Yamato counters and synergy
How to counter Yamato
To counter Yamato, play Graves, Paige and Victor: Yamato wins only 42.3% against Graves. Overall Yamato wins 48.3% of 76k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Yamato does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.3%
- Pick rate
- 23.8%
- Matches
- 76k
- Updated
- 27 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 13k matches
+2.0 vs expected
56.3% win rate
Pocket 5,793 matches
As expected
44.5% win rate
Vindicta 10k matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Celeste 6,396 matches
As expected
47.4% win rate
Paradox 8,623 matches
As expected
44.4% win rate
Lady Geist 8,511 matches
As expected
48.6% win rate
Grey Talon 3,868 matches
As expected
44.6% win rate
Sinclair 3,914 matches
As expected
45.4% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Rat King 36k matches
+1.7 vs expected
44.0% win rate
Mirage 3,516 matches
As expected
56.5% win rate
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Vindicta 11k matches
+1.0 vs expected
48.5% win rate
Calico 7,348 matches
As expected
49.1% win rate
Lash 16k matches
+0.9 vs expected
48.0% win rate
-
Paradox 8,365 matches
As expected
53.9% win rate
Haze 22k matches
+0.9 vs expected
46.1% win rate
-
Grey Talon 5,787 matches
As expected
53.4% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
-
Lady Geist 10k matches
−1.5 vs expected
47.1% win rate
McGinnis 4,786 matches
As expected
49.6% win rate
Violet 11k matches
−1.3 vs expected
47.6% win rate
The Doorman 5,423 matches
As expected
51.3% win rate
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Celeste 9,445 matches
−1.2 vs expected
48.8% win rate
Ivy 8,444 matches
As expected
44.3% win rate
Graves 16k matches
As expected
42.3% win rate
Viscous 4,216 matches
As expected
51.5% 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 | 42.3% | 16k | As expected |
 Paige | 42.9% | 14k | As expected |
 Victor | 44.0% | 12k | As expected |
| Rat King | 44.0% | 36k | +1.7 points |
 Seven | 44.0% | 13k | As expected |
 Kelvin | 44.3% | 5,944 | As expected |
| Ivy | 44.3% | 8,444 | As expected |
 Baba | 45.4% | 10k | As expected |
 Apollo | 45.6% | 7,928 | As expected |
| Haze | 46.1% | 22k | +0.9 points |
 Wraith | 46.9% | 13k | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 47.1% | 10k | −1.5 points |
 Dynamo | 47.3% | 8,926 | As expected |
 Abrams | 47.3% | 10k | As expected |
| Violet | 47.6% | 11k | −1.3 points |
| Lash | 48.0% | 16k | +0.9 points |
 Nurse Harrow | 48.1% | 7,359 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 48.1% | 10k | As expected |
 Vyper | 48.4% | 4,461 | As expected |
 Drifter | 48.4% | 17k | As expected |
| Vindicta | 48.5% | 11k | +1.0 points |
| Celeste | 48.8% | 9,445 | −1.2 points |
| Calico | 49.1% | 7,348 | As expected |
 Billy | 49.4% | 9,865 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 49.6% | 4,786 | As expected |
 Holliday | 50.1% | 7,491 | As expected |
 Silver | 50.4% | 6,145 | As expected |
 Venator | 50.8% | 12k | As expected |
 Infernus | 50.9% | 19k | As expected |
| The Doorman | 51.3% | 5,423 | As expected |
| Viscous | 51.5% | 4,216 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 51.6% | 14k | As expected |
 Mina | 51.6% | 16k | As expected |
 Bebop | 52.0% | 16k | As expected |
 Rem | 52.2% | 12k | As expected |
| Sinclair | 52.2% | 3,819 | As expected |
 Shiv | 53.1% | 11k | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 53.4% | 5,787 | As expected |
| Pocket | 53.6% | 6,743 | As expected |
 Solomon | 53.7% | 9,239 | As expected |
| Paradox | 53.9% | 8,365 | As expected |
 Warden | 54.2% | 3,457 | As expected |
| Mirage | 56.5% | 3,516 | 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 Victor (42.3% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Lady Geist, McGinnis and Violet do better against Yamato than expected.
- Who is Yamato good against?
- Yamato has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Paradox (56.5% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Yamato does better than expected against Rat King, Mirage and Vindicta.
- Who is the best teammate for Yamato?
- Rat King: together they win 56.3%, 2.0 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Yamato lane with?
- Grey Talon, Rat King and Pocket make the best lane partners for Yamato, measured against what each pair is expected to win.