Paradox

High complexity

Paradox starts with 730 health and has 4 signature abilities: Pulse Grenade, Time Wall, Kinetic Carbine, Paradoxical Swap. Current win rate is 46.8% across 399k ranked matches.

Base stats

Read from the game files at client version 6677.

Stat	Value
Stamina	3
Max Health	730
Tech Range	1
Crouch Speed	4.75
Reload Speed	1
Sprint Speed	1.6
Weapon Power	0
Tech Duration	1
Max Move Speed	6.7
Air Dash Duration	0.43
Base Health Regen	1
Move Acceleration	4
Heavy Melee Damage	116
Light Melee Damage	50
Weapon Power Scale	1
Ability Resource Max	0
Ground Dash Duration	0.62
Proc Build Up Rate Scale	1
Stamina Regen Per Second	0.22
Crit Damage Received Scale	1
Air Dash Distance In Meters	8
Ground Dash Distance In Meters	10
Ability Resource Regen Per Second	0

Abilities

Pulse Grenade

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.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.2s
Cast Range	0m
Charges	0
Cooldown	32s
Charge Delay	-1s
Duration	3.2s
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Damage Amp per stack	4%
Amp Duration	8s
Slow Duration	0.2s
Pulse Damage	35
Pulse Interval	0.8s
Radius	5.5mm
Radius Per Pulse	1mm
Time Slow	20%

Time Wall

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 and silenced .

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.2s
Cast Range	200m
Charges	0
Cooldown	25s
Charge Delay	0s
Duration	5.5s
Aura Effect Duration	2
Channel Move Speed	1.3mm
Silence Duration	0s
Ally Weapon Damage	30%
Movement Slow	80%
Time Stop Duration	0.5s
Time Wall Depth	0.5m
Time Wall Depth Visual Scale	0.16
Time Wall Formation Time	0.5
Wall Height	4mm
Time Wall Time Scale	0
Ally Bullet Speed	2x
Wall Width	8mm

Kinetic Carbine

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.

Stat	Value
Cast Range	0m
Charges	0
Cooldown	28s
Charge Delay	-1s
Air Jump/Dash Distance	20%
Bonus Bullet Speed	100
Bullet Radius Override	16
Bullet Time Scale	0.01
Channel Move Speed	-1m
HeadShot Bonus	14%
Max Damage	5
Full Charge Time	2.5s
Max Time-Stop	0.4s
Min Damage	5
Min Time-Stop	0.25s
Move Speed While Shooting Penalty Reduction	100
Projectile Time Scale	0.01
Shot Count	1
Charge Hold Duration	3.5s
Bonus Speed	25%
Time Scale Debuff	90
Time Warp Radius	5m

Paradoxical Swap

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

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.15s
Cast Range	25mm
Charges	0
Cooldown	110s
Charge Delay	-1s
Barrier Duration	0s
Channel Move Speed	1.3mm
Barrier	0
Distance To Max Time	30m
Initial Freeze Time	0.25
Initial Height	350
Max Health Damage	0%
Min Swap Time	0.6
Multi Target Radius	0mm
Swap Damage	150
Swap Time	1
Tick Rate	0.25

Most-built items on Paradox

Weighted by the number of matches behind each build that includes them.

Item	Tier
Crippling Headshot	4
Superior Cooldown	3
Dispel Magic	3
Mystic Shot	2
Transcendent Cooldown	4
Counterspell	3
Spirit Burn	4
Tankbuster	3

Full Paradox builds ranked by win rate →

Paradox matchups

Hardest opponents: Victor (39.5%), Graves (40.2%), Seven (42.0%), Paige (42.4%), Ivy (42.4%)

All Paradox counters →

Patch history

Every recorded change to Paradox, newest first. This is what "nerfed last patch" actually meant.

Patch	Stat	Before	After	Change
2026-06-30	Required Gold	5,400	4,600	-14.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	6,200	5,300	-14.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	7,100	6,000	-15.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	8,000	6,800	-15.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	9,000	7,600	-15.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	10,000	8,400	-16.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	11,000	9,200	-16.4%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	12,000	10,100	-15.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	13,200	11,000	-16.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	14,500	11,900	-17.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	300	200	-33.3%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	16,000	12,800	-20.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	17,500	13,800	-21.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	19,000	14,900	-21.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	20,500	16,100	-21.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	22,000	17,400	-20.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	23,500	18,900	-19.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	25,000	20,600	-17.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	26,500	22,500	-15.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	28,000	24,600	-12.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	29,500	26,900	-8.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	600	500	-16.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	31,000	29,400	-5.2%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	32,500	32,100	-1.2%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	34,000	35,000	+2.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	35,500	38,100	+7.3%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	37,000	41,400	+11.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	38,500	44,900	+16.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	40,000	48,600	+21.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	1,500	1,400	-6.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	2,200	2,000	-9.1%
2026-06-30	Bonus Currencies	—	—	changed
2026-06-30	Required Gold	3,000	2,600	-13.3%
2026-06-30	Bonus Currencies	—	—	changed
2026-06-30	Required Gold	3,800	3,200	-15.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	4,600	3,900	-15.2%
2026-06-30	Modifier Value Base Health From Level	48	46	-4.2%
2026-06-03	Weapon	—	—	changed
2026-06-03	Modifier Value Tech Armor Damage Resist	0	—	changed
2026-06-03	Modifier Value Tech Damage Multiplier	—	0	changed