The ULTIMATE Advanced Bomb King Guide in Paladins - Season 7 (2024)

[Music] [Music] go [Music] bomb King is one of the most fun and unique characters in all of paladins he's super strong when played by a master but his learning curve is one of the most difficult in the entire game that's why in this video I'll be giving you all the best tips tricks and loadouts to help you improve at bomb King before we get started why don't you go ahead and blow up that subscribe button because I've got a bunch of guys coming here on the channel and you won't want to miss out but anyways I'm Andrew chicken and this is how to play bom King in paladins bom [Music] King all right so let's start off with an overview of bom King's kit bomb King's abilities are simple to understand but difficult to master starting with his primary fire the sticky bomb this is a two-part ability that's unlike any other weapon in paladins when you left click bomb King throws a slow arcing projectile that will stick to enemies and terrain acting just like a Deployable on contact bomb King can deploy up to six sticky bombs at a time before the oldest ones will start being destroyed you can also stick three of them to an enemy before they'll start falling off enemies can shoot sticky bombs to destroy them after they're stuck to a Target and if they're destroyed they won't deal any damage when you rightclick bomb King will detonate all active sticky bombs to deal massive damage including ones that are currently midair there are many cool ways to use sticky bmps that we'll talk about later in the advanced tips section next let's talk about his movement ability the poppy bomb this ability is very similar to the sticky bomb since it's also a slow arcing projectile that will stick to terrain on contact it also needs to be manually detonated but you do this by pressing the same button again rather than a different bind where it differs is in its effect since the poppy bomb deals very low damage in exchange for a powerful knockback that affects both bomb King and his enemies poppy bomb is one of the most important tools to master in bomb King's kit and we'll have a bunch of tips for it in the advanced tips section as well next we have bom King's most straightforward ability the grumpy bomb this is a big bomb that will stun enemies for 2 seconds and deal 800 damage in a huge radius unlike his other bombs this one can't be manually detonated in instead having a long fuse that gives enemies plenty of time to react it has a long cast time so avoid throwing it when an enemy is attacking you usually you'll want to throw this at the objective or another key choke point to cause Mayhem and zone out the enemies and finally we have bomb King's ultimate the king bomb this ability has bomb King gain crowd control immunity and roll up into a ball then start rolling around until he blows up dealing a massive amount of damage and stunning enemies for 2 seconds in a huge area bomb King can cause this explosion by directly hitting an enemy casting the ability again to manually detonate or just by letting the timer on the ultimate run out now that we know what his abilities do let's go over his talents bomb King's first talent is Chain Reaction which is a very satisfying talent to use this Taun makes it so that when you hit more than one sticky bomb with one use of detonate each explosion after the first deals 30% more damage for example if you stack three bombs on Fernando the first one will deal 850 damage the second one will deal 1,1 105 damage and the third one will deal 1,360 damage this Talent is incredible at tank busting versus tanks and other beefy characters like Lilith however this Talent has a few weaknesses that hold it back from being his best talent first of all you can't stack multiple bombs on a shield greatly hindering its Effectiveness versus characters like tval or baric second this Talent isn't actually that good versus anyone that's not a tank most champions in other classes will still take three to four bombs to kill on average regardless of your choice and talent also chain reaction is unreliable versus highly mobile targets like Eevee and mave because it's very difficult to stick multiple bombs on them finally chain reaction is bad versus other blasters because your sticky bombs will often be destroyed by collateral damage never play Chain Reaction versus combat medic pip because he is actively incentivized to shoot his teammates with deadly explosives you should only pick chain reaction when you're focused on killing slow targets with lots of health bomb King's next Talent is his best talent Royal subjects this Talent grants bom King two charges of poppy bomb but the knockback dealt to enemies is reduced by 40% Royal subjects gives bomb King incredible levels of mobility and the downside doesn't really matter since you mostly use poppy bombs for movement anyways this Talent is especially good on maps where Mobility can shine like serpent Beach splitstone Quarry and Timber Mill finally we have bomb King's worst Talent accelerant this Talent causes grumpy to explode 40% faster that might seem useful but there are several reasons why it's actually not first of all while grumpy bomb is definitely more reliable with this Talent it's still not reliable enough to reactively stun enemies the same