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Revision as of 05:31, 13 May 2005
Abilities, Combat Skill Ratings
Race Selection, Support Job Options
Artifact Equipment, Samurai Guides
Job Overview
Available after completing the quest Forge Your Destiny, the Samurai 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.
Strengths
- Gains TP faster than any other job in the game.
- Weapon skill positions on the skillchain chart are wide and varied, allowing Samurai to skillchain with nearly every other job in the game efficiently.
- Access to powerful Great Katana weapon skills.
Weaknesses
- No built-in natural accuracy enhancing bonuses.
- Very gear dependent job.
Abilities
Job AbilitiesLevel 01 Meikyo Shisui |
Job TraitsLevel 05 Resist Blind |
Combat Skill Ratings
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Samurai have inate job access to the following skills, at the levels given. Other skills may be available due to support job selection. All Samurai skills are combat skills, the Samurai has no access to any magic skills. Race SelectionFinal Fantasy XI allows players to choose between five different races, each with its own strengths and weaknesses in terms of stats. While certain races' stats are better matched to some jobs more than others, the differences are never so profound as to prevent any race from playing any particular job (except for Elvaans and Black Mage). All players can excel at any job they so choose, provided they have the skill and the equipment; the race selection is mostly an aesthetic decision.
Support Jobs OptionsWarriorThe most consistently reliable of the common support jobs for Samurai, Warrior provides good stats in all melee areas and a variety of passive and active abilities. Berserk increases both normal attacks and weapon skill damage consistently, while Defender aids survivability in an emergency. Provoke is a necessary tool for Fuidama setup when partying with a Thief after level 30.
ThiefDirected more towards "spike" damage than the Warror support job, Thief directs incredible power to only weapon skills with the use of Sneak Attack. After level 60 the addition of Trick Attack also means that the Samurai will not have to deal with the "Hate" generated by the weapon skill. Thief support job also places enemy markers on the Radar compass, enhancing the Samurai ability as puller.
RangerSamurai is one of the few jobs which can benefit from a Ranger support job. The actual tactical uses of Ranger abilities vary from Samurai to Samurai. One of the most obvious benefits of the Ranger support job is access to the Archery weapon skills. However, Samurai Archery skill caps as a C+ skill, and as a result Accuracy and Attack are affected compared to a Ranger. The usefulness of Ranger support job may therefore be influenced by the choice of targets, as Samurai Archery use will be more effective on lower evasion enemies. Use of Archery for TP gain is also a common tactic, as Store TP operates by multiplying TP gain, and is more obviously useful on long delay, high TP weapons like longbows. Ranger, like Thief, features Radar positions of hostile enemies, and also allows use of Wide Scan to locate specific targets.
Artifact Equipment
Samurai Guides |
