Paradox

Paradox item build

Early game

0 to 9 min

59% High-Velocity Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought59% Win46.0% At3:11 44% Long Range Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought44% Win47.2% At6:35 Deal additional Weapon Damage when beyond a minimum distance from your target. 43% Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought43% Win45.2% At2:28 Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. 42% Headshot Booster Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought42% Win45.3% At3:04 Your next headshot against an enemy Hero deals bonus weapon damage. 32% Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought32% Win46.6% At5:34 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. 32% Mystic Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought32% Win47.0% At5:52 Your next bullet deals bonus spirit damage.

Mid game

9 to 20 min

49% Sharpshooter Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought49% Win45.2% At12:41 Deal additional Weapon Damage when beyond a minimum distance from your target. 42% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought42% Win48.2% At15:52 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance. 39% Express Shot Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought39% Win48.8% At16:18 Your next attack will fire twice in quick succession with increased damage and velocity. This attack consumes extra ammo. 33% Extra Stamina Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought33% Win45.9% At13:47 27% Trophy Collector Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought27% Win46.1% At11:54 Whenever you score an assist or kill, gain extra sprint, ability range and passive soul generation. This effect stacks and persists through death. 24% Headhunter Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought24% Win44.9% At13:04 Your next headshot against an enemy Hero deals bonus weapon damage, heal you, and briefly grants bonus move speed.

Late game

20 min and later

53% Mystic Reverb Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought53% Win51.8% At29:13 46% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought46% Win47.8% At29:07 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities. 40% Stamina Mastery Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought40% Win46.9% At26:31 37% Hollow Point Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought37% Win47.5% At26:19 When you are above 65% health, deal additional Weapon Damage and your bullets reduce enemy Bullet Resist. 35% Spirit Burn Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought35% Win54.7% At34:13 Dealing significant spirit damage to an enemy within 5s causes an explosion dealing damage and a burn to that enemy. While burning, enemies take da... 34% Compress Cooldown Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought34% Win45.7% At24:56 Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown.

Core items

Most bought overall

77% Sharpshooter Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought77% Win46.3% At14:03 Deal additional Weapon Damage when beyond a minimum distance from your target. 75% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought75% Win46.6% At19:42 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance. 70% Express Shot Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought70% Win46.8% At19:36 Your next attack will fire twice in quick succession with increased damage and velocity. This attack consumes extra ammo. 68% Compress Cooldown Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought68% Win46.8% At20:11 Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown. 66% Long Range Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought66% Win46.0% At8:56 Deal additional Weapon Damage when beyond a minimum distance from your target. 58% Stamina Mastery Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought58% Win47.7% At23:20

Percent = share of Paradox players who bought the item in that phase. Hover or tap an item for its win rate and buy time. Late items win more partly because winning players can afford them.

Paradox abilities

Ability 1

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. 1-12s Cooldown
2. 2+20.0 Pulse Damage and increased Spirit scaling
3. 3+4.0% Damage Amp and +1.6s Duration

Ability 2

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. 1+3.5s Duration +3m Width +1m Height
2. 2Silences enemies for 2.3s +35.0% Weapon Damage
3. 3+2 Ability Charges

Ability 3

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. 1+0.4s Max Time-Stop
2. 2-12.0s Cooldown Increases Speed Scaling
3. 3+2s Charge Hold Duration and +55% Damage Scaling

Ability 4 · Ultimate

Paradoxical Swap

Swap positions with an enemy hero.

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

1. 1200 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit
2. 2-30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range
3. 3Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage

Ability order

25% of players · 45.7% win rate · 51,508 matches

Max first Kinetic Carbine › Time Wall › Paradoxical Swap › Pulse Grenade

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Pulse Grenade	U	1
Time Wall					U					1	2
Kinetic Carbine			U	1		2						3
Paradoxical Swap							U	1	2

U = unlock, numbers = upgrade tier. Most common first 12 points.

Paradox counters and matchups

Counters

Paradox wins least against

Graves Graves Win rate38.2% Pick rate– Matches88k −7.5 pts vs Paradox's average −7.5

New Rat King Rat King Win rate39.2% Pick rate– Matches111k −6.5 pts vs Paradox's average −6.5

Victor Victor Win rate39.7% Pick rate– Matches53k −6.0 pts vs Paradox's average −6.0

Kelvin Kelvin Win rate40.5% Pick rate– Matches25k −5.1 pts vs Paradox's average −5.1

Paige Paige Win rate41.1% Pick rate– Matches62k −4.6 pts vs Paradox's average −4.6

Seven Seven Win rate42.2% Pick rate– Matches63k −3.4 pts vs Paradox's average −3.4

Good matchups

Paradox wins most against

Sinclair Sinclair Win rate51.9% Pick rate– Matches19k +6.2 pts vs Paradox's average +6.2

