The Assassin is the assassination and poison specialist of the four classes in Ghost of Tsushima Legends. Compared to the others, the Assassin can dish out a tremendous amount of damage before enemies even know what ’em.
Why Play the Assassin?
Assassination Specialist
Many of the Assassin’s perks in Ghost of Tsushima Legends are focused on increasing the efficiency of assassinations. His class ability also lets him vanish to set up an assassination.
Poison Specialist
Assassins in Ghost of Tsushima Legends have multiple ways of inflicting poison: class ability, dartgun, or katana perk. Assassins can further take advantage of poison by making it do damage to enemies through the Perk 2 ability, Deadly Nightshade.
Cause Mayhem
Players who use the dartgun with their Assassin have Hallucination Darts that can turn enemies against each other. It can help turn the tide of battle by turning your enemies into temporary allies.
Assassin Techniques
The Assassin’s techniques enhance his ability to attack from stealth.
Shadow Strike
Enter the shadows and strike enemies from a distance
L1 + R1 to activate
Costs 3 Resolve
Press Down on the D-Pad to activate the Assassin class ability
Toxic Vanish
Vanish in a cloud of poison smoke that deals Stagger damage to nearby enemies
Base Cooldown: 62 seconds
Unlocked at Rank 1
Group Vanish
Vanish along with nearby allies
Base Cooldown: 50 seconds
Unlocked at Rank 10
Refreshing Vanish
Vanish in a burst of energy that heals you and nearby allies
Base Cooldown: 50 seconds
Unlocked after 5 Mastery Challenge Activations
Critical Hit
Inflict 30% more damage during assassinations
Unlocked at Rank 2
Super Strike
Perform a stronger Stealth Attack dealing 2x normal damage
Press Triangle from stealth to activate
Costs 1 Resolve
Unlocked at Rank 7
Assassin Unleashed
Decrease class ability cooldown by 15%
Unlocked at Rank 14
Assassin Unleashed is very useful in Assassin builds where players heavily rely on their class ability, especially with Toxic Vanish. Below are the lowered cooldowns when using Assassin Unleashed:
Toxic Vanish: 62 seconds -> 52.7 seconds
Group Vanish: 50 seconds -> 42.5 seconds
Refreshing Vanish: 50 seconds -> 42.5 seconds
Legendary
Increases the number of Legendary items you can equip by 1
Unlocked at 1 Mastery Challenge Activation
Light Step
You are silent when running
Unlocked at Rank 3
Opportunist
Deals 50% bonus assassination damage to Staggered enemies
Unlocked at Rank 9
Deft Hands
Critical Strikes and Assassinations reduce all Ghost Weapon cooldowns by 3 seconds
Unlocked at Rank 16
Deadly Nightshade
Poison also damages enemy health
Unlocked after 2 Mastery Challenge Activations
Shadow Storm
Shadow Strike gains 2 extra strikes
Unlocked at Rank 5
Chain Vanish
Successfully assassinating an enemy while vanished re-activates vanish and refreshes the duration
Unlocked at Rank 11
Legendary
Increases the number of Legendary items you can equip by 1
Unlocked at Rank 18
Overshadowed
Shadow Strike attacks do 100% extra damage
Unlocked at 3 Mastery Challenge Activations