FFXIV: Dawntrail Viper 1 to 100 Leveling Skills Guide

[@WeskAlber]

Ok, so, i've made a decision with this video. I am NOT going to make another one until at least 7.1. The skill icons are the same, and now all you have to do is follow the glowing lights for your ENTIRE main combo to adjust to the new mechanic. The general idea of the entire video remains entirely accurate, just any mention of a debuff on an enemy and lack of mention of the new buff are wrong. The openers are the same, with the reason now being "get your new buff and also speed" instead of "put up debuff and speed." Order of buttons can be kept the same for Potency reasons. They have claimed they were listening when we showed backlash to the removing of positionals, so it's not entirely impossible that this change gets reverted. To the point that I don't want to spend too much time on a rewrite when I could be doing work on the other new Jobs - MNK, BLM, AST - and other jobs that may have had some big changes but not rework level stuff like NIN and DRG. If i manage to get all the major videos I want done and they still have not reverted VPR, I'll work to put out an updated video. If just for archival reasons. But there's a line between archival and "not the same guide over and over" I want to walk. So yeah, no new video for awhile, if ever. Hopefully it gets reverted to the VPR you see in this video.

[@pkmnswampmaster]

Honey wake up! Wesk uploaded a leveling skills guide.

[@Bobberation]

The Return of the King

[@NicoDayou]

Better than the Rest of em

[@Castersvarog]

Oh I like the little text box listing what certain mechanics are like potencies and what a positional is. That’s neat

[@wavypavy4059]

Explained that way, I really like the job gauge. Every other explanation of it I've heard people give was 'it's pointless just watch your hotbars'.

[@WeskAlber]

It literally exists so you DON'T have to

[@CL-jq1xs]

why isn't it green or red glow?

[@VideoGameHeros]

The only issue I have with the job gauge is that the buffs align as well with the gauge except when its aligned right. I look at my buff timers a lot because of EW MNK, so I have my buff timers aligned right in my HUD, so when I get Swiftscaled, its on the left (and right if I get hunter's instinct) but the sword gauge indicated right for it. it trips up my brain so I had to swap both dread fangs & steel fangs (dread maw & steel maw) on my hotbar. Same with twin blood and twin fang. Granted I know this is a niche case but that is a gripe I have with it.

[@claytonsteed6767]

​@@CL-jq1xsthe color doesn't relate to positionals, but to what stage of the combo you are in (second or third). So if they wanted to color code it, they would have had to add a third color.

[@AGuyWithFace]

@@WeskAlber Add an extra hotbar, hide unused buttons, put your two combo skills on it, make it big and put it near/on top of the stupid job gauge. There, vastly superior "job gauge" you can mentally parse at a glance.

[@4znPinoy]

One of my favorite thing with every new expansion is watching your job guides! Doesn't matter if it's a job I play. The way you explain and structure your guides is just so nice to watch. Thank you for doing these even though they take a ton of work! It is much appreciated!

[@Kaismer]

New intro, complete glowup in editing. New expansion, let's goooooo. I love these guides, looking forward to your informative stance on content!

[@sakuram69]

When they described this job, I immediately said “no fricking way am I playing anything this busy. I screw up the SMN rotation and that’s dumb easy.” Then the trailer came out and I was totally unimpressed with the look of the job. Then came the media tour stuff and I was visually impressed, but also stunned by the sheer amount of abilities and said “HELL NO.” Then I finally got my hands on it… omfg, it’s soooo easy to pick up. It flows SO NICE. Never did I imagine myself loving a melee job this much lol Literally half the difficulty of this job is figuring out where to put your buttons. That took me a good three hours. Once I did… I never looked back. Everything became fluid and smooth. My burst phase is set up in a zig-zag motion so I actually get that kind of serpentine slither movement effect when using my controller. It really does play smooth and I have shitty internet with terrible ping and I can double weave just fine on this job. Other jobs… that’s an entirely different story. This job though? VERY well designed. PCT is easily my new main job and I cannot wait to see your opener for it, but VPR is a very, very close second and my new go-to solo job for old content

[@nebula8851]

"I know Viper's fairly quick, but hopefully the 100 opener won't be too-good god that's a LOT of buttons."

