Strix

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**Strix** ▶️ is a Damage Champion in Paladins, added on August 23rd, 2017.

## Lore

* Current Official Bio
* Unofficial Updated Bio
* Old Official Bio

This is Strix's official bio currently found in his champion page in-game.

Having spent most of his life in the military, Strix was an invaluable member of the Sentinels, tasked with training their elite sharpshooters like Kinessa. He was reassigned after the unit was disbanded — sent to the front lines with the regular army as it put down the Resistance.

Always the calm and composed professional, he is the master of stealth and camouflage, able to pick off high-value targets before the enemy is even aware of his presence — or that they are under attack at all. Now, all he asks is where he should set his sights next.

This is an unofficial version of Strix's bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding him. Sources can be found here.

Strix has spent most of his life in the military, naturally landing him in the elite Magistrate unit known as the Sentinels, where he was tasked with training their other sharpshooters such as Kinessa; however following the failed final mission and subsequent disbanding of the group, Strix was reassigned to the front lines in battles against the Resistance.

At a later point, following Corvus' release of Raum, as with most of the Magistrate, Strix was not satisfied with him and decided to investigate in an attempt to figure out what was going on behind the scenes. During this, he met up with Tyra, who wanted to know the same thing, and as the two shared no individual bad blood with another from their time in the Sentinels, they decided to work together, later coming into conflict with Corvus directly. Despite this, Strix is still part of the Magistrate.

In the Lost Future, Strix would seemingly be killed by the Darkness in the Magistrate's Archives.

This was Strix's in-game bio prior to the The Damned Frontier update. It's no longer considered canon.

Having spent most of his life in the military, Strix was an invaluable member of the Sentinels, tasked with training their elite sharpshooters. He was reassigned after the unit was disbanded, sent to the front lines with the regular army as it prepared to put down the resistance.

Always the calm and composed professional, he is the master of stealth and camouflage, able to pick off high value targets before the enemy is even aware of his presence--or that they are under attack at all.

## Summary

Strix is one of two snipers along with Kinessa. He is the first champion capable of switching between his primary and secondary weapons. His ultimate is a flashbang grenade, which is a non-lethal ordnance that can blind his enemies for a short period of time. His sniper rifle can deal 1200 damage per round to the body or limb. A headshot can deal 1800 damage, forcing most of his enemies to immediately retreat and hide from him. His pistol deals less damage but is useful for engaging in close-quarters situations.

## Skills

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Talon Rifle / Pistol

1200 /1.2s — 165 /0.15s

Description
A rifle and pistol combination for eliminating your targets. Your rifle deals 1200 damage every 1.2s and your pistol deals 165 damage every 0.15s.

Details

Detailed Description**Talon Rifle**: A powerful rifle that fires every 1.2s, dealing 1200 damage. Has a maximum Ammo count of 5 and is fully effective up to 500 units.

**Pistol**: An automatic pistol that shoots every 0.15s, dealing 165 damage. Has a maximum Ammo count of 15 and is fully effective up to 55 units.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Both weapons can do headshots (1800 Rifle and 248 pistol damage).
* Rifle:
	+ Is bolt action.
	+ Has a reload time of 2.5s and can be animation canceled after 2s.
	+ Has extremely low accuracy when not using Scope.
	+ Gains 7.75% ultimate charge per attack.
* Pistol:
	+ Has a reload time of 1.5s and can be animation canceled after 1s.
	+ Has damage falloff with a maximum reduction of ~60%.
	+ Has accuracy bloom.
	+ Has high recoil.
	+ Is automatic — does not require individual presses for each shot.
	+ Gains 1.5% ultimate charge per attack.

Ability Video
* First
* Second

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Scope / Flare

/ — 300

Description
Look down your rifle scope to gain increased accuracy or fire off a flare to reveal your enemies.

Details

Detailed Description**Scope**: Look down your scope and greatly increase your Accuracy.

**Flare**: Fire a Flare that Reveals enemies in a large area. Hitting an enemy with Flare deals 200 damage and an additional 100 damage over 2s. The radius of Flare's Reveal is 45 units and Flare persists for 7 seconds.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Scope
	+ Can be used while jumping.
	+ Takes 0.2s to bring up.
* Flare
	+ Has a cooldown of 12s.
	+ The projectile will fly for up to 7s or until it hits terrain.
	+ Reveals enemies near the projectile and for 3s in a large area of effect after it explodes.
	+ If the projectile hits a target before exploding, it'll disappear and will instead deal 200 damage to the target, followed by 10 ticks of 10 damage over 2s while burning. The target is revealed for the duration.
	+ Generates a total of 2% ultimate charge if it hits a target.

