A Nutty Ninja Guide (FFXIV)

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Existence Is Torture
2:13 - Your Singular Job
3:25 - Unlock The Job
4:05 - Become Trick Attack
6:10 - I Am a Parasitic Influencer
6:18 - All Other Ninjutsu
8:23 - An Opener
10:58 - TCJ
12:03 - Kassastsu
13:16 - Trick Attack Timing
13:40 - Filler Part 1
14:00 - Positional Intermission
15:01 - Filler Part 2
15:47 - Bratwurst
17:55 - AOE
19:17 - Utility
20:39 - Trick Attack Don't Stack
21:02 - Conclusion

[@smug]

For the people that don't understand japanese. He talks about how we should join the akatsuki and become a freestyle ninja that rejects the dps rotation.

[@nahuel3433]

Well the Scions in japanese are *Akatsuki* no Ketsume So I'm already there baby

[@Asthiruma]

Reject dps rotation. Become 10th gdc Trick Attack opener Ninja.

[@miscbits]

Really missed the oportunity to call this one Ninja Guide-en

[@kokayinewsome9308]

Wow... you're right. Damn.

[@KiraNightV]

"Ten Chi Jin, not to be confused by Ten Chi Jin" - i'm wheezing

[@blazeburner4039]

And then you have to push TEN, CHI, JIN, in that order XDDD

[@abbystroddeck8292]

The hardest part of Ninja is weaving a pseudo-Japanese accent into a pseudo-Southern accent while calling out your abilities. Great guide.

[@AlbertStone92]

If this was a class in WoW you would see the party finder like this: "NEED NINJA FOR TRICK ATTACK/ DPS PUMP / NINJUTSU BUNNY = KICK"

[@Rockboygg]

Using japanese phonetics to pronounce english words while using english phonetics to pronounce japanese words was hilarious. I probably enjoyed that more than I should have.

[@LuxuFoo]

"tricku attacku" He's speaking the language of Gods :')

[@Gurgio]

I couldn't hold it anymore when he said ''Dream within a dream'' with that accent

[@kokayinewsome9308]

I love that move but people mock it and Assassinate, saying it's basically the Ninja version of Jump and that people get killed doing it. That has never happened to me other than the Neir Raid.

[@Ed-1749]

@@kokayinewsome9308 I mean, they are just ninja jump. But animation locks have gotten a lot more forgiving. Excpet stardiver and assasinate, but it's still honestly rare when you use one of those and get hit for it.

[@kokayinewsome9308]

@@Ed-1749 all the year I use NIN, I rarely had a hard time with Assassinate. I love the move. I was hoping they would build more on it in the future. But they just merged it with Dream.

[@jndkang]

The last time I've been this early, SCH was actually given love by Square Enix

[@rjg27]

Never...?

[@Makkle4000]

Ninja is the more weeb job because you're never born a weeb, you just slowly turn into one, especially when you get that one event (like getting a weeb soul stone IRL) that turns you into a weeb.

[@coolguyman16]

Agreed. You could've been a Pirate or Thief or some shit after Rogue, but instead you stare Jacke straight in the eyes as you put you're precious Yugiri figure in its jar.

[@dazzlemasseur]

what does weeb even mean ? does it mean you're small live at home and watch manga ? I'm clearly a weeb but I'm tall AF and work a physical job

[@rewritersylv3on538]

You also can't start out as a samurai either though.

[@silc3ents74r]

Weebs are like Necromongers, we're all converts.

[@callmeobsequious]

@@dazzlemasseur If you want an actual definition, a weeb is basically someone who thinks anime is the Bible and Japan is the holy land. All their knowledge comes from anime. They wanna be Japanese SO BAD even though they're not. (Not that anyone asked, but an otaku is someone who is so obsessed with something [usually anime] that they can't function in the real world.) It's kinda thrown around but they're both actually insults lol

[@Irimu_]

I started Ninja 3 days ago and I was using Doton on bosses. Glad that I was told this now...

[@emeraldgreenz]

I just leveled rogue to 30 so I could make a rabbit appear on my head

[@filipesilva7581]

the one true way

[@Ed-1749]

People honestly love trick attack. I started playing ninja and I just felt like a commendation magnet. It also probably helps that i was using actual openers and that impressed everyone because ninja pre-pull makes you look smart.

