Samurai

Job Overview

Available after completing the quest Forge Your Destiny, the Samurai (SAM) job focuses on the mastery of weapon skills and skillchains. Samurai excel at the use of Weapon Skills due to their ability to rapidly gain Tactical Points and use them to their advantage. Their mainstay weapon is the Great Katana, but they also have respectable skill in Polearms and Archery. Table of Contents: Abilities • Traits • Merits • Combat Skills Job Specific Equipment • Samurai Guides

Job Abilities Level  Name 01  Meikyo Shisui 05  Warding Circle 15  Third Eye 25  Hasso 30  Meditate 35  Seigan 40  Sekkanoki 65  Konzen-ittai 75 (Merit)  Blade Bash 75 (Merit)  Shikikoyo 77  Sengikori 87  Hamanoha 95  Hagakure

Job Traits Level  Name 05  Resist Blind 10  Store TP 20  Zanshin 25  Resist Blind II 30  Store TP II 40  Demon Killer 45  Resist Blind III 50  Store TP III 65  Resist Blind IV 70  Store TP IV 75 (Merit)  Ikishoten 75 (Merit)  Overwhelm 78  Skillchain Bonus 90  Store TP V

Group 1 Merits Level  Name Merit  Third Eye Recast Merit  Warding Circle Recast Merit  Store TP Effect Merit  Meditate Recast Merit  Zanshin Attack Rate

Combat Skill Ratings

Skill	Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 49	Cap at Level 99
Great Katana	A+	6	150	424
Polearm	B-	5	144	388
Sword	C+	5	139	378
Club	E	4	124	300
Dagger	E	4	124	300
Archery	C+	5	139	378
Throwing	C+	5	139	378
Parrying	A-	6	150	417
Evasion	B+	5	144	404

See Samurai Skill Caps for a by-level breakdown of Weapon Skill limits.

Job Specific Equipment

To see a side by side comparison of Artifact/Relic sets visit Samurai Artifact/Relic Sets Comparison.

Artifact Set Level Artifact 30  Myochin Shusa 42  Magoroku 52  Myochin Sune-Ate 54  Myochin Haidate 56  Myochin Kote 58  Myochin Domaru 60  Myochin Kabuto

Artifact Set +1 Level Artifact 74  Myochin Sune-Ate +1 74  Myochin Haidate +1 74  Myochin Kote +1 74  Myochin Domaru +1 74  Myochin Kabuto +1

Relic/Mythic/Empyrean Weapons Level Weapon 75  Amanomurakumo (Relic)  Yoichinoyumi (Relic)  Kogarasumaru (Mythic) 85  Masamune (Empyrean)

Relic Set Level Relic 70  Saotome Koshi-Ate 71  Saotome Sune-Ate 72  Saotome Haidate 73  Saotome Kote 74  Saotome Domaru 75  Saotome Kabuto

Relic Set +1 Level Relic 75  Saotome Sune-Ate +1 75  Saotome Haidate +1 75  Saotome Kote +1 75  Saotome Domaru +1 75  Saotome Kabuto +1

Empyrean Set (+1, +2) Level Empyrean 80  Unkai Nodowa 81  Unkai Sune-Ate / +1 / +2 83  Unkai Haidate / +1 / +2 84  Unkai Sugemino 85  Unkai Kabuto / +1 / +2 87  Unkai Kote / +1 / +2 89  Unkai Domaru / +1 / +2 90  Unkai Mimikazari

Samurai Guides

• Job Specific Equipment/Samurai
• How-To Guide: Samurai
• Samurai: Guide to Races and Subjob Selection
• Samurai Guide by Fae
• Samurai: Ultimate Guide by Gregedor
• Shattering Stars/Samurai
• How to Guide: Samurai Dancer by Onjage
• SAM Equipment Chart by Everyone
• Samurai Weaponskill Stacking by Polive/Blirien
• Samurai Merits by Polive

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