Viper skill page is a complete mess.

[EdwinLi]

TBH, it's really not necessary to even pay attention to the skill page. I just used the skill names to figure how to set up my crossbars:

1. Skills ending with "Fangs" are your single target combo buttons.
2. Skills ending with "Maw" are your AOE combo buttons.
3. Serpent's Tail is your oGCD button after combo finishers.
4. The "Dread" skills are your Darth Maul combo starters (Dreadwinder single target; Pit of Dread AOE).
5. Twinfang and Twinblood are your oGCDs in between your Dread 3-part combos.
6. Uncoiled Fury, Serpent's Ire, and Reawaken are self-explanatory.
7. Writing Snap is your "I screwed up and have to peel away from the boss" ranged failure attack, never to be used.

That's really all you need to know in terms of setting up your bars initially. You may want to adjust for comfort once you unlock Reawaken.

Ya the job looks complicated from first impression but it is actually one of the most simple Melee jobs in my opinion.

Viper basically only has to focus on using a 1234 Combo with there being 2 types for both single target and AoE.

Normal Combo always starts with two skills on Combo 1 which is either a raw damage attack or a Debuff attack that makes the enemy take +10% more damage.

Then skill 2 is just use any of the two Combo 2 skills. The order does not matter since the one you did not pick will be your next Combo 2 skill.

Skill 3 is the one players need to pay attention on because the color of Combo 3 skill determines their position for flank or rear. Red skills are Rear attack skills and Green skills are Flank attack skills.

Then end the combo with the Finisher skill being the skill that is Serpent's Tail.

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Burst skill is the same but the position attack is on Combo 2 skill

Just use the starting Combo 1 skill then use one of the two Combo 2 skills being the Flank or Rear attack skill.

Depending on which Combo 2 skill you use for Burst combo determines which skill will be used first between Twinfang and Twinblood. Then just use the other Combo 2 skill you did not use to finish off the Burst combo chain.

After that it is just waiting until the Burst skill combo cooldown is over by using Normal combo then use Burst Combo again.