Yamato
Beginner
Abilities
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.
- +32% Movement Slow for 3s
- -4s Ability Cooldown
- +8m Cast Range · +150.0 Damage and Increases Spirit Power scaling
Throw a grappling hook to reel yourself towards an enemy, dealingmelee damage and slowing the target when you arrive.
- Gain +35 Spirit Power for 6s
- Alt-Cast to Grapple allies · +15m Cast Range · Gains 1 extra charge
Slash enemies in front of you, damaging them and slowing their fire rate. If any enemy heroes are hit, you heal.
- On Hit : +30% Melee Damage for 4s
- On Hero Hit : +6% Max Health Heal
- -10s Cooldown and increases scaling
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.
- +4m Move Speed and -20 Cooldown
- +3.0s Duration · +30% Bullet Resist · +30% Spirit Resist
The 6 key items, in order






Improve
Frequent purchases
| Spirit Strike | around 5 min | 78.0% | |
| Melee Lifesteal | around 3 min | 74.7% | |
| Restorative Shot | around 1 min | 73.6% | |
| Spirit Snatch | around 17 min | 70.0% | |
| Healing Booster | around 15 min | 61.9% | |
| Stalker | around 7 min | 60.9% | |
| Improved Spirit | around 11 min | 55.8% | |
| Mystic Shot | around 9 min | 54.6% | |
| Extra Regen | around 5 min | 53.4% | |
| Lifestrike | around 17 min | 50.1% | |
| Healbane | around 15 min | 45.9% | |
| Extra Spirit | around 7 min | 45.3% |
Expert
All matchups
Win rate against each opponent.
| Shiv | 53.8% | 14,869 | |
| Mirage | 53.2% | 7,053 | |
| Paradox | 52.9% | 13,955 | |
| Warden | 52.9% | 5,714 | |
| The Doorman | 52.4% | 9,057 | |
| 52.4% | 12,572 | ||
| Silver | 51.8% | 13,429 | |
| Rem | 51.7% | 20,811 | |
| Viscous | 51.6% | 7,443 | |
| Grey Talon | 51.1% | 8,617 | |
| Venator | 50.7% | 20,965 | |
| Bebop | 50.5% | 20,349 | |
| Calico | 50.3% | 11,778 | |
| Billy | 50.2% | 15,538 | |
| Mina | 49.7% | 24,113 | |
| McGinnis | 49.4% | 6,353 | |
| Infernus | 49.4% | 19,929 | |
| Holliday | 49.3% | 10,672 | |
| Vyper | 49.3% | 8,616 | |
| Sinclair | 49.0% | 9,351 | |
| Vindicta | 48.8% | 15,665 | |
| Drifter | 48.5% | 24,098 | |
| Celeste | 48.4% | 15,526 | |
| Lash | 48.2% | 21,282 | |
| Mo & Krill | 48.2% | 14,080 | |
| Abrams | 47.1% | 15,545 | |
| Apollo | 46.9% | 13,874 | |
| Wraith | 46.8% | 14,861 | |
| Lady Geist | 46.7% | 12,601 | |
| Ivy | 44.3% | 12,327 | |
| Dynamo | 44.1% | 11,877 | |
| Kelvin | 44.0% | 7,901 | |
| Victor | 44.0% | 15,188 | |
| Haze | 43.9% | 24,431 | |
| Seven | 42.4% | 15,841 | |
| Paige | 40.7% | 16,972 | |
| Graves | 40.6% | 20,167 | |
| Rat King | 38.5% | 32,216 |
How to counter Yamato
The heroes that beat Yamato most often since the patch.
Community builds
Worldwide builds, all languages. Ranked by games played.
Titles as their authors wrote them.