Look at the garbage I put myself through to learn my opener.

[ninjamatic]

YOU USE THE F1-F12 BUTTON ?!

No, no, no, no, no....

I have F1-F12 bound to my Razer Naga mouse side buttons.

[Flashock]

I never could get used to that many mouse buttons. But best of luck to you.

[van_arn]

I don't know what any of these words mean except maybe ban- Higanbana.

[ninjamatic]

I don’t know your setup, but the keys look complicated.

To;dr:
I would advise not trying to remember a complex chain of key presses, but keeping it simple, even if you have the same thing on your hot bars 2 or 3 times. Also I wouldn’t worry about perfectly executing anything because stuff happens/mobs move/mobs die mid combo.

Boils down to: got meikyo? Use meikyo. Got kenki? Use kenki.


Long version:
My setup on SAM is: (mapped to numpad)

Showing single target for reference, AoE is the similar but there’s a bit of juggling the buffs in your opener)
4-5-6 Gekko
Ctrl+ 4-5-6 Kasha
Alt+ 4-5-6 Yukikaze (5 and 6 are both yukikaze)
(4 is the same in all 3 sets)

+ is Kaiten (boost dmg)
Ctrl+ 0 is Meikyo
0 is both iaijutsu and tsubame (macro)

That’s the base GCD stuff; oGCD is mostly in my 1-2-3 area; AoE 7-8-9

In practice:

(Weave Kenki as it is available)
Alt 4-5 > +, 0 (apply dot),
meikyo > 6, ctrl 6, alt 6 (get 3 sen)
+, 0, +, 0 (2x midare)
Repeat meikyo step
Repeat 2x midare
Spend meditation points.

Then…
Do 1 long 4-5-6 set or reapply dot until meikyo is available
Repeat meikyo/midare.

I actually really like the way you have this set up so you're only having to push a couple of buttons in order to apply sen, plus you still have real estate to have your ogcd buttons without modifiers, and a macro for iaijutsu. It seems really compact and effective, whereas I am moving my fingers all over my mouse and have much more opportunity to make mistakes. I will have to steal that.

[ninjamatic]

I don't know what any of these words mean except maybe ban- Higanbana.

This is legit my biggest problem with learning samurai.

[Hammerhorn]

It’s nice to see someone putting in the work to try and get better at thier class , good on you man!

[RyuDragnier]

This is legit my biggest problem with learning samurai.

Might be easier to associate the moves with the animations or what they do. Example, instead of the Gekko-Kasha-Yukikaze nonsense, just refer to them as Moon-Blossom-Ice.

[FlareVyzar]

That is a lot of keys mate, but whatever works for you if you get used to it i suppose.

Anyways, props to you. Actually good to see someone willing to improve on these forums.

[Impulsikk]

Here's some advice. Just keep it simple with each category of abilities together or in sequence.

As dragoon I have my basic damage combo as 1-2-3-4-5 (Thrust combo + Fang and claw + Wheeling Thrust) (and next to each other on the action bar)

1-R-ShiftR as my DoT combo. (and next to each other on the action bar)

AoE Combo is MouseButton-ShiftMouseButton-ControlMouseButton (and next to each other on the action bar)

My damage jumps are V, Shift V, and Control V (and next to each other on the action bar)

[SenorPatty]

What... is this?

Obviously it's a sudoku answer sheet. Keep up, will ya?