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Paradox

45.6%win rate · −0.3 pt since the patch
29.9%of matches
difficulty

Beginner

Abilities

Pulse Grenade
Throw a grenade that pulses, dealing damage and time slowing

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

  1. +20.0 Pulse Damage and increased Spirit scaling
  2. +4.0% Damage Amp and +1.6s Duration
Time Wall
Create a wall that greatly slows projectiles

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.

  1. +3.5s Duration · +3m Width · +1m Height
  2. Silences enemies for 2.3s · +35.0% Weapon Damage
  3. +2 Ability Charges
Kinetic Carbine
Charge up your weapon to deal high damage and timestop

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, to timeslow your movement.

  1. -12.0s Cooldown · Increases Speed Scaling
  2. +2s Charge Hold Duration and +55% Damage Scaling
Paradoxical Swap Ultimate
Swap positions with an enemy hero.

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

  1. 200 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit
  2. -30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range
  3. Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage

The 6 key items, in order

1High-Velocity Rounds
High-Velocity Roundsaround 3 min · 66% of players
2Mystic Burst
Mystic Burstaround 9 min · 66% of players
3Sharpshooter
Sharpshooteraround 13 min · 76% of players
4Tankbuster
Tankbusteraround 19 min · 76% of players
5Express Shot
Express Shotaround 19 min · 70% of players
6Compress Cooldown
Compress Cooldownaround 21 min · 69% of players

Improve

5.6kills · Per game
6.8deaths · Per game
12.7assists · Per game

Frequent purchases

TankbusterTankbuster
around 19 min75.7%
SharpshooterSharpshooter
around 13 min75.7%
Express ShotExpress Shot
around 19 min70.4%
Compress CooldownCompress Cooldown
around 21 min68.9%
High-Velocity RoundsHigh-Velocity Rounds
around 3 min66.0%
Mystic BurstMystic Burst
around 9 min65.5%
Long RangeLong Range
around 9 min65.0%
Mystic ReverbMystic Reverb
around 29 min59.9%
Stamina MasteryStamina Mastery
around 25 min58.2%
Mystic ShotMystic Shot
around 7 min58.2%
Extra StaminaExtra Stamina
around 13 min56.0%
Headshot BoosterHeadshot Booster
around 3 min52.7%

Expert

102,451Games analyzed
29.9%of matches
45.9%Before the patch

All matchups

Win rate against each opponent.

Shiv
52.4%14,221
Pocket
51.5%13,456
The Doorman
50.9%10,965
Viscous
50.7%8,583
Mirage
50.7%7,728
Warden
50.6%6,638
Silver
49.6%15,169
Venator
49.5%24,466
Grey Talon
49.3%9,215
Rem
49.1%24,085
Bebop
48.6%23,851
Mina
48.4%23,766
Billy
48.0%17,339
Holliday
48.0%12,628
Calico
47.5%12,438
McGinnis
47.2%6,791
Infernus
47.1%21,326
Sinclair
47.1%11,489
Yamato
47.1%14,110
Vindicta
46.9%17,465
Celeste
46.6%16,331
Apollo
46.5%15,374
Mo & Krill
46.3%17,827
Vyper
46.1%9,595
Drifter
46.0%22,646
Lady Geist
45.1%13,260
Lash
45.1%25,519
Wraith
45.0%16,475
Abrams
44.4%17,167
Ivy
43.0%14,062
Dynamo
42.9%14,125
Kelvin
41.7%8,969
Haze
41.6%28,458
Seven
41.1%17,296
Victor
40.5%14,348
Graves
39.1%21,779
Paige
38.9%21,356
Rat King
33.9%24,221

How to counter Paradox

The heroes that beat Paradox most often since the patch.

Community builds

Worldwide builds, all languages. Ranked by games played.

1
“Sniper Mommy [Fully annotated]”
289 games · 48.8% win rate
High-Velocity RoundsMystic ShotMystic BurstSharpshooterTrophy CollectorTankbuster
2
“Paradox - Gun-Long Range [59% WR] [tracklock.gg]”
145 games · 42.8% win rate
Restorative ShotHeadshot BoosterHigh-Velocity RoundsLong RangeHeadhunterBattle Vest
3
“Terrordox By Joechuck (Yoshi's Intended Paradox)”
121 games · 49.6% win rate
Monster RoundsClose QuartersExtra StaminaArcane SurgeDuration ExtenderExtra Spirit
4
“SECRET CHINESE PARADOX BUILD”
110 games · 44.5% win rate
Restorative ShotHeadshot BoosterLong RangeHeadhunterBattle VestGuardian Ward
5
“Times up”
110 games · 35.5% win rate
Extended MagazineHeadshot BoosterHollow PointRestorative ShotExtra HealthExtra Regen
6
“Twitch.tv/AverageJonas CARBINE PARADOX”
81 games · 38.3% win rate
Restorative ShotHeadshot BoosterMystic ShotLong RangeSprint BootsTrophy Collector

Titles as their authors wrote them.