Yamato uses precise strikes to decimate her rivals. However, such damaging attacks often will leave her exposed, so she needs to make every shot count.
Power Slash
Improved cases where Power Slash would hit enemies behind cover
Shadow Transformation
Now heals for 15% of your max hp on hero kill
No longer heals on cast
Shadow Transformation
T3 increased from +2s to +3s
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Transformation Bullet and Spirit resist reduced from 50% to 45%
Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 5.5s to 5s
Shadow Transformation heal reduced from 25% to 20%
Shadow Transformation
Bullet and Spirit Resist reduced from 60% to 50%
Heal reduced from 30% to 25%
Duration reduced from 6s to 5.5s
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Transformation now affects the grapple time speed
Shadow Transformation duration increased from 4s to 6s
Shadow Transformation now grants +60% Bullet and Spirit Resist
Shadow Transformation now heals for 30% hp (done after the dispel)
Shadow Transformation duration now extends by 2s whenever you get a kill in it (for that session)
Shadow Transformation no longer prevents death
Shadow Transformation
Cooldown reduced from 90s to 85s
Flying Strike
Fixed being able to cast an ability while casting Flying Strike
Crimson Slash
Fixed Crimson Slash following in the direction of dash instead of cross hair
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Transformation T1 changed to +20% Fire Rate
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Transformation Cooldown reduced from 106s to 90s
Power Slash
Cooldown increased from 8.5s to 10.5s
Power Slash
T2 now also reduces cooldown by 2s
Shadow Transformation
No longer grants you bullet and spirit resist
Duration reduced from 4.5s to 4s
Base Attack
Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.5 to 0.45.
Crimson Slash
Fire rate slow reduced from 30% to 20%.
Flying Strike
Fixed various issues with Flying Strike pathing.
Shadow Transformation
Duration reduced from 5s to 4.5s.
No longer provides unlimited ammo.
Shadow Transformation
T3 duration increased from +1.5s to +2s.
Other
Ammo now scales with Spirit Power (0.15)
Alt fire now fixed to work with conditional damage sources (point blank, pristine emblem, etc)
Power Slash
Can now interrupt Power Slash with parry
Power Slash damage reduced from 170 to 160
Grapple
Grapple post cast duration reduced from 0.5 to 0.2
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Transformation bullet and spirit resistance reduced from 55% to 40%
Power Slash
Max damage time requirement reduced from 1.5s to 1.4s
Collision radius reduced by 8%
Crimson Slash
Radius increased from 12m to 13m
Fixed some cases where Crimson Slash would appear to be cast when it wasn't
Shadow Transformation
Fixed being able to die during Shadow Transformation if hit by Grey Talon's Owl
Flying Strike
Fixed some cases where Flying Strike could get into a stuck state
Base Attack
Base melee damage increased by 10%
Flying Strike
T3 now procs after the ability ends, rather than when connecting to the target
Power Slash
Power Slash collision size reduced by 10%
Base Attack
Bullet damage growth increased from 0.4 to 0.5
Power Slash
Power Slash damage reduced from 175 to 170
Flying Strike
Can now cancel Flying Strike
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Transformation duration increased from 4.5s to 5s
Shadow Transformation damage and debuff resistance reduced from 80% to 70%
Shadow Transformation
Now causes you to be unable to die during the buff
Shadow Transformation
Cooldown reduced from 110s to 100s
Now provides 80% Damage Resistance and 80% Debuff Resistance instead of invulnerability during the post-channel buff
Shadow Transformation
T3 increased from +1s to +1.5s
Power Slash
Power Slash T3 bonus damage reduced from +210 to +200
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Transformation cooldown increased from 100 to 110
Power Slash
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
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)
Shadow Transformation
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 Explosion renamed to Shadow Transformation and reworked into a new ability
Shadow Transformation no longer has radius impact behavior
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Transformation T2 is now +4 m/s during Shadow Form
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Transformation T3 is now +1s duration
Other
Shadow Explosion cooldown reduced from 120s to 90s
Crimson Slash
Crimson Slash cooldown reduced from 13s to 11s
Power Slash
Power Slash physics/world collision reduced from 15 to 4 (allowing it to be more easily used near objects)
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Explosion radius increased from 14m to 16m
Shadow Explosion Fire Rate and Spirit buff duration increased from 15s to 20s
Shadow Transformation
Shadow Explosion T3 Spirit bonus increased from +10% to +15%
Shadow Explosion T3 Fire Rate bonus increased from +5% to +10%
Crimson Slash
Crimson Slash radius increased from 11m to 12m
Crimson Slash fire rate debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s
Crimson Slash
Crimson Slash T2 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "10% Max Health heal on hero hit"
Crimson Slash
Crimson Slash T3 changed from "12% Max Health heal on hero hit" to "-6s Cooldown"
Power Slash
Power Slash T1 Bullet Resist increased from 40% to 60%
Flying Strike
Flying Strike cooldown reduced from 35 to 20
Flying Strike range no longer scales with Spirit
Flying Strike
Flying Strike T2 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "+20 Cast Range"
Shadow Transformation
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