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Paige

~54.9% WR ~6.4% pick
Easy Projectile HelpfulProtectorBooksmart
Signature abilities4
Bookwyrm →Plot Armor →Captivating Read →Rallying Charge ult at lvl 6
Ability 1
Bookwyrm
33s
Press

Conjure a dragon that appears at the target location before flying forward, dealing Spirit Damage and leaving a burning path in its trail.

1
Charges
7s
Charge cooldown
0.1s
Cast delay
5s
Duration
1AP +3s Trail Duration +4m Radius — Ground Flame Duration +2s, Radius +1m
2AP +20m Travel Range 33s Cooldown — Dragon Travel Range +10m, Cooldown -12s
5AP +60 Damage +30 DPS +1 Charge — Damage +100, DPS +30, Charges +1
Ability 2
Plot Armor
28s
Press

Grant an ally a Combat Barrier. While the barrier holds, they gain Bonus Weapon Damage.

0.1s
Cast delay
35m
Cast range
5s
Duration
125↑1.3
Combat barrier
1AP On Barrier: +0% Fire Rate — Fire Rate +14%, Fire Rate +0.13%
2AP +125 Barrier and +5s Duration — Combat barrier +100, Duration +2s
5AP Increases barrier scaling. Up to 0 additional allies gain 0% Barrier — Combat barrier +0.3, Bonus Targets +2, Bonus Targets Barrier Percentage +75%
Ability 3
Captivating Read
30s
Press

Target an area with latent magic, applying slow. The magic detonates after a delay, dealing Spirit Damage and applying Immobilize.

0.15s
Cast delay
30m
Cast range
7.5m
Radius
90
Damage
1AP Cooldown -11s
2AP Immobilize Duration +1s
5AP +7.5m Radius On Hit: Reduce Spirit Resist by 0% for 0s — Spirit Resist -18%, Debuff duration +6s, Radius +1m
Ability 4
Rallying Charge
190s
Instant cast

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.

0.7s
Channel time
600m
Cast range
13s
Duration
125
Damage
1AP Heal Amount +150
2AP Increase width by +5 Steeds 190s Cooldown — Knight Count +4, Knight Count In First Wave +4, Cooldown -30s
5AP +125 Damage +1s Stun Duration +100% Max Amp — Damage +160, Stun duration +0.5s, Max Amp +50
Guidehow to play

Paige, the Bookbinder, is a spirit support-enchanter who doubles as a CC nuker. She keeps your core alive with Plot Armor barriers that also buff their weapon damage, sets up kills with Captivating Read's delayed root, and swings fights she isn't even standing in with the map-wide Rallying Charge. Complexity 1 with a very forgiving floor — only the lockdown combo raises the ceiling — so she's a clean pick for new players who want to win lanes and close games rather than hard-carry them.

Early game

Paige is a strong lane bully despite being support. Her gun, Chapter's End, is a long-range projectile (35 per shot, 7000 range) — buy High-Velocity Rounds and use it purely to poke and deny souls from a safe distance. Shield yourself with Plot Armor to win every trade, since the barrier hands you bonus weapon damage while it holds. Drop Bookwyrm across the wave for the burning DoT trail to control creeps and zone the enemy off the orbs. The highest win-rate opener is Plot Armor → Plot Armor → Bookwyrm to front-load the laning spike; if you're playing for teamfight lockdown instead, rush Captivating Read. Restorative Locket sustain is so strong you rarely have to base.

Mid game

This is your power window. With cooldown reduction and a reliable slow source you start chaining Captivating Read into Bookwyrm on grouped enemies and rotating to gank side lanes. Hunt early picks: slow or lock a target, drop the delayed detonation so the root can't be dodged, and let your team collapse on the immobilized enemy. The reworked Urn capture circle is perfect for you — the Bookwyrm trail plus Captivating Read are made for zoning a king-of-the-hill point. Keep Plot Armor on whoever is diving in so they trade up while you poke from the back.

