Yamato/Update history

{{Update history table | contents = |- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | September 26, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• {{*Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.5 to 0.45
• Crimson Slash fire rate slow reduced from 30% to 20%.
• 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.

}} |- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | September 12, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Ammo now scales with Spirit Power (0.15).
• Power Slash damage reduced from 170 to 160.
• 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.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | August 29, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Power Slash max damage time requirement reduced from 1.5s to 1.4s.
• Power Slash collision radius reduced by 8%.
• Crimson Slash radius increased from 12m to 13m.
• 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.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | August 15, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

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

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | August 1, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Fixed crosshair sometimes being stuck hidden for Yamato after Flying Strike was interrupted.
• Power Slash collision size reduced by 10%.
• Bullet damage growth increased from 0.4 to 0.5.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | July 11, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

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

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | June 27, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Power Slash damage reduced from 175 to 170.
• 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.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | June 23, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

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

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | June 20, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• 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.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | June 13, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Fixed Yamato's Crimson Slash visual direction being wrong sometimes.
• Power Slash T3 bonus damage reduced from +210 to +200.
• Shadow Transformation cooldown increased from 100 to 110.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | June 6, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Fixed Power Slash sometimes getting stuck on nearby geometry.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | May 30, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

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

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | May 23, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Fixed missing VO for Yamato ability use/upgrades.
• 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.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | May 16, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Shadow Explosion cooldown reduced from 120s to 90s.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | May 10, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Crimson Slash cooldown reduced from 13s to 11s.
• Power Slash physics/world collision reduced from 15 to 4 (allowing it to be more easily used near objects).
• 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%.

|- | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base); text-align: center;" | May 3, 2024 | style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base);" |

• Removed the slow climbing vertical recoil on Yamato's alt fire.
• Crimson Slash radius increased from 11m to 12m.
• Crimson Slash fire rate debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s.
• Crimson Slash T2 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "10% Max Health heal on hero hit".
• Crimson Slash T3 changed from "12% Max Health heal on hero hit" to "-6s Cooldown".
• Power Slash T1 Bullet Resist increased from 40% to 60%.
• 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.