Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Beginners Guide – Best Tips And Tricks

If you wanted to zipline across the tall buildings and streets of Victorian era London, you can do so now. All you need to do is go back to 2015 and play Assassin’s Creed Syndicate.

In this game, you get to play as not one, but two protagonists – twin siblings Jacob and Evie Frye. Born to become assassins, you have to save London from drowning in corruption under the rule of a tyrant. Do so by becoming a part of the brotherhood and 

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Characters

The main characters of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate that you should care about are:

Jacob Frye

I’m no criminal. I just do as I please.

Jacob Frye is the younger twin brother of Evie Frye. Born in Victorian era Crawley, they were raised as assassins because of their family being members of the Assassins Brotherhood.

In Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, he and Evie created the Rooks gang to cripple the growing power of the Templars. Being one of the playable characters of this game, he is a combat specialist, excelling in killing enemies up front.

Evie Frye

For every mission, there is a right way and a wrong way. Barging thoughtlessly into combat is, more often than not, the latter.

Evie Frye is the older twin sister of Jacob and one of the two playable protagonists of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. Raised in a family belonging to the Assassins Brotherhood of Britain, she was trained to be an assassin from birth.

As a playable character, she is an expert at stealth, with quick and agile movements defining her playstyle.

Crawford Starrick

All men and women who work for me are indebted to me for their jobs, their time, the very lives they lead. They will work in my factories and so too shall their children.

Crawford Starrick is the Grandmaster of the Templars Order in Britain. He was a power hungry person who indulged in corruption to seize the power of the parliament for himself.

Behind the scenes, he intends to use the power of the Templars to gain control of the Shroud Of Eden. This mythological artifact is touted to give its wearer a lot of mystical powers like invincibility and faster regeneration.

Henry Green

Two Assassins. Equal in height. One female, one male. Two decades old, and those devilish smiles. You must be the Frye twins.”

Henry Green (real name – Jayadeep Mir) is the leader of the British Brotherhood of Assassins. Mentored by Ethan Frye, he in turn mentored Ethans twin children Jacob and Evie from the start of this game. He is an integral character in the main story of this game.

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Beginners Guide Tips And Tricks

If you want the Frye siblings to become Master Assassins and save London from falling in the hands of a tyrant, you need to become one with them. To do so, read this Assassin’s Creed Syndicate beginners guide full of the best tips and tricks that you need.

Learn The Playstyle Of Both The Characters

In previous Assassin’s Creed games, you played as one character from the start to finish. However, AC Syndicate has two different protagonists that you can play as – Jacob and Evie. Both these characters have different playstyles, made obvious by the use of different weapons and skills. 

Jacob is more of a brawler and an expert in combating enemies head on. He is an expert at using brass knuckles and the kukri blades. In addition, he is proficient in eavesdropping. lock picking, and eavesdropping. 

On the other hand, Evie is an expert of stealth, aided by her agile movements and parkour skills. She can use a cane sword pretty well, along with being an expert lock picker and pickpocketer.

Since both characters can use dual hidden blades, both can be played in a stealthy way to eliminate targets quickly. However, Jacob is more adept at fighting enemies head on, while Evie is faster and better at stealthy backstabs. 

Upgrade The Right Skills First

Both the characters of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate have their own skill trees that you can upgrade at your own pace. Whenever you gain a level, you have the option to spend skill points and upgrade the skills of Jacob and Evie. 

However, there are some essential skills that both characters have access to. These are some of the more important skills that you will need to make assassinations easier in this game.

These skills include:

• Stealth: Makes the character better at crouching, making detection by enemies tougher. For Evie, you can go invisible if you hide in the shadows, making her better for stealth.
• Eagle Vision: One of the most useful abilities in this game, this lets you see through walls and detect enemies. This skill is a necessity at all times. 
• Scavenger: This skill lets you get more loot from treasure chests and dead bodies. 
• Health Boost: As the name suggests, you get to increase your health. 
• Lock Picking: This skill makes lockpicking easier, helping you unlock new paths to complete quests by lockpicking doors. 
• Loot Takedown: One of the most intuitive skills, this skill allows you to loot killed enemies after doing a takedown on them.
• Intimidation: For the kidnapping missions in this game, having this skill intimidates enemies faster, helping you kidnap and extort people easily. 

Throwing Knives And Smoke Bombs Are Your Best Friends

Being an assassin, you cannot simply rely on stealth and your trusty hidden blades for completing objectives. Sometimes, when you get detected and get overwhelmed by enemies all around, you can rely on your two best friends. They are – smoke bombs and the throwing knives. 

Throwing knives lets you one shot enemies if you pull off a headshot against them. It also has a lot of range, making silent takedowns from rooftops easier. Soon you will see the enemies cowering in fear as they fail to find you in the room.

On the other hand, the smoke bombs are perfect for getting out of a sticky situation and run to cover. Or, you can drop a smoke bomb to stun a group of enemies temporarily and chain multiple throat-slitting kills together.

Use The Grappling Hook To Glide Like Batman

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate brings back grappling hooks to the game, after they were last featured in Assassin’s Creed Revelations. These hooks will help you traverse the streets and tall buildings of Londonn with greater ease. Simply put, it makes you feel like Batman, gliding across the skyscrapers of Gotham. 

Build A Strong Gang

To take down the Templar controlled Blighters in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate PS4, you need to take help from your own gang. This feature is inspired by the Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood system. Named as the Rooks, your gang can be upgraded by unlocking new skill points to make gang wars easier. 

The Rook skills for your gang that you must unlock first are:

• Rook Training: You need swole gang members by your side. This is exactly what this skill does. 
• Pub Investor: Lets you store more cash in the safe on your hideout train. 

Complete Bonus Objectives Of Each Mission

Each mission that you play in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (both story missions and side quests) have secondary objectives also. These objectives include finishing missions in a set time, or kill (or not kill) a set number of enemies. 

You have the option of completing the quests without following up on these secondary objectives. However, taking on these challenges will ensure that you gain more XP and Gold after finishing a mission. This makes leveling up Jacob and Evie easier after Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – The Last Maharaja Missions pack.

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Conclusion

Saving a city is not an easy talk to accomplish. But if you have the strength of your family, and your trusty grappling hook and hidden blades, everything becomes possible. This is what Assassin’s Creed Syndicate walkthrough is all about.

To become a better assassin, you need to upgrade the right skills first. Also, you need to understand the gameplay differences between Jacob and Evie and how to best use their skills. However, this time around, you can fight with your own gang – the Rooks – by your side, making life easier.

Using various equipment like the grappling hook can make traversal and exploration easier. Also, chase down the extra bonus objectives of each mission for a nice XP boost to level up faster.

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