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Paradoxica
Vaal Rapier
One Handed Sword
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: 26.4-104.4
Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 14
Requires Level 66, 212 Dex+25% to Global Critical Strike MultiplierAttacks with this Weapon deal Double Damage
Veiled Prefix
Veiled Suffix
What has no siblings but is always a twin?Take this item to Jun Ortoi to have her Unveil it.
Paradoxica inventory icon
Acquisition
DROP RESTRICTED
Paradoxica drops from any Betrayal bosses in the Safehouse area. It cannot be Orb of Chance inventory iconchancedOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack.
Orb of Chance inventory icon
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Vendor Prices
Unique8x Chaos Orb
Vendor Offer
6x Alchemy Shard
Weapon DPS
Physical: 85.0
Phys+Chaos: 85.0
Total: 85.0
Metadata
Item class: One Hand Swords

Paradoxica is a unique Vaal Rapier inventory iconVaal RapierVaal RapierOne Handed Sword
Physical Damage: 22-87
Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 14
Requires Level 66, 212 Dex+25% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
Vaal Rapier inventory icon
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Modifiers[ | ]

Paradoxica has 2 veiled modifiers (non-signature veiled mod): one prefix Chosen and one suffix of the Order.

The item level of the unique item may block the spawn of higher tier veiled modifier.

Damage Scaling[ | ]

Paradoxica has double damage from the weapon's total flat damage. When combined with large amounts of flat added physical damage from non-weapon sources, it can scale damage competitive with high physical damage one-handed rare swords. Some examples of non-weapon sources of flat added physical are:

  • Bloodthirst support adds 2% of your maximum life as flat added physical damage to weapons.
    • Example: A player with above average life has 6,000 maximum life. (6,000 X .02) = 120 Flat added physical weapon damage.
  • Party - Having an ally with large average flat physical damage weapon use Rallying Cry inventory iconRallying CryRallying CryWarcry, AoE, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (15-19) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Use Time: 0.80 sec
    Requires Level 24Performs a warcry, taunting nearby enemies to attack the user and exerting subsequent attacks. Gives nearby Allies a buff based on the damage of your weapon.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Area of Effect2% increased Warcry SpeedBuff has 2% more Effect on your MinionsExerted Attacks deal 0.5% increased DamageBase duration is (5-5.9) seconds
    Exerted Attacks deal 5% more Damage per affected Ally, to a maximum of 25%
    Exerts the next 5 Melee Attacks you perform
    Buff grants Added Attack Damage equal to 3% of the Damage of your Main
    Hand Weapon per 5 Power, up to a maximum of 20%
    Buff has 100% more Effect on your Minions
    Counts total Power of Enemies and Allies in Range
    (0-38)% increased Warcry Speed
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Rallying Cry skill icon
    Rallying Cry inventory icon
    near you to give you 20% of the weapon's damage.
    • Example: A player with a high damage karui axe that does 700 average physical damage per hit. (700*.2) = 140 average flat added physical damage.
  • Items - See physical damage page for items with high flat added physical damage.
  • Ascendancy - Champion ascendancy passive can gives flat added physical damage per impale on enemies you hit.
  • Attacks - Some attack skills add flat physical damage to weapons.

Item acquisition
Questionmark

Paradoxica drops from any Betrayal bosses in the Safehouse area. It cannot be Orb of Chance inventory iconchancedOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack.
Orb of Chance inventory icon
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Monster restrictions

This item can be acquired from the following monsters:

Legacy variants[ | ]

Paradoxica has legacy variants.

Version Discontinued Modifiers
3.14.0


  • +25% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
  • Attacks with this Weapon deal Double Damage
  • <Two legacy crafted Veiled Mods>
3.6.0


  • +25% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
  • Attacks with this Weapon deal Double Damage
  • <Two double legacy crafted Veiled Mods>

Read List of thrusting one-handed sword modifiers for a list of possible crafted (un)veiled mods. Note that player cannot swap the crafted mod of the legacy item. Player can remove the mod since it is crafted mod, but player CANNOT craft any mod back to this unique item, effectively brick the item. The current version is not a crafted mod thus cannot be bricked by removing the mod.

The following legacy (post 3.6 pre-3.14) crafted veiled mod of this item, have numeric value adjusted:

  • Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate (9-10)% Elemental Resistances (current value: 11-13%)
  • Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate (7-8)% Elemental Resistances (current value: 8-10%)
  • Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate (5-6)% Elemental Resistances (current value: 6-7%)
  • Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate (9-10)% Chaos Resistances (current value: 11-13%)
  • Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate (7-8)% Chaos Resistances (current value: 8-10%)
  • Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate (5-6)% Chaos Resistances (current value: 6-7%)
  • (51-60)% increased Cold Damage, (10-11)% chance to Freeze (current value: 18-20% chance to Freeze)
  • (42-50)% increased Cold Damage, (8-9)% chance to Freeze (current value: 16-17% chance to Freeze)
  • (36-41)% increased Cold Damage, 7% chance to Freeze (current value: 13-15% chance to Freeze)
  • (51-60)% increased Fire Damage, (10-11)% chance to Ignite (current value: 18-20% chance to Ignite)
  • (42-50)% increased Fire Damage, (8-9)% chance to Ignite (current value: 16-17% chance to Ignite)
  • (36-41)% increased Fire Damage, 7% chance to Ignite (current value: 13-15% chance to Ignite)
  • (51-60)% increased Lightning Damage, (10-11)% chance to Shock (current value: 18-20% chance to Shock)
  • (42-50)% increased Lightning Damage, (8-9)% chance to Shock (current value: 16-17% chance to Shock)
  • (36-41)% increased Lightning Damage, 7% chance to Shock (current value: 13-15% chance to Shock)

The other crafted mods are identical to the current numeric value of crafted mods, but may still inferior to the current non-crafted version of (un)veiled mods.

Gallery[ | ]

Related items[ | ]

  • Replica Paradoxica inventory iconReplica ParadoxicaReplica Paradoxica
    Vaal Rapier
    One Handed Sword
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: 26.4-104.4
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
    Attacks per Second: 1.30
    Weapon Range: 14
    Requires Level 66, 212 Dex+25% to Global Critical Strike MultiplierVeiled Prefix
    Veiled Prefix
    Veiled Suffix
    Veiled Suffix
    Veiled Suffix
    Veiled Prefix
    "This is one riddle I can't solve."
    - Researcher Graven
    Take this item to Jun Ortoi to have her Unveil it.
    Replica Paradoxica inventory icon

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.15.0
  • "Thrusting One Hand Sword" item class changed to "One Hand Sword".[1]
3.14.0
  • Modifiers that are unveiled through Jun are now more powerful than before. Previously, when an item was unveiled, the veiled modifier added to the item would be equal to the highest tier modifier available on the Crafting Bench. Now, the modifier being unveiled no longer counts as a crafted modifier and will be stronger than any craftable veiled modifier.
  • The following craftable veiled modifiers have been adjusted. Please note that only the highest tier of craftable modifiers have been listed - lower tiers of these modifiers have also been adjusted in similar ways. (wiki editor note: full list omitted. Please read Version 3.14.0 § Crafted Veiled Modifier Balance. Not all affected craftable veiled modifies are craftable on Paradoxica )
3.6.0
  • Several veiled modifiers now have fewer tiers. Low tiers contribute more towards unlocking higher tiers, however it will, on average, take more unveils to unlock the highest tier.
3.5.0
  • Introduced to the game.

References[ | ]

  1. Community_Team (July 20, 2021). "Expedition Patch Notes, Item Filter and Passive Tree Information". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
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