The strongest gear for Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows is his Legendary Armor, with the best sets giving him powerful passive abilities.

Like most other Assassin's Creed Shadows Castles, you need to eliminate all of the Samurai within the castle itself to then gain access to the legendary loot chest. You can return to the castles at any time and leave at any point to refuel, also if you're struggling to take down a Samurai we recommend switching characters to Yasuke.

Once I finally got to try out the ways of the samurai, I stumbled upon a Kofun that was tailor-made for Yasuke. Figuring out how to reach treasure within it was not only satisfying on its own, but since clearing one early on as Naoe, the ancient tomb actually turned out to be perfect training ground to get used to playing as Yasuke.

Naoe and Yasuke have a lot of skills to unlock in Assassin's Creed Shadows and these are the best ones to get first

Having the ability to not only block, but Parry red attacks as Yasuke is a game-changer for combat. This makes the Protector's Armor the best early-game armor for Yasuke. There is really no need to find another Legendary Chest Armor piece until much later in the game.

Once you take control of Yasuke for the main game, you’ll find a whole new arsenal of abilities to destroy your foes with

Despite being one of the main protagonists, it does take a bit for Yasuke to be playable in Assassin's Creed Shadows.

Assassin's Creed Shadows presents you two playable protagonsits: Naoe and Yasuke. But which one should you main?