Hey! First time playing PoE2 and i really, really enjoy some guns in my fantasy setting! x3

So what classes/multiclasses could work well with guns as their main focus? I used a gun/cipher in PoE1 and want to do something different now.

Been looking at Chanter, Rogue or some Fighter combination? Paladin? Rogue? Not sure, as the system is just sooo different from everything else i've been playing.
I'd also appriciate some rec's for the Statspread and all! ^^

Hi! Besides Cipher there are lots of good options:

• Ranger - obviously

• Chanter - Sure-Handed Ila's -20% reload/recovery time bonus is applied twice to reloading weapons such as guns, which is very good

• Paladin - especially Kind Wayfarer with dual pistols or blunderbusses: White Flames procs twice when dual wielding. Nice damage and nice healing at the same time.

• Monk - extremely good with your possible companion Serafen's hand mortars: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/133662-class-build-the-mortar-monk-bombed-aoe-disabler-and-atomizer/

• Rogue - in general but especially Streetfighter with two blunderbusses + blunderbuss modal "Poweder Burns": Powder Burns distracts the shooter which automatically unlocks the Streetfighter passive "Heating Up" which reduces reloading time by 50% and gives +50% extra Sneak Attack damage, very potent

And then any mix of those. For example Arcane Archer (Ranger)/Troubadour(Chanter) is one of my favorite combos because Gunner and Sure-Handed Ila stack their reloading speed bonuses and Driving Flight + Aefyllath Ues Mith Fyr do improve damage per hit a lot. Real nice with arquebus, especially Dragon's Dowry packs a good punch and is relatively fast that way. The Red Hand is always great.

Streetfighter (Rogue)/Helwalker (Monk) with dual mortars and a focus on using Stunning Surge is also very good.

I don't find Fighter particularly good with guns except some gimmiky builds.

Other classes such as Barbarian also don't make too much sense with guns . It's doable but there are no good synergies. For example Blood Thirst doesn't work with reloading weapons and that's a pity.

Single class Druid has one special build with Avenging Storm and hand mortars (or regular blunderbusses) which is very good - but only works at high levels, before that it's nothing special.

Wizard can use blunderbusses and an Essential Phantom (it gets your weapons) in combiantion with Combusting Wounds - which is pretty nice but feels a but one-trick-pony-ish. But then on the other hand: a Wizard/Ranger with Driving Flight and hand mortars + Combusting Wounds would be pretty devastating against certain mobs.

Priest can work but has nothing special for guns.

First: Thanks for the detailed input! Really put some ideas in my mind.

Rogue(Assassin)/Ranger(Sharpshooter) | Arquebus
Rogue(Streetfighter)/Paladin(Kind Wayfarer) | Blunderbuss

Would be the combinations i'm most interested in. Which would you say is the better option? Or rather, likely to work better? The first has some nice sniper vibes, which i enjoy!

The sniper thing from stealth or invisibility is nice at the beginning but doesn't really hold up later imo because the damage per shot isn't climbing as much as the enemies' health pools are.

Assassin is really good in combination with spellcasters though. The high accuracy from stealth/invisibility is very useful then.

If you want to maximize the damage per shot from stealth/invisibility you can try Assassin/Bleak Walker and pick up Dragon's Dowry and the Ring of Focused Flames.

The second option Streetfighter/Kind Wayfarer works very well right away because it's pretty front loaded with good abilities. But it also keeps getting good new abilities on the way. Great damage dealer and good healer rolled in one.