Welcome to the Gunbreaker guide! This resource is designed to assist you in mastering the Gunbreaker job in Final Fantasy XIV, providing core strategies, essential tips, and a detailed breakdown of your rotation.

Note: This guide isn't focused on advanced dungeons, trials, or raids; those will be left to their own specific guides. Instead, this guide introduces some foundational strategies for your job in FFXIV.

The goal is to help you grasp the mindset behind your job and to offer some useful approaches as you level.

These video resources from experienced players and content creators will provide additional perspectives on the Gunbreaker playstyle.

Tank Stance: Always ensure No Mercy is active when tanking in dungeons or holding aggro in raids.

Cartridge Management: Gunbreaker's damage output is tied to Cartridge usage. Utilize your abilities to maximize Cartridge generation and minimize waste.

Defensive Cooldowns: Optimize your use of Nebula and Heart of Stone for mitigation, while saving Superbolide for tankbusters.

Gunbreaker Rotation: The Gunbreaker's rotation focuses on weaving weaponskills and abilities for sustained damage. You'll constantly be looking to create and spend Cartridges.

The Gunbreaker's rotation revolves around maintaining threat, managing Cartridges, and maximizing damage output while staying alive. The focus is on single-target and multi-target abilities, with special emphasis on maximizing the effectiveness of your Cartridge-consuming attacks.

• Start with No Mercy activated to maintain aggro.

• Use Keen Edge → Brutal Shell → Solid Barrel as your main combo.

• Use Burst Strike when you have a Cartridge available. You'll need to weave in Brutal Shell and Solid Barrel to get another Cartridge to keep Burst Strike on cooldown.

• Activate Gnashing Fang every 30 seconds for sustained damage.

• Employ Savage Claw → Wicked Talon as your continuation combo, leading into Jugular Rip , Abdomen Tear , or Eye Gouge .

• Use Fated Circle as needed to generate Cartridges for your Burst Strike, with Fated Brand as the continuation.

• When you have 3 Cartridges, activate Bloodfest and execute Blasting Zone . This should give you enough Cartridges for another Blasting Zone when you have 3 again.

• Utilize Double Down when available for burst damage.

• Use Heart of Corundum on a party member for damage reduction and additional heals.

• Use Demon Slice → Demon Slaughter to generate Cartridges and AoE damage.

• Employ Bow Shock to deal additional AoE damage.

• Use Fated Circle for AoE Cartridges and sustained damage.

• When you have 3 Cartridges, activate Bloodfest and execute Reign of Beasts to deal massive AoE damage.

• You'll want to alternate between Fated Circle and Reign of Beasts to maintain a steady Cartridges and AoE damage stream.

• Use Nebula frequently to mitigate damage.

• Rotate through Rampart , and Heart of Stone for sustained mitigation.

• Employ Superbolide for situations requiring invulnerability, especially tankbusters.

• Use Reprisal and Heart of Stone to mitigate raid-wide damage.

• Utilize Low Blow and Interject to stun and interrupt enemy abilities.

• Employ Royal Guard to increase enmity generation during pulls.

• Use Aurora to grant Regen to party members.

• Remember to use Trajectory to reposition yourself.