User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-12-'14 — New Assassin's Creed in Victorian London leaked/@comment-5174994-20141213023141/@comment-4829046-20141213102114

"I'm not sure whether he could beat Ezio in his prime"

Oh, he most certainly can't.

In my view, it is a brutal revolution that is far more uncivilized compared to the American one due to the fact that it occurs in a proper city, in a place with much history, unlike the Colonies, which consisted of just still-growing cities and wilderness. Given that, it kind of makes sense that the Brotherhood has so many problems and this was stated outright by Bellec. Arno got away with many things but I attribute that to the point above. Things got too political. This slowly changes as the game goes on, and Arno does grow.

If you mean combat, movement and analytic skills however, then that's just because of gameplay. If we are going on gameplay, I would give that position to Aveline in that case because not only did she have exceptional brute strength and resilience for a woman(because she shared the exact same mechanics as Connor), but she was able to figure out crimes and make business decisions and blah blah blah. Her personal feelings and bonds with particular people got in the way of the Assassin-Templar conflict as well, much like with Arno. I haven't finished watching walkthroughs of Unity either but so far I'm just getting an Aveline vibe.

Maybe Kain can answer better. As it stands, I don't see Arno as a person being more skilled than Ezio.