Gunslinger - Peacemaker Raid Build

Intro

This Gunslinger build uses the Peacemaker class engraving. This engraving boosts specific stats during a specific stance. It forces you to swap your stance every 9 seconds between pistol, shotgun and rifle. Gunslinger can be played as a hybrid - full range with rifle, medium range with pistol and close range with shotgun. The class is omnidirectional, which means she can attack from any side of the boss.

Build Breakdown

To fully utilize Gunslinger it is recommended to have 340 skill points, then the class will have smooth gameplay. Having 296 skill points is doable but you will lack a little bit of mobility and substantial damage.

• Target Down is your most important skill in the rotation. Try to use it whenever it's off cooldown. Mid stagger. Has weak point lv.1.
• Focused Shot is your second most damaging skill. Mid stagger. Has weak point lv.1.
• Perfect Shot good damage with some cast time. Have to hit the perfect zone. Low stagger. Has weak point lv.1.
• Dual Buckshot strongest shotgun skill with moderate cast time. Low stagger.
• Sharpshooter long casting skill with very high damage. Try to use it when the boss is doing a long attack. Mid stagger.
• Last Request shotgun movement skill with mediocre damage. Can be cancelled at the end to fully use the movement. High stagger. Has Counter.
• Shotgun Rapid Fire high damage skill with moderate cast time. Mid-high stagger.
• Quick Step is a self buff skill giving you good movement speed and attack speed. Can be used to move around.
• Somersault Shot is a movement skill.
• Peacekeeper is a movement skill. Has Counter.
• Spiral Tracker debuffs the boss and gives you 10% extra crit chance. 6 second uptime.
• Dexterous Shot debuffs the boss and gives you 10% extra crit chance. 8 second uptime. Can be used to move around.
• Bullet Rain is the strongest pistol skill. Use it as filler for when your main skills are down.
• Meteor Stream is a filler skill when you need a bit more stagger.
• Equilibrium is a filler skill for when your main skills are down.
• High-Caliber HE Bullet is the better ultimate due to it having highest stagger and very fast cast time. Can use Eye of Twilight for more damage but can easily miss the target.

Skill progression

• At 268 skill points level Shotgun Rapid Fire to 7 and take Shotgun Rapid Fire, Enhanced Shot
• At 272 skill points remove levels from Shotgun Rapid Fire to 4 and level Last Request to 7 and take Last Request, Quick Prep, Last Request, Execution
• At 288 skill points level Shotgun Rapid Fire to 7 and take Shotgun Rapid Fire, Enhanced Shot
• At 292 skill points level Peacekeeper to 4 and take Peacekeeper, Excellent Mobility,
• At 296 skill points level Dexterous Shot to 4 and take Dexterous Shot, Weakness Exposure
• At 324 skill points level Shotgun Rapid Fire to 10 and take Shotgun Rapid Fire, Special Bullet
• At 340 skill points level Dexterous Shot to 7 and take Dexterous Shot, Excellent Mobility

Stats

Gunslinger focuses mainly on Crit. You want to have around 70% crit chance to fully abuse Keen Blunt Weapon which is a really important engraving. You also want to aim for some Spec and Swiftness.

Ideally you'd want to aim for Crit/Swift or Crit/Spec necklace, 3 Crit stat accessories and 1 Spec/Crit depending on what you got for the necklace.

Runes

• Galewind, 2 on Shotgun Rapid Fire, Sharpshooter and Focused Shot.
• Bleed, 4 or Galewind, 3 on Target Down.
• Rage , 3 on Quick Step
• Conviction , 4 and Judgment, 4 on Spiral Tracker and Dexterous Shot. Can use Quick Recharge instead if you do not have them.

Engravings

In the beginning, it's most important to focus on Lvl 1 Peacemaker and Lvl 3 Adrenaline or Lvl 3 Hit Master. Lvl 1 Peacemaker is good enough since Lvl 3 does not give that much of a boost to consider it over other possible options. Switching to shotgun stance for the crit chance and then using your Awakening skill will give extra chance to crit.

Later on you can grab Keen Blunt Weapon once you are above ~60% crit chance, Grudge only at Lvl 3 and Cursed Doll.

Gems

You want Damage gems on:

• Target Down
• Dual Buckshot
• Focused Shot
• Sharpshooter
• Shotgun Rapid Fire
• Perfect Shot

You want Cooldown gems on:

• Target Down
• Dual Buckshot
• Focused Shot
• Sharpshooter
• Shotgun Rapid Fire

Gameplay

Gunslinger gameplay is very simple. First you debuff with Spiral Tracker or Dexterous Shot, since it gives you 10% extra chance to crit. Buff yourself with Quick Step. Swap to either shotgun stance or rifle stance, depending on the situation. Use the 2 strongest skills you can. For shotgun it's Dual Buckshot and Sharpshooter, for rifle it's Target Down and Focused Shot. With rifle you might want to use Perfect Shot as a second skill since you might run out of debuff time. You use 2 skills at most because you have a timer of 6 seconds to abuse the crit debuff from Spiral Tracker or Dexterous Shot. With higher Swiftness you can maybe push for 3. Then you swap back to pistol, debuff and buff again and swap to the other stance that you didn't use last time. Rinse and repeat.

If there is a stagger mechanic then be in shotgun stance and use Last Request first as it is your best stagger skill.

Your main plan is to avoid getting hit at any cost which means abusing Quick Step, Peacekeeper, Somersault Shot and Dexterous Shot for movement. Do not use your spacebar to move around. Use it only to cancel skills that might get you killed.

Avoid running around in rifle or shotgun stance. Make sure you walk using pistol stance since it is your mobility stance.

Skill setup

Summary

• Make sure to keep swapping stances to abuse the Crit debuff and Peacemaker engraving.
• Your biggest damage stance is the rifle.
• Make sure to have high Crit.
• Do not use spacebar to move around. You have long animation locks, that's why you should save your spacebar to escape death.
• Gunslinger is one of the squishiest classes, so death comes quick if you cannot dodge incoming attacks.
• Gunslinger is not an easy class to learn. It takes quite a while to get used to it, therefore, do not get discouraged.