[@aidanmillow566]

It's actually only ten BUTTONS. Still not sure if that makes the job easier or harder.

[@ronnymahendra9035]

Viper is the embodiment of Tekken combo i see ☠️

[@somelosercalledjab]

Local KZbinr Exposed As Fraud: Wesk Alber claims his Viper hotbar setup will "make sense at 100" yet gives reasonable explanations for his skill placement at 80 and 90. Experts are calling this the greatest disaster since the Mother Porxie proximity aoe incident.

[@toxin2366]

Wh...what happened with mother porxie D:

[@thoby123]

rip Noxious Gnash, lasted barely a month

[@WeskAlber]

:(

[@NoQvod]

Dude has the best skill rotation tutorial on KZbin. Waiting for the other classes to be out. Keep up the good work.

[@ShinyMew112]

i honestly didnt understand how vipers base combo worked until watching, great job on this one wesk! cant wait for more of your DT Guides!

[@iPlayOnSpica]

It is quite literally the single poorest explained set of tooltips in the whole game. So bad that it's better for most people to just braindead follow the glowy buttons than to try to read the tooltips at all.

[@Avengedtenfold]

Even when you know what all the skills do, press the glowing button remains fairly true. But the more you play, the less you need to visually confirm what to press next.

[@n.allstein]

YIPPIE! HES BACK (please do more videos yours are ALWAYS the best!)

[@xArchStanton11x]

Insta-like. Best job guides hands down. The GOAT has returned

[@k2k4]

The king is back! Missed your guides when i was figuring out picto! Watching this one now for fun.

[@dains6623]

was a great guide while it lasted. can't wait for the next one if you decide to!

[@travis_biscuit]

An early thank you for this, it's on my study list for alt leveling once I finally get around to it. Always a huge fan of the way you format these.

[@25xxfrostxx]

I've been desperately waiting for this specific video in the hopes that it will help me not absolutely hate this job.

[@Xorua]

Woah the new intro is cool

[@Abruptkos]

WOAAH pumping the guides out already. NOICE! I actually love viper, I made it my main job since they are also canonically hunters.

[@raarasunai4896]

Ahhh, I been waiting for this! And thank you for the RE5 reference 😂

[@Veishan]

Bold of you to put this up right before it's likely due to be changed with 7.01. Glad to have you back man!

[@M0du5Pwn3n5]

I LOVE THESE GUIDES. I look forward to them every single time, even for jobs I don't play. You have a serious gift for describing things clearly without dumbing it down or going overboard with unnecessary details.

[@vaderglenn]

Hell yeah, the one person I can trust for these guides for new classes lol. Found you first out at the very very end of shadowbringers barely learning the game at like 2 months before EW. I was so lost, an expansion later became penta legend, all criterion savages thanks to you making these guides for new players that don't understand ANY of the lingo. My friends who are new to FF and starting DT currently I've already sent to your channel lol. You seriously are a huge help to new and experienced players.

[@Adicon_]

All that refreshening finally paid off!

[@pyrosianheir]

I'd been hoping you would get this out before I got too far into messing with VPR, and HERE IT IS. Love it. Thanks for the excellent guide.

[@sirlenemodesto2665]

It begins! With my lunch too how nice, thanks Wesk!

[@LittleTilde]

Viper has been a really unfortunate job for me in terms of hotbar. There is a certain way I need to lay out my base skills for them to make sense but that makes the Reawaken window really awkward: Shift+R > Q/R > E/R > Shift+F/R > F/R > Shift+R The only thing that gives me solace, I am not the worst offender in my friend group.

[@stealthassassin7]

New leveling skills guide! I was waiting patiently for this to start leveling Viper. Thank you as always WeskAlber!

