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Field manual · Oct 30 patch

How to play ParadoxHow to play

46.2% win rate · #34 of 44 · Calculated · Disruptor · Tactician

Updated 2026-11-06 02:03 UTC · n = 5,037,198 matches

How to play Paradox

Paradoxical Swap1Paradoxical SwapPulse Grenade2Pulse GrenadeKinetic Carbine3Kinetic Carbine

Your combo: Swap places with a target so they land in your team, amplify your damage against them with Pulse Grenade, then hit them with Kinetic Carbine’s brief time-stop.

Don’t waste: After a swap you’re usually out of position, and divers go for you then.

Edge: Isolated backliners are the best swap targets. Time Wall freezes bullets and briefly slows anyone passing through.

From community hero guides, Oct 2026 patches, checked against deadlock.wiki. The same combo from the other side is on how to counter Paradox.

Your kit

Pulse Grenade
Pulse Grenade
Ability 1 · 32s cooldown · slow

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 Wall
Ability 2 · 25s cooldown · slow

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 Carbine
Ability 3 · 28s cooldown

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 Swap
Ultimate · 95s cooldown · ultimate

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

Skill order

Max first:Kinetic CarbineKinetic Carbine›Paradoxical SwapParadoxical Swap›Pulse GrenadePulse Grenade›Time WallTime Wall

From the most common upgrade order (8.7k matches): the order abilities reach their last tier.

10m21m32m43m53m65m76m88m99m1010m1112m1216m1321m1424m1532m
Pulse GrenadePulse GrenadeAbility 1IIIIII
Time WallTime WallAbility 2III
Kinetic CarbineKinetic CarbineAbility 3IIIIII
Paradoxical SwapParadoxical SwapUltimateIIIIII

unlock I II III upgrade tiers · column labels are the average minute of each step

Build path with timings

Early
Mid
Late

Items that win most on Paradox

Lanes you win

Lanes to play safe

When they counter you

−7.4 ppGraves

Buy against Graves:

−6.0 ppRat King

Buy against Rat King:

−5.4 ppPaige

Buy against Paige:

Best teammates

Notes from the best builds

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