Best Longbow Build Guide in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

This Assassin’s Creed Shadows guide will help you build the best longbow build for Yasuke.

Yasuke is a very strong samurai in Assassin’s Creed Shadows who uses his immense strength during combat. Most of his weapons and arts revolve around dealing damage, but when it comes to longbows, things get a little different. Out of all his weapons, the longbow is a stealth option. Yasuke can use this weapon to fire silent arrows and become an assassin for some time. If you are interested in using this silent killer, follow this guide.

In this Assassin’s Creed Shadows guide, we will explain the best longbow build for Yasuke.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Longbow Build Overview for Yasuke

The Assassin’s Creed game is all about sneaking in and delivering death to your targets. However, Yasuke, being a big samurai, does not come into this category. He excels in blowing heads with swords and other powerful weapons. When equipped with a longbow, he can become an assassin, but as always, it also comes with some cons. Here’s a quick overview of Yasuke’s longbow:

Pros	Cons
Great in stealth missions	Overall slow damage output
Helps in assassinating targets	Need to aim manually
Helps in killing enemies from afar	Not great for mob fights
	Not great at close range

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Best Longbow Build in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Here’s the breakdown of the best longbow build for Yasuke in AC Shadows:

• Weapons: Dragon’s Wrath
  • Best Weapon Ability: Silent Arrows
  • Rarity: Legendary Bow
  • Default Engrave: Instantly charge arrows.
  • Secondary Engrave: Charged arrows automatically become posture shots.
• Headgear: Helmet of the Legendary Samurai
  • Rarity: Legendary headgear
  • Default Engraving: Heal increases Critical Chance by 15% for 5 seconds.
  • Secondary Engraving: +12% damage with Abilities.
• Armor: Master Archer Outfit
  • Rarity: Legendary armor
  • Default Engraving: +200% damage with Ranged weapons while out of combat.
  • Secondary Engraving: Restore 8% health on kill.
• Amulet: Kaen Amulet
  • Rarity: Legendary amulet
  • Default Engraving: +35% damage reduction when health is critical
  • Secondary Engraving: +10% to stats on equipped Long Katana/Naginata/Kanabo/Bow/Teppo.

You can equip a long katana as another weapon to face those who detect you.

Skill Tree for Best Longbow Build

Bow

Skill	Knowledge Rank
Swift Hand	1
Clear Mind	2
Silent Arrows	2
Silent Arrows II	3
Critical Damage	3
Large Quiver II	4
Effective Mindset	4
Silent Arrows III	4
Level-Headed	5
Large Quiver III	6

Samurai

Skill	Knowledge Rank
Regeneration	1
Brutal Assassination	1
Link Attack	1
Bull Rush	1
Improved Brutal Assassination	2
Crash Collision	2
Vigor 1	2
Stronger, Smarter…	3
Assassination Damage 1	3
Impenetrable Defense	3
Big Impact	3
Vigor 2	3
Unbreachable Guard	4
Strength Builder	5
Assassination Damage 2	5
Vigor 3	5
Absolute Protection	6

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Best Longbow Build Explained

As a bow is the only way to kill enemies silently, we focused on a build that can maximize damage without making a single noise. Yasuke can use this build to clear most of the enemies from long-range. This longbow build focuses on the following things:

• Assassinate targets swiftly and silently.
• Deal maximum damage at long range.
• Let Yasuke become an assassin too.

How To Use This Best Longbow Build in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

This build works in a very fascinating way. Here are some points you should remember when using our longbow build:

1. Try not to start a fight with full health. The armor heals 8% with each kill, and the headgear increases the critical chance by 15% after getting healed. This combo is perfect because you can restore your health while increasing damage output.
2. Before engaging in a fight, finish off low-level enemies by one-shotting them with your bow.
3. You can also assassinate main targets with this build.
4. The combination of Clear Mind with Level-Headed can keep time slow for a long time. Each headshot can increase the Clear Mind ability duration by 4 seconds.

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