How exhausted are you by stagger? It’s unironically the worst status affliction in video gaming history. Thankfully, it’s not much of an issue in Assassin’s Creed Shadows—at least for the player. The action-adventure from Ubisoft does have a similar status effect—Daze—but you’ll most often be the one inflicting it upon unsuspecting samurai. There are others, too, and we’ll delve into each one. Once you learn the ins and outs of each status effect, you can wield them effectively against your foes!
This isn’t a Soulslike. Assassin’s Creed Shadows relies on a handful of status effects designed to work quickly, stagger opponents, and finish fights fast. As such, there are only four to consider:
In Assassin’s Creed Shadows, specific weapons found throughout the game world, especially high-tier, rare weapons, induce afflictions. Conversely, you can use particular abilities for Naoe or Yasuke that deal affliction effects. As weapons, besides legendaries, seem randomly generated, we won’t sit here and list potential finds. They’ll vary in your game. Instead, we can offer you a few abilities guaranteed to deal affliction damage, like:
As you can see, most of the affliction-based abilities require a ranged weapon, which isn’t an issue for either character once you reach mid-game.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available now, afflictions and all, on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows PCs.