Murderer’s Creed Shadows has a weapon that breaks the entire concept of being a ninja, and thus your entire level of the sport. With it, you possibly can flip Naoe into an unkillable brawler that might make Yasuke grasp up his sword. It’s so highly effective that I’m fairly certain Ubisoft will take away it in a patch, so you need to benefit from it as quickly as you possibly can.
The perfect half? You may seize this weapon in Izumi Settsu, the area that the sport begins you off in (shout-out to YouTube consumer JorRaptor for highlighting it). Somewhat north of your hideout, there’s a small camp referred to 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 first, after which you possibly can loot the chest for a legendary tanto referred to as Igan Sundown.
Don’t fear in regards to the stats on the Igan Sundown; simply have a look at that legendary perk engraved on it. Everytime you use the distinctive Escape Strike tanto potential, time will sluggish to a crawl. It won’t sound very helpful, however belief me once I say it’d smash the sport for you.
To make use of the Escape Strike potential, it’s worthwhile to unlock it on the tanto ability tree. The issue is that it’s solely out there 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 avoid wasting your self a while. When you have got sufficient, use two mastery factors to unlock Leap Strike, and one mastery level to unlock Escape Strike.
Congratulations: You’re now successfully immortal! Once 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 best way 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 path — you possibly can freely ping-pong between enemies till they’re lifeless.
I’m fairly certain that if the Assassins knew about this system, their lengthy battle with the Templars would’ve been over fast. Be warned, although: These cursed with this data will discover it actually onerous to patiently sneak round as Naoe once they know they’ll’t be touched in a struggle. I haven’t completed the sport, however I’ve but to search out something that may truly damage 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 suggest avoiding till you’re prepared to completely trivialize the entire recreation, or for those who actually like enjoying Yasuke as the first brawler of the 2. A part of the enjoyable of enjoying Naoe is methodically clearing out a camp till solely the massive enemies stay and you’ll 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 just a little time magic.
