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Yamato

assassin hero

Last changed

39 patches· 158 changes Archive details

First recorded: .

Ability descriptions

Power Slash
Channel to increase damage over 1.4 seconds, then release a fully-charged sword strike. Press Ability 1 or to trigger the strike early, dealing partial damage.
Flying Slash
Throw a grappling hook to reel yourself towards an enemy, dealingmelee damage and slowing the target when you arrive.
Crimson Slash
Slash enemies in front of you, damaging them and slowing their fire rate. If any enemy heroes are hit, you heal.
Shadow Transformation
Become infused with Yamato's shadow soul. After an initial invincible transformation your abilities are refreshed and are 60% faster. You gain immunity to negative status effects and have greatly increased bullet and spirit resist. When you get a hero kill, you heal and the duration is extended.

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Change History

39 patches

2026 8 patches

  1. 2 changes
    Crimson Slash
    • Crimson Slash T3 now also increases the heal spirit scaling by +0.4
    Flying Slash
    • Flying Slash light melee scaling increased from 1.0 to 1.2
    Full patch

  2. 3 changes
    Flying Slash
    • Flying Slash T2 reduced from +40 Spirit Power to +35
    • Flying Slash T3 charges from +2 to +1
    • Flying Slash T3 Charge Time increased from 4s to 5s
    Full patch

  3. 3 changes
    Flying Slash
    • Flying Slash range reduced from 28m to 26m
    • Flying Slash T3 Charge Delay increased from 3s to 4s
    • Flying Slash T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input
    Full patch

  4. 2 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash spirit scaling reduced from 2.1 to 1.85
    Flying Slash
    • Flying Slash cast range reduced from 30m to 28m
    Full patch

  5. 8 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash post cast time reduced from 0.4s to 0.2s
    • Power Slash spirit scaling increased from 1.86s to 2.1
    Flying Slash
    • Flying Slash range increased from 25m to 30m
    • Flying Slash T2 no longer grants +20m Cast Range
    • Flying Slash T3 now also grants +15m Cast Range
    • Flying Slash T3 increased from +1 Charge to +2
    Crimson Slash
    • Fixed Crimson Slash not being able to hit anything if the player is aimed too high or low
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation T1 increased from +5 Weapon Damage to +7
    Full patch

  6. 1 change
    Crimson Slash
    • Fixed Crimson Slash not hitting through veils
    Full patch

  7. 1 change
    Flying Slash
    • Fixed Flying Strike triggering heavy melee procs rather than light melee (damage amount was light melee still)
    Full patch

  8. 28 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash being held down no longer automatically fires it
    • You can now cast Parry directly while channeling Power Slash to fire the Power Slash and parry
    • Power Slash base ability now has +60% Bullet Resist while channeling
    • Power Slash cooldown increased from 10.5s to 12s
    Power Slash Slash Length
    • Power Slash Slash Length reduced from 25m to 22m
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash T1 changed from "+60% Bullet Resist while channeling" to "40% Slow for 3s"
    • Power Slash T2 changed from "-2s Cooldown and 40% slow for 3s" to "-4s Cooldown"
    • Power Slash T3 now also grants +8m Range
    Flying Slash
    • Flying Strike renamed to Flying Slash
    • Flying Slash is now light melee damage rather than spirit
    • Flying Slash slow increased from -30% to -50%
    • Flying Slash cooldown increased from 21s to 36s
    • Flying Slash range increased from 20m to 25m
    • Flying Slash T1 changed from "25% Slow" to "-18s Cooldown"
    • Flying Slash T2 changed from "+20m Cast Range" to "+20m Cast Range and gain +40 Spirit for 6s"
    • 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)."
    • Fixed Flying Slash T3 ally cast stopping too soon before reaching the player
    Crimson Slash
    • Crimson Slash cooldown increased from 15s to 16s
    • Crimson Slash Fire Rate reduction increased from -18% to -30%
    • Crimson Slash T1 changed from "-26% Fire Rate" to "On Hit: +30% Melee Damage for 4s"
    • Crimson Slash T3 increased from -9s Cooldown to -10s
    • Crimson Slash T3 now also increases spirit scaling (+0.6)
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation cooldown increased from 110s to 130s
    • Shadow Transformation Bullet and Spirit Resist reduced from 40% to 30%
    • Shadow Transformation T1 changed from "+14% Fire Rate" to "+5 Weapon Damage"
    • Shadow Transformation T2 now also reduces cooldown by 25s
    • Shadow Transformation T3 increased from +20% Bullet and Spirit Resist to +30%
    Flying Slash
    • Fixed Flying Strike triggering heavy melee procs rather than light melee (damage amount was light melee still)
    Full patch

