FFXIV: Dawntrail Viper 1 to 100 Leveling Skills Guide

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

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  • @WeskAlber
    @WeskAlber  6 месяцев назад +100

    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
    @pkmnswampmaster 6 месяцев назад +373

    Honey wake up! Wesk uploaded a leveling skills guide.

    • @Bobberation
      @Bobberation 6 месяцев назад +15

      The Return of the King

    • @NicoDayou
      @NicoDayou 6 месяцев назад +7

      Better than the Rest of em

    • @MAOSAMAN
      @MAOSAMAN 4 месяца назад

      no but literally

  • @Castersvarog
    @Castersvarog 6 месяцев назад +70

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

  • @wavypavy4059
    @wavypavy4059 6 месяцев назад +111

    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
      @WeskAlber  6 месяцев назад +72

      It literally exists so you DON'T have to

    • @CL-jq1xs
      @CL-jq1xs 6 месяцев назад +9

      why isn't it green or red glow?

    • @VideoGameHeros
      @VideoGameHeros 6 месяцев назад +7

      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
      @claytonsteed6767 6 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@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
      @AGuyWithFace 6 месяцев назад

      @@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
    @4znPinoy 6 месяцев назад +21

    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
    @Kaismer 6 месяцев назад +23

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

  • @NoQvod
    @NoQvod 6 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @sakuram69
    @sakuram69 6 месяцев назад +18

    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

  • @xArchStanton11x
    @xArchStanton11x 6 месяцев назад +8

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

  • @k2k4
    @k2k4 6 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @dains6623
    @dains6623 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @Xorua
    @Xorua 6 месяцев назад +8

    Woah the new intro is cool

  • @ShinyMew112
    @ShinyMew112 6 месяцев назад +24

    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
      @iPlayOnSpica 6 месяцев назад +2

      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
      @Avengedtenfold 6 месяцев назад +2

      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
    @n.allstein 6 месяцев назад +30

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

  • @travis_biscuit
    @travis_biscuit 6 месяцев назад +3

    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. Edit: started practicing for this in 7.1, no issues following this video while taking the description notes into consideration.

  • @Gemini_Godhand
    @Gemini_Godhand 3 месяца назад +1

    Viper is the fastest job and I have the slowest reaction during Reawaken combos! I actually had to go back and rearrange my hotbars 3 times because I took the moveset names off to give ui space for dot management. Now that I got the skill names back I realized I got 5 of 8 skills used and I'm trying to maximize my combos. Thanks Wesk!

  • @somelosercalledjab
    @somelosercalledjab 6 месяцев назад +28

    Local RUclipsr 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
      @toxin2366 6 месяцев назад +2

      Wh...what happened with mother porxie D:

  • @Abruptkos
    @Abruptkos 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @M0du5Pwn3n5
    @M0du5Pwn3n5 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @nebula8851
    @nebula8851 6 месяцев назад +30

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

    • @aidanmillow566
      @aidanmillow566 6 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @ronny_innor
      @ronny_innor 6 месяцев назад +2

      Viper is the embodiment of Tekken combo i see ☠️

    • @randomlurker9614
      @randomlurker9614 5 месяцев назад

      @@ronny_innor As someone who loves fighting games, this pleases me

  • @revartillery9612
    @revartillery9612 6 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @stealthassassin7
    @stealthassassin7 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @raarasunai4896
    @raarasunai4896 6 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @pyrosianheir
    @pyrosianheir 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @vaderglenn
    @vaderglenn 6 месяцев назад

    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_
    @Adicon_ 6 месяцев назад +1

    All that refreshening finally paid off!

  • @Nick_Pixels
    @Nick_Pixels 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @Veishan
    @Veishan 6 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @iamtorryian
    @iamtorryian 6 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @ShiningSpear
    @ShiningSpear 6 месяцев назад +2

    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...

  • @Gendo.
    @Gendo. 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @sirlenemodesto2665
    @sirlenemodesto2665 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @jonathanyuenkel8715
    @jonathanyuenkel8715 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @SubduedRadical
    @SubduedRadical 6 месяцев назад

    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)

  • @nicolasescarpentier854
    @nicolasescarpentier854 6 месяцев назад

    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

  • @elliotmoskowitz7232
    @elliotmoskowitz7232 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @stereodrive18
    @stereodrive18 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @zerostarhx
    @zerostarhx 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @itsgeal
    @itsgeal 6 месяцев назад

    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
    @Astyliana 6 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @LawHeartfillia
    @LawHeartfillia 6 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @Kzar5678
    @Kzar5678 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @gr4mas144
    @gr4mas144 5 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @Songfulfire
    @Songfulfire 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @kgblackout1
    @kgblackout1 6 месяцев назад +1

    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
      @WeskAlber  6 месяцев назад

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

  • @Soren_Spectre
    @Soren_Spectre 6 месяцев назад +5

    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.

