FFXIV Adhoc Samurai Advanced Guide (Dawntrail Patch 7.01)



Today I’m here to teach you all about Adhoc Samurai in Dawntrail! This wasn’t really a thing in Dawntrail until 7.01, because Samurai naturally had no filler until the 7.01 Tendo GCD recast change. Now that the standard loop uses filler again, it means you can make a case for playing an “Adhoc” style to cut out that filler!

BE WARNED: This is a very advanced playstyle for the Samurai job, and I strongly recommend that beginner/intermediate Samurais start with my Standard Patch 7.01 Samurai Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDONBLR67r0 That style is much easier to understand and play, and can easily get you all the way to the top 1% of Samurai performance. The adhoc style only really makes sense for those Samurai attempting to get rank #1 worldwide FFlogs, or attempt speedkills, or squeeze every ounce of potency out of their job.

If you want to see this style of Samurai demonstrated LIVE, come by my twitch channel at: https://www.twitch.tv/fahros There you can watch, ask questions live, and hang out to discuss Samurai strategies together with us. I’m currently streaming fulltime and live every morning and afternoon Monday-Friday, and occasionally I do some bonus streams on the weekends and evenings. I will be playing around the clock once this Savage tier drops, and raiding through the PF! I hope to see you there! Any views/shares/comments/subs help so much guys. I have been putting everything I have into full time content creation again, and your support means so much.

Links from the video:

My FFlogs: https://www.fflogs.com/character/id/3385537
7.0 Samurai Text Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rwJpp7iVnar2HeetfvOoZgiYlfAGAEyq7SRNBQ_F4S0/edit
My 10:30 adhoc target dummy fflog: https://www.fflogs.com/reports/4LR2FZcWh3rQTNBb#fight=last&type=casts&source=1
My 10:30 standard target dummy fflog: https://www.fflogs.com/reports/Hhp1afVbYZJCB84R#fight=last&type=casts&source=1
Noblesse Oblige’s 10:30 XIVanalysis w/ full adhoc rotation timeline: https://xivanalysis.com/fflogs/CjhBQcbHfNkdKgGz/1/1
My Current Rank 9 AAC M1 FFlog w/ adhoc style: https://www.fflogs.com/reports/ypRkrcGqHQgN7PwK#fight=1&view=rankings
Twitch highlight for the AAC M1: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2207760159

Timestamps:
(Will update after stream today. I’m live right now!)

Thanks for watching everyone. See you next time. o7

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15 thoughts on “FFXIV Adhoc Samurai Advanced Guide (Dawntrail Patch 7.01)”

  1. Whats really funny about this, is despite some changes we've gotten since.. this is how i played Stormblood Samurai lol
    I already figured that Meiyko was better used on Gekko and Kasha, and just tried my best to use it on those, and manual do Yukikaze.
    I think part of my falling out on SAM was the "filler" playstyle, but seeing this takes me back home.

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  2. I noticed that in your dummy fflog, the 6 minute Higanbana gets used at 6:12.177 and 7 minute Higanbana gets used at 7:07.929. Does that mean we are losing 1 (pot + buff) tick? Is it better to use Gekko/Kasha for the 7 minute Higanbana (so you get to delay 1 gcd)?

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