PvE
PvPCombat Readiness Gunlancer Build Guide for PvE
Build
This is the tankiest build in the game. You will shrug off attacks and do respectable damage all while taunting enemies and supporting your allies!
The build encourages you to take all your blue skills that scale with specialization, hence the popular nick name "Blue Build". Your focus is to keep a healthy shield gauge so you can stay in Defensive Stance, and hit the boss with your full rotation following .
4
Dash Upper Fire
7
Bash
10
Shield Bash
10
Leap Attack
10
Guardian's Thunderbolt
10
Shield Charge
10
Shout of Hatred
10
Nellasia's Energy
Guardian's Protection
Skill priority
Your goal is to max out your 4 main damage skills and have at level 7 for the tripod. That means that once you hit 55 and 60, make sure those 4 skills are leveled past 10. You should have both your utility skills at 10 to ensure maximum effectiveness, and your counter can stay unleveled.
How to play
Overall this is a very easy build to play. There are two important things about playing this build well: Manage your shield guage well and maximizing uptime by executing your rotation perfectly.
Shield Management
You have to turn off Defensive Stance to use and build Shield meter, but a good player can also identify when to turn it off in other situations. Outside of wipe attacks and one-shots, you should be able to tank anything, but knowing how much you can tank before your next taunt is key. If your shield disappears, so does your uptime and damage.
Rotation
The most important thing is to use your strongest skills in the window. When you are new to the class, you will and just fit in whatever you can in those 5 seconds. Ideally you want to split your 4 hard hitting skills across 2 windows:
And then when recharges:
You can also use a in the first rotation if your character has enough attack speed through party and self buffs. It has a short cooldown so it will be up again after you use in the second rotation.
As your character gains more swiftness through gear and engravings, and you gain more experience as a player, you will play around to get a feel for things and what you can fit into each rotation.
Alternatives
If you don't need , you can add in for more damage. You can also use instead of if a counter is not needed. It will also improve your damage significantly.
engravings
1
Combat Readiness
3
Barricade
3
Stabilized Status
3
Grudge
3
Cursed Doll
2
Adrenaline
You only need lvl 1 to be effective. and are free with the way Gunlancer always has a shield up and takes no damage. After that you want to layer in the advanced engravings like and , which are easier to play with on a Gunlancer than most other classes.
1
Combat Readiness
3
Barricade
3
Stabilized Status
3
Grudge
3
Cursed Doll
2
Spirit Absorption
Alternately, if you want a smoother rotation, you can go with instead of . Both of these choices only apply in late game gearing situations when you can afford to have that many engravings. Feel free to use either of the above two instead of until then as well.
combat stats
Crit
Swiftness
Specialization
Endurance
Domination
Expertise
You want as much Specialization as possible in this build. It increases the amount of shield you gain from as well as the damage from all your blue skills. At the highest level of Specialization, you can gain more than half your bar from one Taunt.
Crit is your secondary stat that you get from your necklace and is more of a damage increase than Swiftness.
Attack Gems
Guardian's Thunderbolt
Leap Attack
Shield Bash
Shield Charge
You want damage gems only on the four hardest hitting skills.
Cooldown Gems
Guardian's Thunderbolt
Leap Attack
Shield Bash
Shield Charge
Bash
Shout of Hatred
Nellasia's Energy
You want cooldown on every skill except your counter. This adds up to a nice clean 11 gems.
gear tripods
Damage LuckTough StrikeLightning StalkDirect HitElectric FieldLow ShockEnhanced StrikeDestruction ChargerNimble MovementWeak Point DetectionAdditional HitQuick PrepReady AttackQuick PrepPrioritize damage tripods for your best skills as well as . Then you want tripods that reduce the cooldown on your utility skills. You will have some slots left after that, so you can choose to use them on things that help you (more cooldown on counter or more shield on utility skills).
Gear Set
You will use the Pre-ordained Diligence set from Argos until you hit 1445. After that, you want to use the 6 piece Nightmare Flower set. It bolsters your damage consistently and makes sure you never run out of mana.