Leveling Rotations and Tips for Samurai — Endwalker 6.4
Gear Options
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.
Rotation Overview While Leveling Samurai
Samurai starts out at level 50, but since the lowest level duty you can queue into is level 15, that is where we will start this page at.



Executing Gekko, you will receive one Sen, Getsu.
Use this resource at one Sen to place
Higanbana on a target, depleting the Sen Gauge.
Executing Gekko, you will receive one Sen, Getsu.
Executing
Kasha you will receive one Sen, Ka.
Using this resource at one Sen places
Higanbana on the target.
Using this resource at two Sen executes the action
Tenka Goken.
Both actions deplete the Sen Gauge.
Executing Gekko, you will receive one Sen, Getsu.
Executing
Kasha, you will receive one Sen, Ka.
Executing
Yukikaze, you will receive one Sen, Setsu.
Using this resource at one Sen places
Higanbana on the target.
Using this resource at two Sen executes the action
Tenka Goken.
Using this resource at three Sen executes the action
Midare Setsugekka.
Using any of these actions deplete the Sen Gauge.
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Single-Target Openers & Rotation
Hakaze →
Jinpu
Hakaze →
Shifu,
Hakaze →
Jinpu
Hakaze →
Shifu,
Hakaze →
Jinpu →
Gekko,
Higanbana
Meikyo Shisui,
Gekko,
Higanbana,
Kasha,
Gekko,
Hakaze,
Yukikaze,
Midare Setsugekka
Meikyo Shisui,
Gekko,
Kasha,
Yukikaze,
Midare Setsugekka,
Hakaze →
Yukikaze,
Higanbana
Meikyo Shisui,
Gekko,
Kasha,
Yukikaze,
Midare Setsugekka,
Hakaze →
Yukikaze,
Higanbana
Meikyo Shisui
Gekko
Ikishoten
Higanbana
Kasha
Gekko
Hakaze
Yukikaze
Midare Setsugekka
Meikyo Shisui
Gekko
Ikishoten
Higanbana
Kasha
Gekko
Hissatsu: Guren
Hakaze
Yukikaze
Midare Setsugekka
Meikyo Shisui
Gekko
Ikishoten
Higanbana
Kasha
Gekko
Hissatsu: Senei
Hakaze
Yukikaze
Midare Setsugekka
Meikyo Shisui
Gekko
Ikishoten
Higanbana
Kasha
Gekko
Hissatsu: Senei
Hakaze
Yukikaze
Midare Setsugekka
Kaeshi: Setsugekka
Meikyo Shisui
Gekko
Ikishoten
Kasha
Yukikaze
Midare Setsugekka
Hissatsu: Senei
Kaeshi: Setsugekka
Meikyo Shisui
Gekko
Higanbana
Gekko
Kasha
- Use
Shifu if Fuka is about to expire or has already expired.
- Use
Tenka Goken if you need to reset your Sen in order to apply a new
Higanbana.
- Use
Gekko from the back/rear and
Kasha from the side/flank in order to fulfill their positional requirement.
- Use
Meikyo Shisui charges for
Gekko &
Kasha, over
Yukikaze.
- Use
Higanbana if your target is alive for at least 27s of its duration.
- Use
Higanbana if your target is alive for at least 48s of its duration.
- Use
Higanbana every 60s.
- Use
Meikyo Shisui every 55-60s.
- Use
Kaeshi: Setsugekka every 60s. Can only be used directly after executing
Midare Setsugekka.
- Use
Ikishoten every 120s without overcapping your Kenki gauge.
- Use
Hissatsu: Guren every 120s.
- Use
Hissatsu: Senei every 120s.
- Use
Hissatsu: Shinten in order to not overcap your Kenki gauge.
- Use
Shoha after three
Iaijutsu moves.
- Repeat
Gekko combo as your filler.
- Repeat
Gekko and
Kasha combos as your filler.
- Repeat
Midare Setsugekka sequence as your filler.
Two-Target Openers & Rotation for each Leveling Bracket
- Same as single-target rotation.
Hakaze →
Shifu →
Kasha,
Hakaze →
Jinpu →
Gekko,
Tenka Goken
- Same as single-target.
- Use
Yukikaze combo into
Gekko /
Kasha combo into
Tenka Goken as your filler.
- Use
Yukikaze combo into
Mangetsu /
Oka combo into
Tenka Goken as your filler.
- Use
Higanbana on both targets if they live for 48s of the duration.
- Use
Higanbana every 60s.
- Use
Kaeshi: Goken every 60s. Can only be executed directly after
Tenka Goken.
- Use
Meikyo Shisui every 55-60s.
- Use
Meikyo Shisui charges for
Gekko &
Kasha, over
Yukikaze.
- Use
Ikishoten every 120s without overcapping your Kenki gauge.
- Use
Hissatsu: Senei every 120s.
- Use
Hissatsu: Shinten in order to not overcap your Kenki gauge.
- Use
Shoha after three
Iaijutsu moves.
- Use
Shoha II after three
Iaijutsu moves.
Three+ Target Openers & Rotation for each Leveling Bracket
- Same as single-target rotation.
Fuga
Fuga
Mangetsu
- Use
Shifu &
Jinpu in order to get Fuka & Fugetsu up if your dungeon tank is pulling more mob groups and you would not hit three+ targets with
Fuga.
- Use
Shifu in order to get Fuka up if your dungeon tank is pulling more mob groups and you would not hit three+ targets with your
Mangetsu combo.
Hakaze →
Shifu →
Kasha,
Fuga →
Mangetsu,
Tenka Goken
Fuga →
Oka,
Fuga →
Mangetsu,
Tenka Goken
Fuko →
Oka,
Fuko →
Mangetsu,
Tenka Goken
- Use
Meikyo Shisui every 55-60s.
- Use
Hissatsu: Shinten in order to not overcap your Kenki gauge.
- Use
Hissatsu: Kyuten in order to not overcap your Kenki gauge.
- Use
Ikishoten every 120s without overcapping your Kenki gauge.
- Use
Hissatsu: Guren every 120s.
- Use
Kaeshi: Goken every 60s.
- Use
Ikishoten every 120s without overcapping your Kenki gauge.
- Use
Shoha after three
Iaijutsu moves.
- Use
Shoha II after three
Iaijutsu moves.
Changelog
- 24 May 2023: Updated for Patch 6.4
- 10 Jan. 2023: Updated for Patch 6.3
- 23 Aug. 2022: Updated for Patch 6.2
- 07 Mar. 2022: Guide added.
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This guide has been written by boxer, a FFXIV enjoyer since late ARR and Samurai main/theorycrafter since the addition of the job in Stormblood. Self-proclaimed as the "Fast Samurai" for his love of high Skill Speed, he is a Samurai Mentor on The Balance Discord and can be reached there or directly at boxer#7326. He can also occasionally be found streaming prog or optimization on Twitch.
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