Ability Video
* First
* Second

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Quick Switch

Description
Swap between your Talon Rifle and Pistol.

Cooldown 1

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Stealth

Description
Enter stealth and hide yourself from vision. While in Stealth your energy is consumed.

Details

Detailed DescriptionEnter Stealth and hide yourself from vision. Entering Stealth consumes 33% of your Energy and requires at least 40% Energy to cast. While Stealthed, your Energy is drained over time. Getting too close to an enemy will Reveal you to them.

**Passive** Stealth Energy

You have Energy, which is used to Stealth and regenerates over time.
* Has 100 stealth resource.
* Has an activation time of .5s.
* Instantly consumes 33 resource upon activation.
* Consumes 12 resource per second while active.
* Cannot be activated below 40 resource.
* Regenerates 4 resource per second while inactive.
* Resource regeneration starts only after the cooldown is over.
* Plays a distinct noise around Strix while the skill is active, which gets louder as the stealth resource get lower.

Ability Video

Ultimate ▶️

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Flashbang

250

Description
Blind your enemies and deal 250 damage with an explosive flashbang.

Details

Detailed DescriptionThrow a Flashbang grenade that detonates on contact, Blinding neaby enemies for 3s and dealing up to 250 damage. The explosion has a radius of 80 units.▶️ “Flash out!” (Self/Enemy)

▶️ “I'm Gone!” (Ally)

* This ability deals Area Damage.
* Deals 250 damage to targets hit by the explosion.
* Has damage falloff.
* Blind duration depends on how far the target is from the explosion's center.
* Flashbang has a large range, but sharp falloff.
* Cannot see revealed targets through blindness.

Ability Video

## Talents

NocturnalDefault Talent

Reduce the rate of Stealth Energy consumption by 50% and increase your Movement Speed by 20% while in Stealth.

Unauthorized UseUnlocks at Mastery Level 2

Flare deals 250% base damage, has significantly increased Projectile Speed, and has its Cooldown reduced by 10s, but no longer Reveals enemies.

Details

* Flare will have a base cooldown of 5 seconds.
* Flare will now deal 500 damage upon initial contact, and then 25 ticks of damage every 0.1 seconds over 2 seconds, For a total damage of 750 damage.

Crack ShotUnlocks at Mastery Level 8

Talon Rifle gains non-scoped Accuracy, but deals 900 Damage, its Effective Range reduced to 200, and applies a 50 damage Burn over 1.5s. Stackable 3 times and refreshes on hit.

## Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Strix:

## Pre-Built Loadouts

All of the following cards are in Strix's pre-built loadouts:

* Nocturnal
* Unauthorized Use
* Crack Shot

Nocturnal

Guerilla Tactics

Generate 45 Energy after getting an Elimination.
3

Roost

Hits with Talon Rifle generate 4% Ultimate charge.
4

Tactical Retreat

Increase your Movement Speed by 40% for 2s after entering Stealth.
4

Grizzled

Increase your maximum Health by 100.
2

Stalker

Increase your Reload Speed by 20% while Stealth is active.
2

Unauthorized Use

Dexterous

Reduce the time it takes to Quick Switch to your Pistol by 40%.
4

Resourceful

While you have your Talon Rifle equipped, the Cooldown of Flare is reduced by 0.6s every 1s.
3

Infused Crystals

Increase the maximum Ammo count of both your weapons by 2.
2

Guerilla Tactics

Generate 45 Energy after getting an Elimination.
3

Tactical Retreat

Increase your Movement Speed by 30% for 2s after entering Stealth.
3

Crack Shot

Flare XL

Increase the area that Flare will Reveal enemies by 50%.
5

Grizzled

Increase your maximum Health by 100.
2

Infused Crystals

Increase the maximum Ammo count of both your weapons by 2.
2

Overburn

Flare lasts 1.8s longer.
3

Relentless

Reduce the Movement Speed penalty of Scope by 60%.
3

## Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Strix:

