Paradox counters and synergy
How to counter Paradox
To counter Paradox, play Rat King, Graves and Paige: Paradox wins only 38.7% against Rat King. Overall Paradox wins 45.9% of 846k matches in the last 30 days. Paradox does best with McGinnis on the team.
- Win rate
- 45.9%
- Pick rate
- 25.3%
- Matches
- 846k
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Paradox's win rate and the other hero's predict, so a strong hero doesn't top every list. Green bars beat that expectation, red fall short, grey are within chance.
Same team
Best teammates
McGinnis 52k matches
+1.1 vs expected
45.2% win rate
Graves 138k matches
+0.6 vs expected
53.7% win rate
Dynamo 87k matches
+0.5 vs expected
48.5% win rate
Kelvin 53k matches
As expected
50.4% win rate
Yamato 112k matches
+0.4 vs expected
44.0% win rate
Victor 145k matches
+0.4 vs expected
50.6% win rate
Venator 158k matches
+0.3 vs expected
43.5% win rate
Seven 128k matches
As expected
51.1% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Vindicta 143k matches
+1.4 vs expected
48.0% win rate
Grey Talon 71k matches
+0.7 vs expected
49.6% win rate
Baba 99k matches
+0.7 vs expected
43.6% win rate
Haze 215k matches
+0.6 vs expected
42.8% win rate
Paige 153k matches
+0.6 vs expected
40.4% win rate
Sinclair 58k matches
+0.5 vs expected
50.7% win rate
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Seven 140k matches
+0.5 vs expected
41.7% win rate
Shiv 104k matches
+0.4 vs expected
51.7% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
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Victor 115k matches
−1.1 vs expected
40.5% win rate
Lady Geist 91k matches
−0.6 vs expected
44.3% win rate
Vyper 64k matches
−0.6 vs expected
48.4% win rate
Calico 77k matches
−0.5 vs expected
46.9% win rate
Drifter 157k matches
−0.5 vs expected
45.3% win rate
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Kelvin 61k matches
−0.5 vs expected
41.5% win rate
Nurse Harrow 77k matches
−0.5 vs expected
44.0% win rate
Rem 159k matches
−0.4 vs expected
49.3% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Paradox against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Paradox wins with each hero on the enemy team, lowest first. Strong heroes are hard for everyone, so the last column says how this compares with what the two heroes' win rates predict.
| Enemy hero | Paradox wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rat King | 38.7% | 247k | −0.4 points |
| Graves | 38.8% | 187k | As expected |
| Paige | 40.4% | 153k | +0.6 points |
| Victor | 40.5% | 115k | −1.1 points |
| Kelvin | 41.5% | 61k | −0.5 points |
| Seven | 41.7% | 140k | +0.5 points |
| Haze | 42.8% | 215k | +0.6 points |
 Ivy | 43.0% | 92k | As expected |
| Baba | 43.6% | 99k | +0.7 points |
| Dynamo | 43.9% | 97k | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 44.0% | 77k | −0.5 points |
| Lady Geist | 44.3% | 91k | −0.6 points |
 Abrams | 44.4% | 126k | −0.4 points |
 Violet | 44.6% | 108k | −0.4 points |
 Lash | 45.0% | 163k | As expected |
| Drifter | 45.3% | 157k | −0.5 points |
 Wraith | 45.5% | 138k | +0.3 points |
 Mo & Krill | 45.7% | 108k | As expected |
 Apollo | 46.7% | 124k | As expected |
| Calico | 46.9% | 77k | −0.5 points |
 Infernus | 47.0% | 158k | As expected |
 Celeste | 47.1% | 142k | As expected |
| McGinnis | 47.6% | 48k | As expected |
| Yamato | 47.8% | 110k | −0.4 points |
| Vindicta | 48.0% | 143k | +1.4 points |
 Deadman Danny | 48.0% | 141k | As expected |
 Billy | 48.1% | 134k | −0.3 points |
 Bebop | 48.2% | 181k | As expected |
| Vyper | 48.4% | 64k | −0.6 points |
| Venator | 48.8% | 184k | As expected |
 Holliday | 48.8% | 97k | As expected |
| Rem | 49.3% | 159k | −0.4 points |
 Warden | 49.3% | 45k | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 49.6% | 71k | +0.7 points |
 Silver | 50.1% | 120k | As expected |
 The Doorman | 50.2% | 76k | As expected |
 Viscous | 50.2% | 59k | As expected |
 Solomon | 50.4% | 102k | +0.3 points |
 Mina | 50.4% | 179k | +0.3 points |
| Sinclair | 50.7% | 58k | +0.5 points |
 Pocket | 50.9% | 83k | As expected |
 Mirage | 51.0% | 52k | As expected |
| Shiv | 51.7% | 104k | +0.4 points |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Paradox in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Paradox struggles against. Paradox has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Graves and Paige (38.7% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Victor, Lady Geist and Vyper do better against Paradox than expected.
- Who is Paradox good against?
- Paradox has the highest win rate against Shiv, Mirage and Pocket (51.7% against Shiv). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Paradox does better than expected against Vindicta, Grey Talon and Baba.
- Who is the best teammate for Paradox?
- McGinnis: together they win 45.2%, 1.1 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Paradox lane with?
- McGinnis, Graves and Mo & Krill make the best lane partners for Paradox, measured against what each pair is expected to win.