How do I counter Drifter, Lash, Venator as Yamato in Deadlock?

Build Mystic Shot, Spirit Strike, Mystic Burst to counter their primary threats. Highly mobile enemy team: slows help pin them down for your team. This build gets Cold Front mid game, then Hunter's Aura mid game.

What items should Yamato buy against Drifter in Deadlock?

Start with Mystic Shot, Spirit Strike, Mystic Burst, Grit for laning, then transition to Cold Front, Hunter's Aura, Point Blank, Weapon Shielding mid game.

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Yamato

Counter-build vs Drifter, Lash, Venator

50%EVENavg WR vs team

Matchup tips

Highly mobile enemy team: slows help pin them down for your team. This build gets Cold Front mid game, then Hunter's Aura mid game.

Drifter

48%

Sust. GunGun DMG

Lash

49%

Spirit BurstMelee

Venator

52%

CCSpirit Burst

WeaponSpiritVitality

Next buy

Lane phase (auto) · 0 souls spent

Cold Front

T2 · 1,600 souls

Slows Drifter, Lash, Venator

Release an expanding ice blast that deals spirit damage and Slows targets it hits.

Counters come after this: Weapon Shielding in mid game, Colossus in late game.

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Same logic as the in-game HUD (counters, your items, scouted enemy items). The build below is a whole-game plan that also weighs live win rates, so the two can differ.

Select an item for what it does and who it counters.= data behind the pick · FLEX = swappable last slot.

Laning Phase

Early game items (T1-T2) to win your lane

4,000 souls

Mystic ShotT21,600

Scales your spirit damage

Spirit StrikeT1800

Gives you spirit burst damage

Mystic BurstT1800

Gives you spirit burst damage

GritT1800FLEX

Survivability against burst damage

Shield

Mid Game

Core items (T2-T3) for team fights and objectives

9,600 souls

Cold FrontT21,600

Slows Drifter, Lash, Venator

Slow

Hunter's AuraT33,200

Slows Drifter, Lash, Venator

Slow

Point BlankT33,200

Slows Drifter, Lash, Venator

Slow

Weapon ShieldingT21,600FLEX

Bullet resist vs Drifter, Lash

Bullet ResistShield

Late Game

Power spike items (T3-T4) to close out the game

25,600 souls

ColossusT46,400

Bullet and spirit resist vs Drifter, Lash, Venator — Slows Drifter, Lash, Venator

HealthBullet ResistSpirit ResistSlow

Diviner's KevlarT46,400

Survivability against burst damage — high win rate item on this hero

Shield

RefresherT46,400

Bullet and spirit resist vs Drifter, Lash, Venator — high win rate item on this hero

Bullet ResistSpirit Resist

Mystic ReverbT46,400

Slows Drifter, Lash, Venator

SlowLifesteal

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Why This Build Works

This counter-build for Yamato is optimized against Drifter, Lash, Venator. The enemy team has a mixed damage profile, so the build balances multiple defensive needs.

Key counters needed: SilenceShieldSlowBullet Resist

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