Time to Hunt Gunslinger Guide for Lost Ark

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Strengths

• Easy to pick up playstyle
• Big numbers on Spec build, high APM flow with Swiftness build
• Doesn't require a lot of skill points

Weaknesses

• Downtime is the bane of your existence on both builds
• Not as common as Peacemaker and does less damage
• Doesn't scale well until Relic gear

If you plan on using 6 damage gems (6M), reduce either Catastrophe or Perfect Shot down to Lv.7 to direct skill points to utility skills.

Across Time to Hunt's two builds of Specialization and Swiftness, both at the core follow similar priority systems to deal as much damage as possible. Playing into Kill Confirmation tripods on Rifle and the additional damage from Peacemaker is necessary to have massive DPS gains. Catastrophe and Perfect Shot both have huge increases in damage once the target is under 50%, edging them over Pistol skills. Although more apparent when using the Spec build, Time to Hunt has long animations that can be canceled with your Spacebar, weapon swap, moving or releasing the key. Utilizing your movement skills to dodge and get around is key to not just avoid death but also being able to land skills.

Focused Shot and Target Down are our two highest DPS skills and should be prioritized first. Catastrophe and Perfect Shot deal slightly more or around the same as Bullet Rain, though scale better when target's HP is below 50%. Meteor Stream is our 6th filler damage skill that is the lowest out of them all. Knowing the priority, your burst combos are different in practice due to the duration of the Peacemaker's buff and your party Synergy from Weakness Exposure. An example would be as follows:

• Debuff with Spiral Tracker for extra Critical Rate, the hitbox lingers so you have about 8 seconds instead of the 6 seconds listed on the tooltip. Use Quick Step for the Attack and Movement Speed buffs.
• Catastrophe → Focused Shot. Catastrophe is used first due to a quick animation. With Eternal Calamity, you want all the bombs to fit under buffs.
• Target Down → Spiral Tracker to reapply Synergy.
• If the boss is under 50%, you'd use Perfect Shot → Bullet Rain. If the boss is over 50% use Bullet Rain → Perfect Shot. Meteor Stream is always our last skill.

For those using Swiftness build, you would want to use the Conviction / Judgment combo on Spiral Tracker and Plasma Bullet. You can take Heavy Duty to have two stacks for an easier time getting procs. Use the two skills together always and use High-Caliber HE Bullet under Judgment for the reduced cooldown effect. In terms of stagger, you won't provide much with only Meteor Stream & Catastrophe really providing a decent amount of stagger. Typically you'll use those two in succession, have a Whirlwind Grenade and High-Caliber HE Bullet if you're struggling for stagger.