[@wolfgangromine8341]

The mispronunciations of everything are too funny lol.

[@marcusyau1230]

Laughed multiple times during this as you sounded out the skill names. Thank you for that looool

[@DigiCube4]

have you seen his samurai guide? it's fucking gold

[@dlpatri]

As a NIN main, I think that this is one of the best guide videos for NIN that I've seen. WeskAlber has a great leveling guide; but this vid it pretty great for showing what it feels like to really play NIN. It is crazy how often I see people put down Doton. I thought maybe I was crazy for not using it. But yeah; all math points to never using it in single target applications unless you can sneak it out for free in the beginning of the fight.

[@zabban]

im kinda new to the dps classes i played mostly healer tried samurai i liked but i wana try another dps and ninja seems more hard challenging. how do u rate it compare it to samurai

[@dlpatri]

@@zabban NIN is periodically busy. SAM is a fairly consistent swish-swish with occasional big moves. I find positionals generally easier with NIN. Maintaining Huton is much easier than SAM's 2 buffs. Huton can be acquired and maintained both in and out of combat. I'm still trying to test this; but I think NIN does better AoE dps in dungeons. Last I checked (a while ago admittedly) the average NIN and the average SAM do the same aDPS according to fflogs, but SAM has the higher ceiling. To me, this suggests that NIN is easier to learn. The mudras aren't really complicated. Just let them occupy sequential spaces somewhere, like Ctrl-(123) with Ctrl-4 for execute. Then just remember 1-2 Raiton!. 2-1 Fireball! Things like that. If it weren't for the TCJ skill being named what it is; I'd have no idea which mudra does what.

[@zabban]

@@dlpatri ty mate ill give ninja a try

[@johndipietro9301]

"lag while inputting ninjutsu" AHAHAHA *laughter slowly devolves into Delubrum Reginae shaped tears*

[@regemhood3651]

As a eu player on NA it hit me in the soul

[@Cneq]

Australian player here playing ninja on JP What's worse than that? Being originally from the US and knowing full well how bad the ping really is lmao ignorance is bliss, as they say.

[@dougfunny6440]

Right in the FEELS!!! LOL

[@blackRupee]

9:17 clicking off your hide like an absolute animal, smh my head

[@sjb_92]

^ he doesn't know

[@triageguy6411]

"Greetings Travelers" Ah yes, That's the good stuff.

[@WhisperByte]

"Hey hey, people" "Salutations, exiles" I love these kinds of youtubers. Always delivering the good stuff.

[@daedalus6153]

Your videos are actually brilliant. Informative, concise and super hilarious. I also love how you speak in a near monotone voice as it just adds to the comedy and bluntness. You have my sub, keep doing what you're doing!

[@BoneMarrowBro]

Thanks for the Doton advice, and thanks also for pointing out the mudra refresh mechanic, somehow I've managed to completely miss that property. Checked a couple of ur other videos out too and dude you're exactly the kinda attitude I've been looking for to speak about this game. Easiest sub of my life.

[@in2it85]

*WHICH abilities should i use during Burst?* *Yes.*

[@brandonsutton3750]

I just started FF14 (played FF11 then WoW and classic WoW forever) and while I have tried to get a basic understanding of every job, your videos help a lot and are both hilarious and awesome!

[@mikeyb4ever]

Ayyyy I was just thinking about picking up Ninja! As always an amazing video my friend :D

[@PKDeviluke25]

Am looking forward to the Summoner guide.

[@vanthom993]

me too

[@nemellex6970]

Same here - can't wait to hear about the 120s vs. 110s rotations and optimizations

[@ElfPie386]

Summoners looks easyer

[@Riku-Leela]

1hr long lessgoooo

[@jericm151]

Having played summoner at 80, it's not that difficult. If you're comfortable with your lv70 toolkit, then 80 should be a cake walk.

[@jamesebey5432]

Easiest to follow ninja guide I’ve seen. Funny as hell too. Good job man

[@needingmorepatience]

Did it again; super entertaining and great info. Thanks for the videos, please keep'em coming!

[@user-ow6kq1ll9l]

Can’t wait to see your guide for Blue Mage!

