- Deals 50% damage to objectives.
- Time slow means Movement Slow. Dashes are not affected.
- Since grenade radius increases by each pulse, increasing its duration with items such as
Duration Extender also increases its maximum radius. - There is no max stacks limit. Casting grenade twice with
Echo Shard allows double stacking.
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* Paradoxical Swap does not interrupt channeled casts like {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Singularity}}. | * Paradoxical Swap does not interrupt channeled casts like {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Singularity}}. | ||
* The position switch lasts ~1.25s. Neither Paradox nor her target(s) are able to perform any actions during this time. | * The position switch lasts ~1.25s. Neither Paradox nor her target(s) are able to perform any actions during this time. | ||
* Both Paradox and her target(s) are vulnerable to damage during the swap. | |||
* Swap damage is applied after the swap ends. T1 barrier is activated when the swap begins. | |||
* The T3 upgrade also unlocks an Alternate Cast that lets the player swap a single target. | * The T3 upgrade also unlocks an Alternate Cast that lets the player swap a single target. | ||
* Paradoxical Swap will trigger {{ItemIcon|Indomitable}} and {{ItemIcon|Cloak of Opportunity}}, cleansing the effect, so neither Paradox nor the target will move. | * Paradoxical Swap will trigger {{ItemIcon|Indomitable}} and {{ItemIcon|Cloak of Opportunity}}, cleansing the effect, so neither Paradox nor the target will move. | ||
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“They'll fight on my terms.
Paradox is a Hero in Deadlock. She wields time manipulation with potent disruption and slowing abilities. With a charged Kinetic Carbine, she can threaten her enemies at any range while damaging and slowing them with thrown Pulse Grenades and well-placed Time Walls. At just the right moment, Paradox can activate her Paradoxical Swap to change places with her target, dropping them into a dangerous situation amongst her team.
Paradox is both the name of this Hero and the name of their Thieves' Guild, specializing in stealing the untouchable and breaking into ultra-secure facilities. Their motives are unclear, except for a certain level of delight that its members seem to take in snubbing the world's biggest corporations and governments.
Weapon
Trade Secret
Burst Fire
Medium Range
51 Damage Per Second
Falloff Range
20m ➞ 58m
Abilities
Pulse Grenade
Pulse Grenade
5.5m
3.2s
32s
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.
spirit damage, time slow, and stacking increased damage for Paradox against the victim.
x0.3
35
Pulse Damage
4%
Bonus Damage per Stack
1m
Radius Per Pulse
0.8s
Pulse Interval
8s
Debuff Duration
20%
Move Speed
0.2s
Slow Duration
1-12s Cooldown
2+20 Pulse Damage and increased Spirit scaling
5+4% Damage Amp and +1.6s Duration
Time Wall
Time Wall
5.08m
5.5s
25s
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 .
Enemies that touch the wall will be briefly slowed and silenced .
80%
Movement Slow
0.5s
Time Stop Duration
30%
Ally Weapon Damage
8m
Wall Width
4m Wall Height
2x Ally Bullet Speed
1+3.5s Duration
+3m Width
+1m Height
+3m Width
+1m Height
22.3s Silence Duration
+35% Weapon Damage
+35% Weapon Damage
5+2 Ability Charges
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff Resist
Triggers Reactive Barrier
Effect can be dispelled
Disable prevented by Indomitable
CC effect suppressed by Unstoppable- The move slow for enemies passing through lasts 2s.
- Projectiles from abilities and items are affected. Ally abilities that deal weapon damage get the bonus damage.
- A projectile cannot be affected by more than one wall. This means that stacking several walls (from T3) does not give extra damage.
Kinetic Carbine
Kinetic Carbine
28s
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, Zoom / alt-fire to timeslow your movement.
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, Zoom / alt-fire to timeslow your movement.
x2.25
76.5
Max Damage
0.4s
Max Time-Stop
x0.13
25%
Bonus Speed
42.5
Min Damage
x1.25
3.5s
Charge Hold Duration
14%
Headshot Damage
10.4s Max Time-Stop
2-12s Cooldown
Increases Speed Scaling
Increases Speed Scaling
5+2s Charge Hold Duration and +55% Damage Scaling
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff ResistEffect can be dispelled
Casting does not break stealth from Veil Walker or Shadow WeaveCC effect suppressed by Unstoppable- The charge-up happens over 2.5s.
- Like the damage, the duration of Time-Stop for the target also scales with charge time, with minimum being 0.25s.
- Carbine's damage scaling is based on Weapon Damage of a full burst shot (5 * bullet damage).
- Casting Kinetic Carbine does not break stealth. Shooting Carbine's shot does break it.
- Despite saying "Move Speed is increased while charging", the bonus is only given after Carbine is fully charged.