### Champion Skin Collections

* Default
* Phoenix
* Raven
* Coldsnap
* Bad Mother Clucker
* Switch
* Infiltrator
* Mercenary
* Remix
* Redux
* Hustler
* Swindler
* Scalebane
* Dragonsbane
* Golden

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### Emotes

* Default
* 360 No Scope
* Bold Bird

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* Mission Accomplished
* Recline

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## Trivia

* General
* Champion Skins

* Lore
* Cameos
* References
* Other

**Lore**

* Strix is still very much part of the Magistrate despite fighting against Corvus in his teaser trailer. He had grown suspicious of what was going on behind the scenes with Corvus and decided to investigate, where he encountered Tyra, who wanted to know the same thing, and as the two shared no bad blood due to past experiences in the Sentinels, decided to temporarily work together.
* Based on a dev statement revealing Viktor to be around 5'9 or 175cm tall and comparing it to model sizes in-game and out of game, it was discovered that Strix would be around 6' or 182cm tall.

**Cameos**

Strix appears in the following content:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ *A Realm Divided* - Cinematic
	+ *Corvus' Teaser Trailer*
	+ *Yagorath's Teaser Trailer*
	+ *Battlegrounds Trailer*
	+ *Team Deathmatch Trailer*

* **Cards**
	+ *Collateral Damage* - Yagorath Card

Notable Characters that appear in Strix's own content includes:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ Kinessa, Pip, Viktor, and Willo - *Strix's Teaser Trailer*\*

**References**

* Strix's name may have be taken from a mythological owl of bad omen.
* The kill taunt against Ash "How many shots to get to the center of a frontline?" (▶️) is a reference to a phrase commonly assosiated with Tootsie Pops.
* The line "Remain silent, and be thought a fool. Or speak, and remove all doubt." (▶️) is a reference to a similar quote by Abraham Lincoln, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
* The emote "360 No Scope" references a technique in games of spinning a character 360 degrees before firing and killing an enemy with a sniper rifle without using the scope.
* One of Strix's intro quotes references the 2003 song Many Men by 50 Cent

**Other**

* Strix is tied with Khan, Lian, and Jenos as having received the most unique skins from Battle Passes, though Strix obtained one minor skin as well (this being the 'Bad Mother Clucker' skin in the first Battle Pass).
* In older versions of Paladins, there used to be a number of additional recolors of default champions. For Strix, these recolors included the Ghillie skin.
* Having been present in the mobile game 'Paladins Strike', Strix received a unique skin exclusive to Strike. This skin would be Shrouded Sentinel Strix.

**Champion Skins**

* **Phoenix**
	+ A phoenix is a mythological bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again.

* **Raven**
	+ You know what a raven is.

* **Coldsnap**
	+ This skin may possibly be named after a weather phenomenon known as a cold wave, also occasionally referred to as a cold snap.
	+ This skin was a promotional reward for attending Hi-Rez Expo in 2018; it shares this trait with HRX 2018 Drogoz, Expo 2018 Seris, and Silvertongue Vivian.
	+ This skin shares its theme with Coldsnap Furia.

* **Bad Mother Clucker**
	+ It's Strix wearing a chicken hat. That name though, yeah, that's... that's not one we cover here.

* **Switch**
	+ This skin is a promotional skin for players who connect their Nintendo account.

* **Infiltrator**
	+ The line "I can spend 6 days in cover waiting for a target. Don't get impatient." (▶️) is a reference to real-life snipers, who often wait extended periods of time to take a single shot.
	+ This skin's splash art appears as a spray.
	+ This skin was removed from all chests it was in, for it to later appear as a Twitch Prime reward; it shares this trait with Firecracker Willo, Xeno-Buster Ash, Carnival Ying, and Omega Dredge.
		- Though the Infiltrator skin in particular was later added to other chests.

* **Mercenary**
	+ This skin is heavily based on the Mandalorian, who were a clan-based ethnic group from Star Wars.
	+ This skin shares its theme with Dune Crawler Cassie, Galactic Scion Lian, Dark Lord Torvald and Ebon Star Zhin.

* **Remix / Redux**
	+ Redux Strix was the first Limited skin to be available in a Battle Pass. It would remain the only one with this trait until the Steel Forged Battle Pass.
	+ These skins shares their theme with Remix Seris, Remix Pip, Remix Jenos, Raeve Maeve, Neon Demon Grohk, and Salt Io.

