Yamato

Deadlock hero Yamato: win rate, tier, counters, synergies, builds and every buff and nerf received.

Strong against

• Mirage — 53.9% win rate
• Sinclair — 53.5% win rate
• Mina — 52.9% win rate
• Paradox — 52.6% win rate
• Pocket — 52.6% win rate

Struggles against

• Graves — 41.5% win rate
• Seven — 42.6% win rate
• Victor — 42.7% win rate
• Ivy — 44.1% win rate
• Paige — 44.1% win rate

Best teammates

• Victor — 55.1% win rate
• Graves — 54.9% win rate
• Seven — 54.0% win rate
• Kelvin — 52.5% win rate
• Paige — 52.2% win rate

Recent changes

• Flying Slash T2 reduced from +40 Spirit Power to +35 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Flying Slash T3 charges from +2 to +1 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Flying Slash T3 Charge Time increased from 4s to 5s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Flying Slash range reduced from 28m to 26m (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Flying Slash T3 Charge Delay increased from 3s to 4s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Flying Slash T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input (change, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Power Slash spirit scaling reduced from 2.1 to 1.85 (nerf, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
• Flying Slash cast range reduced from 30m to 28m (nerf, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
• Power Slash post cast time reduced from 0.4s to 0.2s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Power Slash spirit scaling increased from 1.86s to 2.1 (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Flying Slash range increased from 25m to 30m (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Flying Slash T2 no longer grants +20m Cast Range (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Flying Slash T3 now also grants +15m Cast Range (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Flying Slash T3 increased from +1 Charge to +2 (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Fixed Crimson Slash not being able to hit anything if the player is aimed too high or low (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Shadow Transformation T1 increased from +5 Weapon Damage to +7 (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• \[ Street Brawl ] (change, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Fixed the following Enhanced Items not maintaining their stats from components: Opening Rounds, Tankbuster, Kinetic Dash, Radiant Regeneration, Burst Fire, Veil Walker, Arcane Surge, Fury Trance, Leech (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Fixed Crimson Slash not hitting through veils (bugfix, Small Update - 04-10-2026)
• Fixed Flying Strike triggering heavy melee procs rather than light melee (damage amount was light melee still) (bugfix, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
• Power Slash being held down no longer automatically fires it (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• You can now cast Parry directly while channeling Power Slash to fire the Power Slash and parry (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Power Slash base ability now has +60% Bullet Resist while channeling (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Power Slash cooldown increased from 10.5s to 12s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Power Slash Slash Length reduced from 25m to 22m (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Power Slash T1 changed from "+60% Bullet Resist while channeling" to "40% Slow for 3s" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Power Slash T2 changed from "-2s Cooldown and 40% slow for 3s" to "-4s Cooldown" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Power Slash T3 now also grants +8m Range (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Flying Strike renamed to Flying Slash (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Flying Slash is now light melee damage rather than spirit (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Flying Slash slow increased from -30% to -50% (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Flying Slash cooldown increased from 21s to 36s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Flying Slash range increased from 20m to 25m (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Flying Slash T1 changed from "25% Slow" to "-18s Cooldown" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Flying Slash T2 changed from "+20m Cast Range" to "+20m Cast Range and gain +40 Spirit for 6s" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Flying Slash T3 changed from "Can Grapple to ally heroes and +6 Weapon Damage for 10s" to "Can Grapple to ally heroes. Becomes Charged and grants +2 charges (3s between charges)." (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Fixed Flying Slash T3 ally cast stopping too soon before reaching the player (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Crimson Slash cooldown increased from 15s to 16s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Crimson Slash Fire Rate reduction increased from -18% to -30% (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Crimson Slash T1 changed from "-26% Fire Rate" to "On Hit: +30% Melee Damage for 4s" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)