Thread: Samurais - what am i missing?

Samurais now are what Heavy Infantry wants to be (when incoming barrage does not actively need their skill to survive). A perfect mid-game blocker who can hold a lane on their own most of time. And even facing heavier opposition, their skills usually give them some tool to increase their survival rate, be it self-heal, dodge or just outright monstrous attack to murderize everything before it can hurt you too much.
Personally, only Heavy I still use is SAW Deine, and even she does not see much fights, and most of the time my go-to blocker is my trusty AW Shizuka. Nobody can stand before her blade!

You don't see them much in Common Units runs because, well, Common Units. For the long time Samurais weren't available much, and even now first guaranteed Samurai comes from the Eastern Kingdom map, so core classes what everybody guaranteed to have are used by guide makers over them to make sure most users can replicate the strategies easier.