Berserker - Greataxe

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Overview

A build with considerable Power based pressure backed by a bit of CC, good mobility, and solid sustain.

Skill Bar

Axe/ShieldHealingUtilityElite

Greatsword

Slot Changes

For the optional utility slot:

Can't find such skill "Frenzy (warrior)"! Please refer to our skill index. brings more burst and a stunbreaker to the table.
if you're having some trouble with CCs, also useful for breaking the self stun of .
can also be considered if CCs are too big of an issue.

Specializations

Variants

to increase variabily our damage, at cost of condition purging.
for some easy quickness to increase damage output

Variants

to gain a life saver every 30 secs. It'll cost you bit of damage though.
is a huge boost to your defensive capabilities while is active and has some synergy with when Berserk is not active.

Equipment

5

Superior Sigil of Blood

50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)

3

Superior Sigil of Air

50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 3s)

9

Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

Damage nearby foes and chill them for 2 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Leeching

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

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

Demolisher's Amulet

+1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Toughness +560 Ferocity

Variants

Sigils

Superior Sigil of Blood

5

Superior Sigil of Blood

50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)

⇒

Superior Sigil of Battle

9

Superior Sigil of Battle

Gain 2 stacks of might (20 seconds) when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

for more Might stacks on weapon swap.
Superior Sigil of Blood

5

Superior Sigil of Blood

50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)

⇒

Superior Sigil of Fire

5

Superior Sigil of Fire

50% Chance on Critical: Trigger a Flame Blast for area of effect damage (240 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)

should you need a bit more AoE cleave.

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.

- defense against condition damage but loss of Fury.
Superior Rune of Strength

Superior Rune of Strength

(1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 20% Might Duration (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.

- even better at maintaining Might and comes with a 5% damage boost.

Amulets

Marauder Amulet

Marauder Amulet

+1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Vitality +560 Ferocity

is also a viable option

Usage

General

This build is based on CCing your foe with , , or in order to land Berserker burst skills and .
Start every fight on point with Axe/Shield, using

Shield Bash

½

20

Shield Bash

Bash your foe with your shield and stun them.

Damage: 244

Stun (2s): Unable to use skills or move.

Combo Finisher: Leap

Range: 450

as soon as possible to land a stun on the target (coordinate with team to better know when and on who to land it)
Most of the damage in this build comes from Greatsword skills (which is even higher in Berserk). To instantly gain Berserk Mode, just

Head Butt

20

Head Butt

Rage. Stun your target. Stun yourself. Gain adrenaline if you hit.

Damage: 1,894

Adrenaline: 30

Stun: 3s

Self-Stun: 1s

Breaks Stun

Range: 180

your target, go Berserk (gaining Fury and Quickness thanks to ), swap weapon to Greatsword (gaining 2 stacks of Might thanks to ), and land

Hundred Blades

3½

8

Hundred Blades

Repeatedly strike multiple foes. The last strike does extra damage.

₈Damage: 1,032

Final Strike Damage: 271

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 130

or

Arc Divider

½

5

Arc Divider

Primal Burst. Deliver a circular attack to foes around you, creating a violent shock wave that damages foes. Deal more damage to foes with low health.

Damage: 351

Damage against Foes under 50% Health: 614

Number of Targets: 5

Combo Field: Fire

Range: 450

if foe is has less than 50% HP.
Swap weapons a lot in order to build might stacks or to purge conditions if has been picked up.

Disengage & Surviving

CC breaking is a lifesaver. Combos like: Get stunned ⇒ Head Butt ⇒ Get stunned by Head Butt ⇒ CC break with Berserk=6k HP + 1000 toughness and the possibility to put some pressure on your foe with GS skills.
Abuse . It is 3 seconds of protection from power based attacks, and you gain a might stack every time you block, and it reflects projectiles. Perfect against Rangers, Reapers in shroud and Pistol thieves.
Condi clearing is hard on this build, but will grant 9 secs of total immunity from conditions. There's also the possibility of using to gain the same effect for 6 seconds, but at cost the cost of hp regen. Note: Resistance can be corrupted.
Remember that will proc at 50% hp and will also break stun.
can be used either offensively or defensively to escape or to evade attacks.
is a useful way to exit combat or to rotate.
, , and (or Berserk version will remove Immobilize due to .

Counters

Heavy Condition Pressure with boon removal.