Yamato

Yamato item build

Early game

0 to 9 min

70% Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought70% Win48.3% At2:28 Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. 70% Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought70% Win48.6% At3:42 Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. 58% Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought58% Win47.9% At4:20 When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... 42% Stalker Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought42% Win50.6% At6:27 Dealing weapon damage at close range opens a wound and grants you bonus move speed. Wounded enemies take spirit damage over time, have reduced bull... 27% Mystic Regeneration Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought27% Win50.1% At6:18 Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes. 27% Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought27% Win46.7% At5:29

Mid game

9 to 20 min

43% Spirit Snatch Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought43% Win49.5% At14:47 When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, the attack deals extra spirit damage and steals Spirit Resist and Spirit Power. Effe... 41% Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought41% Win49.9% At13:37 Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability. 38% Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought38% Win50.2% At14:55 Increases the effectiveness of your healing. 33% Lifestrike Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought33% Win52.2% At15:59 Your Melee Attack applies Movement Slow and heals you for a percentage of the Melee Damage dealt plus a fixed amount. This heal is 40% effective vs... 28% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought28% Win45.4% At13:18 27% Torment Pulse Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought27% Win50.7% At15:40 Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby.

Late game

20 min and later

40% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought40% Win50.0% At27:56 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities. 37% Boundless Spirit Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought37% Win51.4% At29:50 31% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought31% Win47.5% At26:57 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance. 27% Transcendent Cooldown Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought27% Win51.4% At32:26 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities and items. 20% Mystic Reverb Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought20% Win55.8% At31:18 19% Hunter's Aura Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought19% Win47.9% At24:42 Reduces nearby enemies' Bullet Resist and Fire Rate. If there is only one enemy hero nearby, this effect is doubled.

Core items

Most bought overall

64% Spirit Snatch Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought64% Win48.7% At18:06 When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, the attack deals extra spirit damage and steals Spirit Resist and Spirit Power. Effe... 56% Stalker Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought56% Win49.1% At8:23 Dealing weapon damage at close range opens a wound and grants you bonus move speed. Wounded enemies take spirit damage over time, have reduced bull... 54% Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought54% Win48.8% At15:37 Increases the effectiveness of your healing. 54% Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought54% Win49.5% At15:28 Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability. 52% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought52% Win46.6% At13:29 51% Mystic Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought51% Win47.5% At10:22 Your next bullet deals bonus spirit damage.

Percent = share of Yamato players who bought the item in that phase. Hover or tap an item for its win rate and buy time. Late items win more partly because winning players can afford them.

Yamato abilities

Ability 1

Power Slash

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

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

Ability 2

Flying Slash

Fly towards an enemy target

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

1. 1-18s Cooldown
2. 2Gain +35 Spirit Power for 6s
3. 3Alt-Cast to Grapple allies +15m Cast Range Gains 1 extra charge

Ability 3

Crimson Slash

Damage enemies nearby, healing on hit

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

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

Ability 4 · Ultimate

Shadow Transformation

Become invincible and more powerful

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. 1+7 Weapon Damage
2. 2+4m Move Speed and -20 Cooldown
3. 3+3.0s Duration +30% Bullet Resist +30% Spirit Resist

Ability order

23% of players · 52.4% win rate · 51,661 matches

Max first Flying Slash › Crimson Slash › Shadow Transformation › Power Slash

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Power Slash				U
Flying Slash		U	1		2		3
Crimson Slash	U							1	2	3
Shadow Transformation						U					1	2

U = unlock, numbers = upgrade tier. Most common first 12 points.

Yamato counters and matchups

Counters

Yamato wins least against

Graves Graves Win rate39.7% Pick rate– Matches96k −8.0 pts vs Yamato's average −8.0

Paige Paige Win rate41.4% Pick rate– Matches57k −6.3 pts vs Yamato's average −6.3

Victor Victor Win rate42.7% Pick rate– Matches68k −5.0 pts vs Yamato's average −5.0

New Rat King Rat King Win rate42.8% Pick rate– Matches161k −4.9 pts vs Yamato's average −4.9

Seven Seven Win rate42.8% Pick rate– Matches66k −4.9 pts vs Yamato's average −4.9

Kelvin Kelvin Win rate44.4% Pick rate– Matches25k −3.3 pts vs Yamato's average −3.3

Good matchups

Yamato wins most against

Pocket Pocket Win rate52.9% Pick rate– Matches36k +5.2 pts vs Yamato's average +5.2

