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Sinclair
Misdirect and hex enemies

With the help of their unwilling assistant, <i>The Magnificent Sinclair</i> can confuse enemies with curving hexes and rapid bolts.

Sinclair
Misdirect and hex enemies

With the help of their unwilling assistant, <i>The Magnificent Sinclair</i> can confuse enemies with curving hexes and rapid bolts.

Description

The Official hesy sinclair build, 500 games top 5 NA; @hesy. in the sinclair channel
1/9: they fixed targeting on bolt this shit is unmissable now ; after u put 2 points into everything pick what u want to max, u dont gotta do it the same every game

Item Build

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_Early

READ ANNOTATIONS, LEFT TO RIGHT!! can get greens when u need them

Deadlock Item

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Extra Spirit

Deadlock Item

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Imbue

Mystic Expansion

helps a lot with clearing farm, especially since bolts dont lock on now its much easier to hit an area where you're aiming

Deadlock Item

III

Rapid Recharge

the strongest item possible in this build, single handely sinclairs powerspike NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

Deadlock Item

III

Imbue

Surge of Power

its basically impossible to miss bolt so this gives high damage + other stuff like movespeed , the firerate is meh

Deadlock Item

II

Enduring Speed

can replace with guardian ward (or just buy guardian ward later), this item is like lowk mandatory now after slow nerfs

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Majestic Leap

just very strong for fast rotates, a free barrier, positioning, ults, basically anything

Lane Sustain

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Guardian Ward

keep ur laner alive more, ur buying db anyway

Core

Deadlock Item

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Imbue

Compress Cooldown

best for bolt now since the 2 TP change, previously assistant so you had more escapability -

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Cooldown

primarily for ult and bunny, assistant is just a plus, having ult on a lower CD now since its patch makes this item much stronger

Deadlock Item

III

Greater Expansion

item is op with ults, i typically will it buy it after maj leap (or sup cd) for things like pocket ult, and especially bunny

SItuationals

Maxing ANY abilities is situational do it based on the game (2, 3 & 4)

Deadlock Item

II

Imbue

Duration Extender

Primarily for bunny uptime, dont put on ult IMBUES DONT WORK ON ULTIMATE!!

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Duration

primarily for items, buy it whenever you want

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Warp Stone

best item for dynamo ult, doorman ult, and escapability

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_Late

typically LtR but can deviate | its okay to rush boundless or echo shard if u have the 6.4k but typically get sup cd + greater expansion

Deadlock Item

IV

Boundless Spirit

the final damage item... makes ur damage just so high, scales ur everything, just too good to pass up

Deadlock Item

IV

Imbue

Active

Echo Shard

bunny on repeat just keeps getting buffed, this item is just even stronger lol

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Divine Barrier

keeps you and teammates perma alive, the range is also super nice, just overall strong for the shred meta + keeping ur tank alive

Deadlock Item

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Active

Curse

hatecrime

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Unstoppable

ults are pretty op rn so unstoppable mkaes everything easier

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

since we max actives, this item is crazy strong, typically buy it whenever u want

Deadlock Item

IV

Imbue

Mystic Reverb

the damage is like good? but its literally never more worth than utility lol if u buy this get tankbuster first

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Vortex Web

this item is just unbalanced and has gone completely unnerfed, my go to 6k with max bunny

Deadlock Item

IV

Lightning Scroll

for AOE ults like ivy, seven, warden etc

Deadlock Item

IV

Escalating Exposure

REALLY op if u max assistantbw

Survivability

Deadlock Item

III

Counterspell

Maybe the strongest item in the entire game, just typically quite situational. A dodge for literally any thing in the entire game, I love it for shiv, wraith, lash, etc

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Rescue Beam

insane utility and healing, i almost always buy bc ranked teammates are animals and just a good heal for my carry victor

Deadlock Item

II

Healbane

purely if u need antiheal NOW and cant save for spirit burn, great in heavy healing lanes like abrams, kelvin, geist, victor, etc

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Fleetfoot

since we're buying maj leap not needed, but if u decide to skip maj leap id go this personally

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Slowing Hex

movement lock, ill buy it against mina as early as possible, and pocket, sometimes lash + holliday

other stuff maybe

Deadlock Item

III

Tankbuster

got buffed to 7.5% from 5% but it only works if thyere full HP now, otherwise its just bad, but its good for tanks so go ahead!!

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Decay

again buffed, probably fine but just a stat padded item

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Cultist Sacrifice

this item is only good for its spike in souls for the AP, its 1 free AP early game

Ability Point Order

Vexing Bolt

Spectral Assistant

Rabbit Hex

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