Job Guide: Samurai | FINAL FANTASY XIV

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 100.
For further details on changes to actions and traits in Patch 7.01, please refer to the patch notes.
For further details on changes to actions and traits in Patch 7.0, please refer to the job guide.

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Hakaze	Lv. 1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Additional Effect: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5


Jinpu	Lv. 4	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 160. Combo Action: Gyofu Combo Potency: 320 Combo Bonus: Grants Fugetsu Fugetsu Effect: Increases damage dealt by 13% Duration: 40s Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5 Revisions Potency has been increased from 120 to 160. Combo potency has been increased from 280 to 320. Combo action has been changed from Hakaze to Gyofu.


Third Eye	Lv. 6	Ability	Instant	15s	-	0y 0y	Reduces the amount of damage taken by the next attack by 10%. Duration: 4s Additional Effect: Increases Kenki Gauge by 10 when hit


Enpi	Lv. 15	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	20y 0y	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 100. Enhanced Enpi Bonus Potency: 270 Additional Effect: Increases Kenki Gauge by 10 Revisions Enhanced Enpi bonus potency has been increased from 260 to 270.


Shifu	Lv. 18	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 160. Combo Action: Gyofu Combo Potency: 320 Combo Bonus: Grants Fuka Fuka Effect: Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 13% Duration: 40s Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5 Revisions Potency has been increased from 120 to 160. Combo potency has been increased from 280 to 320. Combo action has been changed from Hakaze to Gyofu.


Fuga	Lv. 26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	8y 8y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 90 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5


Gekko	Lv. 30	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180. 230 when executed from a target's rear. Combo Action: Jinpu Combo Potency: 390 Rear Combo Potency: 440 Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 10 Combo Bonus: Grants Getsu Revisions Potency has been increased from 120 to 180. Rear potency has been increased from 170 to 230. Combo potency has been increased from 330 to 390. Rear combo potency has been increased from 380 to 440.


Iaijutsu	Lv. 30	Weaponskill	1.3s	2.5s	-	0y 0y	Executes a weaponskill depending on current number of Sen stored in Sen Gauge. 1 Sen: Higanbana 2 Sen: Tenka Goken 3 Sen: Midare Setsugekka While under the effect of Tendo, Tenka Goken changes to Tendo Goken, and Midare Setsugekka changes to Tendo Setsugekka. Revisions The effect "While under the effect of Tendo, Tenka Goken changes to Tendo Goken, and Midare Setsugekka changes to Tendo Setsugekka" has been added.


Mangetsu	Lv. 35	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Fuko Combo Potency: 120 Combo Bonus: Grants Fugetsu Fugetsu Effect: Increases damage dealt by 13% Duration: 40s Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 10 Combo Bonus: Grants Getsu


Kasha	Lv. 40	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180. 230 when executed from a target's flank. Combo Action: Shifu Combo Potency: 390 Flank Combo Potency: 440 Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 10 Combo Bonus: Grants Ka Revisions Potency has been increased from 120 to 180. Flank potency has been increased from 170 to 230. Combo potency has been increased from 330 to 390. Flank combo potency has been increased from 380 to 440.


Oka	Lv. 45	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Fuko Combo Potency: 120 Combo Bonus: Grants Fuka Fuka Effect: Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 13% Duration: 40s Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 10 Combo Bonus: Grants Ka


Yukikaze	Lv. 50	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180. Combo Action: Gyofu Combo Potency: 360 Combo Bonus: Increases Kenki Gauge by 15 Combo Bonus: Grants Setsu Revisions Potency has been increased from 120 to 180. Combo potency has been increased from 300 to 360. Combo action has been changed from Hakaze to Gyofu.