- Move Speed bonus is a unique buff that applies a multiplicative modifier to all of Paradox's animations. This has several consequences:
- It works as a flat multiplicative modifier on top of all other move speed buffs and debuffs and is not part of common stacking algorithm.
- Jump height also gets boost, both for ground and air jumps.
- Dash distance seems to be unaffected.
- Reload animation gets completed quicker, but it is only a visual/audial indicator and the actual reload time is unaffected.
- Carbine shot is immune to Bullet Evasion.
- Carbine has complicated interactions with many items, see more in Kinetic Carbine Interactions.
Paradoxical Swap
Paradoxical Swap
25m
110s
Fire a projectile that swaps your position with the target enemy hero.
x1.1
150
Swap Damage
1200 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit
2-30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range
5Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage
- Paradoxical Swap does not interrupt channeled casts like
Dynamo's 
Singularity. - The position switch lasts ~1.25s. Neither Paradox nor her target(s) are able to perform any actions during this time.
- Both Paradox and her target(s) are vulnerable to damage during the swap.
- Swap damage is applied after the swap ends. T1 barrier is activated when the swap begins.
- The T3 upgrade also unlocks an Alternate Cast that lets the player swap a single target.
- Paradoxical Swap will trigger
Indomitable and 
Cloak of Opportunity, cleansing the effect, so neither Paradox nor the target will move.
- The projectile continues even if it gets cleansed and will still swap when it hits another enemy along its path.
- On T3, if the projectile hits a target that cleanses Paradoxical Swap but another enemy is within the swap area of effect, the following happens:
- The original target of Paradoxical Swap doesn't move.
- Any other nearby targets affected by the swap area of effect will be swapped.
- Paradox will move to the original target's position.
Kinetic Carbine Item Interactions
Due to unique nature of the ability (charging a weapon damage into a single shot of spirit damage) 
Kinetic Carbine has many unique interactions.
Weapon/Spirit Items
Weapon Damage items provide their bonus to Carbine.
Conditional Weapon Damage items apply their bonuses to Carbine if the condition is satisfied at the moment of the shot. For example, having 
Point Blank will make Carbine use its damage bonus if the shot target is in close range.
Spirit Power items do not affect Carbine in anyway since it scales only off weapon damage.
Resist Reduction Items
Bullet resist reduction items do not affect Carbine's damage.
Spirit resist reduction items affect Carbine's damage.
On-shot Items
- Items that apply their effects with Kinetic Carbine:
Restorative Shot.
Mystic Shot.
Weakening Headshot and 
Crippling Headshot.
Hollow Point's bullet resist debuff.
- Items that do not apply their effects with Kinetic Carbine:
Headshot Booster and 
Headhunter.
Spirit Shredder Bullets and 
Spirit Rend.- Point Blank slow.
Tesla Bullets and 
Capacitor.
Armor Piercing Rounds' pierce.
Lucky Shot's extra damage.
Ricochet's ricochet.
Siphon Bullets' health steal.- Buildup items like
Toxic Bullets.
Split Shot allows Paradox to fire 5 Carbine shots at once. However, it will only affect the first enemy hit.
Express Shot gives the smaller "Secondary Fire Weapon Damage" bonus to Carbine shot and immediately shoots a regular bullet with the bigger "Weapon Damage" bonus.
On-spirit-damage items
Any items that trigger on spirit damage work with Carbine. For example, a single shot of carbine can trigger 
Tankbuster, 
Spirit Burn and 
Mystic Slow.
Other interactions
Kinetic Carbine applies a unique multiplicative modifier for its move speed bonus that has several interactions with items that move the player
Majestic Leap performs the leap quicker.
Magic Carpet gets increase to its flying speed.
Ethereal Shift gets increase to its "floating" speed.
Since casting Carbine does not break stealth it creates a unique interaction with items that give Stealth:
Backstory
See Paradox/Lore for more story content.
“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.
Update history
View the full update history: Paradox/Update history
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Gallery
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Paradox portrait -
Paradox icon -
Paradox in-game render -
Paradox select background -
Paradox reference sheet -
Paradox name typography -
Paradox weapon - Trade Secret -
Paradox 2024 Winter skin -
Paradox concept art -
Chrono portrait (Neon Prime) -
Gloat portrait for Paradox. -
Critical health portrait for Paradox.
Trivia
- Paradox was named Chrono in Neon Prime.
- Paradox is voiced by Elle Newlands, who also voiced Horizon in Apex Legends. Both characters are Scottish and use technology of spacetime manipulation.
- Paradox wears a blue rose in her lapel, which do not exist in nature, and are only possible through genetic modification. In art, blue roses are a symbol for mystery and the unattainable.
- "Scheming in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Paradox in the Hideout.
See also
References
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