How to play Paradox in Deadlock?

Paradox is classified as a Manipulates Space and Time in Deadlock. 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. Learn their optimal ability order, core item builds, and matchup strategies on Lockbuilds.

What are the best builds for Paradox in Deadlock?

Top item builds for Paradox prioritize core weapon and spirit items tailored to their abilities and lane matchups. Explore high-win-rate community and pro builds on Lockbuilds.

What are Paradox's abilities in Deadlock?

Paradox features unique signature abilities scaling with spirit power and weapon damage. Check this overview page for full ability breakdowns and cooldowns.

Where can I find current Paradox Deadlock stats and win rates?

Lockbuilds provides real-time win rates, pick rates, tier placement, and matchup analytics for Paradox across all competitive rank tiers in the current Deadlock patch.

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Paradox - Deadlock Hero Stats & Guide

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Hero Summary

Paradox leans most into damage output and support utility, while frontline durability is the weakest part of the profile. Paradox performs best into Mirage and Venator. Paradox struggles most into Graves and Victor. Paradox pairs best with Graves and Victor. Paradox has the weakest synergy with Mirage and Sinclair. Diviner's Kevlar is Paradox's best win-rate item at 61.5%. Headshot Booster is bought most often at 58.8%. Headshot Booster is usually picked up early at around 2.3 min.

Play Style

Win Rate

46.9%

Pick Rate

38.4%

Dominates

Current Patch

Loses to

Current Patch

Best Synergy

Current Patch

Worst Synergy

The Doorman22k Matches

57.39%Paradox - Loss

Current Patch

Best Items

ItemWR ChangePR Change

Diviner's Kevlar

Tier 4•6,400

61.51%-0.99%13,134-0.37%

Phantom Strike

Tier 4•6,400

59.81%-0.19%8,055+0.38%

Spiritual Overflow

Tier 4•6,400

58.87%-10.52%9,277-0.34%

Siphon Bullets

Tier 4•6,400

58.20%+2.14%80,175+3.11%

Lucky Shot

Tier 4•6,400

58.12%-0.71%12,303-1.56%

Spirit Burn

Tier 4•6,400

57.93%-0.88%102,438-11.56%

Silencer

Tier 4•6,400

57.53%-8.47%36,510+1.63%

Mystic Reverb

Tier 4•6,400

56.68%+2.6%65,831-20.79%

Cheat Death

Tier 4•6,400

56.43%-20.72%7,392-0.19%

Witchmail

Tier 4•6,400

56.33%+13.48%8,817-0.23%

Current Patch

Counter Items

ItemWR ChangePR Change

Metal Skin

Tier 3•3,200

61.77%+1.06%24,583-0.52%

Return Fire

Tier 2•1,600

60.60%-6.07%2,637+0.07%

Weapon Shielding

Tier 2•1,600

59.23%+9.23%2,860-0.12%

Suppressor

Tier 2•1,600

59.10%+9.1%3,504-0.12%

Disarming Hex

Tier 3•3,200

58.99%-5.4%37,925+0.03%

Decay

Tier 3•3,200

58.51%-0.75%3,620-0.29%

Bullet Resilience

Tier 3•3,200

56.01%+3.07%15,037+0.39%

Healbane

Tier 2•1,600

54.24%-2.28%94,963+3.12%

Knockdown

Tier 3•3,200

53.96%-1.86%58,418-1.78%

Rescue Beam

Tier 3•3,200

53.32%+15.82%2,168-0.01%

Current Patch

Hero Base Stats

Weapon

Falloff range:20 -> 58

Damage per second:51

Bullet damage:6.80

Bullets per second:7.56

Shoot move speed:-25%

Clip size:40

Reload_duration:2.58s

Bullets speed:525m/s

Light melee:50

Heavy melee damage:116

Vitality

Max health:730

Base health regen:1

Bullet resistance:0%

Spirit resistance:0%

Reducing critical damage:0%

Max move speed:6.7m/s

Sprint speed:1.6m/s

Stamina:3

Stamina regen:5s

Spirit

Ability cooldown:0%

Ability duration:0%

Ability range:0%

Spirit lifesteal:0%

Max charges increase:0

Charge cooldown:0%

Spirit power:0

Radius 5.5mm

Wall Width 8mm

Bonus Speed 25%

Multi Target Radius 0mm

Bonuses Per Boon

REACHING EACH THRESHOLD GIVES:

Unlock skills or skill points

Skills are unlocked on the 0th, 1st, 4th and 6th gifts.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

The rewards reach their maximum on the 32nd gift.

+0.26 to base Bullet Damage

+46 to base Health

+1.58 to base Melee Damage

+1.1 to Spirit Power

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Oracle VUpdated Jul 22, 2026

Sniper Mommy [Fully annotated]

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[Kinetic Carbine does not have damage fall off, you can easily hit cross map 2k damage time shots.] Kinetic Carbine has very interesting item synergies, this build has all of the ones that work, making it the best and original Paradox one-shot build.

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