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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. Table of Contents: Abilities • Traits • Merits • Combat Skills Artifact Equipment • Samurai Guides

Job Abilities Level  Name 01  Meikyo Shisui 05  Warding Circle 15  Third Eye 25  Hasso 30  Meditate 35  Seigan 60  Sekkanoki 75 (Merit)  Blade Bash 75 (Merit)  Shikikoyo

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

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 37	Cap at Level 75
Great Katana	A+	6	114	276
Polearm	B-	5	109	240
Sword	C+	5	105	230
Club	E	4	94	200
Dagger	E	4	94	200
Archery	C+	5	105	230
Throwing	C+	5	105	230
Parrying	A-	6	114	269
Evasion	B+	5	109	256

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

Artifact Equipment

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

Artifact Set Level Artifact 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 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

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

Samurai Guides

• Job Specific Equipment/Samurai
• How-To Guide: Samurai
• Samurai: Guide to Races and Subjob Selection
• Samurai: A Guide by Atin
• 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