Gun Fu

Overview

Gun Fu is a standard power set that is a primary set for Guardians.

"You are a master of the Gun Fu fighting style. You senselessly blend sophisticated martial arts perfectly with your skills as a shootist to strike down foes with either hand or bullet."

Power Table

The Gun Fu power set is available as a primary set for Guardians. The following table shows the level at which each power is available:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Pistols	1	Ranged, Minor DMG(Lethal/Special)
	Crane Kick	1	Melee, High DMG(Smash), Foe Knockback
	Spinning Kick	2	Melee(Cone), Moderate DMG(Smash), Foe Knockdown
	Dual Wield	6	Ranged, Moderate DMG(Lethal/Special), Foe Knockback/Special
	Focus Chi	8	Self +Dmg(All), +To Hit
	Empty Clips	12	Ranged (Cone), Moderate DMG(Lethal/Special), Knockback/Special
	Crippling Axe Kick	18	Melee, Moderate DMG(Smash), Foe Immobilize, -SPD, -Fly, -DEF
	Piercing Rounds	26	Narrow Ranged (Cone), High DMG(Lethal/Special), Foes -Res(All)/Special
	Eagle's Claw	32	Melee, Superior DMG(Smash), Foe Disorient, +Special

Powers

Crane Kick

You can perform a slow, high smashing damage kick that will likely knock your target back.

Damage	High (Smashing)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	1 (Guardian)
Effects	Melee
	Foe Knockback
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Knockback

Crippling Axe Kick

You can perform a Crippling Axe Kick that deals moderate smashing damage, reduces the target's defense, may immobilize, and Slowing their run speed. Crippling Axe Kick may also knock some flying entities out of the sky.

Damage	Moderate (Smashing)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	18 (Guardian)
Effects	Melee
	Foe Immobilize, -Speed, -Fly, -Defense
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Immobilization Duration
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
	Enhance Defense Debuff
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Immobilize
	Slow Movement
	Universal Debuff
	Accurate Defense Debuff
	Universal Debuff

Dual Wield

Dual Wield fires both pistols in rapid succession at its desired target. This power is slower than Pistols, but deals more damage, and the target may get knocked down by the force of the impact.

Damage	Moderate (Lethal/Special)
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	6 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged
	Knockback/Special
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Slow Movement
	Universal Debuff
	Knockback

Eagle's Claw

You can perform a devastating kick that can severaly Disorient most opponents. Eagle's Claw has an exceptionally good critical hit capability for Scrappers, better than other Martial Arts attacks, that can sometimes deal double damage. After using Eagle's Claw your damage will be increased for a brief moment for Tankers, allowing the next attack or two to cause additional damage.

Damage	Superior (Smashing)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	32 (Guardian)
Effects	Melee
	Foe Disorient
	+Special
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Disorient Duration
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Stuns

Empty Clips

You empty the clips of both your pistols in an arc of suppression fire. This attack can blast multiple foes in the affected cone area, and has a small chance of knocking some foes down.

Damage	Moderate(Lethal/Special)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	12 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
	-Defense
	Knockback/Special
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	Slow Movement
	Knockback
	Defense Debuff
	Accurate Defense Debuff
	Universal Debuff

Focus Chi

Tapping into your inner Chi greatly increases the amount of damage you deal for a few seconds, as well as slightly increases your chance to hit.

Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	8 (Guardian)
Effects	Self +Damage, +To-Hit
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Buff
Set Categories	To Hit Buff

Piercing Rounds

You fire your pistols with deadly precision in a very narrow cone, piercing up to three enemies. Piercing Rounds deals Superior lethal damage and reduces targets' Damage Resistance for a short time.

Damage	High(Lethal/Special)
Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	26 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
	-Resistance(All)/Special
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	Slow Movement
	Universal Debuff

Pistols

Quickly fires a round from one of your heavy automatic pistols. Damage is average, but the fire rate is very fast. If standard ammo is used, Pistols will also reduce the target's Defense.

Damage	Minor(Lethal/Special)
Recharge	Very Fast
Minimum Level	1 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Defense Debuff
	Accurate Defense Debuff
	Universal Debuff

Spinning Kick

You can perform a slow, high smashing damage kick that will likely knock your target back.

Damage	Moderate (Smashing)
Recharge	Moderate
	2 (Guardian)
Effects	Melee
	Foe Knockdown
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Knockback

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes: Rebirth. The content provided may refer to City of Heroes Freedom. It is provided for historical purposes.

• This set was added to the game with the original release of the Guardians in Game Update 2.