We’ve been working on a special retail edition of our new MOBA, Paragon — called the Paragon Essentials Edition. The Essentials Edition includes everything you need to start killing me on the battlefields of Agora, including a launch-exclusive Wasteland Twinblast skin.
We put together the Essentials Edition so that even if you’ve already bought a Founder’s Pack, you’ll still find the Essentials Edition an awesome deal when it hits stores on June 7.
The Paragon Essentials Edition includes
• 6,000 Paragon Coins (worth $60).
• In-game currency to spend on additional Master Challenges, skins, boosts, and other items that I’ll see as you stand over my corpse.
• Five Hero Master Challenges.
• Each Master Challenge immediately grants a Challenger skin and permanent XP boost, plus unlocks unique rewards as you play, including a taunt (that you’ll use on me) and the Master skin.
• Includes Master Challenges for Twinblast, Sevarog, Iggy & Scorch, and two soon-to-be-announced Heroes.
• Five Skins, including the launch-exclusive Wasteland Twinblast skin.
• For now, you can only get the Wasteland Twinblast skin in the Essentials Edition.
• Five Rep Boosts (each lasts for three wins).
• Rep boosts speed up how quickly you earn Rep, which you can spend on card packs, Master Challenges, and more.
If you play a lot of Paragon, the 6,000 Paragon Coins is worth it by itself. The whole Essentials Edition is more than $160 in value (based on in-game currency) for only $59.99.
For those of you who pre-order the Essentials Edition, you’ll get an extra 1,000 Paragon Coins upon pickup, which you can use to buy more Master Challenges, skins, and boosts.
You can pre-order the Essentials Edition at GameStop, Best Buy, Amazon, Target, and Walmart right now.
We'd like to introduce you to the latest Hero. We call this Ranger... GRIM.exe. GRIM, the imp, controls his sentry combat robot who executes his every command. Get your first look at GRIM.exe below. You'll be able to play GRIM.exe as part of our update on Tuesday, May 10.
The TL;DR on GRIM.exe is that he uses his battle unit to attack at range. His pulse cannon features a passive with bonus damage every eight seconds. His other abilities allow GRIM.exe to shield himself, slow enemies or knock them back. His Gyro Targeted Force Orb ultimate homes to a target while passing through objects and non-Hero units.
As always, all Heroes in Paragon are free, so if you're in Early Access you'll be able to jump in as GRIM.exe and battle responsibly on Tuesday. If you're not in Early Access yet, you can pick up a Founder's Pack to get into the action. See you on the battlefield!
We’d like to introduce you to the latest Hero. We call this Support Tank … Riktor. He’s a cyborg with serious reach. Get your first look at Riktor below. You’ll be able to play Riktor as part of our update on Tuesday, May 31.
The TL;DR on Riktor is that he is a melee tank who specializes in crowd control. He's a powerful initiator who brings order to the battlefield by locking down targets and pacifying enemies. His Riplash ability reaches out with his electric chain and pulls in enemy Heroes and/or minions while dealing damage. His Shock Therapy disrupts enemies by silencing them and his Skewer Ultimate uses a web of chains to damage and stun everyone in his path.
As always, all Heroes in Paragon are free, so if you're in Early Access you'll be able to jump in as Riktor on Tuesday. If you're not in Early Access yet, you can pick up a Founder's Pack to get into the action. See you on the battlefield!
Free Open beta, new Hero and major changes all heading to Paragon
Epic Games is happy to announce today that its forthcoming MOBA, Paragon will be moving into Free Open Beta on August 16 allowing even more PC and PlayStation 4 owners to join the battle for lane supremacy.
Ahead of this, on July 21, existing Early Access players will get a brand new Hero, Khaimera. This melee fighter is Paragon’s first duelist who specializes in disrupting team fights with close-up encounters. His Pounce leaps to a target enemy Hero, briefly stunning that Hero and dealing Physical Damage around him.
While engaged in fights, Khaimera’s Spirit Regeneration stacks more health regen with each basic attack. His Ultimate, Cull, deals a large amount of damage, both rooting and isolating a target from allies.
Finally, Epic today confirmed a number of big changes planned for Paragon, including an all-new Draft Mode, changes to gameplay, and more. Further details can be found in an in-depth blog found on Paragon's blog.
Paragon is available now in paid Early Access for PC and PlayStation 4, and will be available in open beta on August 16. For more information, head over to paragon.com.
Paragon's New Hero Khaimera Released, Overview Trailer
Khaimera has arrived!
Khaimera is available for you to play right now with the release of our 27.1 update! If you’ve missed any of our Khaimera trailers be sure to check out the announce trailer here and the overview video here.
The TL;DR on Khaimera is that he is a melee fighter who specializes in disrupting team fights with close-up encounters. His Pounce leaps to a target enemy Hero, briefly stunning that Hero and dealing Physical Damage around him. While he’s engaged in fights, his Spirit Regeneration stacks more health regen with each basic attack. His Ultimate, Cull, deals a large amount of damage, both rooting and isolating a target from allies.