- Bashdown can be held down to delay the slam 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, since Billy's Heavy Melee is roughly 2.32x of his Light Melee. This also enables item interactions that are specific to Heavy Melee, i.e.
Melee Charge or 
Spirit Snatch.
Billy: Difference between revisionsGive feedback
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Remove redundant ability headings already rendered by AbilitySection template (with help from vergir-bot LLM) |
m added note about melee dmg at T3 upgrade |
||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
== Innate == | == Innate == | ||
Billy has a passive that alters his [[Melee Attack|light melee attacks]]. He can use light melees faster than other heroes, gets slowed less when using light melees, and his [[Reload Time|reload]] is not interrupted by light melees. | Billy has a passive that alters his [[Melee Attack|light melee attacks]]. He can use light melees faster than other heroes, gets slowed less when using light melees, and his [[Reload Time|reload]] is not interrupted by light melees. | ||
| Line 30: | Line 31: | ||
* 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 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. | * 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. This also enables item interactions that are specific to Heavy Melee, i.e. {{ItemIcon|Melee Charge}} or {{ItemIcon|Spirit Snatch}}. | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 01:25, 11 May 2026
  | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Information | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
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.
Billy was released on August 20, 2025 as the second hero of the Six New Heroes update (first winner of hero vote).
Innate
Billy has a passive that alters his light melee attacks. He can use light melees faster than other heroes, gets slowed less when using light melees, and his reload is not interrupted by light melees.
Additionally, he can restore ammo when hitting melees once he unlocks his Blasted ability, as detailed below.
Weapon
Biquette
Close Range
74 Damage Per Second
Falloff Range
14m ➞ 32m
Due to Billy's Blasted passive, hitting a melee attack reloads his ammo by either 100% (heavy melee) or 35% (light melee).
Hitting a light melee during reload reduces the reload time by 35%.
Abilities
Bashdown
Bashdown
0.3s
4m
1
8s
35s
Slam your bat into the ground, 
pulling enemies down and dealing 
melee damage.
The slam creates a shockwave that deals
spirit damage and applies knockup.
pulling enemies down and dealing melee damage.The slam creates a shockwave that deals
spirit damage and applies knockup.
x0.9
45
Melee Damage
x1.1
35
Damage
On Hit:
Displacement0.4s
Duration
1-10s Cooldown
2+1 Charge and +2m Radius
5-3s Charge Time
Now deals 50% Heavy Melee Damage
Now deals 50% Heavy Melee Damage
Benefits from melee items (e.g. Melee Lifesteal)
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff Resist
Triggers Reactive Barrier
Effect can be dispelled
Disable prevented by Indomitable
CC effect suppressed by UnstoppableRising Ram
Rising Ram
0.3s
32s
Charge head-first into an enemy and send them into the air along with Billy.
Cooldown reduced by 50% on impact.
Cooldown reduced by 50% on impact.
On Impact:
x1.9
40
Damage
1On Impact: +25% weapon damage for 5s
weapon damage for 5s20.4s Charge Duration
5-13s Cooldown
16s Duration
10% Max Health
16s Duration
10% Max Health
Disabled by Slowing HexBlasted
Blasted
8s
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.
max health and extends duration.While Blasted:
x0.6
70
Melee Bonus Health
While Blasted:
10%
Wrecked Bullet Amp
11s
Health Boost Duration
1While Blasted: +2.25m/s 
bonus move speed
bonus move speed2+1 Bashdown Charge on use and +7% Wrecked Bullet Amp
5+50 Melee Bonus Health and increases spirit scaling
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff ResistEffect can be dispelled
On-shot effect prevented by Plated Armor- 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.
- 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.
Chain Gang
Chain Gang
12m
2.8s
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.
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.
x0.7
120
Damage
2.8s
Duration
35%
Velocity Slow
1+40% 
spirit resist & 
bullet resist
spirit resist & bullet resist2-40s Cooldown
5+5m Range
+1.3s of Unstoppable Per Hero pulled in
+1.3s of Unstoppable Per Hero pulled in
Background
See Billy/Lore for more story content.
“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.)
Don't ask him how he got the goat head.
Lore
Billy's wish is unknown, although the Patrons imply that Billy wants to change the world due to it being "corrupt and beyond saving."[2][3]
Billy got his goat head by using eldritch powers/black magic.[4][5] He implies he turned his head into a goat for a specific reason.[6]
Billy criticizes a Shakespearean Festival, but considers going once Paige points out that people there would view him as "their king."[7]
Billy enjoys rioting and looting in New York,[8][9] although he thinks he's the only one allowed to start fires in "his" city (he does accept public rioting if the Knickerbockers win the basketball championship).[10]
Billy used to use Rising Ram in circle pits before being told to stop.[11] It's implied Billy uses Shadow Weave to escape the police after committing crimes.[12]
Despite being an anarchist, Billy still pays his taxes.[13][14]
Billy believes the Baxter Society never killed real monsters and that it was all a publicity stunt.[15] Billy doesn't believe the Adversary exists until he sees it with his own eyes.[16]
Character interactions
- Billy hates everyone. He especially loathes rich people, such as
Lady Geist.[17][18] He does, however, compliment his allies when they're doing well.[19] - Billy and
Vyper flirt with each other.[20] While Vyper holds Billy in high regard,[21][22] Billy thinks Vyper is a moron.[23][24] - Billy thinks
Lash is "chiseled like a Greek God" and has a "sexy mustache".[25] - Billy believes Carlos Arroyo used
Ivy to increase the property value of Spanish Harlem and to secure his spot as New York's mayor.[26] - Billy thinks
Bebop living in a scrapyard is "kinda cool".[27] - Lady Geist exclusively refers to Billy as "William". She never calls him Billy.
