Sinclair

Sinclair
Weapon: "Magic Wand"
BASE STATS
Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second:	46.3
Bullet Damage:	17 +0.5
Ammo:	16
Bullets per sec:	1.9
Reload Time:	2.5s
Bullet Velocity:	300m/s
Light Melee:	63 +1.58
Heavy Melee:	116 +2.91
Falloff Range:	25m → 61m
Vitality Stats
Health:	700 +38
Health Regen:	3
Spirit Resist:	0%
Move Speed:	7.3x0.023m/s
Stamina:	3
Information
Release Date:	January 17, 2025
Voice Lines:	Sinclair/Quotes
Sound Effects:	Sinclair/Sounds
Codenames:	Magician

“

Misdirect and hex enemies

With the help of their unwilling assistant, The Magnificent Sinclair can confuse enemies with curving hexes and rapid bolts.

Sinclair are Heroes in Deadlock. With their trusty magic wand, they can shoot unpredictable Bolts to surprise enemies and use magic to turn them into Rabbits. The Spectral Assistant amplifies their damage and can serve as a fast escape route. Sinclair can even turn their enemies' abilities against themselves with their surprising final trick, Audience Participation.

Henry and Savannah were two young stage magicians in love, who bound their souls to each other for eternity. However, their relationship was strained after a tragic on-stage accident claimed both of their lives. Now, under the shared title of Sinclair, they seek a way to be separated and find peace in the afterlife.

Sinclair was added to Hero Labs (as Magician) on October 24, 2024, and officially released on January 17, 2025 (as THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR).

Abilities

• (1) Vexing Bolt
• (2) Spectral Assistant
• (3) Rabbit Hex
• (4) Audience Participation

Vexing Bolt

500m

3.5m

1

3s

24s

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 1 to redirect the bolt towards your crosshairs.

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60

Minimum Damage

x1.86

120

Max Damage

50%

Assistant Damage

2s  Time for Max Damage

1

Bolts apply -25% Fire Rate for 5s.

2

-13s Cooldown

5

+140.0 Max Damage. +50.0% Assistant Damage.

Notes

• Bolt redirect will aim accurately at enemies behind walls, provided the ability is re-casted whist the cursor is hovering over where the target is. Targets seem to have a larger than normal vertical aim-assist zone and this can be the reason for bolts going in weird directions on redirect (they are targeting something through walls far away, such as a Trooper, Base Guardian, Shrine, etc).

Spectral Assistant

5s

15m

6s

40s

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 2 to swap positions with your Assistant.

Casting Spectral Assistant also reloads your weapon.

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18

Damage

6s

Duration

1

-10s Cooldown

2

+7s Duration & 5m Range

5

+45% Fire Rate and +14 Assistant Damage

Rabbit Hex

24m

6m

30s

Hex a target area and transforming 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.

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15%

Damage Amp

36%  Move Speed bonus

6m  Radius

1

-10s Cooldown

2

+1s Hex Duration

5

+5% Damage Amp and +3m Radius

Notes

• If a hero is hexed during a heavy punch animation, the punch is not interrupted.
• If a hero is hexed during a channeled ability, the ability is not interrupted.
• There's currently a bug in which damage dealt by enemies in rabbit form also counts as damage from Sinclair, appearing as if Sinclair dealt "friendly fire" damage to teammates.

Audience Participation

20m

100s

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.

10s

Copy Duration

50%

Copied Cooldown

1

Upgrade the Copy.

2

Upgrade the Copy AGAIN!

5

Upgrade the Copy ONCE AGAIN!

Notes

• The "Upgrade" effect determines what Tier level the copied ultimate will be. (The ultimate that is copied will be restricted to however many upgrade Tiers Sinclair has unlocked.)
• Sinclair has a 1s delay to use the target ultimate after copying.
• Sinclair can use Audience Participation even if the target enemy hasn't unlocked their ultimate yet.
• If Spectral Assistant is active, Sinclair can use the teleport ability while copying an ultimate.
• If Sinclair copies an ultimate but does not use it, Audience Participation uses its default cooldown of 90s.
• Imbuing Compress Cooldown on Audience Participation does not reduce the copied cooldown, only the default cooldown. However, other sources of cooldown reduction do reduce the copied cooldown.
• Sinclair only copies the properties of the ultimate, which can make it weaker compared to the original hero. For example, when copying Haze's Bullet Dance, they will deal less damage due to their lower fire rate and lack of the Fixation passive ability.
• Sinclair gets permanent bonus health from kills or assists with Mo & Krill's Combo, permanent bonus spirit power from kills with Grey Talon's Guided Owl, and Bonus Souls from kills with Vindicta's Assassinate.
• Audience Participation has instant cooldown if Sinclair kills an enemy with Shiv's Killing Blow T3.
• Audience Participation has instant cooldown if Sinclair copies Vindicta's Assassinate, due to its charges. However, Assassinate loses a charge each time Sinclair copies and uses it again, and goes on cooldown at zero charges.
• Sinclair gets Shiv's Rage passive if they copy Killing Blow, dealing bonus damage when at full Rage. The Rage lasts until Sinclair either loses Killing Blow or Rage goes down to zero. However, if Sinclair copies Killing Blow again, they will still have the remaining built-up Rage from the last copy, allowing them to reach full Rage faster.

