Assassin's Creed - What's The Right Way Of Wearing The Hidden Blade? 

from an assassin viewpoint, the blade should 100% be on the inside of the wrist. the hidden blade is about efficiency, speed, and concealment. truly, how many people are looking at the bottom of your wrist. But if its being used by someone like eivor, it would be much more practical to put it outside of your wrist. the blade would still be quick and efficient, but most definitley not concealed. Eivor's blade literally has the edge of the weapon poking out of the gauntlet

IMO It doesn't matter as Evior wasn't really an assassin

Well, the Hidden Blade should be worn on the inside concealed from your enemies until of course you use it to end them. But Darius is a proto-assassin so he has an excuse not having a Creed to follow. Eivor doesn't use it hidden because he wants to show off too everyone the weaponry he packs. I think wearing it on the outside should just signify that you work with the Brotherhood or Hidden Ones but you don't join their order. Eivor is definitely an assassin just as much as Alexios, they just different assassins.

Also, after Bayek’s founding of the Hidden Ones, the hidden blade’s design was modified over time to be slimmer compared to Darius’ original blade. This made it easier to conceal over the centuries, lending towards its discrete tactical advantage Fun little fact, Basim’s hidden blade in Mirage was quite slim, looking possibly slimmer than Altair’s hidden blade. So, it could be argued that relatively little modifications to the blade’s design around this era to were made by Altaïr so that the blade did not require a finger sacrifice

Well Darius had the first ever blade so it's not like anyone would've suspected it to be a weapon up close, also most of the people who saw it up close were his targets so it's not like they can go round warning people, also also he built it, he can wear it wherever he wants. I can give Eivor a pass because, it doesn't look like a weapon up close, just a fancy armring, also it looks cool.

The hidden blade should be on the inside so it will be hidden from ur enemies… literally has hidden in the name of HIDDEN blade it’s supposed to not be seen

I mean... Eivor saw Basim and Hytham had it under the arm and that both were missing their ring finger, and put 2 and 2 together. I really can't blame her; in fact, I agree with her reasoning.

The obvious answer is if you want to be a hidden one the inward blade is the best but for a warrior the outside is better

The problem I am having with this comparison is that Eivor got the blade 319 years before Altaïr got it, let alone started thinking about making changes to it.

Viking made saxons look like angels with there ribs in a brit but still love em they also r worded

The whole byak was insecure about losing his finger thing and the tactical advantage of it from the hidden ones goes out the window if you actually play origins, he tries to stop them from cutting off their fingers, however when face with their conviction he allowed them to do it. It was and always will be a sign of dedication, later on it becomes a thing everyone must do to be initiated because something that is made traditional by a few can become holy doctrine to the many. Eivor not wearing it correctly is because he isnt an assassin, he has no devotion and therefore has no reason to take the symbol onto himself. Besides that the blade wasn't meant for him, it was meant to be a gift to sigrund in the hopes he would join the hidden ones, but instead gave it as a gift to his brother and right hand. Now someone might say "its not a hidden blade then" and to that i say, "yes it is" the blade is covered and connot be seen until it comes out, now your argument is that its gold and extremely noticable, and only think that matters on the island where you pretend to be a slave. Now ask why i think it doesn't matter otherwise and my answer is that Eivor is a viking, a people know for pillaging villages and stealing valuables and several vikings are seen wearing rings, necklaces and other adornments. Eivors blade is hidden in plain sight, the only way you are gonna know is if A you yourself are/were an assassin or B you are an experienced templar, but experienced templars tend to be in high society and are protected by guards, by the time you are able to identify someone is an assassin is probably right around the point where you aren't getting the chance to tell anyone Also Eivor got his blade before it was modified so it was still (as far as context that we have goes) designed to be a outer blade anyway Edit: just so people know, this is my opinion and I'm open to discussing it further. Any smarmy attitude that is perceived through reading and my choice of words was absolutely supposed to be smarmy but not antagonist.

amazing how a guy that CLEARLY doesnt study history has so much to say about Cleopatra beign black against people who study history and EVIDENCE about it. purely GENIUS

Well Darius first used the blade and he wore it on the outside, as shown when he killed Xerxes. When Bayek used it. He suffered the loss of his ring finger when killing Eurdoros. The whole creed used this as a code of honor and made every hidden blade REQUIRE the loss of ring finger. Up until Ezio and Da Vinci. Da Vinci said it was modified some time back so it would no longer require ring finger sacrifice. Ever since Ratonhnake:ton, the followers of the creed dont really honor the code of conduct as they all should. Ratonhnake:ton wasn't formally inducted with the "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted" nor was his ring finger cut or burned. Achilles just trained him and gave him his robes and was like "well your an assassin now, Go kill the templars"

Just wear it in a way that doesnt hurt the target AND you

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I agree fully on this, inside the wrist is better and more hidden, only thing i would want to know is do the Hidden Blades have to be on the left arm or can it be on the right?

