Paradox vs Silver
Paradox's team wins 50.4% Silver's team wins 49.6%, across 41,475 games
Written for the Paradox player. Playing Silver? See Silver vs Paradox →
Paradox has the edge
Paradox usually wins 47.0% of games. Against Silver that is 3.4% higher, over 41,475 games.
- Whole match 50.4% +3.4% vs usual 41,475 games
- Sharing a lane 49.9% +2.9% vs usual 14,156 games
- Oracle and above 48.1% +0.9% vs usual 1,222 games
"Sharing a lane" counts only games where both were assigned the same lane — the laning matchup itself. "Oracle and above" counts only matches whose average rank was Oracle and above, against Paradox's usual win rate at that rank.
The fight at a glance
If you're Paradox
Has the edge
Entangling Bola Silver throws a bola that deals spirit damage, slows the target, and prevents them from using movement abilities, stamina or jumping for the duration. Crowd Control Slow plus a complete lockout on movement abilities, stamina use and jumping… Damage 40 spirit damage; -45% move speed for 1.5s at base with an additional -25%… Defensive Stopping a diver's dash mid-approach is her main defensive use 1 1 AP: additional -25% movement speed 2 2 AP: -8s cooldown (23s to 15s) 5 5 AP: bola ricochets to a second target Wait out Entangling Bola 23s cooldown
WhyIt is her setup for everything, it is her only answer to a diver, and at 23s base (15s at 2 AP) an empty bola is the window to commit a dash-based engage that she cannot stop.
- Watch out
- Entangling Bola into
Boot Kick Boot Kick Silver dashes forward and kicks the first enemy she hits, dealing melee damage while pushing herself backward off them and leaving a mark. Crowd Control none, but the kick displaces Silver herself away from the target Damage 45 mark damage and 25 bonus spirit damage on the marked shot; Mobility A forward dash that ends in a backward push off the target — net… 1 1 AP: -6s cooldown (21s to 15s) 2 2 AP: restores stamina on hero hits 5 5 AP: applies enemy damage reduction to the target into 
Slam Fire Slam Fire Silver instantly reloads and gains a large fire rate bonus for a limited number of shots, with bonus weapon damage scaled to the target's health. Damage 3 shots at 300% fire rate, dealing 4% of the target's current health as… 1 2 AP: damage boost and -10s cooldown (25s to 15s) 2 5 AP: additional health-scaling damage : the bola removes your dash, stamina and jump for ~1.5s, the kick marks you, and Slam Fire empties 3 boosted shots into a target that cannot strafe. - Your edge
- Paradox has more crowd control than Silver.
- Buy
Knockdown Knockdown +35s Cooldown +0.1s Cast Delay +2s Stun Delay +0.5s Stun Duration +75 Bonus Health +5% Ability Range +5% Radius Buy it against the long-range poke from Silver.
If you're Silver
Time Wall Paradox raises a wall of warped time that halts every enemy bullet and projectile that touches it, while speeding up and empowering friendly bullets passing through. Crowd Control Brief slow plus a silence on contact (2.3s silence at T2). Damage No direct damage. T2 grants +35% weapon damage to friendly bullets passing… Defensive Stops enemy bullets and projectiles outright — against a projectile-heavy… 1 +3.5s duration, +3m width, +1m height. 2 2.3s silence duration, +35% weapon damage for friendly bullets. 5 +2 ability charges. Wait out Time Wall 25s cooldown
WhyIt is her anti-dive and her projectile shield; force it with a feint and then commit, because with it down she has no way to stop a gap-close.
- Watch out
Paradoxical Swap Paradox fires a bolt that, on hitting an enemy hero, trades her position with theirs. Crowd Control The displacement itself is the control effect — there is no stun attached at… Damage 150 damage, scaling with spirit power. Mobility It relocates her to the target's position, which is simultaneously a… 1 200 barrier for 8s (scales with Spirit). 2 -30s cooldown, +13m cast range. 5 swaps all enemies within 7m of the hit target, +10% max health damage. Paradoxical Swap yanks you out of your team and drops you alone next to hers, for 150 spirit-scaling damage, from up to 13m further away at Tier 2 than you expect.- Your edge
- Silver has more healing than Paradox, so you recover between fights and they do not.
- Buy
Indomitable Indomitable +55s Cooldown +10s Duration +10% Bullet Resist +10% Spirit Resist +20s Cooldown On Apply +2 Out of Combat Regen Buy it against Paradox's Time Wall.
The full plan for Paradox, phase by phase, is below. Silver's side in full →
What should I do right now?
Do
- Plan for Knockdown Knockdown +35s Cooldown +0.1s Cast Delay +2s Stun Delay +0.5s Stun Duration +75 Bonus Health +5% Ability Range +5% Radius — know which tier it sits in so you are not improvising at the shop.
