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Compare Pocket (Assassin) and Yamato (Assassin) in Deadlock — stats, weapon, abilities, and playstyle side by side.
Pocket is an Assassin hero with 780 base health and 57.068 weapon DPS. Yamato is an Assassin hero with 730 base health and 63.216weapon DPS. In a direct comparison, Pocket has the larger health pool, while Yamato brings more raw weapon damage per second.
Raw stats only tell part of the story — abilities, item builds, and player skill decide most matchups. Compare the ability lists below, then check each hero's full guide for builds and counters.
Based on real ranked matches from deadlock-api.com, Yamato currently has the higher win rate this week — 44.7% for Pocket vs 47.6% for Yamato. Yamato also sits in tier B in the live meta.
Live data from 925,094+ ranked matches · Source: deadlock-api.com · updated weekly
| Stat | Yamato | |
|---|---|---|
| Max Health | 780 | 730 |
| Move Speed | 7.2 | 8.2 |
| Stamina | 3 | 3 |
| Health Regen | 1 | 1 |
| Light Melee | 60 | 55 |
| Heavy Melee | 116 | 128 |
| Stat | Yamato | |
|---|---|---|
| DPS | 57.1 | 63.2 |
| Sustained DPS | 38.3 | 42.6 |
| Bullet Damage | 4.28 | 5.31 |
| Fire Rate (RPS) | 1.90 | 2.38 |
| Clip Size | 11 | 12 |
| Reload (s) | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Bullet Speed | 558.8 | 254 |
| Can Crit | Yes | Yes |
Pocket is a close-range burst trickster who wins by closing the gap with Flying Cloak and unloading The Black Sheep's seven-pellet shotgun spread at point-blank. Their kit punishes clumps: Barrage launches slowing projectiles that build a stacking damage amp on Pocket, and Affliction drains nearby enemies' health over time. Enchanter's Satchel is both escape and threat — disappear to dodge return fire, then pop out for the spirit damage. Because they fight up close, stay unpredictable and treat every cooldown as a resource. They are squishy (780 base health and -15% spirit resist), so commit only when you have a way out.
Strong vs: Pocket is strong against clumped-up enemies, since Barrage's projectiles and Affliction both hit everyone nearby. They punish squishy backliners who can't escape a Flying Cloak teleport into a point-blank shotgun spread. Enemies that rely on healing suffer once Affliction is fully upgraded, because it prevents all healing. Isolated targets with no mobility are the easiest kills — cloak in, burst, satchel out.
Weak vs: Long-range pokers outrange The Black Sheep's close-range shotgun and can chip Pocket while they struggle to close safely. Heavy burst kills them fast given only 780 base health and -15% spirit resist. Enemies with reliable hard CC can lock Pocket down before they can Satchel or Cloak away. Anything with Debuff Resist shortens the Barrage slow and Affliction's drain, and dispels can strip Pocket's slows outright.
Yamato is a close-range assassin who wins fights up close, chaining precise sword strikes instead of poking from range. She uses Flying Slash to grapple toward an enemy and get into striking distance, then layers Power Slash and Crimson Slash to damage, slow, and disable her target while healing herself off hero hits. Once she's fully engaged she can pop Shadow Transformation to become briefly invincible, refresh her abilities, and fight at 60% faster ability speed. She has no ranged poke and relies on closing the gap, so staying stuck to her target is the whole game. Build her as a melee/spirit bruiser who dives the backline and snowballs off hero kills.
Strong vs: Yamato excels against squishy, immobile backline heroes she can reach with Flying Slash. Immobile carries and supports who can't kite the grapple are easy dives once she lands on top of them. Heroes that rely on sustained fights rather than burst struggle against her self-healing Crimson Slash and resist-stacked ultimate. Any target caught alone and out of position dies fast to a fully charged combo. She especially punishes heroes who commit to a fight without a real escape.
Weak vs: She struggles against long-range heroes who kite her and punish a mistimed grapple from outside her melee threat range. Dispel and invincibility effects break the Flying Slash connection, and Slowing Hex disables the grapple entirely. The charge-up on Power Slash roots her in place, so it's easy to interrupt, dodge, or trade around. Heavy crowd control and burst that lands before her ultimate goes up can kill her during the window where she has no safe dive. She also lacks reliable ranged damage, so she can't contest poke from distance.
Pocket has the larger base health pool at 780, compared to 730 for Yamato.
Yamato has the higher weapon DPS at 63.216, versus 57.068 for Pocket.
Neither hero is strictly better — they fit different roles. Pocket is an Assassin and Yamato is an Assassin, so the right pick depends on your team composition, the enemy draft, and which playstyle you are comfortable with. Check the win rates on our tier list for the current patch.