Paradox build guide

Time bomb's primed

by feltVersion 6Updated Aug 2, 2026Guide #546079

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Author's notes

A mostly pulse grenade focused build with tons of extra option full guide and explanations on youtube: feltcrowd0955

Item categories

1Laning
Author's category · 8 items · i usually just go L->R gun in lane is super strong, hitting that 4.8k spike early lets your gun slap
1. 1
  Monster Rounds
  really good early minion push, lets you poke with your abilities instead of needing to use bomb to clear, especially good if you went egg
2. 2
  Headshot Booster
  super good poke, sell for slots if you're not going gun
3. 3
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
  helps you farm faster early, the bonuses are also really good. sellable late but try not to drop below 4.8k gun spike
4. 4
  Sprint Boots
  for faster rotating and boxing as paradox really wants to roam early, can upgrade into enduring speed early for even better rotations
5. 5
  Mystic Expansion
  make bomba big
6. 6
  Duration Extender
  make bomba last long
7. 7
  Compress Cooldown
  more bomba
8. 8
  Extra Spirit
  just to help us hit 4.8k spirit, can skip if you rush into literally any other spirit item or egg
2good stuffoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Golden Goose Egg
  only buy egg if youre committed to eggmaxxing as egg gets better past 10 minutes of holdimg now
2. 2
  Trophy Collector
  Built from Sprint Boots
  builds out of sprint boots plus it gives passive souls, combined with cultist sacrifice you're raking in money
3Mid game
Game stage · 5 items · finish your green spike
1. 1
  Veil Walker
  item has come back into favor a bit, I've been an on and off fan of it but it seems good right now
2. 2
  Healbane
  default good antiheal item, can replace with almost any 1600 green if you dont need to rush it
3. 3
  Superior Duration
  Built from Duration Extender
  power spike for bomb, extra duration means more damage
4upgrades
Author's category · 5 items · buy these if you're slot locked
1. 1
  Headhunter
  Built from Headshot Booster
  good midgame power spike that can be bought whenever
2. 2
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
  bigger bombs better aoe
3. 3
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
5Late Game damageoptional
Author's category · 5 items · big spirit damage
1. 1
  Spirit Burn
  seems super strong even with all the changes it got, can sell healbane for it if slot locked
2. 2
  Mystic Reverb
  I've been enjoying this on carbine more than time bomb lately, makes your long range poke just as deadlock as your up close damage
3. 3
  Boundless Spirit
6Countersoptional
Author's category · 8 items · things to buy to not die and also counterbuild
1. 1
  Spirit Shielding
  item is potentially sauce right now, helps shut down big spirit burst from killing you early
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
  anti geist/infernus/bebop/shiv/any debuffs
3. 3
  Counterspell
  counter that lash/big spirit burst
7I wanna die lessoptional
Author's category · 7 items · defensive items to hep
1. 1
  Witchmail
  if they have lots of aoe spirit damage this is really strong as it refunds your cooldowns super quickly
2. 2
  Plated Armor
  anti mina/infernus/toxic bullets tech
3. 3
  Spellbreaker
  anti bebop/lash/yamato/big spirit burst
8gunoptional
Author's category · 6 items · gun items that are good on paradox if you're super ahead or your team just lacks other sources of gun damage
1. 1
  Glass Cannon
  makes you super squishy but its a lot of gun damage. kinda troll unless you are truly carrying
2. 2
  Spiritual Overflow
  fire rate spirit power duration are all really good if you're pivoting from bomb build into gun build
3. 3
  Crippling Headshot

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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