Meikyo Shisui	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	55s	-	0y 0y	Execute up to 3 weaponskill combos without meeting combo prerequisites. Does not affect Iaijutsu or Ogi Namikiri. Duration: 20s Additional Effect: Successfully landing Gekko grants Fugetsu, and successfully landing Kasha grants Fuka Additional Effect: Grants Tsubame-gaeshi Ready Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Grants Tendo Duration: 30s Maximum Charges: 2 Revisions Effect duration has been increased from 15 to 20 seconds. The additional effect "Grants Tsubame-gaeshi Ready" has been added with a duration of 30 seconds. The additional effect "Grants Tendo" has been added with a duration of 30 seconds.


Hissatsu: Shinten	Lv. 52	Ability	Instant	1s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 250. Kenki Gauge Cost: 25


Hissatsu: Gyoten	Lv. 54	Ability	Instant	10s	-	20y 0y	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Kenki Gauge Cost: 10 Cannot be executed while bound.


Hissatsu: Yaten	Lv. 56	Ability	Instant	10s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: 10-yalm backstep Additional Effect: Grants Enhanced Enpi Duration: 15s Kenki Gauge Cost: 10 Cannot be executed while bound.


Meditate Job Quest	Lv. 60	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Gradually increases your Kenki Gauge. Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Grants stacks of Meditation when used in combat, up to a maximum of 3 Kenki Gauge not affected when used outside battle. Effect ends upon using another action or moving (including facing a different direction). Cancels auto-attack upon execution. Triggers the cooldown of weaponskills upon execution. Cannot be executed during the cooldown of weaponskills.


Hissatsu: Kyuten	Lv. 62	Ability	Instant	1s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120 to all nearby enemies. Kenki Gauge Cost: 25


Hagakure	Lv. 68	Ability	Instant	5s	-	0y 0y	Converts Setsu, Getsu, and Ka into Kenki. Each Sen converted increases your Kenki Gauge by 10. Can only be executed if under the effect of at least one of the three statuses.


Ikishoten	Lv. 68	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Increases Kenki Gauge by 50. Additional Effect: Grants Ogi Namikiri Ready Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Grants Zanshin Ready Duration: 30s Can only be executed while in combat. Revisions The additional effect "Grants Zanshin Ready" has been added with a duration of 30 seconds.


Hissatsu: Guren Job Quest	Lv. 70	Ability	Instant	60s	-	10y 10y	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 500 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies. Kenki Gauge Cost: 25 Shares a recast timer with Hissatsu: Senei. Revisions Recast time has been reduced from 120 to 60 seconds.


Hissatsu: Senei	Lv. 72	Ability	Instant	60s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 860. Kenki Gauge Cost: 25 Shares a recast timer with Hissatsu: Guren. Revisions Recast time has been reduced from 120 to 60 seconds.


Tsubame-gaeshi	Lv. 76	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 0y	Repeats the previously executed iaijutsu. Cannot be used to repeat Higanbana. Can only be executed immediately following Iaijutsu while under the effect of Tsubame-gaeshi Ready. Revisions Action category has been changed from ability to weaponskill. The effects of this action have been completely revamped. Recast time has been reduced from 60 to 2.5 seconds.


Shoha	Lv. 80	Ability	Instant	15s	-	10y 10y	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 640 for the first enemy, and 65% less for all remaining enemies. Can only be executed after accumulating three stacks of Meditation by executing Iaijutsu, Meditate, or Ogi Namikiri while in combat. Consumes all stacks of Meditation upon execution. Revisions Target has been changed from a single enemy to all enemies in a straight line before you. Potency has been increased from 560 to 640. Now does 65% less damage after the first enemy struck. No longer shares a recast timer with Shoha II.


