Samurai Best Builds

Samurai is one of the advanced Jobs that can be accessed in Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins. Read on to find out more about this Job, its best builds, and which Equipment Effects to go after to maximize Jack's potential!

Samurai Guides
How to Use Samurai	Samurai Best Builds

MP Recovery Build

Samurai has several nifty bonuses that make it possible for players to constantly replenish their MP for use with for their Combo or Command Abilities. This build is constructed around the idea of heavy MP replenishment in conjunction with constant Ability usage against enemies.

Best Abilities Loadout

Combo Ability Setup

No.	Ability	Button Commands
1	Meikyo-Shisui
2	Yuki-Kemuri	> >
3	Tsukikage	> > > >

Command Ability Setup

Best Commands
Swayback	Ruin	Reinforce

• Swayback: Command Ability unlocked in the Lancer Job Tree. Allows players to conduct an emergency "evasive" maneuver that causes them to step away from enemy attacks while fully replenishing their Break Gauge. Use in situations where enemy groups charge at you, and you are unable to defend ot break them apart.
• Ruin: In a scenario when enemies are rushing at you in a group, use Ruin (unlocked in the Mage Job Tree) to send them flying back, effectively breaking their grouping and allowing you to isolate enemies in 1-v-1 combat.
• Reinforce: Unlocked in the Swordsman Job Tree, Reinforce helps to make sure that you cannot stagger while under enemy assault. Useful when trying to go for combos against aggressive enemies.

Passive and Effect Priorities

Best Passives and Effects
Ability Damage +3.4%	Break Gauge Recovery Speed +9.1%	Parry: Physical Damage Dealt +9.0%

• Ability Damage +3.4%: Props up damage dealt when using Combo Abilities against enemies. A 2.8% variant of this ability can also be unlocked in the Samurai Job Tree.
• Break Gauge Recovery Speed +9.1%: While in combat, it is nearly impossible to avoid enemy attacks due to the long wind-up that normal attacks in the Samurai Job have. The worse case scenario in these instances is for players to get staggered, allowing enemies to conduct follow up attacks in their vulnerable state. This support ability makes it so that the Break Gauge is almost never at any danger of depleting, allowing players to safely navigate away from dangers when needed.
• Parry: Physical Damage Dealt +9.0%%: Successful parries will allow players to deal more physical damage against enemies in quick counterattacks. Helpful for players who wish to take on a more defensive posture, waiting for enemies to strike first in encounters.

Recommended Equipment Effects

Endless Combos Build

This build takes the great amounts of MP Reproduction from the previous build – however, unlike the MP Recovery Build, there is much less emphasis on defense in this build, as the idea is to defeat foes faster than they can group together or attack you by blitzing them with consecutively chained combos.

Thus, this build takes advantage of the abilities in both the Samurai and Ronin Job Tree to keep MP recovery high with MP consumption reduced to a low.

Best Abilities Loadout

Combo Ability Setup

No.	Ability	Button Commands
1	Meikyo-Shisui
2	Yuki-Kemuri	> >
3	Tsukikage	> > > >
4	Hana-Arashi	> > > > > >
5	Garo (Ronin Ability)	+ (Hold) > + (Hold) >

Command Ability Setup

Best Commands
Zanshin	Ruin	Reinforce

• Zanshin: Command Ability that is unlocked in the Samurai Job Tree. This reduces the amount of MP spend on combo ability usage.
• Ruin: Mage Job unlockable ability that sends enemies in front of you flying with a non-elemental magic attack. Similar to its usage in the prior build, this ability is mainly used for emergency situations where groups of enemies are ganging up on you.
• Reinforce: Unlocked in the Swordsman Job, this ability provides a decreased chance of staggering from enemy attacks, allowing you to chain or link more combos together without fear of being staggered.

Passive and Effect Priorities

Best Passives and Effects
Way of the Blade	Meikyo-Shisui Mastery	Ability Damage +3.4%

• Way of the Blade: Enhances abilities set to After Parry, which restores MP based on the amount of physical damage dealt. In this case, you can set Meikyo-Shisui to this slot, giving you both MP recovery from that ability with normal attacks as well as the MP Recovery bonus this support ability provides.
• Meikyo-Shisui Mastery: This support ability is in conjunction with Way of the Blade – this ability simply makes it easier to parry enemy attacks with Meikyo-Shisui.
• Ability Damage +3.4%: Props up damage dealt when using Combo Abilities against enemies. A 2.8% variant of this ability can also be unlocked in the Samurai Job Tree.

Recommended Equipment Effects

Best Job Synergies and Pairings

Monk

Monk	Available Weapon(s)	Shield?
	Knuckles Mace Lance	Cannot use shields
Basic Info	The Monk is a combination of the Pugilist and the Lancer. A specialized hand-to-hand combatant; the Monk has the ability to recover HP and refill their break gauge at the cost of MP.

Although Samurai is more than capable of recovering MP on its own, players may find its speed a little troublesome for first time players of the Job (or any job with Ronin as its root). The Monk Job is a fast-paced Job that has its own MP Recovery build – when running low, make use of that Job to recover MP and get back into the fight quick.

In addition to this, the Job has the ability to recover HP and the Break Gauge as well, which makes it an invaluable pairing that most users of Samurai can benefit greatly from. If the Job is not yet accessible, Pugilist is a good alternative that can be used in its place.

Pugilist Guide: How to Use Pugilist

Mage

Mage	Available Weapon(s)	Shield?
	Mace	Can use shields
Basic Info	The Mage is a job that relies on the use of magic to deal considerable damage to enemies. This class utilizes both maces and shield, making it a capable melee fighter when it runs out of MP.

Although the provided Job for this instance is Mage, you can really pair Samurai up with any of the "Mage" Jobs. This is for the benefit of having a long-ranged, weakness exploiting Job to pair with Samurai's relative short range.

Mage Guide: How to Use Mage

Samurai Job Info

General Info

Samurai Info
Samurai
Info	The Samurai is the refined version of the Ronin. This job has access to the Meikyo-shisui, an ability that greatly increases the MP recovered from normal attacks and also restores MP when parrying.
Job Action	Meikyo-Shisui: Temporarily increases MP recovery from normal attacks and restores MP when parrying. *The effect ends when staggered by an enemy attack.
Level	Advanced
Usable Weapon	Katana
Shield?	Cannot use Shields

Samurai Guide: How to Use Samurai

Stranger of Paradise Related Guides

Best Builds for Each Job

All Builds

Basic Jobs
Swordsman	Swordfighter	Duelist
Ronin	Pugilist	Mage
Marauder	Lancer
Advanced Jobs
Samurai	Monk	Knight
Dragoon	Warrior	Berserker
White Mage	Black Mage	Thief
Red Mage
Expert Jobs
Liberator	Cyclic Warrior	Breaker
Tyrant	Sage	Paladin
Ninja	Assassin	Dark Knight
Void Knight

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