Samurai?

[Wayfinder3]

Well while everything is viable, let’s not lie here. Samurai with the best possible comp isn’t replacing Nin. Trick attack is far too powerful and an Equally skilled Nin is better than a Sam.

Samurai has the benefit of having really high damage allowing it to plow through progression for groups who aren’t he best at optimizing cooldowns while learning a fight. The main problem aside form it’s offensive utility is that it also has NO defensive utility, or at least none that the other melee don’t also have. I’ll be honest, it’s playable but far from a “good” spot. People will meme you, you’ll get locked out of pf, and you’ll have a harder time getting into statics. But it’s still playable

[Hierro]

The main problem aside form it’s offensive utility is that it also has NO defensive utility, or at least none that the other melee don’t also have. I’ll be honest, it’s playable but far from a “good” spot. People will meme you, you’ll get locked out of pf, and you’ll have a harder time getting into statics. But it’s still playable

I'm having trouble naming other melee jobs with access to a skill with 10% damage reduction on a 15 second timer, which also allows access to a 200 potency heal and threat reduction and with as many mobility options. Samurai's more than playable, it's good. The biggest issue samurai suffers from is the stigma from the majority of its subpar playerbase, but the job itself is good. Far from a good spot? Plleeeeaaasee.

[whiskeybravo]

The biggest issue samurai suffers from is the stigma from the majority of its subpar playerbase, but the job itself is good. Far from a good spot? Plleeeeaaasee.

This is the biggest issue. I spent about an hour kicking gray sams out of 8s farm party a few weeks ago (for context my buddy and I struggled all week so finally made a serious party when the weekend came around, I wouldn't normally just kick people like that but we were on a mission). If you're going to play Sam that's fine, but at least be decent at it lol.