Samurai was added at the start of the Stormblood expansion and begins at level 50. The job also has no corresponding class so all abilities earned are on the job itself. In order to become a Samurai you must complete the following quest.

Quest	NPC	Location	Conditions
The Way of the Samurai	Ul'dahn Citizen	Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (X:9 Y:9)	None

For each quest you complete, you will be rewarded with a new ability, while the latter quests will also reward you with artifact (AF) armour that is shown in the screenshot above.

Introduction to Samurai

Samurai is a melee damage dealing job with no associated class. The job will deal damage using powerful abilities designed to be comboed with one another to increase their effectiveness.

Attributes

As a Samurai your main attribute is Strength (STR) as this increases physical attack damage. You should be focusing on equipment with this stat. For secondary stats you should be focusing on the likes of Direct Hit Rate, Determination, Critical Hit Rate and Skill Speed in addition to simply boosting STR. However you'll find Skill Speed is generally not worth it.

Skill Speed and Critical Hit Rate are self explantory in what they do. For the other two, Determination is used to boost the damage dealt by all attacks and the amount of HP recovered when healed while Direct Hit Rate is Stormblood's replacement for Accuracy. Instead of a simple hit or miss effect that Accuracy could give, having low Direct Hit Rate for a fight will reduce damage dealt so it is important to improve this stat.

Actions

Actions are skills that the Samurai can equip to their bar and select to use at any time as long as their timer is available. Actions used in a combo will generate additional damage and effects. All Samurai actions are exclusive to that job.


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	Name	Level	Cast	Recast	MP	TP	Range	Radius
	Hakaze	1	0	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Additional Effect: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5
	Jinpu	4	0	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Hakaze Combo Potency: 320 Combo Bonus: Increases damage dealt by 13 % Duration: 40s Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5
	Third Eye	6	0	15	0	0	0y	0y
	Reduces the amount of damage taken by the next attack by 10%. Duration: 3s Additional Effect: Grants Eyes Open when hit Duration: 15s
	Ageha	10	0	60	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 250. F201F8F201F9Additional Effect: 0101Increases F201F4F201F5Kenki Gauge0101 by 10 (30 if killing blow is dealt) Can only be executed when target's HP is below 20%.
	Enpi	15	0	2.5	0	0	15y	0y
	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 100. Enhanced Enpi Bonus Potency: 320 Additional Effect: Increases Kenki Gauge by
	Shifu	18	0	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Hakaze Combo Potency: 320 Combo Bonus: Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 13 % Duration: 40s Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5
	Fuga	26	0	2.5	0	0	8y	8y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5
	Iaijutsu	30	1.8	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Executes a weaponskill depending on current number of Sen stored in Sen Gauge. 1 Sen: Higanbana 2 Sen: Tenka Goken 3 Sen: Midare Setsugekka
	Gekko	30	0	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Jinpu Combo Potency: 480 Rear Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5 Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5 Combo Bonus: Grants Getsu
	Higanbana	30	1.8	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240. Additional Effect: Damage over time Potency: 35 Duration: 60s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
	Mangetsu	35	0	2.5	0	0	0y	5y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Fuga Combo Potency: 160 Combo Bonus: Extends Jinpu duration by 15s to a maximum of 40s Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by
	Kasha	40	0	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Shifu Combo Potency: 480 Flank Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5 Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5 Combo Bonus: Grants Ka
	Tenka Goken	40	1.8	2.5	0	0	8y	8y
	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a cone before you with a potency of 360 for the first enemy, 10% less for the second, 20% less for the third, 30% less for the fourth, 40% less for the fifth, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
	Oka	45	0	2.5	0	0	0y	5y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Fuga Combo Potency: 160 Combo Bonus: Extends Shifu duration by 15s to a maximum of 40s Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by
	Meikyo Shisui	50	0	55	0	0	0y	0y
	Execute up to 3 weaponskill combos without meeting combo prerequisites. Does not affect Iaijutsu. Duration: 15s
	Yukikaze	50	0	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Hakaze Combo Potency: 360 Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by
	Midare Setsugekka	50	1.8	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 720. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
	Hissatsu: Kaiten	52	0	1	0	0	0y	0y
	Increases potency of next weaponskill by 50%. Duration: 10s Kenki Gauge Cost: 20
	Hissatsu: Gyoten	54	0	10	0	0	20y	0y
	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Kenki Gauge Cost: 10 Cannot be executed while bound.
	Hissatsu: Yaten	56	0	10	0	0	5y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: 10-yalm backstep Additional Effect: Grants Enhanced Enpi Duration: 15s Kenki Gauge Cost: 10 Cannot be executed while bound.
	Merciful Eyes	58	0	1	0	0	0y	0y
	Instantly restores own HP. Cure Potency: 200 Can only be executed while under the effect of Eyes Open. Shares a recast timer with Hissatsu: Seigan.
	Meditate	60	0	60	0	0	0y	0y
	Gradually increases your Kenki Gauge. Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Grants stacks of Meditation when used in combat, up to a maximum of 3 Kenki Gauge not affected when used outside battle. Effect ends upon using another action or moving (including facing a different direction). Cancels auto-attack upon execution. Triggers the cooldown of weaponskills upon execution. Cannot be executed during the cooldown of weaponskills.
	Hissatsu: Shinten	62	0	1	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 320. Kenki Gauge Cost: 25
	Hissatsu: Kyuten	64	0	1	0	0	0y	5y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150 to all nearby enemies. Kenki Gauge Cost: 25
	Hissatsu: Seigan	66	0	1	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 220. Kenki Gauge Cost: 15 Can only be executed while under the effect of Eyes Open. Shares a recast timer with Merciful Eyes.
	Ikishoten	68	0	60	0	0	0y	0y
	Increases Kenki Gauge by 50. Can only be executed while in combat.
	Hagakure	68	0	5	0	0	0y	0y
	Converts Setsu, Getsu, and Ka into Kenki. Each Sen converted increases your Kenki Gauge by 10. Can only be executed if under the effect of at least one of the three statuses.
	Hissatsu: Guren	70	0	120	0	0	10y	10y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 850 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Kenki Gauge Cost: 50 Shares a recast timer with Hissatsu: Senei.
	Hissatsu: Senei	72	0	120	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,100. Kenki Gauge Cost: 50 Shares a recast timer with Hissatsu: Guren.
	Tsubame-gaeshi	76	0	60	0	0	0y	0y
	Repeats the previously executed iaijutsu with increased potency. Can only be executed immediately following Iaijutsu. Triggers the cooldown of weaponskills upon execution. Cannot be executed during the cooldown of weaponskills.
	Shoha	80	0	15	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400. Can only be executed after accumulating three stacks of Meditation by executing Iaijutsu, Tsubame-gaeshi, or Meditate while in combat. Meditation effect fades upon execution.

