Murderer’s Creed Shadows has a weapon that breaks the entire concept of being a ninja, and thus the whole level of the sport. With it, you possibly can flip Naoe into an unkillable brawler that will make Yasuke grasp up his sword. It’s so highly effective that I’m fairly positive Ubisoft will take away it in a patch, so it’s best to benefit from it as quickly as you possibly can.
The most effective half? You possibly can seize this weapon in Izumi Settsu, the area that the sport begins you off in (shout-out to YouTube consumer JorRaptor for highlighting it). A bit of north of your hideout, there’s a small camp known as Tozuku’s Lair. The perspective within the Katano Foothills is close by if you have already got that unlocked. The camp has a couple of enemies to filter out first, after which you possibly can loot the chest for a legendary tanto known as Igan Sundown.
Don’t fear in regards to the stats on the Igan Sundown; simply take a look at that legendary perk engraved on it. Everytime you use the distinctive Escape Strike tanto means, time will gradual to a crawl. It won’t sound very helpful, however belief me after I say it’d wreck the sport for you.
To make use of the Escape Strike means, you could unlock it on the tanto talent tree. The issue is that it’s solely obtainable on the second tier of unlocks, which requires you to assemble up sufficient data factors first. Hit up the orange icons (typically hidden behind white query marks) in your map to gather these. I’d purpose for easy ones like Shrines, Temples, and Kofun to save lots of your self a while. When you’ve sufficient, use two mastery factors to unlock Leap Strike, and one mastery level to unlock Escape Strike.
Congratulations: You’re now successfully immortal! While you enter fight along with your tanto out, you possibly can maintain R1 or R2 (proper bumper or proper set off on Xbox) and press circle (B on Xbox) to dodge backward and set off slow-mo. If an enemy tries to assault you, you possibly can merely step out of the way in which and do one other Escape Strike. And since it’s also possible to Leap Strike — which requires the identical button mixture whilst you maintain your analog stick in a route — you possibly can freely ping-pong between enemies till they’re lifeless.
I’m fairly positive that if the Assassins knew about this method, their lengthy conflict with the Templars would’ve been over fast. Be warned, although: These cursed with this information will discover it actually arduous to patiently sneak round as Naoe after they know they will’t be touched in a battle. I haven’t completed the sport, however I’ve but to search out something that may really harm me throughout battle. Simply you’ll want to improve your hideout’s Forge so you possibly can engrave the Igan Sundown’s perk onto higher tantos.
That is the sort of tactic I’d most likely advocate avoiding till you’re prepared to totally trivialize the entire sport, or in case you actually like taking part in Yasuke as the first brawler of the 2. A part of the enjoyable of taking part in Naoe is methodically clearing out a camp till solely the massive enemies stay and you may pounce on them from the shadows. I’ve solely introduced out the tanto when issues have gone awry, however I received’t decide you for wanting to hurry up Naoe’s revenge story with somewhat time magic.
