Gunslinger

Compare every surfaced partner effect at base rank and full condensation. Effects marked Unique can still scale by rank, but a second carrier of the same species adds nothing. Two different species carrying the same effect do add together.

Pal / role	Partner effect	Affects	Rank 1	Rank 5
SolenneTrainer Attack	Trainer Attack: Unique-Species PartyUnique	You	30%	80%
FrostplumeReload speed	Reload SpeedUnique	You	20%	50%
NyafiaShotgun specialist	Shotgun DamageUnique	You	10%	35%
OrserkActive-Pal bullet ramp	Active Pal Attack/Defense per Bullet StackUnique	Active pal	1%	5%
Vanwyrm CrystWeak point damage	Weak Point Damage	You	30%	50%

Values verified against current partner-skill rank curves

Four of the five party slots point at you, so the player implants come first. The one pal-facing slot is Orserk, and the passive that helps it is a pal element passive rather than a trainer one.

Nyafia bonus covers shotguns specifically, so the weapon choice is not open. Magazine size matters more than per-shot damage, because Orserk stacks decay while you reload. Materials shown are the first craftable tier.

Attack first as usual, but health matters more here than in the ranged builds because a shotgun forces you into the fight.

1. 1AttackFirst. Solenne, Nyafia and Vanwyrm Cryst are all multipliers on it.
2. 2HealthSecond, and take it seriously. Shotgun range is melee range with extra steps, and no party slot mitigates damage.
3. 3StaminaThird, for the constant repositioning that close-range fighting demands.
4. 4Weight and work speedLast. Neither does anything in a boss fight.

The whole build is one rule with a few consequences: keep bullets landing. Everything good in this party is downstream of sustained fire.

1. 1Check that all five species are different

   Solenne pays nothing if two pals share a species. The default lineup satisfies this and the buff disappears silently rather than warning you.

2. 2Open fire immediately and keep firing

   Orserk stacks build one per landed bullet up to 30, and each stack is worth 5% Attack and Defense to the active pal at rank 5. There is no faster way to reach the cap than a full magazine into a large target.

3. 3Treat reloading as the real enemy

   Each stack expires five seconds after it was applied, so a long reload bleeds the ramp you just built. This is why Frostplume 50% reload speed is a core slot and why Reload Master is a core passive rather than an optional one.

4. 4Pick the pal Orserk is buffing on purpose

   The stacks land on whichever pal is currently fighting beside you, not on a fixed target. Field the pal you want to become a second carry and leave it out, rather than swapping and resetting the ramp.

5. 5Aim for weak points between reloads

   Vanwyrm Cryst adds 30% to 50% on weak-point hits. Shotgun spread makes this less reliable than with a rifle, but at close range a centred shot still lands most of its pellets on the target head.

6. 6Spend the Nyafia window when the boss is exposed

   Shot-Nyan Mode runs 10 seconds on a 120-second cooldown, so it fires roughly five times in a ten-minute fight. Hold it for a phase where the boss is stationary rather than pressing it on cooldown.

This lineup is one slot different from its previous version, and the reason is an uptime calculation that the old page never ran.

Xenolord in the fifth slot

The case for it
Xenolord raises the Partner Skill damage of weapon-wielding pals by 20% at rank 1 and 50% at rank 5, the largest single percentage available to this party.

In this lineup the only weapon-wielding pal is Nyafia, and its Shot-Nyan Mode runs 10 seconds on a 120-second cooldown. That is roughly 8% uptime, so a 50% buff to it is worth about 4% of a fight, and it costs a level-60 raid to obtain. Vanwyrm Cryst 30% to 50% applies to every weak-point hit with every gun for the whole fight. Xenolord stays as an alternate for players who have already built around the burst window.

Stacking a second equipped-weapon bonus

The case for it
Nyafia, Xenogard, Robinquill and Pupperai all carry the same effect type at 10% to 35%, and different species normally stack, so carrying two should double it.

The effect type is shared but the condition is not: Nyafia covers shotguns, Xenogard energy weapons, Robinquill bows and Pupperai melee. Only the one matching your equipped weapon pays. The single exception is the Beam Scatter, which is both a shotgun and an energy weapon, so Nyafia and Xenogard genuinely do both fire on it.

Treating Orserk as a trainer damage buff

The case for it
Orserk stacks are described as Attack and Defense from your bullet hits, which reads like a self-buff on the shooter.

The effect targets the active pal, not the trainer. Your bullets are the trigger and your pal is the recipient. This is the single most misread line in the build, and it is why the guide keeps insisting the two damage lanes are separate.

Dropping the shotgun for a rifle

The case for it
A plasma rifle out-damages every shotgun in the game and has a 38-round magazine, which would ramp Orserk faster and let you fight at safe range.

A defensible build, but it is a different one: Nyafia 35% is shotgun-only, so you would be playing four slots instead of five. If you want the rifle, swap Nyafia for Xenogard and accept that this becomes an energy-weapon party rather than a shotgun one.

Four of the five are ordinary catches or breeds. Orserk is the one that takes real effort, and it is the slot the build is named around.

1. Catch or breed the five palsEvery recruitment route is on the role cards above, pulled from the mapped spawn tables. All five are breedable, so a missing species is a breeding project rather than a wall.
2. Condense Orserk and Frostplume firstThese two carry the steepest curves. Orserk goes from 1% to 5% per stack, which is 30% to 150% at the cap, and Frostplume from 20% to 50% reload speed. Both directly control how much of the ramp you can hold.
3. Condense the rest to rank 5The remaining headline numbers are rank 5 values: 80% attack from Solenne, 35% shotgun damage from Nyafia, 50% weak point from Vanwyrm Cryst. At rank 1 the same party gives roughly half.
4. Reach technology 69 for the Prototype ShotgunIt needs Soralite Ingots, Carbon Fiber, Thermal Cores and AI Cores. The Energy Shotgun at technology 63 covers the gap.Prototype Shotgun materials
5. Buy all three player implantsVanguard and Stronghold Strategist come from the bounty officer for bounty tokens. Reload Master comes from the arena vendor for battle tickets, and unlike most builds it is a core purchase here rather than a nice-to-have.
6. Stockpile Mozzarina meat and milkCheeseburgers need Mozzarina meat, milk, flour and tomatoes. Capturing Mozzarina along the coast supplies both.

Keep the build's identity while adapting the lineup to the pals you own or the encounter ahead.

XenolordRaises the Partner Skill damage of weapon-wielding pals by 20% to 50%, which in this party means Nyafia activated shotgun only. That skill runs 10 seconds on a 120-second cooldown, so the buff is live about 8% of a fight, and Xenolord costs a level-60 raid or a Huge Dark Egg to obtain.XenogardReplace Nyafia when you commit to energy weapons instead of a shotgun. Both carry the same effect type, so only the one matching your equipped weapon pays out.LapureHalves Nyafia 120-second cooldown to 60. Worth considering only if you have built specifically around the activated shotgun window.SilvegisCuts shield damage by up to 80%. Take it over Vanwyrm Cryst if you keep dying at shotgun range.