Sinclair Sinclair Win rate52.9% Pick rate– Matches20k +5.2 pts vs Yamato's average +5.2

Mirage Mirage Win rate52.8% Pick rate– Matches22k +5.1 pts vs Yamato's average +5.1

Shiv Shiv Win rate52.6% Pick rate– Matches55k +4.9 pts vs Yamato's average +4.9

Paradox Paradox Win rate52.5% Pick rate– Matches49k +4.8 pts vs Yamato's average +4.8

Mina Mina Win rate52.4% Pick rate– Matches99k +4.7 pts vs Yamato's average +4.7

Best teammates

Lift Yamato's win rate most

New Rat King Rat King Win rate55.8% Pick rate– Matches66k +8.1 pts vs Yamato's average +8.1

Graves Graves Win rate55.6% Pick rate– Matches92k +7.9 pts vs Yamato's average +7.9

Paige Paige Win rate53.4% Pick rate– Matches80k +5.7 pts vs Yamato's average +5.7

Victor Victor Win rate52.4% Pick rate– Matches47k +4.7 pts vs Yamato's average +4.7

Seven Seven Win rate52.1% Pick rate– Matches77k +4.4 pts vs Yamato's average +4.4

Kelvin Kelvin Win rate52.1% Pick rate– Matches29k +4.4 pts vs Yamato's average +4.4

Points = Yamato's win rate with or against that hero minus Yamato's overall win rate. At least 500 matches per pair.

Top Yamato community builds

• twitch.tv/togetherdl

  by together · 21,841 favorites · updated Jul 5, 2026

  ID 347414
  Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Stalker Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Dealing weapon damage at close range opens a wound and grants you bonus move speed. Wounded enemies take spirit damage over time, have reduced bull... Mystic Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next bullet deals bonus spirit damage. Spirit Shredder Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your bullets apply a debuff that reduces the Spirit Resist of the target and grants you and your allies Spirit Lifesteal against them. Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Cold Front Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Release an expanding ice blast that deals spirit damage and Slows targets it hits.

• ABL (twitch ablkz)

  by ABL · 674 favorites · updated Jul 4, 2026

  ID 711036
  Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Stalker Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Dealing weapon damage at close range opens a wound and grants you bonus move speed. Wounded enemies take spirit damage over time, have reduced bull... Mystic Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next bullet deals bonus spirit damage. Healbane Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your spirit damage reduces the enemy's Incoming Healing. If an enemy hero dies under this effect, you receive a large heal. Lifestrike Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Your Melee Attack applies Movement Slow and heals you for a percentage of the Melee Damage dealt plus a fixed amount. This heal is 40% effective vs...

• Mast Infinite Grapple Yamato

  by *kisses your boo boo* · 388 favorites · updated Jul 25, 2026

  ID 736316
  Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. Healing Rite Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Grant Regen and Sprint Speed to the target. Gets dispelled if you take damage from enemy players or objectives. Can be self-cast. Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls

• wander gunmato 2026

  by ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ · 126 favorites · updated Jul 23, 2026

  ID 715560
  Monster Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls High-Velocity Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Opening Rounds Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your attacks have additional Weapon Damage against enemies above 50% health. Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Weakening Headshot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Landing a Headshot reduces their Bullet Resist. Battle Vest Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls While you are above 65% health, gain weapon damage and bonus fire rate. Bullet Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Fury Trance Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls

• セブンス・ムーンの最強の兵士 (ANNOTATED)

  by Aniconic · 93 favorites · updated Oct 10, 2026

  ID 683363
  Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. Mystic Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next bullet deals bonus spirit damage. Stalker Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Dealing weapon damage at close range opens a wound and grants you bonus move speed. Wounded enemies take spirit damage over time, have reduced bull... Recharging Rush Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Dealing significant weapon damage replenishes a charge for each of your charged abilities. Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls

• Mosquito Yamato (RuinKnightSir)

  by RuinKnightSir · 89 favorites · updated Sep 16, 2026

  ID 688781
  Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Stalker Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Dealing weapon damage at close range opens a wound and grants you bonus move speed. Wounded enemies take spirit damage over time, have reduced bull... Healbane Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your spirit damage reduces the enemy's Incoming Healing. If an enemy hero dies under this effect, you receive a large heal. Torment Pulse Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby. Point Blank Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls When in close range to your target, gain Weapon Damage and your bullets apply a Movement Slow. Mystic Regeneration Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes.

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