Paradox

Paradox
Initial Stats
Weapon
"Trade Secret"
DPS	57
Bullet Damage	7.2
Ammo	42
Bullets per sec	7.94
Reload Time	2.58 s
Bullet Velocity	411 m/s
Light Melee	63
Heavy Melee	116
Falloff Range	22m → 58m
Vitality
Health	550
Health Regen	2
Bullet Resist	0%
Spirit Resist	0%
Move Speed	6.5 m/s
Sprint Speed	0 m/s
Stamina	3
Power Increases
+0.42 Base Bullet Damage
+3.4 Base Melee Damage
+40 Base Health

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Manipulates Space and Time

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.

Paradox is a time-manipulating Hero 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.

Abilities

Pulse Grenade

7m

4s

28s

Throw a grenade that begins pulsing when it lands. Each pulse applies damage, movement slow, and stacking damage amplification for Paradox against the victim.

x0.459

45

Pulse Damage

4

Pulses

5%

Bonus Damage per Stack

0.8s  Pulse Interval

8s  Debuff Duration

2s  Slow Duration

30%  Movement Slow

1

+1 Pulses

2

-7.5s Cooldown

5

+45 Pulse Damage and +2% Damage Amp per stack.

Time Wall

200m

7s

1

8s

37s

Create a time warping wall that stops time for all enemy projectiles and bullets that touch it. Enemies that touch the wall will take damage as a percentage of their max health and be briefly slowed.

1s

Time Stop Duration

10%

Max Health Damage

80%

Movement Slow

7m  Wall Width

3.5m  Wall Height

1

+2m Width, +1m Height

2

+1 Charges

5

Enemies that touch Time Wall will be Silenced for 3.0s

Kinetic Carbine

30s

Start charging your weapon and gain increased movement speed once it's fully charged. Your next shot will release the energy, dealing spirit damage and applying a time stop to the enemy hit. The damage dealt is an amplification of your current weapon damage.

You can slow time on yourself by pressing while an empowered shot is available.

85%

Max Damage Amp

0.5s

Max Stop Duration

x0.0983

25%

Bonus Speed

25%  Min Damage Amp

2.5s  Full Charge Time

5  Bullet Damage

0.25s  Min Stop Duration

3.5s  Speed Duration

1

+0.5s Max Stop Duration

2

+2s Speed Duration, 2s Charge Time

5

+50% Max Damage Amp

Paradoxical Swap

30m

48s

Fire a projectile that swaps your position with the target enemy hero. While the effect occurs, you gain spirit lifesteal and the enemy takes damage over time.

x0.655

125

Swap Damage

100%

Spell Lifesteal

1

+15m Cast Range

2

+100 Swap Damage

5

-14s Cooldown

Weapon Card

Weapon Stats	Falloff Range 22m - 58m 26 DPS
Trade Secret
Burst Fire Medium Range

Background

“

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.

— A FATE'S TALE

Update history

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
September 26, 2024	Bullet Dance bullets are now affected by Time Wall. Pulse Grenade T3 now also grants +2% Damage Amp. Fixed being unable to be damaged by multiple Time Walls.
September 12, 2024	Fixed issues with Paradoxical Swap hitting targets behind walls.
August 29, 2024	Fixed Paradoxical Swap still going through even if Paradox dies during it.

Trivia

• Paradox during Deadlock Pre-Alpha (Neon Prime) was named Chrono.

Gallery

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  Render of Paradox in action.
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  Concept art of Paradox.