Tengentsu	Lv. 82	Ability	Instant	15s	-	0y 0y	Reduces the amount of damage taken by the next attack by 10%. Duration: 4s Additional Effect: Grants Tengentsu's Foresight and increases Kenki Gauge by 10 when hit Tengentsu's Foresight Effect: Restores HP when effect expires Duration: 8s Cure Potency: 500


Fuko	Lv. 86	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Increases Kenki Gauge by 10


Ogi Namikiri	Lv. 90	Weaponskill	1.3s	2.5s	-	8y 8y	Delivers a critical hit to all enemies in a cone before you with a potency of 900 for the first enemy, and 75% less for all remaining enemies. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate. Grants a stack of Meditation, up to a maximum of 3. Can only be executed while under the effect of Ogi Namikiri Ready. Revisions Potency has been increased from 860 to 900.


Kaeshi: Namikiri	Lv. 90	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	8y 8y	Delivers a critical hit to all enemies in a cone before you with a potency of 900 for the first enemy, and 75% less for all remaining enemies. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Ogi Namikiri changes to Kaeshi: Namikiri when requirements for execution are met. Revisions Action category has been changed from ability to weaponskill. Potency has been increased from 860 to 900. Recast time has been increased from 1 to 2.5 seconds.


Gyofu	Lv. 92	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240. Additional Effect: Increases Kenki Gauge by 5


Zanshin	Lv. 96	Ability	Instant	1s	-	8y 8y	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a cone before you with a potency of 900 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies. Kenki Gauge Cost: 50 Can only be executed while under the effect of Zanshin Ready.

Deleted Shoha II in Patch 7.0.

Iaijutsu

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Higanbana	Lv. 30	Weaponskill	1.3s	2.5s	-	6y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Additional Effect: Damage over time Potency: 50 Duration: 60s Additional Effect: Grants a stack of Meditation, up to a maximum of 3 Can only be executed after accumulating 1 Sen. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Iaijutsu changes to Higanbana when requirements for execution are met. Revisions Damage over time potency has been increased from 45 to 50.


Tenka Goken	Lv. 40	Weaponskill	1.3s	2.5s	-	0y 8y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Grants a stack of Meditation, up to a maximum of 3 Can only be executed after accumulating 2 Sen. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Iaijutsu changes to Tenka Goken when requirements for execution are met.


Midare Setsugekka	Lv. 50	Weaponskill	1.3s	2.5s	-	6y 0y	Delivers a critical hit with a potency of 700. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate. Additional Effect: Grants a stack of Meditation, up to a maximum of 3 Can only be executed after accumulating 3 Sen. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Iaijutsu changes to Midare Setsugekka when requirements for execution are met. Revisions Potency has been increased from 640 to 700.


Kaeshi: Goken	Lv. 76	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 8y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300 to all nearby enemies. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Tsubame-gaeshi changes to Kaeshi: Goken when requirements for execution are met. Revisions Action category has been changed from ability to weaponskill. Recast time has been reduced from 60 to 2.5 seconds.


Kaeshi: Setsugekka	Lv. 76	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	6y 0y	Delivers a critical hit with a potency of 700. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Tsubame-gaeshi changes to Kaeshi: Setsugekka when requirements for execution are met. Revisions Action category has been changed from ability to weaponskill. Potency has been increased from 640 to 700. Recast time has been reduced from 60 to 2.5 seconds.


Tendo Goken	Lv. 100	Weaponskill	1.3s	2.5s	-	0y 8y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 420 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Grants a stack of Meditation, up to a maximum of 3 Can only be executed while under the effect of Tendo, and after accumulating 2 Sen. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Iaijutsu changes to Tendo Goken when requirements for execution are met.


Tendo Setsugekka	Lv. 100	Weaponskill	1.3s	2.5s	-	6y 0y	Delivers a critical hit with a potency of 1,020. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate. Additional Effect: Grants a stack of Meditation, up to a maximum of 3 Can only be executed while under the effect of Tendo, and after accumulating 3 Sen. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Iaijutsu changes to Tendo Setsugekka when requirements for execution are met.


Tendo Kaeshi Goken	Lv. 100	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 8y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 420 to all nearby enemies. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Tsubame-gaeshi changes to Tendo Kaeshi Goken when requirements for execution are met.


