Hookblade

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Concept art of the hookblade.

"The hookblade helps you get around fast, surprise guards, and is not too bad in a fight."

―Yusuf Tazim.

The Hookblade was a modification to the hidden blade adopted by the Assassins Guild of Constantinople.

When Grand Master Ezio Auditore arrived in the city, Yusuf Tazim introduced this advancement to him; whereupon he also began to use it in both battle and travel.

Use

The hookblade was designed to make travel quick and easy, and was used in conjunction with ziplines planted throughout the city. It could also be used in several acrobatic movements, such as for flipping over enemies to avoid a fight, or swinging up vertical surfaces.

It could also be used with corner Chase-Breakers, where the swinging support could be used as a trapeze to reach the next rooftop, instead of going around the corner.

The hookblade could also be used as a weapon in combat, wherein Ezio pulled targets in for a close-range attack, threw an enemy onto the ground, or countered a weapon.

Trivia

An early image of Ezio in Revelations.

• Early images of Assassin's Creed: Revelations show Ezio with a hookblade on his left arm.
• According to the June 2011 edition of GameInformer, Revelations will feature a new control system. Pressing the "Empty Hand" button (O on the PS3, Shift on the PC, and B on the Xbox 360) will now trigger the hookblade.
• Developer Ubisoft Montreal has stated that the hookblade should increase navigation speed by 30%.
• The actual hook of the hookblade resembles the head of an eagle, a bird frequently associated with the Assassin Order.
• The hookblade is an upgrade to ezio's secondary hidden blade, his primary hidden blade is same as seen in other games

Gallery

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  Yusuf introducing Ezio to the hookblade.
• Ezio receiving a hookblade.
  Ezio receiving a hookblade.
• Ezio using the hookblade to climb a tower.
  Ezio using the hookblade to climb a tower.
• Ezio using the hookblade on a zipline.
  Ezio using the hookblade on a zipline.
• A free-running ability performed with a hookblade.
  A free-running ability performed with a hookblade.
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  The hookblade in combat.
• Ezio countering an enemy with the hookblade.
  Ezio countering an enemy with the hookblade.
• Ezio kills a guard with the hookblade.
  Ezio kills a guard with the hookblade.
• Hookblade kill.
  Hookblade kill.

Video

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