Studying The Blade- The SAM DPS Guide

[gondemar]

Hi all I would like to know I'm going to start on stuff http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/12UC8 I play the opener 3 sen ese what it is good or so I aim too high level viva thank you for your answers if I'm trying too high that someone could tell me how much I should be ^^ I play the opener 3 sen ese what it is good or so I aim too high level viva thank you for your answers if I'm trying too high that someone could tell me how much I should be ^^

[svauss]

I know this thread is a couple months old but Ive seen multiples times here where someone uses Kaiten > Higanbana. Ive also read on reddit and a couple other pages that Kaiten does NOT buff Higanbana's DoT. Which is the truth?

[Lastelli]

I know this thread is a couple months old but Ive seen multiples times here where someone uses Kaiten > Higanbana. Ive also read on reddit and a couple other pages that Kaiten does NOT buff Higanbana's DoT. Which is the truth?

Higanbana's DoT is affected by Kaiten. You can try on a dummy and check the dot's damage for each tick with and without Kaiten.

[RenOkamiya]

I know this thread is a couple months old but Ive seen multiples times here where someone uses Kaiten > Higanbana. Ive also read on reddit and a couple other pages that Kaiten does NOT buff Higanbana's DoT. Which is the truth?

Tooltip of kaiten specify "weaponskill" and all Iajustsu are weaponskills. It' just doesn't works with ability, meaning all hissatsu (guren, shinten, etc)

[Okamimaru]

So kaiten doesn't buff guren... good to know... seems I've been wasting 20 kenki to buff guren for nothing... this will mean dropping more guren since I don't have to wait for the extra kenki build up...

[PheonixCain]

tried to comparing my clear run to other sam with similar clear time, everything is about the same except they did almost 20 more Shinten than me... HOW????
Higanbana casts were similar, Hagakure usage was similar, everything i could think of are kinda similar, but 20 shinten difference??

[RenOkamiya]

Have you dash in/out? Did they use meditation? Did you have the same sen when hagakure? Did you use midare instead of waiting 1/2 GCD before hagakure? Their is a lot of things to think of ^^

[Maofdis]

Hey all has someone an idea which gear i should aim for ? I would like to get into raiding with my sam so i am currently lost xD

[ElasmoFan]

So I saw this updated on the reddit page for 4.1 and wanted to know what some of the people here think of it. https://i.imgur.com/DVnJ2BD.png

It's showing DH > DET > SkS > CRT for our priority system with SkS being within a certain range. Does that sound like what most people are going with?

[Nominous]

So I saw this updated on the reddit page for 4.1 and wanted to know what some of the people here think of it. https://i.imgur.com/DVnJ2BD.png

It's showing DH > DET > SkS > CRT for our priority system with SkS being within a certain range. Does that sound like what most people are going with?

Firstly, sub-stats have never been important enough to really sway your damage far in one direction or the other. You're not going to go from 70th to 90th for example, from going with the optimal setup compared to non-optimal, as long as it's all the same item level (don't really worry). But what I've seen from the more well-known community theory-crafters, is that as one, or multiple stats increase, the values of others also increases. i.e. If you focus only on dumping all points into CRT, at some point or the other, all other stats will eventually be more powerful to invest into. Vice versa, as well. It's a balancing game. Prioritize one, don't completely disregard any.

Secondly, SkS is probably the most influential stat because an amount that's too high, or too low can definitely throw some cooldown alignments off from where they should be. No one specific amount is universally agreed upon because latency, and delays can affect which tier relates most to your situation.

Simple answer~ I believe most people have been operating under the assumption that DH is most worthwhile on SAM, then worrying about meeting their preferred SkS threshold/tier. Other substats fall into place based on the first two considerations, while materia should almost always be able to go towards DH. Anything other than DH/SkS that's not 'optimized' isn't really going to limit your DPS ceiling enough (that I know of) to worry about, compared to you as a player. It's never bad to min/max though, so take that as you will.