Paradox build guide
by wrvthVersion 169Updated Oct 5, 2026Guide #264868
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youtube.com/@wrvth_tv Updated 8/26. Gun + Util. Noob friendly. Not a carbine build, but pivot items are available.
1Core
Author's category · 11 items · L > R | Substitutions on bottom row | Can rush Trophey | Can play around with spikes | Hit 8k gun & 4.8k Vit
Headshot Booster
Long Range
Headhunter
Built from Headshot Booster
Good damage + heals | Can sub for any 3k on bottom row | Hits 4.8k spike
Sprint Boots
2boo
Author's category · 1 items
Extra Regen
3Late game
Game stage · 5 items · "Can" L > R but buy as needed | Consider items from "optional" tabs
Stamina Mastery
Learn to IAD, and you'll be very hard to catch | 8k spike
Crippling Headshot
Built from Weakening Headshot
Huge shred and anti-heal. | IMO one of the best items on Paradox | I buy 99% of games. | 16k spike (last gun spike)
Siphon Bullets
4Carbine itemsoptional
Author's category · 6 items · Max 3 instead of 2 and pray they don't know what spellbreaker is. Not my vibe but glhf.
Express Shot
Sharpshooter
Built from Long Range
TY heresy for making mah math for me
Mystic Shot
5Agro Utiloptional
Author's category · 5 items · counters and stuff | Buy Curse / Silence
Cursed Relic
CURSE IS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS
Silence Wave
I have been getting ALOT of value from this item | Very good against Victor, Mina, Pocket, and all other casters | Procs indomitable for free. Use wave, so then you're free to swap.
Alchemical Fire
6Greensoptional
Author's category · 6 items · stuff to help you not die, more options on bottom row
Warp Stone
Get out of many situations, plus bullet resist. You already should have ALOT of escape, but this can be sprinkled on the top.
Dispel Magic
Cleanse "magic"; will buy most games
Counterspell
Make lash hate you, dodge ults and yama slash for max value
7Consider the followingoptional
Author's category · 20 items · Subs for core items, as well as some extra late game buys
Monster Rounds
Stalker
*sub for weakening headshot* very good 1600 for lane. pro tip: if an enemy dashes backwars while shooting them, backstaber will proc
Toxic Bullets
*sub for Headhunter or Cultist* Good for chunking down tankie heros, and good anti heal. Got the idea to use it from Leviathan, he is the GOAT
Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.
Pulse GrenadePulse Grenade | Pulse Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1 | Pulse Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 5 | Pulse Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 13 |
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Trophy Collector
Built from Sprint Boots
Very good (for now) Buy if you intend to roam alot early, can rush for 1st or 2nd item. GO ROAM
Veil Walker
invis is cool
Slowing Hex
Will buy most games | PLZ buy if against Mina, Apollo, Calico, and any other character that heavily relies on movement. *CAN* Sub in BRS, some one should have it on your team
Weakening Headshot
builds into crippling, really good shred | Could be subbed for BRS | 8k spike
Opening Rounds
Hollow Point
Big damage spike. We're building into raw gun damage. Can add opening rounds in at this point. | 11.2k spike
Superior Cooldown
do more stuff more often. Although we're building into gun damage, swap is still your #1 utility | Can sub for Silence wave / knockdown / disarming hex | 4.8k spike
Pretty sweet. If you buy early your HP can be wild by end game
Spirit Resilience
You're melting to spirit
Silencer
It's silencer; it feels REALLY bad to play against.
Bullet Resist Shredder
Good shred.
Tankbuster
Mystic Reverb
Classic paradox item | good for shreding objectives
Disarming Hex
don't shooting please | Decent for stopping a carry's damage for 4 seconds in a team fight.
Knockdown
Anti flyer, also canceling sven, lash, beepboop ults | Also very good for setting up picks
Metal Skin
No die from haze for 5 seconds.
Spellbreaker
Lash is one shotting you
Divine Barrier
Cleanse pocket ult
Battle Vest
*Can be a sub for Enduring Speed* | Vest has many perks if you need some resist | Great gun stats + regen, which paradox lacks at the moment. Can swap for Enduring speed.
Enchanter's Emblem
*Can be a sub for Enduring Speed* | great early resist | same upsides as vest, but for spirit. One of the few items that give cdr.
Healbane
cheap anti-heal
Enduring Speed
Built from Sprint Boots
run more fast
Rapid Recharge
spam walls in mid boss pit so no one can cast anything
Transcendent Cooldown
Built from Superior Cooldown
do more stuff
Decay
anti shiv
Glass Cannon
Huge damage addition. Hitting your 22.4k spike as well as the addtional damage. Can sub for lucky shot for similar damage without the health hit, or silencer for the silence.
Lucky Shot
Cultist Sacrifice
Built from Monster Rounds
Stats you like, prints money. big st0nks
Indomitable
indoomabridble
Phantom Strike
Anti-flyer
Inhibitor
Got nerfed, but still pretty good.
Fortitude
Ethereal Shift
vibe out
Focus Lens
curse, but worse
Spirit Burn
Time WallTime Wall | Time Wall: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Time Wall: 1 AP upgrade, step 10 | Time Wall: 2 AP upgrade, step 11 | Time Wall: 5 AP upgrade, step 12 |
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Kinetic CarbineKinetic Carbine | Kinetic Carbine: Ability unlocked, step 2 | Kinetic Carbine: 1 AP upgrade, step 6 | Kinetic Carbine: 2 AP upgrade, step 7 | Kinetic Carbine: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
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Paradoxical SwapParadoxical Swap | Paradoxical Swap: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Paradoxical Swap: 1 AP upgrade, step 8 | Paradoxical Swap: 2 AP upgrade, step 9 | Paradoxical Swap: 5 AP upgrade, step 15 |
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Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
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