Tera Online Gunner PvP Guide (Glyphs, Crystals, Gears and Combos)

This guide is solely meant for 3v3 (mainly solo queue) so if you see some things not mentioned here or want to add things I forgot feel free to. Some of these things I mention can be used for mass PvP or duels.

Purple = Must Have Glyphs

Green= Good Glyphs to Have

Blue= Option Glyphs

Yellow = Decent Glyphs

Red= No

Gunner's basic auto attack. This skill is useful because of the swift glyph proc as well for animation canceling the end of certain skills.

Ha, No I shouldn't even need to explain why this is useless.

Willpower is not something we need in PvP and even so this is useless.

Ok this glyph is all around useful. That extra attack speed lets you set up combos you would of not been able to. Also there is auto-attack weaving which can help cancel you animations earlier that I will bring up in the combo section.

One of the two i-frames that gunner have. Just by that you should know how important this skill is for mobility and re-positioning and dodging.

This Glyph IMO is a must have for any scene and especially 3v3. The resets make this skills insane and being able to roll 6 times in a roll can give you a lot of mobility and survivability.

Advance Version of Glyph of Energy with higher chance to reset.

Most of you time after roll you use Scattershot. This combined with Scattershot damage buff is 45% increase in damage. Higher damage will equal more pressure.

One of the most spam-able skills you have. I highly suggest using this when only your mains skills are on CD to pump out more damage to put pressure on the enemy.

As mentioned above this along with powerlink on roll lead to a lot of damage. More damage is always good.

Advance Version of Glyph of Power with higher damage.

I have yet to find anything useless out of this yet. In any case yo don't need it.

Good to use if you're 54/55 other wise don't bother.

Arc Bomb
Pretty much one of your most important setup skill in pvp. This stun is also long as hell. I highly suggest not to randomly throw it out unless you know for sure your opponent is in a animation lock or stagger/stun/sleep. DO NOT THROW THIS ON SOMEONE WHO WAS TENACITY OR GUARDIAN SANCTUARY UP.

20% of no damage is still no damage.

Advance Version of Glyph of Power with higher damage.

Your bread and butter skill. None of your combo would work without this so make sure to always have this.

MP shouldn't be a issue in PvP.

One of your few CC skills. This skills knocks the opponent in the air after a few seconds and usually followed after Arc Bomb.

This skill hits surprisingly hard. Not bad to put into if you have extra points.

Willpower is not a really something we need in PvP.

Hah. This skill is only good in PvE because of large hit box and stationary targets. Your not gonna get this in pvp. Unless you're playing against potatoes.

Don't Touch this skill in PvP.

Don't Touch this skill in PvP.

Don't Touch this skill in PvP.

Don't Touch this skill in PvP.

Your secondary reliable source of damage after arcane barrage. I highly suggest only using this on CC target or on targets you have setup on your Time Bomb.

This glyph will make Mana Missiles crit a lot. Over all not a bad glyph to use.

Advance Version of Glyph of Carving with high crit chance.

Your basic getup skill from a knockdown. Some how gunner retaliate is flashier.

This probably been repeated millions of times how useless this is.

Not a bad glyph but you really don't need it. You should be using recall as your secondary retaliate in case of emergency.

Similar to archer close quarters but a knock-back instead of KD. This skill goes through Kaia/Rally Cry/Mocking Shout. Amazing skill to peel dps off you or your healer or just to use as a mobility skill. This skill is also very useful to stop res in 3's since it goes through Kaia shield.

Doesn't seem like a bad glyph. However I haven't found much use for it yet and the 20% seems too low.

Weak skill with more damage is still weak skill.

Advance Version of Glyph of Power with reduced glyph points.

More of a glyph to use for duels when you want to out heal your enemy. Not really a use for a place like Skyring.

Lower CD on one of your main peel skill? Obviously get this but not 100% needed.

Now this skill is pretty important. Not because of the mana or willpower but because of the chance to reset Arcane Barrage. Arcane Barrage is your most reliable burst skill and resets on it almost grants you kills.

Your going to rely on this skill a lot for Arcane Barrage resets for huge damage burst for the kills.

Advance Version of Glyph of Energy with reduced glyph points.

Willpower is not something to worry about in PvP.

This skill is pretty great to either re-position or run away from your enemy. Use this after roll for extra distance covered. Not a i-frame so be careful when you use it.

