The Gunner is one of the strongest PvE classes in Lost Ark and is capable of handling any high level dungeon or activity throughout the game. This class is designed for players who like to stay in one place but inflict a lot of damage over a wide area. While most ranged classes are nimble, the Gunner is tall, bulky, and can take a beating. This guide will explain some great gunner builds in Lost Ark.
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Best Gunner Builds in Lost Ark
The Gunner is a large class of heavy gunners, and while this class can acquire certain mobility-based abilities, using them will detract from the style of play these builds are expected to execute. The first version is designed for general use and will work well on all content offered by the game.
Versatile gunner build.
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These are the eight skills you want to equip for this general purpose build. The damage range of these attacks is the base value, which will increase based on your level and equipped gear.
- Improved Shell: Fires a massive bullet to deal 178 damage.
- Freeze Shell – Allows you to fire a high caliber bullet, dealing water damage and slowing down.
- Gatling Gun – Rotate to the target location and fire your Gatling Gun 24 times over 3 seconds to deal up to 433 damage.
- Howitzer – AoE positional blast can target boss weak spots, aiding a raid group’s targeting efforts
- Swing – Swing your caster, dealing 213 damage and stunning enemies for 3 seconds.
- Summon Turret: Summons a turret equipped with a machine gun. The turret attacks surrounding enemies for 10 seconds, dealing 125 damage with each attack.
- Multiple Rocket Launcher: Fires a series of five rockets that spread randomly in an arc in front of the player, which can be bombarded at long range into hordes of enemies.
- Barrage Energy Cannon: Creates a shield that absorbs damage equal to 15% of your maximum HP for 4 seconds.
This build puts you in control of any situation and contains attacks like Energy Cannon, which are the best boss damage abilities in the game. The two basic projectiles will cover Ice and Fire, and Swing will make quick work of any enemies trying to enter melee.
Fire and Flame Gunner Build
This build takes advantage of the great shooting skills of the shooter. Fire is one of the strongest elemental affinities in Lost Ark, so this build is designed to help you burn everything to the ground.
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Here are the eight skills you need to equip to take advantage of this beefy build.
- Buckshot – Fire a cone-shaped shotgun blast, dealing 213 damage and knocking enemies back.
- Napalm Shot – Detonates a napalm shell, knocking enemies into the air and inflicting 279 damage. The napalm projectile ignites the ground on impact, inflicting 36 fire damage every second for 5 seconds.
- Flamethrower: Fire your flamethrower in a single direction while moving freely. This flamethrower lasts up to 4 seconds and deals a total of 886.5 fire damage.
- Summon Turret: Summons a turret equipped with a machine gun. The turret attacks surrounding enemies for 10 seconds, dealing 125 damage with each attack.
- Plasma Storm – Launches a plasma field that travels at low speed towards enemies, dealing 50 damage over 5 seconds.
- Gravity Blast: Generates a gravitational field that pulls enemies in for up to 122.1 damage, then causes an explosion that knocks them back and deals 595 damage.
- Barrage Impregnation: Creates a shield that absorbs damage equal to 30% of max HP over 8 sec. The shield expires when Flurry Mode ends.
- Energy Field: Creates a shield that absorbs damage equal to 15% of your maximum HP for 4 seconds.
These two Lost Ark Gunner builds will take you anywhere you want to go in the kingdom of Arkesia and melt away any enemy foolish enough to get in your way.
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