Gunslinger

Gunslinger
Group	Slingers
Roles	Foe Summon
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 3 Epic Battle Fantasy 4 Epic Battle Fantasy 5 Adventure Story Bullet Heaven Bullet Heaven 2

The Gunslinger is a member of the Slinger family of enemies in the Epic Battle Fantasy series. They roam in ancient areas like Kitten Kingdom Ruins or near mechanical factories like the Waste Disposal Plant; in EBF5, they appear in the Data Bunker. It can often be seen together with its stabby counterpart, the Swordslinger.

Appearance

The Gunslinger has a very similar appearance compared to its Swordslinger brethren, being a floating robot wearing a long, old, tattered brown coat. Its metallic face is partially covered by a wide brimmed cowboy hat. The only difference between the two is the decoration on their hat; while the Swordslinger appears to have part of a sabre attached to the front of its hat, the Gunslinger has a magazine clipped to the back instead.

In Adventure Story, its coat is buttoned up, and instead of storing many guns under it, the Gunslinger wields one large cannon. Its face is less visible and it has no magazine on its hat.

An "elite" variant of the Gunslinger appears in the last area of Adventure Story. Its white face contrasts its black clothes, and it wears a top hat instead of a cowboy hat. The gun it wields has a sharp metal "fin", possibly for aiming.

Overview

In the main EBF games, the Gunslinger primarily attacks with Bomb and Thunder attacks which repeatedly hit random targets. Its attacks are overall low powered and not very threatening, save for Headshot, an inaccurate attack with a very high chance to instantly down its target.

In Adventure Story, the Gunlinger attacks with large bullets that travel in a straight line. They can usually be avoided by jumping or ducking, and can be bounced on using Matt's aerial attack. The elite variant has more HP and shoots 3 bullets in a row.

Statistics

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

	Gunslinger	Mysterious Shooter	EBF3
	Can snipe players for instant death. Uses a variety of bomb moves.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	Gold
	180	4	4	4	4	4	4.3	30	7	40
Elemental Resistance
	-	-70%	-	-90%	-	50%	100%	-	-	-80%
Status Resistance
	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-	-	-
Name	Metal Gear	Microcontroller	Steel Plate	RAM Chip	-	-	-
Chance	100%	80%	60%	10%	-	-	-

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

	Gunslinger	EBF4
	A wandering robot which uses bomb and thunder attacks. Has low accuracy but high power.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	180	4	4	4	4	3.5	4.2	30	3	3	30	50
Elemental Resistance
	-	-	-	50%	50%	-80%	-80%	-80%	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-	-	-
Name	Springy Spring	Wool	Gunpowder	Microcontroller	-	-	-
Chance	80%	60%	50%	100%	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
7%	Immune	25%	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Prior to the Battle Mountain update, it instead had -80% Thunder and no Water resistance.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Gunslinger	EBF4
	A wandering robot which uses bomb and thunder attacks. Has low accuracy but high power.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	180	4	4	4	4	3.5	4.2	30	3	3	30	50
Elemental Resistance
	-	-	-	50%	50%	50%	-80%	-80%	-	50%
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	50%
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	100%	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-	-	-
Name	Springy Spring	Wool	Gunpowder	Microcontroller	-	-	-
Chance	80%	60%	50%	100%	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
7%	Immune	25%	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

	Gunslinger	EBF5
	This shady character can snipe targets and deliver instant death. They have a variety of guns at their disposal.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	271	3.5	4	3.5	4	4	4.4	18	3.6	3.6	30	35	12
Elemental Resistance
	-	-50%	-	50%	100%	-50%	-80%	-	-	-
Status Resistance
	100%	-	100%	100%	50%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%

Item Drop Rate
Icon
Name	Spring	Copper Pipe	Gunpowder	Hand Bomb	Leather
Chance	75%	75%	50%	25%	25%

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	17.5%	-%
Damage taken from first four is decreased by 30% on Easy and 65% on Zero difficulties. Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Gunslinger	EBF5
	This shady character can snipe targets and deliver instant death. They have a variety of guns at their disposal.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	271	3.5	4	3.5	4	4	4.4	18	3.6	3.6	30	35	12
Elemental Resistance
	-	-50%	-	100%	100%	-50%	50%	-	-	-
Status Resistance
	100%	100%	100%	100%	50%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%

Item Drop Rate
Icon
Name	Spring	Copper Pipe	Gunpowder	Hand Bomb	Leather
Chance	75%	75%	50%	25%	25%

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	17.5%	-%
Damage taken from first four is decreased by 30% on Easy and 65% on Zero difficulties. Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

As with all the Classic foes, the Gunslinger is immune to both Invisible and Enchanted.