- Know what Entangling Bola looks like. It is the cooldown this lane revolves around.
Avoid
- Walking to lane on the same path every wave against a hero with Silver's engage range.
Do
- Only 5.1 damage per bullet — her poke is chip, not pressure, and a healer on the other side erases it
- 7-round clip means her burst is entirely gated on Slam Fire's 25s cooldown
- A 40-round burst-fire clip gives her good lane staying power without frequent reloads.
Avoid
- 813 m/s bullet velocity with falloff only starting at 17m lets her win the early poke war against any close-range laner
- Slam Fire's bonus damage against troopers and Haunts Haunts Lanes and Districts across the map Haunts replace the old neutral camps. They are not a reskin: each type behaves differently, and the health bar now shows a camp's soul value and how hard it is, so you can decide whether a camp is worth your time before you start shooting. Three eye colours mark the tier — teal for tier I, yellow for tier II, red for tier III. Souls 4168181 souls tier I / II / III a creep +0.44 / +0.73 / +1.95 a minute makes last-hitting and denying comfortable, and the 0.30s reload means almost no downtime
Do
- Their first real spike is ult unlock — respect it from that point, not before.
- Your spike is Paradoxical Swap unlock: She gains Paradoxical Swap, a displacement that can create a pick out of nothing.
Avoid
- Taking an even fight against Silver on their spike timing when you could take the same fight ten minutes later on yours.
Do
- Watch for
Lycan Curse Lycan Curse Damaging enemies passively fills a bloodlust meter, filling faster at low health. Crowd Control No CC on the cast itself. Damage Sources disagree on the exact bonuses. Mobility Bonus move speed while transformed, plus Mauling Leap replacing Boot Kick as… 1 Upgrade tiers scale the transformation's bonuses (health, fire rate, move speed and… . Track the bloodlust meter, not the transformation animation — by the time she is a wolf it is too late. She builds it faster at low health, so hurting her without killing her accelerates it - Watch the bloodlust meter and disengage before it fills. Damaging her without killing her builds it faster, so a half-committed trade hands her the transformation
Avoid
- Spending your own escape before Entangling Bola is on cooldown.
Silver’s abilities
- Lycan Curse Ultimate
The cooldown that decides the fight. The transformed Tail Whack applies a 2.5s Disarm and a -30% movement slow in an area around her.
- Track the bloodlust meter, not the transformation animation — by the time she is a wolf it is too late. She builds it faster at low health, so hurting her without killing her accelerates it
- Disengage when she transforms rather than trading: the transformed kit is melee-range, so the counter to a wolf is distance, and the form has a limited duration
- Buy healing reduction before she transforms; 40% Lifesteal on Go For The Throat and 30%-missing-health on the transformation are the whole reason she survives the melee window
- Entangling Bola Ability 3
A second source of hard control: slow plus a complete lockout on movement abilities, stamina use and jumping for ~1.5s.
- The debuff is short at base (~1.5s) — the correct response is to hold your dash and stamina rather than burning them into the lockout and getting nothing
- It is a thrown projectile: strafe it, or put a trooper wave between you (it can no longer be consumed by troopers since the patch, but geometry still blocks it)
- Air-mobility heroes must not be mid-flight when it lands; the patch made it interrupt flying abilities and add gravity, so commit airborne movement only after it is on cooldown
- Boot Kick Ability 2
Her mobility, her disengage and her damage amplifier in one button. The self-knockback means she engages and retreats with a single cast, which is how a rifle hero survives being approached.
