
- Win Rate
- 45.1%
- Pick Rate
- 10.8%
- KDA
- 2.67
Sinclair Build
- Skill Level
- All Skill Levels
- Matches
- 12,960
- Version
- 6860
- Last Updated
- Nov 5, 2026 UTC
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
The Sinclair build players actually buy: start with Extra Charge, Extra Spirit, Mystic Expansion, then Improved Spirit, Enchanter's Emblem, Compress Cooldown, and finish with Rapid Recharge, Greater Expansion, Superior Cooldown. Win and pick rates for every item, by stage.
Best Sinclair build (Nov 5 Patch)
Nov 5 Patch · 75,861 gamesMost Sinclair players open with Extra Charge and Extra Spirit. Core items, bought in at least half of all games: Extra Charge, Extra Spirit, Mystic Expansion, and Improved Spirit. Ranked by how often players on this hero buy each item at each shop tier, from 12,960 games.
- Laning800 souls
Extra ChargeSpiritCore44.9%91% pick
Extra SpiritSpiritCore44.8%85% pick
Mystic ExpansionSpiritCore45.0%82% pick
High-Velocity RoundsWeapon44.2%39% pick - Mid game1,600 souls
Improved SpiritSpiritCore44.9%91% pick
Enchanter's EmblemVitality45.5%50% pick
Compress CooldownSpirit46.1%47% pick
Duration ExtenderSpirit45.9%46% pick - Late game3,200 souls
Rapid RechargeSpiritCore45.1%87% pick
Greater ExpansionSpiritCore45.9%80% pick
Superior CooldownSpiritCore46.6%65% pick - Luxury6,400 souls
Boundless SpiritSpiritCore47.3%76% pick
Spirit BurnSpirit53.3%35% pick
Win rates are for games where the item was bought. Expensive items show higher win rates partly because they get bought in games that are already going well. Item stats cover the last 7 days of games.
Sinclair skill order
132,646 gamesMost Sinclair players max Vexing Bolt first (77% of games), then Audience Participation (10%).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 |
Which ability players max first
The most common order in recent matches. The first 8 points come straight from match data; the rest follow the most common max-first priority. "+" marks the unlock, T1–T3 the upgrade tiers.
Gun, spirit or vitality: which Sinclair build wins?
86% of Sinclair players finish with a Spirit build, and it wins 45.0% of games. The Vitality build wins most often at 48.4% (6% of games).
- Spirit 86%
- Vitality 6%
- Hybrid 6%
- Gun 2%
Spirit Sinclair build
- Win rate
- 45.0%
- Share of games
- 86%7,771 games
- Avg. souls
- 40,164
Items Spirit Sinclair players finish with, by how often they own them:
Vitality Sinclair build
- Win rate
- 48.4%
- Share of games
- 6%558 games
- Avg. souls
- 40,172
Items Vitality Sinclair players finish with, by how often they own them:
Hybrid Sinclair build
- Win rate
- 44.3%
- Share of games
- 6%522 games
- Avg. souls
- 38,715
Items Hybrid Sinclair players finish with, by how often they own them:
Gun Sinclair build
- Win rate
- 37.7%
- Share of games
- 2%223 games
- Avg. souls
- 36,025
Items Gun Sinclair players finish with, by how often they own them:
From the final items of 9,074 Sinclair games over the last 14 days. A build counts as gun, spirit or vitality when that shop slot holds at least 45% of its souls; anything else is hybrid. Sold items are not counted.
Sinclair build planner
Start from the meta build and swap items from the shop. The planner counts your souls, shows your gun / spirit / vitality split and how that build type does for Sinclair, and flags pairs that win together and items with a poor record.
Your Sinclair build
25,600 souls- Weapon 3%
- Vitality 6%
- Spirit 91%
- Build type
- Spirit
- Meta match
- 100%
Spirit Sinclair builds win 45.0% of games and make up 86% of Sinclair games.
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Sinclair items that win together
Boundless Spirit with Mystic Reverb is the best-winning pair on Sinclair: 56.8% over 85,221 games.

Boundless Spirit + Mystic Reverb85,221 games56.8%+12.0 vs Sinclair average
Improved Spirit + Mystic Reverb89,995 games56.2%+11.4 vs Sinclair average
Superior Duration + Spirit Burn96,519 games55.2%+10.4 vs Sinclair average
Spirit Burn + Boundless Spirit132,579 games54.8%+10.0 vs Sinclair average
Greater Expansion + Escalating Exposure89,713 games53.2%+8.4 vs Sinclair average
Superior Cooldown + Escalating Exposure83,940 games52.6%+7.8 vs Sinclair average
Enchanter's Emblem + Transcendent Cooldown88,432 games50.4%+5.6 vs Sinclair average
Superior Duration + Transcendent Cooldown142,542 games50.4%+5.5 vs Sinclair average
Two items owned together at the end of the game, last 30 days. Late items win more often because games that last long enough to buy them were often already ahead.
Adapt your Sinclair build to the enemy
Pick the enemy hero to see which items win most for Sinclair in that matchup. It opens on the hardest one, Graves, where Sinclair wins 33.6%.
