Paradox build guide

Very Big Pulse

by CrafeksterVersion 42Updated Oct 6, 2026Guide #320412

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Author's notes

Revolving around Pulse Grenade, you dive into the enemy team throwing 2 Pulse Grenades, and making them stay in the AoE Mayhem. Also extremely good at jungle. A fairly trappy and tricky Paradox style of play. Trick people into CQC situations and youl see. March Patch made this build miles better!

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 5 items · Also, feel free to just... Queue Build and go from there. Start killing T2 creeps at Mystic Vulnerability
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  Sell when asked
2. 2
  Mystic Vulnerability
3. 3
  Extra Spirit
4. 4
  Duration Extender
2Useful lane and other itemsoptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Healing Rite
  Alternative to Extra Regen if you prefer
2. 2
  Extra Stamina
3. 3
  Stamina Mastery
  Built from Extra Stamina
  Get in, Get out. Dash around, waste time to get cooldowns up.
3Core
Author's category · 5 items · T2 Camps die with Lv3 Pulse at Duration Extender. Can take on T2.5 camps. T3 die with Echo Shard fairly Easily.
1. 1
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
2. 2
  Mystic Expansion
3. 3
  Compress Cooldown
  SKIPPABLE
4. 4
4More ActivatablesDoxoptional
Author's category · 5 items · Choose one or Two whenever
1. 1
  Alchemical Fire
  Great but only because of synergy and gun damage increase
2. 2
  Scourge
  This item lets you survive being in chaos.
3. 3
  Cold Front
  This and then Arctic Blast will severly slow opponents down.
5Choose your Final Items
Author's category · 7 items · Not part of core, but enhances the Double Bomb strategy as is.
1. 1
  Infuser
  Built from Spirit Lifesteal
  Deeply Recommended - Can get this as early as you can after getting Echo Shard if you want.
2. 2
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
  You can throw 2 grenades at a teamfight without physically being close to the chaos.
3. 3
6CarbineDox. - .x2 Pulse Grenades, stack damage, Release carbine shot. Can get after Coreoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Hollow Point
2. 2
  Ballistic Enchantment
  Built from Mystic Expansion
3. 3
  Spiritual Overflow
  Built from Spirit Lifesteal
7MeleeDox. - .ShadowWeave, x2 Grenades, start punching. Can get after Core.optional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Crushing Fists
  Late game, this item is good if you want another good source of damage during your combo.
2. 2
  Spirit Snatch
3. 3
  Shadow Weave
  Built from Sprint Boots
8SurviveDoxoptional
Author's category · 9 items · Jump in, expend your cooldowns. Get out.
1. 1
  Warp Stone
  Deeply recommended for survival in combination with Stamina Mastery. Warp UP and dash to a rooftop.
2. 2
  Diviner's Kevlar
  Good synergy with Ultimate Barrier
3. 3
  Cheat Death
  Good if you know how to use it.
9Nice, you scrolled down.optional
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10Dont forget to use pulses on objectives. Does big damage there too.optional
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11When placing pulses, use Vortex and/or Swap to keep them in the pulseoptional
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12Having people in tight quarters, getting chased into one is ideal. Makes you feel like paradox. 2 Pulses + Arctic with a wall in tight quarters is death for them.optional
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132 pulses + AlchFire will ensure you do great big damage. The -bullet resist items can grant you up to like 700 heavy melee damage (350 lights) on top of damage amp.optional
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14Fighting walkers is a great specialty since you will be doing damage to the walker and any enemies nearby. 2pulses+AlchFire and Shots. When you need to make an escape, use Carbine charge for fast dashes and move speed, and wall infront of you+Dash through into a funnel like a doorway.optional
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15With Stamina mastery, remember you can be speedy with double air-dashes. Carbine charge ground dashes are also quite fast.optional
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16MeleeDox - Getting Crushing fists after Alchemical + BR shredder is good, but what if you skip all CORE items and just buy Echo + alchemical, BR shredder and then Crushing Fists? That is at its lowest, 21k Souls doing 600+dmg per Heavy Melee. (Duration Extender on Pulse is also still important)optional
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17Carbine increases heavy melee range. Double-jump over an enemy while carbine charge and Hmelee down at them.optional
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18Im serious. Carbine charge + Jump Jump is crazy dodgy and still is in range for Hmelee with Crushing Fists.optional
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19Changes - 2nd Oct 2026optional
Author's category · 0 items · Refined the build. Rewritten some descriptions to inspire options.
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Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Pulse GrenadePulse Grenade	Pulse Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1				Pulse Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Pulse Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 6	Pulse Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 7