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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

2/13 update: AP order changed to prio T2 assistant for more consistent laning. Large change to early game build order to facilitate early boundless.

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

Item Build

Early Game L -> R

Play greedy early and once you hit 11k with boundless and T3 bolt / T2 assistant you should be permafighting enemy heroes and buildings.

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Active

Healing Rite

Can skip this if you don't need it. But this is the best lane sustain item and also helps you take sinner's.

Deadlock Item

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Extra Charge

Try to save both bolt charges in lane for when assistant is up.

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III

Rapid Recharge

4.8k spirit spike, should be able to win any lane from here.

Deadlock Item

IV

Boundless Spirit

Yes it is worth it to rush boundless this early. with 150+ spirit this early we will one shot anyone we look at and move faster than anyone else on the map.

Deadlock Item

III

Veil Walker

Best item to stay active and healed up on the map and look for picks.

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Imbue [E]

Mystic Expansion

Need this to kill T3 camps. with boundless we kill T3 camps in 3 bolts. can buy this before veil if you just wanna farm.

Midgame Purples

All 3 Every Game

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III

Greater Expansion

Makes everything easier to hit and makes almost every ult better.

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III

Superior Cooldown

More of our op buttons

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III

Superior Duration

Affects rabbit, actives, and almost every ult you steal. Prioritize this against ults like drifter / warden / dynamo / graves

Greens

Buy atleast 1

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Warp Stone

All around best survivability item and enables a lot of ults

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Counterspell

Really good in specific matchups. I buy this vs Drifter and Lash most often.

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Dispel Magic

Good if they have a ton of slowing hex / silence

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Metal Skin

Best anti gun item in the game. I really only buy this over warp if they have assassin gun heroes with slowing hex or if I need it to survive while warden / seven / dynamo ulting

Utility Endgame

Read annotations and buy off vibes. Max rabbit or ult at 30k based on the enemy lineup.

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

Don't like getting this until we have full actives or reverb + spirit burn.

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Active

Magic Carpet

Mostly a for fun item, but I prio buy this against graves so I can steal tombstone off cooldown.

Deadlock Item

IV

Imbue [E]

Active

Echo Shard

Always broken with max rabbit. You can default to this and max rabbit every game and it will always be high impact.

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IV

Active

Scourge

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

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Active

Vortex Web

Good followup to echo shard for aoe fight control

Destruction Magic

If your team does no damage

Deadlock Item

III

Tankbuster

Bad item but not much else gives us more damage and this pairs well with Reverb.

Deadlock Item

IV

Imbue [E]

Mystic Reverb

Better with the lifesteal changes! stand 3-4 meters behind ur assistant and you will proc this on both bolts.

Deadlock Item

IV

Spirit Burn

Antiheal is usually important by this time in the game and the damage on this scales with spirit now.

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IV

Escalating Exposure

Spirit Burn stacks this for you. Can also be good if you're stealing seven ult every fight.

Ult

Seven & Warden

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Diviner's Kevlar

Really strong item if you're target stealing the big ults that require you to be in the enemies face

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IV

Lightning Scroll

If you can proc this on every person on their team through the big ults its pretty strong and sets up your rabbit too. Also works with vindicta ult now!

Situationals that sometimes come up.

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Monster Rounds

Buy if against very heavy early pressure lanes. Otherwise you can go without it since T2 assistant holds waves on its own.

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II

Reactive Barrier

Good against abrams / bebop / haze

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Active

Divine Barrier

Good against pockets and drifters. Better if you just learn to counterspell though.

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IV

Active

Unstoppable

Only consider this item if you're stealing dynamo / seven ult every fight and are against a lot of interupts.

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Active

Slowing Hex

Good against our hardest matchups (calico, lash, mina). Strong in tandem with veil walker to setup ganks on the squishy mobile heroes

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Active

Decay

Good against beef heroes and farms free damage.

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III

Active

Disarming Hex

Very strong vs gun heavy lineups. Good players buy debuff remover though so I usually prefer metal skin but you can protect your teammates with this.

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Knockdown

if vind or gt is owning ur team

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Active

Cursed Relic

I never buy this because it says reduced damage and im not about that life. but it is a good item if you absolutely need to lock down one guy.

Ability Point Order

Vexing Bolt

Spectral Assistant

Rabbit Hex

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