[@etowesho]

Why am I even watching this? I’ve been playing nin for 3 years😂

[@MetatronAD]

I've seen a lot of NIN players casting Doton in single-target fights and never understood why, I always thought it was kinda stupid and wasted damage potential. Glad to see that I was right on not doing that on my own NIN, at least in most combat situations xD

[@Kpyocap]

But it looks so badass...

[@MetatronAD]

@@Kpyocap True, though I think Raiton is just as cool :P

[@unixtreme]

I just started playing this game and came across this channel, very entertaining and informative haha.

[@joyearskitties7073]

Thank you for this! I just levelled ninja to 80 and found it really fun, so I was thinking of making it my main along with mch. I didn't even know about the Hide thing. >< woops.

[@depressoespresso420]

Just picked it up for the Nier glamours recently, thanks for making this!

[@sable2x]

Been waiting for this one, thank you malformed seat for this

[@darmus3524]

Doton used to do more damage over its duration than Raiton did per cast, so as that filler ninjutsu, if you got the whole duration, it was a dps increase. Raiton got buffed going into ShB.

[@CFjimmy]

THE TIME HAS COME AND SO HAVE I!!!

[@TheSupernastee]

just came over to FF14 and found this guide. Loved it man!

[@MrWestSky]

I've no intention on playing DPS but your vid is really fun so... keep 'em coming!

[@Brahmsonite]

Thank you for the tutorial! ...and for the ear pain.

[@jamalp9076]

I have been waiting for this video I chose ninja as My first class to level up.

[@katnerd6712]

This was a great explanation of why to play Dragoon. Thanks :)

[@BlueV205]

Ah yes, the one job that allows you to soar through the skies and grants you the spectator's seat for the rest of the raid.

[@kodjo93]

Not only was this insanely usefull, I laughed my ass off at the pronunciations. Great video, thank you!

[@mirimoto22]

Can't believe he made a whole guide on how to get samurai to do 5% more damage.

[@Himdidimdi]

i don't know if it is already in the comments but you can shukuchi right after your doton usage to replace the field pretty useful for dungeon pulls while in ten chi jin c: super entertaining video as well

[@francoisturgeon1176]

dude im just coming back from a 7 years break from ffxiv .. well not really a break but i just quit game and i was palying a ninja and now 7 years later i just logged into ffxiv and my ninja ... im fucking lost so im gonna watch this guide over and over and u made laugh a lot . love ur video !

[@PurpleOcarina]

*overwhelmed like crazy* is any of this going to be on the test

[@thedestrukto9033]

So I watched this guide right after hitting lvl 25 on my first ever class .. and I understood as much as I would in Naruto without subs. I got the names, didn't understand anything else tho! Nice I like

[@tsbulmer]

Oh geez, this was hilarious! Thank you for this, Ms. Chair!

[@Tkn25]

I never knew how to correctly pronounce all the abilites so thanks for that.

[@syncopatedglory]

flipping the accents on all of the words had me crackin up 🤣

[@Saber-oo5ux]

Something i love to do in dungeons, i have no idea if this is good or not 'cause im just a casual, but i just let the tank finish their pull and the i slap on a Doton, and immediately hide, i get to shell out three Katons and a Goka Mekk with a side of hellfrog on the 1st pull. Its so satisfying seeing nothing but fire as the trash dies .

[@Mathieo_Xanneke]

Feel like im the rare ninja who forgets that doton exists.

[@larrybarson9685]

Nah mate I’ve probably only used it once or twice in the past month lol.

[@kanokoehara1712]

i literally dropped everything to watch this POGGGGGG

[@squeezeboxgaming4396]

Refreshing ;D Nice video

[@MediocreMiddie]

Cant wait for the Smn vid, gunna be juicy

[@finalfantasy50]

I have been wanting you to be able to hide in combat so you can use trick attack before level 45, now that I know that it also refreshes mudra, I want it even more!

