Why samurai is much more possible as a dps than you think

[SokiYagami]

Ah, I misunderstood, I thought you meant SAM would be a tank that specialises in mitigation through parry and block (i.e. what PLD is supposed to be), what you actually want is a counter/reflect tank, which several others have suggested and I wouldn't be opposed to.

Yup, that's what I had in mind. Damn, you managed to quote me before I edited my previous comment. XD

I see a SAM tank being like Aoshi, using a wakizahi and a katana to counter and attack, while I see a dps being like Kenshin; quick and deadly, using every opportunity given to them to strike from any direction (Aoshi would have been killed really early on if Kenshin wasn't using a reverse blade).

Love Kenshin! Ironically Aoshi's actually a Ninja in the movie/manga though lol. But yes, dual-blade schools tend to focus more on speed and parrying whereby single-blade schools will be more power focus instead.