Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppWelcome to our trait guide, where we'll be covering the Gunslinger trait in the new TFT Set 16: Lore & Legends. In this guide, we'll explain how Gunslinger works, cover its different champions, and provide a quick summary of the other potential traits you could branch into.
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Champions: Jhin 1g / Graves 2g / Tristana 2g / Jinx 3g / Miss Fortune 4g / Lucian & Senna 5g / T-Hex 5g
Gunslingers gain Attack Damage. Every 4th attack from Gunslingers deals bonus physical damage.
Here's a rundown of the traits you can branch into from Gunslinger:
Jhin's Curtain Call turns his next four attacks into cannon shots and allows him to fire with infinite range. The fourth one also deals additional damage.
With the extra AD from Gunslinger, Jhin could become quite threatening for a 1-cost unit, especially with the unlimited reach.
Graves is a Bilgewater Gunslinger that's directly tied to Twisted Fate. As long as you invest items into TF, Graves will follow suit.
At a baseline, Graves passively fires his attacks in a cone, dealing AoE damage, with the active ability shooting an explosive shell. Pair him up with TF and he'll gain an Attack Speed boost, which is perfect for a Gunslinger.
Tristana's Buster Shot fires a giant cannonball at the nearest enemy, dealing physical damage. If they happen to be close enough, they'll also be knocked back and Stunned. As a 2-cost AD carry with conditional CC, she's a pretty solid choice.
Jinx functions a little differently, having only a passive effect instead of an active ability. After she attacks enough times, she switches to Fishbones for the remainder of the fight, shooting random-targeting rockets instead.
This goes hand in hand with both of her abilities. Zaun's Shimmer-Fused trigger grants a huge temporary Attack Speed buff, while Gunslinger adds the AD. All together, it shouldn't take long until Jinx fires at full power!
Miss Fortune's Heartbreaker ability fires cumulative waves of bullets towards the two nearest enemies. After every three casts, the total number of waves increases by one. This could quickly get out of hand with extra AD, and since Graves is also a Gunslinger, it's easy to enable.
Additionally, every regular attack ricochets to the highest current Health foe, allowing her to spread damage to enemies beyond her target. She's definitely got carry potential, and is one to watch for in Bilgewater.
Lucian & Senna's unique Soulbond trait creates an interesting dynamic where the duo continuously swap during combat. Whoever is on the field determines their effect, as Senna provides Damage Reduction while Lucian grants Damage Amp.
Outside of that, they are fairly ordinary, firing explosive shots that harm the target and enemies in range. In the event that the enemy is afflicted with Black Mist, they will purify them, causing an Armor drain effect.
Overall, they seem like a decent slot-in if you've got the space. There's probably some carry potential, but at worst you get a solid aura.
T-Hex caps off the Piltover trait, unlocking only once you've acquired at least nine Piltover star levels. The special HexMech trait grants a Pilot Hex, allowing you to send another unit into the T-Hex to boost her Health, and apply a bonus stat depending on their role.
On the battlefield, T-Hex passively fires a barrage of four bullets with each basic attack. After casting Hextech Arsenal, she gains a Shield and starts consuming mana per second, firing a laser throughout, AND launching another onslaught of missiles.
When T-Hex dies in combat, she ejects the pilot before knocking back and Stunning nearby enemies. This allows the original unit back into the fight, all while creating a dramatic exit. T-Hex is crazy, and definitely makes Piltover an exciting trait to invest in.
Thanks for reading! If you want to try and come up with your own team comps for Set 16, check out our Team Builder. For a full overview on the new set, check out our TFT Set 16 Reveal Page.