way you would with makoa Furia or maloma second the item Unbound will completely minimize the effect of the stun leaving you with an inept talent that doesn't really do anything third this Talent actually makes grumpy bomb less effective at zoning because it's on the field for less time even though accelerant gives enemies less time to react which is certainly a good thing the default grumpy bomb forces the enemies to be concerned with blocking the grumpy bomb for a longer amount of time and that's ultimately more beneficial finally accelerant comes at the opportunity cost of picking a better talent and load out once the enemies have Unbound it's much more worthwhile to be playing royal subjects or chain reaction and most of bom King's cards are also more effective than the cards which buff the grumpy bomb accelerant can be a fun play style to mess around with in casuals but it's simply not not a serious choice in a competitive setting anyways let's move on and talk about bom King's loadouts as always we're going to start off with a few cards to avoid as well as a few awesome standout cards first up let's talk about his healing cards most of these cards just aren't worth running because they're too inconsistent even though cards like a blade of coating and doomsday scale very high they're not worth it because they're attached to very lengthy cooldowns and if you're affected by anti-healing when it procs the heal will be completely wasted the only healing card that's worth running is King's Court because it's the most consistent card King's Court will also stack with life rip without diminishing returns because it's a flat heel not actual life steal this also means that you can stack up a pile of bombs and detonate them for a big burst of healing even if you don't actually hit anybody next let's talk about Fallout this is one of bomb King's worst cards because it provides almost no value grumpy bomb stuns players very rarely by default so to get any value out of this card you have to use his worst Talent accelerate but because you're using accelerant the enemies will almost certainly buy Unbound to stop you greatly reducing the duration of the stun with Unbound three the extra stun duration provided by this card at level five is a measly 1/8 of a second which is absolutely not worth it there is simply no reason to use this card whatsoever even in an accelerate build the last card you should avoid using is bomb shelter this reduces the damage you deal to yourself with sticky bombs which is only helpful if you're fighting in melee range sure there are rare cases where you'll kill yourself with a sticky bomb but this is so uncommon that it's not worth investing load out points to stop this from happening you could just use King's cord instead to heal back the rare self damage and also heal in general every time you detonate a sticky bomb now let's talk about a few standout cards that are usually good to use King's new cloak and reinforced casing are two generic cards that are very good on bomb King for General utility reinforced casing can be particularly valuable in today's meta because bom King usually needs a few extra bombs to kill players thanks to how strong armor plating is another really good card is Backdraft which grants a major boost to the uptime of your poppy bomb like King's Court this card will proc even if you don't hit an enemy so you can set up a pile of bumps before doing a roll out and then detonate them after for a massive burst of cooldown reduction next we have shock and aw which is a really good movement speed card even though it doesn't look like it at face value if you just read what the card says it seems like a pathetic piece of garbage that you should never use however what the card doesn't tell you is is that the movement speed buff Stacks if you hit three bombs in quick succession you'll gain a movement speed boost of around 40% and you can maintain this as long as you keep hitting enemies one thing to note is that this card differs from Backdraft in King's Court since you need to hit enemies for it to proc this card also operates on a per detonate basis not on a per bomb basis so if you stack three bombs on an enemy and then detonate shock and Daw will only provide the movement speed boost once you need to spam bombs rather than stack bombs for this C to be effective making it a poor choice when using Chain Reaction finally let's talk about jolt this is Bomb King's most unique Loadout card and it's very fun to use at level five to throw enemies off the map however this isn't usually the most competitively viable strategy instead some players choose to use jolt as a level one filler because it causes poppy bomb to explode on contact with any surface this can take out some of the unreliability with poppy bomb when fighting against blasters since blasters will often destroy the poppy bomb before bomb kin can detonate however jolt can also make the poppy bomb uncomfortable to use for Mobility because it requires extra flick shots to travel in the direction you want jolt also currently has a bug when used with royal subjects if you detonate the poppy bomb midair it'll automatically throw the second poppy bomb causing you to use two poppy bumps for just one Poppy Jump ultimately whether or not you use jolt as a level one filler