Gunslinger
Aggressive
Hands down, the solar powered Gunslinger is the subclass you want to choose when you reach the final boss and sub-boss stages of the Prison of Elders, as well as for any straightforward PVE objectives. With the powerful, explosive Golden Gun, you’ll be able to shave minutes off the amount of time it takes you to completely incinerate your foe.
This unmatched raw power that works almost as well when from fired at a distance as it does in close quarters is the primary reason for choosing the Gunslinger subclass. With this, it makes sense to upgrade your stats in a way that optimizes the Golden Gun before you enter the Prison of Elders.
The first perk you’ll want to select is Over the Horizon which will increase the range of your Golden Gun. This will help you deal massive amounts of damage without compromising the comforts of distance and cover between you and your foe.
Next, you’ll want to select Keyhole which will give your Golden gun the ability to overpenetrate and damage multiple targets. Even though you are focusing your efforts on the boss, there will be swarms of other enemies trying to stop you. In the Prison of Elders, this means not just small enemies like Dregs, but also large ones such as Ogres. You’ll want your bullets to pierce through each and every one of them.
Then, you’ll want to select Incendiary Blade which adds solar damage to the Throwing Knives. While Circle of Life is the Golden Gun related perk you might make sense, you likely won’t need the extra time to get off your bullets in the fast paced Prison of Elders.
Lastly, you’ll want to select Combustion, which will cause the enemies you kill to explode. This couples well with the Keyhole perk making it possible to both deal heavy amounts of damage to the boss you are targeting while incinerating the lesser foes around it with grandiose explosions.
As for the rest of the perks, which include choice of grenades, jumping, and training attributes, the choices a player makes are based more around personal preference than significant advantage in the Prison of Elders. But if you’re really stuck, feel free to try the build in the image above and then play around with it from there.
Supportive
While the Gunslinger is more of an aggressive class, it can also be played supportively. For this style, you’re going to follow most of the advice from the aggressive setup but with a few changes.
First you’ll want to select Chain of Woe, which will grant increased reload speed for consecutive precision damage kills. This ability can stack up to three times. If you are supporting your teammates by taking care of the additional enemies, this will help you demolish them rapidly before they have a chance to inflict any real damage upon you or your teammates.
Then, you’ll want to select Scavenger, which will reduce the cooldown of grenades and Throwing Knife when you pick up ammo. For dealing with additional enemies, more grenades and knives is more useful than over penetrating Golden Gun targets. To deal with multiple targets, just keep Combustion on.
Lastly, you’ll want to select Knife Juggler, which will immediately reset Throwing Knife cooldown with precision kills. Once again, as a supporter, the flurry of knives will help to quickly dispose of additional enemies.
