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Yamato
Delivers charged attacks with finesse

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.

Yamato
Delivers charged attacks with finesse

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.

Description

Tank / Heavy Spirit damage build for Yamato. Early focus on damage into survivability/frontline.

Item Build

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

Core L-R most games. Buy Resto shot in aggressive lanes.

Buy one

∈ 4.8k Green

Deadlock Item

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Enchanter's Emblem

Nice stats all around.

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Reactive Barrier

Only sell if super slotlocked, scales very well.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

Core Items, L-R most games but can vary.

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Healing Booster

Buffs all your healing sources (Healbane, Crimson Slash, Ult Kills) and finishes 4.8k Green. Only sell really late.

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Imbue [E]

Compress Cooldown

Ult CD was nerfed. Needed for uptime.

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Imbue [E]

Mystic Reverb

Can Rush. Insane Sustain.

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Close Quarters

Gun Investment (Can Skip)

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Point Blank

Gun Investment (Can Skip)

Buy one

Defensives after 4.8k Green.

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Spirit Resilience

Heavy spirit damage (Infernus, Seven, Lash, Mina)

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Counterspell

Lash Ult, Rem Ult, Infernus Ult, generally just a good panic damage block/heal.

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Active

Dispel Magic

Cleanse, silences, debuffs (Djinns Mark, Fixation, Afterburn, etc.) Use before Crimson Slash if you are anti-healed.

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Active

Metal Skin

Pure gun damage (Warden, Venator, Vyper, Haze) Tip: Use after Haze uses sleep otherwise she can wait it out.

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Bullet Resilience

Only buy if they have shitloads of shred.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

Capstones, not L->R

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Transcendent Cooldown

Almost all your items have cooldowns. Better for Torment Pulse than boundless.

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Boundless Spirit

Buffs all your damage.

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Active

Colossus

Best late game tank item in most situations. Buffs sustain from 3 Massively, boosts your melee damage and provides a mini ult in downtime between ults.

Late Game Choice

Read items for help. Ordered L-R based on my preference.

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Spirit Burn

Best healing reduction in the game and does really good damage now.

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Plated Armor

Enemy guns have on-hit effects like Fixation, Afterburn, Toxic Bullets, etc.

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Active

Refresher

Rejuv or Game winning fight. Duration on your ult gives you 20 seconds of uptime.

Deadlock Item

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Tankbuster

Can proc on other things than Power Slash. Still good into tank enemy comp.

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Superior Duration

One of Yamato's best items late game because of actives/debuffs

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Spellbreaker

Counter item for Pocket, Lash, Sinclair, Talon, etc.

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Witchmail

Good vs Torment Pulse (Shiv, Billy, Mo, Victor) or ability spammers / AoE spirit (Dash Infernus for e.g.)

Situationals

the 'LIGHTBRINGER' category

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Restorative Shot

Good for aggressive trades. Can skip if inactive lane.

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Monster Rounds

Rem lane or when you need to clear waves fast.

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Active

Blood Tribute

No longer does healing reduction making it better with Crimson Slash.

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Rebuttal

Billy / Abrams / Shiv. Good for baiting parry or parrying out of ult for damage amp. (Giga Slashes)

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Active

Phantom Strike

Counter item for Flyers + disarms (Vindicta, Lash, Holiday, Celeste).

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Active

Spirit Sap

Early Infernus/Mina/Spirit hero counter. Don't build focus lens.

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Suppressor

Early anti gun (Replaces Extra/Improved Spirit)

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Radiant Regeneration

This item is actually really good if they don't have a lot of anti heal.

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Escalating Exposure

Good Resists. Buy with Spirit Burn + Transcendent Cooldown to become a microwave.

Ability Point Order

Power Slash

Flying Slash

Crimson Slash

Shadow Transformation

1

2

5

1

2

1

2

5

1

2

5

5

1

2

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