Well I have just finished Genkai 5 with Samurai!
I really screwed up huge but prevailed either way.
You'll notice that I messed up huge in this fight when you see my logs.
First I equiped every armor, then I meditated. I opened the door to fight Maat and engaged. Soon as I engaged I noticed that I didn't have a weapon in my hand... So my meditate was just wasted with me equiping my Kazaridachi bringing my TP back down to 0.
After that miss hap I said to myself what the hell I'll just beat him anyway, so I engaged and turned on my Meikyo Shisui macro just to find out that my 2HR hadn't cooled down yet from the PT I was in before.
Well by that time I thought to myself.... omfg I'm a dead Hitokiri

And because I hit Maat, he turned on his 2HR and started using whatever WS he had. He got 2 WS's on me so I had low HP then I used Vile Elixir and Third Eye'd his Shoulder Tackle. By that time the FFXI Gods stopped laughing at me and let me use my 2HR, and I so used Yukikaze -> Gekko -> Gekko. When I saw that he was still standing I got my Icarus Wing and used the last Tachi: Gekko and thankfully he gave up.
The funniest part was I still beat the previous clear time for Shattering Stars (SAM)!

Kenshin of Valefor: Behemoth Dethroner
Hitting people in four spots with a stick.
Thats Kendo!
It'll just take you 20 years to learn to do it right.
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