An Idiot's Guide to GUNBREAKER | FFXIV Dawntrail

[7.15] Gunbreaker time! Very fun job that got a funny change but I personally switched back to Dark Knight cause the rotation got really screwy.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Main Combo
0:47 - Cartridges and Cartridge Moves
2:06 - Continuation
2:44 - Other Abilities
3:32 - Mitigation Abilities
5:44 - Tanking Tips
7:07 - Outro

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[salv]

Rip funny Superboilde. Gone but not forgotten✊✊

[GamingFoodie]

Thank you for making and updating these throughout the years. I always reference them.

[Schnereo]

The tank that doesn’t look like a tank

[StriderZessei]

If swords were an American invention: the Job.

[pinkboxer]

I'm new to gunbreaker, and this guide was really helpful. Thank you!

[concordiaharmony]

I eant you to know I love your glam so much I just straight copied it for my own Gunbreaker. Absolute FIRE look dude.

[TheMalicioustoast]

Thanks for this, just started as a gunbreaker as my normal group doesn’t have a tank and this one looked the coolest for me to swap from BLM. Hoping to get some tank confidence using this info this coming week on game nights.

[toadoda]

Local crack head GNB main here!

This'll sound weird, but after the Double Down change, Burst Strike became my best friend. You know how Burst Strike was mainly used to just expend cartridges before you over capped? Burst Strike can now be used as more of a filler move as you transition out of 1 and 2 minute bursts, and can be consistently used to transition out of 30 second bursts. What I like to do is pause my keen edge combo at brutal shell, do my gnashing fang, and THEN do solid barrel, and then do burst strike. 2 minute bursts when setup properly can be ended with 3 burst strikes (using the previous keen edge combo pause method I just described), and still have another cartridge in your back pocket for the next gnashing fang. Your damage goes through the roof when you treat burst strike as more of a core part of your kit and not a correctional move. It still keeps you from over capping, and it gives you a massive load of damage numbers. Pretty sure that's why Hypervelocity was nerfed a little bit, because GNB's can now afford to just do burst strikes all the time.

[transmeldy]

thanks for the informative guide, it's really helpful since im currently levelling gunbreaker right now, also i didn't know about the changes to superbolide until now, glad it doesn't set your health to 1 anymore

[KeavyGoesLive]

As a Gunbreaker main I always recommend it to anyone who’s not a fan of tanking in FFXIV. I started as Gladiator, leveled to Paladin and was ready to change to another role when I unlocked Gunbreaker and it solved a lot of my FFXIV tank issues, with gaps filled as I learned the role

[estelleandersson]

As someone who started as PLD but picked up GNB later, I try to bring the habit of using the heal or shield on a party member in need

[phaton]

Three-DPS-In-A-Trench-Coat is one of the most fun jobs out there, but also will give you carpal tunnel… The rotation is ultra strange right now too, I’m not sure changing the cartridge cost on Double Down was actually good lol.

[takumishimizu]

Just when i'm about to hit lvl 60, great timing! Finally, more company seals in daily roulettes lmao

[redgeoblaze]

Right now, I see the name "Double Down" to mean that it's what you use right after the start of the Gnashing fang combo.
It kind of feels a bit weird, but I like how the rotation isn't quite as strict on getting into every minute burst with three cartridges. You need to only really make sure you go into your 2 minute burst with exactly 2 carts, which is normally as simple as using Burst strike right before you start no mercy.

Personally, I think Burst Strike should be a ranged move similar to Holy Spirit. If they did that, you could actually have use for the cartridges outside of saving them for bursts and using one right before Solid Barrel to not overcap.

[AzureRoxe]

The DPS that actually wants to get aggro.

[Nihonguy]

My only real gripe about gunbreaker is that blasting zone only hits one enemy, you're telling me that massive hard hitting line that can technically hit from range would only strike one enemy? come on SE make it a line aoe

[TheKabukimann]

wait superbolide doesnt take you to 1 hp anymore? :O i wanted to scare healers by using it at 100% xD