Berserker - DPS Berserker

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Overview

The DPS Berserker Warrior provides big damage and control while offering resurrection utility through Battle Standard.

Skill Bar

First Weapon Set

GreatswordHealingUtilityElite

Hammer

Skill Variants

Heal

strong against condition pressure

Utility

⇒

This choice is up to personal preference; Dolyak gives more more stability and bonus toughness until used, but is weaker against boon removal.

Low cooldown stun break.
Powerful launch and CC for downstate control.

Elite

Large person dps increase but massive team utility loss. Stronger in smaller scale fights.

Specializations

Variants

Less adrenaline gain and condition clear, more personal healing and armor.

Variants

Trade damage for personal Stability

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of Strength

18x

Mighty WvW Infusion

Variants

Stats

Use as much Marauder's gear as you need to survive, fill in other slots with Berserker's
Once in full Berserker's, Assassin's may be used in some slots for a very small DPS increase, the amount of Assassin's to use will depend on your average might uptime so make use of an Effective Power calculator.

Sigils

Superior Sigil of Energy

9

Superior Sigil of Energy

Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Sigil of Strength

1

Superior Sigil of Strength

60% Chance on Critical: Gain Might (10 seconds). (Cooldown: 1s)
Superior Sigil of Force

Superior Sigil of Force

+5% Damage
Superior Sigil of Leeching

9

Superior Sigil of Leeching

Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)

Runes

Superior Rune of Hoelbrak

Superior Rune of Hoelbrak

(1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5s) (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; -20% condition duration applied to you.

against condition pressure.
Superior Rune of the Pack

Superior Rune of the Pack

(1): +25 Power (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies might, fury, and swiftness for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 20s) (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Precision; +20% Swiftness Duration

optimal if Fury uptime is below 67%.
Superior Rune of the Scholar

Superior Rune of the Scholar

(1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.

highest damage option.
Superior Rune of Durability

Superior Rune of Durability

(1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality

defensive option with group support.

Consumables

Food

Loaf of Saffron Bread

Loaf of Saffron Bread

Nourishment (30 m):

Incoming damage reduced by 20% while stunned, knocked down, or knocked back.-20% condition duration+10 Experience from kills

Consumable

against condition pressure.
Fried Oyster Sandwich

Fried Oyster Sandwich

Nourishment (30 m):

+10% Damage Reduction+70 Power+10 Experience from kills

Consumable
Bowl of Mussel Soup

Bowl of Mussel Soup

Nourishment (30 min):

+10% Damage Reduction+70 Vitality+10 Experience from kills

Consumable

Utility

Furious Sharpening Stone

Furious Sharpening Stone

Nourishment (30 m):

Gain Power equal to 3% of your PrecisionGain Ferocity equal to 3% of your Precision+10% Experience from Kills

Consumable
Superior Sharpening Stone

Superior Sharpening Stone

Nourishment (30 m):

Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills

Consumable

cheaper option.

Usage

General

Focus on keeping a high
uptime and landing as many Primal Bursts (
/
) as possible.
- You can swap weapons immediately after using a Primal Burst to land more.
- Avoid spending adrenaline on
  and
  if it would delay your next
  unless you are desperate.
provides 5 adrenaline, half of what is needed for a Primal Burst skill. Swap often to maximize DPS.
removes Immobilize when using a movement skill - list of movement skills in the build:
- Hammer:
  /
- Greatsword:
  and
  .
Use your utilities conservatively, once out of cooldowns you become a very easy target.
- and
  should be used as stunbreaks and not preemptively unless absolutely necessary.
Be mindful of your opponent's dodges and boons: look out for Aegis and Stability when attempting to CC. Count their dodges, too; if you see an opponent dodge twice in a row with no stability it is time to unload.
If you go to your keybinding options, you can assign a "Stow Weapon" key. If you press your stow weapon key during a long weapon animation (i.e., Hammer 4, 5 and Battle Standard) you can cancel the cast and put it on a 3 second cooldown instead of the full duration. This is excellent for baiting dodges from your enemies, as well as cancelling skills you know won't connect.

Weapons

Use downed or CCed enemies as a setup for
. Cleaving on friendly downs to protect teammates rezzing is also useful.
Try to use
before
for maximum DPS and also to refill adrenaline.
deals substantial damage and should not be used only for its mobility.
Use
and
on friendly and enemy downs to disrupt rezzes and stomps.
and
are Blast Finishers, try to land them on allied Combo Fields.

Videos

YouTube:
[Ash] Mahrtas
YouTube:
[BoRP] Lapiy