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Paradox

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.

Recent patch changes

2026.09.16
  • Kinetic Carbine min damage multiplier reduced from 25% to 10% (max damage multiplier unaffected)
  • Kinetic Carbine min damage multiplier no longer gets increased by the T3
Open patch notes →

WeaponTrade Secret · Burst Fire

WeaponBaseMax level
Damage per second5121/3911913/39
Bullet damage6.822/39+0.2615.922/39
Pellets110/391
Magazine404/3940
Shots per second7.5610/397.56
Reload2.59s15/392.59s
Bullet velocity525m/s19/39525m/s
Falloff range20–58m20–58m
Light melee509/39+1.58105.311/39
Heavy melee1165/39+3.67244.55/39

Vitality

VitalityBaseMax level
Health73027/39+462,34015/39
Health regen128/391
Bullet resist0%0%
Spirit resist0%0%
Move speed6.7m/s23/396.7m/s
Sprint speed1.6m/s9/391.6m/s
Stamina35/393

Spirit

SpiritBaseMax level
Spirit power0+1.138.56/39

Max level assumes all 35 boons. Item effects are not included. The small number next to a value is its rank among released heroes (highest value = 1).

Tier
D
Tier
Win rate
46.0%
Experienced
47.2%
Pick rate
35.6%
Games
26,098

Why this tierExperienced win rate 47.2% (33/38) · Novice 44.2% (33/39) · Pick rate 35.6% (14/39)

Emissary+ ranked · last 14 days · same basis as tiersView tiers →

Playstyle

Kills5.8 · 29/39Hero damage39,301 · 10/39Souls43,606 · 24/39Objective damage5,971 · 22/39Damage taken30,193 · 31/39Assists13.1 · 20/39
Hero average

All matches, last 14 days · compared across 39 heroes

Per-match averages

StatParadoxHero avg.Rank
Kills5.86.729/39
Deaths6.96.816/39
Assists13.113.320/39
KDA2.732.9925/39
Souls43,60644,19224/39
Last hits179.6177.318/39
Denies3.73.48/39
Hero damage39,30135,98110/39
Damage taken30,19336,10431/39
Objective damage5,9716,82322/39
Accuracy50.3%50.2%24/39

All matches, last 14 days · compared across 39 heroes · Ranked from highest value (most deaths is #1 too).

Win rate trend

44%
46%
48%
50%
52%
Patch
Patch
Patch
45.6%
Games
9/79/149/219/2810/5

Daily win rate (top) and games (bottom) across all matches over the last 30 days. The dashed line is 50%; vertical dashes mark patches.

Win rate by rank

56%
53%
50%
47%
44%
InitiateSeekerAcolyteSentinelMysticRitualistEmissaryOraclePhantomAscendantEternus

Ranked matches over the last 14 days, by average match rank. Bars rise above 50% and drop below it; faded bars have fewer than 300 games.

Win rate by match length

60%
55%
50%
45%
40%
41.2%
42.8%
47.2%
48.2%
Under 25 min25–35 min35–45 min45+ min

All matches over the last 14 days; longer games to the right.

Win rate by games played

  1. 15–29 games

    40.7%

    avg 47.3% · 1,419 games

  2. 30–99 games

    45.3%

    avg 49.1% · 9,975 games

  3. 100–299 games

    46.4%

    avg 50.5% · 8,001 games

  4. 300+ games

    48.2%

    avg 50.6% · 5,984 games

Win rate split by how many games players have on this hero (normal and ranked). The small number is the all-hero average for the same range. Emissary+ ranked · last 14 days · same basis as tiers

Damage breakdown

  • Hero damage39,301 · 37%
  • Objectives5,971 · 6%
  • Troopers43,753 · 41%
  • Neutrals17,296 · 16%

ParadoxHero avg.Per match · all matches, last 14 days

Matchups

Easiest opponents

  1. Grey Talon51.9%916
  2. Pocket51.7%1,815
  3. Viscous50.7%793
  4. Shiv50.5%1,331
  5. The Doorman49.7%758

Hardest opponents

  1. Rat King32.6%979
  2. Victor39.2%849
  3. Paige39.8%1,441
  4. Kelvin40.5%885
  5. Graves42.5%1,148

Emissary+ ranked · last 14 days · Only opponents faced in 500+ matches. Win rate is for this hero.

Teammate synergy

Wins most with

  1. Rat King57.5%605
  2. Victor51.2%684
  3. Seven50.6%757
  4. Haze49.9%1,397
  5. Ivy49.5%772

Wins least with

  1. Pocket40.8%731
  2. Shiv41.9%1,018
  3. Bebop42.2%1,027
  4. Infernus43.3%1,080
  5. Mina43.4%678

Emissary+ ranked · last 14 days · Only teammates played with in 500+ matches. Win rate is the team’s with both heroes.

Recommended builds

Search the build ID in the in-game build browser to use it. Group names are as the author wrote them.

Popular at top rank

Axiom

52 players · 59 games

Sniper Mommy [Fully annotated]

Updated September 29, 2026From a previous patch

Skill order

Abilities12345678910111213141516
Pulse Grenade341315
Time Wall5111214
Kinetic Carbine1289
Paradoxical Swap671016

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Tracklock

29 players · 43 games

Paradox - Gun-Long Range [59% WR] [tracklock.gg]

Updated October 5, 2026From a previous patch

Skill order

Abilities12345678910111213141516
Pulse Grenade121516
Time Wall5101114
Kinetic Carbine34612
Paradoxical Swap78913

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Popular at top rank = builds most often picked at match start in Oracle+ games over the last 14 days (top 3, any author, builds used in at least 10 games). Popular is not the same as good, and samples are too small to judge win rates. Builds not edited for 45 days are left out.

Skill order

Abilities12345678910111213141516
Pulse Grenade121516
Time Wall5101114
Kinetic Carbine34612
Paradoxical Swap78913

UnlockUpgradeFollows the most common choice at each step (16,182 matches).

High-rank core items

Early · before 10 min

  1. Restorative ShotBought 53% · 1:56
  2. Headshot BoosterBought 60% · 2:36
  3. High-Velocity RoundsBought 76% · 6:25
  4. Sprint BootsBought 31% · 9:11
  5. Long RangeBought 76% · 9:25
  6. Trophy CollectorBought 35% · 9:40

Mid · 10–20 min

  1. Mystic ShotBought 58% · 10:12
  2. HeadhunterBought 51% · 10:54
  3. Mystic BurstBought 71% · 13:26
  4. Extra StaminaBought 52% · 14:24
  5. SharpshooterBought 81% · 15:05
  6. Express ShotBought 79% · 19:19

Late · after 20 min

  1. TankbusterBought 81% · 20:01
  2. Compress CooldownBought 64% · 22:14
  3. Stamina MasteryBought 45% · 23:28
  4. Mystic ReverbBought 58% · 28:02
  5. Superior CooldownBought 41% · 28:59
  6. Spirit BurnBought 36% · 32:27

Emissary+ ranked · last 14 days · Share of this hero’s matches where the item was bought, and the average buy time. Item win rates are skewed by match length, so they are left out.