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Paradoxical Swap Paradox · Ultimate

Swap positions with an enemy hero.

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

Paradoxical Swap has a 110 second cooldown and a range of 25m.

Every upgrade

Paradoxical Swap numbers

Each column includes every upgrade before it. Highlighted values are the ones that tier changes.

StatBase+ Tier I+ Tier II+ Tier III
Cooldown 110s110s80s80s
Cast Range 25m25m38m38m
Swap Damage spirit150150150150
Max Health Damage 0%0%0%10%
Barrier 0200200200
Barrier Duration 0s8s8s8s
Multi Target Radius 0m0m0m7m

Scaling

Paradoxical Swap at each spirit level

Spirit power raises these values. Each point adds the listed amount, so here is what they reach as your spirit power grows (base upgrades). How spirit power works

StatPer point0 spirit25 spirit50 spirit75 spirit100 spirit150 spirit
Swap Damage+1.1150177.5205232.5260315

Ability points

Paradoxical Swap upgrades

  1. Tier I · 1 AP

    1.5 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit

  2. Tier II · 2 AP

    -30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range

  3. Tier III · 5 AP

    Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage

The rest of the kit

Other Paradox abilities

Quick answers

Paradoxical Swap questions

What does Paradoxical Swap do in Deadlock?
Paradoxical Swap is Paradox's ultimate. Fire a projectile that swaps your position with the target enemy hero.
What is the cooldown of Paradoxical Swap?
110 seconds before upgrades, and 80 seconds with every upgrade. Cooldown reduction items shorten it further.
What do Paradoxical Swap's upgrades do?
Tier 1 (1 AP): 1.5 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit Tier 2 (2 AP): -30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range Tier 3 (5 AP): Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage
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