HOW TO VIPER IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES - a guide by JillTime | FFXIV

Wanna dive right into the new expansion with Viper? Our very own Jill Time has prepared a quick and to-the-point guide just for you! This guide covers all you need to get started with the job, including a handy hotbar diagram!

This is a pre-release build that has not undergone final adjustments. All content is subject to significant change.

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[darkprelude]

Woops with the video and Jill with the guide? Couldn’t name a better duo than these 2!

[nothisispatrick]

The buff combos light up on the hot bar depending on what buff timer is lower, might be the first class to do this. So you don't really even need the sword gauge thing.

[Samuraiphoenix]

Is it just me or does it seem confusing? Hoping that its something that clicks for me in practice rather than hearing it explained.

[RED_MUGEN]

I got you guys with the simplest guide; follow these steps, and you'll be perfectly prepared for starting Viper. This works for both AOE and single-target rotations.

Step 1: Start with Dread skills for 10% DMG Debuff.
Step 2: Alternate between Dread to upkeep debuff and steel skills for most damage. *Follow Dotted Lines* (Red skills are rear and green skills are flank).
Step 3: Finish with Serpent's Tail.
Step 4: Pop Dreadwinder (single-target) or Pit of Dread (AOE).
Step 5: Go into your Hunter's and Swiftskin's skills rotations (Hunter's is Flank and Swiftskin's is Rear).
Step 6: Reawaken do rotation and save Ouroboros for last as it ends your Awakening.
Step 7: Rinse and Repeat until target is dead.

[brianong]

Here I was planning to go sign up for a Viper Degree course and study for the exam. God bless your guide!

[killval]

I just want to say thank you for referring to them as the dual wield, and then the twinblade.

[kuronaialtani]

YESYESYES
Every little thing I see of Viper just makes me want it more and more
Speed, dual swords, a skill called "ouroboros, " I just
Give it to me

[mayfaynezzz]

Aaaah it sounds so fun! I can't wait to try it! Thanks for the clear guide! 😁

[Saykiata]

This really helped be grok the combos! The fact that a lot of the nonclamenture also aligns is a godsend.

[ArtD]

Of all the videos I've seen on this class, it's this one that explains it the best. In the most easy to digest kind of way. And it's from way before release. Lol

[craigfunk]

Might have been worth showing in the visual guide what buttons turn into the 'generation' buttons during burst, thats going to have a major impact on how i set up my poor controller crossbars. Guess ill spend a bit more time in early access staring at tooltips as i do a 2 WT turn in for a free level

[gmb]

The Red and Blue glow is a visual of the next move being a flank or rear positional (just in case people didn’t know)

[ainsel]

great vid, I was so confused by the job bc I didn't quite link all names and buffs correctly

[reiyun]

Thank for the guide, holy shit this job is BUSY. Definitely gonna have to practice on a training dummy with it for a bit cause it was still a bit confusing. Also no damage falloff and all those damage increase buffs this sounds like samurai/dragoon on crack.

[theirishwah]

Picked up Viper and immediately felt knowledgeable on the job thanks to this guide. This is why Jill is the GOAT!

[KeiyarlaDraga]

With what I am seeing, I am liking Viper more and more, considering I just like playing melee. I just hope that when I do dungeons at lower levels, like the Praetorium, my kit won't be severely lacking in things to do, like how Reaper is a very boring class to play at lower levels. With what I am seeing with, that might not be the issues, but I will need to wait until the 28th for early access to see what I would be working with.

[Linksabbiegen]

When I saw the reveal of viper I didn't like it at first but now I am SOOOO damn hyped to try it out!

[AcaciaLouvegrise]

I thought the positionnals were gonna be hell to master among all this chaos but it's actually quite doable: Aside from the fact they're always the 3rd move in the base combo (exemple: Dread Fangs -> Swiftskin's Sting -> HINDsbane Fang), that they alternate every time the combo starts over (hind, flank, hind, flank, etc) and that their names hint at where you're supposed to stab (FLANKsbane, HINDsting), their icons are respectively green and red. So if the third move in your base combo is green, stab the flank. If it's red, stab the back. ...well except for "Hunter's Coil/Swiftskin's Coil"... gonna need a trick or a mnemotechnic way to memorize where to stab, with these two.

[Bro-kqxo]

I was expecting something like dual swords stance and combined swords stance. It's quite disappointing to hit the buttons like a swing to the left and to the right. No end goal to look forward to. Samurai has the end goal like the combined all the points to execute the big damage. Or maybe I'm wrong because i main SAM.

[hydromancer]

Can't wait for this class. It feels like the true successor to the Rogue that I always wanted, Ninja's aesthetics never appealed to me.