What type of hero is Paradox?

Paradox is a marksman. Gun-focused heroes who deal steady damage from range. Complexity: challenging.

What are Paradox's abilities?

Pulse Grenade, Time Wall and Kinetic Carbine, plus the ultimate Paradoxical Swap. Each one has three upgrades that cost 1, 2 and 5 ability points.

How much health does Paradox have?

Paradox starts with 730 health and gains 46 more with every boon (each level from 2 onward).

Is Paradox good for beginners?

Paradox is rated challenging. If you're new, Graves, Haze and Infernus are easier places to start.

What should I buy first on Paradox?

Most Paradox players open with Headshot Booster, High-Velocity Rounds and Restorative Shot. See the full Paradox build for mid and late game items.

Marksman hero · Challenging

Manipulates Space and Time

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Manipulating time lets Paradox outpace an enemy in one on one combat. She thrives by subjecting her enemies to timely swaps into a waiting pulse grenade, her wall, or into the middle of her teammates.

Paradox starts with 730 health and a gun that deals 58 damage per second. Their abilities are Pulse Grenade, Time Wall and Kinetic Carbine, with Paradoxical Swap as the ultimate.

Paradox build Compare Paradox

Health: 730
Regen: 1/s
Move speed: 6.7m/s
Sprint: +1.6m/s
Stamina: 3
Gun DPS: 58

Win rate 46.0% Pick rate 25.3% 841k matches in the last 30 days Counters and synergy

The kit

Paradox abilities

Ability 1

Pulse Grenade

Cooldown: 32s
Duration: 3.2s

Throw a grenade that begins pulsing when it lands. Each pulse expands the radius and applies Spirit Damage, time slow, and stacking Damage Amp for Paradox against the victim.

Pulse Damage: 35 ×0.3 Spirit
Bonus Damage per Stack: +4%
Radius Per Pulse: +1m
Pulse Interval: 0.8s
Debuff Duration: 8s
Move Speed: -20%
Slow Duration: 0.2s

I
-12s Cooldown
1 AP
II
+0.5 Pulse Damage and increased Spirit scaling
2 AP
III
+% Damage Amp and +1.6s Duration
5 AP

Ability 2

Time Wall

Cooldown: 25s
Range: 200m
Duration: 5.5s

Create a time warping wall that stops time for all enemy projectiles and bullets that touch it and increases the speed and damage of friendly bullets.

Enemies that touch the wall will be briefly slowed.

Movement Slow: 64%
Time Stop Duration: 0.5s
Ally Weapon Damage: +30%
Wall Width: 8m
Wall Height: 4m
Ally Bullet Speed: 2x

I
+3.5s Duration
+3m Width
+1m Height
1 AP
II
Silences enemies for s
+35% Weapon Damage
2 AP
III
+2 Ability Charges
5 AP

Ability 3

Kinetic Carbine

Cooldown: 28s

Charge up a powerful shot of time energy, dealing Spirit Damage and applying a Time-Stop to enemies hit. The damage dealt increases with Weapon Damage. Move speed is increased while charging.

While in the air and charging, ADS to timeslow your movement.

Max Damage: 5 ×125 Weapon
Max Time-Stop: 0.4s
Bonus Speed: 25% ×0.13 Spirit
Min Damage: 5 ×10 Weapon
Charge Hold Duration: 3.5s
Headshot Damage: +14%

I
+0.4s Max Time-Stop
1 AP
II
-12s Cooldown
Increases Speed Scaling
2 AP
III
+2s Charge Hold Duration and +% Damage Scaling
5 AP

Ultimate

Paradoxical Swap

Cooldown: 110s
Range: 25m

Fire a projectile that swaps your position with the target enemy hero.

Swap Damage: 150 ×1.1 Spirit

I
1.5 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit
1 AP
II
-30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range
2 AP
III
Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage
5 AP

What players buy

Paradox build

Full build

The items Paradox players pick most often in the early game, and how often they buy each one.

I

Headshot Booster 800
Picked in 48% of games
I

High-Velocity Rounds 800
Picked in 47% of games
I

Restorative Shot 800
Picked in 38% of games
II

Mystic Shot 1,600
Picked in 33% of games

From recent matches

Teammates and counters

All matchups

Paradox wins 46.0% of 841k matches in the last 30 days. Here's who Paradox does best with, the heroes Paradox struggles against most, and the ones Paradox beats most often.

