An Idiot's Guide to VIPER | FFXIV Dawntrail

[7.0] We're finally here! Dawntrail is out and it's time for the journey of doing the idiot's guides again! Viper is super fun and I really enjoyed playing it throughout MSQ!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Main Combo
3:48 - Serpent's Tail
4:45 - Dreadwinder and Pit of Dread
6:08 - Rattling Coil
6:42 - Reawaken
8:00 - Outro
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[@EurrikkeEdward]

I honestly appreciate the non-in depth version. Its like a quick tldr ver that doesnt melt mah brain

[@normalmighty]

Yeah, I can figure most of it out on my own but like a quick TLDR on how all the buttons work so I can lay out my initial keybinds. These videos are perfect for that

[@SirKaibel]

The short version: just hit the skill that's glowing. It makes every decision for you!!

[@jorleejack]

A pretty basic rotation will be 111 for your first combo, 221 for second, 112 for third, and 222 for fourth, and then repeat, weaving Death Rattle between each combo. Then the Dreadwinder combo will be Dreadwinder, Hunter's Coil, double weave Twinfang Bite and Twinblood Bite, Swiftskin's Coil, double weave Twinblood Bite and Twinfang Bite.

[@peytonalexander5300]

Yeah it’s honestly not too hard to be a passable viper as long as you remember to land your positionals. The combos seem complex initially, but once you get your hotbar set up in a way that makes sense to your brain, it’s not too terribly hard to get used to.

[@ladyopheliagames]

OMG Thank you!! Just like your Dragoon guide help me floor tank less - this helped me better understand Viper so that hey - it's not as daunting anymore! Please make sure to take breaks and rest between videos - but keep em coming!!

[@sonartech7721]

Short and to the point. Best guide I’ve seen for viper to date.

[@Omalb793]

10/10 quality video. I really liked how you made things more understandable by arranging the buttons in a way that made sense on screen. Subbed!

[@hurricanerising3465]

Thumbs up earned by showing me which Awakening buttons will morph into what, which helped me finalize my hotbar layout in advance. tyvm! o/

[@UltimateSoulX]

Excellent guide as always! Really look forward to your videos!

[@vazzaroth]

Finally a guide I can understand, thank you. Explaining the bar like I'm 5 is exactly what I needed.

[@gabialhwashy7503]

This was such a helpful video, as I unlocked both VPR and PCT and focused on Picto for the most part. Coming to VPR and having no clue what any of those things do, I really appreciate this guide is it's quite easy to digest. Thank you for your hard work friend!!

[@phantomvox951]

I appreciate this video. After watching lots of videos I finally have an idea of how Viper works with this one.

[@Luca-re3ve]

this is probably the video i was waiting the most 😂❤

[@danbagon924]

Heck yeah! Been waiting for this before I put together a hotbar for Viper.

[@oscarandrees]

You dont need to, just press one skill and done.

[@danbagon924]

The boss just dies

[@Drake_Grazer]

Very nice vid. That legally distinct Starburst Stream looks super cool too.

[@lyn_cei]

thank you for being the only person who does this that actually explains buttons and how and why they follow into each other instead of just steamrolling you with a dumptruck of jargon and rotation talk without ever actually explaining the flow of the gameplay

[@yurei8368]

Thank you. This guide gave me what I needed to sort the hotbar for this self-eating spaghetti monster of a class.

[@psychomoon7185]

You actually made it look very simple! Nice! I wish I could level it up at the same time as my Picto cause both are so cool and fun!!

[@unrealdragonax1662]

Man i was waiting for this since early access Thank you, also me "That took you long enough" :p

[@TFalconwing]

Wow you made this quickly. And you made it clear to understand.

[@melodoxoffical]

OMG YAYYY THANK YOU CUZ I WAS CONFUSED AND COULDNT UNDERSTAND OTHER GUIDES

[@cbchaba]

YES I was waiting for this

[@RathRaholand]

Great guide, but didn't Yoshi-P say they were going to be making adjustments in patch 7.05 at the end of the month? I assume those adjustments will change how VPRs rotation works at least somewhat.

[@arrow-1237]

I’m new too ff14 content so I don’t really have much to compare it to but it’s just an excellent guide easy to understand that give you all you need to know to start, its just really well made. 👏

[@nerolight7176]

Fantastic guide plz make more for all classes.

[@mrbushi1062]

omg thank you been waiting for this

[@brandoncain]

Hey, I almost called the opening word for word! I used Edward Kenway in my version, though.

[@tatlxtael2303]

oh htank god a guide for this class, I can not wrap my head around having only 2 buttons for my combos but those 2 buttons being combinable in like, a bunch of different ways/orders

[@TrentMenssen]

Great overview! I'm curious how many takes it took to get all the ability names correct because I'd be a tongue-twisted mess.

