As the stealthy Naoe, most of your skills—early game through to the conclusion—revolve around stealth kills, debuffs, and striking fast and hard from the shadows before disappearing. The goal, as Naoe, is to end fights quickly, not draw them out into stylish masterpieces like Yasuke.

Legendary Armor can give Naoe strong passive abilities in Assassin's Creed Shadows, with the best ones enhancing her strengths or improving skills.

One way the game ties this theme into its gameplay is with recruitable allies found across Japan, all of which join Naoe and Yasuke’s Kakushiba ikki, their own mini league of assassins. There are six allies that can be summoned in combat by Naoe,