Con l'aiuto del suo riluttante assistente, <i>Sinclair il magnifico</i> può confondere i nemici con maledizioni a effetto e colpi rapidissimi.
Con l'aiuto del suo riluttante assistente, <i>Sinclair il magnifico</i> può confondere i nemici con maledizioni a effetto e colpi rapidissimi.
9/18 update: small optimizations to early item order and some other situationals I've been playing around with lately.
Feel free to ask me any questions on the Sinclair discord @RAIGEKI
Lots of spirit power and items we need to empower bolt early
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Carica extra
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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Cartucce anti-mostro
very important item. our lane is 100x stronger when we have wave prio and its really easy with this since we have sharpshooter built into our gun. Builds into cultist if you win lane hard too.
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Spirito extra
Early spirit good
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Emblema dell'incantatore
Early spirit good
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Imbue [E]
Espansione mistica
Need this to efficiently kill neutral camps with bolt
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Ricarica rapida
God tier power spike with t3 bolt
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Mech del velo
Best item in the game and just got buffed again for some reason. Stay on map forever and rotate quickly / safely.
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Imbue [E]
Aumento di potenza
Another god tier power spike, you will be one shotting people at this point in the game or killing buildings solo. Also a source of burst movement speed which we abuse a lot.
GOD BARRIER
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Barriera reattiva
By far the most value defensive you can get if the game enables it. heroes that can't kill you without proccing it (abrams, haze, bebop) are what you want to buy this against.
Usually in this order
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Attiva
Piè veloce
Move fast boi
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Velocità persistente
that boi just can't be slowed down. can skip if you bought reactive.
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Espansione maggiore
Amazing for bolt / rabbit / actives and almost every ult you steal. I buy it at this point to time with t2 rabbit.
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Ricarica breve
All our power is in our abilities so we want more of them.
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Spirito sconfinato
Massive raw damage increase to everything and makes us even faster.
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 movespeed / sustain like we do lets you put crazy map pressure out the entire game while being very hard to catch.
First 4 items are my preferred order if maxing rabbit first. if you max ult first go off vibes.
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Imbue [E]
Attiva
Frammento di eco
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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Attiva
Fuoco alchemico
Ton of damage and shred with how much spirit power we have. Just layer this on top of T3 rabbit and watch the free damage roll in.
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Durata superiore
Usually buy after echo or scourge. Some ultimates like warden / drifter can warrant buying this earlier.
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Tempo di ricarica trascendentale
Better to fill open slots but if you're slotlocked or have a ton of actives you can upgrade to this.
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Attiva
Ragnatela a vortice
Strong option post echo shard if you bought slowing hex
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Bruciatura spirituale
Really easy to proc and benefits a lot from all the aoe we buy. really good against ult seven / warden or anything else that calls for big antiheal. If antiheal isn't needed I never go this item.
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Attiva
Flagello
Can throw on your beefiest gorilla against spirit heavy lineups. With greater expansion and sup duration this item is crazy.
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Attiva
Tappeto magico
I don't buy this every game like I used to because veil walker and all the movespeed is enough but this is still the best positioning item in the game to land good bolts in teamfights
Stuff that sometimes comes up, read annotations
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Attiva
Rito curativo
best lane sustain option. I buy this most games but if you dominate you can skip it
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Controincantesimo
Amazing item now after the buffs. If they have telegraphed spells you NEED to dodge (wraith ult, lash ult, seven stun) this is always a strong buy.
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Attiva
Pelle metallica
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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Attiva
Pietra deformante
Always a decent item, if you are playing around stealing warden / seven / dynamo ults this is good
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Attiva
Barriera divina
solid active with ability range on it. Good if you are getting owned by pocket or drifter ult.
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Soppressore
Always busted vs m1 heavy lineups
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Attiva
Maledizione di rallentamento
Really strong item to enable kills on elusive heroes. heroes like lash / dash infernus are really hard to hit with bolts if we don't have this.
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Attiva
Onda del silenzio
Really powerful item, if ult doesn't have value in a match sometimes ill max assistant after bolt and buy this.
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Attiva
K.O.
Good against Vindicta, Lash, and channeling ultimates like seven / dynamo.
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Rigenerazione splendente
Not an every game item but is very good if you are ahead and snowballing. Also good if you're 1v6 and have to do literally everything since it keeps you on map forever.
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Attiva
Sacrificio cultista
If you're ahead coming out of lane I usually like picking this up after rapid recharge but before veil walker. Also good if you go the max assistant after bolt route.
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