Yamato
Yamato

Most recent change: March 6, 2026

03-06-2026 Update

Update 03-06-2026

Open Patch

General

  • You can now cast Parry directly while channeling Power Slash to fire the Power Slash and parry
  • Flying Strike renamed to Flying Slash
  • Fixed Flying Slash T3 ally cast stopping too soon before reaching the player
  • 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%
Power Slash

Power Slash

  • being held down no longer automatically fires it
  • base ability now has +60% Bullet Resist while channeling
  • cooldown increased from 10.5s to 12s
  • Slash Length reduced from 25m to 22m
  • T1 changed from "+60% Bullet Resist while channeling" to "40% Slow for 3s"
  • T2 changed from "-2s Cooldown and 40% slow for 3s" to "-4s Cooldown"
  • T3 now also grants +8m Range
Flying Slash

Flying Slash

  • is now light melee damage rather than spirit
  • slow increased from -30% to -50%
  • cooldown increased from 21s to 36s
  • range increased from 20m to 25m
  • T1 changed from "25% Slow" to "-18s Cooldown"
  • T2 changed from "+20m Cast Range" to "+20m Cast Range and gain +40 Spirit for 6s"
  • 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)."
Crimson Slash

Crimson Slash

  • cooldown increased from 15s to 16s
  • Fire Rate reduction increased from -18% to -30%
  • T1 changed from "-26% Fire Rate" to "On Hit: +30% Melee Damage for 4s"
  • T3 increased from -9s Cooldown to -10s
  • T3 now also increases spirit scaling (+0.6)

12-29-2025 Update

Update 12-30-2025

Open Patch

General

  • Shadow Transformation heal on kill increased from 12% to 15%
Power Slash

Power Slash

  • T3 bonus damage reduced from +166 to +150
  • T3 now also increases spirit power scaling by 0.5

11-21-2025 Update

Update 11-21-2025

Open Patch

General

  • Base regen reduced from 2.0 to 1.0
Power Slash

Power Slash

  • low charge damage from 40% to 30%
  • medium charge damage from 60% to 50%
Crimson Slash

Crimson Slash

  • cooldown increased from 11.5s to 15s
  • T3 increased from -5.75s Cooldown to -9s

07-29-2025 Update

Update 07-29-2025

Open Patch

General

  • Alt Fire base damage reduced from 63.36 to 50
  • Alt Fire base damage now grows per boon (+0.7)

01-12-2025 Update

Update 01-13-2025

Open Patch

General

  • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.33 to 0.27
  • Shadow Transformation T1 reduced from +20% Fire Rate to +15%

12-31-2024 Update

Update 12-31-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.35 to 0.33
  • Shadow Transformation cooldown increased from 85s to 100s

12-21-2024 Update

Update 12-21-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Shadow Transformation Bullet and Spirit Resist reduced from 45% to 40%
  • Shadow Transformation T3 increased from 15% to 20% Resist

12-06-2024 Update

Update 12-06-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Flying Strike T3 now also lets you grapple to ally heroes
  • 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%

11-21-2024 Update

Update 11-21-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Improved cases where Power Slash would hit enemies behind cover
  • 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

11-13-2024 Update

Update 11-14-2024

Open Patch

General

  • 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%

11-10-2024 Update

Update 11-10-2024

Open Patch

General

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

11-07-2024 Update

Update 11-07-2024

Open Patch

General

  • 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)

10-24-2024 Update

Update 10-24-2024

Open Patch

General

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

10-10-2024 Update

Update 10-10-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Shadow Transformation no longer grants you bullet and spirit resist
  • Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 4.5s to 4s
Power Slash

Power Slash

  • cooldown increased from 8.5s to 10.5s
  • T2 now also reduces cooldown by 2s

09-26-2024 Update

Update 09-26-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.5 to 0.45
  • Fixed various issues with Flying Strike pathing
  • 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
Crimson Slash

Crimson Slash

  • fire rate slow reduced from 30% to 20%

09-12-2024 Update

Update 09-12-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Ammo now scales with Spirit Power (0.15)
  • 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 bullet and spirit resistance reduced from 55% to 40%
  • Can now interrupt Power Slash with parry
  • [ Map Changes ]
Power Slash

Power Slash

  • damage reduced from 170 to 160

08-29-2024 Update

Update 08-29-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Fixed being able to die during Shadow Transformation if hit by Grey Talon's Owl
  • Fixed some cases where Flying Strike could get into a stuck state
  • Fixed some cases where Crimson Slash would appear to be cast when it wasn't
Power Slash

Power Slash

  • max damage time requirement reduced from 1.5s to 1.4s
  • collision radius reduced by 8%
Crimson Slash

Crimson Slash

  • radius increased from 12m to 13m

08-15-2024 Update

Update 08-15-2024

Open Patch

General

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

07-11-2024 Update

Update 07-11-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Shadow Transformation incoming damage reduction reduced from 70% to 55%
  • Shadow Transformation changed from 70% debuff reduction to the same buff as Unstoppable

06-27-2024 Update

Update 06-27-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Can now cancel Flying Strike
  • Shadow Transformation damage and debuff resistance reduced from 80% to 70%
  • Shadow Transformation duration increased from 4.5s to 5s
Power Slash

Power Slash

  • damage reduced from 175 to 170

06-23-2024 Update

Update 06-23-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Shadow Transformation now causes you to be unable to die during the buff

06-20-2024 Update

Update 06-20-2024

Open Patch

General

  • 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

05-30-2024 Update

Update 05-30-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Fixed Power Slash sometimes not being a full charge when channeled fully during the 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)
Power Slash

Power Slash

  • spirit scaling improved from 1.6 to 2.0
  • no longer does a very minor movement on enemies hit

05-23-2024 Update

Update 05-23-2024

Open Patch

General

  • 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

05-10-2024 Update

Update 05-10-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Shadow Explosion radius increased from 14m to 16m
  • Shadow Explosion Fire Rate and Spirit buff duration increased from 15s to 20s
  • Shadow Explosion T3 Spirit bonus increased from +10% to +15%
  • Shadow Explosion T3 Fire Rate bonus increased from +5% to +10%
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)

05-03-2024 Update

Update 05-03-2024

Open Patch

General

  • 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 bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15
  • Shadow Explosion bonus Fire Rate per victim increased from 5 to 10
  • Shadow Explosion buff duration increased from 8s to 15s
Crimson Slash

Crimson Slash

  • radius increased from 11m to 12m
  • fire rate debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s
  • T2 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "10% Max Health heal on hero hit"
  • 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%