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Colpo mistico

Best early poke. Try to save your shot for enemy heroes, helps with Spellbreaker later. Hold M2 after grapple to guarantee hit.

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Attiva

Fronte glaciale

Slow after grapple + Flat damage early. Buy Spirit Sap if enemy team will have high Spirit Resists. (McGinnis, Kelvin, Tanky heroes, etc.)

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Emblema dell'incantatore

Early CDR + Resists. I recommend trying Healing Booster or Spirit Shielding if you're looking for another option.

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Maledizione curativa

The best early antiheal option. Also has good sustain early on kill. Stays relevant against Victor because of Torment Pulse. Can be sold for Spirit Burn later.

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Impulso di tormento

Super core. Helps you win fights early and is decent for farm/wave clear. Can delay till after Veil Walker.

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Infondere

Tempo di ricarica compresso

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

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Mech del velo

This item keeps getting buffed because no-one uses it properly. It's insane for healing, spam it as soon as it's off cooldown and fight around Veils. If not, grab Counterspell (3.2k) to get 9.6k green

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Controincantesimo

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

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Colpo curativo

Use this as much as possible in lane to sustain yourself. You can buy Melee Lifesteal if you prefer it/plan to get Lifestrike later.

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Protezione spirituale

Good in spirit bursty lanes. Lash, Shiv (Dash), Talon, Viscous, etc. Not good against early Wraith or heroes that need scaling. This item falls off around 15-20 minutes.

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Attiva

Linfa spirituale

Instead of Cold Front (Upgrade to Silence Wave). Helps early with heroes that buy Fury Trance or have Spirit Resist per boon/items. (Lash, Kelvin, McGinnis, etc.)

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Furto spirituale

Insane damage that scales with Spirit and has insane shred + resists steal. Good Synergy with Cold Front/Arctic Blast, Mystic Vulnerability and Phantom Strike.

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Spirito migliorato

Can delay if you're getting Second Choice instead. Amps damage on all your items (Snatch, Cold Front, Torment + abilities).

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Spirito sconfinato

Boosts all damage (abilities + items). Can delay until after a Second Choice item, but still core. Boosts items like Cold Front, Radiant, Reactive, etc.

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Tempo di ricarica trascendentale

Almost all your items have cooldowns.

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Attiva

Colosso

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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Attiva

Colpo fantasma

Gap closer + burst with CC for Yamato. Counters Vindicta, Talon, Lash, M1s. Synergizes with Cold Front & Arctic Blast. Get Lvl 3 Crimson Slash > Lvl 2 Flying Strike, skip Silence Wave.

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Bruciatura spirituale

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.

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Attiva

Esplosione polare

CC item with strong Yamato synergy. Roots movement, scales well. Great with Phantom Strike. Combo is: PStrike → Arctic Blast → M2 → Melee (Spirit Snatch) → Powerslash.

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Attiva

Flagello

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

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Anticarro

True damage vs tanks (Abrams, Mo, Kelvin, McGinnis) or heavy resists. Grab early vs Fury Trance. Poor synergy with Mystic Reverb (procs from Cold Front/Arctic Blast).

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Obiezione

Punchy lanes. Good for parrying as soon as you leave your transformation. Insane damage amp.

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Giubbotto da battaglia

Early surivability against M1 teams.

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Barriera reattiva

Good against Mo, Holiday, etc. Scales with Spirit so get Boundless Spirit earlier.

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Attiva

Dissipatore debuff

Buy against Silence Wave, Curse, Infernus, Spirit Burn, etc.

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Kevlar dell'indovino

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.

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Rompi-incantesimo

Talon, Sinclair, Lash, Shiv. Good resists and debuff resist. Best defensive 6k against Spirit Heavy comp. Good if they have Silence Wave, Curse, for debuff resist.

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Armatura corazzata

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).

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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).

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Catena delle streghe

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

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Infondere

Riverbero mistico

Best dmg vs low-resist teams. Strong CC from slow + AoE. Bad with Tankbuster (procs off Mystic Shot, Spirit Snatch, Cold Front). Good with Spirit Burn, break Spellbreaker first.

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Attiva

Rinfrescante

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).

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Carica corpo a corpo

If you need to pivot to melee Yamato. Crushing Fists is expensive and she already has top heavy melee dmg. If you need to pivot, follow a different build instead for this game.

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Attiva

Tributo di sangue

High skill-ceiling item. Only buy if you know how to use it and if you need it for the stats. Otherwise do not touch.

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Attiva

Sacrificio cultista

Solid stats for Yamato, but kind of a win-more. Fire rate boosts bomb spam and farm clear. Don’t pair with Express Shot. If slot pressed late, use for buff then sell.

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Colpo rapido

This item starts really being good once you get to around 15-20 boons depending on your weapon investment. I personally stopped buying it because I like constantly spamming my M2 instead.

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Rigenerazione extra

Good if you can't stay out of combat. Builds into healing booster.

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Prosciug. salute corpo a corpo

Good sustain vs Resto Shot (heavy melee creeps for cooldown, light melee players except for in ult/without parry).

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Stivali da corsa

Good for regen between waves and running boxes in lane.

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Velocità persistente

Helps you get around fast and is good for slow resists. Upgades into Juggernaut later. If you're looking for more mobility I recommend Veil Walker instead.

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Potenziatore di guarigione

Really good with Veil Walker, Healbane Heal, Ult Heal or your T2 Crimson Slash once you get Colossus. Prioritize Maxing your 3 over T2 Flying Strike if you want to spam heals.

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Attiva

Fuoco di risposta

Good early against M1 heroes but probably not your best buy.

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Colpo fortificante

Second Best healing item for Yamato but requires you to land punches (preferably heavy melees) to heal. I don't like relying on this for sustain. Good if you pivot to Melee Yamato.

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Attiva

Pelle metallica

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

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Controllo della resistenza

Best movement item in the game if you know how to use it properly. Let's you escape from everything.

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Vulnerabilità mistica

Nice synergy with Torment Pulse or Spirit Snatch.

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Soppressore

Infinite firerate slows with your 3 and torment pulse, helps you win early and late. Great with Juggernaut.

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Rigenerazione splendente

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.

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Durata superiore

Superior Duration if you also buy items like Metal Skin, Silence Wave, Phantom Strike, etc. If you just want your ult to last longer get the 1.6k.

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Attiva

Onda del silenzio

This item is a hard counter to heroes that rely on their abilities. Good against enemies like Lash (for grapple), Victor (for jumpstart), Wraith (for cards), Mo (prevents ult).

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Esposizione crescente

Good with Spirit Burn into really tanky teams/high HP teams. Specifically with Transcendant Cooldown. Gets worse the more resists the enemy team has.