Viper

Viper (VPR) is a fast-paced melee DPS that alternates between fast dual wield attacks and heavy hitting twinblade attacks. Its core gameplay revolves around the classic builder-spender playstyle, building gauge with its dual wield and twinblade attacks and spending that gauge on a powerful burst window called Reawaken. VPR joins the Melee DPS roster as a Scouting class, and therefore shares gear with Ninja.

Most Recent Job Changes

Patch 7.5:

Vicewinder potency increased from 500 to 540.

Hunter’s Coil and Swiftskin’s Coil potency increased from 620 to 680 when fulfilling positional requirements.

This results in roughly 1% dps increase in single target.

The Reawaken sequence had its falloff changed from 80% to 75% reduction in potency after the first target (5% more splash damage).

Gearing
Stats & Materia
Highest item level is always most important. Within the same item level, prioritize Critical Hit > Determination = Direct Hit > Skill Speed.