[@mathewmoratto]

I was waiting for this video

[@TheMCAssassin15]

I'm been having an absolute blast playing viper once I got the hang of it

[@Gatescholar]

Something that helps me mentally keep track is something I noticed during my level grinds: Flankbane attacks will always correspond to the same Hindsting attack. So Flankbane's Fang will empower Hindsting Fang and Strike will empower Strike. Hindsting will empower the OTHER Flankbane attack. So if you use Hindsting Strike then your Flankbane Fang will be empowered.

[@toner2421]

thank god you were quick with this viper was giving me anxiety

[@Rarapacco]

My first impression of Viper: "you press one button and another one starts to glow. So you press the glowing button and then fourteen buttons starts to glow..." I still feel to dumb for this job, better stick to whm, rdm and smn xD

[@Toomsie]

That was helpful, dude!

[@AtlantisPrince]

Lala Viper reminds me of Yoda. Just bouncing all over the place and cutting things up.

[@cainreval7885]

This is great! Makes viper feel less speratic. I need a controller guide for this class though, It can be a hassel to find the right button combo to execute everything, especially since its spread across so many different buttons. If it wasnt for the combo auto-changing, I dont think this would have been possible otherwise.

[@kirstiesgaming5168]

YES! I was thinking barrel of monkies too! Glad I'm not the only one haha! :D

[@roboraygun]

Thanks for the great guide! So… does this mean Viper had 0 damage mitigation or utility for the party at all? I’m so used to on other dps hitting my defensive on aoes that it feels weird when a boss does its attack. Also too I feel like I have nothing to do when I’m dodging mechanics out of melee range other than just spamming my ranged attack.

[@ChZenOnE]

Watching the Potato tweak out during Reawaken is funny

[@Everlarke]

I love how they built in the equivalent of Death’s Design (Noxious Gnash) in the combo rather than as a certain button, given all the Reaper’s actively choose not to upkeep let alone even apply their big debuff. This job plays itself while looking stunning.

[@jeremyroberts2735]

OMG YOU DID IT IM SO HAPPY

[@Neos7]

Best viper guide so far

[@Terraflare94]

I did vpr's first job quest I had a hard time figuring it out. Then I realized he was telling me what combos into what. God I love my adhd 😂

[@tylerstewart3181]

TLDR : PRESS SHINY BUTTONZ

[@MagiaErebea028]

trying to make a controller crosshotbar setup and the tool tips have me so confused

[@theseareswayze-lesstimes]

You sound like a real life Lalafell. /bow to you, good sir.

[@TenchiSawada]

Lala back in action!

[@icejuliet3146]

HELL YEAH

[@khorneflakes]

Something else for you to not unsee.....the job stone looks like a steak

[@Manudyne]

"I WANT A GOD DAMNED STEAK!"

[@fluffnyokoakawilddeath4686]

My brain is still in "lotta buttons, spam them" mode

[@Daitrombe]

Hi, it really helped me understand the new Job a lot. If you can, please check Ninja, its not so difficult once you understand but it can be daunting for many with the ninjutsu combinations

[@zhobbit3680]

With this guide i could actually see that a play a GAME .. thanks

[@L1meFr0st]

FINALLY A GUIDE THAT MAKES MY DUMMY DUM DUM BRAIN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS JOB WORKS!!!

[@Anuca]

I'm lvl 100 viper already and have got it pretty down, still gonna use this though.

[@NaughtyJuri]

Keep it nice short and simple i love these videos if the toxic hardcore want a 30 minute video let them watch the others guide that is already long in length

[@Narnia164]

What class did you start as?

[@mariocastro6543]

Where do I get those glasses!? 👀

[@worldofmuu]

I feel like this can be summed up even more simply without all the move terminology. You have both a single/aoe combo series for separated swords and a single/aoe combo series for the twinblades (except this starts with a cooldown). Alternate combos to keep your haste and damage boosts up and just do what the game suggests. Use the twinblade combos when the ticks are up. Isn’t that all there is to it at 80?

[@Lemonz-418]

Yup, Kirito will be everywhere now.

[@brandoncain]

So will Edward Kenway.

[@souledgar]

Judging from how consistently my pots of black paint is selling, yea

[@IaconDawnshire]

Rather be Drizzt or Serge. Kirito is overrated

[@joshvarga3591]

@@IaconDawnshire Drizzt for sure

[@KinVao]

Or Zidane. Or King Bradley.

[@leelawrie6976]

A controller friendly job maybe?

[@sgoldkuh]

Good way of starting high level jobs like Viper is going to low level dungeons like copperbell with npcs. Get a first feeling for elementary apilities and then get familiar with higher skills Also you can sort the hotbar step by step

[@CadekFenrir]

hopefully the viper rework doesn't make too much of this guide obsolete already.

[@benmorrow1701]

Yeah this job seems extremely confusing to me but if it all comes down to “press the flashy” I guess it’s pretty simple.