- The mark lasts only 3 seconds — break line of sight immediately after being kicked and the follow-up shot never lands
- Since the patch it only hits heroes and objectives, so standing behind a trooper wave no longer eats the kick but also means the dash passes straight through to you
- Deny the 2 AP stamina refund by not letting her connect on a hero: dodge the dash and it is a 21s (15s at 1 AP) cooldown with no refund
- 1 Entangling Bola
Entangling Bola first. It is her setup for everything, it is her only answer to a diver, and at 23s base (15s at 2 AP) an empty bola is the window to commit a dash-based engage that she cannot stop
- 2 Boot Kick
Then Boot Kick. It is both her mark and her escape; a Silver who has kicked cannot disengage from your frontliner for 21s (15s at 1 AP), and dodging it denies the 2 AP stamina refund
- 3 Slam Fire
Slam Fire is worth draining in lane specifically: force her to use it on a wave and her burst is gone for 25 seconds
The matchup in detail
- The automatic transformation takes timing out of her hands and can strand her in melee form at range or at the wrong moment Strong evidence
- Base form has zero healing and only one escape on a 21s cooldown Strong evidence
- Slam Fire's accuracy penalty forces her closer than her falloff band wants Strong evidence
- Entangling Bola into Boot Kick into Slam Fire: the bola removes your dash, stamina and jump for ~1.5s, the kick marks you, and Slam Fire empties 3 boosted shots into a target that cannot strafe Strong evidence
- Slam Fire deals 4% of your current health per shot, so being at full health does not make you safe from it — high-HP frontliners take the most from it, not the least Strong evidence
- Transformed Tail Whack disarms everyone around her for 2.5s; if your gun carry is inside that radius the fight is over before it starts Strong evidence
- Mauling Leap applies reduced Bullet Resist for ~6s, which amplifies her entire team's weapon damage onto whoever she lands on Strong evidence
- Post-patch the bola increases gravity and interrupts flying abilities, so air-mobility escapes are simply deleted mid-flight Strong evidence
- Go For The Throat at 40% Lifesteal means trading damage into a transformed Silver actively heals her Strong evidence
- Watch the bloodlust meter and disengage before it fills. Damaging her without killing her builds it faster, so a half-committed trade hands her the transformation Strong evidence
- Fight the wolf at range. The transformed kit is melee — Go For The Throat and Tail Whack both require adjacency, and Mauling Leap is a single committed gap-closer on a cooldown Strong evidence
- Buy healing reduction before the transformation window. 40% Lifesteal plus missing-health healing is the only sustain she has, and anti-heal removes it entirely Strong evidence
- Hold your dash and stamina through Entangling Bola's ~1.5s lockout rather than burning them into it, or cleanse it to restore movement immediately Strong evidence
- Break line of sight within 3 seconds of being Boot Kicked — the mark expires and the bonus Spirit Damage never lands Strong evidence
- Stay past ~25m during Slam Fire; the accuracy penalty means the boosted shots scatter, and the ability is only 3 shots long regardless Strong evidence
- Silver's bullets are among the fastest in the game and you have little mobility, so you will not dodge their gun; the answer is the item that changes what their bullets do rather than where you stand.
Plated Armor Plated Armor +1s Cooldown +30% Deflection Percent +50% On-Hit Prevention Percent +130 Bonus Health deflects bullets outright and — the part most players miss — strips their on-hit build-ups, which is the only clean answer to 
Silencer Silencer +12% Spirit Resist -25% Spirit Damage Reduction +2.5s Silence Duration +6s Debuff Duration +10s Immunity Duration , 
Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets -40% Incoming Healing and 
Inhibitor Inhibitor +150 Bonus Health +5s Debuff Duration -30% Damage Penalty +10% Weapon Damage -40% Incoming Healing stacks landing on you. If 6,400 is too far away, 
Battle Vest Battle Vest +18% Bullet Resist +3 Out of Combat Regen +65% Life Threshold +22% Weapon Damage +7% Fire Rate at +18% Bullet Resist is the efficient Tier II step and 
Bullet Resilience Bullet Resilience +35% Bullet Resist +5 Out of Combat Regen at +30% (with a further +15% below half health) the Tier III one. Strong evidence
- Entangling Bola on cooldown (23s base) — she has no way to stop a dash-in and her only escape is a single 21s Boot Kick Strong evidence
- Immediately after Boot Kick connects and pushes her backward: the dash is spent, and she is committed to whichever direction the recoil put her Strong evidence
- After the third Slam Fire shot — the boosted window ends on shot count, not on a timer, so count the shots rather than waiting out a duration Strong evidence
- The moment the transformation ends: she reverts to a 7-round rifle with no sustain, no Lifesteal and whatever cooldowns the wolf form did not restore Strong evidence
- Transformed but with Mauling Leap spent — a melee wolf with no gap-closer is a free kite, especially given the 17-42m falloff on the form she just left Strong evidence
- Early lane before the 1 AP cooldown cuts, when Boot Kick (21s) and Entangling Bola (23s) are both at base and she cannot kick off troopers since the 09-16-2026 patch Strong evidence
- You are not a close-range hero forced to walk them down, which makes this lane a range-band problem rather than an approach problem. There is a band where your damage is real and theirs is still comfortable — find it and hold it, because stepping back one band concedes the whole wave and stepping forward one gives them the free trade. Your orb contests should happen from that band, which means positioning before the trooper dies rather than walking in to secure. Strategic
- 813 m/s bullet velocity with falloff only starting at 17m lets her win the early poke war against any close-range laner Strong evidence
