Manipulating time lets Paradox outpace an enemy in one on one combat. She thrives by subjecting her enemies to timely swaps into a waiting pulse grenade, her wall, or into the middle of her teammates.
Manipulating time lets Paradox outpace an enemy in one on one combat. She thrives by subjecting her enemies to timely swaps into a waiting pulse grenade, her wall, or into the middle of her teammates.
Description
After analysing several popular bomb paradox builds, I think I have discovered the one that is right for me, and perhaps for you.
Focus on getting big combos to pick people off.
Item Build
Heals (Usually Buy 1)
500
Good for poke and when you are not taking restorative locket
500
Best if taking heavy burst damage and need to heal afterward and you dont want restorative locket
1250
Best in duo lane or against spammy characters like giest
Lane
Any order
500
Best 500 gun item for paradox
500
Good poke in lane, eventually sell if out of slots
500
Good for bursting people in lane, sell later for flex slot if needed
500
This item is insane for more hp and getting fortitude later
500
Really high value 500 item, scales wellish and can be used to get slowing hex, eventually sell for an armor usually
500
big bomb, further swap, and eventually upgrade for BIG bomb
Optional Actives
1750
Gives you back a vitality slot and good for comboing slippery opponents
1250
Really good stats and good against big healing characters
Get 1
1250
Buy early to prevent heavy gun damage and buff your gun in lane
1250
Buy if taking heavy spirit damage, usually the better option as it scales well with the spirit build.
Mid-Late game
left to right generally
1250
More burst damage
3000
Absurdly good with swap combo
1250
Cripple their defense even more
1250
Really high value item with good stats for paradox
1250
Works with carbide so you can delete people with swap bomb combo and heal to full
6000
Usually your first flex slot item, rush t3 farms after you buy this, also doubles your bombs obviously
1250
You can sell your heal for this or just upgrade into movement hex for the slot
1250
LONG = BIG
3500
Larger explosions give you more room for error and more area denial
4250
Long = Strong
3500
4250
Increases your uptime in fights, imbude on 1
7250
More stacking damage amp
6000
MORE lifesteal, MORE range, MORE slow, MORE rage from your enemies. (Imbude on 1)
Situationals
Depends on the situations, all annotated if nessecary
500
Buy this instead of enduring spirit if you want
4250
Buy if against a stupid bebop player or a shiv, infernus, etc
1250
Buy if against heavy debuff characters like mo, abrams, infernus, shiv, and you get the picture
4250
Vs heavy bullet damage
4250
Vs heavy Spirit damage
3000
If you can't get out of a lot of situations, you can sell high velocity for this.
6000
Screw this person specifically. (If someone is carrying them buy this to shut them down)
3000
Heavy burst damage like bebop bombs, lash ult, etc.
4250
Good if you are really ahead to shut down high bullet damage teams
"I have too much money"
Perhaps buy vitality sooner if ahead and not needing the damage
6000
7250
Really good lifesteal and heal denial, by now sell enduring spirit and decay
6000
6000
You had armor?
4250
More spirit amp, this is very low priority
4250
If you want to super rangemax your bombs
Ability Point Order
Pulse Grenade
Time Wall
Kinetic Carbine
Paradoxical Swap
1
2
1
2
1
2
5
1
2
5
5
5