Yamato counters and synergy
How to counter Yamato
To counter Yamato, play Graves, Paige and Rat King: Yamato wins only 40.0% against Graves. Overall Yamato wins 47.6% of 880k matches in the last 30 days. Yamato does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 47.6%
- Pick rate
- 26.5%
- Matches
- 880k
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Yamato's win rate and the other hero's predict, so a strong hero doesn't top every list. Green bars beat that expectation, red fall short, grey are within chance.
Same team
Best teammates
Rat King 144k matches
+2.2 vs expected
56.9% win rate
Pocket 75k matches
+0.8 vs expected
43.2% win rate
Shiv 62k matches
+0.7 vs expected
42.9% win rate
Holliday 74k matches
+0.6 vs expected
45.6% win rate
Grey Talon 51k matches
+0.6 vs expected
45.3% win rate
Sinclair 57k matches
+0.5 vs expected
44.0% win rate
Paradox 113k matches
+0.4 vs expected
44.0% win rate
Violet 97k matches
+0.4 vs expected
49.0% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Rat King 367k matches
+1.7 vs expected
42.4% win rate
Vindicta 151k matches
+1.2 vs expected
49.4% win rate
Lash 154k matches
+0.9 vs expected
47.6% win rate
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Grey Talon 76k matches
+0.7 vs expected
51.3% win rate
Haze 210k matches
+0.7 vs expected
44.5% win rate
Kelvin 59k matches
+0.5 vs expected
44.1% win rate
Vyper 67k matches
+0.5 vs expected
51.2% win rate
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Paradox 111k matches
+0.4 vs expected
52.1% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
McGinnis 55k matches
−0.6 vs expected
49.0% win rate
Lady Geist 98k matches
−0.6 vs expected
46.0% win rate
Viscous 58k matches
−0.6 vs expected
51.2% win rate
Celeste 159k matches
−0.6 vs expected
48.3% win rate
Paige 135k matches
−0.6 vs expected
40.9% win rate
Silver 124k matches
−0.5 vs expected
51.3% win rate
Graves 198k matches
−0.5 vs expected
40.0% win rate
Mina 218k matches
−0.5 vs expected
51.3% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Yamato against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Yamato wins with each hero on the enemy team, lowest first. Strong heroes are hard for everyone, so the last column says how this compares with what the two heroes' win rates predict.
| Enemy hero | Yamato wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graves | 40.0% | 198k | −0.5 points |
| Paige | 40.9% | 135k | −0.6 points |
| Rat King | 42.4% | 367k | +1.7 points |
 Seven | 42.5% | 144k | −0.3 points |
 Victor | 43.4% | 139k | As expected |
| Kelvin | 44.1% | 59k | +0.5 points |
 Baba | 44.5% | 106k | As expected |
| Haze | 44.5% | 210k | +0.7 points |
 Ivy | 44.5% | 92k | As expected |
 Dynamo | 45.5% | 92k | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 46.0% | 79k | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 46.0% | 98k | −0.6 points |
| Violet | 46.3% | 120k | −0.4 points |
 Abrams | 46.5% | 128k | As expected |
 Wraith | 47.2% | 141k | +0.4 points |
| Lash | 47.6% | 154k | +0.9 points |
 Drifter | 47.6% | 189k | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 47.6% | 95k | As expected |
 Apollo | 48.1% | 131k | As expected |
| Celeste | 48.3% | 159k | −0.6 points |
 Infernus | 49.0% | 174k | +0.4 points |
| McGinnis | 49.0% | 55k | −0.6 points |
 Calico | 49.3% | 80k | As expected |
| Vindicta | 49.4% | 151k | +1.2 points |
 Billy | 49.8% | 139k | −0.4 points |
 Bebop | 49.8% | 171k | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 50.0% | 158k | +0.3 points |
 Venator | 50.3% | 182k | As expected |
| Holliday | 50.7% | 94k | +0.4 points |
 Warden | 50.7% | 44k | As expected |
| Vyper | 51.2% | 67k | +0.5 points |
| Viscous | 51.2% | 58k | −0.6 points |
| Grey Talon | 51.3% | 76k | +0.7 points |
| Silver | 51.3% | 124k | −0.5 points |
 The Doorman | 51.3% | 73k | −0.4 points |
| Mina | 51.3% | 218k | −0.5 points |
 Rem | 51.4% | 159k | As expected |
 Solomon | 51.4% | 106k | As expected |
| Sinclair | 51.9% | 56k | As expected |
| Paradox | 52.1% | 111k | +0.4 points |
| Pocket | 52.7% | 88k | As expected |
 Mirage | 52.9% | 54k | As expected |
| Shiv | 53.2% | 120k | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Yamato in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Yamato struggles against. Yamato has the lowest win rate against Graves, Paige and Rat King (40.0% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, McGinnis, Lady Geist and Viscous do better against Yamato than expected.
- Who is Yamato good against?
- Yamato has the highest win rate against Shiv, Mirage and Pocket (53.2% against Shiv). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Yamato does better than expected against Rat King, Vindicta and Lash.
- Who is the best teammate for Yamato?
- Rat King: together they win 56.9%, 2.2 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Yamato lane with?
- Rat King, Grey Talon and Vindicta make the best lane partners for Yamato, measured against what each pair is expected to win.