Sinclair build guide

67% WR Sinclair bolt carry A6

by OTP SINCLAIRVersion 1Updated Oct 1, 2026Guide #833909

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Author's notes

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Item categories

1laning (semi L-R, buy greens first if needed)
Author's category · 9 items
1. 1
  Extra Charge
  use ONLY for assistant bolts, otherwise it's a waste and you loose a lot of potential damage
2. 2
  Extra Spirit
  yum fatter bolts and assistant's gun is actually useful now
3. 3
  Mystic Burst
  eat your enemies t1 farms, good burst damage
4. 4
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
5. 5
  Trophy Collector
6. 6
  Mystic Expansion
  literally free farm for most camps (shoot the centre of the sigil with bolt, or between 2 creeps if the camp is wide)
7. 7
  Rapid Recharge
  Built from Extra Charge
  spam them bolts + farm kills lol, vital the whole game
8. 8
  Compress Cooldown
  imbue assistant for more spirit damage and bolt spam, or imbue bunny if you want to meleeclair
9. 9
  Duration Extender
  get more distance for assistant tp to help steal farm easier or make bunny form last longer
2money is green for a reason (4.8K)
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Enchanter's Emblem
  [[SELL FOR OTHER GREENS LATER - SPIRIT/BULLET RES. IS GO TO]] instabuy if you wipe your lane, massive spirit res. and power value, faster ability cooldown seals the deal
2. 2
  Enduring Speed
3alt money is green (Don't skip Stam. Mastery)optional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Restorative Locket
  [[SELL LATER FOR OPTIONSvb`]] as for any other character, it's situational, but it can be very useful if used smart
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
  counters Mina, Bebop, Paige etc
3. 3
  Debuff Reducer
  builds into Unstop. + good VS Haze/Infernus/other effect bombers
4counterspelloptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Counterspell
  only use it if you know how to use it, probably the best anti ability item in the game if you know how to work it
5the important part (semi L-R, read annotations and be smart)
Author's category · 10 items
1. 1
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
  start bombing for picks, place assistant, get in, throw 2 bolts and drain hp, get out with assistant
2. 2
  Superior Duration
  Built from Duration Extender
  [[ALWAYS BUY FOR DYNAMO]] longer ults, assistant, and rabbits
3. 3
  Greater Expansion
6moar everything
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
  neverending assistant, neverending bolts (late/slotlock buy)
7i hate Sevenoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Unstoppable
  Built from Debuff Reducer
  i hate Seven (only buy if they have a lot of stuns or you suck at avoiding them)
8they schmoovinoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  no more running away! (only worth upgrading to Vort. Web for AoE ults like Lash)
2. 2
  Knockdown
  no more Vindicta!
9trappingoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Mystic Slow
  if you can hit your bolts, this removes Celeste, Haze, Apollo, anyone with a lot of movement
2. 2
  Lightning Scroll
  Built from Mystic Slow
  Seven, Lash, Mc Ginnuess, Doorman, Celeste, just overall useful for disabling during AoE/multi-hit ults
10ult spamoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Diviner's Kevlar
  longer Dynamo ult, also good for easily spammable ults
2. 2
  Refresher
  buy for big ults like Seven, Dynamo, Rem etc. hahahahahahahaha, again! hahahahahahahaha, again! hahahahahahahaha, again! hahahahahahahaha, again! hahahahahahahaha, again! hahahahahahahaha, again!
11anti Graves/Haze/Wraith/Fern techniqueoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Disarming Hex
  i know you're getting your stuff kicked in by a gun Rem, i just know it (buy against any M1 spam)
2. 2
  Metal Skin
  no more Haze ult, good to pop if you're against gun and a lot of stuns that let them hold M1 and hit heads easily
3. 3
  Bullet Resilience
122 + 3 + 1 + Q + 1 + Qoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Echo Shard
  double assistant if you can't wait 8 seconds or read the annotation on the next item
2. 2
  Crushing Fists
  for all you meleeclair players
3. 3
  Spirit Snatch
  good combo potential, rarely use it though, only if they give you free parries
13anti-spiritoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Spirit Resilience
  you know the drill, it's anti spirit comp. teams
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
  Built from Debuff Reducer
  if you're getting a million debuffs or spirit nuked by Talon, Bebop or stuff like Vindicta Ult, though Spirit Res. is usually a better option overall
14i will show you the worldoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Magic Carpet
  absolute chudmaxxing, steal ults for free, get in wherever you want, not bad for escaping either
15dying during ultsoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Cheat Death
  do you suck at ulting? is your hp always too low when you steal ult? then cheat death is for you! live longer when you misplay a dynamo ult! survive midboss steals 10 times more efficiently!
16build ends here, test area below (if you make any conculsions or want to add to my build, text me on discord! my user is oriwaslost
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
17testingoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Spirit Sap
  could be big in lane and midgame if they have cheap spirit res
2. 2
  Focus Lens
  Built from Spirit Sap
  mystic reverb part 2 maybe
3. 3
  Suppressor
  unsure if it stacks with bolt debuff
18testedoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Arcane Surge
  conclusion: build for assistant builds, only amps gun and duration on assistant, insignificant for anything else
2. 2
  Surge of Power
  Built from Extra Spirit
  conclusion: not good for anything other than gunClair
19Category 20
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.

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Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Vexing BoltVexing Bolt		Vexing Bolt: Ability unlocked, step 2	Vexing Bolt: 1 AP upgrade, step 3		Vexing Bolt: 2 AP upgrade, step 5					Vexing Bolt: 5 AP upgrade, step 10