is entirely up to your personal preference some people find it to be comfortable to use While others find it to be a nuisance all of the builds I'm about to show you will not be using jolt as a filler because I personally don't enjoy the card but you can easily swap out one of the fillers for jolt if you prefer anyways now it's time to get to the builds up first we have my generic ammo build which uses reinforced casing at a high level I find that extra ammo is particularly helpful these days because of how powerful damage reduction and health builds are I also have King's new cloak and Backdraft in here because they're both excellent cards for keeping boming alive and mobile I use all three of these cards in most builds I make at some capacity this next build is the classic Nitro build for Royal subjects with all the loadout points invested in Mobility Backdraft and Air Blast provide maximum uptime and control of the poppy bomb and shock and a gives us a massive movement speed boost this build can achieve some pretty insane Mobility when paired with Nimble and Kronos and is a lot of fun however for more serious engagements you'll want to pack a bit more survivability to see the match through that's why I have a modified Nitro HP build which drops Air Blast in favor of King's new cloak for some extra Health Air Blast is is the least important of the three Nitro cards which is why it's the one we're removing in this case this build is still extremely fun to play but is also more likely to win you the game than the previous addition finally just in case you do want to try out accelerant I have this build which focuses on maximizing the grumpy Bombs Up time the combination of countdown uncontrolled and a bit of Kronos will let you spam grumpy bombs with Incredible efficiency however this ability is low on survivability and Mobility so be very careful with your positioning next let's discuss what what items you should buy with bomb King as I've already mentioned Nimble and Kronos are two very fun options for maximizing the usage of your poppy bomb Nimble is especially good for boming because it's cheap dependable and stacks with his movement speed card without too many diminishing returns the standard survival items are also good on bom King such as armor plating Unbound and Veteran depending on the situation life R can be a good buy because bomb King does high damage with each of his bombs though you usually only want to buy it when you have an unreliable healer if you have a pocket r juven is better to pick up instead de is also surprisingly good on bomb King if you're not using a max ammo build bomb King's ammo count is low and his reload speed is long so reducing his reload speed is very helpful bomb King is also a very good wrecker because of his high damage output so if you're facing enemies like Fernando or tval make sure to buy Recker versus them finally bloodbath formerly known as Kil to heal used to be good on bomb King but since the rework in season 7 it's the worst item in the game and you should not buy it with bomb King anyways now that we've got the loadouts and items out of the way it's finally time to move on to Advanced gameplay tips we're going to tackle the advanced tips a bit differently in this guide by separating them into distinct chapters because bom King's abilities are very complex and have a lot of techniques to learn and practice but before we discuss anything to do with his abilities there's one very important warning I have to get out of the way bomb King is the worst character in the game barnone when played with high ping bomb King's abilities are very complex and all of them require good latency to work properly so if your network connection is bad and you're playing with more than 100 ping bomb King will be very unreliable if you know your ping will be bad play bomb King at your own risk I'm dead serious it is an awful experience playing this champion on PING I'm a bomb King Main who lives in North America and I wouldn't dare play him on EU even though I usually get around 90 to 110 ping there but with that warning out of the way let's get started up first let's talk about the sticky bomb the primary way you use sticky bombs is by throwing one bomb then detonating it midair when it's next to a Target even if you don't land a direct stick you can still detonate the bomb when it's right next to them to deal a lot of damage the best way to practice this timing and distance judgment is to go to the shooting range and experiment with how long you have to wait before detonating the bomb and how high you have to aim above a Target at different distances to reliably hit them theoretically you can kill an enemy Faster by sticking multiple bombs to them and detonating once rather than Det multiple times however this is risky because the enemies will have time to cleanse the bombs with an ability or destroy them with any kind of damage against blasters you never want to stick multiple bombs on a Target because they could be destroyed at any time by collateral damage also you have to remember that after three sticks the bombs will start to fall off the enemies this means you can hit a maximum of four bombs before detonating if you detonate the fourth bomb the instant it hits the enemy this is mostly useful when countering Champions