Samurai Jack Guide: Best Combos and Perks

Samurai Jack is a Bruiser character in MultiVersus. Read on to find out Samurai Jack's rating and basic info, as well as Samurai Jack's attacks and special moves, best combos, best perks, and a list of skins available for Samurai Jack!

Samurai Jack Latest Buffs and Nerfs

Patch 1.4.0 Updates (November 12)

Samurai Jack Changes
Passive	・Focus special attacks no longer apply weakened debuff on-hit
Martial Arts Master	・Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals
Rising Tiger	・Samurai Jack can now cancel the attack on-hit after the first hit before the second hit has begun ・Fixed an issue where Samurai Jack could slide off the ledge during this attack
Whirling Sword	・Now limits fall speed during attack recovery
Flying Slash	・Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals
Lightning Reflexes	・Hitbox added to Samurai Jack’s arm that knocks back enemies that were not grabbed ・Now limits fall speed during attack recovery
Destructive Descent	・Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals
Storm of Blows	・Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals
Downward Slash	・Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals

Updates and Patch Notes

Samurai Jack Rating and Basic Info

Samurai Jack Basic Information

Samurai Jack
	Tier Rating: Type: Bruiser Fighting Style: Horizontal Difficulty: Recommended Cost: 950 Gleamium (Battle Pass) Default Tags: Heroic, Animated, Human

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Samurai Jack Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
✔︎ Plenty of moves that can knock enemies back ✔︎ Good ring out potential ✔︎ Multiple passives work well with allies	✖︎ No reliable projectile attacks ✖︎ Focus bar can get tricky at first

Samurai Jack is a Bruiser that utilizes a Horizontal fighting style. He has three passive abilities that let him work well in teamplay, solo play, and give his character an overall buff to his durability. While some aspects of his kit can take some time to get used to, he can be picked up by anyone and still be effective in team fights.

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Samurai Jack Moveset and Abilities

Ground Attacks

Samurai Jack's ground attacks feature many knockbacks and can be used to ringout opponents or help set up an ally with their own combo. Neutral attack is a great move for poking enemies and racking up damage as you can always choose to charge it to deal more damage and knockback.

Aerial Attacks

Samurai Jack's neutral air attack is one of his most versatile moves as this can used to approach opponents or as a starting point for an air combo. His up attack and up special are also very useful for prolonging an air combo or trying for a ringout through the top of the ring.

Passive Abilities

Passive	Effect
The Mark of a Samurai	If Jack has an ally, some of his attacks will deal a marked debuff. Allies that hit enemies with marked will convert marked into a stack of weaken.
Mental Focus	Whenever Jack hits enemies with melee attacks or is knocked back, his focus meter fills partially. Once it is full, Jack's special attacks are powered up, but performing them will set his focus back to zero. Focus attacks have increased power and deal weaken. Jack only has a short amount of time where he can perform focus attacks before his focus resets.
Calm Your Mind	While crouching, Jack will meditate. Meditating consumes some of his focus and turns it into gray health for him and nearby allies.

While Samurai Jack can only utilize two of his three passives when playing solo, these can still help him in 1on1s as the increased power from his Focus allows him to rack up damage faster. When playing with an ally, his third passive can be utilized to deal stacks of weakened against opponents.

Samurai Jack Best Perks and Signature Perks

Signature Perks

Perk and Rating	Description	Explanation
★★★★★ Shadow Step	When Jack's ground neutral special counter is activated, he will do an armored dash toward the enemy that activated the counter. However, he will not fire a projectile. With full focus, Jack will teleport to the enemy.	This perk works well with Samurai Jack's moves as you can easily close the distance between you and your opponent to perform follow up attacks.
★★★★☆ Mindful Flow	Instead of Jack's focus being reset when he is knocked out, his focus will increase.	This perk is great for players that like using Jack's empowered moves as you get access to them quicker after getting rung out.
★★★☆☆ River's Flurry	Holding special input while performing Jack's down special will add more sword slashes to the attack. The slashes also deal weakened. Extending the attack gradually consumes Jack's focus meter. The attack can no longer be charged.	While this gives more damage to Jack's Down + Special, the charge you need leaves you vulnerable to attacks. Additionally, since this consumes focus you will need to choose between using this attack or the many empowered moves in Jack's kit.

