Sinclair

Sinclair
Weapon:; "The Prestige" ; BASE STATS
Weapon Stats
DPS:	66
Bullet Damage:	23+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

“

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.

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[edit | edit source]

Vexing Bolt

500m

3m

1

3s

15s

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

75

Minimum Damage

x2

150

Max Damage

50%

Assistant Damage

2s Time for Max Damage

1

-4s Cooldown

2

Bolts apply -25% Fire Rate Slow for 5s.

5

+150 Max Damage. +50% Assistant Damage.

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, dealing Damage 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.

80

Damage

x0.1

25%

Damage Amp

15% Move Speed bonus

6m Radius

1

-10s Cooldown

2

+1s Hex Duration

5

+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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Weapon Stats

Falloff Range
25m - 61m

66 DPS

The Prestige

Burst Fire

Long Range

Projectile

Update History[edit | edit source]

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
March 13, 2025	Spectral Assistant damage now follows his gun's falloff range Spectral Assistant base damage reduced from 30 to 20
February 25, 2025	Added missing unique death vo sounds. Updated model with new wand weapon. Moved to a new animation set. Spectral Assistant now has updated vfx. Spectral Assistant's bullets updated to come out of the turret's muzzle position. Fixed Sinclair keeping some passive bonuses from stolen ultimates after they've been used. Fixed enemy Mo & Krill getting buffs from copied ult. Fixed issue if both Sinclair and enemy Mo & Krill are using their ultimates at the same time (when one ended, both would end). Added warning sound for Sinclair's Rabbit Hex when placed. Don't show stat changes for abilities that are stolen from using ultimate when previewing items in the shop. Fixed Spectral Assistant firing effects to not track with projectile. Increased volume of Vexing Bolt projectile loop and redirect. Vexing bolt redirect telegraph now displays on vertical geometry. (Undocumented) Renamed to just "Sinclair".
February 11, 2025	Bullet Damage reduced by 15% Bullet velocity increased from 86 to 340 Spectral Assistant now has new VFX Rabbit Hex targeting mechanism has been reworked. It is now an AoE target ability in the base. It has a 0.7s delay before the area is affected. Cast range increased from 20m to 30m, Movespeed reduced from 35% to 15% and cooldown reduced from 45s to 35s. Rabbit Hex now has new VFX Audience Participation range increased from 10m to 20m Audience Participation copy duration decreased from 20s to 10s Various new and improved SFX

Background[edit | edit source]

“

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 things 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[edit | edit source]

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."^[1]^[2]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Portrait
Match portrait
Minimap icon
In-game render
Weapon - Magic Wand
Spectral Assistant model

Trivia[edit | edit source]

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,^[3] 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.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Sinclair's in-game voice line (as Henry) - "It's ok, I'm the responsible one."
↑ Sinclair's in-game voice line (as Savannah) - "It's ok, I'm the responsible one."
↑ 2024-10-28 - Hopoo; Deadlock Discord - "yes I was lead on viper (and magician), it’s why neither was in the hero list previously"