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Compare Paradox (Marksman) and Wraith (Marksman) in Deadlock — stats, weapon, abilities, and playstyle side by side.
Paradox is a Marksman hero with 730 base health and 51.398 weapon DPS. Wraith is a Marksman hero with 730 base health and 59.682weapon DPS. In a direct comparison, Paradox has the larger health pool, while Wraith brings more raw weapon damage per second.
Raw stats only tell part of the story — abilities, item builds, and player skill decide most matchups. Compare the ability lists below, then check each hero's full guide for builds and counters.
Based on real ranked matches from deadlock-api.com, Wraith currently has the higher win rate this week — 45.9% for Paradox vs 50.9% for Wraith. Wraith also sits in tier A in the live meta.
Live data from 1,147,762+ ranked matches · Source: deadlock-api.com · updated weekly
| Stat | Paradox | Wraith |
|---|---|---|
| Max Health | 730 | 730 |
| Move Speed | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Stamina | 3 | 3 |
| Health Regen | 1 | 2 |
| Light Melee | 50 | 50 |
| Heavy Melee | 116 | 116 |
| Stat | Paradox | Wraith |
|---|---|---|
| DPS | 51.4 | 59.7 |
| Sustained DPS | 34.5 | 37.9 |
| Bullet Damage | 6.8 | 5.64 |
| Fire Rate (RPS) | 7.56 | 10.58 |
| Clip Size | 40 | 52 |
| Reload (s) | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Bullet Speed | 525 | 571.5 |
| Can Crit | Yes | Yes |
Paradox is a disruptor who wins by controlling when and where a fight happens, not by out-trading anyone. Her mid-range rifle, Trade Secret, fires five-round bursts, but her real identity is time manipulation: Pulse Grenade, Time Wall, Kinetic Carbine and Paradoxical Swap. She opens an engagement by dropping a Time Wall that stops every enemy bullet and projectile touching it while speeding up her team's, then picks the moment to swap an enemy into her waiting squad. She can threaten at any range with a charged Kinetic Carbine, whose Time-Stop and weapon-damage scaling make it both a poke tool and an execution. She has no ability-based escape and only 730 base health, so she plays behind her frontline and refuses fair fights — she wins by making fights unfair.
Strong vs: Paradox feasts on bullet- and projectile-reliant heroes: Time Wall stops every enemy bullet and projectile that touches it, including projectiles from abilities and items, so one wall blunts a ranged carry's whole output. Against an isolated, immobile target a charged Carbine Time-Stop into Paradoxical Swap is close to a guaranteed pick, since the swap only has to connect once and then ignores walls and distance. She is strong against anyone who cannot escape a stationary fight, because Pulse Grenade punishes standing in its expanding pulse and keeps stacking increased damage on that victim. And because her identity is repositioning, she is strongest against squishy backline heroes who can be swapped out of position and buried before their team reacts.
Weak vs: Her entire kit is crowd control and displacement, so effects that shrug off or cleanse those blank her. Unstoppable suppresses the Time-Stop on Kinetic Carbine and the slow on Time Wall, denying the freeze she needs for a swap kill, even though it does not stop the Pulse Grenade damage debuff. Dispel Magic can wipe her grenade debuff, wall slow and swap, and Indomitable or Cloak of Opportunity cleanse Paradoxical Swap outright so neither she nor the target moves. Hard dive and gap-closers punish her, because she has no ability escape and only 730 base health — if she is caught out, the swap cannot save her. She also struggles against teams that spread out and refuse to clump, since her kit rewards pulling enemies together and a disciplined enemy never gives her the isolated target she wants.
Wraith is a fast-talking, fast-firing duelist who wins by isolating one enemy and deleting them before their team can react. Her kit is built on The Rake's rapid fire backed by Full Auto, which spikes her fire rate and adds bonus spirit damage per bullet. Card Trick chips and debuffs from range, while Telekinesis lets her lift a chosen hero into the air, slam them, and slow them so she decides who dies first. Project Mind gives her the mobility to teleport either into a fight to commit or out of one to escape. Play her aggressively, but pick fights she can actually finish one-on-one instead of standing in the middle of a team brawl.
Strong vs: Wraith thrives against squishy, immobile heroes she can isolate and delete one-on-one. Heroes who stand still to cast or channel are easy Telekinesis targets, because lifting them removes them from their own plan. Slower heroes with no dash or escape get run down by her sustained rapid fire and stuck by Club cards. She punishes anyone who strays from their team, since a single caught hero is a dead hero. Low-mobility backline carries should fear her pick potential most of all.
Weak vs: Wraith struggles against heroes who survive her opening burst and turn the fight around on her. Crowd-control, stuns, and silences hurt her badly, because Telekinesis and Project Mind both have cast or channel windows that can be interrupted. Tanky bruisers and heroes with strong sustain outlast her damage when she cannot isolate them. Coordinated teams who group up deny her the solo picks she depends on. Anyone who forces her to fight with her cooldowns and teleport down can punish her hard.
Paradox has the larger base health pool at 730, compared to 730 for Wraith.
Wraith has the higher weapon DPS at 59.682, versus 51.398 for Paradox.
Neither hero is strictly better — they fit different roles. Paradox is a Marksman and Wraith is a Marksman, so the right pick depends on your team composition, the enemy draft, and which playstyle you are comfortable with. Check the win rates on our tier list for the current patch.