[@iamtorryian]

So happy that these are back! I always send them to my friends that ask how certain jobs work. Super excited for the Picto video!

[@Gendo.]

I can't believe how nostalgic I am for your leveling videos, but I'm happy about it

[@Soren7526]

Don't even need to start watching before adding a like. Imma be watching this so many times to make sure I get my rotations right. Thanks for the video Wesk.

[@oTheDucky89o]

Wesk Alber is backkkk! Looking forward to Dragoon, Samurai, Monk, Black Mage and Red Mage guide!

[@gr4mas144]

Sounds kinda complicated 😅 but thanks to you now Im understand All previous jobs. Yeah... After unlocking viper I'm kinda overloaded with new skills 😅 I love how you explain each skill per level, how to use them as combo with next skill that's very helpful

[@stereodrive18]

Thanks, Wesk! I decided to make Viper as my main for this expansion. I just started it today. Your timing is impeccable!

[@SubduedRadical]

We're BACK baby! \o/ Been looking forward to these, Wesk! Amazing job. Going to be mulling this one over (I want to do at least 10 levels with the new Jobs to see their lore/story, so useful information like this I'd love. :D)

[@elliotmoskowitz7232]

Im so glad to come home to another Legendary Levelling guide by WeskAlber!

[@NewbDragoon]

Love that there's an AOE "opener" section! Since pulls are more dangerous than bosses, I hope you include sections in future guides on how to best use all your cooldowns for trash pulls, since as a new player that was something I was always confused about, even once I had my regular opener + rotation down solid!

[@Astyliana]

Thanks for the guide! Tried and it's waaay too much for my brain so I'll just be leveling it through FL and switching to Astro, but I do always appreciate the guides you put together for everyone!

[@BobbyHopp]

something you pointed out that I really like about this class is that it uses only a few buttons and really gets the most out of them, feels like the type of the design thats a culmination of 10 years of dps design

[@revartillery9612]

Ok, thank you for structuring this video in the way you did. Makes following very easy and nice to see how things are supposed to interact as you progress.

[@alexstroudrealtor5086]

So glad to see you're still uploading videos! Looks like the noxious gnash debuff was removed in the 7.01 rework. Sadge, but at least its a dmg boost?

[@nicolasescarpentier854]

Woohoo! Our boy Wesk back at it again! no joke, I was thinking this morning of when your guides would come out Thanks as always and great to see you at it again

[@zerostarhx]

Thank you for the much needed explanation on the Viper mechanics. I have been eagerly awaiting on your guides Wesk thanks again!

[@Songfulfire]

The king has returned! Great video guide, now I too can be a Viper. If I can stop playing other jobs first.

[@jonathanyuenkel8715]

The best guides for the game are back. I can’t wait for the rest of them!!

[@TeresaofAvila1215]

Wesk, sincerely thank you for this. Thanks to you, I'm doing melee for the first time. Your work is always amazing and I look forward to all your videos.

[@LawHeartfillia]

Love your work Wesk and can't wait to watch every guide this expansion you do! Honestly, you're the best at this. Don't forget, these guides will help so many learn and understand this great game! Just like they did for me when I joined in EW and had ZERO idea what an MMO was, how it worked or played! Wouldn't be playing if not for you!

[@dialp4penguin]

I literally used to go to sleep listening to the weskalber video of whatever character I was learning I can finally sleep again

[@apathy2454]

YES DADDY WESK HAS UPLOADED THE VIPER VIDEO 🖤🖤🖤🖤 I’ve learned all my jobs just from you and that ain’t changing you’re the best !

[@Kzar5678]

Hellll yeah we're so back! I think I finally understand how viper works now!

[@Nick_Pixels]

THE GOAT IS BACK TO DO IT BETTER THAN THE REST OF THEM !!

[@_Snowflame]

Please accept my advanced thank you for teaching me how to fill out my a Pictomancer buttons in a couple of weeks

[@Sketchblopp]

Oh thank the Twelve, I will finally be able to spare dungeon mates my random button pressing and know what I'm doing! Thanks for uploading!

