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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.

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Description

get level 2 3 before leveling slash in hard lanes
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Item Build

Lane

Generally left to right, can rush express in easy/dominating lanes

Deadlock Item

I

Restorative Shot

mid

generally left to right

situational

can buy at any point in game, slotted into build

Deadlock Item

III

Counterspell

buy most games, great against telegraphed cc and big abilities

Deadlock Item

II

Spirit Shielding

is comparable to locket, likely stronger but gives less agency and consistency than locket

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Return Fire

fantastic against heavy gun teams

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Debuff Remover

silences, focus lens, etc

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Silence Wave

turn off abilities and some shred

Deadlock Item

III

Berserker

if needed a lot of gun dmg to pivot more hybridy while becoming more tanky

Deadlock Item

III

Veil Walker

against a lot of counterspells, maybe useful surprise them and avoid it? untested

heavy weapon lane

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Colossus

tons of extra health, be careful buying this around shiv and a ton of toxic bullets

Deadlock Item

IV

Boundless Spirit

a TON of extra spirit for more dmg on slash and many abilities

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Arctic Blast

better scaling ccing cold front, usually buy when you ahve boundless

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Phantom Strike

against fliers + extra movement, also scales well with spirit and can give a big combo with arctic

Deadlock Item

IV

Spirit Burn

great anti heal, can replace healbane

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Refresher

longer uptime in select fights, very nice to end games with this

Deadlock Item

IV

Diviner's Kevlar

extra bulk, shields work with resists now

Deadlock Item

IV

Plated Armor

against gun heroes, apr, and buildups like toxic/infernus/fixation

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Rend

nice resist shred for those late game

Deadlock Item

IV

Imbue [E]

Mercurial Magnum

put on 3, adds a ton of mixed dmg to gun

Deadlock Item

IV

Escalating Exposure

against very tanky heroes almost always AFTER spirit burn to get most amp

Deadlock Item

IV

Crippling Headshot

against lots of resists, also antiheal can replace healbane

Deadlock Item

IV

Witchmail

if theyre doing a ton of spirit dmg never have cd

Deadlock Item

IV

Juggernaut

cut their fire rate even more, good against a lot of aprs

Deadlock Item

IV

Frenzy

can help tankiness

Deadlock Item

IV

Spiritual Overflow

add some hybridy dmg, as well as lifesteal and duration

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Warp Stone

extra movement

Deadlock Item

IV

Inhibitor

if youre behind can buy to turn off dmg

Deadlock Item

IV

Leech

live forever if youre doing a lot of dmg

Deadlock Item

IV

Spellbreaker

great stats and a nice albeit inconsistent passive, buy if you can abuse both stats and get use out of passive reasonably often

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Metal Skin

against fed hazes and burst gun heroes

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Ethereal Shift

if youre getting hate crimed by things like solo kelvin domes on repeat can be an escape

Ability Point Order

Power Slash

Flying Strike

Crimson Slash

Shadow Transformation

1

2

5

1

2

1

2

5

1

2

5

5

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