2025 6 patches

  1. 3 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash T3 bonus damage reduced from +166 to +150
    • Power Slash T3 now also increases spirit power scaling by 0.5
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation heal on kill increased from 12% to 15%
    Full patch

  2. 5 changes
    • Base regen reduced from 2.0 to 1.0
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash low charge damage from 40% to 30%
    • Power Slash medium charge damage from 60% to 50%
    Crimson Slash
    • Crimson Slash cooldown increased from 11.5s to 15s
    • Crimson Slash T3 increased from -5.75s Cooldown to -9s
    Full patch

  3. 2 changes
    • Alt Fire base damage reduced from 63.36 to 50
    • Alt Fire base damage now grows per boon (+0.7)
    Full patch

  4. 1 change
    Crimson Slash
    • Crimson Slash T2 heal reduced from 8% to 6%
    Full patch

  5. 1 change
    • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.27 to 0.24
    Full patch

  6. 2 changes
    • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.33 to 0.27
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation T1 reduced from +20% Fire Rate to +15%
    Full patch

2024 25 patches

  1. 2 changes
    • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.35 to 0.33
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation cooldown increased from 85s to 100s
    Full patch

  2. 2 changes
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation Bullet and Spirit Resist reduced from 45% to 40%
    • Shadow Transformation T3 increased from 15% to 20% Resist
    Full patch

  3. 4 changes
    Flying Strike
    • Flying Strike T3 now also lets you grapple to ally heroes
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation cast time reduced from 2s to 1.5s
    • Shadow Transformation no longer has a 0.6s post cast time
    • Shadow Transformation T3 now also increases Resist by 15%
    Full patch

  4. 4 changes
    Power Slash
    • Improved cases where Power Slash would hit enemies behind cover
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation no longer heals on cast
    • Shadow Transformation T3 increased from +2s to +3s
    • Shadow Transformation now heals for 15% of your max hp on hero kill
    Full patch

  5. 3 changes
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation Bullet and Spirit resist reduced from 50% to 45%
    • Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 5.5s to 5s
    • Shadow Transformation heal reduced from 25% to 20%
    Full patch

  6. 3 changes
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation Bullet and Spirit Resist reduced from 60% to 50%
    Shadow Transformation Heal
    • Shadow Transformation Heal reduced from 30% to 25%
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 6s to 5.5s
    Full patch

  7. 6 changes
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation now affects the grapple time speed.
    • Shadow Transformation duration increased from 4s to 6s.
    • Shadow Transformation no longer prevents death.
    • Shadow Transformation now grants +60% Bullet and Spirit Resist.
    • Shadow Transformation now heals for 30% hp (done after the dispel).
    • Shadow Transformation duration now extends by 2s whenever you get a kill in it (for that session).
    Full patch

  8. 1 change
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation cooldown reduced from 90s to 85s
    Full patch

  9. 4 changes
    Flying Slash
    • Fixed being able to cast an ability while casting Flying Strike
    Crimson Slash
    • Fixed Crimson Slash following in the direction of dash instead of cross hair
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation T1 changed to +20% Fire Rate
    Shadow Transformation Cooldown
    • Shadow Transformation Cooldown reduced from 106s to 90s
    Full patch

  10. 4 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash cooldown increased from 8.5s to 10.5s
    • Power Slash T2 now also reduces cooldown by 2s
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation no longer grants you bullet and spirit resist
    • Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 4.5s to 4s
    Full patch

  11. 6 changes
    • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.5 to 0.45
    Crimson Slash
    • Crimson Slash fire rate slow reduced from 30% to 20%
    Flying Slash
    • Fixed various issues with Flying Strike pathing
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 5s to 4.5s
    • Shadow Transformation T3 duration increased from +1.5s to +2s
    • Shadow Transformation no longer provides unlimited ammo
    Full patch

  12. 6 changes
    • Ammo now scales with Spirit Power (0.15)
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash damage reduced from 170 to 160
    Flying Slash
    • Grapple post cast duration reduced from 0.5 to 0.2
    • Alt fire now fixed to work with conditional damage sources (point blank, pristine emblem, etc)
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation bullet and spirit resistance reduced from 55% to 40%
    Power Slash
    • Can now interrupt Power Slash with parry
    Full patch

