Berserker - Phalanx Strength

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Focused on: Direct damage, Utility.

Designed for:

Fractals

Archived due to the nerf the Phalanx Strength trait received in the November 2017 balance update that has made this build obsolete

Overview

Requires Heart of Thorns (Use the Warrior - Phalanx Strength build otherwise). This build is used in speed clears for daily completion since it's offensive support potential is enormous.

Skill Bar

GreatswordHealingUtilityElite

Axe/Mace

Slot Changes

• Use Healing Signet for a strong reliable healing skill.
• Use Battle Standard for an on-demand ressurection.
• Remove either Banner of Strength or Banner of Discipline and have the other warrior run the banner that you're not and in it's place use

• "On My Mark!" if you need more vulnerability.
• "For Great Justice!" if you find your party doesn't have access to fury.
• Signet of Might if you don't need either of the others.

Weapon Variants

• You could also carry Off hand Sword with
  if you need an additional block.
• You can also carry a Warhorn with
  . The Warhorn is quite a good alternative since blasting a fire field also triggers Phalanx Strength.
• Lastly you should have a Longbow with
  and
  .

Specializations

Main Build

Strength:

Restorative Strength Forceful Greatsword Berserker's Power

Tactics:

Empowered Empower Allies Phalanx Strength

Berserker:

Smash Brawler Blood Reaction Bloody Roar

Arms Variant

Substitute Tactics with Arms if you're the second Warrior in the group.

Arms:

Signet Mastery 24px Sundering Burst Furious

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of Strength

18x

Mighty Infusion

Variants

Equipment

• • Critchance: 1032 (Stats) + 170(Banner) + 150(Spotter) = 1352/21 = 64,38% + 5%(Base) + 20%(Fury) = 89,38%

Sigils

• Can be useful when having trouble to survive.

Superior Sigil of Air ⇒

• in night time dungeons.
• for The Ruined City of Arah.
• for Caudecus's Manor and Cliffside.
• for Honor of the Waves.

Note: It may benefit you to keep a separate weapon for each variant in your inventory as swapping sigils over time can become expensive.

Food

• main food for might stacking.
• alternative in dungeons or when the group can easily maintain 25 stacks of might.
  • for a cheaper alternative.

Utility

• for Fractals of the Mists.
• Use the 10% dungeon-specific nourishment buffs when possible. Otherwise:
• Superior Sharpening Stone for Ascalonian Catacombs.
• for all paths of Twilight Arbor.

Usage

1. Double dodge for Stick and Move.
2. Head Butt
3. Berserk
4. Decapitate
5. Cyclone Axe
6. Crushing Blow
7. Tremor
8. Weapon swap
9. Hundred Blades
10. Arc Divider
11. Whirlwind Attack
12. Dodge into Target
13. Bladetrail (If it won't hit a wall)
14. Rush
15. Arc Divider
16. Hundred Blades
17. Whirlwind Attack
18. Dodge into Target
19. Head Butt to regain adrenaline
20. Berserk
21. Arc Divider
22. Hundred Blades
23. Improvise

Primal Burst Skills

• Spam Arc Divider if your target has less than 50% health.
• Use Arc Divider to keep up Berserker's Power if your target has more than 50% health.

Misc

• If you use Blood Reckoning, use it for a second Arc Divider when you target is below 50% HP.
• If your adrenaline is full before the cooldown to activate Berserker is up, feel free to use Arcing Slice before you use Head Butt and go Berserk again.
• When all your Greatsword skills are on cooldown you can Auto attack, or dodge to keep maintaining Stick and Move.
• Use all of your equipped Banners at the beginning of the fight. Preferably by throwing them into combo fields.