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{{HeroTabs}}{{Infobox hero
| key = hero_punkgoat
| release_date = August 20, 2025
| voice_actor = Ari Kappatos<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33268153/fullcredits/ Deadlock] on [https://www.imdb.com/ IMDb]</ref>
| codenames = Punkgoat
}}{{Quotation|2=Smash the bottle, smash their heads, smash the ritual!}}
'''Billy''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Deadlock]]''. A white hot ball of rage, furious at the very notion of... something. Billy is a chaotic front-liner who never backs down from a challenge. With Rising Ram he gets up close and personal, before slamming down with Bashdown to create shockwaves through his enemies. Running isn't even an option when Billy can use his ultimate Chain Gang to grapple enemies and pull them back in. A quick swig from his bottle gets him Blasted, and his enemies totally wrecked.

From looting to public vandalism, Billy makes sure anyone who can be bothered to listen gets to hear "the truth". Don't ask him how he got the goat head.

Billy was released on [[Update:August 20, 2025|August 20, 2025]] as the second hero of the [[Update:August 18, 2025|Six New Heroes]] update (first winner of hero vote).

== Innate ==

Billy has a passive that alters his [[Melee Attack|light melee attacks]]. He can use light melees faster than other heroes (shorter recovery time), gets slowed less when using light melees, and his [[Reload Time|reload]] is not interrupted by light melees. This allows Billy to hit the [[Sinner's Sacrifice]] jackpot faster than other heroes if he uses only light melee.

Additionally, he can restore ammo when hitting melees once he unlocks his Blasted ability, as detailed below.

== Weapon ==
{{WeaponCard|key=hero_punkgoat}}
Due to Billy's Blasted passive, hitting a [[Melee Attack|melee attack]] reloads his ammo by either 100% (heavy melee) or {{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_prop|Blasted|BulletsReloadedPerLightMeleePct}}% (light melee).

== Abilities ==

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Billy
| ability_num = 1
| notes       =
* Bashdown can be held down to delay starting the Slam's descent for up to 3 seconds and causes Billy to rise vertically.
** Billy rises 67.5 hu above his initial elevation if the ability is immediately released and up to 163.97 hu while the ability key is held.
* If Billy reaches the max height of Bashdown, all horizontal movement becomes sharply reduced.
* T3 upgrade results in ~27% damage increase for the ability, as Billy's Heavy Melee is roughly equivalent to 2.32x of his Light Melee.
** Also enables item interactions that are specific to Heavy Melee, i.e. {{ItemIcon|Melee Charge}} or {{ItemIcon|Spirit Snatch}}.
** Also allows Bashdown to break {{HeroIcon|Graves}}' {{AbilityIcon|Borrowed Decree}}.
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Billy
| ability_num = 2
|notes        =
* Rising Ram has a wind-up period of 0.4 seconds before charging forward. During this time, the trajectory of the charge can be changed via aiming, but adjustments become progressively more difficult as the wind-up is finishing.
** Assuming Billy is in the air, Rising Ram has up to a straight angle that Billy will charge when descending (straight down) until landing; upon arrival, Billy will continue the remainder of the charge laterally, in whichever direction the model is facing. Conversely, Rising Ram only has up to approximately 50 degrees of climb when ascending, even if aiming directly upwards.
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Billy
| ability_num = 3
| notes       =
* Hitting a [[Melee Attack|heavy melee]] fully reloads Billy's ammo. Hitting a light melee reloads {{DataProp|Blasted|BulletsReloadedPerLightMeleePct}}% of ammo, or reduces the reload time by {{DataProp|Blasted|BulletsReloadedPerLightMeleePct}}% if depleted.
* Bashdown procs the melee effects for Blasted.
* In addition to melee attacks against players, melee hits on [[Structures]], [[Denizens]], and player summoned units (e.g. {{HeroIcon|McGinnis}}' {{AbilityIcon|Mini Turret}}) will proc Blasted's effects and extend its duration while active.
* If the player reaches a certain threshold of Blasted stacks by landing multiple melee hits in a short time (10-15s), the Blasted duration will start going down even if the player keeps landing melee hits. However, Blasted can be sustained indefinitely by spacing out melee hits before hitting the max stacks threshold.
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Billy
| ability_num = 4
| notes       =
* Casting Chain Gang will start a 2.8 second long period during which Billy sends out tethers within 12 meters. After that period concludes, all enemies with tethers remaining will be pulled within 4 meters of Billy. 
** The duration of this cast is unaffected by [[Ability Duration]] modifiers, such as {{ItemIcon|Duration Extender}}, and is un-[[Crowd Control#Interrupt|Interruptable]].  
** As Chain Gang is not considered a channel, Billy retains full usage of his weapon, movement, and abilities during this time.

