Assassin's Creed Shadows: Best Early Game Armor for Yasuke

After spending the majority of Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ opening hours playing as Naoe, suddenly gaining access to Yasuke will make it feel like a whole new game. Naoe hides in the titular shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike, while Yasuke breaks through gates and faces the enemy head on. However, when you first gain access to Yasuke, the quality of his loadout leaves much to be desired. In this guide, we’ll show you where to find the best early game armor for Yasuke in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Best Early Game Armor for Naoe

Get the best gear fast with this guide to finding the best early-game armor for Naoe in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

As Yasuke is not available as a playable character until roughly 10 hours into Assassin’s Creed Shadows, it’s not quite fair to say that any of his items are technically ‘early-game’. However, in this context, this will simply mean that this guide will focus on the best armor you can find shortly after unlocking Yasuke as a playable character.

Best Early-Game Chest Armor for Yasuke – Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Protector’s Armor:

Aside from the great protection this chest armor offers, the Protector’s Armor Legendary Armor set should be your first acquisition for Yasuke for one simple reason: the Legendary Engraving that is built into it. The Protector’s Armor offers the following engraving:

Legendary Engraving: Can Parry unblockable attacks

Having the ability to not only block, but Parry red attacks as Yasuke is a game-changer for combat. This makes the Protector’s Armor the best early-game armor for Yasuke. There is really no need to find another Legendary Chest Armor piece until much later in the game.

You can find the Protector’s Armor at Nijo Palace in Kyoto, Yamashiro. This is a typical ‘Castle’ POI, which requires you to defeat all Samurai Daisho to unlock the Legendary Chest.

Best Early Game Helmet for Yasuke – Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Protector’s Helmet:

The Protector’s Helmet is another piece of Legendary Armor that not only works well in the early-game sections, but also unlocks a Legendary Engraving that will be useful throughout all of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. This is because Parries are a huge part of Yasuke’s combat style, and this helmet’s engraving turns them into yet another way to cause damage.

Legendary Engraving: Deal 50% Damage to the attacker on Parry.

You can find the Protector’s Helmet in Hanazano Castle, in the Genbu Highlands province of Yamashiro. There are only two Samurai Daisho at this location, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to take them out and collect the Legendary Chest.

Samurai Daimyo Helmet of Legend:

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As you make it a bit further into the game, you’ll likely find yourself facing much tougher enemies. The Samurai Daimyo Helmet of Legend provides an incredible boon that will help Yasuke stay in the fight. If you apply the Legendary Engraving from the Protector’s Helmet to this helmet, you’ll find a piece of armor that will last you the rest of the game.

Legendary Engraving: Trigger Samurai Stand on death, once per combat

Samurai Stand is a skill that greatly increases Yasuke’s damage output for a brief time. If you’ve already got the skill unlocked and upgraded, the upgrades will be applied to the item skill.

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You can find this helmet at Nagasuno Falls in Mount Kasagata province, Harima. It is in a Legendary Chest that is just north of the POI marker, above the rocks that line the path near the Torii gate.

The Best Early-Game Weapons for Yasuke in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

The best weapons to collect after unlocking Yasuke in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

Best Early Game Amulets for Yasuke – Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Kitsune’s Trickery:

Legendary Amulets are a bit harder to come by in the early-game section of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. You’ll have to put in a bit of work to collect them, but the significant increase in stats is worth the effort. Kitsune’s Trickery is a good example, as it requires you to nearly complete “The Twisted Tree,” which is a lengthy early game side quest.

Legendary Engraving: +1% health for every Mastery Point in Samurai

Given that Samurai is one of the skill categories you’ll most likely heavily invest in first, the ability to add max health with every point spent is extremely useful. This is especially helpful on higher difficulties.

You can start “The Twisted Tree” by killing anyone of the Takahashi Family, who are found throughout Kyoto. Kitsune’s Trickery is awarded for killing the family’s patriarch, Inoshichi Takahashi. You’ll find him in his compound east of Honnoji Temple in Kyoto.

Headhunter:

The Headhunter Legendary Amulet is perfect for those Yasuke players who prefer to use only a Long Katana. You cannot have any secondary weapon equipped to gain the benefits, but if you don’t mind using the menu to equip and un-equip a ranged weapon when it’s needed, you’ll find that your sword can handle anything thrown at it.

Legendary Engraving: +15% to Stats with only a Long Katana equipped.

You can find the Headhunter at the Blackstone Cascades in eastern Mount Kasagata, Harima. This is the same location where you’ll find The Laughing Man target from “The Kabukimono.” To reach the Legendary Chest that contains Headhunter, you’ll have to squeeze through a crack behind the waterfall at Blackstone Cascades. The chest is in the back of a large cave system beneath the hill.