Weapon

Weapon Stats	Falloff Range 25m - 61m 46 Damage Per Second
Magic Wand
Burst Fire Long Range Projectile

Update History

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
July 4, 2025	Base bullet damage reduced from 20 to 17. Bullet velocity reduced from 340 to 300. Rabbit Hex cast range reduced from 30m to 24m. Rabbit Hex detonation delay increased from 0.7 to 0.9. Rabbit Hex move speed increased from 22% to 36%. Can no longer teleport back to assistant while silenced or cursed.
May 27, 2025	Vexing Bolt radius increased from 3m to 3.5m. Vexing Bolt radius fixed to scale with radius increase now. Spectral Assistant T2 duration increased from +5s to +7s. Rabbit Hex cooldown reduced from 35s to 30s.
May 8, 2025	Sinclair's Spectral Assistant teleport follow-up can now properly be cast while climbing ropes. Vexing Bolt: Redirect telegraphs correctly on vertical geometry. Rabbit Hex: Fixed a bug where Henry and Savannah wouldn't play VO when turning enemies into rabbits. (Undocumented) Gun clip size reduced from 22 to 16.

Background

“

Henry's parents told him he was too young and impulsive to mess with real magic, and so they gave him a deck of cards to play with. He took to sleight of hand naturally and soon was dazzling his classmates with fantastic feats of illusions that were done without mystic artifacts or incantation.

When he was in high school he met Savannah, and their mutual love of stage magic sparked a whirlwind romance. Soon they fell in love and created an act together. Obviously they were meant to be; and so at prom, Henry proposed to Savannah and they married soon after graduation.

Unsurprisingly both sets of parents were not thrilled at this prospect, but Henry and Savannah knew they were soulmates. And so they cemented their love for one another by having a blood mystic bind their souls for eternity.

When an on-stage accident claimed both their lives, no one was sure who to blame. Henry claims Savannah was out of position. Savannah says Henry didn't wait for his cue. But one thing's for sure, since their souls are tied to each other neither one of them have been able to move on. Now a bickering pair of ghosts, Henry and Savannah need to work together if they want to have any chance of undoing their eternal union.

— A FATE'S TALE

Lore

Sinclair has two different voices, as Henry and Savannah. The character is initially controlled by Henry, then changes to Savannah once Henry dies in-game, and changes back to Henry when Savannah dies. The character who isn't controlling Sinclair plays the Spectral Assistant (though the Assistant currently only has a female model).

Sinclair's stage names are Henry the Magnificent and The Spectacular Savannah.

Both Henry and Savannah believe they are "the responsible one."

Gallery

• 
  Portrait
• 
  Match portrait
• 
  Minimap icon
• 
  In-game render
• 
  Model sheet
• 
  Sinclair in the January 2025 update art
• 
  Weapon - Magic Wand
• 
  Spectral Assistant model

Trivia

• Sinclair's weapon was originally called Legerdemain. It was later renamed to The Prestige, presumably referencing the Christopher Nolan's movie of the same name, and then changed to its current name in the 11-02-2025 update.
• Sinclair's current design is based on one of the scrapped designs for Wraith. It is also used in a Metal Skin advert.
• Sinclair's lead developer is Hopoo, best known as the co-creator of the Risk of Rain series.
• The Spectral Assistant uses a modified Lady Geist model.
• Sinclair's bunny uses the same model as Arnabus the Fairy Rabbit from Dota 2.
• Savannah's voice actor also plays the role of Allie Kinkaid in Holliday's visual novel.

See also

• Sinclair/Quotes
• Sinclair/Sounds
• Sinclair/Update history

References

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