Billy counters and synergy
How to counter Billy
To counter Billy, play Graves, Rat King and Paige: Billy wins only 42.3% against Graves. Overall Billy wins 48.2% of 38k matches in the last 30 days at Ritualist to Oracle. Billy does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.2%
- Pick rate
- 21.9%
- Matches
- 38k
- 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
Rat King 8,137 matches
+2.4 vs expected
56.6% win rate
Mina 6,485 matches
+2.0 vs expected
48.2% win rate
Sinclair 2,593 matches
As expected
47.5% win rate
Vindicta 6,932 matches
+1.6 vs expected
50.1% win rate
Grey Talon 3,528 matches
As expected
44.4% win rate
Nurse Harrow 4,318 matches
As expected
49.6% win rate
Deadman Danny 6,860 matches
+1.3 vs expected
44.1% win rate
Violet 4,734 matches
As expected
48.1% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Sinclair 477 matches
As expected
49.9% win rate
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Grey Talon 687 matches
+4.0 vs expected
46.9% win rate
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Vindicta 1,407 matches
+3.9 vs expected
52.4% win rate
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Rat King 1,488 matches
+3.3 vs expected
57.5% win rate
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Mina 1,289 matches
+2.8 vs expected
49.0% win rate
Solomon 899 matches
As expected
44.9% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Lady Geist 3,378 matches
+3.3 vs expected
53.3% win rate
Vyper 2,419 matches
+2.5 vs expected
49.2% win rate
Wraith 8,136 matches
+1.2 vs expected
46.2% win rate
Calico 3,600 matches
As expected
49.1% win rate
Infernus 7,711 matches
As expected
51.9% win rate
Viscous 2,208 matches
As expected
52.9% win rate
Abrams 6,799 matches
As expected
47.0% win rate
Apollo 3,170 matches
As expected
46.9% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Warden 1,736 matches
As expected
52.6% win rate
Celeste 3,438 matches
As expected
46.2% win rate
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Mina 6,484 matches
As expected
49.2% win rate
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Solomon 4,614 matches
As expected
53.1% win rate
Seven 5,960 matches
As expected
44.0% win rate
Mo & Krill 7,159 matches
As expected
47.8% win rate
Baba 5,576 matches
As expected
45.4% win rate
Graves 5,351 matches
As expected
42.3% 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% | 5,351 | As expected |
| Rat King | 42.7% | 16k | As expected |
 Paige | 43.0% | 6,677 | As expected |
 Ivy | 44.0% | 4,847 | As expected |
| Seven | 44.0% | 5,960 | As expected |
 Kelvin | 44.4% | 3,503 | As expected |
| Baba | 45.4% | 5,576 | As expected |
 Haze | 45.5% | 13k | As expected |
 Victor | 45.5% | 5,276 | As expected |
 Dynamo | 45.7% | 4,813 | As expected |
| Wraith | 46.2% | 8,136 | +1.2 points |
| Celeste | 46.2% | 3,438 | As expected |
| Apollo | 46.9% | 3,170 | As expected |
| Abrams | 47.0% | 6,799 | As expected |
 Lash | 47.5% | 10k | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 47.8% | 7,159 | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 48.3% | 2,558 | As expected |
 Drifter | 48.3% | 5,991 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 48.4% | 4,938 | As expected |
 Holliday | 48.6% | 4,249 | As expected |
 Yamato | 48.8% | 4,896 | As expected |
| Calico | 49.1% | 3,600 | As expected |
| Vyper | 49.2% | 2,419 | +2.5 points |
| Mina | 49.2% | 6,484 | As expected |
 Silver | 49.5% | 3,755 | As expected |
| Violet | 49.6% | 4,888 | As expected |
 Venator | 50.3% | 7,463 | As expected |
 McGinnis | 50.4% | 1,784 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 50.7% | 2,288 | As expected |
 Bebop | 51.1% | 9,017 | As expected |
 Rem | 51.4% | 3,546 | As expected |
| Infernus | 51.9% | 7,711 | As expected |
 Pocket | 52.0% | 4,140 | As expected |
 The Doorman | 52.3% | 2,729 | As expected |
| Warden | 52.6% | 1,736 | As expected |
| Viscous | 52.9% | 2,208 | As expected |
| Solomon | 53.1% | 4,614 | As expected |
 Shiv | 53.2% | 6,532 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 53.3% | 3,378 | +3.3 points |
 Paradox | 53.5% | 5,681 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 53.9% | 5,105 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 54.1% | 2,574 | As expected |
 Mirage | 55.4% | 1,821 | 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, Rat King and Paige (42.3% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Warden, Celeste and Mina do better against Billy than expected.
- Who is Billy good against?
- Billy has the highest win rate against Mirage, Grey Talon and Deadman Danny (55.4% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Billy does better than expected against Lady Geist, Vyper and Wraith.
- Who is the best teammate for Billy?
- Rat King: together they win 56.6%, 2.4 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Billy lane with?
- Sinclair, Grey Talon and Vindicta make the best lane partners for Billy, measured against what each pair is expected to win.