samurai should be played melee, they dont make a good hybrid unless you are super rich and have all the high end charms.
weapon: highest EE you can find. i use swords, but daggers will work fine as well.
armor: if solo, go for stats (str or dex) if arena, still stats work unless you need a tank (which you shouldnt really be doing anyway) in which case EE would be better
charm: stats (str or dex, +life is also nice but stats are priority)
basically try to get your DEX to ~100 at level 55 with gear. rest to STR. this will only work if you have some sort of +stat gear, if you have 100 dex and only 60 str, there is a problem...
if you cant get your STR over 100 while keeping dex ~100, then just stat 80 to dex and pump str until you can afford some stat gear.
ideal stats: 120 DEX @ lvl 55, 120+ STR. (you will need high +STR/DEX armor/charm to hit this)
hope this makes sense!
This post was edited by jlhromeo on Jan 14 2010 09:20am