  • @terramakes
    @terramakes 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @JRZTT
    @JRZTT 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @ynbellam
    @ynbellam 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @thoby123
    @thoby123 6 месяцев назад +17

    rip Noxious Gnash, lasted barely a month

  • @MegaVbnz
    @MegaVbnz 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @3rdrick
    @3rdrick 6 месяцев назад

    My favorite class guide yt channel is uploading again!!

  • @megaman640
    @megaman640 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @Bobberation
    @Bobberation 6 месяцев назад

    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

  • @apathy2454
    @apathy2454 6 месяцев назад

    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 !

  • @Aufbackbrötchen
    @Aufbackbrötchen 6 месяцев назад

    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. ❤

  • @oTheDucky89o
    @oTheDucky89o 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @keiyangoshin3650
    @keiyangoshin3650 6 месяцев назад

    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. 👍

  • @TheFrantic5
    @TheFrantic5 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @susanobro7284
    @susanobro7284 6 месяцев назад

    Yes the goat has blessed us with another amazing guide!

  • @TeresaofAvila1215
    @TeresaofAvila1215 6 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @kenallsop7502
    @kenallsop7502 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @aaronrichards6477
    @aaronrichards6477 6 месяцев назад

    Love this job! Glad you put a video out!

  • @maruisaiahnapa7381
    @maruisaiahnapa7381 6 месяцев назад

    AYO POG?? new wesk alber guide just dropped

  • @AnneAleph
    @AnneAleph 6 месяцев назад +1

    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!

  • @3ASY355
    @3ASY355 6 месяцев назад

    Yessssssssssssssssssssss its here! Also here for the following 20 videos to come xD

  • @umo7043
    @umo7043 6 месяцев назад

    YOOO RETURN OF THE LEGEND!!!

  • @KizaCreates
    @KizaCreates 6 месяцев назад

    another great guide! im a drk main but a dual sword class is what ive wanted since watching SAO yeaaaaaars ago!

  • @zappyshadow6895
    @zappyshadow6895 6 месяцев назад

    Been waiting ever so patiently!

  • @DavidHussein13
    @DavidHussein13 6 месяцев назад

    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

  • @_Snowflame
    @_Snowflame 6 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @Hypercecil9010
    @Hypercecil9010 6 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @Warman225
    @Warman225 6 месяцев назад

    The GOAT RETUUUUUURNS!!!! Welcome back, King

  • @ThrustMasterFlex
    @ThrustMasterFlex 6 месяцев назад +2

    thats why HES THE GOAT! THE GOAT!

  • @grizl123
    @grizl123 6 месяцев назад

    thank you, been waiting on this one :)

  • @SeraphCrimson777
    @SeraphCrimson777 6 месяцев назад

    Hell yes I was waiting for this!

  • @steveaustin4118
    @steveaustin4118 6 месяцев назад +1

    yay now I'll be able to viper

  • @jacobybarra907
    @jacobybarra907 6 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @BobbyHopp
    @BobbyHopp 6 месяцев назад

    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

  • @StellariumSound
    @StellariumSound 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @edwardnowakowski5990
    @edwardnowakowski5990 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you for explaining viper wesk, great video

  • @GarnetDust24
    @GarnetDust24 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @AlmightyVA
    @AlmightyVA 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @renatowalker1423
    @renatowalker1423 6 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @Drewbacca7789
    @Drewbacca7789 6 месяцев назад

    Wesk is back with the best guides on the planet! LFG!!!!

  • @zaphyy
    @zaphyy 6 месяцев назад

    The King returns!

  • @Emuney12
    @Emuney12 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @hyperionnova2854
    @hyperionnova2854 6 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @dialp4penguin
    @dialp4penguin 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @nightsgasp
    @nightsgasp 6 месяцев назад

    Missed your guys. Thanks for the effort❤

  • @TrueHunter999
    @TrueHunter999 6 месяцев назад

    This is how I started learning classes, so it is time to do it again

  • @Sketchblopp
    @Sketchblopp 6 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @MBunn-uf1we
    @MBunn-uf1we 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @loveyourcrystal9903
    @loveyourcrystal9903 6 месяцев назад

    Nice new intro ! really cool vid too as always

  • @petrusspinelli6661
    @petrusspinelli6661 6 месяцев назад

    I have been waiting for these

  • @BeckyScottFairley
    @BeckyScottFairley 6 месяцев назад

    going to watch to see if this makes me decide to unlock and play it. At the moment Pictomancer seems the most interesting of the new jobs.

  • @aurielmasque1065
    @aurielmasque1065 6 месяцев назад +1

    Me, who has played almost nothing but Viper ever since the 28th last month and more or less got the job down: Oh hell yes, I needed this guide!!

  • @ProfessM
    @ProfessM 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @Alpacalips
    @Alpacalips 6 месяцев назад +2

    I CAN FINALLY RAID AGAIN!!!

  • @gzenno
    @gzenno 6 месяцев назад

    hail to the king of guides.