Late game

Full teamfight enchanter-nuker. Stack Plot Armor with Divine Barrier on your carry to eat a dive — that's two shields plus the weapon-damage buff turning your protected core into a kill threat. Open fights with Vortex Web to clump enemies into Captivating Read's root, then layer Bookwyrm and amp everything with spirit-amp stacking. Save Rallying Charge for cross-map use: cast it from far away so the spectral knights travel the full distance for peak heal and damage amp, swinging an objective you're nowhere near. Base HP is down 10 for everyone this patch, so your spirit burst closes kills faster than ever.

Combos & tricks

Core lockdown: Captivating Read (slow) → Vortex Web (pull and clump) → Bookwyrm's burning trail detonating on the bunched group → optional Rallying Charge, with Alchemical Fire layered on top for stacked ground DoT. Guarantee the root by hitting a slippery target with Knockdown or Slowing Hex first so Captivating Read's delayed immobilize is undodgeable. Echo Shard double-casts let you back-to-back Captivating Read for a perma-root window, or twin Bookwyrm to one-shot a clumped wave. Amp stacking — Mystic Vulnerability plus Escalating Exposure on your trail and AoE ticks — ramps the multiplier each tick, scaling the ult and every follow-up.

Buildsbuy order matters
Laning1600
High-Velocity Rounds Extra Spirit Mystic Burst Restorative Locket Sprint Boots

Win the lane outright: High-Velocity Rounds makes your projectile deny and poke safely, Extra Spirit and Mystic Burst power up Bookwyrm and Captivating Read trades, and Restorative Locket gives busted sustain so you never base. Sprint Boots keep you mobile for peel and rotations.

Mid game3200
Mystic Vulnerability Improved Spirit Slowing Hex Compress Cooldown Healbane

Spike into your combo window. Mystic Vulnerability multiplies every ability and ult tick, Improved Spirit is your scaling backbone, Slowing Hex is the active lock that guarantees Captivating Read lands, and Compress Cooldown lets you spam barriers and CC. Healbane cuts enemy sustain in the burst meta.

Late game6400
Vortex Web Echo Shard Knockdown Escalating Exposure Boundless Spirit

Turn fights into deletions. Vortex Web pulls enemies into Captivating Read and Bookwyrm, Echo Shard double-casts the root or the burst, Knockdown gives long-range lockdown on anyone, Escalating Exposure ramps amp on every DoT tick, and Boundless Spirit tops off all your stats.

Situational4000
Divine Barrier Enchanter's Emblem Indomitable Diviner's Kevlar Greater Expansion

Versus slippery dive heroes — Victor, Drifter, Sinclair — go survival. Divine Barrier stacks with Plot Armor for a clutch carry save, Enchanter's Emblem buffs whoever you barrier, Indomitable and Diviner's Kevlar keep you alive when focused, and Greater Expansion widens Captivating Read and Knockdown so the dive can't sidestep your CC.

Tips & tricks
→Plot Armor isn't only for allies — shield yourself in lane to gain the weapon-damage buff and win every poke trade.
→Captivating Read is telegraphed, so always slow or lock the target first (Slowing Hex, Knockdown) so the delayed root can't be walked out of.
→Cast Rallying Charge from across the map, not point-blank — its heal and damage amp scale with how far the knights travel.
→Vortex Web is your combo enabler: pull enemies into a single clump, then Captivating Read and Bookwyrm hit all of them at once.
→Stack Plot Armor and Divine Barrier on the same carry to absorb a full dive — two shields plus a damage buff turns peel into pressure.
→Build Indomitable or Diviner's Kevlar into mobile burst divers like Victor and Lash who sidestep your CC before barriers matter.
Common questions

Is Paige good for beginners?

Yes. She's complexity 1 — a forgiving support with self-shielding and a strong lane. The only hard part is the Vortex Web into Captivating Read clump-and-root combo, and you can win plenty of games before you master it.

Is Paige a weapon or spirit hero?

Spirit, firmly. Chapter's End just wins the lane through poke and denies, but every meta item and all of her scaling — Bookwyrm, Captivating Read, the barriers, the ult — runs off spirit power and CC.

