Gunblade Focus Quick Recharge
With the Patch from 06/07/2023 came a new Slayer Class skill which might sound good at first but looking further into it might not be worth your skill point.
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The skill amplifies our Gunblade Focus generation by 120% after using the finisher from Gunblade Focus Overdrive for a duration of 20 seconds.
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This effect does stack with Gunblade Focus Gauge Amplifier
Before we get into the pros and cons of the skill let us create a scenario in which we can compare the buildup with and without the skill. 500 Focus is needed to reach Gunblade Focus Level 5 and while attacking boss enemies our Gunblade Focus generation is 5 times the original Gunblade Focus value of our attacks. In this example I will just chain a bunch of Stay Arts Flowing Sirius Stage 1 to 2 together until we reach Gunblade Focus Level 5. Time to do the math without using the skill first. I will round the amount of times required to use the skill to approach an in game scenario.
- Without using the skill it takes us around 7 of these or 21.7 seconds:
- With using the skill it would take us around 6 of these or 18.6 seconds:
The above example is a 14% difference since we are not able to make use of the 20 second buff duration in a scenario in which the enemy does not move.
- The skill is not active at the start of a fight.
- The skill does not help us when we lose Gunblade Focus to any other means than using Gunblade Focus Overdrive Finisher.
- Buff duration has to be fully utilized, every second of not making use of the skills buff duration decreases the impact it has.
- Killing an enemy with Gunblade Focus Overdrive Finisher will also cause us to lose some buff duration since in most cases there will be a small delay until we fight the next enemy.
- We usually build and want to build Gunblade Focus when an enemy is able to move so using Counters will shrink the difference in time even more.
- The skill does not help if you happen to use your Photon Blast right after using Gunblade Focus Overdrive Finisher.