- Slam Fire's bonus damage against troopers and Haunts Haunts Lanes and Districts across the map Haunts replace the old neutral camps. They are not a reskin: each type behaves differently, and the health bar now shows a camp's soul value and how hard it is, so you can decide whether a camp is worth your time before you start shooting. Three eye colours mark the tier — teal for tier I, yellow for tier II, red for tier III. Souls 4168181 souls tier I / II / III a creep +0.44 / +0.73 / +1.95 a minute makes last-hitting and denying comfortable, and the 0.30s reload means almost no downtime Strong evidence
- Only 5.1 damage per bullet — her poke is chip, not pressure, and a healer on the other side erases it Strong evidence
- 7-round clip means her burst is entirely gated on Slam Fire's 25s cooldown Strong evidence
- A 40-round burst-fire clip gives her good lane staying power without frequent reloads. Strong evidence
- Your kit is built around lockdown and that is worth less on the Mid Boss than on Silver — it carries 35% Debuff Resist as of 03-06-2026, so your disables run roughly two-thirds as long on it. Plan the take around damage and positioning rather than a CC chain, and spend the chain on Silver if they contest. The payoff is worth the trip: 3,000 souls + 50 per minute, two permanent buffs each, and a Rejuvenator crystal giving up to three single-use revives that return a player at full health after 3 seconds, for 3 minutes. Documented
- Lycan Curse unlock — Adds a second kit with sustain, a leap and a 2.5s AoE Disarm, and the bloodlust passive starts building from the first damage she deals Strong evidence
- 1 AP into Boot Kick — -6s cooldown (21s to 15s) makes her escape-and-mark loop available nearly every skirmish Strong evidence
- 2 AP into Entangling Bola — -8s cooldown (23s to 15s) turns the movement lockout from a situational catch into a reliable opener Strong evidence
- Late 35min+ with Lifesteal items — Transformed Go For The Throat at 40% Lifesteal plus item Lifesteal makes the wolf window genuinely hard to burn down Strong evidence
- Paradoxical Swap unlock — She gains Paradoxical Swap, a displacement that can create a pick out of nothing. Strong evidence
- Time Wall T2 (mid game) — 2.3s Silence plus +35% friendly weapon damage make the wall an offensive and control tool as well as a defensive one. Strong evidence
- Your Silence may be worth more in a chain than a teammate's Stun. The 03-06-2026 diminishing-returns system reduces subsequent CC by 10% then 30% inside an 8-second window, and community reporting holds it applies to stuns only — not to silences, slows, hexes or disarms. If that is right, sequencing your Silence after an ally's Stun costs you nothing, while a second Stun in the chain is already 10% shorter. Treat it as community-reported rather than confirmed, but order your chain accordingly against Silver. Uncertain
- Riding a zipline in Silver's line of sight is worse than walking. Enemy hero damage while you are riding knocks you off for 15% of your max health, a 2.5-second Stun and a fall — for a hero with your health pool that is most of a death handed over for free. You gain knockoff immunity only after 3 consecutive seconds of riding, signalled by a blue particle effect, so the dangerous part is the first three seconds. Mount out of their sight line, not near it. Documented
- Silver heals through damage, so healing reduction is not optional here — but pick the right application route. Anti-heal arrives two ways: bullet-applied (Toxic Bullets, T3) builds up through gunfire, and spirit-applied (
Healbane Healbane +8s Duration +7 Spirit Power -35% Incoming Healing , T2) lands off Spirit Damage. Buy the one that matches how you actually deal damage, or it will never apply. Documented - With no self-sustain of your own, Silver's chip damage compounds across a lane. Regeneration or Lifesteal early is worth more here than it looks on paper, because it converts their poke from permanent attrition into something you reset between waves. Strategic
- Knockdown (spirit T3) — Buy whenever an enemy fights from the sky — it answers flying and airborne heroes and channelled aerial ultimates. Relevant here because of Silver. Documented
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Phantom Strike Phantom Strike +35s Cooldown +0.35s Cast Delay +8 Spirit Power +15% Weapon Damage +40% Move Speed +3s Slow Duration (vitality T4) — Buy to catch flying or long-range heroes who otherwise never enter your range, and to Disarm a gun carry mid-burst. Relevant here because of Silver. Documented -
High-Velocity Rounds High-Velocity Rounds +45% Bullet Velocity +8% Weapon Damage (weapon T1) — Buy on heroes with slow bullets (under 275 m/s) fighting mobile or long-range opponents, where the extra Bullet Velocity cuts how far ahead each shot has to be led. Relevant here because of Silver. Strong evidence
- The usual error against Silver is treating Lycan Curse as something to react to rather than something to pre-empt. By the time it is on you, the decision has already been made. Strategic
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Sources and method for this page
Everything on this page is generated for Deadlock patch 10-30-2026 from Silver's current kit, measured match results and a mechanics rule base. Each line carries its own confidence label.
Data-supported Measured: you win 50.4% of these, which is 3.4% above your overall win rate (41,475 matches). The kit-based model reads this as moderate instead — treat the measured number as primary and the gap as a sign this matchup is more about execution than kit.
Silver's kit and counterplay were compiled from 7 sources, cross-checked for patch 10-30-2026. Threat ratings compare this pairing against Paradox's own baseline win rate rather than a flat 50%, because ranking by raw win rate produces the wrong answer for heroes whose overall win rate is not 50%.