Combat

Learn the ins and outs of melee and ranged combat in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Discover weapon bonuses, combat techniques, and how to effectively use bombs and knives.

Assassin's Creed Syndicate features a robust combat system that blends melee and ranged attacks, with a focus on combos, counters, and guard breaks, similar to Assassin's Creed: Unity.

Melee Combat Weapons

Melee weapons are your primary source of damage. Evie and Jacob can equip one of three weapon types, each with unique bonuses:

• Kukris: Dagger-like short swords that are highly lethal, increasing the chance of triggering finisher attacks with more enemy health remaining.
• Cane-Swords: Concealed weapons that offer an increased chance of stunning enemies for a longer duration compared to other weapons.
• Brass Knuckles: A hybrid weapon, less lethal than kukris but better at stunning than cane-swords.

Ranged Combat Weapons

Ranged combat is useful for disrupting enemies, countering ranged attackers, and eliminating targets from a distance. Different ranged weapons offer distinct advantages:

• Firearms (Revolvers): Allow up to 6 shots before reloading. They are not silenced and can alert nearby enemies. Headshots deal significantly more damage than body shots. Firearms can also be used during melee to temporarily stun enemies.
• Throwing Knives: Extremely lethal and silent. A single headshot can kill most enemies. They are ideal for stealthy takedowns and can stun enemies during melee.
• Hallucinogenic Darts: Similar to blowpipe darts, these cause enemies to attack each other when shot. Hitting a fire source with a dart affects enemies within its area of effect.
• Smoke Bombs: Can be thrown to disorient and stun enemies, allowing for follow-up melee attacks or escapes.
• Voltaic Bombs: Release an electrical charge that damages and stuns nearby enemies, similar to smoke bombs.

Combat Techniques

Syndicate's combat emphasizes combos, countering, and guard breaking:

• Attack: Standard melee attack (X/Square).
• Ranged Attack: Fires a projectile from the equipped ranged weapon at the nearest target (Y/Triangle).
• Bombs: If a Smoke Bomb or Voltaic Bomb is equipped, pressing Y/Triangle drops a bomb at your feet, stunning nearby enemies.
• Counter: Press B/Circle when an enemy's health bar flashes yellow to perform a counter attack, stunning the enemy.
• Guard Break: Press A/X when an enemy's health bar is a solid white box (indicating they are blocking) to break their defenses and stun them.
• Finishers: After reducing an enemy's health to a low level, attacking them triggers a cinematic finishing move. Up to four staggered enemies can be finished at once.
• Dodge: Press Y/Triangle when a prompt appears over your character's head as a ranged attacker is about to fire to dodge the attack. Pressing it twice allows for a quick evasive maneuver.