| voice_actor = Ari Kappatos<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33268153/fullcredits/ Deadlock] on [https://www.imdb.com/ IMDb]</ref>
| voice_actor = Ari Kappatos<ref>[https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/arikappatos Ari Kappatos' resume]</ref>
| codenames = Punkgoat
| codenames = Punkgoat
}}
| pronouns = He/Him
'''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.
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'''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 '''[[Billy#Rising Ram|Rising Ram]]''' he gets up close and personal, before slamming down with [[Billy#Bashdown|'''Bashdown''']] to create shockwaves through his enemies. Running isn't even an option when Billy can use his ultimate [[Billy#Chain Gang|'''Chain Gang''']] to grapple enemies and pull them back in. A quick swig from his bottle gets him [[Billy#Blasted|'''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).
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).
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== Innate ==
== 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.
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 & break {{HeroIcon|McGinnis}}' {{AbilityIcon|Spectral Wall}} segments 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.
Additionally, he can restore ammo when hitting melees once he unlocks his Blasted ability, as detailed below.
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| ability_num = 1
| ability_num = 1
| notes =
| notes =
* Bashdown can be held down to delay the slam and causes Billy to rise vertically.
* 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.
** Billy rises 67.5 u above his initial elevation if the ability is immediately released and up to 163.97 u while the ability key is held.
* If Billy reaches the max height of Bashdown, all horizontal movement becomes sharply reduced.
* Billy retains his momentum when using Bashdown and has limited horizontal movement while holding the ability. If Billy reaches the max height of Bashdown, all horizontal movement becomes sharply reduced.
* T3 upgrade results in ~27% damage increase for the ability, since Billy's Heavy Melee is roughly 2.32x of his Light Melee.
** The max height movement lock is ignored if Billy has reduced [[Gravity Scale|Gravity]] (e.g. with {{ItemIcon|Magic Carpet}}). It is unknown if this is intentional.
* T3 upgrade results in ~29% 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 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}}.
** Also allows Bashdown to break {{HeroIcon|Graves}}' {{AbilityIcon|Borrowed Decree}}.
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| hero_name = Billy
| hero_name = Billy
| ability_num = 2
| 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.
* The T3 upgrade's {{DataProp|Rising Ram|Upgrades.3.MaxHealthBuffPct}}% Max Health boost works differently from the Max Health granted by {{AbilityIcon|Blasted}} or {{ItemIcon|Siphon Bullets}}. It instead scales his original health value and max health by +10%, effectively keeping him at the same percentage before and after. It is unknown if this is intentional.
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| ability_num = 3
| ability_num = 3
| notes =
| notes =
* Hitting a [[Melee Attack|heavy melee]] fully reloads Billy's ammo. Hitting a light melee reloads {{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_prop|Blasted|BulletsReloadedPerLightMeleePct}}% of ammo, or reduces the reload time by {{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_prop|Blasted|BulletsReloadedPerLightMeleePct}}% if depleted.
* 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.
* Bashdown procs the melee effects for Blasted.
* In addition to melee attacks against players, melee hits on [[Structures]] and [[Denizens]] will proc Blasted's effects and extend its duration while active.
* 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.
* 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.
}}
|tips=* Due to the fact that Blasted will work on [[Denizens]], it is a good idea to farm them with Blasted active to be able to heal and also increase your soul count.}}
{{AbilitySection
{{AbilitySection
| hero_name = Billy
| hero_name = Billy
| ability_num = 4
| 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 Chain Gang, entering certain inactionable states, such as using {{ItemIcon|Ethereal Shift}} or grabbing a [[Zipline]], will cause the ability to be canceled.
|interactions={{AbilityInteraction | interaction = Indomitable | state = partial | text =
A target with indomitable will still be tethered, but indomitable will prevent the target from being pulled in at the end of the chain duration
}}}}
== Street Brawl ==
=== Ability Changes ===
<!--For fresh data see [[Deadlock:Street Brawl Ability Changes]] -->
Apart from [[Street Brawl#Heroes|global changes]], Billy does '''not''' have any special modifications for his abilities in Street Brawl.
