Studying The Blade- The SAM DPS Guide

[gondemar]

Hello guys How many need ss for 3 sen opener please ?

[Allyrion]

Hello guys How many need ss for 3 sen opener please ?

Both 1 and 3 Sen function at base Sks. But the 1 Sen breaks past 940 Sks and 3 Sen starts to clip at 1783.
There's no minimum requirement for either which seems to be your question.

[Adriosh]

I don't understand your question? but for 3 sen at 0 latency you don't clip until 1783 tier.

[Nominous]

Will update the thread with tips on fights as I get more accustomed to them! I've got some nice simple stuff for O1S and O2S!

[Jarinolde]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...n_spreadsheet/

So according to this, once you've reached a combined 3500 total of Direct Hit and Crit, Crit starts overtaking Direct Hit in damage increase per point. This threshold goes even lower if you have a BRD, DRG or SCH in the group, down to 3100 if you have all 3.

With this, here is the BiS I came up with: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/1248E

I know some of the accessory melds are not getting the full 40 points from the Grade 6 melds. I stand by that decision with the belief that it would still be better versus melding Hit or Det.

[Kanzer]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...n_spreadsheet/

So according to this, once you've reached a combined 3500 total of Direct Hit and Crit, Crit starts overtaking Direct Hit in damage increase per point. This threshold goes even lower if you have a BRD, DRG or SCH in the group, down to 3100 if you have all 3.

With this, here is the BiS I came up with: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/1248E

I know some of the accessory melds are not getting the full 40 points from the Grade 6 melds. I stand by that decision with the belief that it would still be better versus melding Hit or Det.

This week I honestly redid all of my melds, sacrificed a lot of det for more crit and then more direct hit as a secondary. And honestly it boosted my DPS a lot. Det seems to be pretty garbage compared to crit and direct hit, but crit still seems to be the king, at least in my experience. I went from not being able to consistently beat the O4S dummy to consistently beating it with 5-10 seconds left over.

Though another interesting thing to note is even with my crit and direct hit at these levels, a skillspeed of at least around 830 boosted my DPS a lot. I do think there is a certain point in SS that we don't want to fall below. At 717 it noticeably hurt my overall output.

[Esoterikk]

Some big streamers were saying SAM won't be taken to any serious speed run because MNK replaces them to easily. Thoughts, wondering if I should continue the SAM

[Greyfrost]

Some big streamers were saying SAM won't be taken to any serious speed run because MNK replaces them to easily. Thoughts, wondering if I should continue the SAM

Are you going on a serious speed run?

Yes? Then Samurai will still have a spot, if we're going for a standard comp on fflogs, it'd be either PLD/WAR/DRK - SAM/MNK/NIN/RDM - WHM or SCH /AST or BRD instead of RDM, might even take BLM if the fight is favorable

No? Then why bother, play what you want.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

This was recently posted on reddit. Another spreadsheet, though this one accounts for SkS's impact on your overall damage output.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ge_calculator/

[Nominous]

This was recently posted on reddit. Another spreadsheet, though this one accounts for SkS's impact on your overall damage output.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ge_calculator/

Pretty good tool.