Deadlock Paradox Build

Paradox is a tough character that picks engagements by forcing fights and punishing poor positioning with paradoxical swap. This build goes for high uptime and damage on Kinetic Carbine (3) and forcing out of position players into harm's way. Paradox has a very strong early game to mid game and can snowball the game in her favor.

This build was created by sharky. To find it in game, search for "Mobalytics - Paradox by sharky"

• First buy Basic Magazine, to increase damage and mag size which allows for stealing and confirming more souls.

• Then buying High-Velocity Mag for an increase in poke damage.

• Then we buy Extra Regen and  Extra Health to sustain in the lane

• Next item to buy is Sprint Boots to stack up more early game damage and increase movement speed.

The final items to buy in the laning phase are Mystic Burst and Mystic Reach which allow you to deal more damage with Kinetic Carbine (3) and get 15% ability range on your Paradoxical Swap (4).

• First buy Mystic Shot to increase bullet damage and spirit power and then Bullet Resist Shredder to decrease any bullet resistance after hitting an enemy with Kinetic Carbine (3).

• The next 2 items are the core of Paradox’s kit: Improved Cooldown and Warpstone, granting a huge power spike and movement ability.

• After the power spike, Bullet Armor is a requirement to have more resists and a tiny increase in damage. Pair it with Healbane to make spirit damage apply healing reduction and upon kill restore 350 health.

The final mid game gun item is Long Range, increasing weapon damage beyond 15m and giving more long range poke.

• Improving your cooldown on Kinetic Carbine (3) with Superior Cooldown gives more uptime for picking engagements and forcing fights.

• At this point in a game Paradox damage starts to fall behind, so Improved Burst and makes up for that.

• Sharpshooter is a good upgrade for more long range poke and a 175 health bullet shield.

The last items in the late game are Improved Bullet Armor and Fortitude which now increase survivability while swapping to counter enemy scaling.

• Debuff Remover is a great choice against teams with a lot of debuffs or stuns, especially Knockdown and Slowing Hex.

• Divine Barrier is a good option to buy early game if you are at high uptime for engagements because of the 300 health bullet shield and spirit shield.

• Reactive Barrier is another great item against teams with many stuns and displacement, consider buying this early against Bebop.

Another optional armor upgrade is only required if enemy team has a lot of spirit damage Improved Spirit Armor.