Gunslinger

Killing Floor 2 perk
Gunslinger
General Information
XP Objectives
• Dealing Gunslinger weapon damage.
• Head shots with Gunslinger weapons.
Starting Loadout
Dual 1858 Revolvers			9mm Pistol
Bowie Knife			Nail Bomb
Perk Information
Role
• Close Range
• Front Rank Position
• Highly Mobile
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Strength
• High Rate of Fire
• High Damage Output
• Lots of Ammo
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Weakness
• Long Reload Times
• Low Accuracy While Dual Wielding
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Target Priority
					HIGH
					MEDIUM
					LOW
SURVIVALIST EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST ZEDS IS DETERMINED BY THEIR SKILL AND WEAPON CHOICES
Technical Information
Related Achievements
Reach Level 5 Gunslinger Reach Level 10 Gunslinger Reach Level 15 Gunslinger Reach Level 20 Gunslinger Reach Level 25 Gunslinger Normal Gunslinger Hard Gunslinger Suicidal Gunslinger Hellish Gunslinger Perked Up Mr. Perky 5 Mr. Perky 10 Mr. Perky 15 Mr. Perky 20 Mr. Perky 25
Console Achievements / Trophies
Mr Perky 5 Mr Perky 10 Mr Perky 15 Mr Perky 20 Mr Perky 25 Platinum

The Gunslinger is a bullet-dispensing carnage machine that carves up Zeds at short range. Gunslingers are masters of dual wielding pistols, putting lots of damage down range quickly while carrying enough ammunition to stay in the fight long term. The Gunslingers are highly mobile, short-range combatants who deal damage quickly and get out before any Zeds can respond.

General Information

All Gunslingers specializes in single and dual pistols with an emphasis on mobility and headshots. Their skill choices let them focus on either being a team's hard hitters concentrating on the landing devastating shots in the head or on improved mobility and weapon handling that allows them to maintain sustained fire.

Weapon List

100	2	1858 Revolver
200	4	Dual 1858 Revolvers
325	2	M1911 Pistol
325	2	HRG Winterbite
550	2	Rhino (DLC)
550	2	.50 Desert Eagle
650	4	Dual M1911 Pistols
650	4	Dual HRG Winterbites
750	3	.500 Magnum Revolver
750	4	Glock 18c (DLC)
750	3	AF2011-A1
1100	4	Dual Rhinos (DLC)
1100	4	Dual .50 Desert Eagles
1500	4	HRG Disrupter
1500	6	Dual .500 Magnums
1500	6	Dual AF2011-A1s
1500	8	Dual Glock 18c (DLC)
200	1	HMTech-101 Pistol
200	5	Winchester 1894
300	4	HX25 Grenade Pistol
325	2	Spitfire
600	3	Piranha Pistol (DLC)
650	4	Dual Spitfires
650	5	SPX 464 Centerfire
1200	6	Dual Piranha Pistols (DLC)
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---	---	9mm Pistol
150	2	Dual 9mm Pistols
---	---	Bowie Knife
40	---	Nail Bomb

Bonus Experience

Gunslingers receive bonus XP for scoring head shots. It is not necessary to kill ZEDs - XP given for every shot in the head, lethal or not.

	Normal	Hard	Suicidal	Hell on Earth
Bonus Experience	1	1	1	1

Perk Bonuses

This table represents the passive stat bonuses the Gunslinger receives.

Perk Weapon Damage	max. 25%
( Perk weapon damage increases 1% per level. )
Bullet Resistance	max. 30%
( Increase resistance to projectile damage 5% plus 1% per level. )
Movement Speed	max. 20%
( Increase movement speed 0.8% per level. )
Recoil Reduction	max. 25%
( Reduce perk weapon recoil 1% per level. )
ZED Time Reload	max. 75%
( Increase reload speed in ZED time 3% per level. )

Perk Skills

This table represents the active abilities the Gunslinger has access to. You have the option of choosing one per tier.

