Hillbilly Tips?
BitingSea
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Blight main looking to get into Billy, I've been really into the mobility killers and only now I'm really starting to invest time into them and I'd really love some advice for Hillbilly since I almost always lose with him vs competent survivors. Any advice on when to chainsaw, where to not use it, best time to use it for mobility and curve sawing
Thanks for any help you can give
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Can't really use the chainsaw to down survivors? That's fine, just use it for the mobility until you get used to the saw
I'd hightly recomend oni instead. Billy is a mere shadow of himself but if you insist on learning him you need to try and get better at the curves on his saw. Using the saw actively to limit test how far you can turn the saw and what loops it works on is the ultimate test of how good a billy player you can be.
Build wise whilst learning him make sure to use heat add ons so you r not gimped by the overheat mechanic continously limiting your power and make sure to pack some turning add ons to allow for better mannovouring.
Im not sure if there any modern billy guides post changes and I doubht the older guides are in line with his current limitations so you might have to do a lot of testing/overheating to figure out where you can and can't use your saw. Of curse you want to m1 in a certain areas but if you want to get really good. Play around with the saw on a lot of loops to limit test his power.
When it comes to curving it's all about trial and error
"Throw some **** at the wall and see what sticks" kind of thing & memorize it + mindgame heavy
By that I mean, that some loops, like Blight, you will slide right off, except you can use it for your chainsaw. The best examples are the 2 cars at both exists of Badham Preschool that you can curve really early on and your momentum will carry on even if you hit the car at a 80* angle. It's great to know these kind of things as it feels great hitting these curves & people don't expect it at all.
See what loops / objects you can slide right off & curve around
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Also for Curving I would recommend some Channels & montages. Unfortunately after his rework not many people play billy :(
WHEN YOU CURVE, MAKE SURE CONTROLLER SENSITIVIY FOR KILLER IS MAX !
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Billy's counter are the windows so equipping Bamboozle is recommended as it really reduces the amount of time a window can be abused against him.
As for builds:
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Strongest Billy build IMO
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I use:
I just love the feeling of Shadowborn.
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The "You can't stop me and my snowball build" - Requires to be really good at Billy or have boosted survivors
When it comes to addons....
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That's honestly all i could think of right now.
I really need to make a document with everything I know as a Billy main so I don't lose it when writing things like these.
Best tip:Oni
I was not expecting someone to give this much advice, thank you very much! I'll try my best and thank you for the build recommendations as well, I've been struggling hard in the build department as well. I appreciate it fam, much love <3
Anyone else hoping this was going to be about an actual hillbilly giving dbd tips?
Against good survivors billy is probably better. Getting your power as oni is painful against survivors who play it safe
Against good survivors an oni in his power is more threatening as survivors know to abuse loops billy cant chainsaw around forcing him to either overheat or m1. Feel both have their checks and balances but as someone who has a lot of hours on both i feel onis more threatening.
Anyways, I have yet to try him again after taking a break 2 years ago so he has changed a lot I've heard with his addons and a few other things. From what I've seen he does better now with being able to walk and rev
Oni can snowball better but good survivors will hide for the duration and go back to playing safe while he’s out of power
As long as none of them get found because with oni+infectious ive seen so many 4ks from one down lol.
True and billy can also snowball really well bu also go from hook to hook better due to his better mobility
Id say base yeah billy has advantages but once you start getting into addons topknot oni is literally S tier. If billy probably didnt get overnerfed id say theyd be pretty even.
Oh yeah top knot is literally tuning guide when that was a thing
Billy still has tuning but it makes him 110% not worth it at all. Rather theyd just replace it with a addon that say makes billy unable to overheat since its a purple.
It doesn’t even reduce cooldown or noise like old tuning guide did
Yep remember when they said they were making "slight adjustments"? Lol. "Hes gonna mostly be the same"
In chase, try to use your base speed, no saw to push them away from something that can block your saw from them, like a window or L+T wall loop.