Another Samurai Topic

[Naver]

I recently began to level up Samurai. While the job is amazingly fun I'm having a hard time doing strong weaponskills. Here is the list of equip I use at 57.

Soboro/Kamayari
Mythril grip+1
War Bow+1
bullshit arrows to pull with
Emp. Hairpin/Voyager Sallet
Peacock/Spike
Spike Earringx2
Shm. Hara-ate/Ryl.Kgt. Chainmail
Ochi.Kote/Ogy. Bracelets
Sniper x2/Victory x2
Swift Belt/Life Belt
Shm. Haidate/Ryl.Kgt. Breeches
Fuma Kyahan/Bounding

I know somethings I need at 60 which I have. Pallas/Rutters/minuet earring/new grip perhaps. My question is though, is my GK weaponskill dmg supposed to be really low? Even with sushi/madrigal/minuet/fenrir buffs/pcc/life belt I still do shitty enpi's and jinpus. I was thinking maybe it's due to Soboro's low DMG rating but I wasn't 100% sure on it. Should I just get another GK like Daiyhanna(sp?)? I gotta admit though, Shm. Set and Soboro is sexy fun for TP spamming.

[VZX]

Soboro doesn't make your damage look pretty
Plus, you most likely fighting mobs that are weak to wind at that level

You can't really do much. but you'll see around ~400 damage Yuki once you get it

[amylea]

Gear is fine, but you're trading of high damage WS's for more frequent ones with Soboro. It'll all get better @ 60 anyways.

[SamanosukeShiva]

do you have polearm capped? penta is better for lesser collibri camp. @regular collibri GK is better since they have really high evasion @lv60~ melee

[Naver]

Once I cap GK every level I switch to polearm, it's not capped yet but I do have penta which made for a fun 5 weapon skills in a row fun! >_>

[Phraust]

Soborro is goign to give you low numbers in general, it allows you to do weaponskills more frequently for less damage, and over all should/will outparse anything you use up to about level 70-ish when other options pop up. At the threat of getting booted for a sushi/meat debate, I would suggest swapping to meat. You are a 2 handed weapoon user, and in my opinion, using meat has a greater benefit over all.

At 60+ with Soborro, you might want to consider using a Drg sub as well, it has some pretty beneficial additions to samurai and the play style is really quite fun, you get Jump, High Jump(70), Accuracy bonus, Attack bonus, and 5% Haste from the latent effect earring. Using Jumps properly you can actually self skillchain. When you jump you get the TP from all the hits that land/process on Soborro, so if you jump a triple hit, you get about 45 TP. etc.

Also, with Soborro I highly suggest using either the Claymore Grip when you can or the Platinum Grip. The crits will give you a decent return on your hits, and the stuns with a Soborro are really useful.