The Doorman tells Billy that he's "terribly uninteresting"[28] and "dreadfully boring".[29]- Bebop calls Billy the "budget version of Lash".[30]
Vindicta calls Billy out for always talking about the world's problems, but doing nothing to change them.[31]
Paige wishes she could give Billy a hug.[32] She tries to connect with Billy by seeing past his "mad at the world" schtick, but is unsuccessful.[33]
Update history
View the full update history: Billy/Update history
| Update | Changes |
|---|---|
| |
| |
|
Gallery
-
Billy portrait -
Billy icon -
Billy in-game render -
Billy's select background -
Billy poster -
Billy reference sheet -
Billy name typography -
Billy weapon - Biquette -
Unfinished Billy model art -
Unfinished Billy model art "v2" -
Gloat portrait for Billy. -
Critical health portrait for Billy.
Trivia
- "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 "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,[34] calling McGinnis' turrets "aimbots",[35] and calling out Haze for "pressing 4".[36]
- 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".[37]
- 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.[38] 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%.[39]
- 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.
- This animation is also likely 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.
References
- ↑ Deadlock on IMDb
- ↑
Amber Hand's in-game voice line (Billy start): "The world is corrupt and beyond saving! But if you summon me, I can help you change that."
- ↑ Amber Hand's in-game voice line (Billy start): "Injustice permeates this city like a weed! You know this. Complete the ritual, and together, we will build a new world!"
- ↑
Billy's in-game voice line (killed Seven) - "You think you're special because you got eldritch power? Newsflash, buddy, where do you think the goat head came from?"
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (killed Seven) - "Only difference between you and me is that I never got arrested for doing some black magic, cause I'm not a moron leaning over his skis."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (upgrade Rising Ram) - "It ain't why I turned my head into a goat, but it's a hell of a perk."
- ↑ Billy And Paige Conversation 3
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (unselect): "I got a riot to start in midtown."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (unselect): "You go complete the ritual, I got some lootin' to do."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (killed Infernus): "The only person that sets fire in my city is me!.. Unless the Knickerbockers win the championship, then I'm fine with a little public rioting. But in general, just me!"
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (upgrade Rising Ram): "I used to do this in circle pits before venues started being babies."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (use Shadow Weave): "How do you think I get away from the cops so much?"
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (Haze ult multikill) - "So that's where my tax dollars go."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (Use Holliday's Bounce Pad) - "I pay your salary, Holliday, I can use this!"
- ↑ Billy & Grey Talon Conversation 2 - Billy: "I bet the Baxter Society never killed any real monsters. It was all a bunch of smoke and mirrors for publicity."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (killed Viscous): "I'll believe the Adversary exists when I see it with my own eyes."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (killed Lady Geist): "You New York elites can all go to hell!"
- ↑ Lady Geist And Billy Conversation 2
- ↑ Billy's ally interactions
- ↑ Billy And Vyper Conversation 1
- ↑ Vyper's in-game voice line (killed Billy): "Hey, you're lookin' good, Billy."
- ↑ Vyper's in-game voice line (killed Billy): "Love to hate that guy."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (select): "Vyper thinks she's hard because she did time. Lady can't go three blocks without catchin' a charge. She's no con, she's a moron!"
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (killed Vyper): "I've met good criminals, I've met bad criminals. You're just a stupid criminal."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line - "You think you're special cuz you're chiseled like a Greek god and got a sexy mustache?"
- ↑ Billy & Ivy Conversation 1 - Billy: "Yeah, yeah, we all know the stupid story. Lady, *Carlos Arroyo* used you to increase the property value of Spanish Harlem, and he's using you to sit in the mayor's mansion."
- ↑ Billy & Bebop Conversation 2 - Billy: "It's kinda cool"
- ↑ The Doorman's in-game voice line (Billy trapped in Baroness) - "Billy, you are impressively uninteresting."
- ↑ The Doorman's in-game voice line (Billy trapped in Baroness) - "You're a caricature of outrage. A contrarian who thinks that hating something is the same thing as being interesting. So please leave, you're dreadfully boring."
- ↑ Bebop's in-game voice line (Killed Billy) - "It was like the budget version of Lash!"
- ↑ Billy & Vindicta Conversation 1 - Vindicta: "Billy, you scream of the ills of the world, but do nothing to change them."
- ↑ Paige's in-game voice line (killed Billy): "Oh, I wish I could just give him a hug."
- ↑ Billy And Paige Conversation 2 - "The whole "mad at the world" schtick. I bet you secretly have the heart of a poet, and are just waiting for the world to be a little kinder." - "I hate people."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line - "Oh. You went melee Abrams. Real original, pal."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line - "McGinnis! You didn't kill me, your stupid aimbot turrets did!"
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line - "Way to press 4, Haze."
- ↑ Billy's in-game voice line (picked up Rejuv) - "You know, this used to go to everybody 'til the Man decided it was too good."
- ↑ 2025-05-01 - atahutahatena on Reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumors - Streamer accidentally leaks hero roster of a more "secret" private Deadlock pre-alpha playtest build
- ↑ Update:August 29, 2025
Navigation
Heroes
