Yamato vs Vyper

Assassin vs Assassin

Assassin mirrors are decided by who sees the other first. Track their cooldowns and never commit while their escape is up.

Your game plan as Yamato

A blade who commits fully — and refreshes everything when she does.

How to beat Vyper

A slippery gunner who slides into your backline with a dagger and a bola.

• 01Stay above half health; Lethal Venom scales with missing health.
• 02Dodge Petrifying Bola’s direct hit.
• 03CC her before she slides away.

1. 01Vyper wins the farm by ~17.4 last hits per match. Prioritise safe last hits and denies over trades, and let your lane partner zone.
2. 02Vyper denies ~1 more orb per match — secure your orbs before they can.
3. 03Vyper looks for burst windows. Don’t sit in lane at low health, and ping the moment they disappear — they’re hunting.

This matchup

213

Usual

231

58.9% win rate over 70,346 matches

• 2
  Early point

  Put an early point into Flying Slash: Vyper dives on you, and an escape ready beats a lost trade.

• 2
  Hold

  Hold Flying Slash for Petrifying Bola — use it the moment Vyper commits, not before.

• 1
  Early point

  Vyper wins the farm: an early point into Power Slash clears waves and keeps you in lane.

• Yamato averages 1.11 kills per death against Vyper.
• Yamato finishes 448 souls behind Vyper on average — play for teamfights and scaling rather than lane kills.
• Yamato deals 3.8k less objective damage per match than Vyper — let teammates take structures while you hold.
• Track Petrifying Bola (115s cooldown). The window right after Vyper uses it is your best time to fight.