
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 uses precise strikes to decimate her rivals. However, such damaging attacks often will leave her exposed, so she needs to make every shot count.
Tanky / Bruiser build for Yamato.
Annotations updated soon.
Core L-R most games.


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Restorative Shot
Alt fires are easier to land these.


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Extra Regen
Upgrades to healing booster.


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Monster Rounds
Buy if you need to push wave faster. Alternatively buy Close Quarters.


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Extra Spirit
Buy Torment Pulse first if stomping lane.


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Improved Spirit
Buy Torment Pulse first if stomping lane.


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Torment Pulse
Rush Torment pulse before imp spirit if stomping lane. Buy cultist if before if you're losing.


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Active
Cultist Sacrifice
Buy before Torment Pulse if you need to catch up. Point Blank is the best alternative.


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Mystic Shot
Don't buy before 4.8k Spirit Spike, damage too low early on. Use late game to trigger spellbreaker.
∈ 4.8k Green


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Reactive Barrier
Item scales with Spirit making it scale very well into the late game. Buy into CC heavy teams.


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Enchanter's Emblem
Nice stats all around.


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Enduring Speed
Best Move Speed item. Gives passive slow resistances. Upgrades to Juggernaut for M1 teams with Ricochet as a capstone.
Core L-R most games.


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Healbane
Buy early / in lane vs big healers. (Victor, Mo, Abrams, Geist)


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Healing Booster
Buffs healing from Healbane, Crimson Slash and Shadow Transformation kills. Can be bought early after maxing Crimson Slash.


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Imbue
Surge of Power
Good with 4.8k Gun Invest. Cultist or Point Blank. Skip or buy something else if you don't shoot your gun much.


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Imbue
Compress Cooldown
Powerslash for Damage. Crimson Slash for Sustain. Ult for more uptime.


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Superior Duration
Superior Duration is needed for actives like Metal Skin/Colossus. Max ult lasts 10 seconds.
> 4.8k Green buy when needed


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Active
Debuff Remover
Almost every game. Cleanse, silences, debuff duration (Curse, Affliction, Mo). Use before Crimson Slash if you are anti-healed.


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Counterspell
Good against Mina (Silence), Lash, Shiv, Geist and other telegraphed attacks.


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Active
Metal Skin
Must buy against gun heroes. (Warden, Haze, Geist, Vyper or off-meta gun builds such as Doorman, Pocket, Calico, etc.) Don't buy.
SoP or S.dur alternatives.


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Spirit Snatch
If you're below ascendant and can land heavy melees this item is still very good.


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Tankbuster
Extra damage for your Powerslash


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Radiant Regeneration
Good healing from Torment Pulse + AoE Crimson Slash hits. Scales really well with Boundless and Superior Duration.
Capstones and late game core.


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Boundless Spirit
Increases all your damage. If you're not using your gun as much you can buy this earlier by not buying Surge of Power.


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Active
Colossus
Best late game tank item in most situations. Makes healing from your 3 with healing booster much bigger. Some enemy teams benefit more from Plated/Kevlar/Witchmail/Spellbreaker/Phantom Strike


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Transcendent Cooldown
Almost all your items have cooldowns. Better for Torment Pulse than boundless.
Read items for help.


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


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Diviner's Kevlar
Good for panic ults. Bad against Shiv.


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


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Active
Phantom Strike
Counter item for Lash, Vindicta, Talon, Holiday. Used as a gap closer. Strong with Arctic Blast.


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


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


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Spirit Burn
Best healing reduction in the game. Bad against Victor or if they all have debuff remover.
Read annotations. Other options for 4.8k Green, utility buys and other situationals.


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Close Quarters
Alternative to Monster Rounds. Good for melee resists.


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Point Blank
Alternative to Cultist Sacrifice. Slowing effect is good for chasing people. (S.Hex also good). Good for melee resists.


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


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Spirit Resilience
Heavy spirit damage (Infernus, Seven, Lash, Mina) Bad against Shiv.


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Suppressor
Gun heavy teams. (Warden, Mirage, Wraith, Haze)


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Active
Slowing Hex
Mirage, Lash, Mina, Abrams.


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Active
Arctic Blast
Good with Phantom Strike or to root enemies.
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