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Heroes / Yamato

Yamato hero card

Yamato

Delivers charged attacks with finesse

RelentlessAcrobaticsPursuer

Yamato uses precise strikes to decimate her rivals. However, such damaging attacks often will leave her exposed, so she needs to make every shot count.

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798,620 Yamato games, Nov 1 to Nov 15, all ranks, from deadlock-api tracked matches.

Base stats

Abilities

  1. Power Slash

    Ability 1 · Charge up an attack, dealing high damage on a full charge

    12 s Cooldown145 Full Charge Damage22 m Slash Length

    Channel to increase damage over 1.4 seconds, then release a fully-charged sword strike. Press Ability 1 or to trigger the strike early, dealing partial damage.

    1. T11 AP+32% Movement Slow for 3s
    2. T22 AP-4s Ability Cooldown
    3. T35 AP+8m Cast Range. +150.0 Damage and Increases Spirit Power scaling

  2. Flying Slash

    Ability 2 · Fly towards an enemy target

    36 s Cooldown40% Move Speed

    Throw a grappling hook to reel yourself towards an enemy, dealingmelee damage and slowing the target when you arrive.

    1. T22 APGain +35 Spirit Power for 6s
    2. T35 APAlt-Cast to Grapple allies. +8m Cast Range. Gains 1 extra charge

  3. Crimson Slash

    Ability 3 · Damage enemies nearby, healing on hit

    16 s Cooldown55 Damage55 Heal on hero hit30% Fire Rate

    Slash enemies in front of you, damaging them and slowing their fire rate. If any enemy heroes are hit, you heal.

    1. T11 APOn Hit : +30% Melee Damage for 4s
    2. T22 APOn Hero Hit : +6% Max Health Heal
    3. T35 AP-10s Cooldown and increases scaling

  4. Shadow Transformation

    Ultimate · Become invincible and more powerful

    160 s Cooldown5 s Duration60% Ability Speed15% Max HP Heal On Kill

    Become infused with Yamato's shadow soul. After an initial invincible transformation your abilities are refreshed and are 60% faster. You gain immunity to negative status effects and have greatly increased bullet and spirit resist. When you get a hero kill, you heal and the duration is extended.

    1. T22 AP+4m Move Speed and -30 Cooldown
    2. T35 AP+3.0s Duration. +30% Bullet Resist. +30% Spirit Resist

Best items on Yamato

Most-bought items per tier, ranked by how much they lift Yamato's win rate. Compared within each tier, so late items don't look better just for being late.

800 souls

  1. Gritbought 12.9% · ~12 min +1.8
  2. Extra Spiritbought 52.5% · ~9 min +0.4
  3. Spirit Strikebought 83.1% · ~6 min +0.4
  4. Melee Lifestealbought 76.4% · ~4 min +0.3

1,600 souls

  1. Healbanebought 61.8% · ~15 min +1.0
  2. Spirit Lifestealbought 30.1% · ~16 min +0.9
  3. Compress Cooldownbought 30.6% · ~22 min +0.8
  4. Stalkerbought 58.4% · ~8 min +0.6

3,200 souls

  1. Hunter's Aurabought 25.3% · ~22 min +3.1
  2. Torment Pulsebought 55.2% · ~21 min +2.1
  3. Superior Cooldownbought 45.3% · ~27 min +1.8
  4. Lifestrikebought 45.1% · ~19 min +1.5

6,400 souls

  1. Refresherbought 15.3% · ~37 min +10.7
  2. Diviner's Kevlarbought 10.8% · ~37 min +9.9
  3. Spirit Burnbought 23.3% · ~35 min +8.9
  4. Witchmailbought 14.5% · ~36 min +8.9

How to counter Yamato

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