A Godforsaken Gunbreaker Guide (FFXIV: Endwalker)



Job Information misinterpreted from in game tooltips and by getting information 3rd hand from Ellie knowing people who make all the in depth resources for places like:

THE BALANCE:
https://www.thebalanceffxiv.com/
Icy Veins:
https://www.icy-veins.com/ffxiv/gunbreaker-guide

Thumbnail help from (NSFW content):
https://twitter.com/AzureGuts

My links
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/nr5RFUTQJJ
Mileage Program: https://www.patreon.com/Misshapenchair
Musky Website: https://twitter.com/Misshapenchair
I don’t stream: https://twitch.tv/misshapenchair
Business email: [email protected]

Channel art by:
https://twitter.com/impetus_art

Maya/Ellie (My Ghostwriter and QA Tester):
https://twitter.com/neirusalwa
https://youtube.com/channel/UCNS9gs972vE2Wlt8SnwPIxw
https://twitch.tv/neirusalwa

Chapters:
0:00 – YouTuber Intro That You Hate
1:35 – Tanking Basics
3:10 – American Math Education Has Failed You
3:29 – How to Annoy Your Healer
4:15 – Mitigation but for real this time
7:26 – A Soup Question
8:02 – Not Swapping
8:13 – I like this button
8:55 – Damage
9:38 – Bullets
10:29 – AOE in brief
10:55 – No Mercy
12:20 – Didn’t Ask
13:02 – Incorrect Opener
14:30 – Filler (Content)
16:05 – Mashing
17:25 – I did in fact, forget
17:31 – Isn’t This Pointless?
17:47 – Bingo Sheet
18:00 – Opinion Alert, Prepare to Strongly Disagree
18:49 – Conclusion
19:11 – Credits

If you react to my videos publicly your soul now belongs to me.

source

49 thoughts on “A Godforsaken Gunbreaker Guide (FFXIV: Endwalker)”

  1. Just play 2.5 gnb lol you can actually hit gnashing on cd and not worry about delaying every other one. Only caveat is at 3 mins and 9 minute's you just hold no mercy for 1 gcd lol but you also go into nm after the 2nd gcd in opener. Check balance if you want details. You also dont need to late weave nm cause its not possible to get that extra gcd

    Reply
  2. CORRECTION: Heart of Corundum DOES proc if the attack is lethal, and actually functions as a max HP shield for the purposes of surviving one-shot attacks. This means that if it crits, you can survive disgusting amounts of effective damage with enough mit up. Not useful in any normal content, but if you're trying to solo bozo old extremes or savages (or you just want to twerk on p6s's stack buster because that fight is a j o k e), you can get past otherwise impossible mechanics with phys/magic vulns that would otherwise be considered raid-wipe fail states with that extra health.

    Obviously, if it does not heal you enough to keep you alive, you still die. But Excogitation effects are busted regardless.

    Reply
  3. I've raided on GNB for a long time, and finally this last raid tier just went to my secondary, WAR. HoC is insane in a raid setting but the three cartridge system and lack of significant damage difference just made it not worth it.

    Why have 6 different rotations in TOP when I could just go WAR and do the same thing, with basically the same damage potential?

    Reply
  4. I picked up Gunbreaker because I wanted to tank at level 60 from the get-go. Then I unlocked Continuation and that instantly made it my new favorite main job. Weaving between the Continuation combos makes my neurons activate, it FEELS so damn good

    Reply
  5. Any time i see a chair video, i know there's at least one other video that didn't show up in my sub feed before the current one – despite that that's specifically what it's for – and yep. Double chair day, looks like. Don't worry, I know the algorithm at this point chair. Even if my feed is broken I will seek your content to support <3

    Also, arm's length can b negated by shield as well. If they don't hit you, they don't get the slow. So it's the same reason that vengeance can cause problems. I've had sch shields so big that happened so late, that it completely negated my entire arm's length cd and I had big surprise pikachu moment. It's definitely one of the CDs you wanna pay attention for, make sure nothing is on you or the enemies that will stop it from working. Like whn I have a whm healing me who won't holy until the last second and i waited so long to us arm's lengthhhhh

    Reply
  6. The only thing I really dislike about this job is when I only have 1 GCD of time left before Gnashing Fang comes up, about to hit my combo-3, and I'm already at 3 Carts.
    if I hit the combo, it'll overcap on Cartridges, and if I spend a cartridge, I'll delay Gnash by a gcd, or don't delay it, and drift Double-Down like crazy. Thankfully, Gnash drifts by default if you have any Speed other than 2.5, and there are no 0 SkS rings at ilvl660 right now, so unless you want an ilvl650 piece in your best in slot, you need to have that variance in there.

    It's one of the few jobs in the game that I've actively sought out optimization guides for. I can see the pieces, and most of how they fit together, I just needed that little bit of guidance for how to work it properly.

    Reply
  7. This jobs whole issue with having to delay burst every 6 mins from the 3 min mark would be solved by having bloodfest only give 2 carts. That and having continuation be able to stack up to 3 charges (similar to how ninjas raiju stacks work after raitons) to make the job a bit less restrictive, because we all know having to mit when continuation comes up feels bad because continuation i straight up ‘use it or lose it’

    Reply
  8. 🤣🤣🤣
    Super 🍑plug. That's a pretty accurate way of describing that ability. I have a macro in party when activating Superbolide that says, "🔫 yourself in the junk is usually NOT a good idea, help please!"🤣
    But yeah if there is one thing I've learned is that Gunbreaker is NOTHING like Paladin, Dark Knight or Warrior. If anything those three are like intermediate tanks. Gunbreaker however requires understanding your rotation, understanding how well to use not only mitigation but combo's as well. With the No Mercy boost you can POTENTIALLY do more damage than most melee DPS in some cases. WAR imho has the best burst and self healing, DRK has some the best mitigation, and PLD has the best invulnerability. GNB is more like a mix of MNK + MCH because it has a ton of sustained damage IF you can manage the rotation correctly. Its like what I tell people about Reaper, "Anyone can play a reaper, playing one correctly takes skill."

    Reply
  9. Finally someone mentions Arms Lenght not working with Vengeance, i noticed that immediately when i first picked up Warrior. It works if you use Arms Lenght and let mobs slap you for 1 or 2 autos before using Vengeance.

    Reply
  10. The most fun version of gunbreaker was 90s bloodfest endwalker gunbreaker at level 80 because of the one scenario in shadowbringers where your main combo would fall off due to having too much burst.

    (Jokes aside, as someone who plays this job in savage a lot, current 90 gnb is fun, I really enjoy it, but it does feel mroe clunky and awkward that before in a way that i don't enjoy as much, I hope next expansion they find some way to smooth things out so you dont have to intentionally overcap cartridges just to stay on track.

    Reply
  11. Ok so if I remember correctly it's

    1 > 2 > 3 > No Mercy > Boom > Badaboom > Big Slash > Monodot > Multidot > Ammo > Floormustdie > Dash > Boom > Badaboom > Dash > Boom > Badaboom > Kaboom > Badaboom > 1 > 2 > 3
    Got it!

    Reply

Leave a Comment