天 The Divine Paradox 天 - With Annotations

Top: L -> R. Bottom: optional

Take 1 or 2. All generally good

10K+ Souls. The build's defining items. Bottom row optional

Buy 1 after TC

30k+ souls. High end luxury items that don't usually slot well into the build

Dying is very taxing on soul collection. Paradox relies verily on getting key upgrades as soon as possible. Stay safe

Not recommended

Paradox is an assassin who requires full utilization of her abilities as well as fair amount of souls to be relevant. This is her biggest flaw; I find that Paradox struggles the most when behind on souls, so good laning and survivability are a must. Fall behind → weaker kit → poor performance. It does not help that she has difficulty making use of many items that are mainstay on other characters. This doesn’t mean she is a bad character, but rather a difficult balancing act.

It is empirical that you make full use of box farming during laning (Either you or your teammate) to attain ultimate as soon as possible/soul lead. Conveniently, she excels at executing enemies who push too far ahead, especially with the help of guardians. [It is fine to trade guardian health for soul advantage]

This build in particular aims to make the most out of every soul. Transcendent Cooldown is the is the staple item of this build. Items like Mystic Shot, Cold Front, and especially Headhunter are all very efficient items made even better by TC. Headhunter is an extremely efficient item; Good damage and healing, as well as scaling with boons so that you spec into sustain and not fall behind on damage. Curse is just generally strong against most characters; even without the 20% weapon damage increase, it is still a must buy.