What can you do as a free member?

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and unlock all our premium features and tools to enhance your gaming experience.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save articles to your watchlist and get notified when they're updated with new information.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save your favorite games for quick access later, synced across all your devices.

Member benefits illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you'll receive instant notifications when someone replies to your posts.

Comment rating feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can make use of convenient features in the comments section, such as rating and sorting comments.

Premium archive feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can access Premium articles that are exclusively available to members.

Site Interface

Guest
Free Member
Article Watchlist
Game Bookmarks
Cross-device Sync
Light/Dark Theme Toggle
User Profiles
Direct Feedback
Comment Rating

Game Tools

Guest
Free Member
Interactive Map Access
Interactive Map Pins
Interactive Map Comments
Interactive Map Pins Cross-Device
Check List
Event Choice Checker
Deck Builder Cross-Device
Message Board Notification
Message Board Cross-Device
Build Planner
Stat Calculator
Diagnostic Tool
Weapon/Armor Wishlist

Want more information?Learn more

Assassin's Creed Shadows (AC Shadows)

Best Kusarigama

Add to Watchlist

Best Kusarigama Tier List

The Bloodletter is the best kusarigama in Assassin's Creed Shadows (AC Shadows). Read on for a tier list of all legendary kusarigamas in-game including explanations for each of their ranking placements.

Best Kusarigama Tier List

Rank Katana Ranking Explanation
S Tier BloodletterBloodletter Bloodletter is the best Kusarigama because of its guaranteed Bleed when using Entanglement and its inherent Bleed affliction buildup.

Slot in any of the legendary engravings from the Kusarigamas below or one that boosts Bleed damage to really make this the best.
A Tier FeatherstormFeatherstorm The best Kusarigama since it allows you to spam heavy posture attacks with ease. However, similar to other legendary Kusarigamas, this falls short of S-tier since it has no inherent affliction buildup.
OceanOcean's Grip Good for heavy posture attack spam since it'll be easy to trigger the +60% bonus damage if you keep enemies spaced out. It also synergizes really well with Cyclone Blast and all of its upgrades.
B Tier DeathbloomDeathbloom Most of your alternate attacks will be during light attack combos which aren't as powerful as heavy posture attack spam.
Demon Tooth.Demon Tooth While it does upgrade Rush Assassinate, this ability isn't as useful as many of the other Assassinate abilities you already have by Knowledge Rank 5. With no inherent affliction buildup, you're better off using its engraving in a better Kusarigama instead of using it as your main weapon.
C Tier Death WhispererDeath Whisperer +200% damage on enemy collisions is very situational. Couple this with no afflication buildup and you have a mostly useless weapon compared to the non-legendaries you get during early game.
Winds of WarWinds of War Its engraving is pretty bad since you're guaranteed to already break armor with posture attacks without having to rely on Dazing enemies just to get an armor break.

Best Kusarigama

The Bloodletter is the Best Due to its Inherent Bleed

Bloodletter Stats

Unlike most of the legendary Kusarigamas available in-game, the Bloodletter stands out because it has inherent Bleed buildup instead of bonus Critical Damage as its fourth stat. This allows you to take advantage of Bleed and its crazy damage output in combat.

On top of this, you're always guaranteed to inflict Bleed on an enemy when you hit your Entanglement passive, making 1v1s a walk in the park since you can just spam Entanglement over and over again.

Assassin's Creed Shadows Related Guides

AC Shadows Wiki

Assassin's Creed Shadows Wiki

AC Shadows Recommended Guides

Recommendations
NaoeBest Naoe Build YasukeBest Yasuke Build
Best Abilities Best Weapons
Best Armor Best Allies
Best Tool Upgrades Best Engravings
Best Katana Best Tantos
Best Kusarigama -
Activity Guides
ShrinesShrine Locations Kuji-kiriKuji-kiri Locations
KatasKata Locations Horse ArcheryHorse Archery Locations
Hidden TrailsHidden Trail Locations All Activities Map
Naoe Activity Map Yasuke Activity Map
Legendary Sumi-e Locations
Map Guides
ViewpointFast Travel Viewpoint Locations KakuregaKakurega Locations
Chest Guides
All Legendary Chest Locations All Hidden Chest Locations
Legendaries Guides
Legendary Weapons Legendary Armor
Legendary Headgear Legendary Trinkets
Other Guides
Game Length Difficulty Differences
Romance Options Missables and Points of No Return
New Game Plus All Key Locations

AC Shadows Wiki

All Categories
AC Shadows MapInteractive Map AC Shadows QuestsQuests
AlliesAllies Tips and TricksTips and Tricks
AC Shadows WeaponsWeapons AC Shadows ArmorArmor
AC Shadows HeadgearHeadgear AC Shadows TrinketsTrinkets
AC Shadows CastlesCastles AC Shadows TemplesTemples
AC Shadows - Kofun.pngKofun AC Shadows AbilitiesAbilities
AC Shadows MountsMounts AC Shadows - ChoicesChoices
AC Shadows - RiddlesRiddles Trophies PartialTrophies
News PartialNews

Author

    Please participate in our site
    improvement survey
    12/2025
    Would you assist in
    improving Game8's site?
    ×
    This survey will take about 1 minute.
    Your answers will help us to improve our website.
    We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
    The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
    Begin Survey

    All rights reserved

    Guide Index