=== Item Draft ===
{{HeroStreetBrawlItems|Billy}}
== Background ==
== Backstory ==
{{Fates_Tale|punkgoat}}
{{Fates_Tale|punkgoat}}
== Update history ==
== Update history ==
{{Update history}}
{{Update history}}
== 3D model ==
{{3D_Model|Billy}}
===Weapon===
{{3D Model|Billy Weapon|size=240px}}
== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Punkgoat card.png|Billy portrait
File:Punkgoat card.png|Billy portrait
File:Billy Gloat.png|Gloat portrait for Billy
File:Bily Critical.png|Critical health portrait for Billy
File:Punkgoat hud psd.png|Unfinished Billy model art
File:Punkgoat hud psd.png|Unfinished Billy model art
File:Billy v2.png|Unfinished Billy model art "v2"
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>
</gallery>
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* [[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#(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 had the largest lead in the [[Six New Heroes]] contest, at 30%.<ref>[[Update:August 29, 2025]]</ref>
* Due to always carrying his bat in his left hand, Billy has a unique reloading animation where he will eat his weapon's magazine before loading a new one that he pulls out from his jacket.
* 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.
** This animation is also likely a reference to the popular myth that goats can consume and digest any material, including inedible ones.
* 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 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 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.
* While [[Billy#(3) Blasted|Blasted]] is active, a song plays at an extremely low volume consisting of muffled punk rock styled drums and chain sounds.<ref>[[:File:Punkgoat blasted lp.mp3]] </ref>
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 has a passive that alters his 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 is not interrupted by light melees. This allows Billy to hit the Sinner's Sacrifice jackpot & break McGinnis' Spectral Wall segments 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.
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 u above his initial elevation if the ability is immediately released and up to 163.97 u while the ability key is held.
Billy retains his momentum when using Bashdown and has limited horizontal movement while holding the ability. If Billy reaches the max height of Bashdown, all horizontal movement becomes sharply reduced.
The max height movement lock is ignored if Billy has reduced Gravity (e.g. with Magic Carpet). It is unknown if this is intentional.
T3 upgrade results in ~29% 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. Melee Charge or Spirit Snatch.
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.
The T3 upgrade's 10% Max Health boost works differently from the Max Health granted by Blasted or Siphon Bullets. It instead scales his original health value and max health by +10%, effectively keeping him at the same percentage before and after. It is unknown if this is intentional.
Blasted
Blasted
8s
0
27s
Passive: Melee hits restore ammo and inflict wrecked on the victim for 7s.
Active: Bullets are amplified against wrecked enemies. Using melee boosts max health and extends duration.
Hitting a heavy melee fully reloads Billy's ammo. Hitting a light melee reloads 35% of ammo, or reduces the reload time by 35% 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. McGinnis' 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.
Due to the fact that Blasted will work on Denizens, it is a good idea to farm them with Blasted active to be able to heal and also increase your soul count.
Notes
Hitting a heavy melee fully reloads Billy's ammo. Hitting a light melee reloads 35% of ammo, or reduces the reload time by 35% 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. McGinnis' 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.
Tips
Due to the fact that Blasted will work on Denizens, it is a good idea to farm them with Blasted active to be able to heal and also increase your soul count.
Chain Gang
Chain Gang
12m
2.8s
0
175s
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.
The chain breaks if you lose line of sight for a short while.
Triggers Reactive BarrierInteracts partially with Indomitable. Click to reveal more info.CC effect suppressed by Unstoppable
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.
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 Chain Gang, entering certain inactionable states, such as using Ethereal Shift or grabbing a Zipline, will cause the ability to be canceled.
A target with indomitable will still be tethered, but indomitable will prevent the target from being pulled in at the end of the chain duration
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.
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 Chain Gang, entering certain inactionable states, such as using Ethereal Shift or grabbing a Zipline, will cause the ability to be canceled.
In Street Brawl, every hero draws items from a shared pool, but some items are weighted to appear more often for a given hero and others less often. For each tier below, that tier's items are grouped by how likely they are to be offered to Billy: High, Average, or Low chance.
Billy is a white hot ball of rage, furious at the very notion of...something. Maybe it’s the cops. Maybe it’s magic regulations. Maybe it’s the service at the gyro place downtown. (Not the good one. The other one.)
Billy's weapon name, Biquette, means "young female goat" in French. It is a reference to "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 meleeAbrams build,[2] calling McGinnis' turrets "aimbots",[3] and calling out Haze for "pressing 4".[4]
Billy makes a reference to the Rejuvenator rework, saying that "it used to go out to everybody until the Man decided it was too good".[5]
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.[6] 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".
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%.[7]
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 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.
While Blasted is active, a song plays at an extremely low volume consisting of muffled punk rock styled drums and chain sounds.[8]
Magic Carpet). It is unknown if this is intentional.
Melee Charge or 
Spirit Snatch.
Graves' 
Borrowed Decree.
McGinnis' 
Mini Turret) will proc Blasted's effects and extend its duration while active.
