Look at the garbage I put myself through to learn my opener.

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Originally Posted by NishaSetsuya

YOU USE THE F1-F12 BUTTON ?!

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No, no, no, no, no....

I have F1-F12 bound to my Razer Naga mouse side buttons.

I never could get used to that many mouse buttons. But best of luck to you.

I don't know what any of these words mean except maybe ban- Higanbana.

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Originally Posted by kaynide

I don’t know your setup, but the keys look complicated.

To;dr:
I would advise not trying to remember a complex chain of key presses, but keeping it simple, even if you have the same thing on your hot bars 2 or 3 times. Also I wouldn’t worry about perfectly executing anything because stuff happens/mobs move/mobs die mid combo.

Boils down to: got meikyo? Use meikyo. Got kenki? Use kenki.


Long version:
My setup on SAM is: (mapped to numpad)

Showing single target for reference, AoE is the similar but there’s a bit of juggling the buffs in your opener)
4-5-6 Gekko
Ctrl+ 4-5-6 Kasha
Alt+ 4-5-6 Yukikaze (5 and 6 are both yukikaze)
(4 is the same in all 3 sets)

+ is Kaiten (boost dmg)
Ctrl+ 0 is Meikyo
0 is both iaijutsu and tsubame (macro)

That’s the base GCD stuff; oGCD is mostly in my 1-2-3 area; AoE 7-8-9

In practice:

(Weave Kenki as it is available)
Alt 4-5 > +, 0 (apply dot),
meikyo > 6, ctrl 6, alt 6 (get 3 sen)
+, 0, +, 0 (2x midare)
Repeat meikyo step
Repeat 2x midare
Spend meditation points.

Then…
Do 1 long 4-5-6 set or reapply dot until meikyo is available
Repeat meikyo/midare.

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I actually really like the way you have this set up so you're only having to push a couple of buttons in order to apply sen, plus you still have real estate to have your ogcd buttons without modifiers, and a macro for iaijutsu. It seems really compact and effective, whereas I am moving my fingers all over my mouse and have much more opportunity to make mistakes. I will have to steal that.

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Originally Posted by van_arn

I don't know what any of these words mean except maybe ban- Higanbana.

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This is legit my biggest problem with learning samurai.

It’s nice to see someone putting in the work to try and get better at thier class , good on you man!

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Originally Posted by ninjamatic

This is legit my biggest problem with learning samurai.

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Might be easier to associate the moves with the animations or what they do. Example, instead of the Gekko-Kasha-Yukikaze nonsense, just refer to them as Moon-Blossom-Ice.

That is a lot of keys mate, but whatever works for you if you get used to it i suppose.

Anyways, props to you. Actually good to see someone willing to improve on these forums.

Here's some advice. Just keep it simple with each category of abilities together or in sequence.

As dragoon I have my basic damage combo as 1-2-3-4-5 (Thrust combo + Fang and claw + Wheeling Thrust) (and next to each other on the action bar)

1-R-ShiftR as my DoT combo. (and next to each other on the action bar)

AoE Combo is MouseButton-ShiftMouseButton-ControlMouseButton (and next to each other on the action bar)

My damage jumps are V, Shift V, and Control V (and next to each other on the action bar)

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Originally Posted by Lunalepsy

What... is this?

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Obviously it's a sudoku answer sheet. Keep up, will ya?