Armor

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This article is about the '''armour''' that is used in the [[Assassin's Creed series|''Assassin's Creed'' series]].

==Altaïr's armour==
[[File:ACCharButton.jpg|frame|Altaïr]]

In the first ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' game, Altaïr does not wear any actual metal armour underneath his robes.(apart from the gauntlet on Altaïr's lower left arm although this isn't actually under his robes) Altaïr can take great amounts of damage without dying, because of [[Synchronization]]: [[Desmond]], in the [[Animus]], is able to take damage. The "real" Altaïr may have been too great a fighter to take any damage. On the other hand, Abstergo was only interested in the Pieces of Eden; and thus would skip over certain combat elements in the first game, like the absence of medicine or [[Economic System|currency]]. So, when Desmond in the Animus takes damage, he loses Synchronization with the actual events.

==Ezio's armor==
[[File:AC2Button.jpg|thumb|Ezio]]

[[Ezio]] can purchase different types of armor from [[Blacksmith|blacksmiths]] throughout the game's various cities. He can purchase chest guards, greaves, spaulders, and vambraces.

Leather Armor is the first available armor and provides health bonuses but no resistance bonuses. Later, he can purchase Helmschmied, a variant of leather with metal inlays; Lightweight Metal Armor; and Missaglias, a stylized metallic armor. Each armor after leather offers health bonuses and resistance bonuses. Armor can be damaged though so it's necessary to repair it at blacksmiths regularly.

The player is also able to unlock a unique and special set of [[Altaïr's Armor]] by collecting [[Assassin's Seal]]s from different Assassins' Tombs. It was stated that this is Altair's armor from after the events of the first game, when Altaïr takes [[Al Mualim]]'s place as new head of the [[Assassins|Assassin's Order]].

After finding and placing all 6 Assassin's Seals in the [[Sanctuary]], Ezio unlocks Altair's armor. It consists of black clothing with specially made armor integrated into it, akin to the mythical properties of the Golden Fleece. As such, the armor never needs to be repaired. When dyed by the player, all that changes is the inside color of the armor. Page 19 of [[The Codex|Altair's Codex]] reveals that the only suit made was owned and/or created by Altaïr, who destroyed the written formula out of fear for the armor becoming widely used, either by friend or foe alike.

==Other characters==
===''Assassin's Creed''===
Armour does appear on other characters in the game, and there are differences in the styles worn by guards in each city. The guards in [[Damascus]] can be found in either lamellar, likely leather, or ringmail armour. Guards in [[Acre]] can be found in brigantine armour and chain mail, some complete with coifs. Guards in [[Jerusalem]] are often found wearing scale or splintmail. Each of these guard types can be found in the [[Kingdom]] near their respective cities. The [[Knights Templar]] uniformly wear full suits of chain mail covered in a white tabbard with a red steel helm covering their face.

===''Assassin's Creed II''===
All types of soldiers in ''Assassin's Creed II'' are armoured: some "regular" soldiers, some "archers", the "Paranoid" Seeker, even the fast moving "Agiles" and of course the heavily equipped "Brutes". "Elite" soldiers have more and better armour than regular soldiers, which makes them more resistant to Ezio's attacks and counter-attacks.

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