Paradox build guide
by Wien66Version 8Updated Aug 10, 2026Guide #758412
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Build focused on early gun dmg transitioning on a late spirit damage
1Lane
Author's category · 4 items
Headshot Booster
Headhunter
Built from Headshot Booster
lowk best item good heal on lane & crazy dmg
Sprint Boots
Trophy Collector
Built from Sprint Boots
must buy if you rotate a lot
2optional
Author's category · 8 items · Optionals & Replacement of MS
Reactive Barrier
early stuns (abrams, seven, bebop, venator)
Rebuttal
VIscous, billy, callico, abrams
Restorative Shot
heal
3Early game
Game stage · 7 items · Now we go Gun/Support and rotate a lot
Mystic Shot
dmg
Extra Stamina
Extra Health
4Mid game
Game stage · 7 items · Transition into bombs/spirit
Superior Cooldown
Built from Compress Cooldown
Mystic Expansion
Duration Extender
5Opt midoptional
Author's category · 6 items
Ballistic Enchantment
Built from Mystic Expansion
Optional, you usually sell gun items so i dont like this much
Express Shot
extra dmg
Silence Wave
opt counter item
6optional
Author's category · 7 items · Very optionals, only buy if extremely necesary.
Bullet Resilience
Spirit Resilience
Dispel Magic
7Late game
Game stage · 4 items · Sell gun items/Fortitude if necessary
Crippling Headshot
Only if team doest have healing reduction (Very rare)
Mystic Reverb
people in bombs --> lots of heal
Escalating Exposure
dmg
8Late optoptional
Author's category · 7 items
Cursed Relic
"Can someone buy something for the fed guy"
Ethereal Shift
Lots of cc
Spirit Burn
Strongest anti heal (ONLY BUY IF NO ONE HAS IT AND WILL NOT BUY)
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 2 | Pulse Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 13 |
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Healing Rite
(opt)
Long Range
Opening Rounds
Slowing Bullets
peoplo go slow
Stalker
Fortitude
Built from Extra Health
So you dont need to heal in base & rotate a lot
Compress Cooldown
cooldown for ult, so you can secure kills
Slowing Hex
builds into vortex web (also its cool the enemy cant move)
Stamina Mastery
Built from Extra Stamina
lots of movement
Echo Shard
bread and butter
Greater Expansion
Built from Mystic Expansion
Transcendent Cooldown
Built from Superior Cooldown
Superior Duration
Built from Duration Extender
Knockdown
if you wanna be vindicta's annoying guy
Disarming Hex
"Can someone buy something for wraith she is fed"
Decay
Strong antiheal
Metal Skin
Warp Stone
movement
Healing Nova
Built from Healing Rite
if you wanna go support ig
Rescue Beam
Built from Healing Rite
(opt) if you wanna go support
Vortex Web
Built from Slowing Hex
use after first bomb
Unstoppable
Spellbreaker
Useful if you die a lot from spirit burst
Cheat Death
Indomitable
Built from Reactive Barrier
Lash/Mo/Wraith
Time WallTime Wall | Time Wall: Ability unlocked, step 5 | Time Wall: 1 AP upgrade, step 11 | Time Wall: 2 AP upgrade, step 12 | Time Wall: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
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Kinetic CarbineKinetic Carbine | Kinetic Carbine: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Kinetic Carbine: 1 AP upgrade, step 4 | Kinetic Carbine: 2 AP upgrade, step 8 | Kinetic Carbine: 5 AP upgrade, step 15 |
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Paradoxical SwapParadoxical Swap | Paradoxical Swap: Ability unlocked, step 6 | Paradoxical Swap: 1 AP upgrade, step 7 | Paradoxical Swap: 2 AP upgrade, step 9 | Paradoxical Swap: 5 AP upgrade, step 10 |
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Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
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