* **Hustler / Swindler**
	+ These skins are known as 'The Phantom Hand'. They're wanted for counting cards, loading dice, dirty dealing, impersonating a member of the clergy, improperly filed tax returns, and armed snobbery.
	+ The line "Well, forgive me if I don't shake your hand, pardner." (▶️) is a reference to the film Tombstone.
	+ These skins appear during Khan's emote "Orders" when using either the Safecracker Khan or Saboteur Khan skins.
	+ Gunslinger Tyra is present in these skins' splash art.
	+ The Hustler skin appears in the Wanted Man and Smoked avatars.
	+ These skins share their theme with Bounty Hunter Lex, Headhunter Lex, Safecracker Khan, Saboteur Khan, Gunslinger Tyra, and Bandit Tyra.

* **Scalebane / Dragonsbane**
	+ The line "No, I don't think I will." (▶️) may be a reference to a line from Captain America at the end of Avengers: Endgame.
	+ An early concept for the Scalebane skin shows some minor differences, such as wearing a shirt.
	+ These skins share their theme with Draconic Fighter Viktor, Hunter's Bane Viktor, Draconic Enforcer Khan, Ironscale Khan, Solfire Furia, Dragonslayer Furia, and Draconian Huntress Ash.

## Changelog

➤ October 12th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.6.4848.0
* Talents
	+ **Crack Shot**
		- Now also reduces Talon Rifle’s Damage from 1200 ➞ 900.
		- Removed Headshot penalty.
		- Now also grants perfect unscoped accuracy.
	+ **Nocturnal**
		- Now also grants 20% Movement Speed while Stealthed.

➤ August 17th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.5.4747.1
* Abilities
	+ **Flare**
		- Cooldown sped up from 15s ➞ 12s
	+ **Flashbang**
		- Damage Increased from 150 ➞ 250

➤ June 29th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.4.4675.4
* General
	+ Base Health increased 2000 ➞ 2150

➤ May 11th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.3.4597.1
* Abilities
	+ **Stealth**
		- Increased Stealth resource consumption per second 10 ➞ 12
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Strix’s HUD overlay for his Scope ability was slightly off-center.

➤ September 15th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.6.4252.6‎
* Abilities
	+ **Talon Rifle**
		- Reduced the time after a shot before you can shoot again 1.25s ➞ 1.2s
	+ **Pistol**
		- Reduced vertical and horizontal recoil by 15%
		- NEW: Now automatic — does not require individual presses for each shot

➤ January 6th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.1.3942.2
* Abilities
	+ **Talon Rifle/Pistol**
		- Talon Rifle
			* Post-hit delay increased 1s ➞ 1.25s

➤ October 28th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.5.3881.0
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the Overburn card did not function.
	+ Fixed an issue where the Scope UI was not centered properly on the screen.

➤ June 3th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.3.3661.5
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the Dragonsbane and Scalebane Strix skins did not play voice lines for “Awesome”, “Woohoo”, “You Rock”, and “I’m the Greatest” VGS commands.

➤ April 29th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.3.3657.3
* Cards
	+ Cooled Mags
		- Increased time between Ammo regeneration ticks 1.5s ➞ 2s
	+ Infused Crystals
		- Reduced maximum Ammo increase {2|2} ➞ {1|1}

➤ January 8th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.1.3487.7
* Health
	+ Reduced base Health 2100 ➞ 2000
* Talents
	+ **Unauthorized Use**
		- Decreased Damage 400% ➞ 250%
* Talents
	+ **Crack Shot**
		- Renamed to Elemental Bullet
		- OLD: Hitting an enemy with Talon Rifle increased the damage you deal to that enemy with your Pistol by 20% for 4s
		- NEW: Talon Rifle now deals an additional 60 damage over 3s, stacking up to 3 times. This damage refreshes on additional hits.
		- Talon Rifle can no longer headshot
* Abilities
	+ **Pistol**
		- Reduced base damage 220 ➞ 165
		- Increased Ammo count 10 ➞ 15
		- Reduced base inaccuracy by 20%
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Strix’s Flashbang Blind would last longer than the ability description stated it should.
	+ Added Burning VFX to targets hit by Talon Rifle while Strix had the Crack Shot talent equipped in 1P.
	+ Added the Burning HUD icon to targets hit by Talon Rifle while Strix had the Crack Shot talent equipped in 1P.

