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Field manual · Sep 29 patch

How to play SinclairHow to play

45.8% win rate · #38 of 44 · Trickster · Copycat · Versatile

Updated 2026-10-29 19:16 UTC · n = 3,791,908 matches

How to play Sinclair

Audience Participation1Audience ParticipationRabbit Hex2Rabbit Hex

Your combo: Copy their best ultimate with Audience Participation, turn everyone within 6m into rabbits (they can barely act and take extra damage) with Rabbit Hex, then cast their own ult on them.

Don’t waste: Spectral Assistant can swap you to safety when you’re dived (730 health); Slowing Hex blocks that swap.

Edge: Rabbit Hex catches more of them when they’re grouped.

From community hero guides, Oct 2026 patches, checked against deadlock.wiki. The same combo from the other side is on how to counter Sinclair.

Your kit

Vexing Bolt
Vexing Bolt
Ability 1 · 24s cooldown

Fire a bolt of magic that deals Damage, increasing as it travels. If you have an Assistant, they also cast Vexing Bolt at reduced damage. Press Ability 1 to redirect the bolt towards your crosshairs.

Spectral Assistant
Spectral Assistant
Ability 2 · 40s cooldown

Summon an Assistant at the targeted location. The Assistant attacks whenever you fire your weapon, dealing Damage. While the Assistant is out, you can press Ability 2 to swap positions with your Assistant. Casting Spectral Assistant also reloads your weapon.

Rabbit Hex
Rabbit Hex
Ability 3 · 26s cooldown · hex 2s

Hex a target area and transform all enemies into a Rabbit for a limited duration. Rabbits are small and move faster, but take increased Damage and are unable to perform most actions.Hex does not interrupt abilities.

Audience Participation
Audience Participation
Ultimate · 85s cooldown · ultimate

Copy the Ultimate of an enemy hero for a limited time. Reactivating the ability will use the Copied Ultimate instead.Copies will inherit this ability's upgrade points.Audience Participation will also copy the cooldown.

Skill order

Max first:Audience ParticipationAudience Participation›Rabbit HexRabbit Hex›Spectral AssistantSpectral Assistant›Vexing BoltVexing Bolt

From the most common upgrade order (16k matches): the order abilities reach their last tier.

10m21m32m43m54m66m77m88m912m1014m1115m1220m1327m1428m1532m
Vexing BoltVexing BoltAbility 1III
Spectral AssistantSpectral AssistantAbility 2IIIIII
Rabbit HexRabbit HexAbility 3IIIIII
Audience ParticipationAudience ParticipationUltimateIIIIII

unlock I II III upgrade tiers · column labels are the average minute of each step

Build path with timings

Early
Mid
Late

Items that win most on Sinclair

Lanes you win

Lanes to play safe

When they counter you

−6.5 ppGraves

Buy against Graves:

−5.4 ppRat King

Buy against Rat King:

−4.5 ppPaige

Buy against Paige:

Best teammates

Notes from the best builds

Sinclair stats and buildsHow to counter Sinclair