What am I doing wrong as Samurai?

[Quor]

I second the Third Eye/Seigan usage. It seems niche, but at the end of a fight like that, where lots of aoe is thrown around, you'll probably end up with Seigan giving you 1-2% of your total dps.

I'm not sure if this makes a difference, because your dps is similar to mine on that fight, but when I look at my damage breakdown, Attack and Midare are about equal, with maybe a 1-2% difference between the two. For you, Shinten outclasses Midare, and Attack outclasses Shinten by quite a bit. Are you making sure that you Kaiten every Midare? And Higanabana as well? Also, I noticed that for myself, Kasha tends to be higher than Gekko (but they both tend to be pretty close). This is because I default to the Kasha combo to ensure my Shifu buff stays up as much as possible. Obviously I keep Jinpu up as well, but losing Jinpu for a GCD or two is far less punishing than losing Shifu for the same time frame, so I lean on my Kasha combo more than my Gekko combo.

This may all be unnecessary. As I said, you're about the same dps I am, and there's no one way to play a SAM.

Oh, almost forgot! What's your Hagakure usage like? I prefer to use it within a few seconds of it coming off CD. 1, 2 or 3 Sen doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't put me over the 100 kenki cap then it's a flat gain to damage no matter how you slice it (no pun intended).