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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

Tanky / Bruiser build for Yamato.

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Item Build

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

core

Buy one

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Return Fire

m1 enemy comp + lots of shred

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Reactive Barrier

still op with spirit build

Buy one

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Debuff Remover

Almost every game. (Mo, Infernus, Silences, Pocket, etc.)

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Counterspell

Counter hard CC. Good against Lash, Wraith, Shiv, Geist or things that could otherwise make you want to waste ult.

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Veil Walker

Playstyle oriented, not strictly for healing. Use for ganking, move speed burst and scouting with invisibility.

Mid Alternatives

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Tankbuster

Good with powerslash now

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Spirit Snatch

Heavy melee with this

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

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Transcendent Cooldown

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

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Colossus

Mini-ult for ult downtime with huge HP boost. Buying this early will win you games. (~16–20k with 9.6k greens) Get Diviners if they have %max damage like Scourge, Toxic Bullets, Dynamo (ult).

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Boundless Spirit

Buffs all your damage, get as capstone.

Late Choice

ordered left to right in usefulness, use your brain

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Diviner's Kevlar

Good for panic ults

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Witchmail

Never have cd's

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Phantom Strike

One shot combo with Arctic Blast. M1 Teams + Flyers (lash vin talon mina)

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Spellbreaker

Talon, Sinclair, Lash, Shiv.

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Arctic Blast

One shot combo with Phantom Strike

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Refresher

Rejuv + game winning fight, don't buy earlier.

Situationals

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Close Quarters

Alternative to Monster Rounds

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Point Blank

Alternative to Cultist Sacrifice

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Rebuttal

Billy / Abrams / Shiv. Good for baiting parry.

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Spirit Shielding

Spirit nukers (doesn't scale well, sell earlier than return fire/reactive)

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Restorative Locket

Helps with Mina/Kelvin/Warden + Pick heavy enemy comp (stamina)

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Metal Skin

Good with duration + Trancendant CD. Hard M1 counter and helps you live in late game fights. (Paradox, Vyper, etc.)

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Suppressor

vs M1's with torment pulse/crimson slash

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Spirit Sap

easy shred (no punching)

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Scourge

Enemy has Spirit heavy comp or high HP enemies, good if you can constantly stay on top of your enemy.

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Imbue

Mystic Reverb

for fun // slashmaxxing

Ability Point Order

Power Slash

Flying Strike

Crimson Slash

Shadow Transformation

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2

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2

5

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5