No No No No! Evior was not a pu$$y he had f#ckin guts to face his enemy without hiding that shiny A$$ metal on his wrist.

it was altair who upgraded the hidden blade using the apple of eden not leonardo, all leonardo did was decode altair's codex. altair was also the one who invented the hidden gun using the apple not leonardo.

Seriously, why has to be there a right and a wrong variant? Also an ourwards worn Hidden Blade can be perfectly hidden if you conceal it well enough. At the end of the day most Hidden Blades are visible anyways, even the inside "right" variant can be easy to spot if you're a Templar knowing what to look for. My problem with this video is that you try to give the one and only answer but that's just simply not possible. Not every user of a Hidden Blade uses it the same way. There are different fighting styles, different ways to approach a mission, different personal requirements and preferences... For every situation the right tool, for every assassin the right Hidden Blade design. If concealed enough a Hidden Blade beeing worn outside may work just as fine as the inside variant, it may even help the user in their personal style of fighting. In truth all advantages and disadavantages of a certain design are bound to the user. Like Eivor, she's not a Hidden One, she's a warrior, with her culture and philsophy in mind it perfectly makes sense to wear the Hidden Blade the way she does, transforming it into something of a fighting blade, I suppose she would feel uncomfortable wearing it on the inside. And then take someone like Ezio. He was an Assassin, striking from the shadows instead of constantly engaging in open combat. For him wearing the blade on the inside was the only logical choice, exacrly because of the arguments you mentioned. It's just the best way for most Assassin's for obvious reasons. But that doesn't make the original wrong. There is not definite answer to this debate. There is no definite right or wrong way to wear the Hidden Blade. Wear it the way you want. Wear it the way that matches your style. I have to say, personally I'd wear it on the inside, for, again, obvious reasons. But if someone wanted to wear it on the outside I'd be like " Sure, why not?"

Imo Under arm for stealth, quick kills, etc Outside for combat acting like dual wielding, faster than just drawinf a dagger, etc

I love ac odyssey I completed 100% I mean 100% everything except the crossover in 12 n a half days so yes but it's called a hidden blade so inside

My own design ArisImpression is only for the inside of the wrist.

But Leonardo was not the first one who made a modified Hidden Blade. Assassins like Giovanni Auditore already used them long before Leonardo first got to see a codex page. Altaïr already had a second Hidden Blade on his right forearm without removing a finger and he already used at least the gun upgrade. I don't want to say Leonardo's work is not awesome, don't get me wrong. And another thing: Eivor (it's more pronounced like Äiwor instead of Aiwor") is female in canon ;)

to be honest it doesn't really matter as at the end of the day it all depends on the person who is wearing the hidden blade either inside or outside, but then saying that i would have to say the hidden blade goes on the inside, mainly because its in the name hidden blade which means to be concealed out of prying eyes

Inside >>> outside

Wear it outside with2, 3, and syndicate gadgets and you are basically Ye ol’ Jango Fett

Having the blade on the inside makes a lot more sense to me as it actually hides the blade a bit and you can use more of an open palm strike which is obviously a lot more inconspicuous than a regular punch. Besides that, who is going to notice a missing ring finger (which is easy to hide) unless they're actively looking for it? Makes no sense to me to have the blade on the outside

its supposed to go under the wrist because the blade is suppsed to cut the neck an you can not do that when from behind using the blade outsind, heck even basim said it at the start of valhalla

My idea actually matched with the assassins

Why they call it “hidden blade” and it’s not hidden 😂

inside the wrist for with the update. though for the first blade was incredible. second outside would be better for eivor with the first blades thicker blade. final for me give me both options. inside for the shadow tasks. outside thicker blade for when I need a perhaps 1 or 2 time surprise attack in fight.

4:36, I am in support of this argument, but the templars seriously can’t identify an assassin as a person with a large weapon on there back, usually a sword as well, and some bloody magnificent robes

Hey but what about sideway?😂

Does not matter....it still gets the job done......

On the forehead for epic headbutt action!😂

Wearing it in the outside is stupid bc your fist would stop the blade from driving deep into the target

Inside obvi. Its a HIDDEN blade. Damn hard to hide something on top of your arm

It would be kinda obvious to see someone punch someone next to me not very inconspicuous

It should be inside. HE CAME BACK!!!!

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Inside, origins/odyssey/valhalla/mirage shouldn’t exist

It should be worn inside so people won't notice it.

Outside hidden blade is better for combat when inside is better for stealth

Sup vzx n left wrist

I med a top blade hidden under the arm-armor and it's looking like it's not a hidden blade until you use it and its too late like all the under blades and I have made a upper+lower one and its kan use both so my idea is to make new ideas for it and use it in real life and take the pink-finger-creed of my war to take down (the order of evil)

The wrist blade wasn't meant to be used for stealth

the hidden blade is inside for stealth outside for berserk/stealth/combo kills

Eivor isn’t in the hidden ones, but outside blade looks cool as shit.