[@The7electron]

Thank you for these guides because I'm an idiot.😂

[@olebrumme6356]

I will stick to my Dragoon, because it seems I'm too much of an idiot to learn Viper.

[@Gemini_Godhand]

Even an idiots guide recommends to avoid using the Gauge in combat. Good. I felt like an idiot trying to figure out what moves to use on a training dummy.

[@BleachKonman]

Hey you misspelled detail in the opening disclaimer

[@FrostieDemon]

waiting for pictomancer video :3

[@Malacite]

Jesus and I thought RPR was convoluted... Man, this is why I don't like the new jobs starting at such a high level, they throw too much at once at you. Thanks for the simplified guide I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually lol.

[@itsAphelion.]

How are people like the viper?

[@kaycex1]

hope u do picto next

[@kiwianomaly]

idiots guide for kirito has happened thank you

[@Yusei255]

the upcoming limited job beast master seems more interesting.

[@antonytomas1]

Gonna need to update this soon. According to Yoshi P, its not idiot proof enough.

[@ParatrooperNinja]

I love the aesthetic of viper, it is fun right now … but I feel like the simplicity of the job mechanics may get boring quite quickly. I wish that we had to think just a little more about which abilities to use or forward planning of abilities. Just a little more complexity. I may end up swapping back to ninja at some point.

[@tytotheowl2994]

Hehe ‘deatil’ in the disclaimer

[@LuriTV]

An even easier guide: Know which skills are AOE or single target as starter and then press the things that light up.

[@viniciuspereira868]

when i first got to vpr i could already say that i would only properly understand all the shit going on once Megastar dropped the guide and yes, i was right

[@swindy95]

Rotations please

[@lordderecho]

.............so just hit the glowing button...got it lol

[@Stratilz]

Ok, Viper is now the second job i simply dont get beside Summoner xD Maybe its because i'm trying to understand something, that doesnt exist =P

[@DisappointedBatman]

Dude... Summoner is easy to play tho... T^T

[@stanislavjohnson3605]

I kind of need updated idiot guide for monk 😅

[@Art2D2]

Monk is getting fixed in a patch soon, so it will have to wait

[@HasanBabasi]

I wanna play this game but I’m scared there’s so much that’ll be thrown at me that I’ll get overwhelmed.

[@Art2D2]

It's really easy to get into actually. And all the classes are completely different play styles. If you try free trial, I recommend you start out as a Lancer which eventually becomes the Dragoon job.

[@MrDesertPunk]

yay

[@KirkOrion666]

Sooo... just press whatever buttons. Got it.

[@roga5326]

Instructions unclear, became a Weeb by accident

[@eight08life15]

It's the positional that give it headache for me lol

[@Paradoxikality]

Just remember that green icon = flank and red icon = rear. And they will always alternate.

[@eight08life15]

@Paradoxikality after a couple alliance raid I started to figure it out. It's the dreadwinder burst ones. I'm on controller. My dreadwinder burst is on the d pad lol

[@acemurasaki2166]

thanks. I will guide all the vipers i meet that i dont even see put the "debuff" on

[@BigpoppaEU]

so 0 then? The only way to not get the debuff up is to just press 1 and nothing else, feel like you're chatting shit for the sake of chatting shit bud.

[@acemurasaki2166]

Yeah my sis was pulling her hair out XDDD she was like ITS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO HAVE THE BUFF ON- and I agree but yeah. indeedy i saw it with my own 2 eyes

[@GanRPG]

Those generation weaponskills really cement how you will look like a Kirito wannabe

[@DisappointedBatman]

Why is this getting changed? It looks awesome...

[@dannojin]

i love you

[@godsplayingfield]

really is just melee redmage/dancer. FOLLOW THE FLASHING BUTTONS WHEN THEY APPEAR.

[@BoilNoodles]

I tuned into your stream and then I saw you weren't a Lala nevur4get

[@Coolio_Ash]

HELLO!!

[@Coolio_Ash]

I would like an idiot proof rotation for sure

[@TwStedPrinCe]

Something tells me this is the easiest class to learn and yet I’m so completely confused by it and can’t seem to grasp it. Maybe reading too much into it?

[@Gitaikou]

Soooo. I hit glowy button?

[@LordZealot64]

This is like the easiest class in the game for me lol I literally call it the melee dancer

[@legendxcarisso]

You lost me in the first seven seconds. As much as I love SAO.... "LLOYD IRVING IS THE ORIGINAL DUAL WIELDER. FUCK OFF WITH THAT KIRITO BULLSHIT." [sigh] Out of my system. All good now.

[@oscarandrees]

I've never seen a class doing so much to do absolute garbage damaged compared to other classes.

[@MarvRoberts]

I still don't get it. I must be a sub-idiot.

[@LeoTheBlu]

try saying some of those names 5 times fast lol fuck its a tongue twister