Techniques
Steady		5	Quick Draw
Ignore movement speed penalty and increase perk weapons damage 7.5% when using iron sights. Drastically reduce weapon bob with perk weapons.				Reduce recoil penalty for shooting from the hip, increase movement speed 5%, and switch perk weapons 50% faster.
Skill
Rack 'em Up		10	Bone Breaker
Consecutive headshots with perk weapons increases damage 10%, to a maximum of 50%.				Increase damage with perk weapons 20% and inflict 30% more damage to arms and legs.
Advanced Techniques
Line 'em Up		15	Speedloader
Suffer no damage reduction from shooting through ZEDs to hit other ZEDs and increase penetration with perk weapons.				Increase reload speed with perk weapons.
Critical hits
Skullcraker		20	Knock 'em Down
Headshots with perk weapons slow ZEDs 30%.				Shooting sprinting ZEDs in the legs massively increases knockdown power. Shooting ZEDs in the chest with perk weapons massively increases stumble power.
Master Techniques
ZED TIME - Whirlwind of Lead		25	ZED TIME - Fan Fire
During ZED Time, your perk weapons can’t run out of ammo.				During ZED Time, your perk weapons will shoot faster and reload in real-time.

Actual Stats

Bone Breaker (extra damage, on limb shots)	30%
Bone Breaker (extra damage)	20%
Fanfire (resistance to slow-mo, on firing)	100%
Fanfire (weapon reloads resistant to slow-mo)	yes
Knock 'em Down (knockdown power multiplier, all weapons)	x5.1
Knock 'em Down (shots in FP's chest core cause stumble)	yes
Knock 'em Down (stumble power multiplier, all weapons)	x5.1
Knock 'em Down (to knockdown ZED have to sprint)	yes
Line 'em Up (no damage reduction on penetration)	yes
Line 'em Up (penetration power, add)	+10
Quick Draw (equip / putdown, times faster)	x2
Quick Draw (extra movement speed)	+5%
Quick Draw (multiplier to current recoil, while hip-firing)	x0.5
Rack 'em Up (countdown timer)	2s
Rack 'em Up (extra damage)	10%
Rack 'em Up (maximum headshot combo)	5
Skullcracker (snare power, add, per hit, only on headshots)	100
Speed-loader (faster reloading)	yes
Steady (ADS bob damping factor)	x1.11
Steady (ADS move speed, times faster)	x2
Steady (extra damage, only while ADS)	7.5%
Whirlwind of Lead (weapon does not consume ammo)	yes

Perk Notes

• Damage modification (passive + skills): Passive damage bonus, Steady, Rack 'em Up and Bone Breaker skills affecting damage of all on-perk weapons (including Knife) or on-perk damage types. Damage ROUNDED UP.
• ZED Time reload (passive + skill): For the duration of ZED Time with each level it takes 3% less time to play the weapon reload animation, up to 75% less time (i.e. 1/0.25 = 4 times faster) at level 25. Fanfire skill makes the weapon reloading completely immune to slow-mo.
• Passive (Bullet resistance): Player takes up to 30% less damage from all weapons that use "Ballistic" damage type. Damage to take is ROUNDED.
• Passive (Recoil): Current recoil modifier of the weapon gets lowered by up to 25%. Recoil itself depend on the player stance. Bonus applied only on on-perk weapons.
• Skill (Bone Breaker): 30% extra damage to limbs stack with flat +20% damage bonus for total +50% damage when ZED is hit in the limbs - arms or legs.
• Skill (Knock 'em Down): Skill works with all weapons (even off-perk) and only by shooting at ZED's torso and arm bodyparts (and also at Fleshpound's chest core) (for stumble) or by shooting ZED's legs bodyparts (for knockdown). Knockdown multiplier works only when ZED is sprinting.
• Skill (Line 'em Up): The part of the skill that removes damage reduction for each next subsequent penetration works even on off-perk weapons. However, this skill does not add any extra penetration power to off-perk weapons.
• Skill (Quick Draw): Recoil reduction is multiplicative with the passive bonus: Recoil Mod = 1x0.75x0.5 = 0.375.
• Skill (Rack 'em Up): Skill becomes active with the first ever shot in the head. Each time player scores a headshot skill takes 10% of the current weapon's damage, multiplies it by amount of scored headshots and adds it to the base weapon damage. Every 2 seconds headshot combo meter goes down by 1, each headshot during this time increases the meter by 1 and resets 2 seconds timer. Damage bonus as well affects knife and grenade damage.

