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This page documents the full update history for Sinclair.

Update	Changes
December 29, 2025	Spirit power growth increased from 1.1 to 1.3 Vexing Bolt initial velocity reduced from 1000 to 800 Vexing Bolt now only snaps to heroes Vexing Bolt max duration increased from 3s to 4s (max damage is still at 2s) Sinclair: Vexing Bolt now shows the target to redirect to (similar to Wraith's Cards) Rabbit Hex cooldown reduced from 30s to 26s Rabbit Hex radius increased from 6m to 6.5m
November 21, 2025	Health reduced from 700 to 650. Regen reduced from 3 to 2. Spectral Assistant total swaps allowed increased from 1 to 2. Audience Participation cooldown reduced from 50% to 40%.
September 4, 2025	Vexing Bolt radius reduced from 3.5 to 3.25. Spectral Assistant base damage reduced from 18 to 15. Spectral Assistant spirit scaling increased from 0.28 to 0.36. Spectral Assistant T3 increased from +45% Fire Rate to +60%. Rabbit Hex T3 increased from +5% Damage Amp to +7%. Audience Participation cooldown reduced from 100s to 85s. Audience Participation duration increased from 10s to 12s.
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.
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.
February 25, 2025	Added missing unique death vo sounds for: Fathom, Trapper, Wrecker, Raven, Sinclair, and Wraith. 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 "THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR" to 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.
January 27, 2025	No longer has -35% Headshot Damage Reduction. Vexing Bolt damage mechanics reworked, increases damage as the bolt travels, various values adjusted (150 max damage, 75 min damage, 2s time for max damage, assistant does 50% damage. T3 is now +150 max damage, +50% assistant damage). Vexing Bolt T2 updated to remove base fire rate debuff, add as t2 upgrade, remove spirit shred t2. Vexing Bolt allow for retarget to try to find targets through walls and to bend around corners. Rabbit can now use jump. Rabbit Hex projectile updated to better track targets that have recently changes models. Spectral Assistant update VFX radius & lifetimes to scale off of clone damage. Audience Participation cooldown with successful usage reduced from 100% to 50%. Audience Participation stolen ultimate duration increased from 10s to 20s. Audience Participation VFX updated steal effect to feel snappier. Audience Participation fixed a typo in the ability description.
January 19, 2025	Rabbit Hex movespeed increased from 25% to 35%. Rabbit Hex can no longer be applied to Unstoppable. Rabbit Hex now triggers Reactive Barrier. Fixed Debuff Reducer not working on Rabbit. Teleporting now drops the Urn. Vexing Bolt base damage reduced from 120 to 110. Spectral Assistant base cooldown increased from 30s to 40s. Spectral Assistant base duration decreased from 8s to 6s.
January 17, 2025	Added to the main gamemode. (Undocumented) Renamed from "Magician" to "THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR". (Undocumented) Renamed weapon from "Legerdemain" to "The Prestige". (Undocumented) Grand Finale! replaced by Audience Participation.
November 21, 2024	Stubbed in first pass VO for Fathom, Magician, Trapper, and Viper - the primary goal for these is to give coverage for pings, but we also added lines for hero select and ability usage. Vexing Bolt: Now always casts alongside your Assistant, at reduced damage. Vexing Bol: Update upgrades to match new behaviors. Vexing Bol: Reduce Spirit Scaling from 1.4 to 1.2. Rabbit Hex: Magician now knows the difference between rabbits and frogs, and transforms targets properly into rabbits. Rabbit Hex: Can no longer be cast on yourself. Rabbit Hex: Now applies a max speed limit, rather than increasing speed. Rabbit Hex: T3 upgrade now applies hex at full duration to all targets in the radius. Spectral Assistant: Now reloads your weapon on cast. Spectral Assistant: Now fires in a burst of two. Spectral Assistant: Spirit Damage reduced from 1x60 at 0.5 scaling to to 2x30 at 0.3 scaling. Spectral Assistant: Tracer now matches weapon tracer. Spectral Assistant: Improve target finding. Spectral Assistant: Fix a bug where sometimes, you couldn't redirect your bolts after the Assistant casts it. Spectral Assistant: Smooth camera transition when teleporting. Spectral Assistant: Reduce cast range from 20m to 15m. Spectral Assistant: Update upgrades to match new behaviors.
November 7, 2024	Now has an ultimate ability - Grand Finale. Gun: Increase bullet capacity from 20 to 22. Vexing Bolt: Now applies 20% Fire Rate Slow, instead of Movement Slow. Vexing Bolt: Damage increased from 100 to 120, Spirit Scaling from 1.2 to 1.4. Vexing Bolt: Debuff Duration increased from 2s to 5s. Vexing Bolt: T2 Spirit Shred increased from -15% to -20%. Vexing Bolt: T3 Upgrade now grants increased velocity. Vexing Bolt: Now has a UI hint when redirecting is available. Spectral Assistant: Now castable in the air. Rabbit Hex: No longer castable on allies.
October 29, 2024	Gun: Now properly has damage fall-off.
October 24, 2024	Added Magician to Hero Labs.