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.
Internal namesCodenames used for this hero in the game files:
Chrono
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.
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.
x0.3
35
Pulse Damage
4%
Bonus Damage per Stack
1mRadius Per Pulse
0.8sPulse Interval
8sDebuff Duration
20%Move Speed
0.2sSlow Duration
1
-12s Cooldown
2
+20 Pulse Damage and increased Spirit scaling
5
+4% Damage Amp and +1.6s Duration
Notes
Deals 50% damage to objectives.
Time slow means Movement Slow. Dashes are not affected.
Time Wall
5.08m
5.5s
0
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 .
0s
Debuff Duration
80%
Movement Slow
0.5s
Time Stop Duration
30%
Ally Weapon Damage
8mWall Width
4mWall Height
2xAlly Bullet Speed
1
+3.5s Duration +3m Width +1m Height
2
2.3s Silence Duration +35% Weapon Damage
5
+2 Ability Charges
Notes
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
0
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.
x2.25
76.5
Max Damage
0.4s
Max Time-Stop
x0.13
25%
Bonus Speed
42.5Min Damage
x1.25
3.5sCharge Hold Duration
14%Headshot Damage
1
0.4s Max Time-Stop
2
-12s Cooldown Increases Speed Scaling
5
+2s Charge Hold Duration and +55% Damage Scaling
Notes
Carbine damage scales with Weapon Damage of a full burst shot (5 * bullet damage), with bonus damage scaling from +25% to +125% at max charge.
Despite saying "Move Speed is increased while charging", the bonus is only given after the Carbine is fully charged.
After fully charging Kinetic Carbine, Paradox also gets boost to her jump height, both ground and air jump. The exact numbers are unknown, but the jump bonus scales with Spirit Power in similar fashion to Move Speed bonus.
Conditional Weapon Damage items apply their bonuses to Carbine. For example, having Point Blank will make Carbine use it's damage bonus if the shot target is in close range.
Carbine has inconsistent interactions with items that affect shooting:
Items that apply their effects with Kinetic Carbine:
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.
Paradoxical Swap
25m
0
110s
Fire a projectile that swaps your position with the target enemy hero.
x1.1
150
Swap Damage
0%
Max Health Damage
0Barrier
x0
0sBarrier Duration
0mMulti Target Radius
1
200 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit
2
-30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range
5
Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage
Notes
On T3, holding alt cast (middle mouse click) before swapping lets the player swap a single target.
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.
Lore
Paradox has a few motivations in the ritual, the main one being to prove herself to the Paradox Organisation, partially for bragging rights.[2][3][4][5] It's implied that one of Paradox's goals in the ritual is to steal something from the opposing Patron (such as the Hidden King's crown) and display it at the Paradox Museum.[6][7][4] It's also implied that Paradox wants to show that she's fit to lead the Paradox Organisation by completing the ritual.[8] Her exact wish is unknown, but there are dozens of possibilities according to the Patrons.[9]
Not much is known about Paradox herself. She's Scottish and a "bored rich person",[10][11] who gladly gave up her identity to join the Paradox Organisation.[12] The helmet Paradox wears can be taken off (as it's just a mask),[13] but what Paradox does in her free time is unknown.
Paradox is playful and jokey, but takes the name of the Paradox Organisation very seriously. She drops the humor if Paradox gets threatened or disrespected.[14][15][16]
Paradox was expecting Venator to come after her at some point, implying the Paradox Organisation has robbed the Vatican before.[33]
Abrams has been investigating the Paradox Organisation outside of his case with the Tome. Paradox threatens Abrams to stop asking questions about them.[16][34]
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.
↑Hidden King's in-game voice line (Paradox Start): "Complete the ritual, and be the envy of your fellows in Paradox!"
↑Hidden King's in-game voice line (Paradox Start): "This is the moment you've been waiting for. To prove to the world you're as good as you claim to be. Don't let yourself down. Summon the Hidden King!"