This Glyph will help a lot with mobility and combined with Fleetfoot and you'll be running circles around people.

Advance Version of Glyph of Energy with reduced glyph points.

Great mobility glyph however sometimes I don't use it because of it's high glyph points cost.

Your most reliable damage of bursting someone down. This skill is a two party skill. First being the shot and then second being the detonation. Make sure you detonate it when the skill is on their back and close to their body for the double hit.

More damage on your 2nd hardest hitting skill? Obvious Choice here.

Advance Version of Glyph of Power with reduced glyph points.

I haven't found this useful because you have such a short time before it detonates that I haven't found much use for it.

Advance Version of Glyph of the Swift with reduced glyph points.

Willpower is not a issue in PvP.

Your useful robot companion. He can help you get out of sticky situation and adds damage to your arcane barrage or self destruct for a stun.

Does not actually affect the robot's damage but the summoning damage. It can hit quite hard with this glyph but it's really hard to land.

Now this skill is great for PvE but honest the cooldown is too long you can tell it's coming from a million miles away. I would only use this if I have nothing to use and Balder Vengeance has already been used.

You don't actually use this skill enough to make full use of it and I personally rarely use it.

Advance Version of Glyph of Carving with higher chance to crit.

Same with Glyph of Carving you don't use this skill enough to fully make use of it.

I use this skill to setup for myself into Arc Bomb combo. This skills is pretty good since the range is unlimited and the stun range is not that bad.

One of your main skills you're going to use to setup for you main combo. Lower CD means more setups.

I really only use this to either put people into combat or use for detonate stun. Over all not a good skill but good for setups.

Not useful for this weak turret.

Advance Version of Glyph of Energy with reduced glyph points.

Not useful for this weak turret.

Duration is already long enough as it is.

Not useful for this weak turret.

This skill will save your life in sticky situations. Especially when your up against a zerker and your retaliate is down. Think if this skill as a secondary retaliate. This will leash to where your HB-7 is.

(4) Glyph of Energy [Lv52] - Decreases cooldown by 20%.

Lower CD for one of the best self peel is always good.

Advance Version of Glyph of Energy with reduced glyph points.

The hardest hitting skill in the entire game yet so far. The perfect setup with this skill will grant kills. Make sure your hitting the back before you you shoot this off or else it might not kill.

(5) Glyph of Energy [Lv58] - Decreases cooldown by 20%.

I highly doubt you can even get 2 Balder Vengeance in 1 round even with CDR. Then again you would be forced to to use it early on bad setups.

(4) Glyph of Energy [Lv58] - Decreases cooldown by 20%.

Advance version of Glyph of Energy with reduced glyph points.

I like using this mainly because it can make my this skill 100% one-shot if you hit from the back even without power buff or energy stars.

Glyph Build I Currently Use for solo queue : http://teratoday.com/glyphcalc#gu65:a2:b12:c1:d2:e0:g1:i4:j1:k1:l1:o0:q1:r2

As of this patch gunners have no consist knockdowns besides HB-7 summon but that is rare so cruel niveot is useless. Craving won't help much with gunner since they have close to 100% crit rate on their skills so swift becomes the best option as the 4th crystal.

My reason for using resolute is because gunner have a shield they get when their HP reaches zero. Resolute can maybe help keep you alive in clutch situation so that's all the more reasoning to get it.

Now here comes the hard part to decide which one to use. If you can consistent keep up energy stars and shakans buff along with forceful proc then Griefing is better. However in any case where is power is not high Powerful zyrks will win in damage. This is also affect by the opponents PvP defence. I would just run 4x Griefing but there are cases where powerful vyrks do more damage.

Use Blast to Cancel Your Animations as well as the chance to set off the speed proc.

Running Resets allows you to roll multiples times depending on your RNG.

Set up combos by using Arc Bomb.

If people get into range of your robot detonate it to setup for your main combos.

Detonate Arcane Barrage Behind target for back damage.

Let's you use Arcane Barrage twice in your combo.

Mana Missile is great to use in your knock up combo is arcane pulse is on CD. Make sure you aim it at the ground at where the person lands to get it to hit or else it will just go through the target.

When your willpower is full and your teammates are fine go onto the healer and try to setup for the one-shot kill. Make sure you are hitting the back

Cancel Balder Vengeance with Recall.

Credits: Gunner PvP Guide by LuxRays