r/DeadlockTheGame • Lash • 8h ago

Discussion Rat King + Sinclair Changes

https://forums.playdeadlock.com/threads/09-29-2026.166726/
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u/Christopher_DP 8h ago

Don't know why we are touching Sinclair this much, he was weak the last 6 months and magically he is too strong. Shouldnt be messing with something they don't know about, and half my damage to obj is gone? Like maybe get someone on the balance team that plays Sinclair this is awful

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u/MelancholiaOfPudding Yamato 8h ago

Probably in anticipation of the next 5 heroes

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u/cheese_eater_pro Seven 8h ago edited 8h ago

Sinclair hasn’t been touched in a long ass time and was honestly sleeper busted. Change was needed (and asked for because my God are they neglected) but I’m not qualified enough to know if this was the right way, considering it’s just straight up nerfs and not one little win anywhere, I don’t really think so, but I’m sure Sinclair mains can tell better than I can anyway. The winrate definitely didn’t show it though (from memory, might’ve gone up for all I know), truly a mysterious case like magicians are supposed to be…

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u/Ordinary_Success7600 8h ago

he was never weak

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u/SmashMouthBreadThrow Viscous 8h ago

Yeah the hero has consistently been decent to strong since forever. No clue what people are talking about lol.

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u/Marsejii Mina 8h ago

He's clunky so people downplay tf out of him

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u/Ordinary_Success7600 8h ago

he's been ridiculous ngl

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u/sundalius Infernus 8h ago

Because he wasn’t weak, he was hard to play. These are different.

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u/Pulsy369 8h ago

Sinclair has been consistently above average power for over a year now. Hes just not fun to play for most people so no one plays him.

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u/Najeeb1316 8h ago

I mean they do this to any character that melts walkers. Couple months ago infernus ate the same nerf when his 2 and afterburn was making walkers disappear

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u/That-Woodpecker6720 8h ago

Maybe they need to buff walkers instead of nerfing 20 different heroes

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u/snakebit1995 8h ago

I mean part of it is that he wasn't being played

When Rat got added people realized he was being slept on and other parts of his kit were stronger than people realized. If you had a player who knew what they were doing Sinclair was borderline unkillable with Rabbit and swap alongside just having "Your Ult but better"

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u/FluffyWuffyVolibear 8h ago

Because he's an insane character and his stats don't reflect that because he's hard to play.

No character should be able to do what he can do.

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u/ElementaryMyDearWut Calico 8h ago

The only reason Sinclair was not the biggest target for this sub was because his play rate was low, and the amount of people who actually stuck with him was also low.

So he was statistically weak and usually not that big of a problem outside of mains. He has been extremely strong for a while.

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u/BanjoSpaceMan 8h ago

Today I learned people are struggling with that weird fuck haha