Tank · SAM
A duelist's tank: posture and parry over shield and wall.
In a party
Hold the monster’s attention and take its blows so nobody else has to.
A tank who parries instead of blocking. Third Eye and Seigan turn blows aside, Challenge holds the monster’s eye, and Meditate builds TP without swinging.
Samurai have more weaponskills than anyone and three elements to draw on, which makes them the best skillchain openers in the game.
Caerdun · guild of the Samurai
Caerdun settles its arguments by contract, and the ones contracts cannot settle by the dueling code. Its seconds learned to take a blow so the principal did not have to.
“The code has forty-one forms. Thirty-nine of them are about knowing when not to draw.”
Caerdun’s claim: Service. Built by the border garrison locked outside on the night, with three centuries of unpaid wages and the ledgers to prove it.
Stats
Each stat starts at a base and gains a fixed amount every level; the race then multiplies it. HP is 30 plus 22 a level, times the race’s HP modifier, plus Vitality. MP is 10 plus 3 a level, times the MP modifier.
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRStrength | 9 | +2.4 | 127 |
| VITVitality | 8 | +2.2 | 116 |
| AGIAgility | 9 | +1.8 | 97 |
| INTIntelligence | 4 | +0.6 | 33 |
| MNDMind | 5 | +1 | 54 |
| HPHit points | 60 | +22 | 1246 |
| MPMagic points | 13 | +3 | 160 |
Aedri figures, before gear. HP includes Vitality.
A level 50 Aedri Samurai, before gear. Bars are measured against the highest any job and race reach at level 50.
Abilities
15 abilities from level 1 to 50. Click a column to sort.
| Ability | Kind | Lv | Cost | Cast | Recast | Element | Target | Effect | Combo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tachi: Enpi | Weaponskill | 1 | 100 TP | Instant | — | Steel | Enemy | A swallow-swift draw cut. Opens skillchains.Power ×1.9 | Opener |
| Challenge | Job ability | 3 | — | Instant | 20 s | — | Enemy | A duelist's bark that demands the enemy's eyes.Enmity 900 | — |
| Third Eye | Job ability | 6 | — | Instant | 30 s | — | Self | Anticipate and evade the next two attacks.2 evades · 20 s | — |
| Meditate | Job ability | 10 | — | Instant | 45 s | — | Self | Center the spirit, building TP without striking.+45 TP | — |
| Tachi: Gekko | Weaponskill | 14 | 100 TP | Instant | — | Shadow | Enemy | A moonlit crescent cut. Continues skillchains.Power ×2.4 | After Tachi: Enpi |
| Hasso | Job ability | 16 | — | Instant | 10 s | — | Self | An aggressive stance. Increases damage dealt.+15% damage · 60 s | — |
| Tachi: Jinpu | Weaponskill | 20 | 100 TP | Instant | — | Shadow | Enemy | Swift-wind form. A second continuation off Enpi.Power ×2.4 | After Tachi: Enpi |
| Tachi: Yukikaze | Weaponskill | 24 | 100 TP | Instant | — | Steel | Enemy | Snow-wind form. Extends the skillchain.Power ×2.6 | After Tachi: Gekko |
| Warding Circle | Job ability | 28 | — | Instant | 60 s | — | Self | A drawn circle no blow crosses cleanly for half a minute.−20% damage taken · 30 s | — |
| Seigan | Job ability | 32 | — | Instant | 70 s | — | Self | The guarded stance. Reads the next blows before they land.−45% damage taken · 15 s | — |
| Tachi: Koki | Weaponskill | 36 | 100 TP | Instant | — | Radiance | Enemy | Light-reflecting form. The blade catches the sun and gives it back.Power ×2.8 | After Tachi: Gekko |
| Tachi: Kagero | Weaponskill | 40 | 100 TP | Instant | — | Radiance | Enemy | Heat-haze form; the blade arrives before its shimmer.Power ×3 | After Tachi: Yukikaze |
| Second Wind | Job ability | 44 | — | Instant | 90 s | — | Self | A breath taken at the right moment. Half the gauge, at once.+100 TP | — |
| Meikyo Shisui | Job ability | 48 | — | Instant | 120 s | — | Self | Clear mirror, still water. The gauge fills at once.+200 TP | — |
| Tachi: Rana | Weaponskill | 50 | 100 TP | Instant | — | Steel | Enemy | The duelling code's last form, taught only to a second who kept the peace.Power ×3.4 | After Tachi: Kagero |
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Weaponskills
A Samurai weaponskill that names an opener strikes 30% harder when it follows that opener within 10 seconds. Separately, any two weaponskills whose elements follow the cycle make a skillchain, whoever uses them.
Gear
A Samurai wields katanas and wears cloth, leather or chain. A few standout pieces at each stage, chosen for the stats this job grows into: