Paige
Paige is a hero in Deadlock, with a Complexity of 1 in the game files. Paige has 680 base health and 2 health regen. Paige's gun fires 32 damage per bullet from a 14-round clip. Each level adds 31 health and 0.61 bullet damage.
Open the most-bought Paige build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 114,166 Paige matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Paige counters
Paige's toughest matchups, the furthest below what both heroes' overall win rates predict, are The Doorman (57.9% over 9,032 matches, 2.1 points below expected), Viscous (57.5% over 8,422 matches, 1.7 points below expected) and Rem (58.7% over 21,724 matches, 1.5 points below expected), and its best, the furthest above, are Graves (50.3% over 26,172 matches, 1.5 points above expected), Yamato (60.4% over 14,904 matches, 1.3 points above expected) and Mirage (63.5% over 7,541 matches, 1.1 points above expected), in all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Measured from matches at all ranks from October 30 to November 1, 2026, starting on the day patch 6833 was released (October 30, 2026), by deadlock-api.com. These are match results, not numbers from the game files. A pairing shows its win rate only with at least 500 matches. Expected is what both heroes' overall win rates predict (computed), and each list is ordered by the gap between it and the win rate, not by the rate alone: how the order is computed. Across all its matches in the same window, Paige won 56.1% over 114,166 matches.
Toughest matchups
| Enemy | Paige win rate | Expectedcomputed | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
 The DoormanMatchup lab | 57.9% | 60.1%2.1 below | 9,032 |
 ViscousMatchup lab | 57.5% | 59.2%1.7 below | 8,422 |
 RemMatchup lab | 58.7% | 60.2%1.5 below | 21,724 |
 SinclairMatchup lab | 59.5% | 60.9%1.4 below | 5,941 |
 Mo & KrillMatchup lab | 57.3% | 58.1%0.8 below | 13,456 |
Best matchups
| Enemy | Paige win rate | Expectedcomputed | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
 GravesMatchup lab | 50.3% | 48.8%1.5 above | 26,172 |
 YamatoMatchup lab | 60.4% | 59.1%1.3 above | 14,904 |
 MirageMatchup lab | 63.5% | 62.4%1.1 above | 7,541 |
 VenatorMatchup lab | 60.3% | 59.3%0.9 above | 22,228 |
 McGinnisMatchup lab | 56.6% | 55.7%0.9 above | 8,289 |
Match data: deadlock-api.com. deadlock-api.com is not endorsed by Valve and does not reflect the views or opinions of Valve or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Valve properties. How a rate is computed: methodology.
Most-bought Paige build
On Paige, players bought Mystic Expansion in 83.9% of matches (95,771 of 114,166), Extra Charge in 80.7% of matches (92,160 of 114,166) and High-Velocity Rounds in 74.4% of matches (84,922 of 114,166), in all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Laning, bought before 10:00
| Item | Bought by | Win rate when bought | Average buy time |
|---|---|---|---|
 High-Velocity RoundsIn the shop | 72.6%82,916 of 114,166 Paige matches | 56.0%82,916 matches | 1:55 |
 Extra ChargeIn the shop | 58.5%66,825 of 114,166 Paige matches | 57.3%66,825 matches | 5:36 |
 GritIn the shop | 53.2%60,701 of 114,166 Paige matches | 56.5%60,701 matches | 4:41 |
 Guardian WardIn the shop | 51.1%58,307 of 114,166 Paige matches | 56.7%58,307 matches | 6:23 |
 Opening RoundsIn the shop | 44.4%50,692 of 114,166 Paige matches | 56.3%50,692 matches | 4:37 |
 Extra SpiritIn the shop | 44.1%50,330 of 114,166 Paige matches | 57.2%50,330 matches | 6:23 |
Mid game, bought 10:00 to 19:59
| Item | Bought by | Win rate when bought | Average buy time |
|---|---|---|---|
 Compress CooldownIn the shop | 39.3%44,908 of 114,166 Paige matches | 57.6%44,908 matches | 14:41 |
 Mystic ExpansionIn the shop | 39.2%44,790 of 114,166 Paige matches | 55.1%44,790 matches | 13:11 |
 Superior CooldownIn the shop | 31.0%35,342 of 114,166 Paige matches | 59.0%35,342 matches | 16:18 |
 Improved SpiritIn the shop | 30.6%34,962 of 114,166 Paige matches | 56.7%34,962 matches | 14:26 |
 Duration ExtenderIn the shop | 27.6%31,513 of 114,166 Paige matches | 58.1%31,513 matches | 15:41 |
 Rapid RechargeIn the shop | 25.7%29,338 of 114,166 Paige matches | 58.9%29,338 matches | 15:40 |
Late game, bought at 20:00 or later
| Item | Bought by | Win rate when bought | Average buy time |
|---|---|---|---|
 Greater ExpansionIn the shop | 53.0%60,478 of 114,166 Paige matches | 56.2%60,478 matches | 27:36 |
 Transcendent CooldownIn the shop | 52.6%60,022 of 114,166 Paige matches | 57.7%60,022 matches | 31:03 |
 Superior DurationIn the shop | 45.4%51,811 of 114,166 Paige matches | 57.3%51,811 matches | 28:41 |
 Boundless SpiritIn the shop | 42.3%48,259 of 114,166 Paige matches | 59.0%48,259 matches | 32:15 |
| Superior CooldownIn the shop | 41.3%47,129 of 114,166 Paige matches | 55.8%47,129 matches | 26:36 |
 Divine BarrierIn the shop | 39.6%45,179 of 114,166 Paige matches | 58.0%45,179 matches | 29:52 |
Measured from matches at all ranks from October 30 to November 1, 2026, starting on the day patch 6833 was released (October 30, 2026), by deadlock-api.com. These are match results, not numbers from the game files, and the most bought items, not a recommended build. Each table counts the items bought in one part of a match, by the game time of the purchase: laning before 10:00, mid game 10:00 to 19:59 and late game at 20:00 or later. "Bought by" is the share of all Paige matches in which the Paige player bought the item in that phase, counting matches that ended before it began. The win rate is how often those players won, which describes the players who bought it, not what the item itself adds. The average buy time is the average game time of those purchases, also measured by deadlock-api.com. A copy the Broker corrupted is not counted. An item shows only with at least 500 matches.
Match data: deadlock-api.com. deadlock-api.com is not endorsed by Valve and does not reflect the views or opinions of Valve or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Valve properties. How a rate is computed: methodology.
Paige ability order
On Paige, players unlocked Plot Armor, Captivating Read, Bookwyrm, then Rallying Charge in 45.4% of matches (52,094 of 114,772), and Plot Armor, Bookwyrm, Captivating Read, then Rallying Charge in 18.5% of matches (21,206 of 114,772), in all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day, measured by deadlock-api.com.
| Unlock order | Matches |
|---|---|
| 45.4%52,094 of 114,772 | |
| 18.5%21,206 of 114,772 |
Measured from matches at all ranks from October 30 to November 1, 2026, starting on the day patch 6833 was released (October 30, 2026), by deadlock-api.com. These are match results, not numbers from the game files, and the most common orders, not a recommendation. An unlock order is the order of each ability's first point; the share is the Paige matches that used it out of every Paige match counted, including players who spent no point. An order shows only with at least 500 matches.
Match data: deadlock-api.com. deadlock-api.com is not endorsed by Valve and does not reflect the views or opinions of Valve or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Valve properties. How a share is computed: methodology.
Paige lore
The daughter of a rare book dealer, Paige grew up in a loving home that prioritized kindness, magic, and storytelling. But while Paige took naturally to her parents' values, her little brother Bryce did not.
A rebellious teen, Bryce resented not only his family’s saccharine attitude, but also their refusal to let him dabble in magics that they deemed too dangerous. Paige tried everything she could think of to keep him out of trouble, but like most teenagers, the more his big sister tried to tell him what was best for him, the more he turned away.
Paige doesn't know what Bryce did to get kicked out of the house...just that she came home from the library to find her brother gone and her parents crying.
Days turned to weeks, to months, to years. Paige grew to become a talented bibliomancer, making a living as a storyteller reading at libraries across the five boroughs; and while her parents have remained silent about what happened with Bryce, Paige's obsession with finding him has only grown. She will discover what happened to her brother... and no man or god is going to stand in her way.