Best with

McGinnis 45.2% won together, 1.1 pts above expected

Graves 53.7% won together, 0.6 pts above expected

Dynamo 48.5% won together, 0.5 pts above expected

Counters Paradox

Rat King Paradox wins 38.7%

Graves Paradox wins 38.8%

Paige Paradox wins 40.4%

Paradox counters

Shiv Paradox wins 51.7%

Mirage Paradox wins 51.0%

Pocket Paradox wins 50.9%

From recent matches

Items Paradox players buy

Full build

How often Paradox players buy each item and how often they win with it, over 841k matches in the last 30 days. Expensive items bought late often show high win rates because the game was already going well.

Item	Bought in	Win rate	Usually bought at
Sharpshooter	75.5%	46.4%	14 min
Tankbuster	74.1%	46.7%	20 min
Compress Cooldown	69.0%	47.1%	20 min
Express Shot	68.7%	46.9%	20 min
High-Velocity Rounds	67.8%	46.1%	5 min
Mystic Burst	66.6%	46.2%	11 min
Long Range	64.9%	46.2%	9 min
Stamina Mastery	56.7%	48.0%	24 min
Extra Stamina	56.1%	46.5%	14 min
Mystic Reverb	55.0%	52.0%	29 min

Highest win rates (bought in 5% of matches or more)

Glass Cannon 55.3% won · bought in 24.7%
Spirit Burn 54.9% won · bought in 36.0%
Crippling Headshot 53.5% won · bought in 18.1%
Escalating Exposure 53.3% won · bought in 6.3%
Mystic Reverb 52.0% won · bought in 55.0%
Boundless Spirit 51.7% won · bought in 6.6%

Gun

Trade Secret

DPS: 58; While firing
Sustained DPS: 37; Including reloads
Bullet damage: 6.8
Fire rate: 8.5/s
Magazine: 40; Empties in 4.7s
Reload: 2.59s

Damage over distance

Full damage to 19.99m Drops to 10% by 57.51m

Headshots deal ×1.65 damage. Bullets travel at 525 m/s and drop over long distances.

Initiate to Eternus

Paradox win rate by rank

How often Paradox wins at each rank (by the average rank of the match) over the last 30 days. The middle line is 50%.

Initiate 45.4% · 8,612
Seeker 45.7% · 18k
Acolyte 44.9% · 18k
Sentinel 44.9% · 16k
Mystic 45.9% · 15k
Ritualist 44.8% · 15k
Emissary 45.5% · 16k
Oracle 45.8% · 19k
Phantom 46.1% · 17k
Ascendant 45.6% · 7,290
Eternus 47.6% · 2,681

Every boon

Growth per level

Collecting souls levels you up. Each level from 2 onward is a boon, and every boon permanently adds:

Health: +46
Bullet damage: +0.26
Melee damage: +1.58
Spirit power: +1.1

Quick answers

Paradox questions

What type of hero is Paradox?: Paradox is a marksman. Gun-focused heroes who deal steady damage from range. Complexity: challenging.
What are Paradox's abilities?: Pulse Grenade, Time Wall and Kinetic Carbine, plus the ultimate Paradoxical Swap. Each one has three upgrades that cost 1, 2 and 5 ability points.
How much health does Paradox have?: Paradox starts with 730 health and gains 46 more with every boon (each level from 2 onward).
Is Paradox good for beginners?: Paradox is rated challenging. If you're new, Graves, Haze and Infernus are easier places to start.
What should I buy first on Paradox?: Most Paradox players open with Headshot Booster, High-Velocity Rounds and Restorative Shot. See the full Paradox build for mid and late game items.

Case history

Paradox lore

Paradox. An artifact of time, and the name of a notorious thieves' guild... one that prides themselves on constructing elaborate heists that target the most untouchable of individuals and institutions. What does Paradox do with the countless artifacts, state secrets, and celebrity paternity tests that they have stolen? Put it on display at pop-up museums, so that they can show the world that no one is out of Paradox's reach.

Shrouded in mystery, each member of Paradox dons a mask and takes on the organization's name. They are everywhere. They are nowhere. And if they want something, they are inevitable.