Paradox — Deadlock hero
Deadlock Hero

Paradox

marksmanComplexity: High

Manipulates Space and Time

Lore

Paradox. An artifact of time, and the name of a notorious thieves' guild... one that prides themselves on constructing elaborate heists that target the most untouchable of individuals and institutions. What does Paradox do with the countless artifacts, state secrets, and celebrity paternity tests that they have stolen? Put it on display at pop-up museums, so that they can show the world that no one is out of Paradox’s reach.

Shrouded in mystery, each member of Paradox dons a mask and takes on the organization's name. They are everywhere. They are nowhere. And if they want something, they are inevitable.

Playstyle

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.

Signature abilities

Paradox's four signature abilities, from Valve's game files.

Pulse Grenade
Pulse Grenade32s CD

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.

Time Wall
Time Wall25s CD

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.

Kinetic Carbine
Kinetic Carbine28s CD

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.

Paradoxical Swap
Paradoxical Swap110s CD

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

Performance

D tier#34 of 40 by win rateFull tier list →

Aggregate of 504,663 tracked public matches.

Win rate
45.9%
Pick rate
32.1%
Avg KDA
5.8 / 6.9 / 13.1
Avg souls
42,989
Avg last hits
177
Accuracy
50.4%

Aggregate, anonymized stats across ~1,569,766 matches from deadlock-api.com. Snapshot from 2026-10-10.

Starting stats

Paradox's base values at the start of a match, from Valve's game files.

Health730
Move Speed6.7 m/s
Stamina3
Weapon Power0
Health Regen1/s
Light Melee50
Heavy Melee116

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