Samuro Build Guide “My humble skills are yours.”

The Wind Walk build focuses on Talents that increase Wind Walk's utility. This helps Samuro get into and out of melee range, where Samuro deals all of his meaningful damage. This build is a great starting point for players new to Samuro, and can perform well at all levels of play.

Burning Blade helps you clear Minions and Mercenaries effectively, and still increases Samuro's Hero damage quite a lot. At Level 1, you can take Way of the Blade if you plan to focus heavily on PvE. At Level 16, you hit a huge power spike which gives you kill potential against many Heroes in the game, even when they are at full health. This is accomplished by applying Harsh Winds with a stored Critical Strike, activating Critical Strike immediately after in order to reset your Basic Attack, and then using Blade Storm while you still have extra movement speed from Wind Walk. Shukuchi makes it possible to close into melee range very quickly in order to deliver your lethal combo. Wind Strider allows you to benefit from most of your other Talents much more often.

The Illusion Master build focuses on Talents that increase the damage, durability, and frequency of Mirror Images. Builds are usually ordered by effectiveness, with the best build for the current meta at the top. Samuro is an exception. Although Illusion Master is very strong, it is so much harder to use that we recommend a more accessible build for beginners first. Both builds can perform well at any rank, but they do play quite differently. Illusion Master adds a significant layer of complexity, as it enables the player to control 3 units at the same time. This build is recommended for players who are already comfortable with Samuro's other mechanics.

Way of the Blade increases the damage that Samuro and his Mirror Images deal. Mirage and Deflection can both be good at Level 4, depending on what type of damage the enemy team has access to. AoE damage that enemy Heroes will use to quickly dispatch your Images will usually be from Ability Damage, which is why Mirage is recommended as a baseline. However, Deflection can help your Images tank more tower shots when you dive Heroes under structures. You can have 2 active Images quite often thanks to Illusion Master and Kawarimi, so Phantom Pain works very well with this build. At Level 16, Press the Attack greatly increases the threat of your Images to enemy Heroes. Images created with Kawarimi will continue to execute whatever command Samuro was given prior to its cast. This can be used to create Images that will chase enemy Heroes, and works quite well with Press the Attack.