Paradox build guide
by Picture is what you are to meVersion 27Updated Sep 21, 2026Guide #651526
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The last bomb paradox player (Its still really good, bomb midboss and win game ez) Joechuck7 On youtube for gameplay and Guides
1Early game
Game stage · 7 items · Throw first nade then echo and arcane surge the second. It will apply to both
Monster Rounds
Close Quarters
Extra Stamina
Arcane Surge
Built from Extra Stamina
2When you can get range and green investoptional
Author's category · 4 items
Rebuttal
Extra Health
Extra Regen
3Mid game
Game stage · 9 items · 1
Alchemical Fire
Improved Spirit
Built from Extra Spirit
Spirit Lifesteal
4Late Dependsoptional
Author's category · 22 items · Can get echo late still good
Magic Carpet
Spirit Burn
Transcendent Cooldown
Built from Superior Cooldown
5Testoptional
Author's category · 3 items
Dispel Magic
Decay
Scourge
Still good after nerf
6Category 6
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
7Category 7
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
8Category 8
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
9Category 9
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
10DONT BUY FOR THE TAGSoptional
Author's category · 3 items
Disarming Hex
Extra Charge
Spellslinger
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 Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1 | Pulse Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 2 | Pulse Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 3 | Pulse Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 4 |
Duration Extender
Extra Spirit
Mystic Expansion
Grit
Stamina Mastery
Built from Extra Stamina
Echo Shard
Superior Duration
Built from Duration Extender
Compress Cooldown
Superior Cooldown
Built from Compress Cooldown
Greater Expansion
Built from Mystic Expansion
Slowing Hex
Vortex Web
Built from Slowing Hex
Boundless Spirit
Built from Improved Spirit
not worth most of the time
Infuser
Built from Spirit Lifesteal
Ethereal Shift
Mystic Reverb
mainly getting for the lifesteal and slow is decent too
Witchmail
Refresher
max damage, if game is coming down to one fight this can win it
Healbane
Ballistic Enchantment
Built from Mystic Expansion
Weapon Shielding
Built from Grit
Spirit Shielding
Built from Grit
Reactive Barrier
Built from Grit
Indomitable
Built from Reactive Barrier
Mystic Vulnerability
ok damage, really just need for escalating
Escalating Exposure
Built from Mystic Vulnerability
adds more damage than boundless
Diviner's Kevlar
Counterspell
Rapid Recharge
| Time Wall: Ability unlocked, step 5 | Time Wall: 1 AP upgrade, step 6 | Time Wall: 2 AP upgrade, step 7 | Time Wall: 5 AP upgrade, step 13 |
| Kinetic Carbine: Ability unlocked, step 12 | Kinetic Carbine: 1 AP upgrade, step 14 | Kinetic Carbine: 2 AP upgrade, step 15 | Kinetic Carbine: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
| Paradoxical Swap: Ability unlocked, step 8 | Paradoxical Swap: 1 AP upgrade, step 9 | Paradoxical Swap: 2 AP upgrade, step 10 | Paradoxical Swap: 5 AP upgrade, step 11 |
Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
Not shown: 16 entries after the order starts again. The published data contains them; how the game treats them isn't verified.
Current patch: the Oct 5, 2026 update, Oct 5, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC to today · ranked and unranked · all match average ranks
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