Monk, Dragoon, Ninja, Samurai or Reaper, which one would you like to be? I give my personal take on the good and the bad of each of the Melee jobs in FFXIV! I hope you will find it helpful or at least entertaining!
In case you were inspired to play any of the four healers by this video, I have guides for both starters and high levels for each if you are interested!
Monk Starter: https://youtu.be/_U0H6KVh82I
Monk High Level: https://youtu.be/5WqPCwDJCAw
Samurai Starter: https://youtu.be/M3KZQxSrpLM
Samurai High Level: https://youtu.be/_xuHQNkELPU
Dragoon Starter: https://youtu.be/gA5d516yFac
Dragoon High Level: https://youtu.be/TCu6Ihp8csw
Reaper Starter: https://youtu.be/MWYDQanQvdw
Reaper High Level: https://youtu.be/UnBE7snCLKo
Ninja Starter: https://youtu.be/-dLecdr8PG8
Ninja High Level: https://youtu.be/ilnKrgZcIlk
Additionally, if words like GCD and oGCD, or lateweave confuses you, I have a guide on this subject too:
https://youtu.be/4jZ9j7ti0Nw
I also have a short on GCD and oGCD if you prefer the short version:
https://youtube.com/shorts/WDtPflAdQto
Music Used:
FFXIV: Shadowbringers – Neath Dark Waters
#ffxiv #endwalker
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:29 Ratings Glossary
00:40 Introducing Monk
00:57 Monks Rotation
01:56 Monks Burst
03:19 Monks Defensives
04:17 Introducing Samurai
04:42 Samurais Rotation
05:39 Samurais Loop and Burst
06:41 Samurais Defensives
07:29 Introducing Dragoon
07:55 Dragoons Rotation
08:33 Dragoons Optimization and Burst
10:10 Dragoons (lack of) Defensives
10:51 Introducing Reaper
11:19 Reapers Rotation
12:26 Reapers Optimization and Burst
14:10 Reapers Defensives
14:55 Introducing Ninja
15:36 Ninjas Rotation
16:01 Ninjas Burst
17:28 Ninjas Defensives
18:03 Summary and New Player Recommendations
19:31 Fun Fact
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Ninja is the way I roll! Maining it was the best choice I made, tons of fun!! <3
My favourite is Dragoon and Ninja! They are the easiest on my smoll brain… also really enjoy Samurai, but feels bad to play when you haven't played it in a while and forgot how to not drift your abilities 💀
Excellent, as usual. Keep up the good work with the videos
Leveld all except Monk now. Have to test out SAM at 90. Like big dmg but a lot of ogcd pressing and gauge monitoring.
Reaper is chill, also extreme is doable for me. Ninja liked in content I know. Still need to practice to not watch buttons during burst. Also need to optimize controller buttons for opener and 1 and 2 min bursts. DRG hate for strict rotation and ogcd weaving. Was my MSQ main. Think I'll try to practice Ninja more and a bit samurai. Also see if I like Monk. Think my Main melee dps will be either Reaper or ninja.
I really enjoyed levelling NIN, and it was very cool to mess around with at 90. But my ping just isn't happy with the mudras. It didn't happen often, but having that rabbit show up because the server didn't register my button presses correctly was a deep source of frustration every time it happened. DRG is a similar issue with its animation lock being worsened by ping. RPR in general is definitely the most user friendly over all from all perspectives. But I find SAM more fun lmao