What should I max first on Paige?

It depends on the lane. Top win-rate laners open Plot Armor twice plus Bookwyrm for the laning spike; the teamfight build prioritizes Captivating Read (and Bookwyrm) for lockdown. Pick by what your lane needs.

How do I play Rallying Charge well?

Cast it from far across the map. The heal and damage amplification grow the further the knights travel, so it's a cross-map save or fight swing, never a point-blank nuke.

Profilevs roster
Health 5 Mobility 51 Burst 86 Sustain 96 Range 70 Ammo 37
Health 680
Regen 2/s
Move speed 6.9 m/s
Stamina 3
Burst DPS 70
Sustained 51.6
Range 58 m
Ammo 14
Primary weapon
Chapter's End
Projectile
70
DPS
35
Bullet damage
2rps
Fire rate
14
Ammo
2.5s
Reload
51.6
Sustained DPS
23
Shots to down
13.5s
Time to kill
14
Weak-spot shots
490
Clip damage
vs 780 HP · body · no resist
Damage falloff100% → 10%
0m20m57.5m177.8m
Melee 42Light 120Heavy
Matchups
Plays well into
Wraith ~53.2% Drifter ~51.0% McGinnis ~51.0% Paradox ~51.0%
Struggles into
Calico ~42.2% Rem ~42.5% Abrams ~49.0% Celeste ~49.0%
LoreSkins →

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.

Win rate, skill order, builds and matchups are sample until the match API lands. Abilities, weapon math and the stat profile are real client data.

Update history8
Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026May 22, 2026
  • Bookwyrm T2 improved from -8s Cooldown to -12s
  • Rallying Charge T3 increased from +135 Damage to +160
  • Rallying Charge now has half cooldown if it hits no allies or enemies
Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026Apr 30, 2026
  • Stamina increased from 2 to 3
  • Dash speed reduced to slow bucket
  • Plot Armor cooldown reduced from 30s to 28s
  • Bookwyrm recharge timer reduced from 8s to 7s
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026Mar 06, 2026
  • Conjure Dragon renamed to Bookwyrm
  • Bookwyrm fixed initial location not starting where you click it
  • Bookwyrm cooldown increased from 30s to 33s
  • Bookwyrm T1 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "+2s Trail Duration and +1m Width"
  • Bookwyrm T2 changed from "+2s Trail Duration" to "-8s Cooldown and +10m Travel Range"
01-30-2026 UpdateJan 30, 2026
  • Defend and Fight barrier reduced from 150 to 125
  • Captivating Read damage reduced from 120 to 90
11-21-2025 UpdateNov 21, 2025
  • Base gun damage and gun damage growth increased by 10% (excluding Paige)
  • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.66 to 0.52
  • Defend and Fight! barrier reduced from 200 to 150
  • Defend and Fight! duration reduced from 7s to 5s
  • Defend and Fight! T1 changed from +50 Barrier to +16% Fire Rate (with 0.15 Spirit Power scaling)
10-02-2025 UpdateOct 02, 2025
  • * Paige: Bullet projectile speed increased by 15%
  • * Paige: Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.8 to 0.66
  • * Paige: Defend and Fight! duration increased from 5s to 7s
  • * Paige: Defend and Fight! cooldown increased from 26s to 30s
  • * Paige: Captivating Read reduced cooldown from 30s to 25s
09-04-2025 UpdateSep 04, 2025
  • Defend and Fight! barrier spirit power scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.6
Paige Writes Her Own StoryAug 25, 2025
  • Spotlight: Paige
  • Citizens of Manhattan will learn to appreciate the power of the written word when Paige joins the fight. With the mere toss of a book she can Conjure Dragons that sear enemies who get too close, or bind them to the ground with Captivating Read. Waning allies will find themselves emboldened by Defend and Fight, granting them the courage to fight another day. Fantasy becomes reality with Rallying Charge, summoning an entire cavalry to gallop across the city. - 'We can't wait to see how this story plays out.'
Raw data & APIopen JSON from the client
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