[@Cassapphic]

I haven’t touched this job but it does interest me a lot. I personally like having downtime phases to relax with in a lot of games but idk if the ping issues and polarising degree it takes that downtime/burst identity will affect how much I enjoy it

[@hindmunter]

ninja hasn't really had ping issues since they made mudras gcd actions. It's not any more ping affected than other fast gcd jobs like monk and samurai

[@Ace-tg7ic]

As a NIN main who has terrible ping, the ping will not be an issue at all. Unless you’re potting, you don’t really ever have to double weave on this class. You can move mug to right after the first GCD in the opener. You might have to move a Bhavacakra or two outside of trick but that really isn’t a big deal. Things can get a bit finicky if you have an unstable connection/packet loss, but ping will not affect you the same way it does MCH for example. And for the identity, I personally find it nice because it gives me some space to do some quick mental math for my gauge to see if I should save up for a bunshin or not, but that’s a bit out of scope for what this video entails. Theres also of course just making sure to hit positionals and keeping Huton up. There’s always something you can do in downtime

[@Kheirongale]

Tanks and healers easy, no problem no pressure. Any DPS : this is scary I don’t wanna do it too much to remember

[@RagnellAvalon]

as a tank main I shake my head anytime someone complains that tanking is hard and scary

[@coolguyman16]

Pretty much Tanks and healers: "Hang on guys, my brain's melting out of ears. It's getting harder to scoop up with how smooth it is, so I don't try anymore." DPS: "Wait, I have to think and memorize rotations that are more than 3 buttons? The fuck is this PhD level shit?"

[@wollyram6248]

Ninja is more weeb then Samurai, a ninja spends 40 levels as a baka gaijin, while a Samurai must endure 50 levels as a foolish outsider.

[@kidneystone699]

that last bit is a big mood for me xD

[@MikeStofmeel]

Ok, you got me with Bhavacakra. Thanks for the laughs :D

[@nemellex6970]

Was initially disappointed that it is not a SMN guide (featuring /bahamutsize), but I actually learned not to Fuma Shuriken and not to throw Doton on single targets while in combat. 10/10!

[@TheGreatMasterArcano]

I didn't watch all the video yet but to answer why NINs use doton on single target is others tell them it's a dps increase similar to putting a dot on someone. Now that isn't the case but I was roasted for not using doton on single target bosses a few times myself and told that it's more fps even though I could just in use the atypical backstab rotation.

[@LGTiger]

It depends on the fight. Here is an analysis of Doton usage on E6S. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6Kqhp2FiJlqbLs

[@alilgeek7412]

you slaughtered the skill names xD

[@ferazu]

Awesome video!

[@leof.1251]

"If you do this, you're better than 82.1% of ninja players out there, which coincidentally is the same amount of people who watch my content but aren't subscribed" I subbed just to be part of the top 17.9% of ninja players. And I main dancer

[@yvesishira3875]

Perfecto Engrisho !

[@Samanosuke187]

Subscribed and I no longer use Doton on single target thanks to you

[@crypticTmesis]

ty for making this

[@christopherbredeenlund3867]

I love your videos and disdain for most of humankind

[@GamerGod353]

Good video I'm subbing.

[@nightjet95]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT DOTON PSA.

[@hotwheelz4203]

Thanks!

[@redign4620]

I honestly feel you will get many subs soon

[@skylar197]

I would love to play ninja but struth that looks and sounds as complex and intimidating as all heck 😱

[@Disfavour]

OMG It's that guy who makes videos talking about jobs in FFXIV!

[@mokrykangur1152]

I love your movies

[@RagnellAvalon]

My understanding is that a long, long time ago in a galaxy far away, Doton represented a DPS increase if all ticks connected, even on a single target. But the last time I played ninja was in Stormblood and badly, so there's a good chance that's wrong.

[@CloudsCrux]

Rabbit Mage for Lifeeeeee

[@sonofashoopuf8681]

i can't wait until november when you need to remake all of these xD

[@trackstar0102]

This fucking video had me rollin bro. great content

[@dantelundell9386]

