The "Shock Immune" Beta Ray Bill Rotation
HassamaMama
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So I've seen a lot of people bringing up one of Bill's limitations - Shock Immunity/Resistances. So many examples:
But wait...what about the Resonate buff on his sp3…🤔
That's right folks - you can still fight Shock immune champs with Bill. How, might you ask? Well, lemme describe the methodology so you, too, can do the following. Disclaimer, there were still some inevitable Shock passive bursts so the fight duration is skewed:
Rotation:
1. Build to ~2.9 bars of power. Standard combos since you don't have to worry about Shock Passives expiring prematurely.
2. Heavy charge, build Intensify buffs, intercept with sp2 to get buff pause hit counter and increased potency Energize buff.
3. Race back to sp3, tactically taking blocked hits to build power. Throw BEFORE buff pause counter hits 0.
4. With your increased potency Resonate, race back to sp2 (you'll still have the increased potency Energize for a bit).
5. Heavy charge, intercept, and now you have a paused Resonate, paused Energize, and 20 basic hits to stack up paused sp1 Furies.
6. Carefully throw your sp1s before you run out of buff pause hits. Each sp1 is a 60% Fury, and during the sp1 ALL damage bursts are increased by 200%.
7. Watch the defender be deleted from both your basic hits and the sp1 hits.
I wish I could upload a video here to be able to better show it - but this is all to say that if the defender is Shock immune, it doesn't matter. In a shorter fight, just heavy charge (or don't) before the sp3, then spam sp1's to have some fun. Throw in some heavy attacks to pause your buffs for a bit to squeeze out as much as you want.
Now, I would be remiss to not mention two specific instances where NOT to use Bill:
1. High Energy Resistance. Resonate deals extra burst damage as Energy Damage. So as an example, Photon probs aint ever gonna be a good match-up.
2. Onslaught. Onslaught punishes you heavily for placing Shocks, debuff or passive, on him. Your basic hits will likely place a few, and since the durations are so long, even if you're starting combo's with Mediums, you'll melt, so just...don't. Lol.
So, for all of you saying Bill aint all that solely because of Shock Immunity, please just try and use the champ yourself and understand his full capabilities. Happy Honse-ing. 🐴 🔨 ⚡️
- Dust
- Onslaught
- Maestro
- Shocker
- Absorbing Man
- Shuri
- Hulkling
But wait...what about the Resonate buff on his sp3…🤔
That's right folks - you can still fight Shock immune champs with Bill. How, might you ask? Well, lemme describe the methodology so you, too, can do the following. Disclaimer, there were still some inevitable Shock passive bursts so the fight duration is skewed:
Rotation:
1. Build to ~2.9 bars of power. Standard combos since you don't have to worry about Shock Passives expiring prematurely.
2. Heavy charge, build Intensify buffs, intercept with sp2 to get buff pause hit counter and increased potency Energize buff.
3. Race back to sp3, tactically taking blocked hits to build power. Throw BEFORE buff pause counter hits 0.
4. With your increased potency Resonate, race back to sp2 (you'll still have the increased potency Energize for a bit).
5. Heavy charge, intercept, and now you have a paused Resonate, paused Energize, and 20 basic hits to stack up paused sp1 Furies.
6. Carefully throw your sp1s before you run out of buff pause hits. Each sp1 is a 60% Fury, and during the sp1 ALL damage bursts are increased by 200%.
7. Watch the defender be deleted from both your basic hits and the sp1 hits.
I wish I could upload a video here to be able to better show it - but this is all to say that if the defender is Shock immune, it doesn't matter. In a shorter fight, just heavy charge (or don't) before the sp3, then spam sp1's to have some fun. Throw in some heavy attacks to pause your buffs for a bit to squeeze out as much as you want.
Now, I would be remiss to not mention two specific instances where NOT to use Bill:
1. High Energy Resistance. Resonate deals extra burst damage as Energy Damage. So as an example, Photon probs aint ever gonna be a good match-up.
2. Onslaught. Onslaught punishes you heavily for placing Shocks, debuff or passive, on him. Your basic hits will likely place a few, and since the durations are so long, even if you're starting combo's with Mediums, you'll melt, so just...don't. Lol.
So, for all of you saying Bill aint all that solely because of Shock Immunity, please just try and use the champ yourself and understand his full capabilities. Happy Honse-ing. 🐴 🔨 ⚡️
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As for any other content, you'll likely pick any other champs instead of going through this rotation.
But good to know.
. Wish Bill also had similar capability ...
I was bit scared when I saw "ignores glance" 😨
These champs deal damage through a specific dot which some champs are immune to
THEY don't work in EVERY SINGLE matchup stop expecting these champs to have another damage source when their damage comes specifically from one source.
You wouldn't use shuri against shock immune, nick against bleed immune etc.
If they have a different damage source THAT'S GREAT if they don't that's fine. Just don't use them when the opponent is immune it's not that hard I promise.
I wouldn't use him in a shock immune match if I had a choice but in this case I didn't have a choice and he still did it.
We've got a dope champ here that relies on Shock BUT can still fight Shock Immune champs, just takes literally a few seconds longer. He isn't shut down by an immunity alone. Or, again, just DON'T use him against the few Shock Immune champs. But apparently that's not enough. Appreciate you ranting with me lol.