Sinclair wins 33.6% against Graves (1,716 games).
Best items vs Graves
Magic CarpetSwap in47.7%8% pick
Boundless SpiritIn the core build39.5%45% pick
IndomitableSwap in44.3%7% pick
Trophy CollectorSwap in40.1%23% pick
Spirit BurnIn the core build39.8%24% pick
Veil WalkerSwap in41.1%13% pick
Extra StaminaSwap in45.8%4% pick
Sinclair community builds
All Sinclair buildsNo one has published a Sinclair build yet. Share yours and help other players climb.
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Create your Sinclair buildWhat Oracle+ Sinclair players build
From 3,542 Sinclair games at Oracle rank and above, in the order players buy the items.
Late
High-rank players buy Improved Spirit more than the all-ranks build does.
Sinclair build changes this week
Healbane is the biggest riser on Sinclair: bought in 18.2% of games, up 7.9 points.
Bought more
The last 7 days of games compared with the 7 days before. Items need 300 games on each side.
Sinclair hidden gems
Items few Sinclair players buy that win well above the hero's 44.8% average.
Treat these as situational: a low pick rate often means the item gets bought when the game is already won.
All Sinclair items (Nov 5 Patch)
100 items with stats for Sinclair. Extra Charge is bought most, in 91% of games. Filter by slot or sort by win rate, pick rate or cost.
| Item | Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.9% | 90.9% | 800 | 68,920 | |
| 44.9% | 90.8% | 1,600 | 68,909 | |
| 45.1% | 87.0% | 3,200 | 65,976 | |
| 44.8% | 85.1% | 800 | 64,584 | |
| 45.0% | 82.1% | 800 | 62,262 | |
| 45.9% | 80.5% | 3,200 | 61,046 | |
| 47.3% | 76.1% | 6,400 | 57,706 | |
| 46.6% | 65.0% | 3,200 | 49,307 | |
| 46.9% | 62.7% | 3,200 | 47,577 | |
| 45.5% | 49.6% | 1,600 | 37,632 | |
| 46.1% | 46.7% | 1,600 | 35,421 | |
| 45.9% | 45.8% | 1,600 | 34,735 | |
| 46.5% | 43.7% | 3,200 | 33,132 | |
| 44.2% | 38.6% | 800 | 29,277 | |
| 45.9% | 38.3% | 1,600 | 29,083 | |
| 44.3% | 37.7% | 1,600 | 28,607 | |
| 45.4% | 36.0% | 800 | 27,337 | |
| 53.3% | 34.6% | 6,400 | 26,229 | |
| 49.2% | 34.2% | 6,400 | 25,961 | |
| 46.8% | 33.5% | 1,600 | 25,424 | |
| 45.4% | 29.6% | 800 | 22,479 | |
| 51.8% | 28.0% | 6,400 | 21,233 | |
| 43.8% | 24.3% | 800 | 18,404 | |
| 55.9% | 21.6% | 6,400 | 16,420 | |
| 45.1% | 21.4% | 800 | 16,229 | |
| 43.7% | 18.2% | 800 | 13,816 | |
| 43.7% | 18.2% | 1,600 | 13,802 | |
| 46.2% | 18.1% | 3,200 | 13,728 | |
| 46.6% | 16.8% | 3,200 | 12,760 | |
| 54.6% | 16.3% | 6,400 | 12,387 | |
| 44.5% | 14.5% | 1,600 | 10,993 | |
| 45.2% | 14.4% | 800 | 10,904 | |
| 44.6% | 14.3% | 1,600 | 10,885 | |
| 46.1% | 13.0% | 3,200 | 9,886 | |
| 52.4% | 12.6% | 6,400 | 9,556 | |
| 45.4% | 12.4% | 800 | 9,407 | |
| 45.9% | 12.1% | 3,200 | 9,207 | |
| 45.1% | 11.2% | 1,600 | 8,508 | |
| 44.7% | 10.2% | 3,200 | 7,771 | |
| 47.3% | 10.2% | 1,600 | 7,721 | |
| 43.0% | 9.9% | 3,200 | 7,523 | |
| 45.9% | 9.8% | 1,600 | 7,455 | |
| 44.3% | 9.3% | 3,200 | 7,064 | |
| 44.8% | 8.9% | 3,200 | 6,763 | |
| 52.2% | 8.3% | 6,400 | 6,295 | |
| 44.9% | 7.4% | 3,200 | 5,589 | |
| 46.0% | 7.0% | 3,200 | 5,328 | |
| 43.5% | 6.3% | 3,200 | 4,813 | |
| 45.2% | 6.3% | 1,600 | 4,800 | |
| 49.3% | 6.2% | 6,400 | 4,730 | |
| 52.8% | 6.2% | 6,400 | 4,668 | |
| 44.5% | 5.8% | 1,600 | 4,419 | |
| 48.4% | 5.2% | 1,600 | 3,936 | |
| 45.4% | 5.0% | 1,600 | 3,772 | |
| 46.5% | 4.7% | 1,600 | 3,568 | |
| 43.6% | 4.6% | 800 | 3,481 | |
| 44.2% | 4.5% | 1,600 | 3,407 | |
| 48.8% | 4.3% | 6,400 | 3,243 | |
| 43.6% | 4.2% | 3,200 | 3,165 | |