Tendo Kaeshi Setsugekka	Lv. 100	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	6y 0y	Delivers a critical hit with a potency of 1,020. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Tsubame-gaeshi changes to Tendo Kaeshi Setsugekka when requirements for execution are met.

Deleted Kaeshi: Higanbana in Patch 7.0.

Role Actions

Role actions are abilities common to classes and jobs with the same role.

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Second Wind	Lv. 8	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Instantly restores own HP. Cure Potency: 800 Revisions Cure potency has been increased from 500 to 800.


Leg Sweep	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	40s	-	3y 0y	Stuns target. Duration: 3s


Bloodbath	Lv. 12	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 0y	Converts a portion of physical damage dealt into HP. Duration: 20s


Feint	Lv. 22	Ability	Instant	90s	-	10y 0y	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 10% and magic damage dealt by 5%. Duration: 15s Revisions Effect duration has been increased from 10 to 15 seconds.


Arm's Length	Lv. 32	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s


True North	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	45s	-	0y 0y	Nullifies all action direction requirements. Duration: 10s Maximum Charges: 2

Trait

Traits	Acquired	Effect


Kenki Mastery	Lv. 52	Increases Kenki Gauge when landing select weaponskills or when taking damage while under the effect of Third Eye.


Kenki Mastery II	Lv. 62	Increases Kenki Gauge when landing all weaponskills excluding Iaijutsu.


Way of the Samurai	Lv. 66	Increases the potency of Hakaze to 200, Jinpu to 120, and Shifu to 120.


Enhanced Iaijutsu	Lv. 74	Reduces Iaijutsu cast time to 1.3 seconds.


Enhanced Meikyo Shisui	Lv. 76	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Meikyo Shisui. Maximum Charges: 2 Also grants the effect of Tsubame-gaeshi Ready upon executing Meikyo Shisui. Duration: 30s Revisions Now acquired at level 76 (previously level 88). The effect "Also grants the effect of Tsubame-gaeshi Ready upon executing Meikyo Shisui" has been added with a duration of 30 seconds.


Enhanced Fugetsu and Fuka	Lv. 78	Improves Fugetsu's damage increase to 13% and Fuka's reduction to weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay to 13%.


Third Eye Mastery	Lv. 82	Upgrades Third Eye to Tengentsu.


Way of the Samurai II	Lv. 84	Increases the potency of Gekko, Kasha, and Yukikaze to 120.


Fuga Mastery	Lv. 86	Upgrades Fuga to Fuko.


Enhanced Ikishoten	Lv. 90	Grants Ogi Namikiri Ready upon execution of Ikishoten. Duration: 30s


Hakaze Mastery	Lv. 92	Upgrades Hakaze to Gyofu.


Enhanced Hissatsu	Lv. 94	Reduces Hissatsu: Guren and Hissatsu: Senei recast time to 60 seconds.


Way of the Samurai III	Lv. 94	Increases the potency of Jinpu to 160, Shifu to 160, Enhanced Enpi to 270, Gekko to 180, Higanbana damage over time to 50, Kasha to 180, Yukikaze to 180, Midare Setsugekka to 700, Kaeshi: Setsugekka to 700, Shoha to 640, Ogi Namikiri to 900, and Kaeshi: Namikiri to 900.


Enhanced Ikishoten II	Lv. 96	Grants Zanshin Ready upon executing Ikishoten. Duration: 30s


Enhanced Meikyo Shisui II	Lv. 100	Grants Tendo upon executing Meikyo Shisui. Duration: 30s Tenka Goken changes to Tendo Goken and Midare Setsugekka changes to Tendo Setsugekka while under the effect of Tendo.

Deleted Enhanced Tsubame-gaeshi in Patch 7.0.

Role Traits

Role traits are characteristics common to classes and jobs with the same role.

