Sharpshooter - Raid/Single Target Build

Intro

Sharpshooter is the only class that can utilize both class engravings at the same time. Using both Death Strike and Loyal Companion revolves around same playstyle, which is building up identity gauge to utilize Summon Silverhawk that will give you access to Wings of Storm and Last Rush. Building identity gauge goes really well with several tripods on several skills, while all hard hitting skills have crit chance increase on their tripod to maximize the damage. Sharpshooter is a mix of ranged and melee where doing damage is done from range at all times, while farming identity gauge requires you to be in melee.

Skill points progression

• At 268 skill points add Deadly Slash, Sawtooth Blade to Deadly Slash
• At 284 skill points add Moving Slash, Silver Master to Moving Slash
• At 312 skill points add Deadly Slash, Double Slash to Deadly Slash
• At 328 skill points add Atomic Arrow, Enhanced Arrowhead to Atomic Arrow
• At 328+ skill points upgrade Snipe, Sharp Shooter and Arrow Wave to level 11, as you upgrade other skills to level 11 when you unlock more skill points

Build Breakdown

For maximum effectiveness and utilizing everything Sharpshooter has to offer the required skill points is 312. You can get away with less, but not less than 296. Skill points are easy to obtain and you should put priority in reaching 312 before you are in TIER 3.

• Snipe is your bread and butter when it comes to highest damage. You need make sure you always hit with perfect zone for maximum damage.
• Arrow Wave is another high damage dealing skill
• Charged Shot is you main damage dealing skill with Stagger. You are using Charged Shot, Fast Fire tripod for instant release once you reach first stage.
• Sharp Shooter is your second Stagger skill that deals medium to high damage
• Moving Slash is your main reposition skill that is also used for farming identity gauge on a low cooldown with Moving Slash, Silver Master tripod.
• Atomic Arrow is used with Atomic Arrow, Amplified Damage tripod for a party wide synergy buff that you can constantly re-apply on cooldown. It also provides a decent amount of Stagger.
• Deadly Slash is your only Counter skill that also charges identity gauge in melee range.
• Blade Storm is your melee ranged skill that farms and charges identity gauge.
• Golden Eye is the preferred Awakening skill as it is almost instant and provides high amount of damage compared to Fenrir's Messenger which is a charge skill.

Combat Stats

Main Sharpshooter combat stats is Crit as it going really well and capitalizes with high crit chance and crit damage from your tripods. You will want to go for 80% in Crit and 20% in Specialization, which means all accessories with Crit and necklace with Crit and Specialization. Alternatively you can run 60% Crit 20% Specialization and 20% Swiftness if you want some extra attack speed, move speed and cooldown reduction.

Runes

• Wealth, 3 on Blade Storm and Deadly Slash
• Galewind, 3 on Snipe and Arrow Wave
• Overwhelm, 3 on Charged Shot and Sharp Shooter
• Rage, 4 on Moving Slash
• Bleed, 3 on Atomic Arrow

Engravings

In TIER 1 and TIER 2 it is fairly hard to get the optimal starter engraving set, as it requires a lot of luck to get engraving stats on all accessories, which also goes against you since you will have to change these accessories every time you progress to a different tier. In general you should aim to have Death Strike , which provides 40% damage increase at level 3 that lasts 8 seconds and gives you a burst window to use all your damaging skills, and Loyal Companion which provides 8% movement speed and adds 14% damage increase to the boss, while also providing extra 30% in identity gauge recovery. Hit Master engraving synergizes well with Sharpshooter as most high damaging skills don't require back or front attacks.

Once you get into TIER 3 you need to start working on the optimal engraving setup, which is Death Strike level 3, Loyal Companion level 3, Grudge level 3, while adding with time Keen Blunt Weapon, Cursed Doll and Hit Master.

Gems

Gems are split into two types, attack gems and cooldown gems. You can equip 11 gems at the same time but they cannot be for the same skill.

For attack gems you want to go for:

1. Snipe
2. Charged Shot
3. Arrow Wave
4. Sharp Shooter
5. Blade Storm
6. Last Rush
7. Atomic Arrow

For cooldown gems you want to go for:

1. Snipe
2. Charged Shot
3. Arrow Wave
4. Sharp Shooter

Optional

5. Blade Storm

Cards

Budget starter card set - You will need 12-piece awakening to gain the benefit of 7% crit chance increase

Lostwind Cliff

Optimal damage end game set - You need 30-piece awakening to gain the absolute max out of the card set

Light of Salvation

Gameplay and Skill Rotation

1. If your identity gauge, Hawk Meter, is not full you will want to start of with farming the gauge:

• Moving Slash
• Blade Storm
• Deadly Slash

2. Proceed with damage rotation and identity farming rotation until your gauge is full:

• Snipe
• Charged Shot
• Sharp Shooter
• Arrow Wave

3. When your identity gauge is full and you damage skills are off cooldown you proceed with the full rotation in this order:

• Atomic Arrow - For 6% amplified damage
• Summon Silverhawk - to activate identity skills
• Wings of Storm - AOE hawk skill to apply 14% damage increase
• Last Rush - burst hawk damage that applies 40% damage increase
• Golden Eye - Awakening skill
• Snipe
• Charged Shot
• Sharp Shooter
• Arrow Wave

4. After full rotation your identity gauge will be at 50-60% so you go back to step 1 and repeat the whole process. If some of your damaging skills are not off cooldown and your hawk skills are ready, use them without waiting for cooldowns and damage as they come off the cooldown.

You will always want to start off with charging and farming your identity gauge, or to skip the process of the initial farming you can use Awakening Potion before the fight which will make your identity gauge 100% from the start. When your gauge is full you want to use the full benefits of your class engravings Death Strike and Loyal Companion while adding Amplified Damage from Atomic Arrow for a 60% burst damage window of 8 seconds. In your first rotation you always want to use Golden Eye your awakening skill and finish off with four main damage dealing skills Snipe, Charged Shot, Sharp Shooter, Arrow Wave. If you gain full identity gauge sooner then your main damage skills are off cooldown, you can proceed with applying damage increase buffs and use the skills to deal damage as they come of cooldown. Its important that you use at least 2 out of 4 damaging skills in that burst window. On the other hand if your skills are all off the cooldown but your identity gauge is not, you should wait with dealing damage and focus on farming the gauge for maximum damage efficiency.

Summary

• Use your class engravings to apply big damage increase buffs to deal massive amounts of damage in 8 seconds window.
• Your biggest damage comes from Snipe and Last Rush.
• Your biggest identity farm comes from Blade Storm and Deadly Slash, even more if you have Wealth rune applied on both of them.
• Focus on 80% Crit and 20% Specialization for combat stats.
• Grudge is one of the best combat engravings for Sharpshooter.
• Always be aware of your cooldowns and identity gauge to not waste damage skills without applying buffs.