Gun Fu

Overview

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

"You are a master of the Gun Fu fighting style. You seamlessly 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 Damage (Lethal)
	Crane Kick	1	Melee, High DMG(Smash), Foe Knockback
	Spinning Kick	2	Melee Cone, Moderate DMG(Smash), Knockdown
	Dual Wield	6	Ranged Moderate Damage (Lethal) Foe: Knockback
	Focus Chi	8	Self +DMG, +To-Hit
	Empty Clips	12	Ranged (Cone) Moderate Damage (Lethal) Foe: Knockback
	Crippling Axe Kick	18	Melee, Moderate DMG(Smash), Foe Immobilize, -SPD, -Fly, -DEF
	Piercing Rounds	26	Narrow Ranged (Cone), High DMG(Lethal), Foes -Res(All)
	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
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Immobilize
	Slow Movement

Dual Wield

Fires both pistols at once at a time target. Firing both pistols at once is slower than a single shot, but deals more damage, and the target may get knocked down by the force of the impact.

Damage	Moderate
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	6 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged Moderate Damage (Lethal)
	Foe: Knockback
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	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
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	12 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged (Cone) Moderate Damage (Lethal)
	Foe: Knockback
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	Knockback

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

Pistols

Quickly fires a round from one of your heavy automatic pistols. Damage is average, but the fire rate is very fast.

Damage	Minor
Recharge	Very Fast
Minimum Level	1 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged, Minor Damage (Lethal)
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage

Spinning Kick

You perform a high spinning reverse roundhouse kick, smashing anything in front of you with devastating force. You can activate this ability at any time, no matter what you have targeted; it will strike enemies directly in front of your character, rather than enemies near your target.

Damage	Moderate
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	2 (Guardian)
Effects	Melee Cone, Moderate DMG(Smash), Knockdown
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Knockback
	PBAoE Damage

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes Freedom. It is provided for historical purposes.

• This set was added for Guardians when they were introduced in Rebirth Issue 1