Billy
Punk · Chaotic · G.O.A.T.
Lore
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.
Challenging to learn · Biquette
The Oracle’s file on Billy What fans say about Billy
In-game biography · Source notes · Art from Deadlock Wiki · Game assets © Valve
Billy’s abilities
Bashdown
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.
- Damage
- 35 + 1.1 × Spirit
On Hit
- Displacement
- 0.4s
Upgrades
- 1 AP
-10s Cooldown
- 2 AP
+1 Charge and +2m Radius
- 5 AP
-3.0s Charge Time Now deals 50% Heavy Melee Damage
Base values with no items, from the Deadlock API, November 2, 2026. Patches change them.
The file on Billy
Everything confirmed. Pick a box, then open any source to see the proof.
Origins
How Billy got here.
Billy is a ball of rage at something: maybe the cops, magic regulations, or a gyro place.
SourceBilly’s biography
In the game“Billy is a white hot ball of rage”
Billy’s biography “Maybe it's the cops. Maybe it's magic regulations.”
Billy’s biography How he got the goat head is the one thing you aren't supposed to ask.
SourceBilly’s biography
In the game“Don't ask him how he got the goat head.”
Billy’s biography
Why Billy is in the ritual
Their own words first. The Patrons want something, so read theirs as offers.
The Patrons pitch revenge: people fear and mock him, and he can make them pay.
SourceThe Archmother
In the game“Billy. They fear you. They mock you. They hate you. Make them pay for their transgressions and summon The ARchmother.”
The Archmother, to Billy, as a match begins They also pitch change: the world is corrupt, and together they can build a new one.
SourceThe Hidden King, The Archmother
In the game“The world is corrupt and beyond saving. But if you summon The Hidden King, he can help you change that.”
The Hidden King, to Billy, as a match begins “Injustice permeates this city like a weed. You know this. Complete the ritual, and together with The Archmother, build a new world.”
The Archmother, to Billy, as a match begins He says he'll finish it even if it kills him.
SourceBilly
In the game“Were gonna finish this ritual if it kills me.”
Billy, during a match
Factions and organizations
Who they work with, fight and answer to.
The OSIC
He calls them goons with badges and won't bow to them.
SourceBilly
In the game“The OSIC are just a bunch of goons with a badge.”
Billy, on killing Haze “I'm not bowing down to the OSIC.”
Billy, on killing Haze Fairfax Industries
He says there's no such thing as a good Fairfax.
SourceBilly
In the game“Ain't no such thing as a good Fairfax.”
Billy, on killing Pocket “Fairfax Industries sucks.”
Billy, to Deadman Danny, before a match The Arroyos
He calls Ivy Carlos Arroyo's billboard and pawn.
SourceBilly
In the game“Oh look, if it isn't Carlos Arroyo's talking billboard for his mayoral campaign.”
Billy, to Ivy, before a match “Ivy, you're just Carlos Arroyo's pawn.”
Billy, on killing Ivy The Baxter Society
He never trusted it, and tells its founder its monsters were fake.
SourceBilly
In the game“Never trusted the Baxter Society…”
Billy, on killing Shiv “I bet the Baxter society never killed any real monsters, it was all a bunch of smoke and mirrors for publicity.”
Billy, to Grey Talon, before a match
Cool facts
The small things worth knowing.
Billy tells the man who started the Baxter Society that its monsters were fake.
SourceBilly, Grey Talon
In the game“I bet the Baxter society never killed any real monsters, it was all a bunch of smoke and mirrors for publicity.”
Billy, to Grey Talon, before a match “You being a moron has nothing to do with me starting the Baxter Society”
Grey Talon, to Billy, before a match Lady Geist refuses to call Billy anything but William.
SourceLady Geist
In the game“No self-respecting man actually wants to be called Billy.”
Lady Geist, to Billy, before a match “Believe me William, I wish I didn't.”
Lady Geist, to Billy, before a match Billy asks Rat King to spare some people on Long Island.
SourceBilly, Rat King
In the game“I know some people there who don't totally suck. If I help you do this I don't want 'em getting hurt.”
Billy, to Rat King, before a match “Give me their names, I'll make sure they're taken care of.”
Rat King, to Billy, before a match Billy calls Wraith a paper gangster.
SourceBilly
In the game“Oh great, I'm with the paper gangster.”
Billy, to Wraith, before a match
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