like ROM who you can EAS easily stick multiple bombs on most of the time though you should just detonate one bomb at a time especially versus evasive targets bomb King sticky bombs are also very slow even though they have no damage fallof at range there's still a poor options for attacking targets who are far away you usually want to play in medium to close range with bomb king and you should take angles and positions to let him stick enemies as easily as possible however there's a lot more to good sticky bum usage than just spamming at the enemies sticky bums can also be used for cover to by detonating behind corners and shields this is a good way to counter short Shields like what KH and Ash use or hit enemies right as they run behind a corner it's a skill that takes time to practice but is definitely worth learning sticky bums can also be used as a trap in certain situations you can lay down a bunch of sticky bombs at the destination of a portal like the ones found on Timber Mill to deal massive damage to an unsuspecting Champion running through you can also do this to a spawn door though this is significantly easier for the enemies to spot and counter sticky traps are very rarely used but can be a fun way to surprise the enemies and send them back to spawn finally you can prepare a pile of sticky bumps to proc certain cards this is mostly done to enable roll outs at the start of a round but can also be done in the middle of a round if you have time to set it up if you prepare a pile of six bombs on a wall that's out ofs side of the enemies you can get a big Boost from Backdraft or King's Court the next time you detonate if you're doing a roll out like this one on serpent Beach that requires two sticky bombs having a sticky bomb pile is crucial to getting your third poppy bomb online so you can reposition as soon as possible this leads us nicely into the next thing I want to talk about which is proper usage of the poppy bomb mastering poppy bomb is the key to mastering bomb King and there are many important techniques you should learn to get the most out of this amazing ability before we talk about using the poppy bomb for movement let's quickly discuss when you should use poppy bomb aggressively there are two distinct and rare circumstances where poppy bomb is good as a defensive tool first poppy bomb can be used to knock enemies off the map this often requires quick reactions since enemies usually won't stay vulnerable near the edge of the map when they know bomb King is around this also only works against Champions with no vertical mobility so don't try this versus someone like mave poppy bomb can also be used to displace enemies off The High Ground such as this platform on splitstone Quarry again this is usually only effective versus slow Champions with no vertical mobility the second and even more Niche way you can use poppy bomb aggressively is to finish off a kill sometimes you'll get somebody extremely low and need to finish them off but then you run out of ammo the poppy bomb does 150 damage which isn't a lot but it can finish off enemies if they're super low killing someone with the poppy is much faster than reloading if you don't have de hands and while you almost never need to use this it's still good to know about and can save you in a pinch now let's talk about how to maximize the poppy bomb for Mobility with enough skill you can make jumps that otherwise seem impossible with one poppy bomb just like this but first first let's start with the basics an easy way to get more distance out of your poppy bomb is to jump before using it you should get in the habit of jumping every time you poppy because there's absolutely no reason not to a simple jump can often be the difference between making it to a platform or falling on the floor wall jumps are even better than regular jumps and it's important to know where you can use them to your advantage take this jump on serpent Beach as an example without a wall jump this is impossible to reach normally from bomb King in this position wall jumps can also help you get more horizontal distance too and that's because you can combine them with what I like to call an air poppy this is when you use the poppy in midair by very quickly throwing the poppy and then detonating it this can be tricky to master at first but it can greatly boost the distance traveled with one poppy because you can jump off a ledge and then use the poppy bomb rather than starting while still on the ledge all of these techniques combined are usually more than enough for your average poppy bomb Enthusiast and will help you reach most of the feasible Platforms in the game however as you can see this still isn't enough to get us across the objective on serpent Beach so what are we missing well there's an advanced technique that you can do to carry your momentum way farther than normal with bomb King and that's to utilize self damage with his sticky bombs you see every time you hit yourself with a sticky bomb you apply a very small knockback if you detonate a sticky bomb on yourself while falling you can Boop yourself a little bit farther along than you would normally go this is called a sticky boost and is the secret sauce that enables many of the most difficult roll outs and Poppy bomb Maneuvers in the game and it's how we're