Billy counters and synergy
How to counter Billy
To counter Billy, play Nurse Harrow, Graves and Kelvin: Billy wins only 41.8% against Nurse Harrow. Overall Billy wins 48.3% of 18k matches in the last 30 days at Phantom to Eternus. Billy does best with Seven on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.3%
- Pick rate
- 20.3%
- Matches
- 18k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Billy's win rate and the other hero's predict, so a strong hero doesn't top every list. Green bars beat that expectation, red fall short, grey are within chance.
Same team
Best teammates
McGinnis 957 matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Seven 1,675 matches
+2.5 vs expected
53.2% win rate
Sinclair 1,349 matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Kelvin 1,340 matches
As expected
54.3% win rate
Holliday 2,273 matches
As expected
51.1% win rate
Grey Talon 1,934 matches
As expected
46.0% win rate
Vindicta 3,020 matches
As expected
49.7% win rate
Victor 1,115 matches
As expected
50.8% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Mirage 924 matches
As expected
56.8% win rate
Ivy 2,456 matches
As expected
46.8% win rate
Wraith 4,592 matches
+1.9 vs expected
46.7% win rate
Rem 1,445 matches
As expected
52.1% win rate
Bebop 4,136 matches
+1.6 vs expected
51.1% win rate
Infernus 2,753 matches
As expected
51.6% win rate
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Sinclair 1,291 matches
As expected
50.4% win rate
Drifter 3,243 matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Nurse Harrow 1,160 matches
−6.1 vs expected
41.8% win rate
Violet 2,205 matches
As expected
47.9% win rate
Graves 2,039 matches
As expected
44.1% win rate
Pocket 2,122 matches
As expected
50.6% win rate
Warden 511 matches
As expected
52.4% win rate
Solomon 2,130 matches
As expected
52.0% win rate
Lady Geist 1,194 matches
As expected
49.3% win rate
Mo & Krill 3,636 matches
As expected
47.7% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Billy against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Billy wins with each hero on the enemy team, lowest first. Strong heroes are hard for everyone, so the last column says how this compares with what the two heroes' win rates predict.
| Enemy hero | Billy wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Harrow | 41.8% | 1,160 | −6.1 points |
| Graves | 44.1% | 2,039 | As expected |
| Kelvin | 44.3% | 1,796 | As expected |
 Rat King | 44.8% | 7,598 | As expected |
 Paige | 45.1% | 3,014 | As expected |
 Celeste | 45.1% | 1,894 | As expected |
 Baba | 45.4% | 2,870 | As expected |
 Haze | 45.6% | 6,147 | As expected |
| Seven | 45.7% | 2,081 | As expected |
 Dynamo | 45.7% | 1,922 | As expected |
 Vyper | 46.6% | 1,326 | As expected |
| Wraith | 46.7% | 4,592 | +1.9 points |
| Ivy | 46.8% | 2,456 | As expected |
 Abrams | 47.0% | 3,231 | As expected |
 Apollo | 47.4% | 1,826 | As expected |
 Yamato | 47.6% | 3,088 | As expected |
| Holliday | 47.7% | 2,159 | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 47.7% | 3,636 | As expected |
| Victor | 47.8% | 2,329 | As expected |
| Violet | 47.9% | 2,205 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 48.2% | 2,298 | As expected |
 Lash | 48.5% | 4,614 | As expected |
 Calico | 48.8% | 2,165 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 49.3% | 1,194 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 49.4% | 959 | As expected |
| Drifter | 50.0% | 3,243 | As expected |
 Mina | 50.0% | 3,309 | As expected |
 The Doorman | 50.0% | 1,168 | As expected |
 Silver | 50.2% | 1,788 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 50.4% | 1,291 | As expected |
 Viscous | 50.5% | 956 | As expected |
| Pocket | 50.6% | 2,122 | As expected |
| Bebop | 51.1% | 4,136 | +1.6 points |
 Shiv | 51.2% | 3,263 | As expected |
| Infernus | 51.6% | 2,753 | As expected |
 Venator | 51.9% | 3,962 | As expected |
| Solomon | 52.0% | 2,130 | As expected |
| Rem | 52.1% | 1,445 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 52.3% | 1,534 | As expected |
| Warden | 52.4% | 511 | As expected |
 Paradox | 53.2% | 2,767 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 55.4% | 2,300 | As expected |
| Mirage | 56.8% | 924 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Billy in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Billy struggles against. Billy has the lowest win rate against Nurse Harrow, Graves and Kelvin (41.8% against Nurse Harrow). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Nurse Harrow, Violet and Graves do better against Billy than expected.
- Who is Billy good against?
- Billy has the highest win rate against Mirage, Deadman Danny and Paradox (56.8% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Billy does better than expected against Mirage, Ivy and Wraith.
- Who is the best teammate for Billy?
- McGinnis: together they win 50.0%, 2.8 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Billy lane with?
- Grey Talon, Baba and Graves make the best lane partners for Billy, measured against what each pair is expected to win.