Paige stats
Paige abilities
| Slot | Ability | Damage | Cooldown | Scaling | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ability 1 |  Bookwyrm | 60Damage | 33s | +1.3 x SpiritDamage | Conjure a dragon that appears at the target location before flying forward, dealing spirit damage and leaving a burning path in its trail. |
| Ability 2 |  Plot Armor | 28s | +1.5 x SpiritBarrier | Grant an ally a barrier. While the barrier holds, they gain bonus weapon damage. | |
| Ability 3 |  Captivating Read | 90Damage | 30s | +1.3 x SpiritDamage | Target an area with latent magic, applying slow. The magic detonates after a delay, dealing spirit damage and applying immobilize. |
| Ultimate |  Rallying Charge | 125Damage | 210s | +1 x SpiritDamage | Release a wave of spectral knights and steeds that charge across the entire city, healing allies and dealing spirit damage to enemies. The strength of the heal and spirit damage is amplified as the knights travel further. |
Hero
- Complexity
- 1
- Tags
- Helpful, Protector, Booksmart
Starting stats
- Max Health
- 680
- Health Regen
- 2
- Move Speed
- 6.9
- Sprint Speed
- 3.5m
- Stamina
- 3
- Stamina regen per second
- 0.222222
- Light Melee
- 42
- Heavy Melee
- 120
- Ground dash distance
- 10m
- Air dash distance
- 8m
Gun
- Bullet Damage
- 32
- Bullets per shot
- 1
- Cycle time
- 0.5s
- Rounds per second
- 2computed
- Weapon DPS
- 64computed
- Clip size
- 14
- Reload Time
- 2.5s
- Bullet Velocity
- 1710 units/s
- Falloff start range
- 787 units
- Falloff end range
- 2264 units
- Damage scale at falloff end
- 0.1
Weapon DPS is computed at level 1 with no items: bullet damage x bullets per shot x (1 / cycle time). Burst fire, reload and falloff are not modelled. Ranges and bullet speed are in the game file's own units.
Paige vs every hero
Body shots Paige needs to kill each other hero, and each hero needs to kill Paige, both at level 1 with no items. Each number opens that matchup in the lab.
| Hero | Paige kills themcomputed | They kill Paigecomputed |
|---|---|---|
| Abrams | 25 | 20 |
| Apollo | 25 | 37 |
| Baba | 25 | 26 |
| Bebop | 28 | 137 |
| Billy | 26 | 108 |
| Calico | 23 | 42 |
| Celeste | 22 | 38 |
| Deadman Danny | 23 | 46 |
| Drifter | 24 | 12 |
| Dynamo | 28 | 54 |
| Graves | 23 | 189 |
| Grey Talon | 25 | 29 |
| Haze | 23 | 130 |
| Holliday | 25 | 35 |
| Infernus | 26 | 124 |
| Ivy | 24 | 153 |
| Kelvin | 28 | 37 |
| Lady Geist | 28 | 33 |
| Lash | 25 | 81 |
| McGinnis | 25 | 112 |
| Mina | 21 | 94 |
| Mirage | 23 | 46 |
| Mo & Krill | 30 | 61 |
| Nurse Harrow | 23 | 48 |
| Paradox | 23 | 100 |
| 25 | 23 | |
| Rat King | 25 | 59 |
| Rem | 22 | 43 |
| Seven | 23 | 63 |
| Shiv | 26 | 24 |
| Silver | 26 | 20 |
| Sinclair | 23 | 42 |
| Solomon | 25 | 28 |
| The Doorman | 24 | 29 |
| Venator | 26 | 85 |
| Victor | 25 | 57 |
| Vindicta | 24 | 56 |
| Violet | 23 | 23 |
| Viscous | 25 | 66 |
| Vyper | 25 | 104 |
| Warden | 26 | 40 |
| Wraith | 23 | 121 |
| Yamato | 23 | 26 |
Computed with the matchup lab's formula, body shots with every pellet hitting, level 1, no items: damage per bullet = bullet damage x (1 - defender bullet resist / 100); bullets to kill = ceil(defender max health / damage per bullet); body shots = ceil(bullets to kill / bullets per shot). Each number's tooltip holds its inputs.
Not modelled:
- Headshots: the gun files give a 1.65 bonus, a game setting gives 1.25, and only the game shows which applies.
- Damage falloff over range, and the game-unit to meter conversion.
- Resist shred and negative resist.
- Reload, burst-fire and spin-up timing, so time to kill is shown only when the kill fits in one clip of a gun that neither bursts nor spins up.
- Item procs and actives, spirit damage amplifiers, and ability upgrades (every ability is at its base tier).
- Health regen, barriers and healing during the fight.
