Samurai Discussion

[treuhavik]

Quick priority guide for samurai. Might not be 100% accurate but it's pretty solid to me.

https://m.imgur.com/a/NXNgk

Foremost SAM Opener - Credit: Dervy
Hakaze > Shifu > Kasha > Hagakure
Hakaze > Jinpu > Gekko > H: Kaiten > Haganbana
Meikyo > Yukikaze > Gekko > H: Guren > Kasha > H: Kaiten > Midare

[Mordred]

Foremost SAM Opener - Credit: Dervy
Hakaze > Shifu > Kasha > Hagakure
Hakaze > Jinpu > Gekko > H: Kaiten > Haganbana
Meikyo > Yukikaze > Gekko > H: Guren > Kasha > H: Kaiten > Midare

That is certainly interesting. Using Hagakure only on one sen. I wonder what's the justification on it.

I personally use :
Hakaze > Shifu > Kasha
Hakaze > Jinpu > H: Kaiten > Haganbana > Gekko
Meikyo > Yukikaze > Kasha > Hagakure > Gekko
Hakaze > Shifu > Kasha > Hakaze > Yukikaze > H: Kaiten > Midare

[Nominous]

Yo dudes. 70 SAM here, and contributed to the following thread-

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ort=confidence
(Is Igshar Dervy? If so, his work for the DRG community is certainly appreciated here with SAM!)

So as a TL;DR to what I posted there, here's the absolute simplest form (not including the opener) of the SAM rotation:

Hakaze>Shifu>Kasha
Hakaze>Jinpu>Gekko
Hakaze>Yukikaze>Kaiten+Midare

Or... if you are more visual, that is unlocking Sen in a clockwise fashion (based on the Job gauge). If you start getting out of order for whatever reason, just prioritize getting out Midare, followed by refreshing buffs in the following priority: Speed>Damage>Slashing. Read the rest of my comment there for in-depth stuff, let me know if you guys want it posted here though.

SAM feels pretty good in end-game content so far. I would love to see what numbers it's capable of, though my initial thought is that they aren't too much more powerful than the other melee. I definitely feel that Jinpu should have stayed at 15% from the media tour build. Kaiten applying to Higanbana is hilarious, though, so I'll take it.