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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

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

Deadlock Item

III

Radiant Regeneration

Best healing for Yamato if you’re brawling often, but costly with no stats. Pair with Boundless + Trans CD, only if enemy lacks heavy anti-heal.

Mid Choice

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III

Active

Debuff Remover

Instead of enduring speed

Deadlock Item

III

Veil Walker

Playstyle oriented, not strictly for healing. Use for ganking, move speed burst and scouting with invisibility. If not, grab Counterspell (3.2k) to get 9.6k green

Deadlock Item

III

Counterspell

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

Mid Alternatives

Shred, Utility or Damage

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Spirit Sap

easy shred (no punching)

Deadlock Item

II

Active

Cold Front

good damage + slow

Deadlock Item

II

Suppressor

vs M1's with torment pulse/crimson slash

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Snatch

Best shred if you can heavy melee

Deadlock Item

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Tankbuster

Better now than before for Yamato entry slashes.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame

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Imbue

Compress Cooldown

Can also go on your ult if you want to be more active early.

Deadlock Item

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

Almost all your items have cooldowns.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

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).

Late Choice

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IV

Witchmail

For fun/luxury item. Never have cooldowns in spirit heavy comps. (Can facetank warden ult, seven ult, etc.)

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

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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IV

Active

Refresher

This item will help you win endgame fights. Getting it early (before Trancendant Cooldown) is suboptimal. Good with rejuv and duration. Bad with Diviners Kevlar (only get the buff once).

Late Alternatives

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IV

Active

Arctic Blast

One shot combo with Phantom Strike

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Phantom Strike

One shot combo with Arctic Blast.

Deadlock Item

IV

Diviner's Kevlar

Buy if you get bursted down in / before your ult or if you often need to panic ult (Geist Swap, Lash Ult, etc.) Don't buy against Shiv, his execute pierces barriers.

Situationals

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Deadlock Item

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Rebuttal

Billy / Abrams / Shiv. Good for baiting parry.

Deadlock Item

II

Spirit Shielding

Lash, Shiv (Dash), Talon, Viscous, etc.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Metal Skin

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

Deadlock Item

IV

Spellbreaker

Talon, Sinclair, Lash, Shiv.

Deadlock Item

IV

Juggernaut

Best buy if you need to frontline for your team into heavy M1 comp. Also buy Supressor as firerate slows are multiplicative but only from one source (you).

Deadlock Item

IV

Plated Armor

Bugged, doesn’t work vs most on-hits (Magnum, Wraith 3, Djinn’s Mark). Still strong M1 counter vs Siphon/Toxic Bullets or non-proc heroes (Vyper, Gun Bebop, etc).

Deadlock Item

IV

Spirit Burn

Best anti-heal in the game (Abrams, Kelvin, McGinnis, Shiv Geist). Weak vs Victor. Keep Healbane if you need extra anti-heal. Sell Healbane if pressed for slots. Good for eating bugs also.

Ability Point Order

Power Slash

Flying Strike

Crimson Slash

Shadow Transformation

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2

5

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2

5

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2

5

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