Lost Ark Gunslinger: Advanced Class Guide

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Lost Ark Gunslinger: Advanced Class Guide. In this Lost Ark Gunslinger Guide, I’m going to show you what it means to play as a Gunslinger in terms of how well they perform in combat, the best Skills and Tripods to focus on, and the playstyles available to them. If you’re searching for a Gunner that provides you with excellent mobility while dealing massive damage at any range, then this Lost Ark Gunslinger Class Guide is for you!

Lost Ark Gunslinger: Advanced Class Guide

Gunslingers are one of the Advanced Classes that fall under the Gunner Class. Unlike the Shadowhunter, they wield 3 Weapons, which they can efficiently swap to without a cooldown, namely, the Dual Pistols, Shotgun, and Sniper Rifle to shoot enemies from any distance. Gunslingers are considered one of the most difficult DPS Classes to master since you need to manage multiple weapons for different circumstances.

• High DPS
• 2 Combat Modes
• Great Versatility
• Great Ranged Damage
• Good Mobility

As a Lost Ark Gunslinger, cycling among these weapons grants you the versatility to attack enemies at any range. Compared to their male counterpart, the Deadeye, they’re more than capable of inflicting massive damage from afar due to the Sniper Rifle damage bonus they get as a result of their Specialization Stat. Another advantage is that Gunslingers aren’t as vulnerable to taking damage up close and personal.

Gunslinger Class Role and Identity

In Lost Ark, Gunslingers are a Pure DPS Class that deals decent sustained and burst damage with the ability to attack effectively at both melee and ranged distances. As a Gunner, their mobility is excellent because of their Pistol Skills, allowing them to initiate combat and to dart in and out of it as necessary. Compared to the Deadeye, you’re no longer restricted to melee positional plays to maximize damage since you’re able to shoot from any direction due to a Shotgun upgrade. However, Gunslingers are very squishy similar to Shadowhunters, and having to switch between 3 weapons based on the situation can lead you to your demise.

All Advanced Classes in Lost Ark have unique features or Identities that differentiate them from the other Classes. These can either unleash more damage or enhance the buffs they grant. The Gunslinger, on the other hand, doesn’t really have an Identity per se. Instead, they can easily switch among 3 different stances based on the current weapon they’re wielding.

Dual Pistols provide utility in that it features tripods, which boost your attack speed, enhance mobility, and impose a debuff to reduce the crit resistance of enemies. Comparatively, the Shotgun and Sniper Rifle deal great burst damage at melee and ranged distances, respectively. Among these weapons, Dual Pistols have the highest fire rate, followed by the Shotgun and then the Sniper Rifle.

As such, the Dual Pistols and Shotgun are the most effective guns to use when you’re already being overwhelmed by swarms of enemies. Plus, they both have decent AoE damage areas. Meanwhile, due to the Sniper Rifle’s low fire rate and AoE radius, this is ideally used to initiate combat safely from a distance.

Lost Ark Gunslinger Best Skills and Tripods

By the time your Gunslinger reaches Level 60 in Lost Ark, you will have unlocked a total of 23 Skills comprised of Pistol, Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, and Awakening Skills. To add to this, you’ve also invested several points into Pistol, Shotgun, and Sniper Rifle Skills to specialize further by unlocking their respective tripods. The Tripod System allows players to customize their skills in various ways like improving crit damage or reducing cooldown rate. In total, you need 11-12 skills for the Gunslinger with a select number of tripods. In this section, I’ll cover the essential Pistol, Shotgun, and Sniper Rifle Skills and tripods you should allocate points into regardless of the playstyle you end up choosing.

Top Pistol Skills and Tripods

Spiral Tracker – Hurls a spinning handgun, which shoots multiple enemies to deal decent spread damage. To enhance the Spiral Tracker’s capability, the ideal tripods to choose are Weakness Exposure, Quick Pace, and Whirlpool. Not only do you inflict a debuff against your targets by lowering their crit resistance but you also momentarily stun and pull them towards the center of an area as they’re getting shot by the spinning handgun, granting you additional breathing room. Coupled with Quick Pace, you’re movement speed is improved for a couple of seconds.

Quick Step – A very good mobility skill that closes the distance between you and your enemies by sliding forward and then shooting them at point-blank range. Make sure to aim at them at the beginning since you can no longer change directions once you activate Quick Step. If you miss, you’ll be vulnerable to a few seconds of damage as you wait for its respective animation to end. The Quick Step Tripods to consider include Life Absorption, Rapid Fire, and Vital Point Shot. This combination allows you to improve both your attack and movement speed as well as the damage you inflict. And it’s further exemplified since all of your attacks will be considered critical hits with enhanced critical damage.

