Studying The Blade- The SAM DPS Guide

[Enjuden]

I don't understand why people are not going for a different opener on fights that last at least a minute and thirty seconds. The opener I usually see floating around is Hakaze>Jinpu>Gekko, apply dot with Hissatsu Kaiten, then do Meikyo Shisui for Midare Setsugekka. Playing optimally, this one seems to do more damage, with a 5-6% improvement on the striking dummy on Susano EX, and enough to clear it below minimum ilvl if lucky enough on direct hit/crit without potions. I do not know when you can throw in potions since I don't use them, but I would imagine it's after Jinpu.

Hakaze > Jinpu > Gekko, then Hissatsu : Kaiten > Higanbana, so you get more DoT damage. Then instead of doing Meikyo Shisui to lead to Midare Setsugekka, I do the following. If no slashing debuff, Yukikaze > Shifu > Kasha, then burn Hagakure and immediately follow it up with Hissatsu : Guren. If Slashing debuff, Replace Yukikaze with Gekko for 60 extra potency. I take down about 5% more on the striking dummy in stone, sky, sea for Susano EX compared to the other openers, and end up outdpsing other Samurai with similar gear following this opener.

Once I get through this queue, which is at 874 right now, I'll throw some numbers from the stone, sky, sea calculator and post them here.

Edit: Saw the openers are different. I might as well check those too since I already said I'd compare a possibly outdated opener that was spread around. 476 in queue