Gains per level
- Bullet damage per level
- 0.61
- Health per level
- 31
- Melee damage per level
- 1.2
- Boons per level
- 1
- Spirit power per level
- 1.1
Souls and investment
Same soul curve as every hero: Paige reaches level 36 at 48,600 souls. See souls per level and investment bonuses.
Paige change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6835 | No player-facing change in 9 builds (October 30 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 30, 2026build 6833 | Paige's hero type changed. Paige's Bullet damage per level changed from 0.52 to 0.61. Paige's Bullet Damage changed from 35 to 32. | Changed |
| October 26, 2026build 6821from build 6742 | No player-facing change in 27 builds (October 2 to October 26, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 1, 2026build 6731 | Paige's shop stat panel now lists Lifesteal Effectiveness under Vitality. | Changed |
| September 30, 2026build 6726from build 6643 | No player-facing change in 16 builds (July 28 to September 30, 2026). | Unchanged |
| July 28, 2026build 6642 | Paige's Air dash duration changed from 0.49 to 0.51 and Ground dash duration from 0.7 to 0.72. | Changed |
| July 25, 2026build 6640 | First recorded in Deadlock. | Baseline |
Paige FAQ
Who is Paige in Deadlock?
Paige is a hero in Deadlock, with a Complexity of 1 in the game files. The daughter of a rare book dealer, Paige grew up in a loving home that prioritized kindness, magic, and storytelling. But while Paige took naturally to her parents' values, her little brother Bryce did not.
Who counters Paige in Deadlock?
In all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day, Paige did furthest below what both heroes' overall win rates predict against The Doorman (57.9% over 9,032 matches, 2.1 points below expected), Viscous (57.5% over 8,422 matches, 1.7 points below expected), Rem (58.7% over 21,724 matches, 1.5 points below expected), Sinclair (59.5% over 5,941 matches, 1.4 points below expected) and Mo & Krill (57.3% over 13,456 matches, 0.8 points below expected). These are match results measured by deadlock-api.com, not numbers from the game files.
What items do players buy most on Paige in Deadlock?
In all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day, Paige players bought Mystic Expansion in 83.9% of matches (95,771 of 114,166), Extra Charge in 80.7% of matches (92,160 of 114,166) and High-Velocity Rounds in 74.4% of matches (84,922 of 114,166). These are match results measured by deadlock-api.com, not numbers from the game files, and the most bought items are not a recommended build.
What are Paige's abilities in Deadlock?
Paige has four abilities. Bookwyrm (first ability, 33 second cooldown): Conjure a dragon that appears at the target location before flying forward, dealing spirit damage and leaving a burning path in its trail. Plot Armor (second ability, 28 second cooldown): Grant an ally a barrier. While the barrier holds, they gain bonus weapon damage. Captivating Read (third ability, 30 second cooldown): Target an area with latent magic, applying slow. The magic detonates after a delay, dealing spirit damage and applying immobilize. Rallying Charge (ultimate, 210 second cooldown): Release a wave of spectral knights and steeds that charge across the entire city, healing allies and dealing spirit damage to enemies. The strength of the heal and spirit damage is amplified as the knights travel further.
What do Paige's abilities scale with?
All four of Paige's abilities scale with Spirit in the game files: Bookwyrm (60 Damage, +1.3 x Spirit), Plot Armor (125 Barrier, +1.5 x Spirit), Captivating Read (90 Damage, +1.3 x Spirit) and Rallying Charge (125 Damage, +1 x Spirit).
What order do players unlock Paige's abilities in Deadlock?
In all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day, Paige players unlocked Plot Armor, Captivating Read, Bookwyrm, then Rallying Charge in 45.4% of matches (52,094 of 114,772), and Plot Armor, Bookwyrm, Captivating Read, then Rallying Charge in 18.5% of matches (21,206 of 114,772). These are match results measured by deadlock-api.com, not numbers from the game files, and the most common order is not a recommendation.
How much health does Paige have in Deadlock?
Paige starts with 680 max health and gains 31 health per level, before items.
How much damage does Paige's gun do?
Paige's gun fires 32 damage per bullet from a 14-round clip. That is about 64 damage per second at level 1 with no items, computed as bullet damage x bullets per shot / cycle time, ignoring reload and falloff.
How many souls does Paige need to reach max level?
Paige reaches level 36 at 48,600 souls (Boon 35 in the game's HUD).
Was Paige changed in the latest patch?
No. Paige is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the October 30, 2026 patch (build 6833).