Abilities

T8 - Spammable Assault Power buff. Never power surge it unless you're waiting on CD's and have spare spellpower.

T8 - 4th cast and 50% armor ignore. Amazing burst damage. Always spell surge to reduce cast time.

T5 - Average damage. Always spell surge. The T4 bonus basically gives a free dash every 2 sub-casts. I generally dash, cast, cast, dash, cast, cast, dash. Outside of dashing between sub-casts, this is a stationary spell. You can try switching it out with , but I personally don't like the cooldown on it.

- Just a DoT. Always spell surge and try to keep 100% uptime on the tick. Do NOT recast before the final tick or you will lose that burst damage.

- Free OGCD damage. Why not.

- Movement speed and Assault power buff. Excellent CD for boss fights and/or tough mobs. Doesn't use spellpower. (I have tested builds with T8, but I recommend that only with a premade group that needs that last little bit of damage to down a boss)

- Interrupts. In certain situations, I have found getting T4 Gate for the double int armor shred worked wonders for Veteran dungeon bosses.

AMP's

I had seen the utility tree and originally wondered 'why?'. Well, after trying a full Assault build and realizing it was a glass cannon (literally getting 1 shot by vet bosses mechanics) I decided to try this build. It allows dashing more often and grants some defense. I'll explain my AMP choices here.



T1 Utility
Cooldowns - Self explanatory. There are some high CD abilities in this build and it knocks 7 seconds off Void Pact alone.

Dash Regen - It was either this or another Tier 2 AMP. I felt the dash regen helps boost mobility and is more vital than interrupt armor. (Our guild healers have interrupt armor buffs already).
CC Resilience - Lots of CC in this game. Both bosses, solo, and PvP. This isn't a MUST HAVE, but it's a nice accessory.

T2 Utility

Evasive Maneuvers - In conjuction with dashing more offense, the added defense is a great tool for surviving some of the unavoidable damage at time. I found this to be the best option in unlocking T3 AMPs.

T3 Utility
Void Pact - Ability used in this build. See abilities for more info.
Homeward Bound - Still debating this one. I find it helps me let go of and free up a LAS slot, but because it is a killing blow, you will die if you have a DoT on you anyways.

T1 Assault
Strikethrough - To help hit caps needed for veteran level content.
Assault Power - Increased damage at all times. Why not?
***Armor Pierce - I do not know the extent of the throughput of armor pierce. I'm not sure if this will be worth spending the later AMP points on or not, but for now I think it's a personal playstyle decision.

T2 Assault
Deadly Chain - As we are using magic and physical abilities, we get the benefits of both empowerment effects. Extra damage is extra damage!
Withering Magic - More of a support to your magic DPS. It helps more in groups with Espers and other Spellslingers, but does buff our DPS a little as well (Flame Burst/Ignite)
***Trigger Finger - I'm sure this could fit into any Spellslinger build. This AMP is, however, very rare and I don't know of anyone on my server who has found it. So if you get this one, I'd recommend getting rid of Withering Magic for a personal DPS boost.

T3 Assault
Gunslinger - Almost all of our abilities have CD's, so this is a constant buff that should be able to be kept up fairly easy.
Surge Damage - We spell surge abilities quite frequently, so this should also be able to be kept up 100%.

Rotation

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