Somersault Shot – Another decent mobility skill that lets you jump over a group of enemies to evade their attacks. At the same time, when you’re at the apex of your jump, you deal a considerable amount of damage. The Somersault Shot Tripods to get are Ignore Collision, Burn Effect, and Super Armor. With these, you’ll be able to pierce Normal Bosses and gain Push Immunity. Additionally, you can inflict Damage over Time (DoT) when you burn the enemies you shoot.

Equilibrium – Rapidly fires your pistols in multiple directions. Equilibrium is a perfect skill to activate when you’re surrounded by numerous enemies, especially with the following tripods – Weakness Exposure, Enemy Raid, and Vital Point Shot. These upgrades allow you to keep firing in a 360-degree area while boosting the damage you deal against Challenge and Normal Monsters. Meanwhile, you’re also able to once again reduce the crit resistance of your targets and buff your crit rate.

Dexterous Shot – Shoots in multiple directions while moving forward. Similar to Spiral Tracker, Dexterous Shot temporarily stuns enemies, giving you space to dodge, which is further improved by the Master of Evasion Tier 2 Tripod. The other upgrades you should consider are Weakness Exposure and Agile Shot, which raises your combo by 1, letting you inflict greater sustained damage.

Bullet Rain – Fires a barrage of bullets against enemies in front of you. Similar to Quick Step, remember to face in the direction of your targets first before activating Bullet Rain since you won’t be able to change orientations afterward. The best tripods to pick include Vital Point Shot, Rapid Fire, and Flame Shot. Vital Point Shot and Flame Shot significantly enhance your crit rate and crit damage while Rapid Fire increases Bullet Rain’s duration from 2s to 3s and boosts its damage. If you’re up against Challenging Monsters, you may want to swap Rapid Fire for Ranged Shot to raise your damage against them in addition to widening the skill’s AoE radius.

The next Pistol Skills are exclusively applicable to the Time to Hunt playstyle due to the firepower they provide. These are necessary to compensate for the Lost Ark Gunslinger inability to use any of the Shotgun skills when choosing this playstyle.

Meteor Stream – Summons a barrage of bullets into the air and crashes them into the ground to deal explosive damage against enemies within the AoE. Meteor Stream is a good initiator skill against unaware and slow-moving targets given that it takes a couple of seconds for the bullets to crash into them. However, avoid using this if there are already mobs swarming you since you’ll most likely have to dodge from them right away. Moving before the bullets crash into the AoE will cancel the skill altogether, thereby wasting the skill’s effect and starting its long cooldown.

The Meteor Stream Tripods to acquire are Weak Point Detection, Wide Explosion, and Bombardment Support. This combination allows you to widen your AoE radius and inflict massive damage against enemies who have immunity against being pushed.

Peacekeeper – A series of combos in the form of dashing forward, inflicting burst damage, kicking enemies, and rapidly firing against enemies. Although it takes practice to effectively make use of Peacekeeper, it’s a must-have skill because of the impeccable mobility you gain and the great damage you inflict. You can even change directions, albeit not so much, before the start of every combo. The ideal tripods to get are Excellent Mobility, Cykin CQC, and Purification Ceremony. The latter two upgrades enhance the combos you make in terms of their damage and crit rate.

Top Shotgun Skills and Tripods

The following Shotgun Skills and tripods that I’ll be talking about are exclusively available to the more versatile Peacemaker playstyle of the Lost Ark Gunslinger.

Shotgun Rapid Fire – Fires the Shotgun 3 times in a cone-shaped area in front of you. The Shotgun Rapid Fire Tripods to choose are In a Tight Spot, Quick Prep, and Extended Shot. In a Tight Spot is one of the best tripods of the Lost Ark Gunslinger Class because it removes the restriction of performing Back Attacks so you don’t have to go through the hassle of carefully positioning your character behind the enemy just for the damage bonus. In exchange, this tripod boosts your damage and crit rate. Meanwhile, Quick Prep significantly reduces cooldown and Extended Shot adds a massive attack after the 3-fire combo to knock down targets while heavily damaging them in the process.

Last Request – Fires one massive bullet to inflict considerable damage. What makes it all the more terrifying are the Execution and Volley Tripods. Execution lets you dash forward, making Last Request a good initiator skill, followed by Volley, which raises the number of times you attack. Lastly, to offset the skill’s long cooldown rate, you need Quick Prep.

Sharpshooter – Makes use of 2 shotguns in either hand to deal 7 attacks and the best damage possible compared to the other Shotgun Skills. To maximize the damage you deal against stronger enemies who are push-immune, you’ll want to take Special Bullet, In a Tight Spot, and Frost Haven. Frost Haven impedes enemy movement and it also freezes them after a few seconds. Once frozen, you deal double the damage.