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Billy Main Breaks Down Billy's Addon Viability...
WARNING: THIS IS REALLY DANG LONG
I honestly would just like to start this by going on record to give a VASTLY unpopular opinion, a lot of Billy's addons arent bad. Dont get me wrong, there are definitely bad/poor designed addons for Billy, but I wanted to highlight some addons that are viable for Billy, even some addons you never see.
- Junkyard Air Filter; yes, even after the changes to Billy's basekit, which makes reving your chainsaw less punishing, this is still an amazing addon. JAF gives Billy a significantly stronger ability to camp than before, of course Doom Engravings and Death Engravings will late you camp roughly the same amount of time and provide utility, I still think this addon is really good, especially for a common rarity addon.
- Dad's Boots (and Spiked Boots); I know some people treat Drift King Billy as a meme but I honestly thing the increased control with your chainsaw is something that should not be slept on, especially with maps having more clutter which directly hinders Billy (Garden of Joy, Eyrie of Crows, Gas Heaven, etc.).
- LoPro Chains; I think people expected these to be on here, but I really think this is Billy's 3rd best addon. The ability to take something like pallets, which is a weakness, and turn it into a strength is MASSIVELY beneficial. There is a reason why comp players cling to this addon.
- Tuned Carburetor; this addon is surprisingly really good, you will normally see this addon paired with Doom Engravings because it completely offsets the disadvantaged that comes with it. The best part is that being a 4.4 m/s Killer is not really a hinderance on most maps since your chainsaw provides sufficient map traversal.
- Doom Engravings (and Death Engravings); I know people expected to see this on here, we all know why this addon is on here. It's fun, it's helpful, it's what makes Billy what he is.
- Apex Muffler (+ Leafy Mash); indoor maps, we all love them... or hate them... depending on who you ask. Apex Muffler and Leafy Mash have the ability to turn Billy's weakest maps into their strongest. This build heavily revolves around stealth, but Leafy Mash doubles down as a snowballing tool. These addons are insanely good, and I believe it to be the most slept on addons that Billy has.
- Mother's Helpers; this is typically better when paired with Doom Engravings since it offsets the disadvantages. It, in practice, is similar to Tuned Carburetor, I just wanted to put this one separately because it's advantage is smaller than TC but you at least get to be 4.6 m/s.
- Steel Toe Boots (and Low Kickback Chains); this are normally used by newer players that are trying to learn Billy, but even with experienced players, these addons can be good. DBD can be, well, DBD, which means something dumb happens and you are forced to deal with it, and these addons help a lot. (Also even experienced Billy players collide with stuff and make mistakes, not everyone is perfect ya know.)
- Heavy Clutch; this addons is definitely underrated, and it helps a lot with awful map geometry (especially with BHVR's recent maps). Even with Shadowborn, I do find myself coming in contact with objects off screen, that I cant even see, this addon prevents that. The best part (despite what the description says), it only affects your collision with objects, and not with Survivors, so it does not affects your ability to down people.
So 13/20 addons listed here are viable to use in some capacity. I know a lot of players like to say "Billy's only viable addons are Doom and Death Engravings" but honestly, they are completely wrong. There is definitely a decent amount of viable addons that Billy can use.
Also BHVR give us Heavy Clutch + Steel Toe Boots basekit eventually...
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I can’t play Billy without lopro chains and Doom engravings against good survivors or survivors I know are going to play boring. Double engravings is a fun somewhat viable meme way to play………..and that’s about it imo for the only 3 addons that are viable in high MMR lol.
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because his addons are mostly bad i play without it at all
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Try to get any value out of Mother's Helpers, Leafy Mash, Big Buckle, Pig House Gloves, Tuned Carburettor, Apax Muffler, Iri Brick, Black Grease, Steel Toe Boots and Dad's Boots (without Spiked Boots) in a match you're not already winning.
These are all addons that do something that could be good in theory but require you to actively play around them or be lucky. It's mostly worse than running no addons at all and playing normally.
Billy's addons aren't good. He has some that are universally good (like 5-6) and everything else is too unreliable without specific builds and map offerings.
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I do, I get a lot of value from some of those addons (obviously, not all of them), a few week ago I got a 42 winstreak using Apex Muffler and Leafy Mash; Billy definitely has bad addons, but not as many as people think.
I think people are not wiling to experiment, especially since (as a Billy main) it can be hard to let go of what you are use to, I know that since I use to be like that. One of the reasons why I even got the formerly mentioned winstreak is because I wanted to really test and question my original ideals, and guess what, my opinions changed, because I gave things a chance.
I think the overall notion that "it isnt meta therefore it's not good" is just overall a negative mindset to have. There is always going to be a meta, but just because something isnt meta does not deprive it of its value. This, of course, goes beyond just Billy.
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But black grease though? Lol.
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Viable to use... yes. Worth using over lopro/engravings? Not really unless you're new.
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The Pig House Gloves need a rework, because there's really very little chance it can be used because of the overheat. The chainsaw overheats even less now than before, so that needs a major change, or at least make it a brown add-on, because it barely will find use.
Leafy Mash is decent, as you say! I had a match on Gideon Meat Plant and my randomiser gave me this add-on with Trail of Torment. Combined, these undetectable abilities were the absolute star of the trial. So much use out of both, which resulted in a nice 3k and 11 hooks.
Also, I fully agree with the heavy clutch. That 30% reduction is very noticeable whilst weaving around maps, especially like Lery's. It is a literal "clutch" item to have.
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"I get value from some of them (obviously, not all of them)" was put for a reason.
Black Grease, Big Buckle, and Pighouse Gloves are not really that good, especially when Big Buckle and Pighouse Gloves got indirectly nerfed after basekit Billy changes.
This ^
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Almost a year ago I did an experiment. I wanted to see how much value I could actually get out of his addons. I tried different combinations and dedicated entire builds to them. My conclusion was that most of his addons really are bad.
His iri addons can be useful, if a survivor isn't paying attention. What if they do, though? Then these addons will do nothing for you and you might end up with a build and map that screws you over when trying to play normally. This goes for most of his other addons as well. Mother's Helpers can come in clutch sometimes but for the most part they don't make a difference anyway, if not paired with the Tuned Carburettor and a good build around it. Even then, does this actually help you? Or would you do better with your usual build and no addons at all?
Most of his addons are too situational to be good and he also has some addons that are way too undertuned. Steel Toe Boots are a perfect example for the letter. 0.36 seconds less bump time really isn't great as long as you're not back in 2022 and do some SpaceBilly. Combined with Low Kickback Chains, sure, this isn't bad but why not run Low Kickback Chains and something that would actually help you.
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It's pretty funny how Billy's heat got changed, an attempt was made to ruin his engravings and nothing else.
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