In this video, we take a look at the rotation of the Samurai as it looks when you initially unlock it. We look at the single target rotation, the particular 2 target rotation, as well as the general AoE rotation. We also look ahead at Hissatsu: Kaiten, as it is a major component of the Samurai Rotation overall.
If you find that some things are going a bit fast or a bit slow, I invite you to speed up, slow down or even pause the video for your convenience.
None of the melee DPS role actions are covered in this video, since they are situational abilities, however, as a little B side to the video, here are the recommendations if you are looking for that information:
– Second Wind heals you, so if you need healing and the healer isn’t about to heal you now anyway, use this.
– Leg Sweep stuns an enemy for a few seconds. You can use this to stop a caster from finishing their spellcast.
– Bloodbath makes you heal based on the damage you do for a while, so use this when you are taking a lot of damage.
– Feint reduces the physical damage done by the target for a while. This is really useful to help your tank deal with tank busters as these are often physical damage.
– Arm’s Length makes you immune to most knockback effects, but also makes enemies that hit you get an attackspeed slow for a while. You can use this second property if you happen to be tanking enemies.
– True North makes all actions you do automatically fulfill positional requirements. This does not actually do anything until level 52 when Samurai gets some positional requirements.
Alternatively, I also invite you to watch my more recent video on Role Actions in general:
https://youtu.be/RXOF7wbahAY
If you have any questions or considerations, please leave a comment and I will get back to you.
For information regarding GCDs, oGCDs, Weaponskills, Spells and Abilities as well as Animation Locking, refer to my guide on these aspects:
https://youtu.be/RjWfc1rfwss
Music used:
Neath Dark Waters: An extended version of this song can be found here: https://youtu.be/7Dv5Ps1ehF4 , but be aware that it may contain spoilers for Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers specifically.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Combos / Sen Generators
0:47 Specific Combos
1:15 How to use the Combos
1:36 Iaijutsus / Sen Spenders
2:14 DoT Snapshotting
2:24 How to use Iaijutsus
2:48 The opener continued
3:15 Meikyo Shisui
4:34 AoE Rotation
5:41 2 Target Rotation
6:41 Summary
7:48 Defensive Samurai Tools
8:34 Hissatsu: Kaiten
9:23 Fun fact
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I just started this job still a bit confuse this help me thank you
Can you leave a link to your rotation by any chance
Thanks. I've been wanting to try Samurai but it seems so complicated. This guide gave me a good idea of which skills primarily work together and where to add in other abilities. Now for practice.
i just started samurai a few days ago and this helps me so much and answers a lot of questions i had! Thank you!
Thank you so much!!! Your guide has definitely made more sense to me than similar guides I have seen! Any chance you could do one on monk?
Would like to add another thank you here, after watching several other videos on this class that speed run the abilities explanations/combos like you should already know them second nature this was a breath of fresh air as you explained step by step why things for the class work. Thank you and I feel much better about my basics on this class now.
it's prob going to take ages for me to master this 🙂 thanks for the help
just picked up sam, your guide is very helpful! thank you!
Thankyou for being slow and concise with the pictures and names, makes it so much easier when you literally only just got to samurai and have trouble with all the asian style stuff. Really just makes trying to learn that much easier.
i'm going to be refering to this video multiple times as I get used to the mechanics of the Samurai! 😀 You've done a wonderful job at breaking things down and making it easier to understand 😀 I have subscribed to your channel because you are awesome!
So easy job, feels great to play as well.
A tip for any job is to not think about abilities as rotations, but rather as priority system.
1. Got buffs up?
2. How many enemies?
3. Do enemy live long enough for long duration dot?
4. Repeat
Just got to choose my new job, since I’m BLM. So….I chose Samurai. Glad I found out this video. Love Japan and now I can be a samurai. Woohooo!
This is awesome thank u. What does a sam eat?
Such good explanations, seriously, thank you.
This is honestly one of the best guides out there for beginners. Great explanations! Thanks!
As a new player that swapped over to samurai at lvl 50, this was incredibly useful.
Just have to agree. Best guide for new Samurais. Like me. New to the game and this was incredibly helpful. Very clear and calmly communicated in a way that is easy to process.
Very helpful guide! Thank you!
Fantastic video, thank you so much