Best Skills to Level up First in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Skills are referred to as Masteries inAssassin’s Creed Shadowsand both Naoe and Yasuke have their unique Mastery trees for various weapons and skill trees. If you’re looking to use your Mastery Points efficiently, here are the best skills to level up first in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

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How to Unlock More Masteries

You unlock Mastery Points by leveling up and performing certain activities such as assassinating Samurai Daisho whilelooting castles. You’ll unlock these naturally as you play along but Mastery tiers are locked behind how much knowledge you have. You need to increase your Knowledge Level by accumulating Knowledge Points before you unlock the next tier for each Mastery Tree.

You can increase your Knowledge Rank by completing events such as collecting Lost Pages, Praying,Kuji Kiri, Horse Archery, and other activities marked on your map with bright orange icons. You can check how many Knowledge points you need for the next tier from the bottom left of your Inventory screen.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Yasuke using his teppo skill to kill enemies

How to Reset Mastery Points

you may reset Mastery Points at any time in the Mastery Menu by holding the X/Square button on your controller or the R key if using a mouse and keyboard. This will deallocate all of your invested Mastery Points for Yasuke or Naoe. You can do this whenever you want, so don’t hesitate to invest in certain weapon mastery trees and try them out on the fly.

Best Naoe Skills to Level Up First in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Since Naoe’s playstyle is all about stealth and assassinations, you want to prioritize skills that let her sneak past enemies and assassinate them efficiently first. However, be sure to unlock a few crucial combat skills.

Here are all the best Naoe skills to unlock first:

Best Yasuke Skills to Level Up First in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

When playing as Yasuke you want to get skills that let you utilize his ranged arsenal or maximize his damage potential as a melee bruiser. Invest into either the Teppo or Bow as your ranged option and the Samurai tree will be your best friend for both the Long Katana and Naginata. Here are the best Yasuke skills to unlock first:

Those are the best skills you should unlock and master first in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. For more guides, learnwhen you unlock Yasukeandhow to complete the Tea Ceremonyquest.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows all knowledge activities

Assassin’s Creed Shadows mastery tree screen with yasuke reset and knowledge points

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Naoe walking in the rain

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Yasuke close up with burning buildng in the back