going to clear the objective on serpent Beach so let's put the pieces of the puzzle together and explain how this roll out works we start by wall jumping off the ledge and using the poppy bomb right as we start to fall we then swerve around the statue and sticky boost to land Square on the other side of the point now this particular example isn't super practical and not just because it's ridiculously over complicated you see you don't actually need to try so hard just to get across the point there's one key factor that I have completely left out until this point and that's Nimble if you buy Nimble you can gracefully jump across the point just like this and land on the other side without any fancy wall jumps or self damage you see movement speed Buffs are insanely good on bomb King because they greatly enhance his ability to fly with poppy bomb when you combine Nimble with these different techniques any map turns into a jungle gym for bomb King to play around on and it's truly a wonderful thing bom can also take advantage of his mount in some Niche situations you see when you Dismount midair you carry forward the momentum of your Mount while using your abilities we can take advantage of that with Master writing to turn bomb King into somewhat of a nuclear missile this Dismount poppy works by having bom King right off of a tall ledge and then quickly Dismount and do a midair poppy often times this is the starting technique for good multi- pooy roll out up until this point we've only discussed what you can do with one poppy bomb however bomb King can have access to two and sometimes even three poppy Bombs all at the same time making things get way crazier bomb King can pull off multi- poy bomb roll outs that would make seven blush but you have to understand how they work normally bom King's ability to have two poppy bombs is used for more tactical Mobility where you can dive a Target and then reposition or retreat with a second poppy bomb you usually want to use poppy bombs to Traverse between platforms and Dodge enemy attacks and having two poppy bombs lets you do this more frequently however if you use both poppy bumps at the same time you can travel an incredible distance and fly into the enemy team when they least expect it this isn't as simple as just throwing two poppies back to back though oh no this requires a bit of setup and map knowledge to execute properly you see you can't do a two poppy roll out just anywhere you need a large open stretch of air where you can fly and in some cases you need to know which obstacles you can poppy over for example you can poppy over this bridge on Stone keep for a clean roll out but bridge on W's gate is much less practical you also need to be careful when attempting one of these roll outs when you use both poppies back to back you leave yourself vulnerable to being caught in a bad position without an escape to prevent this you need to have a plan be aware of where the enemies are and only double poppy when you know you're not likely to die once you land or if you have the time to set it up prepare a pile of sticky bumps to proc Backdraft when you land if you plan on doing any double poppy roll outs at the start of a round always deploy a pile of six sticky bomb BBS before you mount up these roll outs are always safer when you have Kronos to mitigate the time it takes for you to get your next poppy most of the time double poppy rollouts are used to enable your ultimate by flying your massive explosive body into the enemies at Mock 5 the best roll out spots are usually ones that give you a clear path towards dropping an atomic bomb on the enemy's heads now I can't show you all the good roll out spots because we'd be here all day so let me quickly run through a few of my favorites you can jump up and over the building on serpent Beach to crash down onto the objective like this or you can crash into the enemy's backline by skirting around the side of the building and doing a Dismount poppy directly around the flank of the map you can also get on top of this wall and then double poppy directly over the roof of breit marsh for a very fun surprise ult or you can ult from Spawn directly over this Tower onto the payload Lane if you're on defense Stone keep also has a very fun roll out that you can do at the start of the round while everyone is in the curved hallway you can exit out of the door and double poy directly into this Gap in the wall if you execute it properly which is a very fun way to prank your friends I see Andrew emoting to practice both single and double Poppy rollouts I recommend going into custom games on all the different maps and experimenting with different Combos and positions mastering the poppy bomb takes time but it's absolutely worth it because it's one of the most fun movement abilities in the entire game and it can turn bomb King into an absolute Beast of a character however if you truly want to be crowned the king of all rle outs then here are some extreme legendary and totally impractical triple poppy roll outs that are the ultimate test of your skill there is absolutely no reason you need to know how to do these roll outs regular gameplay and you should never attempt these two rollouts in ranked but I'm including them anyways because they're a great way to demonstrate your Mastery of this