Yamato build guide

FredTheFinch Grapple Yamato

by Rabies RonnieVersion 8Updated Sep 28, 2026Guide #814069

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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Author's notes

lowk boring but really strong and easy

Item categories

1CORE
Author's category · 12 items · Generally L > R
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
2. 2
  Melee Lifesteal
3. 3
  Spirit Strike
4. 4
  Stalker
5. 5
  Close Quarters
6. 6
  Radiant Regeneration
  i was wrong.
7. 7
  Bullet Resist Shredder
8. 8
  Recharging Rush
  BUY WHEN YOU HAVE MAX 2
9. 9
  Lifestrike
  Built from Melee Lifesteal
  ACTUALLY GOOD ITEM NOW
10. 10
  Healing Booster
11. 11
  Hunter's Aura
  your entire hero is based on taking isolated fights, with a ton of alt fire/melee dmg and fire rate slows, this item is amazing for that
12. 12
  Healbane
2Situationalsoptional
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Monster Rounds
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
3. 3
  Reactive Barrier
4. 4
3Late game
Game stage · 11 items · ANY ORDER, USUALLY EARLIER = MORE USEFUL MORE OFTEN READ ANNOTATIONS
1. 1
  Crushing Fists
2. 2
  Witchmail
  against consistent procs of spirit dmg that dont really kill you
3. 3
  Refresher
  One of your best late game items, having 2 ults to swing important fights is super beneficial
4. 4
4Niche
Author's category · 11 items · not useful super often but can be great
1. 1
  Spiritual Overflow
  SO MUCH SPIRIT POWER GRAHHHHH THE STATS
2. 2
  Juggernaut
  great against teams with heroes that are reliant on fire rate, melee, and slows
3. 3
  Arctic Blast
  just a consistently great item, stops mobile characters and makes it very hard to run from you
5Potentialsoptional
Author's category · 9 items
1. 1
  Surge of Power
2. 2
  Ballistic Enchantment
3. 3
  Weighted Shots
  if you get debuff res get this instead of hunters for like 40 debuff res
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 3											Power Slash: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Power Slash: 2 AP upgrade, step 15