Samuro Build Guide “My humble skills are yours.”

The Bladestorm build is excellent to enhance Samuro's macro. It has Way of the Wind (greatly increases Samuro's sustain and rotation speed), Burning Blade (enhances Samuro's waveclear), and Bladestorm (can be used to clear a wave instantly). Further, it also 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.

Bladestorm will mostly be used to clear Minions and Mercenaries effectively, due to its low Cooldown and high AoE damage. 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 keep attacking the target until they leave your Basic Attack's range, in which case you should use Blade Storm to execute the target, as it has a greater range than your Basic Attacks. 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 Phantom Steel build focuses on Talents that increase the damage, durability, and frequency of Mirror Images. Although Illusion Master is very strong, it is so much harder to use that we recommend a more accessible build for beginners first. All 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. Like Burning Strikes Build, this build is only recommended for players who are experts at Samuro.

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 is excellent against Heroes dependent on Basic Attacks, like Raynor, Greymane, Artanis, or Thrall.

The Burning Strikes build is a good choice if you have reliable fountains of slows or crowd-control in your team, as it is very dependent on Merciless Strikes to be better than its counterparts.