Jean's Bomb Paradox (Updated New Patch)

1

13,600 Souls

Usually L -> R order, Swap to mid and roam once you get trophy + 4.8k weapon invest online

All item notes

Slowing Bullets — Makes it harder for people to escape your bombs and swap. Helps you chase people too.
Sprint Boots — If the lane is going well this is half of an extra regen, but builds into trophy later, decent regen and helps you roam/do boxes faster
Trophy Collector — Skip this if the lane is going badly, otherwise it's still op after the nerf. Can buy before slowing bullets if the lane is easy, if lane is hard buy this after headhunter or skip it for another t2
Slowing Hex — Locks people down so they can't escape your bomb or swap. You can skip this if the enemy isn't mobile, or buy other purples like silence weave over this. (Can't skip if going bomb)

2

Optional3,200 Souls

All item notes

Extra Regen — Paradox has base 1 regen so this fixes it, keeps you healthy in lane and lets you trade while healing unlike healing rite.
Rebuttal — Good againsdt duo melee hero matchup in lane
Rusted Barrel — Underrated Item, buy after you get 4.8k weapon invest online, Good against multiple m1 heroes in or out of lane

3

6,400 Souls

Save bombs and alc for urn and midboss and ggs

4

Optional32,000 Souls

Buy purples when you need more lockdown.

All item notes

Healbane — Buy when you need early antiheal online (I only really buy this for bomb builds)
Reactive Barrier — Buy into heavy cc comps like mo, bebop, holliday,doorman, lash, vindicta, haze, abrams etc. Upgrade into indomitable later
Warp Stone — Get out of jail free card, better with bomb build because greater expansion increases warpstone range.
Dispel Magic — Buy against drifter mark, infernus burn, shiv knifes, vin stake, mirage mark, warden cage, and multiple slowing hexes or other item cc
Counterspell — Best 3200 green in the game, negates many impactful abilities if you can react to them, for experts only
Spirit Resilience — Buy when there's a ton on unavoidable spirit damage that's killing you in the mid/late game
Knockdown — Buy if multiple people on the enemy team gets screwed by this. (vindicta, grey talon, lash, seven, mcginnis, holliday etc)
Silence Wave — Buy over slowing hex if you can afford it. Staggering this with wall silence is good. Good into pocket, yamato, apollo, dynamo etc
Disarming Hex — Buy if there's a fed m1 carry in the midgame. Forcing a fed carry to buy dispel for your disarming hex is a W tbh. Underrated Item

5

Optional54,400 Souls

All item notes

Cursed Relic — Buy when you're behind or if there's a fed carry that needs to get hate crimed.
Spellbreaker — Buy against lash, GT, sinclair, holliday etc
Indomitable — Buy against multiple of bebop/mo/holliday/lash/doorman/wraith/mina and curse
Metal Skin — Buy against fed haze/vyper
Phantom Strike — Buy this against multiple flyers (vindicta/grey talon/lash/holliday)
Divine Barrier — Buy against pocket
Cheat Death — Good item in the super late game (40+ minutes)
Plated Armor — Buy against teams with 3 or more fed m1 heroes (extremely rare buy imo)

6

50,400 Souls

All item notes

Echo Shard — Bomb build has high highs and low lows, it gives paradox way more damage potential late game at the cost of consistancy and single target damage. Both builds work but gun is better in higher elos.
Mystic Expansion — Range is important to make sure people stay inside your bombs
Greater Expansion — More bombs,wall, swap and multiswap range as well as vortex web and other item ranges. Spirit resist is strong late game
Escalating Exposure — Great damage option if the enemy team is stacking spirit resist
Transcendent Cooldown — Good for more uptime on echo shard, vortex web as well as your bombs and swap.
Spirit Burn — Solid damage and antiheal option for bomb builds.