Traits	Acquired	Effect


Enhanced Second Wind	Lv. 94	Increases the healing potency of Second Wind to 800.


Enhanced Feint	Lv. 98	Extends the duration of Feint to 15 seconds.

Combos

Performing actions in a certain order increases potency and applies combo bonuses.

Combo Sequence

Effect

Gyofu
(Hakaze)

Jinpu

Gekko

Increases damage dealt while also granting Getsu and increasing the Kenki Gauge.

Shifu

Kasha

Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time while also granting Ka and increasing the Kenki Gauge.

Yukikaze

Significantly increases the Kenki Gauge and grants Setsu.

Fuko
(Fuga)

Mangetsu

Hits multiple enemies and increases damage dealt while also granting Getsu and increasing the Kenki Gauge.

Oka

Hits multiple enemies and reduces weaponskill cast and recast time while also granting Ka and increasing the Kenki Gauge.

* Actions shown in parentheses are used before acquiring certain traits.

Job Gauge

Sen Gauge

Upon learning the action Gekko, the Sen Gauge will be displayed.

Using certain combo actions will accumulate up to three Sen: Setsu (top), Getsu (left), and Ka (right). Sen is required to perform Iaijutsu, the number of Sen accumulated determining which can be executed─one for Higanbana, two for Tenka Goken, and three for Midare Setsugekka.

Kenki Gauge

When you learn the trait Kenki Mastery, the Kenki Gauge will be displayed, indicating the amount of Kenki you have accumulated.
Kenki is accumulated upon executing certain weaponskills or upon a successful Third Eye, and can be used to execute actions such as Hissatsu: Shinten (acquired at level 52), Hissatsu: Gyoten (acquired at level 54), and Hissatsu: Guren (acquired at level 70).

Meditation Gauge

When you learn the action Shoha, the Meditation Gauge will be displayed, indicating the number of stacks of Meditation you have accumulated while in combat.
Stacks are acquired by executing Iaijutsu, Meditate, or Ogi Namikiri (acquired at level 90), and are expended after executing Shoha (acquired at level 80) when three stacks have been acquired.

Simple Mode

Sen Gauge	Kenki Gauge and Meditation Gauge

Job Actions

Iaijutsu

Role Actions

Trait

Role Traits

Combos

Job Gauge

Job Actions

Limit Break

Common Actions

Melee DPS

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Iaijutsu

Role Actions

Trait

Role Traits

Combos

Combo Sequence

Effect

Job Gauge

Sen Gauge

Kenki Gauge

Meditation Gauge

Simple Mode

Actions

Job Actions

Limit Break

Common Actions

Action Name	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Zantetsuken	Instant	10s	-	20y 5y	Swiftly charges forward, dealing damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 24,000. If target is afflicted with Kuzushi, deals damage equal to 100% of their maximum HP. Ignores the effects of Guard when dealing damage. The additional effect of Kuzushi cannot be applied to players riding machina and non-player combatants. Can only be executed when the limit gauge is full. Gauge Charge Time: 120s Cannot be executed while bound.

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Standard-issue Elixir	Ability	4.5s	5s	-	0y 0y	Restores your HP and MP to maximum. Casting will be interrupted when damage is taken.


Recuperate	Ability	Instant	1s	2500 MP	0y 0y	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 15,000


Purify	Ability	Instant	30s	-	0y 0y	Removes Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, and Deep Freeze. Additional Effect: Grants Resilience Resilience Effect: Nullifies status afflictions that can be removed by Purify Duration: 5s Can be used even when under the effect of certain status afflictions.


Guard	Ability	Instant	30s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 90% and grants immunity to Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, Deep Freeze, and knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 5s Movement speed is reduced by 50% for the duration of this effect. Effect ends upon reuse, using another action, or when the effect duration expires.


Sprint	Ability	Instant	1.5s	-	0y 0y	Increases movement speed by 50%. Effect ends upon reuse or execution of another action.