Yamato build guide

Yamato - ONE SLASH IS ENOUGH - deadlocked.gg

by deadlocked.ggVersion 439Updated Oct 9, 2026Guide #722336

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Published guide

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Author's notes

Yamato build curated by the deadlocked.gg team — hover any item for a quick note on when and why to buy it. Full guide with phase budgets and live stats: deadlocked.gg/heroes/yamato. Updated daily.

Item categories

1EARLY GAME
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Spirit Strike
  Burst in lane
2. 2
  Mystic Shot
3. 3
  Melee Lifesteal
  Sustain
4. 4
  Restorative Shot
  Extra sustain
2EARLY GAMEoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Healbane
  Anti heal - BUY It
2. 2
  Stalker
  Good item on Yamato
3. 3
  Extra Regen
  Extra survival
4. 4
3MID GAME
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
  Core
2. 2
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
3. 3
  Torment Pulse
  Extra damage
4. 4
4MID GAMEoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Counterspell
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
  Vs spirit burst
3. 3
  Bullet Resilience
  Vs weapon burst
4. 4
5LATE GAME
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  Cdr
2. 2
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
  Cdr
3. 3
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
  Burst
6LATE GAMEoptional
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Diviner's Kevlar
2. 2
  Mystic Reverb
  Luxury
3. 3
  Escalating Exposure
  Debuffs
4. 4

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Power SlashPower Slash				Power Slash: Ability unlocked, step 4		Power Slash: 1 AP upgrade, step 6		Power Slash: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Power Slash: 5 AP upgrade, step 9