Gunlancer

Party Wide Cleanse and Shield

• Effectiveness(1) can be used to increase Damage Reduction if cleanse isn’t needed, but is rarely useful as it takes a lot to eat through a big shield with Damage Reduction on top of.
• Leadership(1) attack speed buff is very niche. The push immunity is only for the skill animation, not for the duration of the shield.

Counter, Stagger, Weak Point

• The main reason to pick Bash is an extra counter vs Shield Bash.
• Concussion(2) is an option for more stagger.
• Use it over Fire Bullet when your Warblade buff is up and you need to apply synergy before bursting.
• You can set it to level 4 instead of 7 if you're running Fire Bullet or Rising Gunlance so you can run those at level 13 instead of 10.

Big Damage, Weak Point

• Has a narrow hit area.
• While this moves you a significant distance when fully charged, it’s generally recommended not to use it as a gap-closer due to wasting a large amount of damage (-15% dmg when not used with your 2 synergies).

Big Damage, Stagger, Weak Point

• Always pair with synergies.
• Has a wide hit area, especially on the last shot.

Damage

• Deals less damage if the button is released before the final hit, even if the charge meter is full.
• Close Explosion(2) is what makes it a “Charge” skill, even if it’s functionally more like a Holding skill.

Counter, Damage, Stagger

• Both the lunge and the shot attack can counter.
• Use during Defensive Stance ensures the counter can’t be interrupted.

Damage and Defense

• Lower DPS than Core damage skills because you can’t trigger it without getting hit.
• Skill puts up your shield for 2 seconds, if you get hit during this time it cuts the remaining 2s short, removing the shield and executing an attack. The shield tanks all attacks during the same server tick(testing shows 5-10hz, i.e: ~0.1-0.2s).
• Using Protection rune gives a shield that lasts for the full ~1s attack animation, giving better protection vs multi-hit attacks. Push and Status immunity lasts during the entire attack animation.

Weak Point, Stagger, Filler DPS

• This has low damage and is mainly useful as filler to keep your synergy up when you have nothing better to use.
• Lucky Chance(2) has 50% chance of reducing cooldown with 2 hits, both capable of proccing, meaning effectively 75% chance of reset.
• Weak Point Enhancement(1) is good for big destruction checks.