Tyra Guide: Why the Most Played Champion Just Works
Tyra, The Untamed, is the most played champion in Paladins — our analysis of recorded ranked matches puts her pick rate at #1 of all 58 champions. No mobility tricks, no resource systems: a hitscan rifle with built-in 15% lifesteal, a grenade, a fire bomb that burns percent-of-max-health, and 2400 HP — the tankiest damage dealer in the game.
Everything below is verified against the final patch and the wiki changelog, with talent winrates pulled from PaladinsGuru match data. Two freshness checks: Burn, Monster! no longer cripples (removed in patch 5.2), and Hunting Party lost its second Mark charge in patch 7.1 — if a guide mentions either, it is describing an older game.
Pick a talent below for its loadout, items, and playstyle. Burn, Monster! leads both winrate and pick rate — but all three change how she plays, not just how hard she hits.
A hitscan assault rifle with 35 ammo, fully effective to 115 units (~1278 DPS). Every bullet heals you for 15% of its damage — sustained fire is also sustained healing.
An underslung grenade with no projectile drop and 500-unit range. Splash reaches 10 units; it also damages and knocks back Tyra herself at point blank — aim at feet, not faces.
A fire pool that lasts 6s and spreads from impact, burning 9% of maximum health per tick — the bigger the target, the harder it burns. Damages deployables and keeps burning 0.6s after enemies leave.
Marks an enemy up to 500 units away (the in-game tooltip says 300 — it is wrong), revealing them to your whole team and amplifying your weapon damage against them by 15%.
Refills the magazine and removes ammo consumption while boosting fire rate to ~3870 DPS. Not an “I win” button — a damage window. Open it when you have a clear line on the enemy front line.
Fire Bomb deals 30% more damage and applies a 60% reduced-healing effect to everyone standing in it. The stat leader by both numbers: 50.8% winrate and 42.8% pick rate. Note: the old cripple effect was removed in patch 5.2 — guides still mentioning it are outdated.
The most-played Tyra loadout in recorded ranked matches (3,300+ on PaladinsGuru): everything accelerates or armors the Fire Bomb cycle.
- Throw Fire Bomb at the objective, not at people — an 11.7% max-HP burn plus 60% anti-heal makes the point uninhabitable for tanks.
- Fight at 100–115 units from cover: full weapon effectiveness, grenade poke, and room to retreat.
- Mark the tank your team is focusing — 15% weaken plus the burn melts front lines faster than any duelist.
- Your lifesteal outheals chip damage; your positioning must handle everything else, because nothing in the kit will save you from a dive.
Nade Launcher gets 3 charges at 650 damage each (max one per second) — up to 1950 area damage on demand. The casual favorite: second-highest pick rate, but the lowest winrate of her talents (47.2%).
A grenade-cycle build: every nade heals you, shields you, and refills the rifle — brawl rhythm instead of siege rhythm.
- Three grenades delete squishies: two directs is a kill on most flanks and supports.
- Spread the charges — one to poke, one to confirm, one held for the escape attempt.
- Respect the one-per-second limit: pre-fire rhythm, not panic spam.
- Statistically the weakest talent in ranked — take it for fun or lobbies where landing nades is easy.
Hunter’s Mark weakens its target for your entire team, not just you. It is applied as a damage-taken debuff, so it stacks fully with ally damage buffs. Patch 7.1 removed the second Mark charge — older guides are out of date. Lowest pick rate (18.6%) because it needs coordination.
The second most-played Guru loadout: near-permanent Mark uptime with speed and healing tied to your target.
- Mark the focus target the moment a fight starts — a team-wide 15% damage amp decides tank duels.
- This is a voice-comms talent: in solo queue nobody follows your mark, and the value evaporates.
- Mark divers as they engage — the reveal alone turns their flank into a walk into five crosshairs.
- Your personal damage stays unchanged, so play the same cover-hugging rifle game while your team hits harder.
Tyra has no movement ability at all — the only damage champion with zero escapes. Caught out of position, she dies; her entire defense is cover, peel, and the 15% lifesteal. See where Tyra sits in our tier list →
Is Tyra good in 2026?
Here is the honest version: Tyra is B-tier in our community-consensus tier list — and simultaneously the #1 most played champion in the game. Most played does not mean strongest, the same way the most famous skin is not the rarest.
What the pick rate reflects is reliability: she has no mechanics that fail. No dashes to whiff, no resources to manage — just aim, positioning, and a kit that always does its job. In ranked she is a solid, unspectacular pick; in casual queues she simply wins games for players who shoot straight.
Is Tyra good for beginners?
She is arguably the best first damage champion in Paladins — flagged beginner-friendly in our tier list. The reasons are structural: hitscan (no projectile prediction), a forgiving 2400 HP pool, lifesteal that quietly repairs mistakes, and zero mobility mechanics to learn.
That last point is also why she teaches good habits: with no escape button, Tyra forces you to learn positioning, cover, and map awareness — the skills that carry to every other champion. Start on Mercy Kill for instant results, then graduate to Burn, Monster! when you start watching the objective instead of your crosshair.
What is the rarest Tyra skin?
Bandit Tyra — the level-50 reward of the 2019 Wild West battle pass, listed in the honorable mentions of our Top 10 Rarest Skins ranking. Battle-pass rewards are time-locked: when the pass ended, the supply froze permanently.
Accounts carrying Bandit Tyra appear in our catalog — the stock button below shows current availability.
FAQ
What is the best Tyra talent?
Burn, Monster! — it leads both winrate (50.8%) and pick rate (42.8%) in recorded ranked matches. The 30% stronger Fire Bomb with a 60% anti-heal effect controls objectives and melts tanks. Mercy Kill is the casual triple-grenade option, and Hunting Party needs a coordinated team.
How do you counter Tyra?
Dive her. Tyra is the only damage champion with no movement ability, so mobile flanks like Maeve, Evie, and Zhin are her hardest counters by community vote. Force her off her cover position and she has no answer.
Does Tyra have lifesteal?
Yes — it is built into her weapon. Auto Rifle heals Tyra for 15% of the damage it deals, added back in patch 2.1. Combined with her 2400 health pool, it makes her the most self-sufficient damage champion in the game.
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