character and if you use these to ult some poor soulen casuals that's just a viral clip waiting to happen let's start with the easiest of the two this Timber Mill roll out has bomb King travel from the boxes on his Far Side High Ground all the way over to the other Far Side High Ground which pushes the very limits of how far you can travel with the poppy bomb to set up this roll out you need Nimbo 3 Kronos 3 Backdraft 5 and a pile of six sticky bombs start by jumping off the highest box and using your first poppy a second later use your second poppy then wait until you start descending and then sticky boost immediately use your third poppy bomb and then do two more precise sticky boosts to land on the opposing High Ground this is extremely difficult and you should never attempt this in a real game but it's very rewarding and demonstrates all the tech you've learned up to this point this second roll out is the most difficult roll out I've ever done and requires extreme Precision to pull off once again you need to prepare by getting Nimble 3 Kronos 3 Backdraft 5 and a pile of six sticky bombs then do a wall jump off this railing and use both your poppies with this specific timing to Vault over the mountain then do two precise sticky boosts to land in the window making sure not to hit your head on the Roof then use one more poppy bomb and sticky boost into the window on the opposite side so you can ult whichever poor soul had to witness bom King turning on creative mode of flight now let's bring bom King back down to earth and talk about his other abilities since grumpy bomb and his ultimate don't have as many Unique Mechanics we're going to talk about them both in this section grumpy bomb is a tool used primarily for zoning as we mentioned when talking about accelerant this means you should prioritize throwing it at Key choke points like the objective on the payload or a hallway that you know enemies are coming down grumpy bomb also has a very long casting animation so you should never throw the grumpy bomb when you see an enemy attacking you this wastes precious seconds that you could have used to throw sticky bombs instead and the enemy will likely kill you and evade the grumpy bomb as a result it's always better to spam stickies at someone when they're aggressing you instead of trying to weave in a grumpy bomb bom King's ultimate is a very powerful tool when used properly as we've already covered you can use it in conjunction with poppy bombs to drop an atomic bomb on the enemies but you can also use his ultimate in a few other neat ways first of all if you know enemies are coming around the corner or are grouped up in a tight hallway you can preemptively ult and Roll On In to create total devastation or of course you can plan out a Wombo Combo with your team to wreak havoc on the enemies with a well- timed Sasol aara stun or any other crowd control tool however if they ult before you you'll likely be late to capitalize on it because bomb King's ultimate has a very long windup King bomb also has a unique Quirk and that it gets affected by movement speed Buffs if you pair bomb King's ult with grock's ultimate and totems you can turn bom King into the fastest land vehicle in the entire realm this Hypersonic speed can help you confirm bomb King's ultimate way better than without any sort of speed Buffs in general you never want to let the enemies see you coming when you're ulting with bomb King bomb King is relatively slow in his ultimate compared to enemy movement abilities and if you're ulting from a distance they'll have plenty of time to kill you before you can even hit them furthermore enemies with high Health pools are damage reduction will not die to your ultimate even with a direct impact sometimes it's best to use the ultimate purely for its stun by just barely getting in range and stunning them so you can load them up with sticky bombs however when the enemies have Unbound the ultimate is almost exclusively used for its damage because you won't have enough time to stick them while they're stunned who you ought and how you ought them depends on which Champions you're fighting and what items they have and sometimes it's just straight up not worth it to ult if the enemies are hypermobile with damage uction and Unbound your ultimate is basically useless and you'll be more effective trying to kill them with sticky bombs and good positioning instead also I know this is a small tip but make sure you reload before you ult you never want to ult somebody and have no sticky bombs left to finish the kill but anyways that's going to do it for this guide on how to play bomb King in paladins if you found this video to be helpful then make sure to drop a like And subscribe for more guides from me in the future if you want to see my guides for other Champions as well as general Paladin's tips I have mult multiple playlists Link in the description dedicated to just that also comment down below which Champion you'd like to see a guide for next lastly make sure to check out my twitch Channel and Discord server linked down below and if you want to support this channel directly you can do so by buying crystals over at nexus. 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Length: 29min 15sec (1755 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 12 2024