Work In Progress SAM controller setup

things to note:
I am a casual player and have set this as a draft setup, subject to change on testing, please use as a template. 
Main XHB is 1, WXHB is 2 and expanded XHB is 3. for simplicity will now be abbreviated to HB1, HB2 and HB3.
HB3 is shared on all classes for me, on DPS second wind is always on the same spot RT+ LT + Y along with mount, teleport etc (not shown).

Logic:
Most used skills on HB1, big cooldowns/gauge actions/role actions on HB 2.
RT of HB1 is single target abilities, LT of HB1 is AOE. This is how I always set up my classes. (Inspired by bun boss FFXIV controller guides)

The SEN abilities are on the directional pad for single target, this is to muscle memory what I should press next. If you look at the layout it is setup to mirror the SEN triangle. Also the face buttons help on what to lead into, if you are going for Gekko or Kasha. 
For eg. if I want pink flower which is the RIGHT corner of the SEN triangle. I press RT+A for gyofu(hakaze) then RT+ B for shifu, now because I pressed the RIGHT face button (B), to finish the combo I press RT + right for Kasha. I hope that makes sense :P
(TLDR: while holding RT, then press A->B->right for pink OR A->X->left for blue OR A->up for turquoise)

side note: you can also put gekko (rear positional) on down and kasha (flank positional) on right/left if it helps you to remember what positional you are going for.

hissatsu abilities are mirrored on HB2, senei and guren which share a timer and the spammable shinten and kyuten, again right side is single target, left side is AOE.

my dps gap closers are always on RT,RT + up and RT,RT + down for consistency. 

the iajutsu and tsubame are mirrored to make them easy to press back to back on the Y button so you would go RT+Y into LT+Y.

side note: you can add a second iajutsu to the left side (LT+Y) by moving tsubame to HB2 so you can stay on one side (LT) for AOE combos into tenka goken AOEs. this is what I used before but I would get lazy and forget about tsubames :/

LT + D pad is the ikishoten and meditation corner, how I move these buttons around will depend on testing. please note Ikishoten turns into Zanshin if you're wondering why zanshin is missing from the hotbar. (I haven't even unlocked it yet)

Limit Break is consistently on LT,LT + up. the other role actions are dotted around depending on class.

True north is on the right hand side next to meikyo due to their frequent use and well... opener.








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