Billy counters and synergy
How to counter Billy
To counter Billy, play Graves, Paige and Rat King: Billy wins only 42.3% against Graves. Overall Billy wins 48.3% of 84k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Billy does best with Grey Talon on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.3%
- Pick rate
- 26.2%
- Matches
- 84k
- 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
Grey Talon 6,833 matches
+1.9 vs expected
46.0% win rate
Seven 12k matches
+1.7 vs expected
53.8% win rate
Mo & Krill 2,837 matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Pocket 8,473 matches
+1.6 vs expected
45.0% win rate
Mirage 3,131 matches
As expected
42.8% win rate
Rat King 18k matches
+1.3 vs expected
55.6% win rate
Violet 11k matches
+1.2 vs expected
49.0% win rate
Paige 17k matches
+1.1 vs expected
54.8% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Grey Talon 1,353 matches
+2.7 vs expected
46.9% win rate
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Seven 2,734 matches
+2.6 vs expected
54.7% win rate
Vyper 1,089 matches
As expected
50.5% win rate
Victor 1,293 matches
As expected
54.1% win rate
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Rat King 3,418 matches
As expected
55.9% win rate
Holliday 1,427 matches
As expected
47.7% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Kelvin 7,133 matches
+1.6 vs expected
45.7% win rate
Calico 5,259 matches
+1.5 vs expected
49.7% win rate
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Rat King 35k matches
+1.1 vs expected
43.5% win rate
Viscous 4,577 matches
As expected
53.1% win rate
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Grey Talon 4,955 matches
As expected
53.3% win rate
Wraith 16k matches
As expected
47.3% win rate
Lash 19k matches
As expected
47.7% win rate
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Violet 11k matches
As expected
49.5% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Solomon 9,953 matches
As expected
52.8% win rate
Graves 19k matches
As expected
42.3% win rate
McGinnis 5,022 matches
As expected
50.5% win rate
Abrams 14k matches
As expected
46.6% win rate
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Pocket 6,668 matches
As expected
52.7% win rate
Vindicta 10k matches
As expected
47.1% win rate
Nurse Harrow 5,951 matches
As expected
48.3% win rate
Shiv 11k matches
As expected
53.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graves | 42.3% | 19k | As expected |
| Paige | 43.2% | 18k | As expected |
| Rat King | 43.5% | 35k | +1.1 points |
| Seven | 44.4% | 18k | As expected |
| Victor | 44.6% | 16k | As expected |
 Ivy | 45.3% | 9,799 | As expected |
 Baba | 45.6% | 12k | As expected |
 Haze | 45.6% | 26k | As expected |
| Kelvin | 45.7% | 7,133 | +1.6 points |
 Apollo | 46.2% | 7,994 | As expected |
| Abrams | 46.6% | 14k | As expected |
 Dynamo | 46.8% | 12k | As expected |
| Vindicta | 47.1% | 10k | As expected |
| Wraith | 47.3% | 16k | As expected |
| Lash | 47.7% | 19k | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 48.3% | 5,951 | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 48.5% | 13k | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 48.6% | 14k | As expected |
 Drifter | 48.7% | 13k | As expected |
| Vyper | 48.8% | 5,243 | As expected |
| Violet | 49.5% | 11k | As expected |
| Calico | 49.7% | 5,259 | +1.5 points |
 Celeste | 49.9% | 9,084 | As expected |
| Holliday | 50.5% | 8,060 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 50.5% | 5,022 | As expected |
 Yamato | 50.6% | 9,865 | As expected |
 Silver | 50.8% | 8,792 | As expected |
 Infernus | 50.9% | 21k | As expected |
 Venator | 51.2% | 14k | As expected |
 Mina | 51.7% | 15k | As expected |
 Bebop | 52.3% | 17k | As expected |
 Sinclair | 52.3% | 4,329 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 52.3% | 11k | As expected |
 The Doorman | 52.3% | 6,907 | As expected |
 Rem | 52.5% | 11k | As expected |
| Pocket | 52.7% | 6,668 | As expected |
| Solomon | 52.8% | 9,953 | As expected |
 Paradox | 53.0% | 10k | As expected |
| Viscous | 53.1% | 4,577 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 53.3% | 4,955 | As expected |
| Shiv | 53.3% | 11k | As expected |
 Warden | 54.2% | 5,510 | As expected |
| Mirage | 55.2% | 3,809 | 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 Graves, Paige and Rat King (42.3% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Solomon, Graves and McGinnis do better against Billy than expected.
- Who is Billy good against?
- Billy has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Shiv (55.2% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Billy does better than expected against Kelvin, Calico and Rat King.
- Who is the best teammate for Billy?
- Grey Talon: together they win 46.0%, 1.9 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Billy lane with?
- Grey Talon, Seven and Vyper make the best lane partners for Billy, measured against what each pair is expected to win.