Go this if enemy has a lot of ways of punishing you for going in / CC. Silences, Curse, Doorman, stuns, etc..

Plated Armor

THIS IS VERY GOOD with NEW BUG FIXES!!! VS M1 heros | Mina , Infernus, Mirage, Venator, Haze, Wraith, Vindicta etc. etc.

Juggernaut

Built from Enduring Speed

Good VS a lot of slows and also M1 characters (pew pew again) Gives you melee resistance, speed, and a lot of slow resistance also BULLET SLOW for enemies -40$% firerate penalty !

Spellbreaker

Built from Debuff Reducer

Great item now with the build path and changes, now gives you 25% debuff resist

Indomitable

Built from Reactive Barrier

go this if you go reactive barrier and the enemy team has a lot of cc (Mo ult, wraith ult, door man ult) + refund time on cooldowns (THIS IS AUTO COUNTERSPELL on 55s cooldown)

Bullet Resilience

Warp Stone

Counterspell

Dispel Magic

Metal Skin

Bullet Resilience

Spirit Resilience

Headshot Booster

Spirit Shredder

Headhunter

Built from Headshot Booster

Cursed Relic

Ethereal Shift

Capacitor

Golden Goose Egg

Mystic Conduit

Prism Blast

Shadow Strike

Omnicharge Signet

Runed Gauntlets

Spellslinger

Blood Tribute

Infuser

Phantom Strike

Boundless Spirit

Extra Spirit

Improved Spirit

Built from Extra Spirit

Extended Magazine

Restorative Shot

Rapid Rounds

Titanic Magazine

Built from Extended Magazine

Intensifying Magazine

Mystic Shot

Active Reload

Ballistic Enchantment

Tesla Bullets

Hollow Point

Toxic Bullets

Express Shot

Armor Piercer

Ricochet

Haunting Shot

Quicksilver Reload

Extra Charge

Lightning Scroll

Reactive Barrier

Return Fire

Weapon Shielding

Long Range