↑ 4.04.1Archmother's in-game voice line (Paradox Start): "You seek the validation of your colleagues, Paradox? Then steal the crown of the Hidden King and become legend!"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Post-Game Ping): "Can't wait to tell the Paradox Council about this."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Post-Game Ping): "This is going to make a hell of an exhibit in the museum."
↑Hidden King's in-game voice line (Paradox Start): "Paradox. Today marks the greatest heist you've ever performed. Don't fail your King."
↑Hidden King's in-game voice line (Paradox start) - "Once you summon the Hidden King, the other members of Paradox will know why you are fit to lead."
↑Hidden King's in-game voice line (Paradox Start): "Paradox, your mind is ablaze with possibilities. I look forward to seeing what you claim as your reward for completing the ritual."
↑Paradox And Haze Conversation 2 - "This may surprise you, Haze, but as a Scottish woman I don't particularly give a shit about American artifacts."
↑Paradox And Lady Geist Conversation 3 - "I'm assuming your ilk likes to brag about what they stole." - "We're a bunch of bored rich people, of course we brag about what we stole."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Select): "I gave up my name to join Paradox. And it's a choice I would gladly make again."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Wraith): "And here I thought we could do business."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Pocket): "So the heir to Fairfax Industries has graced us with their presence."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Pocket): "You can change your name, Arin, but I know who you really are."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Lady Geist): "You really are fun to mess with, Lady Geist!"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Kelvin): "I think I found a new favorite person to mess with!"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Calico): "I thought she was rather charming! A shame it had to end this way..."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Mo & Krill): "It's a shame, I liked those two!"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Viscous): "Ah, he was so adorable!"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Warden): "Love the conviction, Warden!"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "Was wondering when they'd send you after me."
↑Paradox And Abrams Conversation 3 - "You look uneasy, detective." - "Just wondering if we're going to have a problem." - "With the ritual upon us, Paradox has bigger concerns than your nose in our business. So no, you have nothing to fear from me."
↑Paradox And Kelvin Conversation 1 - "Goes to say, we definitely planned on robbing you during the ritual, but my colleague may or may not have broken into your home yet."
↑Paradox And Seven Conversation 1 - "For all the might your organization wields, you waste it on publicity stunts." - "We don't need to explain ourselves to you." - "I would settle for you explaining it to anyone."
↑Warden's in-game voice line (Killed Paradox): "All your power... And you squander it on petty nonsense."
↑Ivy's in-game voice line (Pass Paradox on Zipline): "Love your coat, Paradox!"
↑Paige's in-game voice line (Killed Paradox): "You know, they say never judge a book by its cover, but... You are running around in a trench coat, and a mask, and shooting at people, so I think it's pretty safe to make assumptions... You look great, though!"
↑Rem's in-game voice line (killed Paradox): "Neat coat."
↑Vyper's in-game voice line (Killed Paradox): "Gotta say, she really makes the coat work."
↑Raven's in-game voice line - "I have the Canopic Jar, I have the Tome of Anubis. All I need to do now is summon the Patron."
↑Newscaster's in-game voice line - "The Tome of Anubis, once thought lost to the sands of time, was reportedly spotted here in New York's black market. For this story and more pick up your copy of The New York Oracle today!"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Abrams): "The tome will be mine, Abrams!"
↑Celeste's in-game voice line (killed Paradox): "Sick of those assholes trying to steal my horn..."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Holliday): "That gun has history, Holliday, I want it!"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed McGinnis): "I want your research, McGinnis."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed McGinnis): "What secrets are you hiding for Fairfax, McGinnis?"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Mirage): "Tell you what Mirage: Give me the Djinn, and I'll let you walk."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Paige): "Bet she has some rare books worth stealin'."
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Pocket): "I want that case, Pocket!"
↑Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Yamato): "I can't wait to steal that sword!"
Pulse Grenade
5.5m
3.2s
32s
spirit damage, time slow, and stacking 
increased damage for Paradox against the victim.
x0.3
35
4%
1m
Radius Per Pulse
0.8s
Pulse Interval
20%
Move Speed
1
