Paradox · Ultimate · 110s cooldown
Paradoxical Swap
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Paradoxical Swap is Paradox's ultimate on a 110-second cooldown with 0.15s cast delay, 150 swap damage. Fire a projectile that swaps your position with the target enemy hero.
Upgrades: 1 AP — 200 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit; 2 AP — -30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range; 5 AP — Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage.
In the most played Paradox skill order (47.0% win rate over 20K games), Paradoxical Swap takes its first point at step 7 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the second ability players max.
Full numbers below; for items and lane matchups see the Paradox build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.
Base values, before items
Paradoxical Swap stats
Cooldown
110s
Cast Delay
0.15s
Swap Damage
150
Ability points
Paradoxical Swap upgrades
- 1 AP
200 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit
+200 Barrier · +8s Barrier Duration · +1.5 Barrier
- 2 AP
-30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range
+13m Cast Range · -30s Cooldown
- 5 AP
Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage
+7m Multi Target Radius · +10% Max Health Damage
Most played Paradox skill order
When to level Paradoxical Swap
In the most played Paradox skill order (47.0% win rate over 20K games), Paradoxical Swap takes its first point at step 7 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the second ability players max.
Paradoxical Swap patch history
Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026 · May 22, 2026
- – Paradoxical Swap damage increased from 125 to 150
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026 · March 6, 2026
- – Paradoxical Swap cooldown increased from 75s to 95s
- – Paradoxical Swap no longer has 80% Spirit Lifesteal
- – Paradoxical Swap damage changed from 115 (0.6 spirit scaling) to 10% Current Health
- – Paradoxical Swap T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "+200 Barrier (1.5 Spirit Scaling)"
- – Paradoxical Swap T2 changed from "+81 Damage" to "+13m Cast Range and -35s Cooldown"
- – Paradoxical Swap T3 changed from "+15m Cast Range" to "Swaps additional enemies in 7m radius and +10% Current Health Damage"
- – Paradoxical Swap damage changed from 10% Current Health to 125 with 1.1 spirit scaling
- – Paradoxical Swap T3 changed from 10% Current Health to 10% Max Health
- – Paradoxical Swap can now be alt casted to swap only a single target with the T3
11-07-2024 Update · November 8, 2024
- – Paradoxical Swap time to complete the swap reduced from 0.5-1.5 to 0.3-0.6 (variable based on distance).
Other Paradox abilities
FAQ
What is the cooldown of Paradoxical Swap?＋
Paradoxical Swap has a 110-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades. One of its upgrades lowers it further — see the upgrade list above.
What are the Paradoxical Swap upgrades?＋
1 AP: 200 Barrier for 8s. Barrier scales with Spirit 2 AP: -30s Cooldown and +13m Cast Range 5 AP: Swaps all enemies within 7m of hit target and +10% Max Health Damage
When should you level Paradoxical Swap?＋
In the most played Paradox skill order (47.0% win rate over 20K games), Paradoxical Swap takes its first point at step 7 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the second ability players max.
Which hero has Paradoxical Swap?＋
Paradoxical Swap is Paradox's ultimate. Paradox is a marksman whose other abilities are Pulse Grenade, Time Wall, Kinetic Carbine.