Dark Gunslinger

Pistol skills gain reduced recharge. Gain expertise based on your vitality. — In-game description

Dark Gunslinger

Specialization

Harbinger (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

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Dark Gunslinger

Pistol skills gain reduced recharge. Gain expertise based on your vitality.

 Gain Expertise Based on a Percentage of Vitality: 10%

 Gain Expertise Based on a Percentage of Vitality: 13%

 Recharge Reduced: 20%

— In-game description

Notes

	Skill	Traited recharge
Pistol	Weeping Shots (PvE)	6	→	4.8
	Weeping Shots (WvW, PvP)	8	→	6.4
	Vile Blast (PvE)	12	→	9.6
	Vile Blast (WvW)	15	→	12
	Vile Blast (PvP)	18	→	14.4

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the vitality to expertise conversion from 13% to 10% in PvE only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Dark Gunslinger has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Dark Gunslinger was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Fixed a bug causing Vitality from the Soul Reaping trait, Vital Persistence, to not be used for this trait's conversion to Expertise. Fixed a bug causing the Vitality to Expertise percentage skill fact to not display while in PvP or WvW.
August 17, 2021	Dark Gunslinger was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 1.