Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Best Builds For Unique Playthroughs

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is such a long video game that people are still playing it even now that a newer Norse-themed variant is available. That speaks a lot to the game's craft; for some, Odyssey is even better than Valhalla in part because of the better gameplay variety. This gameplay variety comes in the form of builds that make mostly combat a more fruitful and satisfying experience.

At times, adhering to these builds is even necessary especially if players are on their second or third playthrough already. The right build can spice up the game. Hence, picking a more unique or novel build that some veteran players concocted is key to enjoying the game even more. Some of these might even reawaken your love for trashing ancient Greece in a way most straightforward warrior or stabby hoplite builds can't.

Updated on August 22, 2022, by Talha Bin Rizwan: Assassin's Creed Odyssey allows players to make a variety of different builds suited to their respective playstyle. The game nudges players to certain builds itself, however, it also offers the freedom for players to mix and match and create their own personal builds as well. Players can simply choose not to adhere to a particular build but doing so can help in spicing things up, especially in New Game Plus modes. To make these unique builds, players will need certain weapons and armors that provide certain bonuses, pick the correct skills and then use them in a certain way.

7 Poison Assassin Build

At first glance, this is a conventional assassin build that relies on daggers and Assassin Brotherhood weapons. However, those usually fare badly in boss fights. They need to have better versatility and poison is the best way to cover that weakness. Thankfully, poison weapons are everywhere and poison stats are usually incorporated into light weapons.

Armor

Viper's Hood: +25% Assassin Damage/+10 Seconds Intoxicated Duration
Scaled Torso - +25% Assassin Damage/+40% Poison Damage:
Venom Gloves : +25% Assassin Damage/+50% Elemental Buildup
Slithering Belt: +25% Assassin Damage/+40% Poison Damage
Noxious Belt: +25% Assassin Damage/+10 Seconds Intoxicated Duration

Core Abilities

Shadow Assassin
Critical Assassination
Call to Arms
Death Veil
Poison Mastery
Rush Assassination
Shadow of Nyx
Venomous Attacks
Sixth Sense (Hunter Tree)

Weapons

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Arachne's Stingers: +25% Assassin Damage/+40% Poison Damage/Weapon Damage becomes Poison Damage
Fanged Bow: +25% Assassin Damage/+40% Poison Damage/Basic Arrows become Poison Arrows

Playstyle

When in combat:

Activate Venomous Attacks.
Attack with Arachne's Stingers or Fanged Bow quickly to build up the poison.
It's best to move on to other targets if the current target has a full poison stack to minimize effort in killing them.
Occasionally, players can use Call to Arms for tough enemies or encounters.

When in stealth, the gameplay is pretty simple, just don't get spotted and pick the weakest targets first.

6 Hephaestus Build

Hephaestus is the Greek God of Fire so players probably already know where this is going. The build starts out as a traditional warrior archetype but branches out to Fire abilities and weapons later on. It's fairly straightforward and has more robust weapon options. The downside is that fire isn't too safe for the players compared to Poison.