What are the best items for Yamato in Deadlock?

The highest win rate items for Yamato right now are Lucky Shot (61.7%), Spellslinger (59.1%), Refresher (58.9%). These are calculated from tracked Deadlock matches and update every 15 minutes.

Who counters Yamato in Deadlock?

Yamato struggles most against Graves, Victor, Seven. These matchups are based on head to head win rate data from ranked Deadlock matches.

What is Yamato's win rate in Deadlock?

Yamato has a 48.5% win rate across 331,984 tracked matches, and currently sits in B-tier.

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Yamato

Q: Is Yamato good in Deadlock?

Yamato is currently a B-tier Deadlock character with a 48.5% win rate. 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.

assassin★★★ ComplexityRelentlessAcrobaticsPursuer

Delivers charged attacks with finesse

Win Rate48.5%#24 / 38

Pick Rate2.1%of all picks

KDA Ratio

Yamato Build Path

In the order it actually gets bought.

4 builds - pick one

Laning0 - 10 min

Mid game10 - 22 min

Late game22+ min

Skill orderWhere each ability point goes, level 1 upward

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Worst Matchups

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Best Matchups

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Best Synergies

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Worst Synergies

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Win Rate Trend

48.7%+0.6%

20.8K matches this week

Patch History

Yamato's Journey

Every patch that touched Yamato, with the real win rate shift afterward.

Buffs

Nerfs

Net WR

-3.1 pp

JUL

2026

NERFED·−2

Minor Update - 07-28-2026

Flying Slash T2 reduced from +40 Spirit Power to +35 · +2 more

Minor Update - 07-09-2026

Flying Slash range reduced from 28m to 26m · +2 more

Minor Update - 05-31-2026

Power Slash spirit scaling reduced from 2.1 to 1.85 · +1 more

Fixed Crimson Slash not hitting through veils

Fixed Flying Strike triggering heavy melee procs rather than light melee (damage amount was light melee still)

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More Yamato analytics

Go deeper on Yamato with related Deadlock data: top ranked players of this hero, community builds, the full counter matrix, pair synergies and meta shifts across recent patches.

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Yamato Meta SnapshotTier B

Yamato is a balanced B tier pick in the current Deadlock meta, running a 48.5% win rate and a 2.1% pick rate across 331,984 tracked matches this patch. Yamato's role leans delivers charged attacks with finesse, which shapes every item choice, ability upgrade and lane partner on this page. 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 averages 8.1 kills, 8.1 deaths and 12.7 assists per match, so every stat, counter and item build below is pulled directly from ranked matches and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Win Rate

48.5%

Pick Rate

2.1%

Yamato Deep Dive

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Ability Priority

How to level Yamato's abilities

The highest win rate Yamato players open with Crimson Slash, Flying Slash, and Flying Slash, and that ability priority wins 64.0% of 5,849 tracked games. Early points into that path front load Yamato's strongest spike and lets you snowball through the laning phase instead of stalling into mid game.

Power Spikes & Economy

When Yamato actually spikes

Across tracked games Yamato finishes on an average 42,044 net worth with a 2.57 KDA. That number tells you when Yamato actually spikes: every item tier and ability upgrade on this page is ordered so the strongest win rate path lines up with that economy. Yamato deals around 36,026 hero damage per match, so the build path below prioritises items that scale into that damage profile rather than pure survivability.

Item Build Priority

Strongest Yamato build path

The highest win rate build path on Yamato right now runs Extra Health (tier 1, 50.1% WR), Weakening Headshot (tier 2, 53.1% WR), Blood Tribute (tier 3, 52.8% WR), and Lucky Shot (tier 4, 61.7% WR). These picks carry the strongest individual win rates in their tier bracket across ranked matches, so stacking them in order gives you the cleanest data backed route. If your early game snowballs you can flex into offensive tier 3 and tier 4 items, otherwise the defensive options listed in the items tab hold the lead instead of forcing it.

Meta Position

Yamato in the current Deadlock patch

Yamato is holding a 48.5% win rate this patch and ranks in the B tier across the full hero pool. Over the last few weeks that number has stayed flat, so Yamato is neither rising nor fading right now. Yamato sits in the middle of the pack, which means match ups and draft context decide the game more than the raw pick does.

Worst Matchups

Who counters Yamato

Yamato loses lane weight against The Doorman (-1.2% win rate delta), Silver (-1.2% win rate delta), and Viscous (-0.9% win rate delta). These aren't feelings, they are negative win rate deltas drawn from ranked matches with at least 50 head to head samples. When any of these show up on the enemy team, lean on the synergy picks listed below and delay your power spike items so you can survive the bad matchup into mid game.

Best Synergies

Who to duo with Yamato

Yamato pairs strongest with Graves (+3.5% win rate delta) and Victor (+2.6% win rate delta). Both partners cover holes in Yamato's kit that the worst matchups above exploit, which is why the duo win rates stay well above the hero's solo baseline. If you're queueing with a friend, these are the safest picks to lock alongside Yamato.