Leveling Rotations and Tips for Samurai — Dawntrail 7.1

When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of gear with the highest item level. You can exchange Allagan Tomestone of Poetics for gear in Mor Dhona at level 50, in Idyllshire at level 60, in Rhalgr's Reach at level 70, in Eulmore at level 80, and in Radz-at-Han at level 90.

Samurai starts out at level 50, but since the lowest level duty you can queue into is level 15, that is where we will start this page at.

Executing Gekko, you will receive one Sen, Getsu. Use this resource at one Sen to place Higanbana on a target, depleting the Sen Gauge.

Executing Gekko, you will receive one Sen, Getsu. Executing Kasha you will receive one Sen, Ka. Using this resource at one Sen places Higanbana on the target. Using this resource at two Sen executes the action Tenka Goken. Both actions deplete the Sen Gauge.

Executing Gekko, you will receive one Sen, Getsu. Executing Kasha, you will receive one Sen, Ka. Executing Yukikaze, you will receive one Sen, Setsu. Using this resource at one Sen places Higanbana on the target. Using this resource at two Sen executes the action Tenka Goken. Using this resource at three Sen executes the action Midare Setsugekka. Using any of these actions deplete the Sen Gauge.

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• Hakaze → Jinpu
• Hakaze → Shifu, Hakaze → Jinpu
• Hakaze → Shifu, Hakaze → Jinpu → Gekko, Higanbana
• Hakaze → Shifu → Kasha, Hakaze → Jinpu → Higanbana → Gekko
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Higanbana, Kasha, Gekko, Hakaze → Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Kasha, Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka, Hakaze → Yukikaze, Higanbana
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Kasha, Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka, Hakaze → Yukikaze, Higanbana
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Ikishoten, Higanbana, Kasha, Gekko, Hakaze → Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Ikishoten, Higanbana, Kasha, Gekko, Hissatsu: Guren, Hakaze → Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Ikishoten, Higanbana, Kasha, Gekko, Hissatsu: Senei, Hakaze → Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Ikishoten, Kasha, Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka, Hissatsu: Senei, Kaeshi: Setsugekka, Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Higanbana, Gekko, Kasha
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Ikishoten, Kasha, Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka, Hissatsu: Senei, Kaeshi: Setsugekka, Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Higanbana, Gekko, Kasha, Hakaze → Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka, Shoha
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Ikishoten, Kasha, Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka, Hissatsu: Senei, Kaeshi: Setsugekka, Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Higanbana, Ogi Namikiri, Shoha, Kaeshi: Namikiri, Gekko, Kasha, Hakaze → Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka, Kaeshi: Setsugekka
• Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Ikishoten, Kasha, Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka, Hissatsu: Senei, Kaeshi: Setsugekka, Meikyo Shisui, Gekko, Higanbana, Ogi Namikiri, Shoha, Kaeshi: Namikiri, Gekko, Kasha, Gyofu → Yukikaze, Midare Setsugekka, Kaeshi: Setsugekka
• Use Shifu if Fuka is about to expire or has already expired.
• Use Tenka Goken if you need to reset your Sen in order to apply a new Higanbana.
• Use Gekko from the back/rear in order to fulfill the positional requirement.
• Use Gekko from the back/rear and Kasha from the side/flank in order to fulfill their positional requirement.
• Use Meikyo Shisui charges for Gekko & Kasha, over Yukikaze.
• Use Higanbana if your target is alive for at least 48s of its duration.
• Use Higanbana every 60s.
• Use Meikyo Shisui every 55-60s.
• Use Kaeshi: Setsugekka within 30s of executing Midare Setsugekka, be sure not to overwrite the buff before using it!
• Use Ikishoten every 120s without overcapping your Kenki gauge.
• Use Ogi Namikiri every 120s.
• Use Zanshin every 120s.
• Use Hissatsu: Guren every 120s.
• Use Hissatsu: Senei every 120s.
• Use Hissatsu: Senei every 60s.
• Use Hissatsu: Shinten in order to not overcap your Kenki gauge.
• Use Shoha after three Iaijutsu moves.
• Repeat Gekko combo as your filler.
• Repeat Gekko and Kasha combos as your filler.
• Repeat Midare Setsugekka sequence as your filler.

• Same as single-target rotation.
• Hakaze → Shifu → Kasha, Hakaze → Jinpu → Gekko, Tenka Goken
• Same as single-target.
• Use Higanbana on both targets if they live for 48s of the duration.
• Use Higanbana every 60s.
• Use Meikyo Shisui every 55-60s.
• Use Meikyo Shisui charges for Gekko & Kasha, over Yukikaze.
• Use Hissatsu: Shinten in order to not overcap your Kenki gauge.
• Use Ikishoten every 120s without overcapping your Kenki gauge.
• Use Ogi Namikiri every 120s.
• Use Zanshin every 120s.
• Use Hissatsu: Guren every 120s.
• Use Hissatsu: Guren every 60s.
• Use Shoha after three Iaijutsu moves.

• Same as single-target rotation.
• Fuga
• Fuga → Mangetsu
• Use Shifu & Jinpu in order to keep Fuka & Fugetsu up as needed.
• Use Shifu in order to keep Fuka up as needed.
• Hakaze → Shifu → Kasha, Fuga → Mangetsu, Tenka Goken
• Fuga → Oka, Fuga → Mangetsu, Tenka Goken
• Fuko → Oka, Fuko → Mangetsu, Tenka Goken
• Use Meikyo Shisui every 55-60s.
• Use Meikyo Shisui charges for Gekko & Kasha at 3 targets, 4+ targets use charges on Oka & Mangetsu.
• Use Hissatsu: Shinten in order to not overcap your Kenki gauge.
• Use Hissatsu: Kyuten in order to not overcap your Kenki gauge.
• Use Ikishoten every 120s without overcapping your Kenki gauge.
• Use Ogi Namikiri every 120s.
• Use Zanshin every 120s.
• Use Hissatsu: Guren every 120s.
• Use Kaeshi: Goken within 30s of executing Tenka Goken, be sure not to overwrite the buff before using it!
• Use Shoha after three Iaijutsu moves.