Sinclair Guide — Abilities, Builds & Strategy

Sinclair Base Stats

• Role: Mystic
• Max Health: 730
• Max Move Speed: 7.2
• Stamina: 3
• Base Health Regen: 1
• Light Melee Damage: 50
• Heavy Melee Damage: 116

Sinclair Weapon Stats

• DPS: 44.898
• Sustained DPS: 31.504
• Bullet Damage: 16.5
• Rounds Per Second: 2.7211
• Clip Size: 16
• Reload Time: 2.5s
• Bullet Speed: 300
• Can Crit: Yes

Sinclair Abilities

• Ability 1: Vexing Bolt
• Ability 2: Spectral Assistant
• Ability 3: Rabbit Hex
• Ability 4: Audience Participation

Sinclair Guide — Strategy & Tips

Quick Answer: Sinclair is a mid-range trickster who presses the tempo with Vexing Bolt and Rabbit Hex while Spectral Assistant supplies extra damage and a teleport. Their ultimate, Audience Participation, copies an enemy ultimate to flip a fight. Play around your assistant and cooldowns, and pick your hex targets carefully.

Sinclair is a trickster who wins fights with misdirection rather than raw stats. They poke from range with Vexing Bolt, a magic bolt that hits harder the further it travels and can be redirected onto enemies even behind walls. Spectral Assistant doubles their weapon output and doubles as a teleport escape. Rabbit Hex turns enemies into vulnerable rabbits that take extra damage and can barely act. And Audience Participation steals an enemy ultimate so Sinclair can throw their best trick right back at them. All of this makes them a slippery mid-range hero who controls the pace of a fight.

Early Game

Early on, farm and trade with Vexing Bolt at range so the bolt builds toward its full damage before it lands. Drop Spectral Assistant near the lane so every bullet you fire also gets an assistant hit, then step into trades only while it's up. The assistant also reloads your weapon on cast, so you can summon it to reset a reload without losing tempo. Hold back from hard commits without the assistant, since that's where most of your damage comes from.

Mid Game

Mid game is where Rabbit Hex becomes your playmaker—hex a target to strip away their actions and turn them into a rabbit that takes bonus damage. Use it to peel a dive off an ally or to lock down a pick for your team. Spectral Assistant swaps let you reposition aggressively or bail out when a fight turns. Keep an eye on enemy ultimates coming online so Audience Participation has something worth copying.

Late Game

Late game, Sinclair's value swings on Audience Participation, so copy a game-changing ultimate and fire it at the right moment. With Spectral Assistant active you can teleport mid-copy, letting you steal an ultimate and reposition instantly, though a handful of channeled ultimates block that swap. Rabbit Hex stays relevant as an anti-carry tool that shuts down the enemy's biggest threat for its duration. Play patient and around cooldowns rather than forcing fights without your tools.

Combos

A bread-and-butter combo is to summon Spectral Assistant first, then open with Vexing Bolt and redirect it onto the target so the bolt and the assistant both land at once. Follow with Rabbit Hex to keep the target locked down and amplify the damage they take. If they flee, use the assistant's two-step teleport to close the gap or disengage. When their team collapses on you, hex and reposition with a swap.

Strong Against

Sinclair does well against heroes who lean on big channeled ultimates, since Audience Participation can turn those abilities against them. They also punish slow, immobile targets who can't dodge out of a well-placed Rabbit Hex. Enemies without poke tools struggle to trade into Vexing Bolt at range. And heroes who depend on their own kit staying intact hate being hexed mid-fight.

Weak Against

Sinclair struggles against teams that can silence or interrupt their abilities, since a silenced Sinclair can't summon the assistant or throw a hex. Their damage is front-loaded around Spectral Assistant, so forcing them to burn it early leaves them weak. High-mobility enemies can slip Vexing Bolt redirects and escape a hex. And a copied ultimate is weaker than the original hero's, so they can't simply out-stat a fed opponent.

Synergies

Sinclair pairs well with teammates who can hold enemies in place, since a rooted or stunned target eats a full Vexing Bolt and Rabbit Hex. Burst teammates love the damage amplification that Rabbit Hex applies to hexed targets. A coordinated dive also benefits from Sinclair hexing a threat off the backline. And because Spectral Assistant reloads on cast, a lane partner with steady pressure can convert the tempo swings it creates.

Common Mistakes

• Firing Vexing Bolt at point-blank range—the bolt does its lowest damage right on cast and only reaches full damage after it travels, so back off and let it fly.
• Wasting Spectral Assistant—it's the core of your damage and your only escape, so don't drop it into nothing or blow the swap on a pointless reposition.
• Copying an ultimate with Audience Participation and then not using it—if you copy but never use it, the ability falls back to its full default cooldown, so only copy when you already have a use in mind.

Matchup Notes

• vs Silver — Under Lycan Curse she won't turn into a rabbit when hexed, so don't bank on Rabbit Hex to stop her; on the flip side, copying Lycan Curse lets Sinclair transform instantly with no build-up.
• vs Haze — Your copied Bullet Dance hits softer than hers because you lack the Fixation passive and her fire rate, and you can't teleport mid-copy, so don't expect a clean mirror of her ultimate.
• vs Vindicta — Copying Assassinate starts you with one less charge and is the one ultimate that ignores the default-cooldown fallback, but a kill with it grants Sinclair permanent bonus weapon damage.
• vs Mo & Krill — Copying Combo hands Sinclair permanent bonus health on kills and assists, but you can't teleport out while channeling the copied Combo, so treat it as an all-in.

Frequently Asked Questions

What pronouns does Sinclair use?

Sinclair uses they/them, because they're two people—Henry and Savannah—sharing one body. Individually Henry goes by he/him and Savannah by she/her.

How does Vexing Bolt's redirect work?

Press the ability again to redirect the bolt toward your crosshairs, and it will aim accurately at enemies behind walls if your cursor is over their position while recasting. The initial cast breaks stealth, but the redirect itself does not.

How many times can Spectral Assistant teleport?

You can swap positions with the assistant twice: the first activation instantly swaps you, and after a 2-second cooldown a second activation swaps you back. Casting also reloads your weapon.

Does Rabbit Hex interrupt enemy abilities?

No—hexing a target does not interrupt abilities already in progress, so a hero channeling something can keep going even as a rabbit. It also can't target NPCs, only players.

What ultimates can Sinclair not teleport out of while copying?

While Spectral Assistant is active you can normally teleport mid-copy, but Dynamo's Singularity, Haze's Bullet Dance, McGinnis's Heavy Barrage, Mo & Krill's Combo, Rem's Naptime, Seven's Storm Cloud, and Warden's Last Stand (while channeling) all block the swap.

Why does Sinclair's voice change sometimes?

Sinclair changes voices on death depending on which ghost is controlling the body—it starts as Henry's voice and switches to Savannah's when Henry dies, and vice versa. They're also the only hero with respawn voice lines to indicate who's in control.