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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

12/15 update: Changed early AP order and focused the build more around active items than raw damage.

Max whatever you feel is best at 29k all 3 choices are viable.

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

Item Build

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_Lane

Rushing T2 assistant makes the early lane much more consistent but we don't have the insane 7.7k power spike like before. Once you have T2 assistant drop it on the bridge every wave and clear the wave as fast as possible.

Deadlock Item

I

Monster Rounds

Only gun item that matters in lane, kill troopers as fast as possible so we can keep wave prio and stay on the bridge.

Deadlock Item

I

Extra Charge

Try to save your bolt charges for when you drop assistant until you have T2 bolt.

Deadlock Item

I

Extra Spirit

Spirit good

Deadlock Item

I

Imbue

Mystic Expansion

Can get improved spirit or this here. I prefer this just to make bolts more consistent and give me the option to farm camps out of lane.

Deadlock Item

III

Rapid Recharge

4.8k spirit spike is crazy. At this point you will have 290+ damage bolts and should be able to force the tower / force them out of lane.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Cultist Sacrifice

Broken stupid item that needs to be removed from the game. 4.8k gun is a bait on this hero in my opinion so this is the only gun item I buy.

Suit up

get 4.8k green investment based on what you think is best for the game

Deadlock Item

III

Veil Walker

my go to most games, gives you sustain and map presence and makes it really easy to get whatever ult you want

Deadlock Item

II

Healbane

tanky cores are op this patch. If they have geist / shiv / abrams you need this item

Deadlock Item

II

Enchanter's Emblem

solid all around item. buy this if you don't know which 1.6k to buy

Deadlock Item

II

Reactive Barrier

Even with the CD nerf this is still really good for heroes that scale lots of spirit like Sinclair. Good against abrams / bebop / haze / paradox

Deadlock Item

II

Spirit Shielding

heroes that can dive you with high burst are our hardest matchups, shieldings make these a lot easier.

Deadlock Item

II

Weapon Shielding

I'd never buy this over spirit shielding but against some of our worst matchups (calico) I will end up buying both.

Core Wizard Tools

Usually in this order for optimal spirit investment but whatever you feel is best that game, consider switching up the actives based on the heroes you are playing against.

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Slowing Hex

This item ensures you can actually hit any hero you go on. Our worst matchups are all the heroes this item beats.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Decay

Tanky cores like shiv / geist / abrams are insanely op this patch and this is the best item to deal with them. Can switch this out for disarming hex or knockdown based on the lobby you're in.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Magic Carpet

The king is back. ability duration is good with all the items we buy and once we have this item we can do whatever we want on the map with impunity.

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Cooldown

CDR is mandatory once we get to the teamfight stage of the game.

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

Really good with full actives and veil walker / barriers.

Endgame Choices

Read annotations and buy off vibes

Deadlock Item

III

Greater Expansion

Get this earlier if you are stealing ults like dynamo every fight.

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Duration

Really strong for rabbit, items, and most ults you steal.

Deadlock Item

IV

Boundless Spirit

Big damage increase to everything. We get this a lot later now as I think trans cd is more important when we have full actives. You don't need anymore damage after this item.

Deadlock Item

IV

Imbue

Active

Echo Shard

Always broken with max rabbit.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Scourge

Can throw on your beefiest gorilla against spirit heavy lineups. With greater expansion and sup duration this item is crazy.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Curse

The best answer in the game to wraith and seven. I don't really buy it for anyone else.

Deadlock Item

IV

Lightning Scroll

If you're stealing warden or seven ult every fight this isn't bad.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Divine Barrier

Good if getting owned by pocket / drifter / ivy ult

These items all suck do not buy them.

Deadlock Item

III

Tankbuster

only affects 1 bolt out of the 50 you throw per fight.

Deadlock Item

IV

Imbue

Mystic Reverb

Extremely overpriced for how much damage we get from it. stand 4 meters behind your assistant when throwing bolts and you can get double reverb procs on your bolts.

Deadlock Item

IV

Spirit Burn

If you need antiheal buy decay / healbane. This item is terrible ever since they made it go on CD from creeps.

Other situational items that sometimes come up

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I

Active

Healing Rite

Best lane sustain item. Buy this whenever you or your lane partner needs it.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Warp Stone

Cheap and a ton of survivability as well as really good for enabling certain ults like pocket / dynamo / lash. Can get this over carpet depending on what ults you're stealing.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Metal Skin

Best anti gun hero item on this hero and often necessary to use seven and warden ults properly. Now that capacitor is nerfed this item is very good.

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Resilience

Rare buy but if you're against a team of all spirit heroes its good.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Unstoppable

Only consider this if you're stealing dynamo / seven ult and they have a ton of ways to cancel it.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Disarming Hex

Absurdly strong vs gun heavy lineups. Low cd and benefits from the duration we buy.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Knockdown

If vindicta / gt is popping off buy this over decay.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Vortex Web

I think this item is bad but once you have max rabbit / greater expansion you can upgrade slowing hex into it when slotlocked.

Ability Point Order

Vexing Bolt

Spectral Assistant

Rabbit Hex

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