As always your guide was a blast to watch! Great stuff my dude! That said, let's adress the whole Doton thing. I feel it's very unfortunate that this is something you go on about as you're, well, partly wrong. While using Doton on single target makes little sense at first glance there are very viable reasons that you could, and SHOULD use it on single target. You might have noticed already, but the Trick that comes up after your opener, so the 2nd Trick in a fight, comes up before Shadow Fang does. So how do you deal with this? This leads to either delaying Trick by one GCD, using it after your 1-2-3 combo- you don't want to do this as it delays Trick. You can use Kassatsu directly after Trick, but the same issue with Shadow Fang not being avaliable after Kassatsu in future trick windows basically just pushes your problem further ahead without actually fixing anything. You could opt for pressing Trick and waiting half a second to go directly into Shadow Fang- but delaying your GCD isn't something you want to do. So- that Raiton that you're left with after your initial trick window? Yeah, you should Doton it. This effectively delays your rotation by the 0.5 sec you need, while making you go +-0 in DPS. It's worth noting that Doton is 100 more potency than Raiton is, as ground effects tick once when they're used so using Doton directly after your first Trick window is a potential gain in potency, although the extra 0.5 sec needed to be spent to get access to Doton as opposed to Raiton basically cancels this out 100 potency gain. That said, it's not a loss in DPS. It also realigns your rotation for the rest of the fight. Huton reapplication fills the same function in content where you don't have Armor Crush. That doesn't mean you should go and Doton every Raiton, as you'd end up delaying your rotation, but it does mean that Doton has a viable place in single target scenarios for people who know what they're doing.

[@jeast9648]

Hmm interesting. Thanks for that little tip.

[@gwagwa1441]

I have been playing ninja since I started ffxiv about a year ago and first now, thanks to your video, realized that hide can be clicked off.

[@syaojyn]

Similar to a certain tank job? Gnb? With its 60 and 90 second burst cooldowns?

[@grncookie1825]

Holy shit finally someone who actually emphasizes that doton is AOE this is beautiful

[@Kottery]

The intentional butchering of words was incredible.

[@Castersvarog]

Man, I miss the rouges running animation. It looked so much cooler

[@RagnellAvalon]

it's literally the gladiator's animations. You can test it yourself, it's hilarious.

[@brandonforrester7342]

Simple, take off your ninja job stone and throw it into the void in order to achieve true enlightenment as a rouge player.

[@SilviteRamirez]

Hi! Could you tell me how you changed the speech window color? It looks way better in blue.

[@omologo95]

I give this video a Fighting Dreamer our of 10

[@Evisci]

Who is this guy? This is so good!

[@junnae]

God your pronounciations make me laugh so much and make the long guide a lot more watchable

[@herbchen4258]

thing about doton is it's an aoe dot which acts a little different from other dots in that it'll apply the first tick almost immediately meaning you're getting 9x 100 potency per use (you can test on a target dummy) which is higher dmg than a raiton's 800 potency. Only useful if you're absolutely sure that single mob isn't going to move/die before it ends however, which is almost never.

[@jeremy6092]

Maybe i missed it ... but casting Huraijin , grants Huton instantly , can i just open with that instead of using Jin-Chi -Ten -Huton ?

[@PharaohNai]

Im a new player coming from wow. I just chose rogue. I just saw this video. I want to blow my brains out. I am also excited to have this as my main. Im weird

[@reagan5522]

how can i send the first two minutes to the ninja i had in paglth'an 15 days ago. i dont need to see the rest of this video to know i also need to send this to the ninjas in alliance raids that decide the best time for trick is when they happen to remember they have the button.

[@Sawolf151]

That's all well and good but can you explain why the hell it sounds like you hitting pans together when doing your offensive hand gestures?

[@lp1spiritguidance577]

Can I just say thank you for using narutos opening silhouette 🤣🤣🤣 fucking love that song hell kana boon have put out some real bangers outside of that 1 🤣🤣

[@WetSloppyHoles]

You know, I didn't play ninja before rework but holy shit do mudras feel bad being on gcd.

[@wolfgangromine8341]

To answer the Doton on single target thing: Doton used to do more damage over it's duration than Raiton on single target for a long time. Only recently (I think Shadowbringers) did they finally change the potencies so that Raiton now correctly does more damage in single target scenarios. I guess people just do it out of old habit and not knowing that it changed.

[@Avilio71]

In fact yeah, single target doton is only viable outside kassatsu and tcj and only if the boss takes the additionnal tick of damage

[@PennySheraldine]

I know I'm late af, but as an orange NIN I considered this guide to be S+ tier as soon as you talked about Doton. THANK YOU