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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.

Annotations updated soon.

Item Build

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

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.

Buy one

∈ 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.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

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.

Buy one

> 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.

Mid Choice

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.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

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.

Late Game Choice

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.

Situationals

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.

Ability Point Order

Power Slash

Flying Strike

Crimson Slash

Shadow Transformation

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2

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