Combo this with the AC ability to fear and rip armor off like its tissue paper, the gunner excells at keeping a horde at arms length and slowing them down for everyone else. Nerotoxin AC pretty much breaks the game with the highest amount of total damage that can be put out over time because of the DoT provided from the toxin. The gunner is very good at being a support class, espeically with the AC. When you think gunner you think, "OH YEAH BIG DAKKA DAKKA DPS FOR DAYS!" which he can do but, much like using a semi truck as a commuter car, sure it works but is better served hauling trailers. Yes, but he is the best in a very counter intuitive way to what his class suggests. Mobility isn't Gunner's strong suit but if you use all of his kit, it's not as much of a handicap as it may appear at first. Incendiary grenades can do some zoning for you too. The explosion is almost a bonus and you get more stickies than other types so you can use them liberally. Stick them and they'll usually stop their spewing and turn around to show you their weak spot without any maneuvering on your part. Sticky grenades are wonderful for praetorians. Toss a cluster grenade at a group you don't have time to slow down and annihilate with primary. His grenades can be very handy for addressing his mobility indirectly as well.
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Dash is also a useful perk to get that big, heavy primary where it needs to be on short notice. If you need to run and gun, lean on the secondary until you get in position to unleash hell with the primary.
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Originally posted by Marilith:Don't be shy with Gunner's secondaries, they don't slow him down and are very responsive in comparison to his primaries (coil gun not so much).