Mina Mina Win rate51.5% Pick rate– Matches77k +5.8 pts vs Paradox's average +5.8

Pocket Pocket Win rate51.1% Pick rate– Matches32k +5.4 pts vs Paradox's average +5.4

Shiv Shiv Win rate50.7% Pick rate– Matches44k +5.0 pts vs Paradox's average +5.0

Mirage Mirage Win rate50.6% Pick rate– Matches20k +4.9 pts vs Paradox's average +4.9

The Doorman The Doorman Win rate50.3% Pick rate– Matches30k +4.6 pts vs Paradox's average +4.6

Best teammates

Lift Paradox's win rate most

Graves Graves Win rate54.0% Pick rate– Matches67k +8.3 pts vs Paradox's average +8.3

New Rat King Rat King Win rate51.5% Pick rate– Matches114k +5.8 pts vs Paradox's average +5.8

Victor Victor Win rate51.3% Pick rate– Matches65k +5.7 pts vs Paradox's average +5.7

Paige Paige Win rate50.7% Pick rate– Matches33k +5.0 pts vs Paradox's average +5.0

Kelvin Kelvin Win rate50.6% Pick rate– Matches21k +5.0 pts vs Paradox's average +5.0

Seven Seven Win rate50.0% Pick rate– Matches58k +4.3 pts vs Paradox's average +4.3

Points = Paradox's win rate with or against that hero minus Paradox's overall win rate. At least 500 matches per pair.

Top Paradox community builds

• wander carbinedox

  by ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ · 208 favorites · updated Jul 28, 2026

  ID 735440
  Monster Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Extra Stamina Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Rebuttal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls On a successful Parry against an enemy Hero, Heal yourself for the damage parried and returns that damage to the target, and temporarily gain incre... Headshot Booster Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next headshot against an enemy Hero deals bonus weapon damage. Slowing Bullets Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your bullets build up a Movement Slow on enemies. Extra Health Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Long Range Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when beyond a minimum distance from your target. Fortitude Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls After not taking damage for a period, gain health regen.

• sai (mikaels prime) (meta)

  by luck abuse · 194 favorites · updated Aug 22, 2026

  ID 710148
  Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. Headshot Booster Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next headshot against an enemy Hero deals bonus weapon damage. Monster Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Headhunter Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Your next headshot against an enemy Hero deals bonus weapon damage, heal you, and briefly grants bonus move speed. Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. Restorative Locket Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Slowing Hex Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Slows movement of enemy target. Also Silences their movement-based items and abilities. Increases the target's gravity. Does not affect target's st... Sprint Boots Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls

• pidjan paradox

  by pidjan · 132 favorites · updated Jul 22, 2026

  ID 524901
  Monster Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Opening Rounds Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your attacks have additional Weapon Damage against enemies above 50% health. Extra Health Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Cultist Sacrifice Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Target an enemy NPC and consume it for 170% Bonus Souls and grants a powerful long lasting buff. Weighted Shots Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Your bullets build up a Movement Slow on enemies. Compress Cooldown Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown. Knockdown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Apply a Stun after 2s. Stun duration is increased against airborne targets. Increases the target's gravity for the duration of the stun. Silencer Weapon · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Your bullets build up to a Silence. Victims are immune to the build up for 10s after silence expires.

• Lomein Paradox Build

  by Taz · 95 favorites · updated Sep 6, 2026

  ID 797823
  Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. High-Velocity Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Long Range Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when beyond a minimum distance from your target. Mystic Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next bullet deals bonus spirit damage. Opening Rounds Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your attacks have additional Weapon Damage against enemies above 50% health. Trophy Collector Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Whenever you score an assist or kill, gain extra sprint, ability range and passive soul generation. This effect stacks and persists through death. Slowing Hex Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Slows movement of enemy target. Also Silences their movement-based items and abilities. Increases the target's gravity. Does not affect target's st... Express Shot Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Your next attack will fire twice in quick succession with increased damage and velocity. This attack consumes extra ammo.

• RuinKnightSir Gun-Carbine Paradox

  by RuinKnightSir · 92 favorites · updated Oct 3, 2026

  ID 618847
  Headshot Booster Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next headshot against an enemy Hero deals bonus weapon damage. Mystic Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next bullet deals bonus spirit damage. Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. Sprint Boots Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Trophy Collector Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Whenever you score an assist or kill, gain extra sprint, ability range and passive soul generation. This effect stacks and persists through death. Headhunter Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Your next headshot against an enemy Hero deals bonus weapon damage, heal you, and briefly grants bonus move speed. Extra Stamina Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance.

• wander carbinedox

  by ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ · 80 favorites · updated Jul 24, 2026

  ID 599342
  Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. Headshot Booster Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next headshot against an enemy Hero deals bonus weapon damage. Monster Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Extra Health Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Rebuttal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls On a successful Parry against an enemy Hero, Heal yourself for the damage parried and returns that damage to the target, and temporarily gain incre... Extra Stamina Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Weakening Headshot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Landing a Headshot reduces their Bullet Resist.

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