On-perk Weapons

Following weapons and damage types are associated with the Gunslinger. They are getting damage bonuses and buffs to their attributes from the respective skills:

Weapons	Damage Types
GrenadeLauncher_HX25	Ballistic_9mm
HRG_Energy	Ballistic_AF2011
Knife_Gunslinger	Ballistic_CenterfireMB464
NailBombGrenade	Ballistic_ChiappaRhino, Piercing_ChiappaShrapnel
Pistol_9mm, Pistol_Dual9mm	Ballistic_Colt1911
Pistol_AF2011, Pistol_DualAF2011	Ballistic_Deagle
Pistol_Bladed, Pistol_DualBladed	Ballistic_G18C
Pistol_ChiappaRhino, Pistol_ChiappaRhinoDual	Ballistic_HRG_Energy_Primary, Ballistic_HRG_Energy_Secondary
Pistol_Colt1911, Pistol_DualColt1911	Ballistic_HX25Impact, Ballistic_HX25SubmunitionImpact
Pistol_Deagle, Pistol_DualDeagle	Ballistic_Pistol_Medic
Pistol_Flare, Pistol_DualFlare	Ballistic_Rem1858, Rem1858_Dual
Pistol_G18C, Pistol_DualG18	Ballistic_SW500, SW500_Dual
Pistol_HRGWinterbite, Pistol_DualHRGWinterbite	Ballistic_Winchester
Pistol_Medic	Bludgeon_BladedPistol, Slashing_BladedPistol
Revolver_Rem1858, Revolver_DualRem1858	Bludgeon_FlareGun
Revolver_SW500, Revolver_DualSW500	Bludgeon_HRGWinterbite, Explosive_HRGWinterbite (child of Freeze), Freeze_HRGWinterbiteImpact, Freeze_DualHRGWinterbiteImpact
Rifle_Winchester1894	Explosive_NailBombGrenade
Rifle_CenterfireMB464	Fire_FlareGun, Fire_FlareGun_Dual (child of Ballistic_Handgun), Fire_FlareGunDoT
	Piercing_NailFragment

Strategy

Manage your ammo and aim for the head, you are the deadeye player focused on the scoring accurate powerful shots not a bullet spitting machine. A good Gunslinger always knows where to aim, as some of the ZEDs hitzones are more exposed and vulnerable to bullet damage than others.

Shoot'n Run: you are definitely not the "tankiest" player of team but you are arguably the fastest. Use your speed advantage when fighting enraged Scrakes and Fleshpounds and even bosses!

Use your Nail Bombs, even while being not as powerful as FlashBangs a couple of them might stun a Fleshpound giving you an opportunity to put it down quickly.

Bone Breaker skill is a wise choice if you fight Patriarch as its arm is even more vulnerable hitzone than its head whilst the Bone Breaker provides extra 50% damage on limbshots effectively allowing you achieve same damage output as Rack 'em Up but without needing of additional headshots.

Stop Right There: HRG Winterbite revolvers might not be good at damaging ZEDs but these can freeze them in place easily allowing players to execute smooth and safe headshot kills. Just do not forget to bring in big guns.

Utilize advantage of fully automatic Glocks and Rack 'Em Up skill to shred through ZEDs like a hot knife through butter, but mind your distance - with two of these bullet hose monsters in each of your hands accuracy will not be your strongest suit... the rate of fire though.

Trivia

• According to the character's favourite weapon lines most of them are fitting into Gunsliger's role including Classic Masterson, PC Rob Briar, Donovan Neal, Reverend Alberts, Oisten Jagerhorn, and Classic Briar.