chinese shadow bebop

Author's notes

Updated 2026-08-18. Check explanation at the bottom of the build on how to build each path, or mix and match to your desires.

Item categories

1. 1Core

   Author's category · 10 items · Roughly L > R, can buy veil or echo earlier, can also buy trophy collector after spirit strike/mystic burst/stalker

   1. 1

      Trophy Collector

      Ideal world where you get lots of stacks early it might return ~8k souls, feel free to sub for enduring after spirit items if passive lane or bad start

   2. 2

      Mystic Burst

      Straight +40 damage on your bombs in lane, can assist in getting stacks and upgrades into tankbuster which is essential in later game

   3. 3

      Extra Spirit

   4. 4

2. 2Early optionsoptional

   Author's category · 10 items · Read Item Descriptions, some zesty options in here

   1. 1

      Melee Lifesteal

      100 hp every 8 seconds if you can proc it, if you buy this might be worth getting 1 point in uppercut

   2. 2

      Extra Regen

      Upgrades into healing booster if you want to pivot into healing

   3. 3

      Healing Rite

      Can buy but better to go into veil walker imo

3. 3Counter Itemsoptional

   Author's category · 6 items · behind

   1. 1

      Healbane

      Buy if enemies have early radiant regen characters and your team is not buying healbanes, otherwise heal and extra spirit is nice but decay strictly better for antiheal

   2. 2

      Slowing Hex

      Fantastic item that counters half the heroes in the game, buy vs abrams, apollo, calico, etc.

   3. 3

      Silence Wave

4. 4Zesty Itemsoptional

   Author's category · 8 items · read item descriptions

   1. 1

      Fleetfoot

      Very funny item to build into speed bop, also slow resist is better than enduring so can sub for it

   2. 2

      Healing Booster

      Built from Extra Regen

      Nice upgrade from regen, also consider if early reverb or radiant

   3. 3

      Majestic Leap

5. 5Mid Defenceoptional

   Author's category · 6 items · ahead

   1. 1

      Spirit Resilience

      Get this most games, consider running with or replacing for witchmail

   2. 2

      Counterspell

      vs telegraphed cc, also hooked enemies with the item will often spam after hook. wait a second then apply bombs

   3. 3

      Dispel Magic

      vs mirage, infernus, drifter, etc.

6. 6Reverb

   Author's category · 1 items

   1. 1

      Mystic Reverb

      Ideal 6.4k item, provides both damage and healing

7. 7Late Spirit

   Author's category · 8 items · Preferred items Left - Less Preferred Right

   1. 1

      Spirit Snatch

      Built from Spirit Strike

      This hits your 4.8k spirit with burst + extra spirit, can skip and go echo first

   2. 2

      Boundless Spirit

      Built from Improved Spirit

      Slotlock upgrade for straight extra damage

   3. 3

      Superior Cooldown

8. 8Curse

   Author's category · 1 items

   1. 1

      Cursed Relic

      Probably buy this if low stacks and going more support build, can substitute instead of echo shard or reverb

9. 9Late Greens

   Author's category · 7 items · Witchmail most games tbh

   1. 1

      Witchmail

      Incredible item for bebop, more bombs and later in the game more punches for more healing

   2. 2

      Plated Armor

      If they have 2+ gun carries consider it

   3. 3

      Spellbreaker

      Vs spirit burst

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10. 10Damage Path

    Author's category · 0 items · Damage path is the typical path that you should go most games, and damage is the main focus although you should build some items from early options/mid defence, and late greens. An example build would be buying all items from Core, with maybe spirit shielding early, then reverb, tankbuster, and greater expansion is your main damage spike, where you would also slot in spirit shielding or witchmail in between depending on available souls at the time. You should have a good balance between damage and tankiness + a little bit of healing from reverb + t3 punch + witchmail giving you more punches and bombs

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11. 11Support Path

    Author's category · 0 items · If the game is not going your way and you cannnot build the regular damage build, consider building more support. To build support, you can skip some items from core such as trophy collector, veil walker, echo shard for example and try to fill actives with counter items, then play for hook + actives for your team to deal with the enemy. Curse is essential if building into this. Support build means less defence items, remember that defensive items are a luxury if you have souls and can dish out damage, also transcendent cooldown is good for having your hook and actives up more

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12. 12Healing Path

    Author's category · 0 items · A little bit more experimental, but essentially after building core get some early healing by maxing t3 punch early (2 points in bomb and hook recommended), then buy healing booster and radiant regen. Your punch will be the main source of healing, so consider skipping reverb and going straight into a witchmail and trans cooldown path, with optional mid defences or plated armor if you've got the money to spare, then just keep punching the enemy. Build regular reverb later if you've got the stacks, also possible to skip echo shard if choosing this path

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13. 13Update

    Author's category · 0 items · Have changed early spirit invest so you actually hit your 4.8k spirit spike before echo shard. Also added cooldown as part of that spike, I think more bombs less problems. Also changed ability point order so build does not go straight into level 3 punch, little bit of ult invest will help get kills early. Personally also like the idea of early fleetfoot and stalker as minor gun invests with good mobility, buy fleetfoot more often

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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.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order

Exploding UppercutExploding Uppercut			Exploding Uppercut: Ability unlocked, step 3						Exploding Uppercut: 1 AP upgrade, step 91	Exploding Uppercut: 2 AP upgrade, step 102	Exploding Uppercut: 5 AP upgrade, step 11