[@AnneAleph]

I spent so long with "It will make sense at 90" it feels very strange to hear 100 now, but I guess that's the mark of a new era!

[@zappyshadow6895]

Been waiting ever so patiently!

[@user-in3mx8tq3j]

It's funny that I'm as hyped for new Wesk job guides as I am for actual new content within the game.

[@Bobberation]

I've been looking forward to this, primarily just because I wanted to hear the karaoke opener with all the double weaves. 11/10 did not disappoint

[@pagingdoctorsideburns]

Time for the GOAT to pick me up off the skill floor for another expansion! Everyone thinks I'm so precocious for a sprout, but it's really just I have a well-read copy of the Wesk guides folded in my back pocket :)

[@Fattness124]

I leveled vpr to 100 before this guide but wanted to watch it anyway. Several people in my fc we’re getting confused about how it works - mostly due to how wordy and headache inducing some of the tooltips get. Honestly imo the best way to understand the flow of viper is to hit a dummy for 30 mins or take a trust and get hands on feel with it. As Wesk mentions key binding things to what are comfy is CRUCIAL for this job to not make you feel like your hands are being turned into knots.

[@hyperionnova2854]

i'm fine waiting for the other job guides if it means re-doing this one

[@renatowalker1423]

Every time a new expac comes out I'm over here waiting for the updates since too many people don't go in depth enough on the how things work instead of just push it in this order.

[@ProfessM]

Agreed! The most important thing about Viper is how YOU set up YOUR hotbar. I actually find the job guage a big old distraction because left and right so far hasn't worked for me. Up and down so far has but another key thing about Viper hot bars is don't just think you found something that works, keep testing. Your day 1 hot bar may not be day 10 and a month from now who knows. I generally keep hot bars close to each other from job to job. R2 and Circle to R2 and X to R2 and Square is my bread and butter for all jobs with a three part combo. But Viper kinda doesn't work that way. I love the pick up and play of my hot bars for most jobs but Viper is now my melee dps and its hot bar is still an experiment. Great vid like always and I didn't know about the two stacks for the ogc attacks after using Pit or Den. That makes me feel better about failing them early on.

[@MegaVbnz]

Oh my god, I can't wait to watch it 5 times on repeat! I postponed unlocking vpr untill your guide comes out❤

[@jacobybarra907]

YES. FINALLY. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. The SECOND I read up on Viper, I told myself "I'll just wait for Wesk to upload and explain it for my smooth hrothgar brain to understand" Edit: People be complaining about Pictomancer's level 100 cap ability tool tip being a long af list, THE LEVEL 100 OPENER FOR VIPER LOOKS FUCKING INSANE

[@terramakes]

it's always a great day when weskalber drops a job guide

[@janstraka8674]

I wonder how many times Alber had to restart recording to say Swiftskin´s sting. Cuz my god that is a mouthful :D

[@DavidHussein13]

Shout out to Wesk for always giving us good info!! My only problem with Viper,Not a SINGLE defensive skill. Thought it was weird considering all the raid busters we have to deal with . Still love the class tho it’s super busy

[@groggoblin4213]

RETURN OF THE KING BABY!!! I'll be watching all of these for the rest of the expansion and telling everyone like it's my whole personality, thank you Wesk very cool 😎👍

[@MustacheWins]

Best thing about a new FF14 expansion cycle: skill guides from WeskAlber.

[@MBunn-uf1we]

yeah that opener, can definitely see reasons for the dreadwinder combo's positionals to get altered in some way. I expect them to get transferred as flank/rear combo potency instead of being just on the skill so it maintains theme with the rest of the single target combos.

