Berserker - Gun Flame Backline
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Overview
The Gun Flame Backline is designed to deal insane amounts of unblockable AoE and piercing damage from range.
Skillbar
- Swap Greatsword for Sword/Shield for better defensive utility.
Utility
- (recommended) for a strong defensive stunbreaker utility.
- for
Might stacking and 
Fury for higher general damage output. - or for on-demand
Stability and stunbreak.
Elite
- for resurrection and party support utility.
- for Might and Fury, selfish option to boost damage output.
Traits
- is used to increase survivability and buff the bonuses gained from . You can take instead to boost the effectiveness of your Greatsword and, in particular, lower the cooldown on and , making you more mobile.
Equipment
6x
Superior Rune of the Scholar
9x
Resilient WvW Infusion
3x
Mighty WvW Infusion
Consumables
Food
- cheaper alternative.
- even cheaper alternative.
Utility
- as an alternative if you took instead of .
Usage
- Use to gain full adrenaline. Use if is on cooldown.
- General rotation: > > > > .
- In downtime you can weapon swap to gain adrenaline from and Might from and .
Superior Sigil of Battle9
Superior Sigil of BattleGain 2 stacks of might (20 seconds) when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s) - can be used both offensively and defensively. In general you should use for
Vulnerability and save for the evade and rollback unless you need the 
Immobilize to pick off a single target. - Dodge roll to proc .
- Use and for mobility to escape or chase.
- Use your Greatsword to pick up stacks whenever possible.
Superior Sigil of Bloodlust
Superior Sigil of BloodlustGain a charge of +10 power each time you kill a foe, five if you kill an enemy player.
Counters
- Being out of position and/or not keeping enough distance. You are fairly vulnerable, especially if you didn't take a defensive utility in slot #3.
- Very vunerable against condition spikes.
Notes
- Works very well in combination with 2-3 other Rifle Warriors and a Thief with and . Also works well with an Engineer with .
Unfortunately massively weakened by the change that removed the Piercing from Gunflame. Has a very hard time hitting ideal targets and focusing damage. Also requires excellent positioning due to a lack of defensive tools. Compared to Wells Necro/Reaper or Staff Elementalist the issues in focusing its damage where needed outweigh the exceptional burst. Could potentially function in a pick role, but given the state of the current meta and the power of Scrappers in shutting down aggressive pick builds Gunflame is nonviable against organized groups.