Sam WS advice.

[Darkakuma]

Hi all,
Want to start a final push to complete goals for sam. Nothing extreme like relic weapon but things like a decent WS setup would be nice. I see many post on the subject but just wondering what works for active sams. I will give my gekko setup as a starter but advise for kasha and rana would be nice to.

Weapon - Hagun
Strap - 2% DA one(Not on character so forgot name)
Ranged - Nothing Str wise. Shig +1 mostly for pulling.
Head - Shura
Neck - Snow gorget
Earring - Brutal and Triumph +1
Body - Osode
Hands - B kotes/Alky
Rings - Rajas/Flame
Back - Forager's Mantle
Belt - Warwolf
Legs - Byakko/AF
Feet - Askar

Thats my basic set up atm for gekko. I know there is a lot of room for improvement. Trying to save for cerb +1 atm since I have 75 mnk and nin too.
Wondering if stacking more Str would be the way to go also? Well any help
or advice would be great and thanks for your time.
Dark.

 

[Dowzer]

It looks good but you're missing a few pieces.

1. Hachiryu Haidate > Usukane Haidate > Shura Haidate > AF+1
2. Rutter Sabatons > Askar
3. Alky's > Bandos
4. Shig+1? Get an RSE Sachet (STR for Hume/Elf)

Stacking more strength is going to be far more useful than swapping B kotes for Alky's, I was wondering why you had both listed. Keep using AF instead of Byakko's until you upgrade legs.

Some also consider using Smilodon Mantle +1 for weaker than HNM mobs.

I'm confused on why you want a Kasha setup as well? It's no different than Gekko really. That is your YGK setup.

For Rana, I'm not too sure. I'd assume to set it up with higher accuracy and attack than full STR, as it's a multi-hit ws.

 

[Zoolander]

Hi all,
Want to start a final push to complete goals for sam. Nothing extreme like relic weapon but things like a decent WS setup would be nice. I see many post on the subject but just wondering what works for active sams. I will give my gekko setup as a starter but advise for kasha and rana would be nice to.

Weapon - Hagun - Great
Strap - 2% DA one(Not on character so forgot name) - Great
Ranged - Nothing Str wise. Shig +1 mostly for pulling. - Could go with Tiphia Sting or Black Tathlum instead when you aren't pulling.
Head - Shura Great - SCNM Helm only thing better really, aside from HQs
Neck - Snow gorget Great
Earring - Brutal and Triumph +1 Great
Body - Osode Great
Hands - B kotes/Alky Great - Always Alky's on the big three, Bandos for Rana
Rings - Rajas/Flame - Great
Back - Forager's Mantle - Great, thank you for no NQ cerb shit
Belt - Warwolf Great
Legs - Byakko/AF Pretty sure you know,AF+1, D legs, Usu legs, or Hachiryu Haidate
Feet - Askar Great, but I mean...if you wanna nit pick, Rutter Sabatons are better and fairly easy to get

Thats my basic set up atm for gekko. I know there is a lot of room for improvement. Trying to save for cerb +1 atm since I have 75 mnk and nin too.
Wondering if stacking more Str would be the way to go also? Well any help
or advice would be great and thanks for your time.
Dark.

Definitely wanna stack all the STR you can. Obviously "shit is situational etc," but you really have a very solid WS setup. If you don't have Tachi: Rana yet, get it. If you do...would suggest making a separate macro for that since it would require a much different equipment selection than Y/G/K. Also should skill up polearm if you haven't already, work on a penta build and higher acc, 6 hit melee build and bust that shit out in merits. So ridiculous.

 

[Darkakuma]

Thanks for the comments so far guys.
Forgot to mention as few things. Merits for one, I have 8/8 GK Str 5/5 crit 4/4
Overwhelm 5/5 Store TP 5/5 Med 5/5. As far as the B kotes/alky I use alky but have seen Sams using B kotes instead and had confused me.
As far as polearm Poohlander I am capped skill but only 2/8 merit wise. All I could put into because I have 8/8 hand to hand and 2/8 evasion. Mostly did 2 merits in polearm for the level 50 ENM against the orbs to solo it with penta spams.
This is my polearm setup on a off note kinda.
Weapon - Engesto +1 (sp)
Strap - 2% DA
Ranged - Again really nothing.
Head - O Hat
Neck - Pcc
Earring - Brutal/Triumph
Body - Shura mostly I think
Hands - B kotes
Rings - Rajas/sniper
Back - Forager's
Belt - Warwolf
Legs - Byakko
Feet - Askar I think

Not 100% sure cause I can't check my character atm but I think thats what is used. Yeah the ZNM Haidates I've wanted since I seen them. Just hard to get people together for ZNM runs and I think pants drop from tier 4 dragon? And a question on Usukane I keep getting mixed answers on. People keep telling me it a waste of gil but I have 75 mnk and nin to and I can prolly farm the gil for it if I stay focused instead of a month. Thanks again guys on the advice and anything more to add or comment on would be great. Ty.
Dark.

 

[ds083roadkill]

Weapon - Engesto +1 (sp) (tomoe)
Strap - 2% DA
Ranged - Again really nothing.
Head - O Hat (fine suppose, other alternitaves are hisso hachimaki, shura helm, enkidu's cap.... but in the end orc helm from scnm wins all)
Neck - Pcc (shadow gorget or what ive been after the ultimate carpace gorget str3 acc4 atk7)
Earring - Brutal/Triumph
Body - Shura mostly I think (haub+1)
Hands - B kotes (i personally use enkidu's str/dex/acc, others use myochin kote+1)
Rings - Rajas/sniper (ulthal.(sp) ring from toau is fine if you dont wanna have to waste gil on a sniper)
Back - Forager's
Belt - Warwolf (warwolf fine unless you can get a sweet +str/dex swordbelt from crimson key)
Legs - Byakko (i think the stigma is only use byakko's haidate on a ws that has a chance to crit, so for penta use shura)
Feet - Askar I think (use amir)

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