Attacks and Abilities

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Chainsaw Gun	Random	80/6		100%	--	--	--	120%	10%	10%
Cannon Volley	Random	110/5		100%	--	--	--	90%	10%	10%
Rocket (Hand Bomb)	Single	50		100%	--	--	--	110%	10%	20%
Headshot	Single	60		100%	80%	--		40%	20%	10%

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Chainsaw Gun	Random	60/6		50%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Cannon Volley	Random	80/5		100%	30%	--		100%	10%	10%
Rocket (Plasma Field)	Centered	42		75%	60%	30%		130%	10%	10%
Headshot	Single	100		50%	100%	--		50%	10%	10%

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Chainsaw Gun	Random	110/6		100%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Cannon Volley	Random	180/5		100%	--	--	--	80%	10%	10%
Rocket (Hand Bomb)	Single	70		100%	--	--	--	150%	10%	10%
Headshot	Single	150		100%	60%	--		40%	10%	10%
Notes: Status chance increased to 100% on Hard or Epic difficulties.

Battle Logic

The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

• Berserked → Chainsaw Gun;
• Syphoned → Headshot;
• Otherwise → Chainsaw Gun (1/4), Cannon Volley (1/4), Rocket (1/4), Headshot (1/4).

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

• Anything → Chainsaw Gun (1/4), Cannon Volley (1/4), Rocket (1/4), Headshot (1/4).

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Action

• If Syphoned → Nothing;
• If Berserked → Chainsaw Gun;
• Otherwise → Chainsaw Gun (1/4), Cannon Volley (1/4), Rocket (1/4), Headshot (1/4).

Counter (only if Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled)

• 25% and not Syphoned → Chainsaw Gun.

Additionally, like all the Classic foes, the Gunslinger ignores the Lovable status on players.

Adventure Story

In this spinoff game, Gunslingers appear as enemies in the second area of the game (the Desert). They move back and forth on their platforms, but attempt to chase Matt if they spot him. Periodically, they will raise their cannons and fire a large bullet at Matt, which must be dodged. As usual, Matt can also take damage if he touches the Gunslinger itself.

Unlike the main EBF games, the Gunslinger does not have a melee-focused counterpart. However, it does have an upgraded version/alternate species that appears in later levels: the Black Gunslinger. This version of the Gunslinger is identifiable by its black clothing and new hat design. It moves faster, does more damage, and fires three bullets at a time.

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Summon

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

The Gunslinger was one of the new summons added with the v3 update. It can be acquired from a chest on the bottom right corner map of the Waste Disposal Plant area. When summoned, the Gunslinger uses its Headshot attack against the target, dealing major Bomb-elemental damage with a chance of inflicting Instant Death. While very powerful for its cost, the summon has very low accuracy. Since summons in EBF4 still depend on user's accuracy, it should be used by the player with the highest accuracy for best results.

	Gunslinger							SP
	Low accuracy. May kill targets instantly.							35	Kept
Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Single	400		80%	30%	--		45%	10%	10%

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The foe can be captured to be used as a summon. When summoned, the Gunslinger uses its Headshot against a single target. While cheap and powerful, the summon will always have at least a 50% chance of missing. It should be noted that since targets that are inflicted with Freeze and Stun are incapable of dodging, it's still guaranteed to hit them (the same applies for the EBF1 simulation foes, since they have 0 Evade).

	Gunslinger							SP
	Attempts to shoot a single target with a powerful bomb attack. Always has a 50% chance of hitting. Ignores target evade stat, and defensive buffs.							28	Kept
Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Single	570		100%	--	--	--	100%*	10%	10%
Note: * Has a 50% chance of having its accuracy reduced to 0%. Despite what the description says, it doesn't actually ignore foe Evade, meaning that against foes with extremely high Evade, the hit chance can be lower than 50%.

Trivia

• As mentioned in concept art galleries of Epic Battle Fantasy 3 and 4, the design for the Gunslinger enemy came from a DeviantArt member named kmau.