Best Skills for Yasuke and Naoe in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the first game in a long time to feature two protagonists for you to switch between in Naoe and Yasuke. This huge switch up means you also have effectively double the skill trees and abilities to deal with. Thankfully, I have simplified everything for you with the best Assassin’s Creed Shadows Mastery Path skills and abilities for Naoe and Yasuke below.

Best Yasuke Mastery Skills and Abilities in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Yasuke and Naoe each use different skills and Mastery Paths. Thankfully, they don’t share skill points, though, so you can upgrade both each time they level up together. When it comes to the best Mastery skills and abilities for Yasuke, the purpose of these is to focus on his brute force. He is a strong and slow samurai, so assassination is not his forte.

As such, here are the best skills and abilities you should unlock as soon as you can for Yasuke, which rank it is, and what category it falls into:

• Adrenaline Builder: Long Katana Rank 3
• Brutal Assassination: Samurai Rank 1
• Payback: Long Katana Rank 3
• Power Dash: Long Katana Rank 1
• Regeneration: Samurai Rank 1
• Stronger, Smarter: Samurai Rank 3
• Vigor: Starts out at Samurai Mastery Path Rank 2

Best Naoe Mastery Skills and Abilities in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Then when it comes to the best Naoe Mastery skills and abilities in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, it is a completely different situation from Yasuke. Whereas Yasuke is the bulky samurai, Naoe is the fragile but exceedingly powerful shinobi. She is able to assassinate foes in a single swipe and sneak around with ease.

As such, the best skills you should get for Naoe reflect her assassin style:

• Dodge Attack: Katana Rank 1
• Double Assassinate: Assassin Rank 2
• Eagle Vision Improved Sense: Assassin Mastery Path Rank 3
• Grab: Starts at Shinobi Rank 1
• Igan Roll: Starts at Shinobi Rank 2
• Tidal Wave: Katana Rank 1
• Vigor: Starts out at Assassin Rank 3

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available right now for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.