Traits

Traits are not actions and can not be equipped to your bar. They are earned as you level up and are always active. As a result they require 0 cast time and have a 0 MP and TP cost. They are also all exclusive to the Samurai job.

	Name	Level
	Enhanced Strength	20
	Increases strength by 8.
	Enhanced Strength II	40
	Increases strength by 16.
	Kenki Mastery	52
	Increases Kenki Gauge when landing select weaponskills.
	Kenki Mastery	52
	Increases Kenki Gauge when landing select weaponskills.
	Enhanced Strength III	60
	Increases strength by 24.
	Kenki Mastery II	62
	Increases Kenki Gauge when landing all weaponskills excluding Iaijutsu.
	Enhanced Iaijutsu	74
	Reduces Iaijutsu cast time to 1.3 seconds.
	Enhanced Jinpu and Shifu	78
	Improves Jinpu's damage increase to 13% and Shifu's reduction to weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay to 13%.

Role Actions

Since the Stormblood expansion for FFXIV, cross class actions were removed and replaced with the concept of "role" actions. Role actions are more generic as they don't belong to specific classes, but instead to roles such as melee DPS, magic DPS, healer or tank. The Samurai can equip up to 5 of these.

Name

Level

Cast

Recast

MP

TP

Range

Radius

PvP Actions

From the Stormblood expansion PvP was revamped significantly and you can no longer use PvE actions during PvP battles. That means all of the actions above you can no longer use in PvP. Action Points (AP) were also removed. While some of the dedicated PvP actions do have the same name, they will have different potencies or effects. Below are the PvP actions that are unique to the Samurai. There exists even more PvP actions and even traits but these are not unique to the Samurai. You can find these further down the page.

Name

Cast

Recast

MP

TP

Range

Radius

Shared PvP Actions

The following is a list of PvP actions which are shared across all classes and jobs. These can only be used in PvP areas and you are limited to selecting two of them.