  13. 6 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash max damage time requirement reduced from 1.5s to 1.4s
    • Power Slash collision radius reduced by 8%
    Crimson Slash
    • Crimson Slash radius increased from 12m to 13m
    Shadow Transformation
    • Fixed being able to die during Shadow Transformation if hit by Grey Talon's Owl
    Flying Slash
    • Fixed some cases where Flying Strike could get into a stuck state
    Crimson Slash
    • Fixed some cases where Crimson Slash would appear to be cast when it wasn't
    Full patch

  14. 2 changes
    • Base melee damage increased by 10%
    Flying Strike
    • Flying Strike T3 now procs after the ability ends, rather than when connecting to the target
    Full patch

  15. 2 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash collision size reduced by 10%
    • Bullet damage growth increased from 0.4 to 0.5
    Full patch

  16. 2 changes
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation incoming damage reduction reduced from 70% to 55%
    • Shadow Transformation changed from 70% debuff reduction to the same buff as Unstoppable
    Full patch

  17. 4 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash damage reduced from 175 to 170
    Flying Slash
    • Can now cancel Flying Strike
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation damage and debuff resistance reduced from 80% to 70%
    • Shadow Transformation duration increased from 4.5s to 5s
    Full patch

  18. 1 change
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation now causes you to be unable to die during the buff
    Full patch

  19. 3 changes
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation now provides 80% Damage Resistance and 80% Debuff Resistance instead of invulnerability during the post-channel buff
    • Shadow Transformation cooldown reduced from 110s to 100s
    • Shadow Transformation T3 increased from +1s to +1.5s
    Full patch

  20. 2 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash T3 bonus damage reduced from +210 to +200
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation cooldown increased from 100 to 110
    Full patch

  21. 5 changes
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash spirit scaling improved from 1.6 to 2.0
    • Power Slash no longer does a very minor movement on enemies hit
    • Fixed Power Slash sometimes not being a full charge when channeled fully during the Shadow Transformation
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Transformation's ability speedup now affects the post-cast durations as well
    • Shadow Transformation's ability speedup now improves the visual animations (cosmetic only change)
    Full patch

  22. 6 changes
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Explosion renamed to Shadow Transformation and reworked into a new ability
    • Shadow Transformation no longer has radius impact behavior
    • Shadow Transformation now gives you 4.5s of invulnerability after the initial 2s invulnerable channel period. You transform and refresh your abilities, improving ability speeds by 60% and gaining unlimited ammo. "Ability Speeds" affects Power Slash cast time, Flying Strike flying time, and Crimson Slash cast time.
    • Shadow Transformation cooldown increased from 90s to 100s
    • Shadow Transformation T2 is now +4 m/s during Shadow Form
    • Shadow Transformation T3 is now +1s duration
    Full patch

  23. 1 change
    Shadow Explosion
    • Shadow Explosion cooldown reduced from 120s to 90s
    Full patch

  24. 6 changes
    Crimson Slash
    • Crimson Slash cooldown reduced from 13s to 11s
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash physics/world collision reduced from 15 to 4 (allowing it to be more easily used near objects)
    Shadow Explosion
    • Shadow Explosion radius increased from 14m to 16m
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Explosion Fire Rate and Spirit buff duration increased from 15s to 20s
    Shadow Explosion
    • Shadow Explosion T3 Spirit bonus increased from +10% to +15%
    • Shadow Explosion T3 Fire Rate bonus increased from +5% to +10%
    Full patch

  25. 11 changes
    Crimson Slash
    • Crimson Slash radius increased from 11m to 12m
    • Crimson Slash fire rate debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s
    • Crimson Slash T2 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "10% Max Health heal on hero hit"
    • Crimson Slash T3 changed from "12% Max Health heal on hero hit" to "-6s Cooldown"
    Power Slash
    • Power Slash T1 Bullet Resist increased from 40% to 60%
    Flying Strike
    • Flying Strike cooldown reduced from 35 to 20
    • Flying Strike T2 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "+20 Cast Range"
    • Flying Strike range no longer scales with Spirit
    Shadow Explosion
    • Shadow Explosion bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15
    • Shadow Explosion bonus Fire Rate per victim increased from 5 to 10
    Shadow Transformation
    • Shadow Explosion buff duration increased from 8s to 15s
    Full patch