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Power Slash Yamato · Ability 1

Charge up an attack, dealing high damage on a full charge

Channel to increase damage over 1.4 seconds, then release a fully-charged sword strike.
Press Ability1 or Attack to trigger the strike early, dealing partial damage.

Power Slash has a 12 second cooldown.

Every upgrade

Power Slash numbers

Each column includes every upgrade before it. Highlighted values are the ones that tier changes.

StatBase+ Tier I+ Tier II+ Tier III
Cooldown 12s12s8s8s
Full Charge Damage spirit145145145295
Slash Length 22m22m22m30m
Move Speed -0%-32%-32%-32%
Slow Duration 0s3s3s3s
Bullet Resist +60%+60%+60%+60%

Scaling

Power Slash at each spirit level

Spirit power raises these values. Each point adds the listed amount, so here is what they reach as your spirit power grows (base upgrades). How spirit power works

StatPer point0 spirit25 spirit50 spirit75 spirit100 spirit150 spirit
Full Charge Damage+1.85145191.25237.5283.75330422.5

Ability points

Power Slash upgrades

  1. Tier I · 1 AP

    +32% Movement Slow for 3s

  2. Tier II · 2 AP

    -4s Ability Cooldown

  3. Tier III · 5 AP

    +8m Cast Range
    +0.5 Damage and Increases Spirit Power scaling

The rest of the kit

Other Yamato abilities

Quick answers

Power Slash questions

What does Power Slash do in Deadlock?
Power Slash is Yamato's ability 1. Channel to increase damage over 1.4 seconds, then release a fully-charged sword strike.Press Ability1 or Attack to trigger the strike early, dealing partial damage.
What is the cooldown of Power Slash?
12 seconds before upgrades, and 8 seconds with every upgrade. Cooldown reduction items shorten it further.
What do Power Slash's upgrades do?
Tier 1 (1 AP): +32% Movement Slow for 3s Tier 2 (2 AP): -4s Ability Cooldown Tier 3 (5 AP): +8m Cast Range +0.5 Damage and Increases Spirit Power scaling
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