#Citadel_HeroBuilds_Early

Also, feel free to just... Queue Build and go from there. Start killing T2 creeps at Mystic Vulnerability

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Extra Regen

Sell when asked

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Extra Stamina

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Monster Rounds

Sell when you are done with Jungle Creeps

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Mystic Vulnerability

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Extra Spirit

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Imbue

Duration Extender

Useful lane and other items

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Active

Healing Rite

Alternative to Extra Regen if you prefer

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Sprint Boots

For lane, its good because of the +2 hp regen. In combo with Extra Regen + Monster Rounds, you have good lane sustain and dont need to worry about health whenever you take a break.

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Enduring Speed

Alternative to more stamina, with this. You can use carbine to move fast and parkour faster and get to teamfights.

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Healbane

Tank Counter

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Reactive Barrier

Versus difficult, stun-immobalize happy characters.

Core

T2 Camps die with Lv3 Pulse at Duration Extender. Can take on T2.5 camps. T3 die with Echo Shard fairly Easily.

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Spirit Lifesteal

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Improved Spirit

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Imbue

Mystic Expansion

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Imbue

Compress Cooldown

SKIPPABLE

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Stamina Mastery

Get in, Get out. Dash around, waste time to get cooldowns up.

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Imbue

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Echo Shard

GET THIS (You can now kill Heavy Camps with 2 Pulses)

More ActivatablesDox

Choose one or Two whenever

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Alchemical Fire

Great but only because of synergy and gun damage increase

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Active

Scourge

This item lets you survive being in chaos.

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Cold Front

Alternate to FleetFoot - This and then Arctic Blast will severly slow opponents down.

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Arctic Blast

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Vortex Web

Amazing item to get if you can!!! I often get this when I feel the momentum for it.

Choose your Final Items

You can eventually get all of these items. Choose in any order.

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Infuser

Deeply Recommended - Can get this as early as you can after getting Echo Shard if you want.

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Greater Expansion

You can throw 2 grenades at a teamfight without physically being close to the chaos.

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Superior Cooldown

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Boundless Spirit

Paradox only gets 60% of your spirit as damage on her 1 and 4. But, it adds up really well damage wise.

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Transcendent Cooldown

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Escalating Exposure

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Superior Duration

Alternate itemsDox

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Spellslinger

On its own its good, even better in combo with Mercurial. Gun damage is now really good.

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Fleetfoot

Speed to synergize with Surge of Power + Enduring Speed

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Bullet Resist Shredder

Bullet Resist to synergize with Alchemical Fire

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Imbue

Mercurial Magnum

Extra gun damage in combination with SpellSlinger

MeleeDox

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Crushing Fists

If you want to hammer in on a 1k dmg melee attack. Bullet Resist Shredder + Alchemical Fire will allow this.

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Spirit Snatch

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Shadow Weave

Ambush people for real this time

SurviveDox

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Warp Stone

Deeply recommended for survival in combination with Stamina Mastery. Warp UP and dash to a rooftop.

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Cheat Death

Good if you know how to use it.

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Magic Carpet

Similar to Cheat Death, Magic Carpet away after a pulse grenade volley. Idea is to be used during Late game.

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Spirit Resilience

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Bullet Resilience

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Spellbreaker

Final protection against Spirit

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Plated Armor

Final protection against Bullets

Dont forget to use pulses on objectives. Does big damage there too.

When placing pulses, use Vortex and/or Swap to keep them in the pulse

Having people in tight quarters, getting chased into one is ideal. Makes you feel like paradox. 2 Pulses + Arctic with a wall in tight quarters is death for them.

2 pulses + AlchFire will ensure you do great big damage. The -bullet resist items can grant you up to like 700 heavy melee damage (350 lights) on top of damage amp.

Nice, you scrolled down.

Fighting walkers is a great specialty since you will be doing damage to the walker and any enemies nearby. 2pulses+AlchFire and Shots. When you need to make an escape, use Carbine charge for fast dashes and move speed, and wall infront of you+Dash through into a funnel like a doorway.

With Stamina mastery, remember you can be speedy with double air-dashes. Carbine charge ground dashes are also quite fast.

MeleeDox - Getting Crushing fists after Alchemical + BR shredder is good, but what if you skip all CORE items and just buy Echo + alchemical, BR shredder and then Crushing Fists? That is at its lowest, 21k Souls doing 600+dmg per Heavy Melee. (Duration Extender on Pulse is also still important)

Carbine increases heavy melee range. Double-jump over an enemy while carbine charge and Hmelee down at them.

Im serious. Carbine charge + Jump Jump is crazy dodgy and still is in range for Hmelee with Crushing Fists.

Changes - ?? Feb 2026

Changed a bunch of items around. The core of the build stays as it is, while a bunch of optional windows lets you move into different strategies or playstyles. Particular recommendation towards Melee and the use of Warp Stone or Scourge. I also keep changing boots and move speed vs Stamina. Forgive me.