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The Samurai is one of the six playable Seekers in TARAE: The Unbound, and one of only three whose English class name has appeared in the game's own material. It is a close-range damage class built around switching sword stances during a fight, and it was one of three Seekers players could pick in the hands-on demo at gamescom 2026.

At a Glance

Sword Stances

The Samurai fights across three stances and can move between them freely rather than committing to one for a whole fight. Two of the three have English names visible on a build screen the studio published: Dual Blade and Draw Blade. The third was described as a rushing or breakthrough style that closes distance, and no English name for it has been published.

Stances are the studio's own example of what a class-defining mechanic looks like on this roster. It named sword stances for the Samurai in the same breath as elemental harmony for the Geomancer and combination attacks for the martial-artist Seeker, so the three sit at the same level of the design.

Skills Shown Publicly

A build screen published on the official channel shows a skill layout tagged to the Dual Blade and Draw Blade categories. Each entry sits in a slot with a bound key, carries a Skill Grade counter out of thirty, is tagged either to a stance or to a shared Common Skills category, and holds up to two Utility Skill sub-slots that augment it. The table below records only what is legible on that screen.

A separate slot sits below the row holding an entry labelled Evade, with a Special Skill Mastery button beneath it. The screen's tabs read Character, Skills and Traits, which matches the layer order described in Builds and Progression. No cooldowns, costs or damage figures are readable, and nothing on the screen states which Seeker it belongs to. The stance tags are the reason it is placed here.

Playing the Samurai

Hands-on impressions from the gamescom build describe the Samurai as the opposite of the Tiger Hunter. Where the ranged class manages the gap, the Samurai removes it, diving into a group and swinging from inside it. The trade is risk: closing distance exposes the character, and the class carries a defensive answer to compensate. Blocking was described as triggering automatically during attack sequences, which reads as a deliberate reward for a class expected to stand in the middle of a crowd.

The cutting feel was singled out as clearly distinct from the firearm classes, and the difference was framed as a matter of what the player has to manage rather than raw damage or reach. The Samurai manages attack and defence at the same time; the ranged Seekers manage spacing. General mechanics that all six share, including stamina and the perfect dodge, are covered in Combat.

Presentation

The studio said it treated character appearance as a competitive requirement rather than an afterthought, and the Samurai's armour was picked out as an example: a glossy finish that reads as deliberate rather than generic. Because the camera sits far back, that detail is meant to be viewed by zooming in through the inventory and customisation menus.

In the Demo

The gamescom build fixed every playable character at level thirty with near top-tier gear, so it showed combat feel rather than early progression. An official Samurai showcase clip shows the class fighting an enemy named Mad Howl Soldier, displayed with an elite health bar and an affix icon.

Not Yet Confirmed

• The Samurai's own combat resource, and what fills or drains it.

• The published English name of the third stance.

• The full skill list, and any cooldown, cost or damage figures.

• How stance switching is bound, and whether switching has its own cost.

• The character's personal name, backstory or voice cast.

• Which traits, masteries or unique gear are built for the class.