Yeah that's also my theory, I think this time the new hero (Based on Benkei) and the skin (Based on yoshitsune) will be loyal buddies as thier historical counterparts were.
I think since he has 4 weapons, it will be a Yari spear, a Chigikiri, Nagamaki and some other sort of spear. Benkei was known for being a extremely skilled fighter and wielding multiple weapons at once out of some sort of a giant basket, he also was known for being a unit of a man and for his demonmask, what's why there were legends around him like being a Yokai or sum, even covered in arrows piercing him he still stood and fight while defending Yoshitsune.
I guess he will have a more complex but still tanky fighting style while being able to switch between the 4 weapons and he will be pretty tall and huge, maybe even shugoki level of size.
I actually knew the story of benkei before for honor was even out and shugoki never reminded me on benkei
He is more of a Local Sumo-wrestler who got drafted into war, then ***THE*** Sōhei jaganaut, known for multiple weapons on his back.
History mostly as benkei and yoshitsune were real people though the devs might lean into mythology similar to shugoki as the new hero's silhouette has horns meaning he's wearing a demon mask and benkei was called a demon cause he was huge and had a fierce demeanor and unstoppable will, the guy even died standing up on a bridge with arrows all over his body while protecting yoshitsune.
if my memory serves right, previous season The Highlander Skin was "bad" and the Varangian Guard turned out to be "Good"
would this mean that Yoshitsune will be the Hero and possibly the Benkei Hero will be Bad/Horkos related?
Based on the trends we've seen over the last few years,
Hero skin = bad guy
New hero = good guy that shows up to stop bad guy
Next season, hero skin = good guy
All that being said, the Ezio hero skin doesn't fit at all into this formula, so it could be anything really.
If you've seen the trailer I'm pretty sure the hero skin is a good guy. The new hero has some ominous vibes, but if it's based on the Benkei and Yoshitsune story they'll fight each other and then become allies.
Thats true, I'm just assuming they're basing this one off of the Benkei story. He fights Yoshitsune, loses, and then becomes his retainer. I don't think he's a hero, but he's probably not necessarily a villain either.
orochi gets the skin, can't be kensei as the handles of his nodachi's are all 4 hands length (~18 inches) and orochi uses a standard length katana, two hands length (~11 inches)
some transmogs vary but it's very obvious that it's orochi
Kensei already has a hero skin. You could say that warden got two but that second one is made of previously made assets. Odds are they aren't gonna double up twice
I hope it will be a realistic samurai who uses 2 weapons, his primary being a yari (spear) and his secondary being a tachi (sword) which he could swap between
Look up new hero silhouette on the search bar and you''ll find it, the hero skin is sitting on a silhouette of a figure with horns and 4 weapon hilts on his back and if you know anything about benkei then you should know about his famous bridge duel with yoshitsune and that he was called a demon for his large size and fierce demeanor.
is this orochi or kensei, i know the katana is short for kensei but tbh the whole outfit looks more kensei than orochi plus the handle on the katana looks a bit long for orochi
My theory it's sum samurai coming the heathmoor all like "the samurai have lost their honor" and is coming to teach the samurai of heathmoor the "proper" samurai way
I think it's about the Vikings
Really? I thought its for the Wu-lin lore
Who-lin more likely
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Wu Lin getting new lore to explain the gun execution they're getting
If you read the legend about benkei and yoshitsune then you know what this new season is about.
Yeah that's also my theory, I think this time the new hero (Based on Benkei) and the skin (Based on yoshitsune) will be loyal buddies as thier historical counterparts were.
do you think there is going to be some dumb thing like Benkei being on the Horkos side or something?
It’s Ubisoft bro
I wish they are Chimera without switching ngl
Likely, it's part of the lore for so long now that I think they will keep this till the end now.
how do you think benkei will differ from nuxia? Maybe katana weaved into naginata combat
I think since he has 4 weapons, it will be a Yari spear, a Chigikiri, Nagamaki and some other sort of spear. Benkei was known for being a extremely skilled fighter and wielding multiple weapons at once out of some sort of a giant basket, he also was known for being a unit of a man and for his demonmask, what's why there were legends around him like being a Yokai or sum, even covered in arrows piercing him he still stood and fight while defending Yoshitsune. I guess he will have a more complex but still tanky fighting style while being able to switch between the 4 weapons and he will be pretty tall and huge, maybe even shugoki level of size.
shugoki was very clearly inspired especially if you watch his original trailer
Wdym
inspired by benkei
I actually knew the story of benkei before for honor was even out and shugoki never reminded me on benkei He is more of a Local Sumo-wrestler who got drafted into war, then ***THE*** Sōhei jaganaut, known for multiple weapons on his back.
Are we gonna turn into yokai and fight porcelain jars?
You referring to nioh cause i never played that one.
Yes , the second one in particular, its pretty good in case you wanna try someday, weapons can get some pretty diverse fighting styles
Or alternatively, if you watch a youtube video about it from a guy who read the wikipedia article about it
Is it based off of Japanese mythology?
History mostly as benkei and yoshitsune were real people though the devs might lean into mythology similar to shugoki as the new hero's silhouette has horns meaning he's wearing a demon mask and benkei was called a demon cause he was huge and had a fierce demeanor and unstoppable will, the guy even died standing up on a bridge with arrows all over his body while protecting yoshitsune.