Universal Perks

Team Perk

Perk and Rating	Description	Explanation
★★★★★ Press The Advantage	Your team applies a stack of weakened when knocking back enemies that are above 125 damage. If your teammate also selects this perk, weakened is applied above 110 damage instead.	Samurai Jack has plenty of moves that can knock enemies back and one of his passives already apply stacks of Weaken when playing with an ally making this team perk the best one you can equip.
★★★★☆ Protective Momentum	Your team gains a projectile shield after running on the ground in the same direction for at least 0.5 seconds. If your teammate also selects this perk, the projectile shield activates faster.	This perk gives Samurai Jack an extra layer of defense that help keep him durable against projectile attacks.

Strong Perk

Perk and Rating	Description	Explanation
★★★★★ Collateral Damage	You deal 1 additional damage when you knock back enemies into terrain.	Collateral Damage works great with a lot of Samurai Jack's moves as he has many options that can knock enemies into terrain.
★★★★☆ Last Stand	While you have at least 100 damage, knocking back enemies applies weakened.	This perk is best equipped when playing with an ally as you can easily stack Weaken against enemies with the help of Jack's passive.

Standard Perk

Perk and Rating	Description	Explanation
★★★★★ Pugilist	Your melee attacks deal increased damage.	Since Samurai Jack's moves are primarily melee attacks, this perk essentially increases your damage output to enemies.

List of Perks

Samurai Jack Best Combos and Moves

Side Attack to Aerial Combo

Side + Attack x2 ► Up + Attack ► Aerial Neutral + Attack

This is a quick combo that can act as a starting point for more complicated combos. This can also be a simple way of ringing enemies out through the side when they have higher damage.

Aerial Attack to Side Special Combo

Up + Attack ► Aerial Side + Attack ► Side + Special

This combo starts with a knock up attack that brings your enemy midair to two attacks that knock enemies to the side. Since this combo focuses on taking the fight off the platform, this works well when trying for a ring out.

Rising Tiger

Rising Tiger is an offensive move by Samurai Jack that lets him knock enemies back. This is a versatile move as it can be used to begin combos or ring out enemies to the side.

Whirling Sword

Whirling Sword is Samurai Jack's Aerial Neutral + Attack that also knocks back enemies. Use this whenever you land as this can catch unsuspecting opponents with a knock back and possibly get rung out.

How to Play Samurai Jack

Manage Your Focus Meter

One of Samurai Jack's passives is Mental Focus which is tied to the Focus bar below him. When this bar is filled up, Samurai Jack's special attacks will be empowered and deal weaken to enemies.

This state lasts only for a short time so keep your eye on it and be ready to utilize Jack's empowered state to deal as much damage as you can.

Keep Close to Your Opponents

Samurai Jack's kit is designed for melee range combat. While he does have projectile skills, his melee attacks are more reliable and can easily knock opponents off from the platform.

Samurai Jack Skins (Variants)

Afterlife Samurai Jack (Uncommon) Tags: Heroic, Animated, Human 500 Gleamium	Hypergalactic Samurai Jack (Uncommon) Tags: Animated, Non-Human, Hypergalactic 500 Gleamium	Lost Jack (Legendary) Tags: Heroic, Animated, Human Level 70 Battlepass
Righteous Warrior Samurai Jack (Epic) Tags: Heroic, Animated, Human 1500 Gleamium	Tooniverse Samurai Jack (Uncommon) Tags: Animated, Human 500 Gleamium	Yoroi Jack (Epic) Tags: Heroic, Animated, Human 75,000 Prestige

List of Skins (Variants)

Samurai Jack Character Profile

First Appearance	Samurai Jack (August 2001)
Voice Actor	TBA

After being flung into the future by the evil Aku, the warrior known as Jack has embarked on a relentless quest to return to the past. With his unmatched swordsmanship and incredible agility, he's truly a force to be reckoned with. When he's not busy vanquishing evil, Jack enjoys a relaxing cup of tea.

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