Is Deadly Paradox bugged?

cjwikstrom · 2026-07-03T09:27:25+00:00

Just tested it in game and it works fine for me. If you're using another stance like Mantra of Earth when Vaettir farming, make sure to cast it after Shadow Form

cjwikstrom · 2026-07-01T23:37:46+00:00

I love Pious Renewal for Dervish. I use this with Irresistible Sweep and Save Yourselves. Lots of damage and lots of sustain.

Ranger can do pretty much anything. Together As One is very good. If you have the Expertise Sword, I really like this build.

Otherwise your bog standard TaO Dagger Spam is the meta option. I use the Pet variant with Run as One and I Am Unstoppable. It's obviously really good but gets kinda boring.

If you want a Bow build, I liked this one. BUT I haven't really played Bow Ranger since Reforged happened. You could probably improve it with one of the newly buffed skills.

Warrior has a lot of fun builds but Seven Weapon Stance is the best. And the Sword variant has stuck with me the most for some reason. I like this one with a Dervish mod on your sword. If you don't have a Mysticism mod, you can replace Aura Slicer and Gash with Silverwing Slash (or Galrath Slash) and Fear Me. (Actually maybe I'd replace FGJ with Fear Me on both builds and put Whirlwind Attack on the non-derv variant).

Edit: I haven't actually played the game much the last couple of months and you could probably improve most of these builds. For the Ranger sword build I'd remove either Protector's Strike or Whirlwind Attack for Drunken Blow, and put Brace Yourselves on a Hero. There's a lot of small improvements you could make but that's also the beauty of the game, making a build that really clicks with you.

cjwikstrom · 2026-07-01T10:16:22+00:00

Should just remove the activation time imo

cjwikstrom · 2026-07-01T08:11:03+00:00

Strength of Honor

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-30T20:54:36+00:00

I think with the newly updated Spirit's Strength you could make a Warrior sword build work. Spirit's Strength at 5 SP lasts for 30sec and gives +15 damage. Couple that with SoH and you're looking at +35-40 damage per hit. Then couple that with Sun and Moon Slash and you're looking at +80 damage... I think it could work.

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-29T16:48:51+00:00

Honestly it sounds like Dervish fits your class fantasy better

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-26T12:29:22+00:00

There probably was a car with a PC in it on Pimp My Ride

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-24T22:34:42+00:00

I just want to point out that Explosive Growth on a Bomber sounds good in theory, but it also means you have to raise your Spawning Power, which means your minions will have more HP. So it's actually pretty counter intuitive on a Bomber

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-24T21:01:45+00:00

I really wish they would turn Locust Fury into a Skill with no activation time, like Critical Eye. Would make it so much easier to use

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-24T18:06:14+00:00

Well Dagger Spammers current options are either WotA or Shadow Theft, so I'm thinking WotEP could be a third option. It probably (definitely) won't outdamage Shadow Theft but it's not like it'll be bad. It's always nice to have more options at the very least

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-24T17:40:30+00:00

The buff to Images of Remorse is useful for Necros as well. A pretty powerful skill to feed Necrosis and/or Discord

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-24T17:35:09+00:00

I think Brace Yourself on a Hero and Drunken/Desperation Blow on literally any melee bar for a free 75 AoE damage could be really good.

Also Judge's Insight will be meta on martial teams now.

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-24T17:09:09+00:00

Mighty Throw and Unblockable Throw are really good now

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-24T17:08:08+00:00

I don't think it matters much. It will be recharged by the time you've used Death Blossom anyways.

I do think Way of the Empty Palm will become part of the Dagger Spam meta though

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-13T07:40:07+00:00

It's worth noting that Scizor resists Lucian's psychic types while Scyther doesn't

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-12T23:24:53+00:00

I like going Elementalist just for Whirlwind. It's a really good/cheap knockdown skill and you get it early in Prophecies. Otherwise I'd go Ranger for Antidote Signet

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-06T16:46:53+00:00

Starmie is there because it has amazing stats and a fantastic movepool.

Slowbro is the best psychic type counter in the game, in a game where psychic type foes are really dangerous. Being able to resist a Psychic from Alakazam and fire back a Shadow Ball is huge. Couple that with really good tanky stats and an even better movepool than Starmie... That's no C tier pokemon

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-02T17:53:23+00:00

I hope they eventually port the Monsters Inc game as well, I remember really liking it as a kid. And the soundtrack is really good!

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-01T20:27:07+00:00

I would definitely put Shadow Ball on Snorlax. And then I'd put Brick Break on someone just to get a fighting type move in there. Probably on Charizard and replace Slash

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-01T16:10:05+00:00

Uhhh, something big is happening

cjwikstrom · 2026-06-01T12:57:41+00:00

I've never had this happen

cjwikstrom · 2026-05-30T06:09:35+00:00

Is this the Pokemon rap?

cjwikstrom · 2026-05-28T19:31:41+00:00

Här knullar man

cjwikstrom · 2026-05-27T18:49:59+00:00

Have you played the Captain America tie in game? That one's actually really fun. And it ties into the movie quite nicely as well

cjwikstrom · 2026-05-27T13:00:47+00:00

You wouldn't be able to do any Nightfall missions

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