SAMURAI SHOWDOWN

[Aaliyahrose]

In previous games, SAM had a abilities such as Curtain - landing a blow will generate a barrier.

In FFXIV - Curtain would just be another ability that mitigates damage as a tank.
However, skills of a SAM, depending on how much mobility you had stacked up, could allow for a very strong attack.

Mobility can only be translated to Skill Speed, or oGCD procs in FFXIV.
SAM could honestly work similar to how WAR works if they decide to go the tanking route.
Giving SAM stacks of whatever stat they choose to work with (Crit maybe?) up to a certain number. Giving SAM an evasion mitigation ability to possibly Perfect Dodge a tank buster with full stacks?

This would make more sense in a DPS perspective though, as Evasion is a passive form of mitigation and only stacks with physical character level.
Giving SAM too many abilities to increase evasion to HOPEFULLY dodge a tank buster is gimmicky and does not work similar to other mitigation. You either dodge the entire thing, or take the full hit?
Evasion is a worse form of mitigation compared to Parry at the moment.