Sinclair

Sinclair
Weapon: "The Prestige"
BASE STATS
Weapon Stats
DPS:	57
Bullet Damage:	20+0.54
Ammo:	22
Bullets per sec:	2
Reload Time:	2.5s
Bullet Velocity:	340m/s
Light Melee:	63+2.67
Heavy Melee:	116+4.92
Falloff Range:	25m → 61m
Vitality Stats
Health:	550+31
Health Regen:	3
Spirit Resist:	0%
Move Speed:	7.3x0.023m/s
Stamina:	3
Information
Release Date:	January 17, 2025
Voice Lines:	Sinclair/Quotes
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

3m

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.

x1

65

Minimum Damage

x2

130

Max Damage

50%

Assistant Damage

2s  Time for Max Damage

1

+5s Debuff Duration+25% Fire Rate Slow

2

Bolts apply -UNKNOWN[FireRateSlow]% Fire Rate Slow for UNKNOWN[DebuffDuration]s.

5

+150 Max Damage. +50% Assistant Damage.

Notes

• The second upgrade reduces cooldown by -13 seconds and only the description is bugged. Refer to Update History for April 4th.

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.

x0.3

20

Damage

6s

Duration

1

-10s Cooldown

2

+5s Duration & 5m Range

5

+45% Fire Rate and +15 Assistant Damage

Rabbit Hex

30m

6m

35s

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.

x0.06

15%

Damage Amp

22%  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.

Audience Participation

20m

90s

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!

Audience Participation - 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.
• 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, and permanent bonus spirit power from kills with Grey Talon's Guided Owl.
• 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.

• Sinclair can't use Killing Blow to kill Shiv, as the damage from the ultimate is deferred by Shiv's Bloodletting.

Weapon

Weapon Stats	Falloff Range 25m - 61m 57 DPS
The Prestige
Burst Fire Long Range Projectile

Update History

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
April 17, 2025	Bullet damage reduced from 23 to 20 Fixed Rabbit Hex Damage Amp not affecting allied damage Rabbit Hex Damage Amp reduced from 25% to 15% Rabbit Hex Damage Amp spirit scaling reduced from 0.1 to 0.06 Rabbit Hex T3 now also increases Damage Amp by +5% Rabbit Hex Move Speed increased from 15% to 22% Rabbit Hex no longer deals 80 damage Vexing Bolt min damage reduced from 75 to 65 Vexing Bolt max damage reduced from 150 to 130
April 4, 2025	Vexing Bolt cooldown increased from 15 to 24 Vexing Bolt T1 changed from -4s Cooldown to "Bolt Apply -25% Fire Rate for 5s" Vexing Bolt T2 changed from "Bolt Apply -25% Fire Rate for 5s" to -13s Cooldown
March 13, 2025	Spectral Assistant damage now follows his gun's falloff range Spectral Assistant base damage reduced from 30 to 20

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
• 
  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

References

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