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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

10/29 update: Small build order changes, removed decay / spirit sap from core build.

Feel free to ask me any questions on the Sinclair discord @RAIGEKI

Item Build

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

Lots of spirit power and items we need to empower bolt early. Play lane conservatively until you hit 2.6k and get T2 bolt then you should be able to kill or push anyone out. Remember that when you hit 7.5k souls you can one shot anyone.

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High-Velocity Rounds

Very strong for lane pressure, by far the highest impact t1 gun item but you can buy monster rounds instead if you prefer that.

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Extra Charge

Try to sync dropping assistant with 2 bolt charges until you have t2 bolt. I often solo kill someone on wave 3 with assistant + 2 bolts.

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Extra Spirit

Early spirit good

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Improved Spirit

early spirit good

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Enchanter's Emblem

early spirit good

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Rapid Recharge

God tier power spike with t3 bolt

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Imbue

Mystic Expansion

needed to kill neutral camps with bolt. Learn the T3 lineups in explore map mode.

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Imbue

Compress Cooldown

more bolts and spirit investment breakpoint.

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Reactive Barrier

If the game enables this you should always buy it. Bebop / Haze / Abrams / Paradox are the main heroes you want this against.

Midgame core

Usually in this order if ahead / even. If you are behind skip carpet and get something cheap like warp stone instead.

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Veil Walker

Still too good to ignore even with the recent nerfs. Sustain / Map mobility / crazy stat stick all in one.

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Magic Carpet

Be unkillable and everywhere on the map in tandem with veil walker and take the best high ground position in every fight for bolts or stolen ultimates.

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Greater Expansion

Amazing for bolt / rabbit / actives and almost every ult you steal.

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Superior Cooldown

Get this at this point for optimal spirit investment.

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Boundless Spirit

Giga damage increase to everything. 90% of the time this is the first item I buy from this category

Approaching lategame your item choices can vary a lot. based on enemy lineup either max rabbit or ult next and itemize around that.

This is primarily a PUSHING build. Sinclair is the best walker killer in the game this patch and stacking mobility like we do lets you put crazy map pressure out the entire game while being very hard to catch.

Endgame Choices

Read annotations and buy off vibes

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Transcendent Cooldown

I don't usually buy this unless I have full actives or am slotlocked.

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Superior Duration

Always a good item at this point in the game. If against some ults like warden or dynamo you can buy this earlier.

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Imbue

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Echo Shard

Always broken with max rabbit. If I'm maxing ult before rabbit I usually won't buy this unless it goes extremely late.

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Imbue

Mystic Reverb

If you just want pure damage this is the best item after boundless.

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Scourge

Can throw on your beefiest gorilla against spirit heavy lineups. With greater expansion and sup duration this item is crazy. Can also pop this on yourself while channeling carpet.

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Alchemical Fire

Scales extremely high with the spirit and aoe we buy

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Diviner's Kevlar

Really strong after the recent buff. just press ult on anyone and get huge spirit / shield

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Divine Barrier

Good if getting owned by pocket / drifter / ivy ult

Situationals

Stuff that sometimes comes up, read annotations

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Healing Rite

best lane sustain option. I buy this most games but if you dominate you can skip it

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Rebuttal

For the cavemen

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Healbane

Good against heal heavy lineups.

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Rescue Beam

Rare buy but sometimes ultra lategame if you're against heavy pick it can be good.

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Trophy Collector

If you completely own your lane you can get this after rapid recharge and just play hyper active. Definitely not an every game item.

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Warp Stone

Always a decent item and a cheaper alternative to carpet, if you are playing around stealing warden / seven / dynamo ults this is good

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Counterspell

Amazing defensive item against specific spells and gives good stats

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Metal Skin

Best anti gun hero item on this hero and often necessary to use seven and warden ults properly, we get a good amount of duration from our items so this pulls extra weight.

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Slowing Hex

Needed to kill some elusive heroes. Never upgrade to Vortex.

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Decay

Good vs tanky lineups

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Knockdown

Good against Vindicta, Lash, GT, and channeling ultimates like seven / dynamo.

Ability Point Order

Vexing Bolt

Spectral Assistant

Rabbit Hex

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