should i go as warrior, warlord or knight for a samurai build?
atm it might just be warlord
Knights together strong
1 Like
warlord mentioned?
Warlord Breakdown
Sailor Style
- Arguably the best option for FS.
- Good size and speed neutral.
- Requires bar management.
- Excellent armor, making it budget-friendly if needed.
Basic
- High damage output.
- Fully neutral—lets you spec size or speed.
- Comes with Bleed 2 and eventually Severe Bleeding.
- Doesn’t require any bar.
Boxing
- Fast.
- Provides blocking power passive.
- Neutral size.
- Applies regular bleed (weaker DOT).
- lower damage output
Armor: I’m running SpeedBasic and I really like it. Ideally though, consider:
- Boxing with 40–50 Size and the rest into Speed
- Or Sailor with size focus (Sailor FS armor makes a good cheap build easy)
- Basic let’s your run any armor build you want
Strategy
Combos and Gameplay
Aggressive close range combos
- Start with Crash (Tip: switch weapons mid-Crash to ensure the new weapon equips in time)
- Follow up with a mix of:
- Shining Cycle
- Whirlwind
- Rising Tide
- Shockwave (double if on a fast fs)
These moves synergize well with FS choices and allow follow up.
- Start with rushdown (with a downward finisher) or piercing strikes
- Use a downward attack or a large AOE:
- devsatate
- Smash(double if on fast fs)
This is your go to grab combo, its a free 500 damage with little room for punishment.
For more Passive longer range fights
- Start with a grab or crash
- the goal is not to hit this but more to get into range of your opponent so you can land ranged attacks and shot (use it for mobility)
- maintain the range
- Sparrow thrust if they get too close (or if you get too close and you see an opening)
- Easy shots and flying slashes
- backdash is your friend
This is necesarry if your opponent stat checks you can you can’t outdps then
** Weapon**
Primary
- Use any weapon with a large movepool
- dagger (mobility and damage but weaker cqc)
- sword (probably the best for this role)
- dual swords (weaker option than swords, but very drippy and has a leap)
Ranged Utility
- Consider a staff or gun for ranged pressure:
- Gun: high damage Piercing Shot and its m1
- Staff: midrange Sparrow Thrust, and mobility with Knocking Blitz
Colossal Weapon Recommendations
what you were probably waiting for, the symbol of warlord itself—your heavy-hitting colossal weapon:
Halberd
- Pair with Ardent
- use Crushing Judgment when you have the height advantage
Colossal Greatsword
- Use Bursting
- Key moves: CCleave, Whirlwind, and other AOE options
Lance
- Avoid until full release
- When viable, go with:
- Sparrow
- Annihilation
- Cycle
- Pstrikes
formatted with AI i jsut typed a whole ass block of text then asked AI to format it
2 Likes
Knight for the cliché ‘ancestral blessing’ thingo
like i mean like for a samurai cosplay or smthn
knight, only double katanas and dagger and a lot of attack speed/intensity so you can spam mirrored river
Cherry Wood Conjurer? It seems like it’d be a good thematic fit for a samurai build based on what little I know of Japanese culture. Out of the options though, I’d say Knight = Warrior > Warlord. I don’t think of big weapons when I think samurai. Maybe Warrior > Knight since the gods are Greek, which wouldn’t really fit.
Well, you can equip a katana on any build, you just can’t use the moves.
Katana, dual katana, or bow I think would be a good fit.
1 Like
btw he should swap to warrior after full release because currently knight only works to stack sub stats
what are you on bruh tahts iron leg 
nah basic has it too it might be a bug but it definetly has it
i dont think you understand that ur in MY DOMAIN
i was a basiclord for a bit i think i would know if it gave bleed 2
you clearly dont (its literally been a bug since early access i main this build)
i was gonna go warlord cause samurai were strong.
knight was because samurai were spiritual through buddhism and stuff
warrior is just not as cool as the other builds
i could go conjurer, as samurai heavily respected nature from shintoism and stuff.
thoughts?
Samurais would be 120S:160W Warlords, not for the strength nor the fighting style, but the strength armour.
Also, you get to wield a war bow in full release.
Poll
Which class would fit a samurai the most?
- Warrior
- Warlord
- Knight
- Other
0
voters
where did u find this information?
On the trello. There’s a mini-boss that drops a greatbow weapon listed in at least two cards.
The NPC is a plasma savant apparently?
i couldn’t find anywhere that said itd be in full release other than just existing on the trello
(im not playing until full release so idk if their in the game yet or not)
edit: i joined the game to check the version and the Patchnotes seems to be ahead of the game
YEAHHHHH!
complete sentence
is that Top Chess reference