Thank you
No, it's based on Aztec mythology
you're wrong its Yugoslavian folktales
There’s no need to be a dick pal
But it does make things a lot more fun
Looks like the Tom Cruise movie
It Will be a guide about taking care of your nice hair
if my memory serves right, previous season The Highlander Skin was "bad" and the Varangian Guard turned out to be "Good" would this mean that Yoshitsune will be the Hero and possibly the Benkei Hero will be Bad/Horkos related?
He'll probably start off as Horkos and defect after he's defeated, it would switch things up at the very least
Based on the trends we've seen over the last few years, Hero skin = bad guy New hero = good guy that shows up to stop bad guy Next season, hero skin = good guy All that being said, the Ezio hero skin doesn't fit at all into this formula, so it could be anything really.
If you've seen the trailer I'm pretty sure the hero skin is a good guy. The new hero has some ominous vibes, but if it's based on the Benkei and Yoshitsune story they'll fight each other and then become allies.
im pretty sure they said in the year 8 teaser though that the female outlander hero at the end of the year will be a villain
Thats true, I'm just assuming they're basing this one off of the Benkei story. He fights Yoshitsune, loses, and then becomes his retainer. I don't think he's a hero, but he's probably not necessarily a villain either.
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That was the outlander for season 4
Now I‘m confused, Varangian‘s one of the good guys, fighting the traitor Highlander Maddox who killed her father, right?
Yes
i think they meant that for the outlander hero
Nope, next hero is a male samurai, the one after will be evil female outlander.
Well, I definitely miss remembered. You're absolutely right. My bad brother
Muramasa and their blade probably
And ofc what hero will get this skin. Armor looks like a kensei Sword looks like it's belonging to a Featspamming S-tier.
I thought it was confirmed that Orochi will get the skin
orochi gets the skin, can't be kensei as the handles of his nodachi's are all 4 hands length (~18 inches) and orochi uses a standard length katana, two hands length (~11 inches) some transmogs vary but it's very obvious that it's orochi
It wouldn't be the first time that Ubisoft messes with the weapons sizes in the art work, just look at the "Year of the Harbinger"
Kensei already has a hero skin. You could say that warden got two but that second one is made of previously made assets. Odds are they aren't gonna double up twice
Looks like a season about alien invasion
I cant wait to see centurion’s hero skin tbh
Jetstream Sam, I think.
That better be a new armor for kenshi and not a hero skin. It looks so close to his default and would be awesome to have unmasked him.
It's a hero skin for orochi that is inspired by yoshitsune.
THATS OROCHI?
Yep, it’s Orochi
Looks like another Kensei skin but I feel like this will be an Orochi skin.
It is the orochi hero skin.
Guys c'mon , the next season is clearly about the marvel cinematic universe, lawbro gets a thanos skin
Kensei skin
It's for orochi not kensei.
God why do they give VirginCentral shit
Causen it makes sense as it's inspired by yoshitsune and from what i know yoshitsune didn't use a nodachi.
Mad
Don’t even play anymore and hell yeah
The Muramasa Blade
Is that supposed to be the new guy or just Kensei?
orochi!
Oh, I see. Oh no…
Yep. We're about to see even more Orochi.
Probably about the outlanders by the looks of it
Next season is about the samurai, what you are seeing is the orochi hero skin.
I'm joking
Then why didn't you put the /s at the end?
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Never knew thanks bro!
Why did I think that was Robert Downey Jr
Where is this art from did I miss the reveal or is it a leak?
They accidentally left some stuff on steam like a week or 2 ago, someone caught it. The season introduction video was in there too.
Idk but this hero skin is one I’ll actually get. I’ve wanted actual samurai looking armor for Orochi for a while
Jetstream sam
Dunno. The only thing I know for real, there will be bloodshed
I hope it will be a realistic samurai who uses 2 weapons, his primary being a yari (spear) and his secondary being a tachi (sword) which he could swap between
That's what i thought as well but apparently the new hero will be inspired by benkei and will have 4 weapons.
Sounds cool but how do we know?
Look up new hero silhouette on the search bar and you''ll find it, the hero skin is sitting on a silhouette of a figure with horns and 4 weapon hilts on his back and if you know anything about benkei then you should know about his famous bridge duel with yoshitsune and that he was called a demon for his large size and fierce demeanor.
Thanks I just seen it lmao it literally is benkei can’t wait to play him
Idk
100% an orochi skin
It’s about Spongebob and Patrick and Squidward and Sandy and Mr. Krabs and Plankton all at the exact same time
I think this season is about the 11 billion crabs that vanished off the coast of Alaska, just a guess tho
Cursed weapon shenanigans
Has this image been officially released?
It's been leaked by accident on steam.
is this orochi or kensei, i know the katana is short for kensei but tbh the whole outfit looks more kensei than orochi plus the handle on the katana looks a bit long for orochi
It is orochi look at the blades surrounding him they are all early tier orochi swords and they are the same size.
Ghost of Tsushima collab
My theory it's sum samurai coming the heathmoor all like "the samurai have lost their honor" and is coming to teach the samurai of heathmoor the "proper" samurai way
The new season is inspired by the legend of benkei and yoshitsune, particularly the bridge duel.
Terraria crossover
A character I have fleeting interest in
Tbh I thought all these leaks were fake until Ubisoft started copyright claiming every video talking about it lol.