Yamato Synergy & Best Duos

Yamato wants a partner who capitalizes on the chaos she creates when she dives in and forces the enemy to scatter. Seven fits this well, since his heavy area burst lands cleanly once Yamato has pinned the enemy team and stopped them from spreading out. She opens the fight and holds targets in place, and he collects the follow-up damage before they recover. What she brings is the initiation and target focus that lets a slower damage dealer like Seven pick his moment instead of forcing it.

Yamato wins 47.33% of matches overall (#30 of 44 heroes) since the Halloween 2026 Update. Its best duo is Graves — together they win 54.67%; the weakest pairing is Mirage at 40.94%.

Best duo partners for Yamato

Hero	Win Rate	Matches
Graves	54.67%	79,606
Paige	54.01%	71,462
Kelvin	52.81%	29,695
Baba	52.54%	21,580
Seven	52.51%	69,673
Rat King	52.01%	41,299
Deadman Danny	51.81%	40,886
Victor	51.62%	43,237
Haze	51.09%	91,329

Weakest pairings for Yamato

Hero	Win Rate	Matches
Mirage	40.94%	22,946
Mina	41.40%	52,104
Rem	42.01%	61,635
Pocket	42.03%	32,060
Vyper	42.37%	24,003
The Doorman	42.56%	38,598
Sinclair	42.63%	20,380
Shiv	42.77%	28,081
Silver	42.89%	51,835
Venator	43.35%	74,995
Mo & Krill	43.82%	24,736
Viscous	44.03%	25,615
Violet	44.26%	41,281
Paradox	44.40%	53,207
Solomon	44.52%	28,726
Celeste	45.13%	45,189
Apollo	45.50%	36,947
Calico	45.51%	17,409
Holliday	45.59%	33,838
Grey Talon	45.82%	28,588
Bebop	45.95%	62,213
Nurse Harrow	46.54%	49,866
Billy	46.56%	55,465
Wraith	46.94%	70,549
Infernus	47.02%	66,609
Vindicta	47.07%	54,668
Warden	47.66%	32,812
Lash	47.67%	54,883
Drifter	48.03%	52,163
Dynamo	48.73%	51,567
McGinnis	48.77%	25,663
Lady Geist	49.58%	33,260
Ivy	49.60%	42,723
Abrams	49.97%	44,189

Stats since the Halloween 2026 Update. Data updated Nov 7, 2026.