Vainglory Yates build: Items, combo and Counter

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Yates

Attack Type: Melee
Position: Captain
Role: Protector

Yates’s Pros and Cons

Pros

Versatility(Defense/Offense).
Strong early-mid game.
High team fight potential.
Global presence.

Cons

Long Cooldowns.
Long delays on Abilities.
Difficult energy management.

Yates Items build

Start

: Oakheart

: Flare

Core Items

: Fountain of Renewal

: War Treads

: Crucible

Full Items

: Pulseweave

: Stormcrown

: Shiversteel

: Capacitor Plate

: Crucible

: War Treads

Yates’s Ability

Devastation Flail

Yates can combine up to three basic attacks for progressively potent effects within 2.5 seconds of one another.

Second Hit: +15% damage and a slight movement speed increase.
Third Hit: An enormous movespeed increase and an additional 30% damage.

Wolf’s Maw

Yates stretches his flail forward and draws the initial blow from the adversary.

Overwhelm

Yates accumulates energy for 1.5 seconds before unleashing a shockwave that knocks out nearby opponents.

Iron Mandate

Yates leaps to the desired spot anywhere on the map, slowing opponents while providing a barrier for friends.

Until Yates lands, the overwhelming feeling won’t go away.

Yates’s Tips and tricks

In team battles, Yates enjoys a significant advantage. His Overwhelm area-of-effect stun and Iron Mandate global ability each have different effects.

Counter Yates

: Kinetic

: Skaarf

: Anka

: Phinn

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