	Name	Cast	Recast	MP	TP	Range	Radius
	Aetheric Siphon	0	6	0	0	25y	0y
	Activates the instrument.
	Anti-gravity Gimbal	0	5	0	0	0y	0y
	Simulates the spell Levitate using Nero tol Scaeva's odd contraption.
	Bolt	0	45	0	0	0y	0y
	Movement speed is increased. Duration: 10s
	Chimatsuri	4.5	45	0	0	8y	0y
	Concentrate	0	45	0	0	0y	0y
	Creates a barrier preventing Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, Silence, and knockback effects. Duration: 10s
	Deflect	0	2	0	0	0y	4y
	Scatters potentially harmful aether.
	Doom Of The Living	4.5	45	0	0	8y	0y
	Dragonsong Dive	4.5	45	0	0	8y	0y
	Enliven	0	90	0	0	0y	0y
	Restores 50% of maximum TP.
	Final Heaven	4.5	45	0	0	8y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 9,000.
	Muse	0	90	0	0	0y	0y
	Restores 25% of maximum MP.
	Purify	0	45	0	0	0y	0y
	Removes Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, and Silence from target. Can be used regardless of own status affliction.
	Recuperate	0	45	0	0	0y	0y
	Restores 25% of maximum HP.
	Safeguard	0	90	0	0	0y	0y
	Reduces damage taken by 25%. Duration: 10s
	Smoke Screen	0	2.5	0	0	0y	20y
	Throw an incendiary device that creates a blanket of smoke temporarily granting you the Stealth status.
	Ungarmax	3	30	0	0	14y	20y
	Vril	0	3	0	0	0y	0y
	Use the aetheric residue lingering on your body to temporarily disguise yourself as one of Lakshmi's loyal dreamers.

Shared PvP Traits

The following is a list of PvP traits which are shared across all classes and jobs. These can only be used in PvP areas and you are limited to selecting three of them.

	Name	Description
	Decreased Damage Taken	Decreases damage taken by 3%.
	Decreased Recast Time	Decreases recast time of additional actions by 20%.
	Increased Action Speed	Decreases weaponskill and spell cast and recast times by 3%.
	Increased Damage Dealt	Increases damage dealt by 3%.
	Increased Healing Potency	Increases spell-based HP restoration by 5%.
	Increased HP	Increases maximum HP by 5%.
	Increased MP Regeneration	Increases MP regeneration rate by 25%.
	Increased Resistance Duration	Increases duration of resistances by 50%.
	Increased TP Regeneration	Increases TP regeneration rate by 40%.

Samurai Equipment

The best equipment for your Samurai constantly changes depending on what was added in the latest patch so it is important to do your own research on top of this guide. We have broken the equipment down into tiers in order to give some indication of what you can use before you get up to that item level tier.

Slot	Best	Next Tier	Third Tier
Main Hand	Edenmorn Samurai Blade	Augmented Cryptlurker's Samurai Blade	Cryptlurker's Samurai Blade
Head	Augmented Cryptlurker's Mesail of Striking Edenmorn Eye Mask of Striking	Cryptlurker's Mesail of Striking	Edenmete Eye Mask of Striking Exarchic Hood of Striking
Body	Edenmorn Bolero of Striking Augmented Cryptlurker's Corselet of Striking	Cryptlurker's Corselet of Striking	Edenmete Bolero of Striking Ornate Exarchic Top of Striking Exarchic Top of Striking
Hands	Augmented Cryptlurker's Vambraces of Striking Edenmorn Fingerless Gloves of Striking	Cryptlurker's Vambraces of Striking	Edenmete Fingerless Gloves of Striking Exarchic Armguards of Striking
Legs	Edenmorn Hose of Striking Augmented Cryptlurker's Hose of Striking	Cryptlurker's Hose of Striking	Edenmete Hose of Striking Exarchic Bottoms of Striking
Feet	Augmented Cryptlurker's Boots of Striking Edenmorn Sabatons of Striking	Cryptlurker's Boots of Striking	Edenmete Sabatons of Striking Exarchic Boots of Striking
Waist	Edenmorn Leather Belt of Striking Augmented Cryptlurker's Belt of Striking	Cryptlurker's Belt of Striking	Edenmete Leather Belt of Striking Exarchic Sash of Striking
Neck	Augmented Cryptlurker's Choker of Slaying Edenmorn Necklace of Slaying	Cryptlurker's Choker of Slaying	Edenmete Necklace of Slaying Exarchic Choker of Slaying
Ear	Augmented Cryptlurker's Earring of Slaying Edenmorn Earrings of Slaying	Cryptlurker's Earring of Slaying	Edenmete Earrings of Slaying Exarchic Earrings of Slaying
Rings	Augmented Cryptlurker's Ring of Slaying Edenmorn Ring of Slaying	Cryptlurker's Ring of Slaying	Edenmete Ring of Slaying Exarchic Ring of Slaying
Wrist	Edenmorn Wristlet of Slaying Augmented Cryptlurker's Bracelet of Slaying	Cryptlurker's Bracelet of Slaying	Edenmete Wristlet of Slaying Exarchic Bracelet of Slaying

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