[@xylune9684]

For the combo finisher positionals you can just remember that green = flank, red = rear

[@steveaustin4118]

yay now I'll be able to viper

[@mrdarkstar3756]

changing my opener to a dread fangs combo start has made such a big difference in my rotation and damage. Man, who would have thought? I aleays started with Dreadwinder lol

[@kenallsop7502]

My man Wesk on the case! Just started leveling Viper and I think I've got the basics down but this is much appreciated to lock in the rotations and utility of everything. Really fun job to play so far. Curious to see how the changes play out.

[@nivelekzz]

Weskalber leveling guide is back!

[@TheFrantic5]

Sweet! Thanks man. I was able to pick up PCT quick, but viper was eluding me.

[@ynbellam]

I can't wait for the Picto guide ! Love it as always !

[@ShiningSpear]

I was a bit worried that the 7.01 update would invalidate some of the info here right after you dropped the video, but now having seen the changes: lol, lmao Edit: 7.05...

[@kgblackout1]

Guess it was pretty straight forward. tCause thats about of what i came up with, can imagine others did too with same ease. Only thing i added was weaving TrueNorth after Reawaken to avoid positionals My only 'mistake' was doing hunter's sting instead of swiftskin skin for the damage. Then switfcoil 1st for recast spd, then hunter coils ^ Think this could work in raid, if you eat something with skill speed (would only do this if you have no or VERY LITTLE Skill Spd on your gear) Love your work homie! Been waiting since EA to see this lol

[@WeskAlber]

0 SS VPR seems the way to go. Perfectly cyclical rotation at that point.

[@JRZTT]

Finally. You are my go through guide for leveling glad that you finally upload dt update

[@AlmightyVA]

Whew just waiting on that picto video the only guide I come to

[@keiyangoshin3650]

Thank you!! As always, I’m grateful for your job guide! As step one, I’d be happy to get the most off the combos at level 80. 😂 See you on the next one. 👍

[@megaman640]

finally i can try out viper, thanks as always wesk!

[@oismASMR]

Viper was the first melee job that I could actually understand and play by myself after reading the tooltips. I needed guides for every other melee and still find them overwhelming (except reaper, maybe)

[@raisylvaine8398]

I felt like Reaper was very easy to understand even without the tooltips on release tbh, it felt like the Job that represents the “standard” Melee in video games, even if it isn’t

[@umo7043]

YOOO RETURN OF THE LEGEND!!!

[@StellariumSound]

Let the good times and GCDs roll. Your guides are simply unrivaled.

[@maruisaiahnapa7381]

AYO POG?? new wesk alber guide just dropped

[@Emuney12]

I seriously thought I was imagining things after finishing the job quests. I seriously thought I was missing buttons on my hotbar, but WeskAlber saying "it all manages itself" really hit me it was designed that way.

[@susanobro7284]

Yes the goat has blessed us with another amazing guide!

[@Hypercecil9010]

WITH THE NEW INTRO???? WELCOME BACK WESK!!

[@DonaldTurner]

thank you Wesk! great content!

[@herrsoosmann6248]

I spezialy loved it, when you explained when to use the range attack. I see a lot of people overusing it. ❤ Love your vides and do it in your own pace. ❤

[@Kometaf]

appreciate the addition of text explanation of basic terms but maybe consider moving them from bottom corner? they overlap with subtitles and progress bar/play buttons which makes it hard to read when pausing. maybe above chat box/between map and misc hot bar?

[@joelbassett434]

A+ for having definitions for key phrases in the corners!

[@1mdub90]

Every so often, while at work, I would just put on the EW playlist for jobs. I've spent many a morning listening to WeskAlber. And since this is my first expansion to experience live, I can't binge all of the DT 1 to 100 leveling skills guides. And that's ok.

[@aaronrichards6477]

Love this job! Glad you put a video out!

[@3rdrick]

My favorite class guide yt channel is uploading again!!

[@Rayhaku808]

CS3 saw this video and was like, “how about we fuck this over in its entirety”

[@GarnetDust24]

This video came right on time. I just unlocked viper last night saw all the abilities on the hot bar and noped out. Loll