| 52.3% | 4.0% | 6,400 | 3,067 | |
| 45.5% | 3.9% | 6,400 | 2,973 | |
| 46.6% | 3.7% | 800 | 2,784 | |
| 51.1% | 3.3% | 6,400 | 2,523 | |
| 36.4% | 3.2% | 3,200 | 2,395 | |
| 52.8% | 3.1% | 6,400 | 2,377 | |
| 44.1% | 3.1% | 800 | 2,333 | |
| 41.4% | 3.1% | 800 | 2,332 | |
| 53.8% | 3.0% | 6,400 | 2,289 | |
| 44.7% | 3.0% | 800 | 2,246 | |
| 44.2% | 2.9% | 3,200 | 2,176 | |
| 51.0% | 2.7% | 6,400 | 2,082 | |
| 45.1% | 2.7% | 1,600 | 2,071 | |
| 47.7% | 2.6% | 3,200 | 1,965 | |
| 47.5% | 2.6% | 3,200 | 1,959 | |
| 46.6% | 2.6% | 800 | 1,943 | |
| 43.4% | 2.5% | 3,200 | 1,909 | |
| 44.2% | 2.5% | 800 | 1,898 | |
| 46.2% | 2.3% | 6,400 | 1,769 | |
| 46.8% | 2.3% | 3,200 | 1,755 | |
| 36.0% | 2.2% | 3,200 | 1,647 | |
| 41.2% | 2.1% | 1,600 | 1,628 | |
| 44.0% | 2.1% | 1,600 | 1,562 | |
| 41.7% | 2.0% | 3,200 | 1,546 | |
| 48.2% | 2.0% | 3,200 | 1,536 | |
| 36.5% | 2.0% | 800 | 1,526 | |
| 53.6% | 2.0% | 6,400 | 1,521 | |
| 45.2% | 2.0% | 1,600 | 1,493 | |
| 54.3% | 1.9% | 6,400 | 1,443 | |
| 45.7% | 1.8% | 6,400 | 1,375 | |
| 43.0% | 1.8% | 1,600 | 1,355 | |
| 51.3% | 1.7% | 6,400 | 1,317 | |
| 42.1% | 1.7% | 800 | 1,312 | |
| 43.7% | 1.6% | 1,600 | 1,217 | |
| 49.3% | 1.6% | 6,400 | 1,189 | |
| 49.8% | 1.5% | 6,400 | 1,165 | |
| 44.4% | 1.5% | 800 | 1,164 | |
| 42.6% | 1.4% | 1,600 | 1,083 | |
| 54.4% | 1.3% | 6,400 | 1,023 | |
| 41.7% | 1.2% | 3,200 | 913 | |
| 48.5% | 1.0% | 1,600 | 784 |
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Items to avoid on Sinclair
Items Sinclair players still buy that win at least 3 points less than other items at the same price. Metal Skin wins 36.0%, against 45.8% for Sinclair's other 3,200-soul items.
Heroes with Similar Builds to Sinclair
Heroes whose builds share at least 7 items with Sinclair's. Rates are each hero's own.
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Sinclair build FAQ (Nov 5 Patch)
What is the best Sinclair build?
The build Sinclair players buy most: Extra Charge, Extra Spirit, Mystic Expansion, and High-Velocity Rounds in lane, Improved Spirit, Enchanter's Emblem, Compress Cooldown, and Duration Extender in the mid game, then Rapid Recharge, Greater Expansion, Superior Cooldown, Boundless Spirit, and Spirit Burn late.
What is the best Sinclair skill order?
Most Sinclair players max Vexing Bolt first (77% of games), then Audience Participation (10%).
What should Sinclair buy first?
Most Sinclair players open with Extra Charge (91% pick) and Extra Spirit (85% pick).
What are Sinclair's core items?
Items bought in at least 50% of Sinclair games: Extra Charge (44.9%), Extra Spirit (44.8%), Mystic Expansion (45.0%), Improved Spirit (44.9%), Rapid Recharge (45.1%), Greater Expansion (45.9%), Superior Cooldown (46.6%), and Boundless Spirit (47.3%).
Which Sinclair items are underrated?
Rarely bought but winning well above Sinclair's average: Infuser (54.4%), Spiritual Overflow (54.3%), and Cheat Death (53.8%). Buy them situationally.
Is gun or spirit Sinclair better?
86% of Sinclair players finish with a Spirit build, and it wins 45.0% of games. The Vitality build wins most often at 48.4% (6% of games).
What do high-rank Sinclair players build?
Oracle+ Sinclair players open with High-Velocity Rounds, Monster Rounds, and Extra Charge, move on to Rapid Recharge, Greater Expansion, and Superior Duration and finish with Boundless Spirit.
What items should Sinclair avoid?
Metal Skin (36.0%), Disarming Hex (36.4%), and Rusted Barrel (36.5%) win the least on Sinclair right now compared with other items at the same price.
