Leveling Rotations and Tips for Ninja — Endwalker 6.55

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, and in Eulmore at level 80.

Ninja starts at rogue and is unlocked at level 1, but since the lowest level duty you can queue into is level 15, that is where we will start this page at.

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Ninja unlocks two gauges throughout the leveling process. The first being the Huton Gauge at level 45. Once unlocked, you will always want to have this gauge active, which means you have the Huton buff active. This gauge just tells you how much time you have left before it falls off. The second gauge is your Ninki gauge, which is unlocked at level 62. For this gauge, you want to use your abilities during your Mug and Trick Attack buffs, but making sure to not overcap.

• Hellfrog Medium is your only Ninki spender.
• Hellfrog Medium is now only used for 3+ targets.
• Bhavacakra is now going to be your spender on 1 and 2 target fights.
• At this point, you will now prioritize Bunshin over Bhavacakra when Bunshin is available.
• Meisui should be used on cooldown by casting an extra Suiton, though this will generally be taken care of by Ten Chi Jin when you get that. Until then, it is still worth to use this in all cases.
• Huton is your only way to keep up your buff. Use this before your gauge runs out, so that your buff never falls off.
• Armor Crush is now your main way to keep up your buff. Everytime this is used, you gain 30 seconds on your gauge, up to a maximum of 60 seconds. Only use this when below 30 seconds left so as to not waste the time it gains.

As all melees do, Ninja and Rogue follow a combo system. This means that as you get more weaponskills, your combo will flesh out and give you more options. You start off with just one attack, but you will eventually have a 3-step combo with the final step in that combo having 2 options. Outside of your normal combo, there are a few other skills you learn over time that will be used in between your normal combo skills.

• Use Fuma Shuriken every 20 seconds when your Mudras are off cooldown and Mug and/or Trick Attack are up on the target.
• Use Raiton every 20 seconds when your mudras are off cooldown and Mug and/or Trick Attack are up on the target.
• Use Huton to start up your buff, then use Suiton to be able to use Trick Attack. Then use the rest of your charges on Raiton during buffs.
• Use Huton to start up your buff, then use Suiton to be able to use Trick Attack. Then use the rest of your charges on Raiton during buffs. If you have Kassatsu available, then use Hyosho Ranryu as priority.
• Use Ten Chi Jin by doing Ten>Chi>Jin to execute Fuma Shuriken>Raiton>Suiton. This will be your normal single target rotation for this ability.
• Spinning Edge -> Gust Slash is your filler combo waiting for cooldowns.
• Spinning Edge -> Gust Slash -> Aeolian Edge is your filler combo while waiting for cooldowns.
• Spinning Edge -> Gust Slash -> Armor Crush is your combo you use to extend your Huton Gauge. Spinning Edge -> Gust Slash -> Aeolian Edge is your filler combo while waiting for cooldowns.
• Use Phantom Kamaitachi inside of your buffs when available, or when you have to get away from your target.

Follow the single-target section.

Use Death Blossom when at 3 or more targets.

Combo Death Blossom into Hakke Mujinsatsu at 3 or more targets for your normal filler combos.

Switch to Katon while keeping up Doton over Raiton at 3 or more targets.

Use Goka Mekkyaku over Hyosho Ranryu at 3 or more targets.