* Chain Gang's tether will shatter after breaking line of sight with a hard wall or via a [[Cosmic Veil]] for at least 1 second.
** However, if that enemy hero re-establishes line of sight 𝘢𝘯𝘥 is within the area of effect while Chain Gang's cast period is still active, they will become re-tethered, and will still be pulled towards Billy after the cast has concluded.
* While Billy cannot innately cancel the cast, entering certain inactionable states, such as using {{ItemIcon|Ethereal Shift}} or grabbing a [[Zipline]], will cause the cast to be canceled.
}}

== Backstory ==
{{Fates_Tale|punkgoat}}

== Update history ==
{{Update history}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Punkgoat card.png|Billy portrait
File:Billy.png|Billy icon
File:Billy Render.png|Billy in-game render
File:Billy select background.png|Billy's select background
File:Billy TitlePage.png|Billy poster
File:Billy Reference Sheet.png|Billy reference sheet
File:Billy name.png|Billy name typography
File:Billy Weapon.png|Billy weapon - ''Biquette''
File:Punkgoat hud psd.png|Unfinished Billy model art
File:Billy v2.png|Unfinished Billy model art "v2"
File:Billy Gloat.png|Gloat portrait for Billy.
File:Bily Critical.png|Critical health portrait for Billy.
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* "[[wikipedia:Billy_goat_(disambiguation)|Billy goat]]" is a term used for a male goat.
* Billy's weapon name, '''Biquette''', means "young female goat" in French. It is a reference to "[[wikipedia:Biquette|Biquette the punk rock goat]]", who went viral on the internet for hanging around punk rock and metal concerts.
* Billy has unused "bespoke" voicelines that make meta references to the game, such as the popular [[melee]] [[Abrams]] build,<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Billy|file=Punkgoat bespoke ability line 01.mp3|transcription=Oh. You went melee Abrams. Real original, pal.}}</ref> calling [[McGinnis]]' turrets "aimbots",<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Billy|file=Punkgoat bespoke ability line 04.mp3|transcription=McGinnis! You didn't kill me, your stupid aimbot turrets did!}}</ref> and calling out [[Haze]] for "pressing 4".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Billy|file=Punkgoat bespoke ability line 06.mp3|transcription=Way to press 4, Haze.}}</ref>
** Billy makes a reference to the [[Rejuvenator]] rework, saying that "it used to go out to everybody until [[Yoshi|the Man]] decided it was too good".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Billy|file=Punkgoat pick up rejuv 03.mp3|context=(picked up Rejuv)|transcription=You know, this used to go to everybody 'til the Man decided it was too good.}}</ref>
* Billy was one of the heroes in a private build who was accidentally leaked on stream in May 2025. Being early in development, he was using [[Shiv]]'s model as a placeholder.<ref>2025-05-01 - atahutahatena on Reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumors - [https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1kclj5p/streamer_accidentally_leaks_hero_roster_of_a_more/ Streamer accidentally leaks hero roster of a more "secret" private Deadlock pre-alpha playtest build]</ref> Billy's work-in-progress portrait was later leaked by an anonymous Discord user in July 2025.
* "Ranting in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Billy in the [[Hideout]].
* One of Billy's in-game hero select screen labels is G.O.A.T., a common acronym standing for "greatest of all time".
* [[Billy#(3) Blasted|Wrecked]] was originally called 'Pissed', remnants of this can still be seen while hovering over the icon next to the healthbar while Billy is Blasted.
* Billy had the largest lead in the [[Six New Heroes]] contest, at 30%.<ref>[[Update:August 29, 2025]]</ref>
* Billy possesses a full set of teeth at the front of his mouth. This is unlike real goats, who lack an upper set and instead have a hard dental pad.
* Billy eats his gun magazine in his reload animation. This is a reference to the popular myth that goats can consume and digest any material, including inedible ones.
* Billy does a [[wikipedia:Sign_of_the_horns|sign of the horns]] when riding the zipline. This can be a reference to both his actual goat horns and his love of punk music, as well as a common salute in Satanism and occult practices.

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