User blog comment:SupremeAssassin/Assassin's Creed 3: Combat System/@comment-4374396-20120531035533/@comment-4862210-20120602053917

I became a Master Assassin easily by assassinating every guard I saw. I got into multiple fights, often with a seemingly overwhelming number of guards. I died a lot, but once I got the counter ability, I never die unless I fell or failed an objective.