➤ September 11th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.10.3351.2
* Cards
	+ Roost
		- NEW: Hits on players with Talon Rifle grant {1|1}% ultimate charge.
	+ Dexterous
		- Reduced effectiveness {20|20}% ➞ {10|10}%
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Roost would proc on shields and deployables.

➤ July 17th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.8.3275.5
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue that allowed players to unintentionally break the weapon swap animation between pistol and Talon Rifle.
	+ Strix now properly still displays the VFX tracer on his scoped weapon shots after firing unscoped weapon shots.
	+ Strix’s Stealth ability icon now is properly marked “disabled” when it is unable to be activated.

➤ May 22nd, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.6.3199.7
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where players would experience a solid black screen after being affected by Strixes Flashbang ability.
	+ Fixed missing flashbang textures on Redux & Remix skin.

➤ February 13th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.2.3058.5
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Flare XL no longers reveals enemies with Unauthorized Use

➤ January 16th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.1.3013.12
* Talents
	+ Ambush removed
	+ Unauthorized Use no longer reveals
	+ Unauthorized Use projectile speed increased 100 ➞ 250
	+ Unauthorized Use now unlocked at Champion Mastery Level 2

* Cards
	+ Overburn – NEW: Flare lasts {0.6|0.6}s longer

➤ September 11th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.5.2800
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Strix could pick up the key while invisible and stay invisible in Dragon’s

➤ July 18th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.3.2738
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Updated Footsteps Audio which was louder than intended to enemy players.

➤ June 6th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.1.2670.1
* **Scope**
	+ Increased Scope’s zoom distance

➤ April 26th, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.70.2609
* **Card**
	+ **Overburn**
		- Flare's reveal effect lasts an additional {1|1}s ➞ {0.6|0.6}s.

➤ March 28th, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.68.2559
* **Flare** (Ability)
	+ Now reveals through stealth.
	+ Now reveals to teammates.
	+ Reduced Radius 120 ➞ 45.
	+ Added 3p Reveal VFX.
* **Talon Rifle** Side arm
	+ Reduced Damage from 250 to 220
* **Cards**
	+ **Bushwhack**
		- Swapping to your Pistol grants {5|5}% Lifesteal for 2s ➞ 3s.
	+ **Cooled Mags**
		- Every 2s ➞ 1.5s your inactive Weapon generates {1|1} Ammo.
	+ **Flare XL**
		- Increase the Reveal range of Flare by {20|20}% ➞ {10|10}%.
	+ **Resourceful**
		- [Quick Switch] Every 2s ➞ 1s seconds your rifle is out, the cooldown of Flare is reduced by {0.25|0.25} ➞ {0.20|0.20}.

➤ December 18th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.64.2312
* Health increased from 2000 to 2100.
* **Cards**
	+ **Relentless**
		- [Scope] Reduce the movement speed penalty of Scope by {10|10}%.
		- Rescaled so that maximum rank Movement Speed penalty reduction is still 100%.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Unauthorized Use**
		- New.
		- [Flare] Increase the Projectile Speed of Flare by 100, increase its Damage by {255|15}%, and reduce its Cooldown by 10s.

➤ September 20th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.59.2111.2
* **General**
	+ Fixed a bug where Strix would not autobuy items.
	+ Fixed a bug where activating Stealth could cancel the postfire of the Talon Rifle.

➤ September 7th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.58.2083
* **Talon Rifle**
	+ Damage reduced from 1300 to 1200.
* **Flare**
	+ Fixed a bug where flare was revealing enemies to Strix's team, now only reveals enemies to Strix.
* **Stealth**
	+ Increased the initial energy cost of stealth by 65%
	+ Reduced the Stealth energy charge rate by 20%
	+ Increased the Minimum energy level required to enter stealth by 33%
* **Flashbang**
	+ Augmented the blind effect to be less jarring.

➤ August 23rd, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.57.2045
* Strix was added to the game.

## Removed Content

* Strix/Removed Content

1. ↑ Evil Mojo Podcast Episode 1, YouTube
2. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
3. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
4. ↑ Jeff Bellio on ArtStation